Anet is adding a pvp legendary. I will most likely never get this because I don’t really pvp. That is fine. People need to learn that they can’t get everything they want, not unless they put in the effort.
And when I say more rewards, I don’t even necessarily mean skins. More gold is fine too.
What level of effort should be required to justify a given reward? how do you tell how much effort people have put in? How do you deal with a majority of people putting in ‘enough’ effort but being dragged down by a minority who do not? do you punish the many to spite the few?
What percentage of players should have access to rewards? at present it’s close to 100% – this means that there are a few people dissatisfied because they could not get a reward from, lets say the VW event. Another few people are dissatisfied because they feel not everyone deserves the reward, like yourself. Who do you attempt to please? why? Would you spend more real money on gems if there were more content that excluded casual players? enough to make up for the loss of those players currency when they get fed up and go elsewhere? enough to compensate for lost sales if GW2 becomes considered a “hardcore only” game?
These are all real concerns, and need answers/solutions.
Anyway, back to SW. I think it’s a step in the right direction overall. The mobs are harder than other zones, but they could do better. Fortunately it does seem like VB is improved in this regard.
in general, i agree. it’s difficult without being punishing, but that’s a fine line to tread. VW was on the wrong side of it for a while, as i said. Should it then be buffed, to make it harder? I guarantee that would yield an outcry as people who had been confident in their competence suddenly find they’re not up to spec anymore.
The question is, really, how hard you have to work before you feel the reward is ‘deserved’. I’m fairly sure you would have met that requirement at VW release, with multiple carriers lost every round, the event often failing or sometimes scraping through by a tiny margin. I don’t think the encounter’s been nerfed since then; it’s only that you and/or the average participant has gotten better at what they do. a small minority may be AA heroes, but a good portion of the people do actually do real work to complete the encounter, making full and effective use of their skills to ensure it succeeds. That doesn’t feel like work because it’s not challenging; but challenge is difficult to maintain. It’s a combination of uncertain outcome, unpredictable variables, and general unfamiliarity with what is needed. How do you maintain those elements in permanent content?
