OK so I’ve now put some 700 hours into this game, and I really enjoy this game. However It leaves me with an overwhelming feeling of disappointment and frustration. I should really love this game. Conceptually a lot of the things in it I really like and agree with.
“Breaking The Trinity” has manifested itself as everyone is a DPS.
Dungeons are probably the weakest PvE point of the game. They come off as an afterthought, 65% of the bosses are just damage sponges, and with a halfway decent group all of the dungeons are quite easy.
Dynamic events were brilliant when I was leveling, but disappear as rewarding events soon after 80.
Living Story sounds really cool, but the manifestation has been rapid releases of lackluster, temporary content.
WvWvW is an awesome concept but again the implementation has been rocky. The prevalence of the Zerg and the technical problems have made it fun and promising but much less than it could have been.
Lets not talk about PvP…. (or the lack there of)
I feel like this first year has been a beta. However now instead of fixing the issues for the real release they have to apply band-aids to things that should have been done correctly in the first place. I just get a sense this game was launched about 2-3 years before it was ready because of money. Its best attribute is its unfulfilled ideas and possible future potential.