Guild Wars 2

This is an open letter to the folks at Anet that brought us the new ‘features’ on April 15.

Frankly its better than what I’d expected after watching Anet through 6+ years of Guild Wars, 2 years of Aion and GW2 since the pre-release weekends. I like the skins and the ability to take them across the account and use them on more than 1 character. Some of the features are of limited if any use to me.

My playstyle is totally PvE and mostly solo with no interest in PvP whatever. Some people like it and I’m glad they have this outlet. I can work with combining the dailies as long as there are plenty of choices for both. Currently the choices are, frankly, pretty limited for PvE unless you want to do a PvP selection or two.

My totally least favorite is the Megaserver which has taken Borlis Pass from a moderately populated world into New York City. I am currently trying to map Hautclaire Vale in Fields of Ruin. I can see four groups of 4 or 5 running around killing anything that pops up. In 30 mins I was able to get 2 ogres and 1 weapon rack. My last encounter with this area was with my Ranger in February and the area was loaded with targets. Hey ANET, if your going to increase the number of people by a factor of 5 or 10 then make more monsters and shorten the respawn time on them. We all know we have to grind levels up to 80 but the grinding can at least be interesting and not just a question of luck and speed as to how long and bored you get doing it.

My overall grade on this B+ with a solid D on the megaserver and how its being implemented and managed from a world perspective.