Guild Wars 2

this talk and irrational panic about gearscore and vertical gear progression is the most groundless and vapid melodrama. these people need to make this a boogeyman. and since this forum is overrun with it, i’d like to share my experience..

I’ve played since BWE1. And I’ve never once been asked about my gear quality. it’s never been an issue and i’ve pugged Explorables every night since I was level 35. and nor have i ever been denied a group in an Explorable OR A FRACTAL group because I wasnt lvl 80. And I’ve never seen a map chat that has advertised LFM for only players with Exotics. Although i have seen players ask for only lvl 80s, its rare. I’ve been a vocal critic of Anet and I despise both fanboy and haters, equally. But about this current melodrama i see no substance.

and in game, i just dont hear anyone complaining about vertical gear progession either. my guild is on Fractal Difficulty 12 now and two of us arent even lvl 80 yet so theres probably only a handful of exotics between us. We value the Ascended Gear as a great middle ground between exotic and Legendaries – which for us seemed completely out of grasp. And we just adore the Fractals dungeons; they are a joy to play.

No system is going to please everyone. There are aspects of the game I;m still not content with, but I wont pretend to know whats best for the overall health and longevity of the game. Arenanet knows that best and are certainly privy to information us players will never have. This is just simply mine and my guild’s experience.

Lost Shores is no endgame for us; we still run Explorable dungeons and work on map completion, get pwned in WvW, trade minipets and level crafting and do silly events like naked jump puzzles and treasure hunts. Bottom Line: Lost Shores has NOT changed our GW2 experience or goals, it has ENRICHED them.

Word! you tell’em!

I’m willing to bet you are the same guy who won’t hesitate to ignore or kick players with lower fractals levels than you either.

I’m one of those but at least I know I’m no hypocrite.

Yeah, I have stalked the forums in the background for a while now reading about this and all I see are crybabies personally. People need to play the game or gtfo.

Phoenix.6735:

I’m willing to bet you are the same guy who won’t hesitate to ignore or kick players with lower fractals levels than you either.

I’m one of those but at least I know I’m no hypocrite.

oh ya? what you basing that bet on? and how much you willing to bet? cuz my contacts list gained 2 followers tonight after I joined them for their Arah Story and then popped their Fractals1 cherry. so i guess your hypocrite radar is broke. maybe instead of smelling a hypocrite, your nose was telling you that you need a shower