Guild Wars 2

I’ve quit the game many months ago for various reasons, but I’d be interested to play again, if there was a way to lock traits for characters that are already max level, as is the case for newly created characters come the april 15 update.
I have maxed all classes that I’m interested in playing already and I don’t want to level the same class twice. Any chance this could be done somehow?

P.S.: I also think it’s not a good idea to let people just buy the traits, as inefficient as it may be. IMO that’s too much babysitting and underestimating your customers.

Xolo.3580:

P.S.: I also think it’s not a good idea to let people just buy the traits, as inefficient as it may be. IMO that’s too much babysitting and underestimating your customers.

That’s a major point of the revenue model for the game, though. Occasional cosmetic skins, and shortcuts convenience items are the ways they’ve chosen to make money.

And it seems to be working for them finanancially, as it has been consistent from launch.

What exactly are you asking for? Characters created before the patch will have all past traits already unlocked. Only new traits will have to be purchased/found/earned.

After the April update, all toons will have their current traits unlocked (except the new gran-master traits).
EDIT: I mean toons created before the update.

Belzebu.3912:

After the April update, all toons will have their current traits unlocked (except the new gran-master traits).
EDIT: I mean toons created before the update.

Which is precisely what I want to avoid, because I’d like to have the option to unlock the traits by playing the game, not have them unlocked already (minus the new ones) when the update goes live.
The way each trait is now pinpointed to a specific task in a specific area is exactly what I’ve been missing in GW2 before, because it makes the world feel less generic, and I’d like to be able to experience that without having to create a new character.

This could easily be implemented by giving the skill trainers a (temporary) option to unlearn all traits, and that option could even be associated with some kind of reward to make farming traits repeatable content and a source of income. All that with the implementation of a single dialogue option.

The problem is that some tasks are tied to things you can’t do again, like PS steps for example, also get the traits back as a lvl 80 will feel more like a grind than an experience.

I suggest make a new toon to check this new feature on its fullest, I’m very tempted to make a new one to have that new in-game experience.