Guild Wars 2

With the Heart of Thorns expansion announced and the first deep-dive previewed the new Mastery feature, there has been a great deal of discussion around the term: Grind.

GW2 players have discussed Grind before (Legendary Weapons, Ascended Weapons, Crafting to 500, etc.), and now Masteries can be added to the list.

I know this is the Internetz and people love to argue on the internet, but as you discuss Grind, understand that it isn’t math. It’s opinion.

2+2=4, that’s math (though if you’re like this guy you’ll argue that it isn’t always 4, w/e). Grind is a term and subject to opinion. So while you can say to someone that they’re crazy to say something is or isn’t Grind, that’s your opinion and not all that nice to say, you can’t say they’re wrong if they believe something is a Grind just because you don’t.

Try not to forget that when you’re discussing the upcoming features of HoT or anything else about GW2. So here’s a Grind formula for you…

x-y=z

X is the amount of input required to get a desired output (Ascended armor piece, Leveling to 80, getting Taylor to 500… but not legendary weapons or fractal skins because RNG).

X is defined by ANET (think XP, Materials, etc.).

Y is the amount of input any individual BELIEVES should get them the desired output and varies with each individual.

Z is what most of us would call grind… So keep the discussions polite and remember, there is NO RIGHT answer when it comes to people’s opinions about grind.