Its official, they are keeping the threadmill alive, The season finale looks nothing like season1 finale.
They add 70% of all ‘cool’ skins to the gemstore every week, They add 29% of skins to the game wich is purchasable with gems->gold and 1% of skins you can actually ‘earn’ (if you even call 1% RNG chance earning) ingame without the use of gold where half is not even subpar ‘cool’. (note in gw1 there was no way to buy ingame items with cash and the only ‘gemstore’ items where a few seasonal outfits)
Since the first LS.
There is no endgame unless you like to do unrewarding, will never get you X skin because its too expensive, type of content.
Or Farm/grind all day for that 1 skin.
Or whip out your credit card and accept the fact that you are infact spending loads of cash on a virtual pixel world where there is literally nothing to do wich is even remotely rewarding/fun except play barbie doll dressup and AFK in LA.
Or cheesemode cassuals in cheesey PvP because reall skill doesnt matter, aslong as you can ‘play’ easymode meta.
Or WvW, the neverending story, wich never even started to be rewarding.
Adventure explore hidden events? Lol, why? srsly, why. Yes, its fun that they made about 90% of the entire map filled with Do X get Y events and added a small amount of actuall content in the game. But why play that now? There is no rewards, There is no skills, to be frank. There is no immersion whatsoever or attempt to get people to communicate, cant even press an action bar when your near a chair or a bed so you could actually use it.
Gw2 couldve been a single player game with mass AI spamming any enemy. It would have the same non-social experience.
I didnt not buy this game to chat in a chatbox in LA/guildchat as the endgame.
I expected 1 hardcore rediculous dungeon endgame with superduper loot after youve beaten heart of the mists explorable mode where you fight with an actuall team to defeat Bosslike non Press 1 wait, foes and wich could give you if youd have beaten it a chance to compete in a pvp like scenario after that to enter the famed ‘heart of the mist’ where you could forge a legendary weapon.
Not press 1, wait… wait.. wait.. f, tab, 1, wait wait wait, for hours and hours. Or Pay2Skin.
If the season finale really is what the ‘teaser’ shows us. I will most likely quit, because nothing is going to change at all im afraid.
The only thing i hope is that Anet quickly tries to disconnect all ties with Cassuals and business perspective, try to get the best game out there with lying to NCgreed and all other investors. And show what Anet can do for this game and its actuall dedicated players, showcasing that stepping outside of the box, is actually the only way to succeed in the MMORPG world. Wich doesnt mean ‘Ls 1 hour every month +grind.’
Stop making the game because your told to do it a certain way. Start making a game you would love, in EVERY aspect.