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Posted by: Tekoneiric.6817

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How many people find it offensive when people fall back on the “go play another game” to end game related discussions. It’s like saying that they are right; the other person is wrong and they should go away. I’ve seen this loosely thrown around on multiple forums.

Am I the only person who finds this insulting?

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Posted by: Just a flesh wound.3589

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Depends. Sometimes it’s dismissive and in that case a salty remark, but other times the person wants something that this game can not provide and is making himself unhappy about it. Like one guy who wanted the game to be like other games where you don’t downlevel to map level and he posted several times about his unhappiness with downleveling. In cases like that it is appropriate to tell them they might be happier playing something else.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

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I think it greatly depends on the situation. I almost never say this. However, if a person comes in asking for aspects of the game to change that were major selling points of the game in the first place, then obviously that’s something different.

For example, this game was never supposed to have gear grind, or vertical progression. Those asking for it, are indeed playing the wrong game, because this game was sold on not having it. It’s not really even a matter of opinion at that point.

However, saying it by explaining it and saying if this is what you’re looking for you won’t find it here, is very different from saying WoW is that way.

As with everything it’s in the delivery.

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Posted by: Squee.7829

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You want to not get offended? Go play another game >:o

Sorry. I don’t mean that. There are no online games that don’t have the occasional rude dismissive people. But that doesn’t make it any less pleasant when you meet them. On the other hand, sometimes it’s not just a bitter way to shut down a conversation. Sometimes it’s a legitimate suggestion. Sometimes people suggest rather radical changes that just don’t fit anywhere in GW2.
I recall recently someone suggesting some pretty intense P2W systems reminiscent of the thousands of Korean MMO’s that are out there. For people like that, it might be more helpful for him/her to just go to another game that more suits their preferred play style.

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Posted by: mauried.5608

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If a player is unhappy with this game for whatever reason, its extremely unlikley that Anet is going to change the game just to suit the unhappy player, so the options are to keep playing the game and stay unhappy or find a better game , so the suggestion to play another game is the best option available.

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Posted by: Tekoneiric.6817

Tekoneiric.6817

If a player is unhappy with this game for whatever reason, its extremely unlikley that Anet is going to change the game just to suit the unhappy player, so the options are to keep playing the game and stay unhappy or find a better game , so the suggestion to play another game is the best option available.

Telling people they should play another game is just a way to dismiss the person’s suggestion or opinion in a passively aggressive way.

Of course I don’t have a problem with people saying why something wouldn’t or would work but to tell someone to go (away) to another game is just harsh. I would think that most people are more than capable of deciding if a game has enough to keep them there or move on but to prod them to go away is rude.

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Posted by: DoctorDing.5890

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It depends entirely on the context and on the intent. There have been a few times when I’ve told someone that they are done with the game, because they so very obviously are.

Those are the posts where someone is basically saying that they have done everything that they wanted to do and are now just bored.

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Posted by: Tekoneiric.6817

Tekoneiric.6817

It depends entirely on the context and on the intent. There have been a few times when I’ve told someone that they are done with the game, because they so very obviously are.

Those are the posts where someone is basically saying that they have done everything that they wanted to do and are now just bored.

That is one of the only non-insulting uses of it. That’s not really telling them to go away but suggesting something to get their interest until new content is available.

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Posted by: Endless Soul.5178

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Telling someone that wants mounts because every other game out there has mounts to go play one of those games? Not insulting.

Telling someone “Go play another game, like solitaire.”. Yes, insulting.

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Posted by: Obtena.7952

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If a player is unhappy with this game for whatever reason, its extremely unlikley that Anet is going to change the game just to suit the unhappy player, so the options are to keep playing the game and stay unhappy or find a better game , so the suggestion to play another game is the best option available.

Telling people they should play another game is just a way to dismiss the person’s suggestion or opinion in a passively aggressive way.

Of course I don’t have a problem with people saying why something wouldn’t or would work but to tell someone to go (away) to another game is just harsh. I would think that most people are more than capable of deciding if a game has enough to keep them there or move on but to prod them to go away is rude.

It most definitely is … but then again, I find it equally rude when some people complain about things that aren’t going to change either. I don’t think it’s completely unreasonable that people think about what they would like changed and ask themselves if that’s a realistic change that can be made ingame, especially when it’s in direct opposition to something Anet has done.

Personally, I find most complaints and suggestions have a very bad sense of realistic goals. Things like removing map downleveling (as some other poster mentioned); it would be completely nonsensical to think Anet would remove it at this point.

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Posted by: Svarty.8019

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Am I the only person who finds this insulting?

Judging by the replies here, no, but I believe it isn’t insulting and I’ll tell you why.

One game can only be so much. If you want more than that game can provide – look elsewhere. That’s not an insult, that’s logic. You might also make suggestions to the developers, and hope they adopt your proposal, but don’t hold your breath.

Ultimately, looking for another game is simply common sense and not something to be upset about – all games eventually come to an end (even WoW – actually, scratch that, not WoW. WoW will be there after humanity is long gone, still churning out raids – That’s automation, right there).

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Posted by: Danikat.8537

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I agree that it depends on context.

I do think Anet listen to player suggestions and if you’re unhappy with something or think it could be better making a topic about it is well worth doing. But if it’s something that either can’t be changed in a reasonable time/amount of work (like weapon dying), or something that goes completely against the design of the game so Anet are highly unlikely to ever implement it (like adding a gear treadmill or perma-death or making a single-player version of the game) then asking for it isn’t likely to achieve anything.

If the changes you want aren’t likely to happen and you feel like trying to play the game without them is making you frustrated or unhappy then I think playing a different game is a completely reasonable suggestion. Why continue to play a game you’re not enjoying?

Or sometimes it’s not one specific thing: someone wants lots of changes which might be quite small on their own but add up to making the game almost unrecognisable. Like for example wanting a VIP mode/subscription, mounts, gear grind, new raids/dungeons to get new gear from, areas locked with gear-check so you have to have the latest gear to do that content, player inspection, a DPS meter, no more buying gems with gold so you know someone with a gem store item paid cash for it, capes, unique capes for top raiders/PvPers etc. and unique items awarded to people who spend the most in the gem store each month.

They’re basically saying they want a completely different game. And especially when I happen to know there are other games exactly like they’re describing it does seem that the logical conclusion is they’d be happier playing one of those than playing GW2 and complaining it isn’t the game they actually wanted.

And then in some cases it simply sounds like someone is bored with the game and may benefit from taking a break, either because new content will come out so they’ll have something else to do or because taking some time away from it will break the tedium of doing the same things just for the sake of doing something when they log in and they’ll find themselves enjoying it again.

But having said all that, yes sometimes people do use it to dismiss any request for changes, or even advice on what to do. In the worse cases I’ve seen people say it simply because someone is new and used the wrong terminology when asking a question – like asking where the quest hub for their race is or what’s the best ranged class.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

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OP is absolutely correct, and I don’t even really think it depends on the context. It is sometimes appropriate to politely suggest that GW2 might not be the correct game for someone if what they’re suggesting is way, way outside of reason for anything Arenanet might ever consider doing, but that is not the context in the majority of cases where something like this is said.

It’s immature, snarky, simple-minded, and narcissistic in pretty much all cases. Anyone who is posting on this forum is a paying customer and has a right to air their opinion on issues or ideas they have for the game. If you disagree with it, the only correct response is to either ignore the suggestion, or politely offer a “devil’s advocate” perspective, which continues dialogue in a productive way.

I lose my temper all the time on forums, and it’s pretty much always due to that sort of behavior. I’m not in the wrong, because I never do this to anyone else.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

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Telling someone that wants mounts because every other game out there has mounts to go play one of those games? Not insulting.

Telling someone “Go play another game, like solitaire.”. Yes, insulting.

I disagree that the first one isn’t insulting. Mounts are a relatively simple, single feature that would not be infeasible for GW2 to implement, and the fact that they exist in other games does not make those other games like GW2 with mounts.

It’s rude, dismissive, and simple-minded. And no, I’m not talking GW2 needing mounts. I’m talking about the attitude of players against them.

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Posted by: SeranusGaming.7362

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As someone who just bought the game yesterday after doing a TON of research on every aspect of GW2, I can say that while there are some things that I don’t like about the game, the majority of things were done very well. If you look at the rise and fall of so many MMOs these last few years, GW2 always appears to be on the top each year.

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

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How many people find it offensive when people fall back on the “go play another game” to end game related discussions. It’s like saying that they are right; the other person is wrong and they should go away. I’ve seen this loosely thrown around on multiple forums.

Am I the only person who finds this insulting?

It’s wrong whenever someone attacks the person making the argument rather refuting the argument. It’s got nothing to do with saying, “play another game;” the issue is addressing the “arguer” rather than the argument.

I recently suggested that someone try another game (among other ideas), because the OP in the thread said that they were bored — I wasn’t intending to ‘end the discussion’, I was accepting the OP’s assertion that they weren’t having fun and offering suggestions for what they could do to address that. I very much hope that you don’t find that insulting.

Likewise if someone continually bashes this game, it’s hard to understand why they want to keep playing it. I have suggested playing another game in such cases because I think the poster would be happier doing so. Again, I find it hard to imagine that someone would think that’s intended to stifle discussion.

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Posted by: Boysenberry.1869

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It may not be nice, but “Go play another game” is often the most reasonable response to most complaint/suggestion threads. Most people have either unrealistic ideas or simply don’t like the game anymore and want to complain instead of finding a game they enjoy more.

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

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There are some who want a fundamental change to the core design philosophy of the game and constantly complain about that. You either have to accept the game for what it is and live with the things you don’t like or accept that the game isn’t for you and move on.

But some of those people make it their mission, because the game isn’t what they want, to drag the game down, to cause it to fail so they can say “see, if they only listen to me”. It’s those people who need to move on.

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Posted by: IndigoSundown.5419

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Many times forum discussions about absent features that are wanted vs not wanted break down to one person’s desire being another person’s dread (duels, for instance). I’m with those who say use of the “other game” phrase is situational, but only in rare cases.

In a large number of instances, using the phrase means, “I don’t want what you want and I wish you’d shut up because I’m afraid ANet might listen.” Very occasionally, it means, “How did you end up buying a game that has consistently been advertised as being the exact opposite of what you say you want?” While I find the former dismissive, I find the latter either an honest expression of confusion or perhaps a misguided attempt to be helpful. I say misguided because the vast majority of complainers don’t want to be dissuaded and it really isn’t likely someone who does not want to be helped will heed.

In either case, I hesitate to use the terms “insulting” or “offensive.” If this phrase is either, then surely all attempts to disenfranchise a poster’s complaint are similarly so. Take, for example, “QQ,” or “whining.” Then there’s nitpicking, endless arguments about the meaning of a word, and attempts to evolve pejorative terms to apply them to a current peeve. Surely others could add more examples, though it’s hardly necessary. Why single out this one phrase, when there are a host of others used for similar purposes?

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Posted by: Amaimon.7823

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It really varries from request to request.
Some requests are just not in the game yet, and then ‘go play another game’ isn’t really an argument.
But in the case GW2 does something differently intentionally and somoene doesn’t like it, well, then it’s the game and they should go play something else if it really bothers them. Like mounts. Anet specifically made the waypoint system to not need mounts and because GW1 also didn’t have mounts. Now people who want mounts come with the suggestion to remove the waypoints to make the mounts viable. But thats a clear case of ‘go play another game, if you want mounts so badly’

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

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And a defining design doctrine for PvE was no player should dread seeing another player. That’s why there are instanced resources nodes, no loot/XP splitting and everyone can rez. Dueling in PvE for instance, some see as a violation of that tenant. PvE is one big happy Co-Op area and we shouldn’t be fighting among ourselves but helping each other. The “flash mob with swords and spells” design of dynamic events support the helping each other design.

Also the lack of a hard trinity of healer/tank/DPS rubs some the wrong way even though ANet didn’t want a required set of professions for a party to do content (yes I know raiding meta violates that philosophy).

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Posted by: Leo G.4501

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I tend to tell players who complain about being burnt out or for lack of content to go play something else. I’m not trying to be dismissive and I practice what I preach. I play a variety of games and I tend to stop playing when I feel somewhat burnt out or my urge to play a particular game grows stronger. It’s not uncommon for the urge to play multiple games gets very strong and I have to decide what I want to go for. It’s a wonderful feeling to go play something after a little break and enjoying the simplest of aspects such as exploring maps in GW2 (most games I put on the back burner don’t emphasize actual exploration, even if they have mounts in it).

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Posted by: Neural.1824

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How many people find it offensive when people fall back on the “go play another game” to end game related discussions. It’s like saying that they are right; the other person is wrong and they should go away. I’ve seen this loosely thrown around on multiple forums.

Am I the only person who finds this insulting?

In my experience, the users here on the forum, even some with whom I am at odds with constantly, have only suggested such things when the person it is directed at has displayed a rude, condescending “I’m right” attitude. Often times such people make a statement and then degrade anyone that disagrees with them as weak, unintelligent, unskilled, and then writes them off as an “entitled snowflake”.

Under these circumstances telling the person to go play another game is perfectly acceptable because they have proven by that point without a doubt that regardless of the merit of their original statement, they are a toxic entity within the community.

The people here on the forum, and to a lesser extent on Reddit, are comprised of many different opinions, but the majority, by far, are of the same general consensus on how the game should be. On top of that, often times the most repeated requests are met not only with general opposition, but with opposition based purely on the issue of how much development time would be needed to add/include a feature that is superfluous at best (specifically in this case: mounts. I’d love to have mounts, but because we have zones so tightly packed with waypoints, it is simply not productive to add another system of travel.)

Finally, in the end, if you feel that someone’s comment of “go play another game” was offensive, insulting, or otherwise against the forum rules of conduct, report the post and let Anet decide if it was out of line.

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Posted by: Zenith.6403

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Am I the only person who finds this insulting?

I think it depends on tone, but when people post things like “WoW has X, Y and Z how come GW2 doesn’t have those things?” it makes me wonder why they come here to complain when they could be playing the game they clearly like more.

And people who are so invested, geez! It’s like one game is supposed to be the ultimate solution to all your pastime needs. The way this world works is things get outdated and replaced by better things. Even if you got the best engineers and limitless budget to work on GW2, some decisions are made that just can’t be unmade without building another game.

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Posted by: duster.7013

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Well it is intended as an insult, so if you see it that way you are correct. If it’s used alone to end an argument they are being lazy, I think it should only be used when people talk about simplifying the pve or making it even easier.

It implies gw2 is an elite game that you aren’t worthy of.

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Posted by: Seera.5916

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Well it is intended as an insult, so if you see it that way you are correct. If it’s used alone to end an argument they are being lazy, I think it should only be used when people talk about simplifying the pve or making it even easier.

It implies gw2 is an elite game that you aren’t worthy of.

Context is key. If a player’s post indicates that they have grown bored of the game or they are burnt out or about to burn out, then “go play another game” would not be an insult. Likewise for players making posts that give off the impression that this game is not the game for them. Every game isn’t going to appeal to a single person.

Saying it to someone simply making a suggestion is rude.

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Posted by: DaShi.1368

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I’ve never seen it used in a non-insulting way. There’s always better ways to address someone’s complaint. Frankly, saying nothing is better than saying “Go play another game.”

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Posted by: Zedek.8932

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Excelsior.

To bring in some real-life analogies from work: I work in a grocery store and lead the wine and spirits department, my brother is banker and a stock and investment adviser. And we both have customers that act like the group described in this thread and the replies of many here are matching exactly how we both handle it.

Customer: “This is a crappy store, always is my favourite wine sold out”.
Me: “Sorry, I gotta order it for you. If you leave your phone number, I will come back to you as soon as it is back in stock”.

Customer: “This store sucks, I do not like how it looks like, the music is awful, your assortment is too high-priced, the neon light is too dark, the temperatures in here too cold, I like the other store more”.
Me: “Then go and shop there, Sir. Have a nice day”.

There are so many insults even toward me personally because something was sold out or whatever that I not only once told them to have their business with someone else their apparently like more.

My brother has millionaires as customers that want low risk, high reward, high interest investments with 100% availability and accessability. That’s impossible, just like “the” perfect MMORPG. When his customer start to yell around in the office, he told me he gets up from the chair, reaches his hand (for a goodbye handshake), says that they won’t have any business that way because he can not offer these unrealistic, one-sided things.

In both cases: People are coming back to my store and come back to my brother’s office. And it is NOT insulting to suggest to seek their best somewhere else, but neither can I change my assortment nor can my brother force the ECB and Draghi to change the interest situation. In fact, you HAVE to say things like this for credibility and honesty. (Mind: In Germany things a somewhat different from the U.S. in this matter, hypocrisy is not that much of a thing here).

The question is more: Why are the ones the loudest? I left FF14 silently when it turned into crap; here the most Anti-GW2 people are the loudest group, but what is the point of that?

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Posted by: Deaths.9165

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Well after 4 years of GW2 and the unending broken promises from Anet, and hundrets of hour+ euro i supported gw2 with. Cause gw2 had a real potential.I have the right to mourn. And if a 5k ap kid tells me play another game i will just block him. Most suggestions in this forum are made by players who are new. I will just tell them, we have done thouse suggestions since day 1. Its an unheared plea. ANd yes they have brought usable mounts after 3 and a half year but thats not what the playerbase wants. The flying carpets and that electrocyte thingy are not real mounts we want to see.

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Posted by: HnRkLnXqZ.1870

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I sometimes feel the urge to use this phrase, but mostly the “go back to [game]”
It only happens with a special sort of players, a minority ofcourse. Our community is great, everyone is awesome (no sarcasm).

Last evening I had another approach with one of those special people. It always goes after the same routine:
The first thing they say after their name is from what game they come from. From their understanding, this information raises their rank from a newbie to a wise-elder instantly. After a little chatter they start questioning why GW2 not has certain features, features their other MMORPG has. A few sentences later they start to complain, that GW2 is stupid because certain things do not work as in the other MMORPG. After some reasoning and some explanations and friendly calming words, they continue. They point out GW2 is really bad and ANet should really take a look at that one MMORPG which does so many things right. That is usually the 4th or 5th time I kindly mention that this is GW2 and we are what we are because we are not a clone of another certain MMORPG. After a little silence we usually get to player-housing and mounts and that GW2 totally needs both of them, because that other MMORPG has it and it works so great there. At this point I already start breathing slowly and forcing myself to stay calm and answer in an appropriate non-offensive way. After another attempt of persuading, explaning and reasoning they do somehow understand that GW2 is not that certain MMORPG they come from. But on the other hand they really do not care and tell me another time that GW2 is really bad and it should have all the things they complained about earlier, or it will die within 2 weeks.

And that, well that is usually the point where I lose my countenance and tell them to go back to that certain MMORPG. I feel bad for doing so, but my patience has limits. I am not a jedi or a monk. Any suggestions how to overcome such great ignorance in a more peaceful way?

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Posted by: Ceridwen.6703

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I sometimes feel the urge to use this phrase, but mostly the “go back to [game]”
It only happens with a special sort of players, a minority ofcourse. Our community is great, everyone is awesome (no sarcasm).

Last evening I had another approach with one of those special people. It always goes after the same routine:
The first thing they say after their name is from what game they come from. From their understanding, this information raises their rank from a newbie to a wise-elder instantly. After a little chatter they start questioning why GW2 not has certain features, features their other MMORPG has. A few sentences later they start to complain, that GW2 is stupid because certain things do not work as in the other MMORPG. After some reasoning and some explanations and friendly calming words, they continue. They point out GW2 is really bad and ANet should really take a look at that one MMORPG which does so many things right. That is usually the 4th or 5th time I kindly mention that this is GW2 and we are what we are because we are not a clone of another certain MMORPG. After a little silence we usually get to player-housing and mounts and that GW2 totally needs both of them, because that other MMORPG has it and it works so great there. At this point I already start breathing slowly and forcing myself to stay calm and answer in an appropriate non-offensive way. After another attempt of persuading, explaning and reasoning they do somehow understand that GW2 is not that certain MMORPG they come from. But on the other hand they really do not care and tell me another time that GW2 is really bad and it should have all the things they complained about earlier, or it will die within 2 weeks.

And that, well that is usually the point where I lose my countenance and tell them to go back to that certain MMORPG. I feel bad for doing so, but my patience has limits. I am not a jedi or a monk. Any suggestions how to overcome such great ignorance in a more peaceful way?

There’s a couple of things you could say: you can sympathise with their situation, yet politely disagree – paraphrase “Yes, you really seem to like X a lot. That’s great! I’m happy you like X in that other game. As for me, I like…” – You can then focus on what you view as the positives of GW2 (no fee to play is usually a big one here, perhaps gold to gems, cash (to gems) to gold), and you don’t have to even compare it to other games. If the other person says Game X has all that and a bag of Cheeze Doodles on top, then you can say, “okay, maybe I’ll check that out if I fancy a change of pace”. You never, ever have to check it out. Always just say you’ll get around to it at some point, and/or you’re just having so much fun doing what you do.

If this gets you nowhere fast, and the person is not in the same room or building as you, you can simply dodge the conversation any time it crops up. Oh, you have a phone call. Oh, you have the oven on. Your 3rd party communication has just suffered a catastrophic malfunction and you can no longer speak to them. You have fallen down and can’t get up. It will depend on how close you are to the other person (and how bothered you are about lying through your teeth to avoid the conversation). If you’re suitably close, you can avoid this shenanigans by just telling them the truth: when they begin to rag on your game like this, it gets you down, and you’d appreciate it if they’d stop doing it. If the person is your friend, this should get them to back down. After all, your differences have to be respected.

Have a ’net hug. I hope you and the other person fix the meh.

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Posted by: Aeolus.3615

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i dont tell other people to play another game, as for example, people from my class wanted to play a game so i spared some time between classes, since they were interested in GW2, and i played gw2 for a bit…

showed pvp (actually did good with my burn guard build) they were horrified with the power creep overall of the game.
showed wvw state (was outmaned with 1 blobs ktraining )
showed timed gated pve prograssion towards masteries
Showed the crafting system how to unlock stuff, fractals, and afew other pve stuff.

Every one was … very pretty game but… but… ok… can u reccommend a decent game?

1st April joke, when gw2 receives a “balance” update.

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Posted by: Einlanzer.1627

Einlanzer.1627

Well it is intended as an insult, so if you see it that way you are correct. If it’s used alone to end an argument they are being lazy, I think it should only be used when people talk about simplifying the pve or making it even easier.

It implies gw2 is an elite game that you aren’t worthy of.

Yes, pretty much. Everyone arguing that it isn’t both insulting and stupid in most contexts is simply rationalizing their kittenty behavior.

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

It depends on the situation and the way it is told.
If someone is saying they have nothing to do and are bored with the game, telling them to play something else until more content is released is just helping out. They can either stay playing this game and be unhappy and bored, or play something else and have fun while they wait for new content.

However, if someone uses it to dismiss suggestions of others then it is insulting.
OP: I would like <insert feature>
Response: I don’t want that feature so no one here should have it! Play another game!
That is insulting.

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