Guild Wars 2

1. Headstart

2. just under 595

3. only 20g

4. 4 at 80, others at various

5. Orr, I guess; Straits event zerging, Cursed Shore events; I should run dungeons

6. no

7. Weapon? none so far

8. again, none so far

9. Hmm, as far as I can recall, only one

10. I would have expected more than one, say three or such, from a few hours of play

11. 0

12. Yes, I currently have 4 crafting professions at max with a couple poised to level.

13. no, I stockpile them for the next crafter

14. Yes and no. I have had a lot of fun playing, but for the time I’ve been playing this game I feel stupid for having so little gold and lacking full exotic sets.

15. fun
Grinding isn’t fun. EotN had some awesome stuff in it, but it also plopped in a ton of grinding to make it Grind Wars. Titles reigned supreme, as did the collecting of drops for weapon skins. GW2 feels very similar to Eye of the North. I look at what I need to do for the sets and stuff I want on each of my characters, and I know I have a grind ahead of me.

But it shouldn’t just be handed to me, either, so I don’t know. But being able to get the armor skins I wanted at my pace / without necessarilly requiring others was nice.

1. Day 1
2. Almost 300
3. 2g (15g total gold)
4. 1 level 80 Mesmer
5. Where ever I fancy on the day.
6. Green MF gear when in lower areas or with group.
7. Not too many, no more than 10
8. Probably about 10
9. 3 maybe
10. None
11. 1 literally yesterday
12. 400 tailor – 200 weaponsmith
13. Not generally (sell if I get a full stack)
14. for the cost of the game, certainly. I feel the levels of loot/content is about right.
15. Don’t like any form of content gating.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
25th August (pre-launch)
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
ehm… more than 400. Perhaps more than 500. Perhaps… (shameshameshame…)
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
about 30g
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
Yes, 2
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
I didn’t play for income (that’s why I “only” had 30g )
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
Only consumables, but not gear.
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Never (Can it happen? :P)
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
About a half dozen, from FotM chests, and two more from Ancient Karka’s event. So 8. I’ve never had a drop in a temple, or from a dragon or… anywhere else, if I am right
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
6-7 in FotM. Out of there, I think about 2-3
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
In FotM, 2 rares and half exotic. Out of there, half rare and zero exotics
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
1 charged lodestone (again, I think it was from FotM)
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
I had cook, jewelry, light armor, artificer and medium armor at 400. Others were at a low level.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Only if I was full of them
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Yes, until The Lost Shore patch. Because loot wasn’t epic but neither necessary for fun. Now it is
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Ascended & infused must be equalled to exotics in terms of stats (or removed). And FotM loot must be reduced to spread people.

1. Middle of September.

2. 223 hours 20 minutes.

3. 20 gold and change.

4. Yes.

5. FotM, Explore-able dungeons.

6. Yes. (Only MF I use is food and that’s up pretty much all the time.)

7. Yes. ~2 (That I am aware of)

8. ~7 (mostly from Fractals and one or two from dragons.)

9. ~12 (I would assume it would be higher if I actually played for 8 hours at a time.)

10. ~5 rares, no exotics

11. No clue (Never payed enough attention to them when I got them to keep a mental tally)

12. No.

13. Yes. (Pretty much all of them)

14. Yes.

15. Interactivity.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Head start if you’re asking about post BWEs.
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
278 Hours
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
19 gold.
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
2 of them.
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Dungeons.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
No Magic Find.
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Not that I can recall.
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Not that I can recall.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
3-ish
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
Expect? 1 an hour might be nice.
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
What are lodestones?
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Not I don’t really craft. Although I do have weapon smith at 400.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Sometimes if I want to buy something and need extra cash.
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
In some Dungeon run, yes.
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Communication. (from ArenaNet)

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. BW1
Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. 540h
Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 115g (giving away 100g in my community event)
Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. 1 guardian
Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. frostgorge, malchors leap
Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. only ornaments (rings amulets etc) and mag find food
Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. yes 1
Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. 8-12, mostly from mad king
Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. around 10ish (mostly get armor)
Q10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
A10. 2-3
Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. around 30
Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. Yes. weaponsmith 400, armorsmith 400
Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. yes.
Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. yup. Locations are key to gaining money go explore and find spots little to no people know about
Q15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. Exotic drops

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. Since head start

Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. a little over 600

Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 37g

Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. one 80

Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. None. I just do what i want.

Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. I pretty much run with MF gear and food most of the time.

Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. Yes, often actually, I’d guess at least 10 in total, maybe more

Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. Yes, more than 10

Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. 15 or so

Q10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
A10. None

Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. I have about 4 or 5 currently, i’ve sold a few though.

Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. I have 2 crafters both 400 in 2 professions, Armorsmith, Weaponsmith, Tailor and Artificer

Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. Nope.

Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. Yes, I enjoy the game, i enjoy the rewards.

Q15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. Camera.

lordozone.9167:

2. 1236 hours (2 accts, over 1000 main)

That sounds impressive, but not as impressive as over 12 hours per day every single day since release. Now that is impressive!

1. 3 day headstart
2. almost 700 hours
3. about 18g
4. one 80, two 75s (working on them atm)
5. dungeons, general leveling alts (sells stuff that drops)
6. i DO NOT use mf gear, nor do i think i ever will. stat belongs elsewhere (different game/genre)
7. exotic weapon, no. but i’ve had a couple exotic armor pieces (without mf)
8. no, same as above
9. didnt keep track, but imo ‘enough’ to feel like ive accomplished something / rewarded for my time
10. i DONT expect any exotic loot to drop, im happy with what i get
11. didnt care to keep track, materials are materials. i loot em as i see em, and then move on
12. yes i craft, four 400s, artificer, cooking, jeweler, tailor
13. as with gw1 i dont sell mats, im a hoarder
14. yes
15. bugs

1. Since the day game came out
2. Around 300h
3. 30 gold but I’ve spent a lot
4. Yes my ele which is my main and only char I play
5. I explore and do dungeons for gear so I earn what I pick up while I do those things
6. I use it a lot
7. I have few times
8. Few times
9. I have no idea.. I don’t count it really
10. I don’t expect anything :p
11. Dunno..10+?
12. 400 Tailor and 350 Cooking
13. Ones I have 250+ yes since I don’t want to waste bank space
14. Every second of it
15. More pretty armors

1. Headstart
2. 1150 hours
3. 180 gold banked so far
4. Leveled 6x 80 lvl (2x guardian cause picked up bad race) My main is Guardian
5. Cursed shore, AC, Arah
6. I use MF only in Cursed shore farming events
7. Yes, around 3-4
8. Yes, around 1-2
9. Hmm around 20-30
10. I expect to loot around 3-5 weapons per hour
11. DOnt know .. aroud 200 if i count cores?
12. Yes I have every crafting profession at 400
13. I didnt before. But now when I need only map completion for my legendary, yes
14. Yes I feel return is worth it
15. Buggs, minor things, more content, new armor and weapon skins

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
25/8/2012

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
1000+

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
33g I think

4. Do you have a max level character?
Just one

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / TP where you spend most of your time for income.
Straits of Devastation, Frostgorge Sound, Cursed Shores

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
75% no / 25% yes while farming

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
No

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
No

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
4

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
Rule #1 – don’t expect. If it drops it drops, I’ve done all I can to increase my chances.
Having said that, “I would like” perhaps 2 rares and 1 exotic

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
7

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
I have crafted in 3 disciplines on my L80, all to 400.

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Farming/packrat syndrome.. only the excess goes on the TP.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Not even close. Is this a trick question?

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
I don’t have one word for this. Soooo much needs improving in this game including ANet’s observance that this is played by people WORLDWIDE, not just in ’merica. Diversity of skins for Legendaries to help bring the price of said weapons down as well, Grouping (get an LFG-dedicated channel going ASAP), bugs, so many bugs… and finally LOOT!! Fix the loot and make me believe that my Magic Find gear is worth the money I invested in it!!! Dungeons need a rework as well, some of those mobs are way too hard for an inexperienced 5-man team.

Tarn.1374:

As of now I’ve played over 1000 hours in-game since launch with one character. I don’t equate any sort of substantial enjoyment to materials things my character’s gotten or wealth they’ve gained. It is simply a game. Taking my time to explore the world, talk and listen to NPCs and learn the lore is what I enjoy. Loosing myself in the world so-to-speak. My character’s been lucky enough to meet and make some great friends whom are like-minded. To me that is true ‘wealth’, to use a somewhat crude term. With all due respect, personally I think your list is very narrow-minded for a ‘general overview’, sorry.

Maybe so, but I think the purpose of this poll is to get general feedback about the state of play in a material-sense.

1. When did you begin playing?
Head Start.
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
~900
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
~73
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
3
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Cursed Shore, Malchor’s, Southsun Cove
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
Not lately
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Never, regardless of having magic find or not
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Never
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
3 to 4
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
I have no expectations. RNG is RNG, and it hates me
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
5 or 6
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Yes, yes, 4
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Sell some, keep some
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
It’s not a job
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Ubiquity (for those who need explanation, making all in-game pursuits rewarding and worth doing)

1. When did you begin playing?
BWE 1

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
539

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
160 ish?

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
3
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Orr, Dungeons, TP

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
Yes

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
3

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
0

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
I got about 10 per hour pre 15-Nov. I’ve gotten about 0.2 per hour after 15-Nov.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
Rare’s I would say 5-10 with MF gear and a full group. Exotics maybe 1 per 10 hours of play.

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
I have no idea

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Yes, all of them

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Nearly all of them yes.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Prior to the world mob drop rate nerf yes, after … no. Only reason I still to it is because I need karma and don’t want to pug speed runs in dungeons.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Progression

Specifically the removal of endless vertical progression.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Headstart
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
547
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
11g
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
8-80 (all professions)
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Cursed shore, LA, CoF
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
No
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
No
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Karka Event, 2 Low lv.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
10
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
1-2
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
3
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Master Crafter
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
No
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Yes
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Pvp (Bgs kill to win. Without hold point).

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Early launch access (August 25th)

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
599 hours

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
163,396 or 16 gold (I have 40g on my ranger currently but haven’t banked it)

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
Yes, my ranger only

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
1) Orr
2) Frostgorge Sound
3) Southsun Cove

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
I do for large events, but it doesn’t seem to help much

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Kinda? I got an exotic named armor – Mhenlo’s chest piece

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
I assume Karka event doesn’t count – if so, no.

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
5

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
At least 1

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
3 charged, 2 onyx

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Yes, 400 Leatherworker, 400 huntsman, 400 Jeweler

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Some I do, some I don’t.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Completion, more or less. Income, no. Farming is absolutely terrible in this game and has gotten to the point of maybe getting something useful every 5-10 mobs which is sad, seeing you don’t make a necessarily good amount of money from events.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Grind – there’s too much of it currently, especially with the lack of loot present.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Headstart access, was online the first 11 hours straight then napped for 6 and got back on – I had vacation time.

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
451 hours so far across all character, 283 on my main.

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
I put 10 gold in for that portion of the achievement, but then took it back out to spend it.

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
Yes, 2 level 80’s so far.

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Sparkfly Fen, either at the Hylek Holy Grounds or the DE by the Meta event.

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
I use my MF set when soloing but put my Exotics on for dungeon runs or helping friends.

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Not a single one lol. Then again I don’t farm Orr since I dislike the zone.

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Nope, gotten a few rares from chests but that’s all.

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
It’s been quite some time but I got about 7 rares in an 8 hour time period once, again though I don’t do Orr.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
0 exotics, maybe a rare… but only when farming I never expect them outside of that.

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
Wouldn’t even know wot one is, is there only a certain way to get them? lol…

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
No crafting here, I figure when I get burned out from the game I can sit down and try to learn it.

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
I did on my first/main character… when I took my thief to 80 I deposited the collectibles for when I do start crafting. Never keep trophies though as they take up too much space and can easily get again later.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
I have fun, when it stops being fun I log off for a while. Dunno what kind of ‘return’ I should be expecting other than that…

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Kitten… I can’t decide so flip a coin – heads is bugs and tails is balance. Both are equally important to fix in my eyes.

1. When did you begin playing? [BW 1]

2. how many hours total do you have? [ 733 hrs ]

3. What’s your most gold banked so far? [4, but it didn’t last long ]

4. Do you have a max level character [ yes , I have one ]

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income [ I don’t spend time in zones for income, I want to enjoy the game not turn it into a job ]

6. Do you mainly use MF or not? [ as I do not know what that is I would say no ]

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? [ no ]

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? I [no ]

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time? [ 2 ]

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time? [ I really don’t expect to get them, I didn’t think they were supposed to be common ]

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? [ 0 ]

12. Do you craft? [ yes but none at 400 ]

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? [ no ]

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it? [ not in the last month or so, it was fun at start up ]

1. About a month after launch.
2. 190 Hours and 21 Minutes
3. 54g which is now.
4. Yes and i have only play this one character.
5. Cursed Shore (pre-patch), Straits of devastation (pre-patch) and FoTm (after-patch)
6. Yes almost all my armor pieces are traveler’s set and it totals up to around 100% MF.
7. No.
8. No. (didnt went to the lost shore event which gave exotics like free)
9. No idea about rare weapons, but rare equipments i would get like 5-6 per hour when farming in the cursed shore before the patch.
10. I expect 2/3 .
11. 1 only from a dungeon mob.
12. Nope i don’t craft.
13. Yes i sell them all.
14. Yes it has been worth it.
15. glitches

1. When did you begin playing? The start i want to say but a few weeks after.
2. how many hours total do you have? 964hr
3. What’s your most gold banked so far? 20g i spend it fast
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? 2
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income. Any where that ppl want me to go.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not? No
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total? weapons non but armor 2
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total? non
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time? About 5 or so they are rares weapons / armor.
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time? 0
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? 2
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many? no
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional) yes all but gobs of ecto they are going up still
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it? Yes
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective? Perspective (for the players more then the game makers)

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Headstart
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
800+
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
couple of G, have everything I needed and everything else seemed pointlessly grindy to get
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
1 level 80, a 60 and a few other lower levels
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Dungeons brah, only thing I can stomach at this point, if I’m going to grind for stuff at least let it be something well made I can enjoy repeatedly for a bit and not land of the zombiefails.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
Heck no, it’s a garbage stat
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
hahah, no
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
hahaha, no
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
3? or so?
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
none
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
none, I dunno I tend to ignore the crafting drops as I’m not going for a legendary cos it’s less legenDARY and more legenDAIRY
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
400 lw, 400 chef, should have gotten WS because it at least works as intended
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
nah, they’re useful for levelling alts up quickly via crafting
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
The odd time, but mostly on the first run of dungeons token wise, after that it’s all grind city for sweet f.a
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective
CRAFTING

Mrkraken.6791:

Basic Format:
1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?

1. post bws? immediately after betas lol so right at launch.
2. no idea, havent looked. i play a couple or so hours every other night, roughly, so you do the math lol
3. ive had a total of 17 gold at one point……. yay for sPvPers! :P
4. yes, one warrior.
5. i guess heart of the mists, since i dont farm for gold and just deal with being broke (since gold isnt necessary for sPvP).
6. i dont actually know what you mean by “MF.”
7. nope.
8. nope.
9. uh, ive made like 14 or so exotics in one day in the heart of the mists, dont know if that counts, cause you cant get rares in sPvP.
10. depends if i like the look of my current gear or not.
11. none.
12. actually i do craft, but my armorsmithing is only 325 or so (again not needed for sPvP), and i have barely touched weaponsmithing.
13. yeah, why not?
14. yeah, killing players to get stuff to break down to make better stuff is worth it.
15. …… makeitsosPvPerscanmakeatleastalittlebitofgold…… thats one word…. >.>

P.S. this servey doesnt really take sPvPers into account does it -.-

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. Day 1 of the headstart (all three BWE)

Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. 405hrs., 20min.

Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 50 (spent much more, though)

Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. lvl 80 Ele. (working on my warrior, now. he’s lvl 55)

Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. I run through them all, actually. I get bored running around in one area lol

Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. I have a set of exotics packed with as much as i can get. It might not help A LOT, but, it’s something.

Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. Just one so far. That’s to be expected, though. Anet already said that they were not expecting people to get exotics as quickly as they did. It was supposed to be something you had to really work for.

Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. 2 from dungeons

Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. with my MF gear on, and boosters, I got over 10 in under 3 hours. It was during a bugged event, where wave after wave of mobs were coming, though.

Q10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
A10. Well, i don’t EXPECT very many. I’m happy with what i get.

Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. I haven’t really gone after them. One of these days, though.

Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. I have no interest in crafting. It’s not that i feel anet did a bad job with it, it’s that i dislike it in general. It’s a shame that it’s required to craft a legendary. I guess the people like ME, who dedicate most of their free time to the game in ALL other aspects, don’t deserve a chance at a legendary item. I guess it’s cool to basically tell us “you can do something you hate, and have a legendary, or, you can kiss our kitten”

Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. Yes, I do. For the reason listed above.

Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. It’s getting much better, but, it’s still not there, yet.

Q15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. I can’t think of something in “one word” lol. In my opinion, they need a secondary option for acquiring “legendary” items , that’s ENTIRELY different, from the current method. It would be nice for everyone to, at least, have an equal shot at getting one. Preferably a way that doesn’t force someone to do something they hate in the process.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s) – since launch
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age) 881 ><
3. What’s your most gold banked so far? 15g, i buy a lot of stuff.
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one) Yes.
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income. Orr events, farming lodes, crafting rares and exotics.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not? Just the food.
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total? Excluding Lost Shores, twice.
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total? Excluding Lost Shores, none.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time? 5 or 6 doing fractals.
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time? zero to one.
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types) about 20-30.
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many? Armor and Weapon.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional) I craft them and sell the crafted item instead.
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it? In terms of gathering and crafting, yes. In terms of killing bosses, nope. In terms of overall dungeon runs, yes.
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective? Rewards,

I know, some may not want to answer so many questions; please feel free to respond to less if you prefer (or have not the time). Thank you for any that participate here.

So, for me then.
1. Headstart day one (25th)
2. just over 1100 hrs (2 accts, 800 main)
3. 120g (just hit!! yay)
4. Yes, 4 – 80’s
5. Cursed shore, AC, CoF
6. MF 85% of time, yes.
7. Yes, 1 exotic (lvl 76 trident on my 1,930th event)
8. Yes, 6 exotic (2 MK, 2 Karka, 2 FoTM)
9. most is 13 rares in 8 hours
10. I expect 1 per hour (sadly)
11. total of 6 looted
12. Yes, Yes, Master crafter (8 max)
13. No. Excluding some T5 cloth, leather and dust
14. Not really no.
15. LOOT

As someone who has not really farmed mobs and never farmed dungeons, my data may prove useful to you. My perspective is of a hardcore-gamer at heart playing on a casual gamer’s time budget.

1. When did you begin playing?
Day 1 Headstart
2. how many hours total do you have?
511 hrs
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
34g
4. Do you have a max level character?
Lvl 80 Engineer
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Frostgorge Sound, Jormag, event chains around the map.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
No.
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
No.
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
No.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
3
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
0-1
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far?
8-10
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
400 in Leatherworking and Huntsman. 200 in Armour and weapon smithing.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats?
No.
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
No.
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
GAMBLING ((needs to be toned down. I do not like having to gamble for rares in order to gamble for Ectoplasm in order to gamble for Mystic Clovers. Ectoplasm should be garaunteed at least 1 from rares and at least 2 from exotics, maybe even 3.))

1. Headstart Day 1.
2. 867 hours total
3. No idea how much is the most gold … but I don’t think it’s much.
4. Yes, 2 level 80s.
5. Cursed Shore/Ascalonian Catacombs/TP
6. Never use magic find, occasionally I’ll use food if I remember but I don’t kitten my equipment.
7. I think I’ve had exotic weapons drop from mobs but it’s only happened once or twice.
8. Only ever from the one-time karka event.
9. No idea, maybe 3 rares looted in the space of 8 hours? But that would have been an exceptionally good day.
10. I don’t expect to loot any rares or exotics, I would like to loot more (since anything less is basically just merchant-fodder) but I don’t expect it’ll happen.
11. No lodestones looted.
12. Yes I have a 400 Leatherworker and Armoursmith.
13. I only sell mats if I get more than 250.
14. In terms of income? No, not at all. It seems that there are certain routes to making a lot of money in the game but if you aren’t clued in to them then you get left behind. So for some people it’s clearly very easy to get 10 or more gold per day; for most of the population though I think it’s a struggle. So time put in vs gold generated for most people, not “worth it” … in terms of having fun though, it’s just fine.
15. Economy.

1. When did you begin playing?
Head start
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
Around 800 hours
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
20 gold
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
2
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
WvW, dungeons, farming rare nodes in high level zones.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
I find handicapping myself not worth the extra chance for loot.
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Yes. 2.
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Probably 1 if at all.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
2 or 3
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
Usually 0.
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
Maybe … 10? Sold them all off.
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
4 crafting maxed, 4 more on the way.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Some times if I’m desperate, I prefer to keep them if I can.
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
No.
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Too many gold drains and not enough ways to make gold. TP is unreliable. There is really no way to make gold at an acceptable rate. Solution? Make gold obtainable at an acceptable rate. Even if it is in the form of daily high level solo quests at the very least.

1. BWE 1
2. (not in game right now)
3. 11 G
4. Done
5. Don’t care much about income
6. Never used it yet
7. 2
8. Nope
9. Probably 3 or 4
10. 3 or 4
11. None
12. DA little, only a 200 crafter
13. Only the ones I don’t use
14. Not really
15. Variety

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
BWE1
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
310 ( I used to have much more time to play, but meh)
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
80s. I don’t really bank gold, and the most I’ve owned in one pile has been ~3-4g
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
Guardian. (I have a severe case of _alt_zheimer’s, so assuming levels take the same amount of time, I would have about 3 80s)
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
I don’t really spend time for income
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
I’ve had maybe 7% max at one time
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
I don’t think I’ve ever had an exotic drop period
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Same as #7
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
Maybe 2
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
I don’t have expectations
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A grand total of 0
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Armorcrafting. At this point I’ll just buy what I need I think
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
I do now.
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Mostly
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Balance. Balance between the greatness of GW1 and top-teir MMO’s, balance between professions, weapons, and builds (while maintaining uniqueness), balance between vertical and horizontal (and even z-axis progression, whatever that may include), etc.

I love the efforts made to make the GW universe closer to traditional MMOs. They each had their high points, but I’m missing some of the nostalgia of Guild Wars Prophecies. I walk into Ascalon or Kryta and say, “X place is supposed to be here, but I can’t tell anymore.” Its as if I’m not actually in any of the places I used to spend many thousands of hours years ago. I’d love to see more of the original bleed through into this world.

I don’t mean balance in the normal, skill/trait minded sense with regards to profs, weapons, etc., but moreso a “filling out” of what isn’t “filled” to begin with. I don’t mean pushing everything into a bland “middle”, but rather smoothing things out along the spectrum. There are traits/skills with bugs, ones that are rather boring, and are otherwise unused. There can be small effects given to increase the variety. Just look at Mesmer weapon traits compared to, say, most of the Guardian weapon traits. Theres more those can do than just “20% reduced cooldown” and “+5% damage”.

I’ve played quite a bit of WoW (WotLK only) and DDO (Dungeons and Dragons Online), and they both have their good points as far as vertical progression, both of which I say is a bit better than GW2 for the moment. WoW and DDO’s dungeons and raids were quite fun and could potentially have a place in GW2, but only if the horizontal progression increases by the same ratio. Perhaps Anet is working on expanding each type, but will only have one form of update at a time. It seems to me like they’re going for many, many small updates over the life of the game, so that when we see GW2 after 7 years, it would have size and content to dwarf many MMOs combined. And so likewise, its possible that this recent update was for vertical progression, and the next one is for horizontal, and the one after that will be for something else. They have admitted they added FotM a bit in the wrong way, but by the time Ascended gear is fully implemented, you’ll be in/have been to many more places than just FotM in LA.

I have plenty of reason to keep playing, and I expect to accrue many more hours (especially when I’ve finished off the rest of my untouched gaming library). I’ve got high hopes for GW2, and I expect that to see the full vision Anet has had for this game, it’ll take a bit more time than we’re allowing. That is my general overview after 3 months.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
about a month after release
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
182 hours in 2 months. Im quite casual
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
about 13 g
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
one 80
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
My one and only 80 turned 80 in that zone with the sunless dragon. I logged out when she turned 80 and started a new character. So my income is from playing in pre 80 zones.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
My first toon used it, my second is too squishy :P
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
I dont know, but I guess not :P Ive seen whites, blues, greens and yellows, greens and yellows being rarer and better. I guess exotics has another colour lol.

• 8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?*
  I guess not.
  9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
  no idea.
  10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time? none
  11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
  what are loadstones
  12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
  I started one but quit
  13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
  I sold what was profitable to sell
  14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
  the gold income is slow, otherwise im content. I dont need the ubar gear since i dont do the leet stuff.
  15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
  I dont think this can be changed, but I find the undead maps from level 50 and onwards extremely boring. I love the pre 50 maps. Oh and I have never set foot in Orr, I suspect I wont like it :P

Basic Format:
1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s) pre-launch
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age) 320 hours 42 minutes
3. What’s your most gold banked so far? 3
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one) 1 warrior
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income. N/A
6. Do you mainly use MF or not? Don’t know what that is?
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total? yes, handful.
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total? Never.
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time? 2
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time? 1
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types) none
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many? did, but it was too expensive w/o profit
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional) yes
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it? NO, NO, and NO
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Servers need consolidation, server heavy/full? No it’s not. Or their definition of heavy/full is not mine.

The map is not walkable/playable when there are only 1 or 2 players going through.
Too many WE’s spawn on top of you designed for large groups where there are no large groups.
Game has become not playable.
I went back to SW:ToR because they fixed their game and the rewards for time played are there. I feel like I’m accomplishing something in that game now and I’m having fun.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)

3 day headstart, since launch.

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)

900+ among 6 characters, 730+ with Guardian (not the most, but more than most.)

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?

Pitiful amounts, as I always need it (for practical purposes) and use it. Never have had 10 gold, had almost 9 once. BUT I did play “hard mode” on my first run with my Guardian, because I DIDN’T KNOW THAT HEARTS YIELDED MONEY! So I lost TONS of gold to more than 60% map completion, if not more, since you lose thank mail (along with reward money) over time. There should have been a tooltip indicating that you got a monetary reward. :P

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)

80 Guardian (full exotics, nothing ascended, green spineguard), 50 Ranger, 33 Mesmer, 17 Warrior, 15 Engineer, 7 Elementalist

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.

Orr (I actually go there to farm Omnomberries and fight “Death… good”/Claw of Jornag event at Frostgorge Sound/Random Dungeons. Just beginning to do Fractals, but they don’t have a big hold of me, since I don’t care for ascended gear (just for fun/rare loot.) I don’t play the TP, although I do sell on it all the time. I just don’t buy to sell, or play the market in any way or fashion.

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?

Use to have a full set of Pirate Runes (I actually liked the Tropical Bird), now only use Omnomberry Tarts.

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?

One, from a Risen Chicken at Malchor’s Leap. After fighting the Champion Golem, which yielded a white. The irony…

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?

Don’t remember. I think not. Rares, yes. Most of my Exotics have come from map completion (level 78 exotics and lower.)

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?

5, but it’s not common. 3 used to be more common. Nowadays, one if I am lucky. Fractals has better drops, which I find rather unbalanced and either a mistake or bug.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?

0. I consider myself lucky if I get one, named or otherwise (have never gotten any named one, BTW.)

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)

A few, but can’t remember. One Onyx, and another that I don’t remember, all in bank I am not keeping a tab of them. Several other super rares, probably not more than two of those. Zero charged lodestones. :P

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?

Crafting is rather easy after you get the hang of it. Have 5 disciplines mastered (among several characters, not on one.) Weaponsmith, Armorsmith, Cooking, Leatherworking, Artificing. If I just sit down and do it, I can max them in just a few hours or less (granted that I have the mats.) Free levels as well.

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)

I used to sell my weapon/armor rares that I crafted to level up, but not just for profit.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?

Surely, I can’t complain. In GW1 I was even poorer! As far as items, etc. I have some neat skins, and would be maxed were it not for the advent of ascended gear (minus that green cleric’s Spineguard of the cleric, but there’s no such Spineguard in Exotic version.) It is not easy to have full exotics for all alts, so don’t buy into that “it’s so easy to have full Exotics in 2 days” because I do have alts, and it took like two months to have full Exotics for me (with the stats I wanted, including accessories.) It has been fun, though I am observing that it doesn’t have the same draw GW1 used to have on my Guildies; perhaps we are all more busy nowadays with real life as well, though.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?

BUGS. The game engine keeps getting bugged over and over again. I am not even talking about class bugs (there ARE those) but more about open world bugs, especially DEs. It’s programmed in a certain way that DEs go crazy over time, CONSTANTLY. DEs should be reliably unbuggy, not capable of getting damaged and block Dynamic Event progress. The Dynamic Event engine seems to be super frail/prone to bugs, and that needs to be addressed. I have known more than a few real people that stopped playing (whether that was justified or not is personal opinion) because of the constant bugs, not because the game wasn’t really good. They MUST address the game’s buggy engine ASAP, IMHO, so that the game feels way more polished than anything else on the market.

1. Headstart day one (25th)
2. 516 hours
3. 110g in pure cash with a lot more from collectables.
4.Only have one 80.
5. Dungeons, Fractals for my money mostly.
6. Only MF I use is on my CM armor set.
7. I’ve only ever got 2 exotic drops
8. Probably 3 exotics from chests.
9. Probably looted about 5 so rares/exotics in a day.
10. Don’t ever expect to loot a rare to be honest.
11. 10 in all total lodestones probably. Sold them all though.
12. 400 Leatherworker only.
13. I keep all my crafting materials in case I ever want to level up a crafting profession.
14. 516 hours for $60? I think it was well worth it for me personally.
15. Dimishing returns honestly. Needing 250 of each t6 mat to make your legendary with a dimishing return in place makes it even harder.

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. BWE2

Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. 541 hours

Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 157 gold

Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. just 1

Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. Orr, Frostgorge, Fractals

Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. Yes (just runes and Omnomberry Bars)

Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. No

Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. Only the Karka event.

Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. ~10

Q10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
A10. 2-3

Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. 10

Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. 400 on: weaponsmith, armorsmith, cooking, jewelcrafting

Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. no

Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. yes

Q15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. “Quality-of-Life”, meaning the little things:

—bugs
—binding “f” to separate loot/npc interaction/rez
—TP funcationality
—Guesting
—LFG
—etc…

1. Headstart, day 1
2. 712 hours
3. 99g
4. 2 max level characters
5. Malchor’s Leap / Cursed Shore
6. No MF
7. Never
8. Once – 2 (the karka event chest)
9. 3
10. No expectations
11. 0
12. All crafts but 2 maxed
13. If I have more than I need already
14. Yes, I’m not one to stick around if I’m not having fun
15. Cross-server guesting / LFG.

1. Head Start, Prior to Release.
2. 565 hours
3. app. 20 gold
4. Yes, 2 80s
5. World vs. World. Period.
6. Nope.
7. Nope.
8. Nope.
9. 1 to 2.
10. I don’t care.
11. I don’t care.
12. 400 Weaponsmithing
13. Nope
14. No, I don’t. Because I’m here to WvW and right now you cannot effectively make money, earn loot or gear up from WvW compared to PvE, which I have no desire to do.
15. World vs. World Content and equivalent reward to PvE.

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. Headstart, few seconds after the servers went live
Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. ~800hrs
Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 450g
Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. Two. Elementalist & Mesmer
Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. I don’t farm, I play the TP. Mostly Rata Sum, because the NPCs chatter in Lion’s Arch is driving me crazy
Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. Not since i started playing the tp and stopped carrying about my loot.
Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. One, maybe two.
Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. One, maybe two.
Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. Maybe 15 when I was still farming DEs in Orr
Q10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
A10. 1-2
Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. 3-6
Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. I have 6 professions on level 400 since I’m too lazy to level my mesmer by anything but crafting
Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. Yes unless they are T6 mats I currently need for Gift of magic/might
Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. Yes. I only need another 100k karma and around 200 of each t6mat to craft twilight, so yeah – i feel rewarded.
Q15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. Drop rates, especially T6mats – even this may sound selfish since I still need around 200g worth of them, but the prices are increasing to a rediculous level.

1. Headstart
2. about 700 hours
3. 30 gold in bank right now. I probably had a total of 100 gold.
4. 3
5. none in particular
6. no
7. no
8. no
9. 2
10. none
11. 1
12. 3 maxed craft
13. after full collection (250) I sell them
14. somehow
15. Loot
(in more than 1 word) Loot need to be static to monsters and everything need a real use instead of random trash dropped by everything that only serve to create gold. Right now there’s too many items and 99% of them are only used to be sold to npc to create money or salvaged to get material.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
Head start the minute the servers came up
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
main 582 hours
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
25g
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
only 1 lv 80 toon
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Cursed shores, AC, CoF, FotM
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
MF only for open world PVE, not for dungeons
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
2 total from mob drops
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
2 including 1 precursor for legendary spear
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
no idea, but in general the drop rate is very low
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
loot is horrible unless decked in MF which is major fail imo
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
only 3 I mostly get cores so I use my alt to upgrade them to lodestones
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
yes I craft, 3 professions at 400.
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? specify optional
not really worth it, I only sell exotic crafted items when profitable
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
not really, loot needs a major rework in this game
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
I’ll give you 3, CULLING, LOOT and remove MF altogether it’s a bad mechanic

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
a little bit in beta

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
433 hours

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
30 gold

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
2 level 80’s 1 warrior and the other guardian

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
atm none. i was doing straights of devastation zerg but no one parties for mf and there arent anyother zerg mf farming runs since plinx was nerfed.

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
yes i use mf at all times except on bosses in dungeons

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
i have gotten a level 78 exotic pair of boots one time from a mob with max mf and after several hours of mf farming.

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
none ever

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
none since plinx was nerfed. before the nerf i was getting 3 rares per run. rare crafting items are included in that statistic.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
6

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
probably 10 no more than that

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
no i dont craft. the price of mats vs. the price of the crafted item make it impossible to make money often times losing money if you dont just sell the mats.

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
yes all t5 and t6 crafting mats get sold on tp anything less gets saved for the future if i decide to level my crafting which would be decided only if Anet decides to make crafting a viable money making skill

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
absolutely not! i am tired of making 2 gold per day since the plinx nerf and watching the prices on everything on tp sky rocket.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
gold

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
I might have created my characters during the earliest pre-order head start you could be in, but something tells me I was out of town and basically started the Wednesday after everyone else started on a Tuesday, I think? Something like that.

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
734 (610 on my main)

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
28 (what I currently have, slowly going up, trying to save up for a top for my Ranger ⁵⁹ since most of the leather armor is rather ugly, though I ‘might’ resign myself to stick with the Whispers dress and call it a day…since I managed to also get the Vigil legs on her, it’s a nice combination)

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
Yes

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
I don’t like dungeons, so I don’t do those. I did Arah to finish my personal story, though I won’t bother doing it on any other character (and would hope some day they either figure out a way around having to do that at all, or just make you do it once and every other character just gets it done so you can move forward). I did 7 more dungeons last month, thinking the ?? achievements would be chasing turkeys or something to that effect. And then it ended up being fractholes and crabs. So that was a waste of my time. I see the fractholes are back, so I’m not bothering with the monthly until those go away (see 15).

Wait, what was the question? Oh yeah. So I spend a lot of time in low level zones. Gathering materials for alts when they need them, doing DEs and such. While I got my 100% completion, I don’t like spending time in Orr. Frostgorge is ok, but it’s a little too white for me, I guess (though I like snow zones in other games, so I’m not sure what it is). I seem to get enough things to sell around my level to make a little money.

I also do WvW, though I’ll admit it’s far more profitable when you get to do PvDoor vs having to defend so much. Wish they could figure out how to reward defending and losing more.

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
No, not on purpose. I may have had a piece or two coming up in the ranks, but at 80, I don’t think I have any on me at this point?

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
Sure. I just got a 76th level Exotic hand axe (power/prec/cond w/ a superior sigil of water) from a random centaur in Ambush Camp in Gendarran Fields yesterday. I have 6 other 76th level Exotics I was going to give other characters in my bank, as well as about 10 other yellow items that seemed kinda nice, though I got to the point where I started melting all yellows in that level range for Ectos, and I should probably review and melt some of those (and free up some bank space).

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
Not sure if any of those Exotics came from a chest? I don’t find myself at chests very often. I bet they were mostly random mob drops.

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
This would be a guess, but I bet I had a 2 day once or twice? But really I’m lucky to see rare+ once or twice a week, but I don’t do dungeons or awesome things that put me in a place to maybe get them.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
0 (Not being sarcastic or passive aggressive, I just don’t ‘expect’ or feel I’m entitled to any sort of guaranteed rate of return like that.)

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
I guess I’ll say 0, as I have no idea what that is.

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
Yes. 400 Tailor/Artifice (alts are coming alone nicely, with 330 in Leather, Huntsman on my Ranger and Weaponsmithing on a Guardian (who is only 27, so I let her Armorsmithing get put on hold while she just spends time making sure my Ranger has shiny new weapons every 5 levels. Yes you heard me, every 5 levels, I’m a nut.)

[TO BE CONTINUED]

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
Only overflow. If it doesn’t fit in my collectibles. Even then, I’ll check to see if there isn’t something I can refine to make room, ‘unless’ I have a character coming up (and they are getting close) to being able to use the raw materials to level up, then I’ll hoard the overflow as well. Worked out nicely today for a new Jewelcrafter I was working on, getting through silver. Once everyone gets past everything, my plan is to get to 250 refined, 250 raw, then start selling the overflow.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
Yes. But my ‘return’ doesn’t focus so much on material things like items, completion, income. However, I will say I get the most enjoyment when I don’t have to ‘notice’ those things that much, and I will say that I ‘notice’ the shortage of money quite a bit.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Strategery!

Seriously, one word? No one else did one word! :p

I have a few things on my list, but my ‘big’ pet peeves (very related) are:

1. Lack of Town Clothing
2. Armor skin system (I guess this would apply to weapons too, but I like ‘simple’ looking weapons, so don’t really care so much about them).

They are related in that the solution I’d like to see would be the same for both.

First. Town Clothes. One million options. Thank you.

Second. The skinning system. It should work like dyes. Don’t have to get rid of Trans stones, they would still serve a purpose. They would be useful as a means to move sigils and such from one place to another, move stats, and the first time you use it, the thing you pick as a look should get saved just like a dye (character specific is fine, they have to make ‘some’ money on trans stones).

Once you know that ‘look’, you can then apply it without a transmutation stone, just like a dye whenever the mood suits you.

Town clothes should be the same way. You buy them (I don’t care where they come from, cash shop, whatever, just don’t make dungeon and fracthole exclusive please), and then when you ‘use’ the item, you mem a skin, like a dye. Then instead of open slots that you put clothes in, you just apply town skins to each position, ‘coloring’ the slot with a town skin, so to speak.

I’m fine with the other mechanisms. Town clothes can’t be in combat. Blah blah blah. I can live with that. I’d just like to be able to change my look on a whim like I change the color of my clothes, and we need lots more town clothes.

And we need lots more armor skins.

And did I mention moar?

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)

Beta Weekend 1 the very second it started.

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)

Since launch I have 1280 hours 54 minutes as of right now.

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?

Most I had in bank at any one time was 100 gold that my guildies donated for commander icon

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)

Just one a Mesmer

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.

I don’t go to zones for income only to have fun and explore. I mostly spend my time in dungeons and chatting in Lion’s Arch and helping various friends/guildies with things.

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?

I never use magic find except for occasional food or guild buff

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?

Yes probably a handful in total

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?

Yes again just a handful

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?

I varies drastically I can get a whole bunch of them one day then just one or none the other.

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?

I would like at least one but it’s more like 1 every few hours

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)

4 or 5 probably at most

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?

I have 3 lvl 400 crafting professions, cooking, weaponsmithing, armorsmithing

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)

I mostly keep them unless I already have 250 in which case I sell if it’s worth more on trading post or vendor.

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?

Yes though I would’ve liked more rare loot drop and tier 6 mats

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?

The negativity in the community currently is a big issue, People complain too much about everything as if it’s the worst thing in the world. The other is that there is too much RNG in the game at the moment.

1. Pre-order headstart
2. 275 hours
3. Just over 23 gold
4. One max-level character
5. I don’t do anything for income
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. No idea, a few I guess?
10. None
11. None
12. Yes, 400 weaponcrafting, two others close to 400
13. No, except for low level ones that I already have 250 banked
14. Well, I play for fun, so yeah for the most part it has been worth it
15. DUNGEONFINDER!

This is a terrible poll, generally weighted toward getting feedback on obtaining “stuff” in game. “Stuff” is not a major factor in my enjoyment of the game, and I trust that AN will not take this poll as evidence that loot and income is the biggest issue with regards to game longevity or overall fun. Nonetheless I will answer the questions because maybe someone at AN will use it.

Edit: Nevermind. I got to question 15 where it asked for one word for something that needs improvement. One word? Here is one word: sheep. I choose not to be one.

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?

-Kill the bots, there the reason everything in the Auctionhouse is worthless.
-I got so bored of the skill system I quit after 1 month. I played GW1 for years and never got bored, I only quit after that warriors endurance fiasco.
In my opinion every skill on the main hand weapon should be changable eccept the auto attack skill 1. So players could change 4 skills on there main hand, those skills would be attached to the weapon type and class. this would make it more like GW1 and keep it simple at the same time.
-nerf the condition/buff skills that drop every cond/buff on you. wheres the skill in this, GW1 had specific cond/buffs asociated with the classes. warrs had tonns of bleed/deep wound and a bit of KD. every class had about 2 majors and 1 minor, this was a good formula, it just feels like spam now.

Basic Format:
1. one week after release
2. dont know, cant check atm, uninstalled GW2 two weeks ago
But after release i prolly played at least say 4 hours a day minimum.
3. approx 5g
4. No max chars yet. I have one lvl35 and two lvl30 chars
5. Queensdale and Wayfarer Foothills.
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Not applicable
10. Not applicable
11. 0
12. I have zero max crafters. I only crafted a bit to get most crafting disciplines out of Tier 1 (used multiple chars ofcourse)
13. Some that are worth somthing, Copper and Jute mainly
14. No
15. Really is more than one word;
- The solo-play unfriendly parts (specially the to fast respawn rate of foes)
- All the bugs and broken things (skills and traits for example)
- The increasing cost of Waypoint tarvel and armor repair as u lvl up.
- Stupid inconvenient things, like new Dye being character bound, and not account bound.

Eviator.9746:

This is a terrible poll, generally weighted toward getting feedback on obtaining “stuff” in game. “Stuff” is not a major factor in my enjoyment of the game, and I trust that AN will not take this poll as evidence that loot and income is the biggest issue with regards to game longevity or overall fun. Nonetheless I will answer the questions because maybe someone at AN will use it.

Edit: Nevermind. I got to question 15 where it asked for one word for something that needs improvement. One word? Here is one word: sheep. I choose not to be one.

I had that initial reaction when I read through it, especially the middle part (well, ‘most’ of the middle part), and one of the items, I didn’t even know what it was (I guess that means I don’t have any).

Then I read through some of the other answers, and realized it was an opportunity to answer those questions so it reinforces my belief that it’s not something I’m terribly conscious of, or has much bearing on my enjoyment (especially the big entitlement question).

But “15. Sheep” kinda covers it too. Just seems a bit angry.

1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
One day headstart

2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
Didn’t check, must be around 350h (stopped playing after the Lost Shore update)

3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
Around 45g

4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
3 level 80 characters

5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
Cursed Shore (plinx chain, before nerf)

6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
Used it on some characters, didn’t use on others… can’t tell the difference

7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
None

8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
None that I remember of

9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
I’d say around 9-10

10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
Usually, 1 rare

11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
None

12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
3 professions at 400, 3 more at 375+

13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
No, i keep them (I need more than I loot)

14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
It was okay-ish when I still played, I’m not so sure now that all T6 prices have skyrocketed that I would feel the same
I had a lot of fun, but don’t feel like playing now with the introduction of ascended gear. I’m an altoholic, and I don’t want to chase after a “shallow power curve”.
What seems easy or attainable on 1 character can become a chore when you have to do it 8 times.
I’m waiting for the next update to see if ANet sorts this out, and will decide then if I start playing again (with purchase of character and bank slots, and a make-over kit if I do )

15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
Horizontality

Q1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
A1. 3 day headstart
Q2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
A2. 1289 Hours, 13 Minutes
Q3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
A3. 350g
Q4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
A4. Engineer and Guardian
Q5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
A5. AC/FotM
Q6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
A6. 5 Pirate 1 Traveller and MF Food
Q7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
A7. 3
Q8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
A8. 2, barring the karka event
Q9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
A9. 7
Q10.0
Q11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
A11. 100-150
Q12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
A12. All profession maxed.
Q13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
A13. No.
Q14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
A14. No.
Q15. In NE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?
A15. Fixes for poorly designed content. Dev transparency. Loot tables.