Guild Wars 2

In the Manifesto for GW2, ANet spoke of how they would keep grinding to a minimum, give us, not the holy trinity, but a trinity of damage, control, and support, and many other things.

Well it has been just over one year now and we’re seeing more grind added to the game constantly, more and more temporary events with no way to replay (unlike the small stuff in GW1 we had), and nerfs to areas, such as karma gain, that do nothing but punish players. I just finished my September monthly, after having been reset from 3/4 to 1/4 like most everyone. What did I get, same as all probably….+500 luck, 20 Mystic Coins, 10 Laurels…no problem, but Karma, from 10x 4-5k pots to only 1x 6k pot! Seriously ArenaNet? SERIOUSLY!?!? Oh what’s that, it was too trivial? Not what the game was about? Again…seriously?

Karma was trivial unless you wanted to get Temple armor, Cultural weapons, Obi Shards, or play the Orrian Box roulette. Oh that’s right, a lot of players want these for their stats or their skins, or just a chance at some lodestones, or for their legendary weapon.

Just like the reset on monthlies “we’re sorry but we can’t fix it”…seems to be the going theme for GW2 lately. We can’t fix it so we’ll break something else for complaints to pour in about. What’s next, guild commendations being nerfed? Oh how about doubling the exp required to reach 80? Would go great with the pointless limits on new gear where it will take an average player around to make 1 ascended weapon. Wow.

Anyway, everything this game was promised to be has continuously been steered away from, and everything promised NOT to be in the game is being added constantly. That’s how its feeling. And sadly, if the coming patches continue to follow the pattern I will find myself playing less and less of GW2. I’m almost sad to admit I spent the money on the CE and had anticipated the launch of this game since EoTN and GW2 where announced.

So with that, please take a look at how the playerbase will be affected by changes before implementing them. Not all change is good after all.

Sorry to anyone this offends, but it is something that I wanted to say.

moonstarmac.4603:

Anyway, everything this game was promised to be has continuously been steered away from, and everything promised NOT to be in the game is being added constantly.

Exactly.
It IS as easy as saying Level 100 was intended during Launch but did not go Live.
yes as easy as that tbh.

They looked at the player base and all they saw were grinders and farmers. The new players which are in majority here compared to GW1 players are coming from F2P asian MMOs where they are used to grind and pay-to-win concepts. You cant put up with them as long as they are the only ones who are spending loads of real money in the game.
Besides, they are releasing the game in China, the land of grinding games.

Ronah.2869:

Besides, they are releasing the game in China, the land of grinding games.

Exactly.

I don’t think we’re the target market anymore. The real money is in China and I’m sure all of these game design changes are preparing the game for the Asian market.

Which happens to be a grind fest.