Guild Wars 2

Greetings! I believe this is my first on this particular forum; not a big fan of posting things, more of a reader. I’m a firm believer that any feedback is great feedback when it’s constructed in a way that can be understood. I have been a healthcare facility manager for roughly 4 years and understand how important feedback is regardless of the source; patients, physicians, staff, etc. I had an excellent experience last night which I truly wanted to share with the ANET team.

I have been playing MMOs since Legends of Kesmai and Asheron’s Call. I played Asheron’s Call for a very long time; oddly enough big part of my preteen and teenage years! Asheron’s Call kept our group engaged for a very long time. We also played nearly every single MMO that released since that time as well. We have been trying to find a home since World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade but that meets our demanding lifestyles—work, marriage, kids, growing up, et al. We have extensive play times in many MMOs before we settled here.

I have been playing Guild Wars 2 for probably between six and eight months. I bought the game when it originally released but it wasn’t until Heart of Thorns that things stuck for me and the people I brought to the game with me. I love the expansion content and honestly, everything about the game. I have to hand it to ANet. I never thought we would find a game that truly worked around our schedules. We finally found our home and a place that we can all get together once or twice a week and game. The game has provided us with many hours of entertainment and I want to say, “Thank you.” Keep up the great work folks.

I wanted to truly thank you for one piece of content that I managed to complete last night. I saw some groups for a place called “Dragon’s Stand.” I joined them and went out there. This particular content that leads up to the zone-wide event was truly spectacular and completely blew my mind. It was epic in scope, scale, and teamwork. I haven’t had this much fun in an MMO in a very long time. Our playgroup is able to do every aspect of content that this game offers without having to rearrange our lives. The previous sentence sums up how my playgroup feels about the game you have built the best.

Again, thank you ANet.

I have a few ideas/suggestions/criticisms that are more or less quality of life issues.

1. Legendary Weapons
I really enjoyed the different aspects of getting through the achievements. I was not a fan of gathering all of the materials and such but the objective-based aspects of these collections was top-notch. I worked on “The Juggernaut” precursor called “The Colossus.” The problem with this content is that you are left hanging after the completion of the “precursor” item. I received an in-game mail that tells me to “go to the mystic forge…” I did that but there is a complete lack of direction on what to do or how to make “The Juggernaut.”

It wasn’t until I used the Wiki to find out what I needed to do and it’s quite confusing with all of the materials I need. I think it would be better if there was some kind of text explaining what needs to be done after the “precursor” crafting. In addition, the materials/items needed for the final version are quite staggering. Perhaps that can be reduced or an alternative means of obtaining some of these items be instituted?

2. Profession Specific – Engineer
I play an Engineer and truly love the class. However, I feel as though the “Gyro” aspect of the class is underwhelming. The gyros don’t seem to follow me all that well; too slow and don’t path correctly at times (Blast Gyro, in particular). I hope there are some plans to make these Gyros more effective. Perhaps one approach could be to allow the “turret” traits to also affect the Gyros through an alternate effect of some sort? I’m not a game developer and won’t pretend to be. You folks do this for a living and I’m sure you know best!

I’m really excited about the addition of new content and even the next expansion. I hope that this post finds you well. There are times when we work all day and never get a thank you. I want to say, “Thank you” for providing me with quality entertainment that works around my schedule and thank you for being relatively “GNU-Linux” friendly and providing tutorials on the wiki as I game on Kubuntu.

Sincerely,
A thankful GW2 player.

If I might add a couple myself. –
1. I have been playing a lot of Tera Lately, It would be really nice to be able to Bind the Mouse buttons to Alt or Shift as I can in other games. Honestly for me the Ideal situation I would bind all my attacks to the mouse.

2. I’ve really had a great time the last few days playing their Gunner Class; I don’t get nearly the same Satisfaction from my Ele, and I would very much like to be able to Trait for a Marksmen Ranger with no pet; as My Prime in GW1 has always been.

I’m sure someone out there will “correct” me; but I have never felt like I have a real Ranged DPS option in this game. So my Prime has become my War; A class I do not play in any other game. C.

Another suggestion…

I use a number of Guild Wars 2 event timers websites. Is there anyway possible to have some kind of timer system integrated into the game? Perhaps some text would be best to keep with immersion. For example,

A world-wide message…. “The Shatterer breaks it’s way through the Blazeridge Mountains meeting those that seek to face it….”