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The Death of Alts...
“We’re making it easier to earn World XP points for playing normally in World vs. World by increasing the WXP rate across the board! As an added bonus, we’re adjusting World vs. World Ability Points so that your total points are equal to your current rank. New characters will start off with one ability point, and all existing characters will receive one more!”
I guess this means that WvW ranks will never be account bound like they should…
I don’t WANT them account bound, I would like to have different characters with different “functions”. Supply runner / repairer / builder as opposed to someone built to get in there and fight. As opposed to someone who is meant purely for making siege more useful/dangerous . . .
The functions are defined by how you spend the points you earn. Not how many points you have.
They could have made it so that each character gets a number of points to spend based on the WvW total of your account. Just sayin’
I’m sure many more people would be kitten ed off at that, the same amount of people who were suitably enraged by the recent Wallet. Personally, I don’t mind either method, because I stink enough at WvW that I just poke it with a stick now and then to remind myself why I don’t do games where PvP is an issue.
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Well to add insult to injury they made birthday presents all the same and account bound so that alts get shafted on birthday presents as well…
At least they are consistent.
Well to add insult to injury they made birthday presents all the same and account bound so that alts get shafted on birthday presents as well…
At least they are consistent.
Did they get shafted because they didn’t do the same thing as they did in GW1, where having a maximum stable of alts JUST for birthday gifts was kind of the norm, and some of the greens could sell for insane prices while others you had to give away because nobody wanted them?
Cause I can live without “Giving away Jungle Troll to a good home” and finding the guy I gave it to selling it later.
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Well to add insult to injury they made birthday presents all the same and account bound so that alts get shafted on birthday presents as well…
At least they are consistent.
Did they get shafted because they didn’t do the same thing as they did in GW1, where having a maximum stable of alts JUST for birthday gifts was kind of the norm, and some of the greens could sell for insane prices while others you had to give away because nobody wanted them?
Cause I can live without “Giving away Jungle Troll to a good home” and finding the guy I gave it to selling it later.
as opposed to “give away the 27 identical minis that are all the same and have no variety or purpose”?
I’ll take the former anyway.
They could have made it so that each character gets a number of points to spend based on the WvW total of your account. Just sayin’
This is not a bad idea and probably a good compromise between the 2 extremes.
Jade Quarry [SoX]
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
Well to add insult to injury they made birthday presents all the same and account bound so that alts get shafted on birthday presents as well…
At least they are consistent.
Did they get shafted because they didn’t do the same thing as they did in GW1, where having a maximum stable of alts JUST for birthday gifts was kind of the norm, and some of the greens could sell for insane prices while others you had to give away because nobody wanted them?
Cause I can live without “Giving away Jungle Troll to a good home” and finding the guy I gave it to selling it later.
as opposed to “give away the 27 identical minis that are all the same and have no variety or purpose”?
I’ll take the former anyway.
I did give away a lot of Jungle Trolls. A lot of them, after two friends of mine quit and sent me their minis. Not quite as many as 27 but . . . whew . . .
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Update:
With the announcement of ascended weapons Anet has fallen to new lows in their attempted destruction of alts. With a 2 week minimum for each weapon we are talking a minimum of 40 weeks just to get weapons in every slot for your alts.
If you are an actual good player and keep every weapon for your class it will take you multiple YEARS just to get back to the same place you are right now.
I suspect the armor grind will be the final nail in the coffin for even the most hardcore alt lovers. I know I am reducing down from 2 characters to 1 after this update since it just isn’t feasible to get both characters to a point where I can use them at full power.
Update:
With the announcement of ascended weapons Anet has fallen to new lows in their attempted destruction of alts. With a 2 week minimum for each weapon we are talking a minimum of 40 weeks just to get weapons in every slot for your alts.
If you are an actual good player and keep every weapon for your class it will take you multiple YEARS just to get back to the same place you are right now.
I suspect the armor grind will be the final nail in the coffin for even the most hardcore alt lovers. I know I am reducing down from 2 characters to 1 after this update since it just isn’t feasible to get both characters to a point where I can use them at full power.
We will see how this is implemented soon but I have a feeling you can buy the ultimate result of all the account bound timegates in their trading post.
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Update:
With the announcement of ascended weapons Anet has fallen to new lows in their attempted destruction of alts. With a 2 week minimum for each weapon we are talking a minimum of 40 weeks just to get weapons in every slot for your alts.
If you are an actual good player and keep every weapon for your class it will take you multiple YEARS just to get back to the same place you are right now.
I suspect the armor grind will be the final nail in the coffin for even the most hardcore alt lovers. I know I am reducing down from 2 characters to 1 after this update since it just isn’t feasible to get both characters to a point where I can use them at full power.
Isn’t…isn’t that the whole idea? Keep people playing? If it takes you years to gear all of your alts, isn’t that working as intended from a business standpoint? I know every MMO I’ve ever played ever, from the UO days, has worked like this. Each character has to gear up separately. I still don’t see the problem here.
I have 4 80s all with full exotic and 3 with full ascended accessories and laurels/ guild commendations left over.
My only problem is I can’t play them all simultaneously!!! WTF ANET!
I won’t stop because I can’t stop.
It’s a medical condition, they say its terminal….
It’s a medical condition, they say its terminal….