Guild Wars 2

I do not understand why Anet is increasing stats on another tier of gear. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have Exotic stat type of gear with a infusion slot for the people who want to run those type of dungeons? I mean if the gear had cool skin jobs and the dungeons are fun I don’t see a problem with them, I would even run them myself even though i prefer the PVP and making Money Grind.

Ive seen this before in SWG when they released the JEDI grind, I’m not saying it will be as long or as bad as that, but I am saying that all the other stuff could be ignored as people bottleneck themselves running these dungeons over and over for the BIS items while the rest of the world just starts seeming more and more dead as people are only taking part in the gear runs.

Its like MMO design 101 you put a more powerful shiny and the majority of people will go leaving everyone else who is not at that level to take part in it way behind the curve as now you have to do Orr solo.. (I feel for you), And basically leaving DE to run their coarse killing Orr all together as most of it is group content.

I seen this happen in Rift as well and slightly in low level areas in GW2 as i play and alt here and there. I just don’t see a positive effect on this game going 1-80 in blue and greens broke and way behind a gear curve once a new player hits 80.

I understand new content will always attract the player base, but in zones and other open types new 80s can take part in it. This way one better hope to find a large guild that is willing to help a new 80 along the way.

Jobe.6721:

I mean if the gear had cool skin jobs and the dungeons are fun I don’t see a problem with them, I would even run them myself even though i prefer the PVP and making Money Grind.

People don’t play games for fun, what’s wrong with you?

If the ascended gear was nothing more than exotics with an extra slot specifically for infusions, and the infusions added nothing but dungeon-specific resistances, this whole kittentorm could have been avoided.

Waffler.1257:

Jobe.6721:

I mean if the gear had cool skin jobs and the dungeons are fun I don’t see a problem with them, I would even run them myself even though i prefer the PVP and making Money Grind.

People don’t play games for fun, what’s wrong with you?

Do you think jumping around is fun? I don’t. I find it idiotic. But obviously jumping is a huge fixture in GW2 via its vista and jumping puzzle.

So some people play game not for fun. Or so as I see it. But that is just a personal perspective from someone who don’t find joy pressing ‘spacebar’, ‘spacebar’, ‘spacebar’, …., ‘spacebar’ a zillion time just to travel from one point to another.