Guild Wars 2

I quit playing back before HoT released, i used to really enjoy the game up until the whole end of scarlet briar and the marjory/khasmeen ( spelling?) storylines , i felt that the whole lesbian mess felt cheap and like anet was just trying to ride the proverbial wave, and the living story dialogue was poorly done and voiced ( im a southern man and marjory’s accent was like nails on a chalkboard, also wth didn’t her sister have the same accent?)

Anyway what im trying to get around to is:

~ Is living story worthwhile now? did the disney writer start putting out some decent work?

~ is the state of the game in the same mess that it was in before? (meta pandering, where everyone ran the same builds and “zerker” was the go to or you were kicked.)

~ do they still favor putting junk in the cash shop instead of producing content and fixing bugs?

~ how fun is the expansion, and does it actually improve upon the game’s huge flaws?

I ask because after seeing NCsofts last earnings report, guildwars 2 and wildstar were thier two lowest earners, guildwars 2 being the lesser of the two. I would hate to put money into the game again only to have ncsoft pull the plug liek they threatened to before they started work on HoT. Also, how populated is the game now? My irl friends wont touch the game again after quitting, so noone i know still plays or will play. They were put off by the living story and the direction the game was going ( they felt it was targeted more for young teens and kids)

Fenryr.1427:

I quit playing back before HoT released, i used to really enjoy the game up until the whole end of scarlet briar and the marjory/khasmeen ( spelling?) storylines , i felt that the whole lesbian mess felt cheap and like anet was just trying to ride the proverbial wave, and the living story dialogue was poorly done and voiced ( im a southern man and marjory’s accent was like nails on a chalkboard, also wth didn’t her sister have the same accent?)

Anyway what im trying to get around to is:

~ Is living story worthwhile now? did the disney writer start putting out some decent work?

~ is the state of the game in the same mess that it was in before? (meta pandering, where everyone ran the same builds and “zerker” was the go to or you were kicked.)

~ do they still favor putting junk in the cash shop instead of producing content and fixing bugs?

~ how fun is the expansion, and does it actually improve upon the game’s huge flaws?

I ask because after seeing NCsofts last earnings report, guildwars 2 and wildstar were thier two lowest earners, guildwars 2 being the lesser of the two. I would hate to put money into the game again only to have ncsoft pull the plug liek they threatened to before they started work on HoT. Also, how populated is the game now? My irl friends wont touch the game again after quitting, so noone i know still plays or will play. They were put off by the living story and the direction the game was going ( they felt it was targeted more for young teens and kids)

My opinion as an assimilated fanboy

I LOVE the story. (SOME SPOILERS!!!!!!)

I was happy to see the white mantle storyline, but it was over too fast. I mean, the ending was good but I liked it to the point I wanted more. Though that eye seems to be entangled in more things than the mantle.. though of course I just said it wasn’t mantle related, or so I think. (Does the eye control demons or even have a way to bring them to tyria? I look forward to this). I also like what they’re doing with the dragons. The most logical parts were kinda predictable, but only because it’s so logical – there are nice twists too. And getting a new map among other things is so much fun!! Legendaries are back, and we have fun new things to mine,log,or harvest in each map. Anyway, they do have weekly gem store stuff but that’s normal for any mmo. Most recently, there was the fish which I find funny but some ppl think it’s cruel? I don’t know if they’re being serious or not.. the expansion is harder, but before you give up please give it a few hours for a given map or feature – I was newish when it came out and struggled, but greatly enjoyed it. Enjoyable but short storyline, though if they want they could improve the story with almost anything cough … I have little to no trouble finding others either. I’d recommend coming back. I’ve only been a gamer for like 6 years (and he kind who only plays a few games and doesn’t leave unless they die, so I’ve only ever played 7 long term games) but I’ve gone the long est in this game than any other without taking longer breaks I sometimes do. What I mean is I find it very fun

I too was once a fanboy, yet the jade lash broke me.

Truthfully, I don’t know as you’ll like it. The game has changed but what has changed isn’t the things you’re complaining about.

~ Is living story worthwhile now? did the disney writer start putting out some decent work?
It’s the same writers and it’s the follow up of the same storyline. They are branching out into older material from gw1 though with less emphasis on the parts you didn’t like.

~ is the state of the game in the same mess that it was in before? (meta pandering, where everyone ran the same builds and “zerker” was the go to or you were kicked.)
Don’t most games have a meta? Anyway, condition damage was buffed so that’s the new thing for anti meta complainers to complain about.

~ do they still favor putting junk in the cash shop instead of producing content and fixing bugs?
Rather a leading question isn’t it? /shrug. They’re producing new maps with new story line and rewards but those are only free to people who logged in. Others will need to pay.

~ how fun is the expansion, and does it actually improve upon the game’s huge flaws?
It’s had it’s ups and downs however if you think the game has huge flaws I doubt the expansion fixes them as it’s new maps with new events and new rewards along with new elite professions, but it’s not something that totally revamps the game.

That would be why I deleted my post right away, having thought better of it. Fast reply!

But, you know, now that I think about it… are they, in fact, the ONLY successful major character romance? Yes, I think they are! How about that!

No real opinion on whether you should come back or not, but Guild Wars 2 was not the lesser of the two compared to Wildstar. Wildstar made a very very small percentage of what Guild Wars 2 made.

It’s definitely down in sales compared to where it was, but that’s not really all that suprising. It’s like when WoW loses subscribers 3-6 months after an expansion.

Be careful what you ask for in a forum :P

Personally I love the game. Sure they can tidy some things up but really a lot of different modes that covers a variety of play styles. There are some that are angry but really try it out. What’s the worse that could happen? Besides being out a few bux.