Good morning everyone.
I’ve been finding it a real struggle to log into Guild Wars 2 recently. Why? Well, the game was advertised as being anti-grind, which to a certain extent it is. However, I’ve found that as you rise in level, you’re essentially following the same pattern over and over:
- Move to Area A.
- Complete all Renown Hearts, find all Points of Interest, basically 100% the area.
- Grind events to compliment your EXP and Karma
- Move onto Area B, repeat.
I find this to be incredibly grindy and pretty boring to be honest, considering that all of this has to be done to stand any chance of completing the only interesting thing about GW2’s PvE atm – Personal Story. I mean heck, I’m STILL enjoying the original Guild Wars’ PvE more atm, and I’ve been playing that for 4 years. And no, I’m still not enjoying dungeons – I just cannot get my head around the fact that you are forced to dodge away continuously unless you’ve got any kind of range.
Now, the PvP in GW2 … again, I still prefer GW1 for its PvP. Sure, the unique combo-ing in GW2 is amazing, no doubt. Nevertheless, there just seems to be a little too much Group vs Group zerg instead of objective taking half of the time (I’m talking about sPvP here). Not to mention the combat is a little TOO fast-paced at times – it feels like I have to simply button mash sometimes…
On the whole, I’m very disappointed with how GW2 has turned out. The anti-grind that was advertised in this game is still there, hidden in Hearts and equipment – reminds of me grinding endlessly in Grind of the North :-(
Feel free to post your opinions people, just don’t insult or flame me for having my own.