i just want to start off by saying i enjoy almost everything in this new patch and a job well done to Anet. i do have one concern and that is there are too many forms of currency in this game.
this game starts off like any other games where you complete tasks to earn gold. besides gold you will need gems to buy certain things in the game. well, no problem so far since we have gem exchange to exchange gold to gems. after those two you have karma which can also be used to purchase items. then you start doing dungeon and fractal and start collecting all these different tokens and relics. oh and if you jump in to wvw you get badges. now with the introduction of this new patch we have laurels.
the problem here is that if you want certain items you have to collect all these different forms of currency. also, whenever a new currency is introduced to the game it also makes all the old currencies less useful. now i need to have as much laurels as i can to buy the latest gears and all the gold and badges just gonna keep sitting in my bank. i think at some point this also hurts Anet since the more forms of currency we have in the game, the less reasons for people to buy gems with real money since gold and gems can’t get you some of the latest gears and items.
the couple suggestions i have are 1) stop adding different type of currency in the game. try coming up with ways to use what we already have. 2) instead of gem exchange, lets just have a general exchange shop. if i have too many badges, let me trade them for karma or something else. you can some extra fees to keep the exchange balanced and so people don’t abuse it but at least provide people the option of trading. this way every playrer can just play the aspect of the game they love and still be able to obtain different items in the game. hopefully this will make people stop complaining about the new daily as well