Guild Wars 2

Found this video from July 2012. Blogger summarized discussion with Colin Johanson, Arenanet Lead Content Designer, and Eric Flannum, Lead Game Designer, during a livestream.

Summarization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNomr94O27M&feature=g-high-rec

Livestream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjxvj2I_CCA

It is a shame some buyers did not review things like this before playing. It clearly states that the GW2 original approach to gear was to get max stat and only have differences in the future based on cosmetics. It also mentions Arenanet’s attempt to use Orr to entice people to keep playing once they hit level cap. Maybe the issue for some was not the lack of gear stat progression but rather the lack of interesting content.

Was not a problem for me but I am also not one of those that demanded an introduction new gear to keep me playing. I just played the parts of the game I liked and at my pace. Never felt like I was running out of stuff to do on my lvl 80.