Guild Wars 2

Hey Anet Folks, I have enjoyed playing GW2 since early access and I have amassed over 3,300 hrs doing so. I have crafted 2 legendaries and full ascended weapons and/or armor in all disciplines, leveled 10 toons to 80, completed the world twice, been part of great guilds in three different servers, beaten people silly in tPvP, won the first WvW for our server, commanded and lead a large guild, done all dungeon paths and hundreds of fractals. It has been great. However, as of late, some of my long GW2 friends and I have been lacking the fun in the game. We go by the motions, log on, chat a bit, do a dungeon run or two, some roaming, reset on Friday. But it truly sounds like people do this because they have nothing better to do, not because they particularly enjoy playing the game these days.

The recent wardrobe update was fun and all, but it was not really new content. In the almost two years since the game released, there have been lots of changes but, with the exception of EOTM, no real new content. There has been some tweaking of the pre-existing content, but nothing new, such as professions, races, maps, etc.

With the release of Wildstar next month, things may be changing for you guys. People have been reluctant to go back to WoW, but Wildstar may indeed take a lot of your players. The subscription price does not look so bad anymore, when the creators of the game are offering the players a chance to pay for their subscription by playing. They also assure people that by charging a subscription they can focus on developing new content instead of new stuff to sell in an in-game shop.

So, long story short, I believe GW2 is going to take a hit soon. The old school guys like me are already looking elsewhere, even though we all love the game. But, without new, real content, there is a very good chance we will go away. And, as you know, it is hard to get players back once they have stepped away for a while. So, regardless of 2 years not being too long, new content in the form of an expansion, as soon as possible would be my advice to you.

As a more short-term, feasible piece of advice, lately, in spite of the big wardrobe update, your 2-week update schedule has been very erratic. Need to fix that. I would suggest that you guys start giving proper heads up to players about what is coming and exactly when.

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Lankybrit.4598:

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Just go play the other game. GW2 isn’t subscription, it doesn’t need to keep you here for the sake of keeping you here. Treat it like any other game in your library: play it when you feel like it, set it aside when you don’t.

GW2 is kinda in a “break” right now, so for players that did pretty much everything this is a great time to also take a break and wait for the next update, for other players this is a good time to farm gold, craft your gear and get ready for the next update.

I have my legendary, my ranger have ascended gear in every slot possible (I’m looking at you aqua breather) , I was in the winning WvW server last tournament and currently tournament too (go HoD ) and finished the meta on both in the first couple weeks, now I’m logging just to maintain the daily and do a couple world bosses and guild events on weekends, then I go play another game, and waiting for the grand opening of the LS season 2.

Belzebu.3912:

GW2 is kinda in a “break” right now, so for players that did pretty much everything this is a great time to also take a break and wait for the next update, for other players this is a good time to farm gold, craft your gear and get ready for the next update.

I have my legendary, my ranger have ascended gear in every slot possible (I’m looking at you aqua breather) , I was in the winning WvW server last tournament and currently tournament too (go HoD ) and finished the meta on both in the first couple weeks, now I’m logging just to maintain the daily and do a couple world bosses and guild events on weekends, then I go play another game, and waiting for the grand opening of the LS season 2.

I am with you 100%.

I usually get on because of the friends I have made during my time in-game, not as much for the game itself. I hope in the future they add some expansions, similar to Gw1 with the other story lines, other places. The world used to be a lot bigger and then they shrunk it down so I hope it regains a portion of it in the near future.

i have 6.9k hours!

#justsaying

i need more content as well i got that seen all bored feeling for long time whit this game im wiling to pay for expansion if there is nothing new soon and i start new mmo i may never return cuz i invest my self to one game hard core cant be going here and there

earvinarp.6347:

Lankybrit.4598:

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As much as I want an expansion, Lankybrit gave a very viable and correct contribution since we already have SEVERAL TOPICS on this. I would go as far as purchasing a retail expansion AND paying gems to unlock it for play. -LOL

Im Mudbone.1437:

earvinarp.6347:

Lankybrit.4598:

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Thank you for your contribution.

As much as I want an expansion, Lankybrit gave a very viable and correct contribution since we already have SEVERAL TOPICS on this. I would go as far as purchasing a retail expansion AND paying gems to unlock it for play. -LOL

Me too, probably….

earvinarp.6347:

I believe GW2 is going to take a hit soon. The old school guys like me are already looking elsewhere

‘A hit’? – Sorry…but based on what? Wildstar’s imminent release? – i think that’s a little OTT.
I wonder how many other MMO’s have been released, since the launch of GW2, where someone along the way came out with exactly the same argument? – it would be interesting to find out – although i doubt there’s an A-net employee anywhere…with finger poised at the off switch, shrieking ’ It’s Wildstar….everybody RUN!’
If you really want to look further afield then do so, by all means, they already have your money so it’s your loss really.

Sorry, but you don’t get to speak for me. I don’t agree with anything you said really and I definitely don’t think an expansion is the solution to any problems that people say exist.

Vitus Dance.4509:

earvinarp.6347:

I believe GW2 is going to take a hit soon. The old school guys like me are already looking elsewhere

‘A hit’? – Sorry…but based on what? Wildstar’s imminent release? – i think that’s a little OTT.
I wonder how many other MMO’s have been released, since the launch of GW2, where someone along the way came out with exactly the same argument? – it would be interesting to find out – although i doubt there’s an A-net employee anywhere…with finger poised at the off switch, shrieking ’ It’s Wildstar….everybody RUN!’
If you really want to look further afield then do so, by all means, they already have your money so it’s your loss really.

Picture leaked from super secret ANet Dev meeting where they are debating over whether to panic over Wildstar or not. As you can see both sides are represented.

I guess by extension he basically means new zone, race, weapons, which would indeed be great and has been requested a lot (wanna get my crossbow :<) ; however, fact is the living story is, as it has been stated before, on a break, which explains the feeling of emptyness you didn’t have before. Now seeing that you did everything you could in the game with your time & money, I’m not quite sure if that’d be enough for you. I mean you would just clean it in not so long and that’d be it, unless you’d stay for the living story that will come back in not so long I guess.

So as much as I look forward to a new extension, I doubt that’s enough for people that have been able to do every single thing in the game – many level 80, played alot in WvW, every single dungeons paths + fractals, ascended gear, and whatever I forgot, that’s just huge. And I doubt a few new zones (or one), maybe a few levels, new dungeon, a new race and new weapons would make you stay on the game much longer, you’d just clean it out in some weeks and then back to the “meh” content. That would probably work best for newer players that will discover it later or ‘mid-term’ players that are, I believe, the majority of the active players who, like me, have played quite a lot of hours but still have a lot to do and would perfectly enjoy new stuff. But that’s just my guess.

AstralProjections, I find your signature very offensive and order your take it off now unless you want to be ripped off by a gang of kitties during the night.
Regards,

Sigh, I was considering to listen to your concerns, but the moment I was interested, you played the “next big game x is coming” card…

earvinarp.6347:

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With the release of Wildstar next month, things may be changing for you guys. People have been reluctant to go back to WoW, but Wildstar may indeed take a lot of your players. ….

Since wildstar is from ncsoft too they dont care. And with chinese release they dont have to hold on the old players anyway.

So if you look from the side of anet / ncsoft they have no problem at all if the “veterans” quit the game and join maybe wildstar (playing wildstar would give them even more money → more good for them)

And with chinese release they gain a LOT new players (potential gem-store user) and they also have the subscribtion thingy or am I wrong? Dunno exactly because i stoped playing gw2 a few weeks ago so i have almost no information about the game atm.

(D3 reaper of souls WAY more fun /,,/)

also sorry for my bad english i hope you can understand what i wanted to say ^-^

Well, this is what you get when you have a game that is largely PvE only but gets almost no updates to its PvE content except for some debris everywhere.

WvW would be a great endgame if it got more than 5 FPS.

Teniz.5249:

earvinarp.6347:

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With the release of Wildstar next month, things may be changing for you guys. People have been reluctant to go back to WoW, but Wildstar may indeed take a lot of your players. ….

Since wildstar is from ncsoft too they dont care. And with chinese release they dont have to hold on the old players anyway.

So if you look from the side of anet / ncsoft they have no problem at all if the “veterans” quit the game and join maybe wildstar (playing wildstar would give them even more money -> more good for them)

And with chinese release they gain a LOT new players (potential gem-store user) and they also have the subscribtion thingy or am I wrong? Dunno exactly because i stoped playing gw2 a few weeks ago so i have almost no information about the game atm.

(D3 reaper of souls WAY more fun /,,/)

also sorry for my bad english i hope you can understand what i wanted to say ^-^

You are 100% correct my friend. ANet is a company that sees only profit margins and like all companies they couldn’t give a kaboodle about veterans.

I remember reading that veteran players in MMOs are actually the lowest paying, because as time goes on they have already bought everything that they need or stopped buying premium due to being upset with the game and the net result is that eventually veterans become completely useless profit-wise.

Some games intentionally try to get rid of them on a regular basis because from a business standpoint, people who have played too long but no longer provide sufficient income are just loaners who are leeching off the company.

The most profit is made from constantly cycling in newer players.

Hi everyone,

Since this thread is inviting to debate about other games than Guild Wars 2, we’ll now close it.

Thank you for your understanding.