Guild Wars 2

To the Guild Wars 2 team,

I love your game. As a gamer who has been playing games for over 20 years, I might go so far as to say this is my favorite. The solid design philosophies this game launched with plus the brillantly calculated tweaks to the old tired MMO formula have added up to an unforgettable gaming experience.

That being said, I’ve seen GW2 take some missteps as of late. You’ve read all of them and then some, I’m sure. I’m not a fan of prioritizing new content over fixing bugs that have been around since beta. I am not a fan of development spending the time working on one time events when they could be improving on more permanent things. Later down the road, one time events could be a great addition to an already great game, but there’s too much work to be done on what we’ve already got. Any developer will tell you that adding features to an existing product can and will produce bugs. You don’t need more bugs right now. Solidify the foundation before you add onto the tower.

That being said, these mistakes are nothing ANet can’t overcome in the future. The survey that was sent out is a great sign that you want to hear our opinions. I’m very happy to see it and I hope you will keep sending out surveys in the future.

We all make mistakes. I’m glad to see ANet taking the first step in learning form them. Reinforce my faith in you, ANet!

Thank you and very well said. I feel the same way and would love to find a way to proceed in an amiable fashion.

They didn’t ask how I felt about ascended gear, being lied to and the addition of a gear treadmill to this game. The survey was a joke.

They asked about what they could reflect on in the future. At this point, they really can’t take out ascended gear.

The survey was to assess their focuses in the future. For better or worse, ascended gear is here to stay.