Guild Wars 2

They think that some of us will realize how long it takes to get the Ascended gear and instead of giving up, spend real money for gems then convert that to in-game gold. The problem is that some might but others are so disgusted by this that we have decided to not spend another dime in the cash shop.

I still have not decided if I will stop playing. Really enjoy my guild and the pre-patch content. So I will just skip out on the “new hotness gear grind” if I continue to play. If I fall behind, I fall behind. If this is the true start of power creep, I will do the same as I did with WOW – play until it gets so unbearable I just quit.

Also, I have decided not to spend anymore money on this game. Sad part is that I thought I was the type of customer they were courting. Love the idea of horizontal progression and the fact they would not introduce gear tiers post-launch. Also, I love games and allocate of lot of my disposable income towards them. I have already used the cash shop and was planning to spend more for Wintersday. Also, decided to spend a minimum of $15 a month to show support because I thought the game was as good as a sub-based one.

Now, the wallet is closed.

I think the worst part is a year from now when every slot has Ascended gear the grind ahead of a new player is going to be utterly ridiculous while at the same time crushing the market for Exotics. I mean why spend any time/money on Exotics when you have such a grind ahead of your for Ascended?

If Infusions only had any affect in areas with Agony then the power gain of Ascended gear would be a tradeoff for the usefulness of Runes and they could have been designed to make for a Tiered PvE progression. But Infusions with stats makes the point moot.

I have no problem with Tiered PvE progression as long as the progression doesn’t result in a higher power level in the rest of the game. As is that is not the case and that goes against what I thought was one of the main tenants of the game