Guild Wars 2

Just to open what I expect will be a contraversial Topic.
I mention this as the emphasis of so many comments seems to
relie upon an expectation and understanding that guild wars the game is an
essentually PvP thing.

Lets consider.
the land mass, vegitation animal types dedicated to PvE vs PvP 5 to 1 say.
Armour types avalible PvE loads, drop craft dungeon racial PvP ……
detailed art work PvE shed loads PvP bland
number of events PvE lots and different scales PvP small number and simple
cities 5 in PvE complex many NPC toons with story actions
none PvP 3 or 4 simple castles really out lines , placed in reflections 2/3 toons
seasonal PvE has PvP hasnt

with each of the above and many many more examples
Dungeons jumping puzzles heart tasks cathedral dragon events crafting blah blah blah

you can see that the scale, complexity, detail is much much more in PvE

Anet has spent money and staff time creating this. why both with making
a complex PvE world so much more than PvP if it means nothing ?
not a part of the game

at a wild guess they have dedicated 70 % plus of their budget to PvE and used the elements created for PvE to roll out and populate the PvP aspect.
there is no doubt that PvP game design has many difficult challanges.
the AI for the few toons in WvW will not have been an easy task.
game balance…. oh and a set of armour

but 70% or more on PvE and then ignore it all ( v conservative estimate )

sadly the PvE part is badly Broken and getting worse with each fix.
BUT
to call this a PvP game ( which i admit it may well end up being )
is to have your eyes closed.

If i was a person who funded the game development and found that they had spent the vast majority of my money (their budget) on a redundant beautiful gothic excess called PvE
that had no part in the GAME was useless
(and that at the moment it is driving players ( customers )
away frustrated , annoyed , disappointed and bored
and with them my profits )

I would be upset. Very Upset.

so PvP yes but only in part

you can of course choose to play only that bit.
I hope and pray we all enjoy all the game
or that bit which is good and fun for you.
PvP or PvE or Both.

Did you try make that poem or something?

Please, stop complaining. ArenaNet has shown they are trying to communicate/listen to the players, please…please show me a development team that does this better AND runs a live game.

pvp armor bland? its the exact same armor and more

PvP is an entirely different game that focuses on stricter balance because they hope to have it become an esport.

So what’s your point ?
PvP has been touched specifically in every patch, just like PvE

It is quite obvious that PvE was the priority when this game was in development. They will of coruse improve PvP more and more as the game progresses, but I agree that Guild wars 2 is a PvE game at its current state. WvW is kind of a mix of PvE/PvP so I can’t include that in there. But there’s a reason that sPvP isn’t very active compared to the rest of the game.

If i could i will make a new Ultima Online , nothing more, so the era of the carebears will end.

Tumbero.3945:

If i could i will make a new Ultima Online , the era of the carebears will end.

i used to play UO before it got split….there was a reason everyone went to the safe side
and left the PK’ers all alone on the other side then buried there left over stones in the bank

i personally wished the pvp in gw2 would have been more like DAOC but that might be more rose tinted glasses as the pve side was lacking