Guild Wars 2

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“I am sorry for the misconception! I guess I am not good with words, because I am not complaining about needing a “treadmill”. The reason I like guild wars is because it isn’t like other MMOs. I can spend days doing nothing but still having fun with guildies.
Plus I can see many things to strive towards in GW2, like Legendary weapons, achievements and cultural armor. I know I will be busy with the game for quite sometime. On top of those things, I want to level up 3 more characters. With new stuff coming tomorrow and that so called November release. I expect to be playing this game too long hehe.
The thing I am primarily asking is if farming Orr(boring) is the best way to get karma and gold, then why are players penalized? I take it that spending extended periods of time in Orr is not what we are intended to do because we are punished for doing so? Or is that because bots are unfortunately affecting the play of normal players? Then how are players to go about getting the massive amounts of money? I personally don’t spend too much time in Orr because when I can play I want to have fun and all I hear about is the “DR code”. And dungeons don’t really pay off for the time but are fun, and I think a dev said they will be making dungeons more worth it in the future.”

So as the title states I am really confused about what players are intended to be doing.
[sorry if this has been responded to or something similar I don’t really read every post on the forums but would like to think I read quite a few.]

After reaching level 80, maxing out armor, maxing crafting, world completion and still enjoying sPvP, WvW and dungeons.

I think I heard that dungeons may become economically something worth doing in the future. But I’m not one to talk about economic efficiency after wasting 80g in the mystic forge.

Also killing the world bosses has become fun for me, as it is socially fun and most of what I do in game now is to have fun with guildies.

I guess a legendary would be something really cool to go for but apparently we are not intended to be farming Orr because the “diminishing returns”? And another problem with a legendary is the fact that it is soulbound, which penalizes people who enjoy playing more than one character. In my opinion you should encourage people to play more than one character. Yeah with a legendary you would have to switch it to your other character and accept the stats for both but I think if i make the dagger on my thief, when I start to play my elementalist I should be able to still enjoy the legendary skin instead of just feeling all the work put into the weapon is a waste whilst playing another character. And yes I can accept that making a dagger wouldn’t be any use for classes that can’t use a dagger. Also considering the amount of work it would take, I am not even close but I like that it is something really difficult to get. Sorry this is beyond the point I was going for in the thread. I could go on forever about little things like game mechanics, like how turrets and such should be actually fun and smooth, and lore questions but I will try to stay on topic and ask a question someone may be able to answer.

If going for a legendary is the big thing to work for at the current state of the game, which I like, how are we to go about getting it if we are punished for farming Orr? If we are punished for farming we must be doing something wrong?

I still have 3 characters to level and gear up, plus, I am sure we have lots to look forward to in the future starting with the Mad King and a so called ”massive November release”

Sorry for how unstructured and ADD like this post if but I hope you understand what I mean.

I am not sure whether or not I should be expecting a response from the devs but I sure would like to. I like the game and really enjoy it, my first game I can really see myself playing for a long time. I wouldn’t post about my questions and concerns if I didn’t want to keep playing.

I just got to level 80 on my engineer last week, and only have 42% map completion. So now I’m leveling up a necromancer, visiting the places I haven’t seen yet, and taking my time while I wait for new content.

There is no set goal. Do whatever you find fun. Enjoying exploration? Go do that. Enjoy dungeons? Do them for the thrill of it, or whatever satisfies you. Run out of things to do? Quit the game for now and return when they add more content. All of these are acceptable answers. You aren’t paying monthly, so there is no reason to stick to the game at all times.

I haven’t hit diminishing returns on a long while, they relaxed the system in the last patch.

Soulbound is because you’re supposed to gear up every character separately I guess.

The joy of this game is that there is nothing that you are expected to do. Anet is not telling you that you have to do this or that. The game is open for you to do whatever you choose to do.

Other games you are expected to grind to max level then grind dailes and dungeons and raids to get the next tier of gear after the next. That is the intention of them. They want you to grind dungeon after dungeon then raid after raid to keep gearing up over and over and then do it all over again when the next expansion comes out. It’s a clear path that many don’t enjoy, but it’s the only path to take.

In GW2, you aren’t drilled into that treadmill. The game is designed for you to do whatever you choose to do. Take your time with it, go explore, level a craft, do some PvP, run some dungeons. There is no forced path that you have to do in order to play the game. Everything is open for you to do whatever it is that you enjoy doing.

That is the intention of GW2. Just play the game however you want.

If you want to be given goals then open the achievement tab and see what you have yet to achieve.

But realistically, you should be doing what you enjoy doing. Be that WvW, sPvP, dungeons, socialising, RPing, or any of the many different reasons people play may want to play for.

Magoslich.6857:

There is no set goal. Do whatever you find fun. Enjoying exploration? Go do that. Enjoy dungeons? Do them for the thrill of it, or whatever satisfies you. Run out of things to do? Quit the game for now and return when they add more content. All of these are acceptable answers. You aren’t paying monthly, so there is no reason to stick to the game at all times.

SpyderArachnid.5619:

The joy of this game is that there is nothing that you are expected to do. Anet is not telling you that you have to do this or that. The game is open for you to do whatever you choose to do.

Other games you are expected to grind to max level then grind dailes and dungeons and raids to get the next tier of gear after the next. That is the intention of them. They want you to grind dungeon after dungeon then raid after raid to keep gearing up over and over and then do it all over again when the next expansion comes out. It’s a clear path that many don’t enjoy, but it’s the only path to take.

In GW2, you aren’t drilled into that treadmill. The game is designed for you to do whatever you choose to do. Take your time with it, go explore, level a craft, do some PvP, run some dungeons. There is no forced path that you have to do in order to play the game. Everything is open for you to do whatever it is that you enjoy doing.

That is the intention of GW2. Just play the game however you want.

Jestunhi.7429:

If you want to be given goals then open the achievement tab and see what you have yet to achieve.

But realistically, you should be doing what you enjoy doing. Be that WvW, sPvP, dungeons, socialising, RPing, or any of the many different reasons people play may want to play for.

I am sorry for the misconception! I guess I am not good with words, because I am not complaining about needing a “treadmill”. The reason I like guild wars is because it isn’t like other MMOs. I can spend days doing nothing but still having fun with guildies.

Plus I can see many things to strive towards in GW2, like Legendary weapons, achievements and cultural armor. I know I will be busy with the game for quite sometime. On top of those things, I want to level up 3 more characters. With new stuff coming tomorrow and that so called November release. I expect to be playing this game too long hehe.

The thing I am primarily asking is if farming Orr(boring) is the best way to get karma and gold, then why are players penalized? I take it that spending extended periods of time in Orr is not what we are intended to do because we are punished for doing so? Or is that because bots are unfortunately affecting the play of normal players? Then how are players to go about getting the massive amounts of money? I personally don’t spend too much time in Orr because when I can play I want to have fun and all I hear about is the “DR code”. And dungeons don’t really pay off for the time but are fun, and I think a dev said they will be making dungeons more worth it in the future.

What are player intended to be doing?

Direct answer……..Having fun. Cruise around and there are “end game” discussions all over the forums that detail all of the fun ways you can utilize your time.

coglin.1496:

What are player intended to be doing?

Direct answer……..Having fun. Cruise around and there are “end game” discussions all over the forums that detail all of the fun ways you can utilize your time.

This, and I’d add play with others.

Really do what you’d do with any other game, enjoy yourself. Never look to others to tell you how to have fun.

Related to that, if someone tells you how much better the game would be if done or play’d a certain way, ask them what game they designed and then for a loan because they make so much money off the “greatest idea ever”.

I am working on alts because:
1) Shores is mostly broken and the DEs are not working correctly
2) Arah is closed and has been for over a week due to glitches, bots, and bugs
3) W3 is broken due to server imbalance, hacks, free transfers, and boredem doing the same thing every week
4) Can’t complete personal story on my 80 due to #2 above
5) Dungeon runs are a bore with no tangible reward – nothing I get will be better than what I have and I could care less about skins