Guild Wars 2

KarlaGrey.5903:

KDXX.9520:

I started playing GW1, because is seemed cool. I stayed and bought Factions, Nightfall, and EotN because Anet grasped and suitably represented an ideal that had seemed to have long been forgotten by society in general.

That NO, not “everything” needs to be decided by money. That you owe your loyal players a reciprocated loyalty, and make visible, palpable, amends when a mistake is made, and you talk to them in a serious manner, and take none of their ideas for granted. That your responsibility to the craft of the game does not end once the money hits the counter. That intentional mediocrity for the sake of profit is not acceptable.

GW 2 placed a fresh face on a game I loved, better graphics, more freedom, more immersion; and at the start, those same ideals, steadfastly in place. Now. I increasingly question why, or even IF I want to play anymore. The graphics are still good, the freedom to roam is still there, the immersion is a little worn, due to time. But the ideals. The ideals that made me a player, fan, and customer; are dead.

I don’t know when or why, but someone killed them.

So maybe I keep playing for the vain hope I will see those ideals restored to the company, one day.

Exactly.

Sadly I’m afraid no amount of hope will bring us/you back the company that made the game of your dreams~
Most of us have been disillusioned some time ago.

Most of us haven’t been disillusioned some time ago. I guess that must be your opinion because this is a pretty kitten ed popular MMORPG.

Vayne.8563:

Most of us haven’t been disillusioned some time ago. I guess that must be your opinion because this is a pretty kitten ed popular MMORPG.

If you use Xfire’s 400 active player as a proof to prove GW2 is still popular, I woudln’t call it a fact, unless I’m missing something. If you want Xfire to prove anything, there is a post created ~year ago, which indicates there was a huge player decrease and during that low peak the amount of active players was ~4200 .At that time GW2 was on the 5. spot. Does that mean 90% of the playerbase stopped playing?

Honestly, one of the most frustrating things is what keeps me playing:

I have about 1,700g. I have a bunch of plans which that 1,700g could completely cover. (Emporer title, fully ascended gear on all characters and certain skins.)

HOWEVER, I know new legendaries are coming eventually. I don’t know when, and I don’t know if I’ll like them enough to bother. Either way, I’m saving my T6s and 2,000g.

Once I exceed 2,000g, I’ll be able to slowly fund some of that stuff.

If I craft/buy a new legendary outright, it won’t help me stay in the game. Because instead of “here’s this new thing to work toward” it’s “here’s this new thing I already got.” On the other hand, if I spend all of this gold and succeed in my other goals, I risk losing interest before the new legendaries come out.

Otherwise, the most important things that keep me coming back:

• My characters – I love them so
• The combat system – is the best
• Because it’s “my other life” – part of me always resides in my primary MMO, all other MMOs and video games are more like fun diversions

Now next 2 things that i keep playing for are to max fully MF and to buy 3 more comander tags.

rapthorne.7345:

Anonymous Player.3079:

Ok let’s be clear and give some sample how gw² is becoming all about money farm or use your credit card (aka gems) masta powa
Average player make 10-20g MAX a day -> ok
Legendary : look price on tp, do some math, better buy ! You don’t have gold, wait gem is the solution (so credit card) that’s why some 2k ap have 2-3 legendary (thx mum)
Now let speak about the new pro system “collection” : once again look price on tp. The best joke is about Black Lion. 1 collection is arround 1900g. Atm there is “only” 13 to do so …

legendary weapons are 100% completely unnecessary to play the game. It’s a luxury item that you can chose to persue as a long term goal. If you don’t have the patience to farm (Some of my guildies have been playing since the game’s release and don’t have a legendary, because they don’t want one), that’s your problem, not ANet’s.

If you want to buy your way through the game, then for sure, you can expect to pay a lot to do so, but the point is, you are not, EVER forced to shell out money. It’s your choice, and yours alone, to pump money in to the game if you don’t have the patience to complete collections/other content over time.

Don’t blame the developers – Whose goal it is to create long term content and objectives for players - for your lack of patience

There is 1 problem here → what long term content you speaking about ? Long term goal for me is not farm over and over. The collection system is just a how to recycle old stuff nothing else. Now if you want to speak about long term ‘goal’ like the gw1 GWAMM, tell me where it is cause i’m for sure missing something.

Last thing, concidering the collection a long term thing (aka legendary + all collections), just try to estimate the time you’ll need to complete them (RNG is your friend btw) .

kitten .9460:

Pandaman.4758:

1) Not done finishing my characters’ looks (ranger and necromancer are the only ones left) and gear (four characters still need ascended trinkets, one of which is stuck because there are no ascended zealot/keeper trinkets).

2) Blade & Soul isn’t out yet.

B&S is likely never coming to NA :/ … I just want Black Desert, omg that Blader looks so amazing.

Yeah, I’m not really expecting it to come out either, which is why I picked up GW2 instead of holding out for B&S. Still keeping my eye on it though!

Black Desert does look amazing, but it’s just one of those things that look too good to be true. I’ll have to wait until it actually comes out and listen to how many features didn’t make the game before considering it.

I still play in anticipation for new content.

If they suddenly announced that they weren’t going to have any more updates however, I’d quit instantly and never look back.

rapthorne.7345:

tofumon.5924:

I quit playing before I even hit level 60. Grinding 6 levels out just to get one measly adept trait was too boring for me.

I’ve personally level considered GW2 leveling a grind. it’s very easy and casual for me, given the nature of the scaled exp system.

It is a pity you decided to stop playing before 60. the power spike you experience when obtaining a new trait tier is pretty darn awesome.

I would love to come back if they fixed the trait system. Even if I did reach level 60 unlocking the traits feels like a wild goose chase.