Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I stopped playing GW2 because of an update 3 months ago or so. Just wanted to give some reasons and hear some opinions on these issues that made me quit:

1. FOV:
Said update broke the GW2 camera tool support [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24764]. I am aware that this is a third party tool, but i just could not stand the narrow FOV, so i risked using it. Without it, the game is simply UNPLAYABLE for me. (pls don’t reply about cheating/balance of fov tools: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/FOV-on-3-monitors-Demonstration)

2. PVP Modes:
I always hoped to get some more PvP modes. While i played mainly PvP (bear rank) and had fun in every battle, i always disliked the mode: capturing points. I understand that balancing becomes a big issue if more PvP modes are introduced. WvW was too messy for me, just not my taste, so no critic there. (BTW, why is this game named Guild Wars when there are actually no guild wars?)

3. Combat:
Combat was very fun at the Beginning, but as a big share of the player-base mastered most classes the combat felt more like a combo chain spam than tactical combat. Not that i couldn’t keep up with the average foe but i just didn’t feel like I’m having control anymore with all those conditions and combo fields procing at that massive rate. But i accept if most people don’t share this view, it also wasn’t game breaking for me like the FOV.

So that’s it, i logged in occasionally every 2 weeks to see if an update somehow made the fov-tool work again. If the FOV stays at that crap console value (60-70 horizontal at 16:9) i just can’t see my coming back.

Thanks for you time, i had a blast with this game.

Marrt.2498:

Hi,

I stopped playing GW2 because of an update 3 months ago or so. Just wanted to give some reasons and hear some opinions on these issues that made me quit:

1. FOV:
Said update broke the GW2 camera tool support [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24764]. I am aware that this is a third party tool, but i just could not stand the narrow FOV, so i risked using it. Without it, the game is simply UNPLAYABLE for me. (pls don’t reply about cheating/balance of fov tools: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/FOV-on-3-monitors-Demonstration)

2. PVP Modes:
I always hoped to get some more PvP modes. While i played mainly PvP (bear rank) and had fun in every battle, i always disliked the mode: capturing points. I understand that balancing becomes a big issue if more PvP modes are introduced. WvW was too messy for me, just not my taste, so no critic there. (BTW, why is this game named Guild Wars when there are actually no guild wars?)

3. Combat:
Combat was very fun at the Beginning, but as a big share of the player-base mastered most classes the combat felt more like a combo chain spam than tactical combat. Not that i couldn’t keep up with the average foe but i just didn’t feel like I’m having control anymore with all those conditions and combo fields procing at that massive rate. But i accept if most people don’t share this view, it also wasn’t game breaking for me like the FOV.

So that’s it, i logged in occasionally every 2 weeks to see if an update somehow made the fov-tool work again. If the FOV stays at that crap console value (60-70 horizontal at 16:9) i just can’t see my coming back.

Thanks for you time, i had a blast with this game.

no one cares about you quitting, no need to mention it on the forums.

Of course! i just wanted to

hear some opinions on these issues that made me quit

Aleglast.6027:

no one cares about you quitting, no need to mention it on the forums.

Did you really need to quote the wall of text directly above your post? Seriously?

I quit GW2 ages ago, enjoy the forum banter from time to time (especially on holidays with a few drinks like today), yet never felt the urge to post a wall of text informing the world how the game really inflicted some wrong on me. Kitten grow up.

Marrt.2498:

Hi,

I stopped playing GW2 because of an update 3 months ago or so. Just wanted to give some reasons and hear some opinions on these issues that made me quit:

1. FOV:
Said update broke the GW2 camera tool support [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24764]. I am aware that this is a third party tool, but i just could not stand the narrow FOV, so i risked using it. Without it, the game is simply UNPLAYABLE for me. (pls don’t reply about cheating/balance of fov tools: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/FOV-on-3-monitors-Demonstration)

2. PVP Modes:
I always hoped to get some more PvP modes. While i played mainly PvP (bear rank) and had fun in every battle, i always disliked the mode: capturing points. I understand that balancing becomes a big issue if more PvP modes are introduced. WvW was too messy for me, just not my taste, so no critic there. (BTW, why is this game named Guild Wars when there are actually no guild wars?)

3. Combat:
Combat was very fun at the Beginning, but as a big share of the player-base mastered most classes the combat felt more like a combo chain spam than tactical combat. Not that i couldn’t keep up with the average foe but i just didn’t feel like I’m having control anymore with all those conditions and combo fields procing at that massive rate. But i accept if most people don’t share this view, it also wasn’t game breaking for me like the FOV.

So that’s it, i logged in occasionally every 2 weeks to see if an update somehow made the fov-tool work again. If the FOV stays at that crap console value (60-70 horizontal at 16:9) i just can’t see my coming back.

Thanks for you time, i had a blast with this game.

WOW – talk about self-importance! It is not a sub based game and as others have said, no one cares.

Bluntly put, don’t let the door hit you in the kitten on the way out.

Dusty Moon.4382:

Marrt.2498:

Hi,

I stopped playing GW2 because of an update 3 months ago or so. Just wanted to give some reasons and hear some opinions on these issues that made me quit:

1. FOV:
Said update broke the GW2 camera tool support [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24764]. I am aware that this is a third party tool, but i just could not stand the narrow FOV, so i risked using it. Without it, the game is simply UNPLAYABLE for me. (pls don’t reply about cheating/balance of fov tools: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/FOV-on-3-monitors-Demonstration)

2. PVP Modes:
I always hoped to get some more PvP modes. While i played mainly PvP (bear rank) and had fun in every battle, i always disliked the mode: capturing points. I understand that balancing becomes a big issue if more PvP modes are introduced. WvW was too messy for me, just not my taste, so no critic there. (BTW, why is this game named Guild Wars when there are actually no guild wars?)

3. Combat:
Combat was very fun at the Beginning, but as a big share of the player-base mastered most classes the combat felt more like a combo chain spam than tactical combat. Not that i couldn’t keep up with the average foe but i just didn’t feel like I’m having control anymore with all those conditions and combo fields procing at that massive rate. But i accept if most people don’t share this view, it also wasn’t game breaking for me like the FOV.

So that’s it, i logged in occasionally every 2 weeks to see if an update somehow made the fov-tool work again. If the FOV stays at that crap console value (60-70 horizontal at 16:9) i just can’t see my coming back.

Thanks for you time, i had a blast with this game.

WOW – talk about self-importance! It is not a sub based game and as others have said, no one cares.

Bluntly put, don’t let the door hit you in the kitten on the way out.

Probably the first time I ever agree with a post of yours :P

Hmm, agree, i should have emphasized on the FOV-issue thats a game breaker for me rather than me leaving the game, sry guys.

Does no one else get dizzy from that FOV? Or are you sitting 2m away from the screen? (distance where the FOV would be adequate)

Marrt.2498:

Hmm, agree, i should have emphasized on the FOV-issue thats a game breaker for me rather than me leaving the game, sry guys.

Does no one else get dizzy from that FOV? Or are you sitting 2m away from the screen? (distance where the FOV would be adequate)

nah, graphics stuff is rather top notch on the mmorpg market (the weird thing: EVERY recent mmorpg community complains about related issues, not sure what to make of this)

I don’t understand the whol problem since this is not a first person view game, so you can just zoom in or out to see more / less.

Algreg.3629:

…EVERY recent mmorpg community complains about related issues, not sure what to make of this)

It’s because recent developers tend to ignore that pc games need a horizontal FOV of 85-110° instead of a console FOV because they sit nearer to the screen than console players. In more detail: the horizontal FOV should ideally exactly match the degrees of your vision that the screen is occupying, and thats ~90 for pc and ~60 for consoles (couch ‘n’ TV).

Marrt.2498:

Algreg.3629:

…EVERY recent mmorpg community complains about related issues, not sure what to make of this)

It’s because recent developers tend to ignore that pc games need a horizontal FOV of 85-110° instead of a console FOV because they sit nearer to the screen than console players. In more detail: the horizontal FOV should ideally exactly match the degrees of your vision that the screen is occupying, and thats ~90 for pc and ~60 for consoles (couch ‘n’ TV).

hm, I could muse about the background of that…. but I rather ask this: why did you feel like starting the usual random whine “I quit thread” when you had to offer some rather informed criticism :P

Well, maybe i felt a little sentimental as i removed that little GW2 icon, i had such high hopes as i bought that collector’s edition years ago. I was sure that the narrow FOV was just a release thing – they will fix that 100%, no deal. Don’t get me wrong, my hopes were all fulfilled (except for the FOV, those FOV responses from Anet still leave me puzzled)

I thought, maybe i should start a last thread about the FOV issue, maybe make it sound more personal than all those objective FOV-Threads that failed. To be honest i didn’t expect such a “kitten you and just leave” mentality from the forum, but so be it…

I mean, i don’t want a mount or a dueling function. lol, i just wanted to be able to play the game without being dizzy after 30 min, which i am since the third party tool stopped working.

FOV doesn’t bother me.

Calys Teneb.7015:

FOV doesn’t bother me.

Thats enviable, but sadly, it bothers a lot of other players: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FOV-Field-of-View-Changes-Beta-Test-Feedback-Thread/page/12

I’ve pretty much learned to cope with it, but I’d really like there to be more FoV + Camera options. That and more control over my mouse sensitivity would be great.