Guild Wars 2

Neural.1824:

emikochan.8504:

This is being changed next patch, please wait for that before whining.

So you actually believe that Arenanet is going to implement this new change without gimping it to the point that people will still run right past champions? That’s foolishness. Arenanet will change loot drops on champions, then make it so you can only get said loot once a day or something dumb like that. The end result will be that people will just continue to completely ignore champions.

Loot in this game is pathetic. I calculated out the loot drop rate after a week of spending half an hour a day specifically killing mobs in Orr for T6 mat drops (whether direct or through bags). The rate of return on it would net the total amount of mats needed for a legendary at around 2 years of playing half an hour a day (to avoid being punished for playing how I want to play, a.k.a. DR).
Yes, that time can be cut down by doing two zones for half an hour each, but I’m not interested in farming for an hour straight every day. There is no mythical “just play the game” method for obtaining the required materials for something like that. The best mats for the best skins and armor drop only in 3 or 4 zones in the entire game, and you don’t get them while leveling through places like Queensdale, Genderran Fields, etc.
As others have mentioned, loot in this game is often useless. At 70+, it’s pointless to even look at anything that isn’t orange, and good luck if you want to outfit yourself with yellows through game interaction. With all the crap on the yellow table, you’re lucky to even get a yellow drop that matches your profession.
Everything in this game is geared towards the gem store.
If you enjoy a challenge in various fighting circumstances, GW2 delivers (for most people). If you want to explore, it’s there for you, but god forbid you come to GW2 and want to craft things with materials you harvested yourself, because you are going to either grind until your fingers fall off, or spend years via “casual play”. Meanwhile your friends who like challenges or exploring are burned out on content in just a few months.

Mate you are sooo wrong. I play for 2-3 hours per session, 5 days a week and managed to get ALL stuff needed for legendary (Bolt) in under 4 months. That included buying Icy runestones (100g), all Mystic Clovers and buying Zap (around 400g).
Also, I didnt go into CoF more then 10 times in my entire game time. All I was doing was running around Orr, doing Live Events and fun stuff.