Guild Wars 2

…and I’ll guard Central Tyria for ya. People who own HoT but choose to stay behind for now, unite!

Here are my 8 reasons not to venture into the jungle for a few days (maybe weeks):

1. Pact Commander mastery track is by far the most attractive option for me personally.
2. I’m cautious about possible bugs (it seems surprisingly polished, judging by the majority of reports, but you never know).
3. I don’t care much about getting somewhere new as soon as possible. It’ll be there when I get around to it. Don’t care about getting ahead by finding a rare item of some sort and selling it either.
4. I’m in a one-man guild (and even then I only represent on an RP alt), and I don’t do organized group content at all. So no Guild Halls or Raids for me, possibly ever.
5. I want zergs to die down a bit.
6. I main Guardian. There is literally no reason for me to chase my elite spec.
7. I main a DIFFERENT Guardian now, and he’s still not completed the map (unlike my previous main Guardian). I stopped when it became pointless to level past 80, and I’ll now resume, as it’s no longer the case. Timberline Falls over Verdant Brink for now, thanks.
8. This will be my first proper Halloween, and I’ll probably take part in some stuff.

In case anyone suffers from reading comprehension difficulties, I’d like to point out that I’m not criticizing HoT. I’m just taking my time to get there.

I’m also intending to delay my entry into HoT until the price declines to a reasonable point.

The main reason I hate expansions is because they are a bundle of things, most of which I don’t care about, that all get added together for the price point.

If you love everything, the price may make sense to you. If, however, you’re only interested in say, Living Story updates and 1 or 2 Elite Specializations, the price is insanely too high.

I’ll be waiting here in central Tyria until the barrier to entry in HoT is on sale.

Not enough bang for my buck. I nearly bought it yesterday, now I’m so glad that I didn’t.

I wish I held off on buying it for a few months until I see all the content that’s available. Unfortunately, I jumped on the hype train and wasted quite a bit of money purchasing the expansion. Learned my lesson…

I’ll be hanging with The Mad King for the next few weeks. Ozzie and I go way back.

I am still waiting on actual reviews to come out for the game before I make my purchase.

I’m waiting for a significant price drop before I venture into HOT and to see if they even deliver on the parts of it that coming “later”.
Not worth it for me to drop that kind of money on what’s clearly rushed and unfinished content. Especially in a household where multiple people have accounts.