Guild Wars 2

i have played this game for nearly a year , and i first played for a couple of months , then left out of boredom and then come bk and found lots more things to do , like achievements and pvp and world v world and so on …. BUT
i have a couple of thoughts , and wish to see others opinions about it ,

1) the story completion …. is it worth it really ? ( the end prize is really not worth it) ?
2) is it me or are some parts of the game feel like they aint worth doing ?
like : the recent halloween oblisk shard thing, i did it eventually and then find out all u get is a option to click a stone and get a free skill point and a couple of cobs …
another one :
the mad king says part of the halloween , all u got was a worthless mask , that im probably sure most people have them in store and not used them ….
another one :
the overpriced amount of corns u need to get the nice items from the halloween event ( really was it worth it)
also :
is it worth getting ur proffessions to 400 , i mean by the amount of money u spend to make an item(instead of grinding it) u could of easily just bought the item out of the trading post….
and also :
does it seem that the new pink item recipes well some of them are account bound so u cant sell them , but only make for yourself , would it be better to have the option to sell , like when u make weapons and such …
also : the aether keys that u can make are they really worth it , as the info thats been gathering on the net about these is that they aint worth the time

i know some of the past events may have been alot better and some seemed it , but it seems like others like the recent ones just dont seem worthy , unless ur going for titles or achievement points only ,
this is not a moaning thread , but a constructive one to see if others feel the same …

You seem focused on rewards. Not everyone is. I do content to experience content and the rewards are neither here nor there. A lot of people play your way but a lot of people play my way too.

Two things to say about specific points you made. The node in your home instance isn’t just to get a skill point on each character. It’s to charge 25 quartz crystals into a charged quartz crystal, which you need to make exotic celestial gear. In the past, we’d have to take our 25 quartz to a node outside our home instance. Now it’s like a one stop shop, since many of us received a quartz node in our home instance from the Bazaar of the Four Winds LS. Actually it makes it much more convenient for those who want to craft celestial gear to charge their quartz.

Things like Aetherblade keys basically just drop. You don’t farm them…you get them. When you get five, you have a key with which you can open a chest. If you don’t run that path of TA, then you won’t be using it, but some people like the new TA path and run it. I’m one of them. So those keys give me a chance at an extra reward from that dungeon.

On the question of story completion, it’s worth it if you want to see the story. That’s the reward for some people. To see what happens. If you’re just playing for the reward, it’s almost certainly not worth it.

Again this is about how and why you play games. Some of us are less concerned about rewards, and more concerned about doing something we enjoy.