Guild Wars 2

My wife and I play. I have a couple level 80s. She has a level 3. She tried to play today and was so saddened by these changes that she actually uninstalled the game. I am on the verge of doing the same. Revert these changes to before the previous changes so that leveling is like it used to be or else you are going to drive new players away faster than you can spit.

They already got your money for 2 copies of the game. I don’t think they even care after that.

I can see that happening, driving away both veteran players and new players. It feels like a ticking time-bomb, especially after browsing the forums since yesterday. I have two 80s but I do enjoy mixing things up and playing alts of different classes. Now I don’t know if I even want to do that. Good-bye, Charr Mesmer I was planning . . .

I bought three new character slots last month, and boy do I regret it!

Its… faster to level all teh way to 15, its a little more fun almost all the functionality is the same you can do things before it tells you you can. There are very few new restrictions designed to help NEW players. Not people with 80s. Just relax and give it a chance.

Paradox.1380:

Its… faster to level all teh way to 15, its a little more fun almost all the functionality is the same you can do things before it tells you you can. There are very few new restrictions designed to help NEW players. Not people with 80s. Just relax and give it a chance.

Faster? But is it fun? Frankly spamming 1 and 2 for several levels isn’t that much fun. Having no 7-0 skills unlocked isn’t fun.

After browsing through the forums, I can see that most of my concerns with this update have been mentioned more than a few times so I’ll just through my 2 cents worth of feedback here.

Been playing since the final stress test before release. Previously, I played GW1 during it’s open betas and then through each expansion. I have more than dabbled in other MMO’s and RPG’s in general. In other words, I am not a new player so my opinion may not be worth much to Anet regarding this New Player Experience…

But I dislike it. The early game no longer flows the way it used to. The new(ish) trait system, the level gating of skills/downed state/underwater combat, tutorials for dodging….everything feels so disconnected. I imagine I would have found it quite jarring if I were a new player and I had these screen pop-ups interrupting my play every 5-10 minutes. I was so drawn to the freedom this game promised at release. It seems like a step backwards. Unnecessary. Good ideas, poor implementation?