Guild Wars 2

I want to do some sort of a reverse missionary action to all the spoiled people around here claiming that the expansion is nothing but grind. I’m starting to wonder if I’m the crazy one, because it has been exactly the opposite for me.

People got to experience their elite specs on beta weekends, and for some ungodly reason they also thought they get to have it for free when HoT launched.

So far all I see people whine about is the hero point “grind” Am I the only one who thinks you weren’t supposed to clear everything in two days? Not two months, not even two weeks… TWO DAYS. This isn’t one living world story episode. It’s a kittening expansion pack.

The word “grind” got so oversaturated and grossed out in its interpretation that the very meaning of the word turned in on itself. Nowadays people throw the term around on pretty much anything they don’t like in the game.

Oh, I have to kill x amount of mobs? GRIND!
I have to do an y amount of objectives? GRIND!
Talk to z amount of NPC’s? GRIND!

The term got completely obliterated in its true sense of the word when applied to a negative aspect of an MMO game. By all means though, go play another game, tell me if that’s less “grindy”.

Obviously there will be marketing manouvers and stunts that must be done in order to keep the company well funded, but people don’t seem to realize where there’s profit there’s greed, you cannot have a monetary system without greed and often times exploitation. In my eyes this game has the minimal effect on it and always got us something in return, but people claiming they’re a greedy exploitative corporation because they have to grind hero points? ridiculous. xD

I just wanted to do a shoutout to the AMAZING development team, as a decade old MMO player I did not think another MMO would ever come that could impress me as much as GW2 did, and the expansion only made it twice as good. Good job guys, I effing love everything you did, all from community communication, to super friendly and whacky streams, making me feel like the community itself is participating in some way in a truly heart warming way.

I truly hope you guys are not discouraged from all the whining (specifically on the forums, as a minority that it is), the game is not perfect and that’s okay, the sheer amount of effort you guys put in to it and do your best to balance things out is amazing, paving the way for an amazing community, but also spoiling a lot of other people who take the amazing work for granted, so much so that they forget what the game is truly about.

Keep up the good work Anet, and no I’m not going to appologize for the sentimentality!

Doing wvw events over and over and over again to get elite spec IS a grind.

Doing the exact same HP on ults over and over again IS a grind

Doing the exact same events over and over again to level masteries IS a grind.

I’m not sure if you know what grinding is.

But again you like all the other pro farmers out 100% failed to read an actual post. No one’s upset about farming HP, no one’s upset about farming mastery points.

We are upset that we are forced to do things on a class we may not enjoy to unlock an elite specizalation we want to do the content on, and can then no longer do it as it’s all done before we can unlock it

Sylent.3165:

Doing wvw events over and over and over again to get elite spec IS a grind.

Don’t do that then… Fully unlocked Elite Spec in under 2 days of HoT being out (and I certainly didn’t play the whole time).

Your Masteries will carry over to your Alts and so you’ll be able to zoom round their HPs super fast. You’ll level the required Masteries for Story just by exploring and seeing the new, fresh content – no need to grind.

The only grind you mentioned is self imposed.

Sylent.3165:

We are upset that we are forced to do things on a class we may not enjoy to unlock an elite specizalation we want to do the content on, and can then no longer do it as it’s all done before we can unlock it

No, you are upset because your expectations do not align with reality, and you interpret this to mean you have been wronged. And that is nobody’s fault but yours. If you simply accept the game as it is, you will never be upset by it. I know this might be a difficult concept to grasp, but please, try to understand this is just a video game.

Do we really need another thread whinging about the whingers? Why not comment in one of the many existing threads if you want to?

morrolan.9608:

Do we really need another thread whinging about the whingers? Why not comment in one of the many existing threads if you want to?

Because I believe my opinion warrants the authority to create my own, and I personally wanted to thank Anet for their work.

I don’t mind working a long time for the mastery system because that is real character progress….

I don’t like being forced into fake character progression. Why shouldn’t I be able to spend the same amount of hero points to unlock an elite spec as is required for a normal character traitline??? These elite specs are not more powerful. Your character doesn’t get any better. “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it is raining” – Judge Judy

about time someone i agree with.as for the wvw events i have not yet tried so i cant say but if i remember right wvw is capping camps towers garri and keeps over and over again anyway so would that not be called grinding for some?