Dear Anet
When the expension was announced i was so exited. So much great ideas were put in to it.
Elite specialization, divided fractals, the jungle. And that’s why i agreed to pay 45€ for what is one of the most expensive expension ever.
Now what was my experience?
Well it seems like for every good idea that you had, there was really poor execution.
Let me explain:
—> Elite specialization: the principal is awesome. But the execution: well i spent 2 and a half weeks of the expension grinding hero points. It was HP after HP, character after character. And the grind slowly became the reason why i logged in. “i couldn’t start the meta event without finishing my elite specialzation”. At some point when i did my herald, i started playing with netflix on the side. you are not supposed to play a game while watching netflix (on the Ipad). A good game doesn’t require netflix on the side not to keep you bored.
—> The Meta events: these are awesome.
The probleme is the constant crashes. I remember the time i went to do the Dragonstad Meta Event, i crashed 4 times. The last time was at the end of the mouth of mordremoth when the final boss was at 10%. The game crashed, i couldn’t get back to the server. And that’s how i lost 1h45 of my life.
Same thing in verdant brink, and auric.
Now with the new patch the crashes are everywhere, even in central tyria while doing regular stuff in the lions arch. It’s not possible to play in these conditions.
—> Party content
Instead of having a huge game with a huge quantity of things to do: dungeons, fractals, the jungle, raids. You nerfed the 5 person content.
Fractals are garbage now. I was so exited by the fractured fractals but the rewards aren’t there anymore.
Dungeons? I loved doing this with my guildies, well not anymore since you completly nerfed the rewards.
It’s like you are forcing us to go to maguma, and raids. You won’t let us enjoy what we want. Don’t get me wrong maguma is awesome, but i like to do different stuff, and now i can’t.
—> Guild hall.
The principal is awesome (again). And again the execution is poor. It is so expensive. Small guilds can’t aford it. And the arena is useless because we are fighting with PVE gear…
Now i am really disapointed. And it’s not for a lack off trying to like this expension. I have been playing hours every day since it’s release.
This evening, with the latest patch i crashed 4 times.
I play on a mac and there is no 64 bit version. I play with Medium settings and yet the game crashes constantly (never happened before HOT) and the bugs are getting really frustrating.
That’s why i uninstalled the game. GW2, was a way to relax after work for me. These last few weeks it has been a source of great frustration.
See ya, i’m gonna go buy fallout 4
Edit : Yes i play on a mac, But i still paid good money for a game which was “Mac Compatible”.
Now that i spent 45€ for the game, 45€ for the expension you can’t tell me : "oh thanks for your money but the mac version isn’t made for this game (because i had no probleme before HOT).
(edited by YaYa.5879)