Guild Wars 2

Regardless of how I feel about the way the pre-release is rolling out, I do want to thank the multitude of Anet employees, all of them, for the work they are doing and the things they have done. Please know that the harshness and negativity you are seeing, on the forums and off, is not directed at you. It is directed at the corporation as a whole. Not individuals. It is directed at the faceless entity or entities that make the decisions that influence the game as a whole. We don’t know who they are. We are not naming names. We, as a player base, are yelling soundlessly in the night, trying to blow the corporate wall down, in hopes of a reaction we are wanting.

Many of those voices are not visualizing any negative reaction. They are not thinking how this may hurt those of you, the employees, who have been sweating and slaving over this expansion. They are not targeting you. We all are appreciative of the work you do. Without you, there is no game. Please take it as written that we, the player base, are not yelling at the individual bricks, simply the wall as an entity in its own right.

The biggest reason so many yell so loudly and so harshly is because the internet is anonymous. We don’t see we are hurting people behind the keyboards. We often don’t even think about those people. The internet lets us all be faceless. And when you are faceless, unidentifiable, you do things you would never do in real life.

Add in the fact that MMO’s encourage selfishness. It encourages competition, it encourages us to want stuff, to want more. Then to demand more. We tend to feel we have a right to things we want, when we want them, regardless of what someone else wants. PvP encourages this mindset. And we forget that others can be hurt.

Please, from me at least, accept my apology for any hurt you are feeling from us screaming at that faceless entity that is Anet. You may be a part of Anet, but the Anet we are screaming at is not you.

^^what she said.

Gregori.5807:

^^what she said.

I’m still kittened off and want an explanation but, you are correct. It is the company that is in the cross hairs, not the individuals.

I agree it’s not all the staff who was at fault and I do think we all should thank the staff overall. The one who came up with this idea of including the core that should’ve been split out into another code so everyone will get the expansion along with another core that they can share is the person at fault. Maybe he/she should’ve been fired?

The saddest thing is that the developers that are responsible for the lion’s share of what makes GW2 worth it are screwed over by the marketing department.

I can’t even imagine how it feels to work hard for the expansion, and still have quite a bit of work ahead of you, and have it all ruined by poor decision making from a small part of the company.

Agreeing with OP.

Keysha.2815:

It is directed at the corporation as a whole. Not individuals. It is directed at the faceless entity or entities that make the decisions that influence the game as a whole.

Not really.

“Faceless entities” do not make decisions. People make decisions. Every single thing ArenaNet has done with the explicit purpose of making the game worse for the players because it would increase ArenaNet’s profit has been someone’s decision. And something as big as the whole HoT sale thing? It has been the decision of many, MANY people.

This isn’t "ArenaNet"’s fault. It’s the fault of those who decided to do it, and of those who aproved it. And even those who have had nothing to do with that decision – they choose every day to work in a place that treats their own players this poorly.

If it really happens that HoT will sell less because of this whole thing, and everyone at ArenaNet loses money because of that – that would be nothing but the consequence of their own choices. It would be nothing but deserved. Each individual in there could have chosen differently, but did not (even if the decision was to work somewhere where they didn’t employ “bait and switches” like the one ArenaNet just did).

Agreed but still kinda mad. The game is phenomenal and I can’t wait for HoT to drop.

Test.8734:

Not really.

“Faceless entities” do not make decisions. People make decisions. Every single thing ArenaNet has done with the explicit purpose of making the game worse for the players because it would increase ArenaNet’s profit has been someone’s decision. And something as big as the whole HoT sale thing? It has been the decision of many, MANY people.

This isn’t "ArenaNet"’s fault. It’s the fault of those who decided to do it, and of those who aproved it. And even those who have had nothing to do with that decision – they choose every day to work in a place that treats their own players this poorly.

If it really happens that HoT will sell less because of this whole thing, and everyone at ArenaNet loses money because of that – that would be nothing but the consequence of their own choices. It would be nothing but deserved. Each individual in there could have chosen differently, but did not (even if the decision was to work somewhere where they didn’t employ “bait and switches” like the one ArenaNet just did).

I’m glad you can afford to leave any company you work at that does something you don’t like. Most of us don’t have that option. And I’m glad you have such a precise and sterling character to know you don’t see those on the internet as faceless entities. Many cannot achieve that level of intelligence.

But that makes you worse, because your post leads us to believe you know exactly who is behind that keyboard, and are screaming at all of them because they are not at the level of greatness you desire, nor are they able to leave a company you are unhappy with. If that is so, then shame on YOU, not them. Shame on YOU for attacking others and making them miserable. Shame on you, for taking your anger out on people who did nothing to you. Shame on you, for even being in this thread. Because if you don’t see Anet as a faceless entity in this, then you are worse than any decisionmaker at Anet or NCSoft. You are, quite simply, a bigger problem than they are.

I pity you.

I’m pretty happy with, and mean no ill will towards, pretty much everyone involved with the actual creation and development of both GW2 and HoT, and what news we have on HoT is giving me a good feeling.

the people responsible for the marketing, pricing, and package setting, however, I have no sympathy for. I don’t take issue with them personally, but professionally they need to get their skritt together.

and also, to a lesser extent, whoever decided when to reveal new features. between them and the marketing team, we should either have had way more info by now or the pre-purchases should have been delayed. either way, there’s been a screw up, and it should be fixed.

tl;dr: the people who make the stuff we want to buy – thank you. the people who try to sell it to us – get your skritt in order.

I havent made a post either way, but yes this is true! Already got my ultimate anyways because i will be buying HOT regardless as a purely PVE player. But still i agree with this!