Guild Wars 2

I do not enjoy Fractals. I know there are not many who feel the way I do.
I also dislike the whole ‘all stack behind this rock’ so called tactic.

I usually don’t have 1+ hour of uninterrupted play time available.

I enjoy the current dungeons and world bosses, because they are easy / short and I can do them with the many interruptions real life has… blessed me with.

What will HoT bring for the minority of players such as myself? (I know about Raids)

Multiple new maps.
Adventures.
New Personal Story.
Masteries.

Uhm… like 4 PvE maps with many events and probably more as living story season 3 starts?

lordkrall.7241:

Multiple new maps.
Adventures.
New Personal Story.
Masteries.

This plus upgrading your guild hall and getting new legendaries, if you’re into that sort of thing.

I enjoy the current dungeons and world bosses, because they are easy / short and I can do them with the many interruptions real life has… blessed me with.

Do note that the changes to fractals makes them shorter and easier to do.

will I handicap myself in terms of gear if I skip fractals?

Diovid.9506:

Do note that the changes to fractals makes them shorter and easier to do.

Oh I did not know that, thank you.

rogerwilko.6895:

will I handicap myself in terms of gear if I skip fractals?

There will be no new tier of gear.

rogerwilko.6895:

will I handicap myself in terms of gear if I skip fractals?

No, you can get ascended gear outside of fractals (crafting, random drop) and there, you don’t even need it, exotic is just fine.

The new legendary armor can be acquired via raids, but the stats will be on par with ascended – except you can change them outside of combat.

You’ll miss some skins and the legendary back piece as far as I know. But if you do not care about changing stats outside of combat, that won’t be a problem.

sounds good, thx for the input!

rogerwilko.6895:

I do not enjoy Fractals. I know there are not many who feel the way I do.
I also dislike the whole ‘all stack behind this rock’ so called tactic.

I usually don’t have 1+ hour of uninterrupted play time available.

I enjoy the current dungeons and world bosses, because they are easy / short and I can do them with the many interruptions real life has… blessed me with.

What will HoT bring for the minority of players such as myself? (I know about Raids)

You should read the HoT Fractal update blog. Fractals are no longer going to be the 4 Fractal 1+ hour runs. They are going to be single rotating Fractals, so yes you will be able to compete a Fractal run in 15-25 minutes now. Just like you do with dungeons. Fractals in HoT are going to be the direction of 5-man group content. Dungeons are no more, gone forever.

Zypher.7609:

Dungeons are no more, gone forever.

that’s a mean thing to say
maybe they will leave them in the game but HoT will bring no new dungeons