Guild Wars 2

For one that has 1-2 hours / day, often fragmented, it seams the game has changed to a more eastern mentality: more farming, less rewards, harder to achieve something.
What do you think?

i’m confused on how that’s an eastern mentality

The one to Rule.2593:

i’m confused on how that’s an eastern mentality

I was referring to asian grinding mmos, maybe it was not the best way to express myself

not really. if youre a casual player good luck being able to afford anything cool looking or do anything meaningful without spending $..

Hey friend, you can still play game even without elite spec and for you it will be the same GW2. New maps for you be just like SW before.
Elite is elite and if you want be elite you shoud do something, its not so hard to get 400 points.

That would be true if it were really “elite”. These elite trait lines are comparable to the original profession trait lines… Nothing special here to grind for.

Dashingsteel.3410:

That would be true if it were really “elite”. These elite trait lines are comparable to the original profession trait lines… Nothing special here to grind for.

There can be no skills, no passive, only the name and it still be elite. You can play the whole game using your old builds and there no be diferent, but if you wanna be elite you shoud do what all elites do – earn right to call yoursellf elite.

Tatikios.1027:

Dashingsteel.3410:

That would be true if it were really “elite”. These elite trait lines are comparable to the original profession trait lines… Nothing special here to grind for.

There can be no skills, no passive, only the name and it still be elite. You can play the whole game using your old builds and there no be diferent, but if you wanna be elite you shoud do what all elites do – earn right to call yoursellf elite.

Earn the right by… Having more spare time. Yup. Pretty 1337.

Eastern MMO followed the Western MMO.

Western MMO was initially grindy and non-forgiving. Eastern MMO simply keep to that trend though it is toned down slightly while improving the gameplay via different mechanism. Western MMO on other hand, slowly shifted to target casual market with less grind and more carebear.

Depends on what you’re trying to achieve.

To me the mobs are more capable with dodges, damage resistances, more conditions and etc. Except boons…

Compared to last dragon minions the Risen who were all same type mobs with high HP and low armor, low damage per attack, very slow attack speed with no special capabilities, and of course: extremely vulnerable to Full Berserker DPS (Glass Cannon Berserker).

This is what GW2 combat is supposed to be, we must utilize dodge to avoid most critical attacks, movement is crucial, no “Stand-Spam-Berserker-DPS” bullcrap, we can use any build possible without one build being supreme (although I’m still in map 1, I’m abit distressed about mobs not using boons like players can do, example warrior “For Great Justice” which gives almost constant Might and Fury, I’m still especially disappointed with Mordrem Hounds)

As for events, they need abit tweaking, too much mobs are spawned for solo…

Yes, most casual game to be ever made, only difference is that you can only do some of the hot stuff with a group or while it is still alive and there are people doing it. After most people are done with hot it will go down the kittenter