Guild Wars 2

But for non-robot customers, sorry, you’re out of luck. Get used to repetition and carpal-tunnel syndrome.

This isn’t the same ANet that created GW1. We all had our suspicions after they introduced Ascended crafting, but now, confirmed. The “no-grind philosophy” just got the last nails hammered into its coffin before getting unceremoniously tossed into the crematorium.

ITS GONNA BE HUUUUGE!

hurrado.2346:

ITS GONNA BE HUUUUGE!

Even The Donald couldn’t come up with a grind this huge. Well played, ANet.

To me, the death knell was the decision to pursue the Living-Story-Platform-Gaming-Jump-Puzzle concept in lieu of the open-world, exploration, party-on-the-fly game that attracted so many of us.

Plus, they should have monetized WvW. In the early days, I would have gladly paid to participate if they had shown a commitment to improving WvW.

They took a game of exploration and wonder and transformed it into an grinder.

Soon.5240:

To me, the death knell was the decision to pursue the Living-Story-Platform-Gaming-Jump-Puzzle concept in lieu of the open-world, exploration, party-on-the-fly game that attracted so many of us.

Plus, they should have monetized WvW. In the early days, I would have gladly paid to participate if they had shown a commitment to improving WvW.

They took a game of exploration and wonder and transformed it into an grinder.

+1. We wanted a worthy sequel to GW1, not a pseudo-Mario platform jumpfest.

WvW? God only knows why they even bothered with new maps after three years of neglect.

Methinks ANet would have gotten a lot fewer pre-purchases had they revealed the grind necessary to unlock the elite specs – and the mastery grind necessary to even access the hero points needed to grind the elite specs.

And we had to pull teeth just to get a character slot thrown in for our $49.99! Great value!