Guild Wars 2

I know a good # of players do content because it is rewarding. Boss Blitz was the perfect example.

But this update has been a step back.

The choices of rewards are extremely limited. All but 4 reward items at the vendor involve the new THV gear.

This gearset is tailored towards a small minority of players. How about the large majority that have no interest in these rewards?

That leaves us with Sandy Bag of Gear, which I hear only carries masterwork items.
And the keys are more of a chore than a reward, since you need to find locked chests which change every sandstorm, and can only be accessed every 45 minutes.

Comon Anet, what is the rationale behind this poor assortment of rewards?

I bet none of the new crafting stuff will be used EVER AGAIN. NO OTHER REWARDS THIS SEASON AT ALL!!!!

My story complete chest had 2 white level weapons. Pretty much the most underwhelming chest ever (I like the story so far though).

I think Anet just needs to find the right balance. Most of the rewarding activities are rewarding due to zerging. Zerging is the most boring type of content however. They need to find a better way to reward small group and solo activities better.

The elite achievements are a good start. The chests are fairly good and you can get 3 by completing all the achievements and it only takes about 15 minutes. However they are a once and done type of thing.

Nageth.5648:

My story complete chest had 2 white level weapons. Pretty much the most underwhelming chest ever (I like the story so far though).

That happened to me. I got a white-quality weapon too. They should’nt even be in the loot table for story rewards. It’s truly pathetic they even allow this to happen. Sometimes i wonder if they even have loot tables, and if everything is just randomized in drops.