Farming never fun. It’s a job.
80’s: Sylvari Necromancer (Main). Human: Thief, Warrior (PvP Main), Engineer. Charr Guardian
Why do you want to make as much gold as possible? What are you looking to buy with it? Do you realize that nearly all exotic items are bought with alternate currencies like dungeon tokens or karma?
We are heroes. This is what we do!
RIP City of Heroes
No because in the real world you need money for food and shelter. Someone who feels the need to earn lots of gold quickly in an MMO must have some motivation but there really isn’t a lot of things in game that need loads of gold. I’m simply inquiring why they need it because I don’t understand what players are using it for.
It’s like why do players want to level their characters to 80 ASAP? It’s not like there is loads of restricted level 80 content with this game.
We are heroes. This is what we do!
RIP City of Heroes
Why do you want to make as much gold as possible? What are you looking to buy with it? Do you realize that nearly all exotic items are bought with alternate currencies like dungeon tokens or karma?
No because in the real world you need money for food and shelter. Someone who feels the need to earn lots of gold quickly in an MMO must have some motivation but there really isn’t a lot of things in game that need loads of gold. I’m simply inquiring why they need it because I don’t understand what players are using it for.
It’s like why do players want to level their characters to 80 ASAP? It’s not like there is loads of restricted level 80 content with this game.
Some people wants to make gold just to have gold. (Same to characters)
80’s: Sylvari Necromancer (Main). Human: Thief, Warrior (PvP Main), Engineer. Charr Guardian
No because in the real world you need money for food and shelter. Someone who feels the need to earn lots of gold quickly in an MMO must have some motivation but there really isn’t a lot of things in game that need loads of gold. I’m simply inquiring why they need it because I don’t understand what players are using it for.
It’s like why do players want to level their characters to 80 ASAP? It’s not like there is loads of restricted level 80 content with this game.
Things i do with my gold. : Cultural Armor for looks, my legendary, crafting material to get to 400 and then to 500 (a lot of material just take a lot more to gather than getting gold and buying it on TP), transfer gold into gem to buy nice things on the Gem Store like the Cooper Fed Salvage machine, special armor skin, infinite gathering tools, minis, etc), buying material to crafting special weapons or buy them on the TP, and a lot more.
Why getting to level 80 ASAP? After my two first characters i didn’t want to take as much time on other character to get them to level 80. After you did the story for each race, vigil, priority and whisper order you don’t want to do the same freaking heart for the 4th time for about 1/10th of a level. Why having more character? To try a lot of combination and see if you love more a another character, to have different character you like for different things (got 1 main for PvE and 1 for WvW and 2 other that i play frequently), and finally you can get a lot of orichalcum and ancient wood for about 15min per day with a lot of character.
Thaddeauz [xQCx]- QC GUILD
Yay .. i love chopping trees
Hope we get a new endless axe with the next update, since i could use one more for my guardian
EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.
No because in the real world you need money for food and shelter. Someone who feels the need to earn lots of gold quickly in an MMO must have some motivation but there really isn’t a lot of things in game that need loads of gold. I’m simply inquiring why they need it because I don’t understand what players are using it for.
It’s like why do players want to level their characters to 80 ASAP? It’s not like there is loads of restricted level 80 content with this game.
Things i do with my gold. : Cultural Armor for looks, my legendary, crafting material to get to 400 and then to 500 (a lot of material just take a lot more to gather than getting gold and buying it on TP), transfer gold into gem to buy nice things on the Gem Store like the Cooper Fed Salvage machine, special armor skin, infinite gathering tools, minis, etc), buying material to crafting special weapons or buy them on the TP, and a lot more.
Why getting to level 80 ASAP? After my two first characters i didn’t want to take as much time on other character to get them to level 80. After you did the story for each race, vigil, priority and whisper order you don’t want to do the same freaking heart for the 4th time for about 1/10th of a level. Why having more character? To try a lot of combination and see if you love more a another character, to have different character you like for different things (got 1 main for PvE and 1 for WvW and 2 other that i play frequently), and finally you can get a lot of orichalcum and ancient wood for about 15min per day with a lot of character.
Yes but from the Original Post it sounded like a new player who felt like they needed to farm for gold. Crafting a legendary or ascended weapon is a long term goal and Tier 3 cultural is pretty and all but it’s not something you need right away. Same is true with items at the Gem Shop, they’re entirely optional and ANet would prefer that you spend cash, which is also a quick way to get gold now (about 4g per $1 at the exchange now).
To me an RPG, single player or MMO, is all about the character’s journey and not a series of Skinner boxes of activity X leads to reward Y. It’s about immersing yourself in the story and not running down a check list or rewards received. Even if this character is your 10th alt, it’s this character’s journey.
This is why I have a tough time grasping why the rush for levels and rewards. It’s not like we are paying monthly.
We are heroes. This is what we do!
RIP City of Heroes
Yes but from the Original Post it sounded like a new player who felt like they needed to farm for gold. Crafting a legendary or ascended weapon is a long term goal and Tier 3 cultural is pretty and all but it’s not something you need right away. Same is true with items at the Gem Shop, they’re entirely optional and ANet would prefer that you spend cash, which is also a quick way to get gold now (about 4g per $1 at the exchange now).
To me an RPG, single player or MMO, is all about the character’s journey and not a series of Skinner boxes of activity X leads to reward Y. It’s about immersing yourself in the story and not running down a check list or rewards received. Even if this character is your 10th alt, it’s this character’s journey.
This is why I have a tough time grasping why the rush for levels and rewards. It’s not like we are paying monthly.
Unlocking skills is optional, putting gear on is optional, killing stuff is optional, speaking to other people is optional, playing the game is optional. So i don’t see your point. Getting my cultural tier 3 for my first character was one of the first thing i did because i wanted that my Character look nice so i was in the very same situation when i just finished to level it up, had small amount of gold with me and was looking to get more or it. About the skinner box, his question was exactly that. Can i get gold, while not getting in a skinner box? Farming gold without having fun to get the item that i want and hoping this item get me the happiness i didn’t had when i was farming to get gold to get that item. Wow sound like most people live if you replace farming with working (joke, not really).
Thaddeauz [xQCx]- QC GUILD
