Guild Wars 2

I don’t understand. I reached 80 on my second character last week I have all my exotics the only thing left is to grind for ascended gear. But what is the excitement in grinding so long for something so boring? I have a wvw guild. WvW can be really fun sometimes! But most of the time it is dry zerg vs zerg running into each other… how is that pvp? Where is the skill in that? There is really nothing left in pve no rewards except a couple weapon and armor skins. I have to say one thing, when you are 80 and look exactly like you want to look like what do you do? If WvW isn’t your thing what is left for you in this game? I have absolutely loved this game for the 4 months i’ve played it but now I just really don’t know what to do? Where is the end game?

You could try s/tPVP

Unfortunately thats sort of how MMORPGs always work, once you hit top level your either grinding for endlessly small increases in gear, taking part in the PvP offered by the game or stick around for the social aspect of the game.

Do the same things you enjoyed on the way to 80?

Dasorine.1964:

You could try s/tPVP

Unfortunately thats sort of how MMORPGs always work, once you hit top level your either grinding for endlessly small increases in gear, taking part in the PvP offered by the game or stick around for the social aspect of the game.

I wished there was a little more to spvp though :/

McLean.6427:

I don’t understand. I reached 80 on my second character last week I have all my exotics the only thing left is to grind for ascended gear. But what is the excitement in grinding so long for something so boring? I have a wvw guild. WvW can be really fun sometimes! But most of the time it is dry zerg vs zerg running into each other… how is that pvp? Where is the skill in that? There is really nothing left in pve no rewards except a couple weapon and armor skins. I have to say one thing, when you are 80 and look exactly like you want to look like what do you do? If WvW isn’t your thing what is left for you in this game? I have absolutely loved this game for the 4 months i’ve played it but now I just really don’t know what to do? Where is the end game?

I completely understand you, because I’m in that same position and the same goes for my friends who also used to play this game. I came to the conclusion that these types of MMOs don’t fit the type of player that I am. I want progression, not makeup. There are a lot of these types of games on the market atm. (Warframe being one of them) and that’s not a bad thing. I’m just not the target group for that type of game and it seems that neither are you.
I don’t fancy farming for 100+ hours just to change the colour of my sword. I want the stats as well, so that I can feel it’s newfound power and thereby feel that my time invested was not in vain.

I’m gonna look for a different game to play and I think that so should you We can always return in case they change the game to our flavour.

If anything, don’t force yourself to enjoy the game if you truly don’t find anything fun for the time being. The typical MMO PvE mentality is to chase the carrot on a stick, but changing the carrot to something else can be a solution. Sometimes, you may just need a break from the game to miss it. I’ve played GW1 for almost 7 years, with a few breaks in between. If it weren’t for me liking more things in GW2, I’d still be playing GW1. :P

From the OP, it sounds like you’re one of those people that needs content progression (activities) rather than completionist progression (collecting skins/completing achievements/etc). In the long run, this game supports completionist progression, but on certain patches, you’ll get your fill for content progression, depending on what you’re looking for: new dungeons, new story, new minigames, etc. If that is true, then it doesn’t hurt to take a break, especially since you’re not playing on a sub.

I personally still enjoy playing the game even though I’ve maxed all the professions to 80. My main has pretty much all the skins I wanted, so I have small eventual goals of getting skins for a few of my characters. I want a few name changes, a few achievements/titles, and perhaps, rent a custom arena (starting to get into tPvP w/ friends). On occasion, I like to theorycraft builds, playing around with traits, skills, and equipment.

The primary reason I still enjoy playing GW2 is that I’m playing with friends, helping them out with whatever dungeons they need or just doing an activity for no particular reason. We like to discuss the state of the game and speculate what might happen next patch. When I play games like GW2, I’m looking more for the social experience than the content experience because that’s what I feel matters in the long run.

In conclusion, go with what you feel, not what you feel forced to do.