Guild Wars 2

The thing that bothers me the most with ANET is the lack of communication. In this game you can have problems for years and ANET will not adress the problem, nor say that they acknowledge that the community has a problem. I could make a nearly endless list with examples of this behaviour.

But I think ANET will learn it. Other companies has. 2 examples.

The last expansion of a very famous RTS has recenlty been released. The community told the company for years that they don’t care. Now the company writes every week something about the state of the game and adresses the problems the community has. Even if they don’t agree with the community the feedback is really appreciated.

The developers of a very famous tactical shooter released last week a very controversial patch.The community was not happy and after one week the patch was reverted, because it couldn’t achieve it’s goal. Additonally the developers apologized for their lack of communication and admited that they made a mistake.

In both cases the vast majority of the players are really happy. And these kind of communication leads to trust.

And we have ANET on the other side. With the kind of communication and action ANET is taking for the last 3 years it’s not only very unlikely to establish an esport game, I’m pretty sure they could even ruin a well established title.

Over the years gaming has matured. Many of us aren’t kids anymore. And it’s ok if a gaming company does mistakes. We all do. And it’s ok if they don’t have an immediate solution for everything. Nobody does.

But not communicating the issues leads to disappointment. And you can only disappoint people for a certain amount of time.

So yeah, time will tell, but I’m really certain that ANET will learn and change that ignorant behaviour. In the end, it’s the best way to get our money.

They rarely even post in their own forum anymore… I find out about most changes either through reddit… or by logging in and being surprised when my settings have reset.

apocom.3172:

So yeah, time will tell, but I’m really certain that ANET will learn and change that ignorant behaviour. In the end, it’s the best way to get our money.

i thought there will be change as they hired a well known community-member who stood up and yelled for the sake of pvp.
if i remember correctly he got assimilated

No they won’t. It’s been 3 years. I mean, why should they? People still pay no matter how bad the content they put out.

Katamaranthine.4679:

No they won’t. It’s been 3 years. I mean, why should they? People still pay no matter how bad the content they put out.

They gave the game away for free to increase the population. You can do this only once. And I know many people that pay less and less.

Even ANET will learn that not the money prizepool makes a successful title.

They screwed up wildstar. I’m guessing whoever managed wildstar is working on GW2 as well, so……

SlayerSixx.5763:

They screwed up wildstar. I’m guessing whoever managed wildstar is working on GW2 as well, so……

ahaha I remember after like 2 or 3 months, (or less?) they did a major patch… and kittened up everything. And everyone quit… xD

And when I saw the devs… stream on twitch…. man the dude was playing a stalker with the worst build ever and he was the worst player ever…. Imagine a guy like that balancing the game? I quit directly. NO way.

Asato.5479:

SlayerSixx.5763:

They screwed up wildstar. I’m guessing whoever managed wildstar is working on GW2 as well, so……

ahaha I remember after like 2 or 3 months, (or less?) they did a major patch… and kittened up everything. And everyone quit… xD

And when I saw the devs… stream on twitch…. man the dude was playing a stalker with the worst build ever and he was the worst player ever…. Imagine a guy like that balancing the game? I quit directly. NO way.

I take it you haven’t seen videos of GW2 devs playing?

Lord Kuru.3685:

Asato.5479:

SlayerSixx.5763:

They screwed up wildstar. I’m guessing whoever managed wildstar is working on GW2 as well, so……

ahaha I remember after like 2 or 3 months, (or less?) they did a major patch… and kittened up everything. And everyone quit… xD

And when I saw the devs… stream on twitch…. man the dude was playing a stalker with the worst build ever and he was the worst player ever…. Imagine a guy like that balancing the game? I quit directly. NO way.

I take it you haven’t seen videos of GW2 devs playing?

No. I haven’t been paying attention to GW2 since I first did a pause. Can you … tell me where I can see those videos?