Guild Wars 2

Ok, I must admit I’m a little baffled.

I just read the patch-notes, and while I’m not qualified to evaluate every change the TL;DR to me was…

…no balance changes whatsoever.

Sure, there were a number of fixes and minor adjustments to abilities, but nothing to change the current status quo or “meta game”.

Now I don’t know about you but one of the reasons I like MMOs is because of the constant changes. Changes keep things fresh and interesting, open up new builds and new possibilities.

But I noticed in some of the previous patches that ANet was EXTREMELY reluctant to make any drastic balance adjustments.

And this patch is just further proof of that.

I for one am really disappointed because not only were there a number of completely reasonable changes to be made, but also because this means we’ll have to bare another month of the same old Ele/Guardian Bunker, Thief instant-gib, non-sense we’ve had going for the past 6 months.

ANet, why are you so reluctant to change balance?

I’m absolutely starting to resent every facet of Arena Net. It’s like their priorities are in some lofty place.

The Warrior changes were down right despicable.

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

They never said the balance stuff was in this patch. They only ever mentioned Feb/March in this regard. We were the ones that posted all the stuff about balanced changes in this patch.

I mean I wish there were balance changes too, but we got our own hopes up this time.

Hmm, I’m really trying to feel positive but every patch I seem to lose a little more hope.

Perhaps there have been some stealth buffs/nerfs for us to discover? Or maybe it’s just wishful thinking…

No changes to useless traits/utility skills. This is a joke. All ArenaNet balances around is the 1-2 viable builds each profession has which makes use of only a small number of traits/utilities while the vast majority are not viable.

Engineer got buffed! (in theory)

Do people not listen to the devs/videos/podcasts? They specifically said that this was gonna be a minor update to pvp and more of a bug/a little balance patch..smh people dont listen

Ayestes.1273:

They never said the balance stuff was in this patch. They only ever mentioned Feb/March in this regard. We were the ones that posted all the stuff about balanced changes in this patch.

I mean I wish there were balance changes too, but we got our own hopes up this time.

All you have to look at is their track record since the release of the game to know that the future patches are going to be a let down as well. They have demonstrated poor design and knowledge of their game since the game has been released and the idea that everything is going to be great 1 or 2 patches down the line is very misguided.

Kardiamond.6952:

Engineer got buffed! (in theory)

Indeed it did! Great Engineer bug fixes. I’m jumping in glee.

First off the balance changes and big pvp changes are coming in febuary, they said as much already.
Second there was small balance adjustments, as an incidental result of these changes.

Engineers got a tiny bit better, eles a tiny bit worse. which is fair. Further balance and big pvp changes are due febuary.

Defektive.7283:

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

I think you might be taking AN for granted. -_-

Side note:
What’s this about THQ now?

daydream.2938:

First off the balance changes and big pvp changes are coming in febuary, they said as much already.
Second there was small balance adjustments, as an incidental result of these changes.

Engineers got a tiny bit better, eles a tiny bit worse. which is fair. Further balance and big pvp changes are due febuary.

^……this. Thank you someone who listens before they qq.

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

The way of THQ = massive layoffs. You want people to lose their jobs because your profession didn’t get buffed? Wow.

Im extremely dissapointed the 1vs1 tourny costs three tickets. 1 or 2 tickets would have been way better. 3 tickets for a single round.

Used ot be 5 tickets for up to three matchs. COMON GUYS , get rid of those barriers to entry!

daydream.2938:

First off the balance changes and big pvp changes are coming in febuary, they said as much already.
Second there was small balance adjustments, as an incidental result of these changes.

Engineers got a tiny bit better, eles a tiny bit worse. which is fair. Further balance and big pvp changes are due febuary.

Yeah and based on the ArenaNet track record they are going to be poorly implemented and cause many new issues which we can then wait multiple months before receiving a fix.

Yeah 3 tickets is a lot. Do we know how many gems we are getting for first place?

Gilgamesh.2561:

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

The way of THQ = massive layoffs. You want people to lose their jobs because your profession didn’t get buffed? Wow.

Yes. Yes I do.

If your company sells a product that isn’t doing well nor meeting the expectations of stakeholders (which would be us, the community). Then that company has to do better to change their trajectory.

In this situation, I’d be perfectly happy with them losing their jobs so the IP can go to a company that can actually deliver the goods.

daydream.2938:

Im extremely dissapointed the 1vs1 tourny costs three tickets. 1 or 2 tickets would have been way better. 3 tickets for a single round.

Used ot be 5 tickets for up to three matchs. COMON GUYS , get rid of those barriers to entry!

If this doesn’t demonstrate that ArenaNet has no kittening clue what they are doing then I don’t know what else could prove it to you since the usage statistics are private to only ArenaNet.

Geewoody.2017:

Defektive.7283:

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

I think you might be taking AN for granted. -_-

Side note:
What’s this about THQ now?

THQ went out of business and their IP’s were chopped up and sold off to company’s who wanted to develop on those platforms.

This happened in the past week or two.

Defektive.7283:

Gilgamesh.2561:

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

The way of THQ = massive layoffs. You want people to lose their jobs because your profession didn’t get buffed? Wow.

Yes. Yes I do.

If your company sells a product that isn’t doing well nor meeting the expectations of stakeholders (which would be us, the community). Then that company has to do better to change their trajectory.

In this situation, I’d be perfectly happy with them losing their jobs so the IP can go to a company that can actually deliver the goods.

They can start with firing whoever came up with the tournament system. Then move onto firing the person who decided to create a “cost” to competing in the competitive mode.

Anet wanted me to pass a message along to their beloved pvp community! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QGkOGZubQ

lilz shorty.1879:

Do people not listen to the devs/videos/podcasts? They specifically said that this was gonna be a minor update to pvp and more of a bug/a little balance patch..smh people dont listen

They said this in regards to WvW/PvP content, not about actual balance changes.

If they add new gear/progression or features to WvW, good for them.

But class balance changes aren’t something that needs to be “thematically” timed with a patch.

If there is a gross imbalance of which we have seen plenty over the past months, then it should be fixed asap.

I mean we’ve had essentially the same meta-game for almost 6 months now and it’s getting frikkin boring.

Seether.7285:

Ayestes.1273:

They never said the balance stuff was in this patch. They only ever mentioned Feb/March in this regard. We were the ones that posted all the stuff about balanced changes in this patch.

I mean I wish there were balance changes too, but we got our own hopes up this time.

All you have to look at is their track record since the release of the game to know that the future patches are going to be a let down as well. They have demonstrated poor design and knowledge of their game since the game has been released and the idea that everything is going to be great 1 or 2 patches down the line is very misguided.

Its because they dont care about pvp. To be blunt thats what it is. Look at the patch notes. Pages of updates for PvE in this “minor” patch and then f all for pvp. Same as december. O and november. Yeh october too. O and dont expect it to change in feb/march. They dont care about pvp. It is too late anyway everyone quit pvp.

Dee Jay.2460:

lilz shorty.1879:

Do people not listen to the devs/videos/podcasts? They specifically said that this was gonna be a minor update to pvp and more of a bug/a little balance patch..smh people dont listen

They said this in regards to WvW/PvP content, not about actual balance changes.

If they add new gear/progression or features to WvW, good for them.

But class balance changes aren’t something that needs to be “thematically” timed with a patch.

If there is a gross imbalance of which we have seen plenty over the past months, then it should be fixed asap.

I mean we’ve had essentially the same meta-game for almost 6 months now and it’s getting frikkin boring.

This game is more balanced then most games yet people still qq like babies. There is nothing in game that needs a big nerf at all. Just a little fixes here and there. If you are talking about a new meta for spvp then lol. There is nothing forcing you to play a certain “meta”. You can almost play w/e you want tbh but people fail to realize that.

Defektive.7283:

Gilgamesh.2561:

At this point I’m starting to hope that Arena Net goes the way of THQ, and some more intelligent company picks up the GW2 IP.

The way of THQ = massive layoffs. You want people to lose their jobs because your profession didn’t get buffed? Wow.

Yes. Yes I do.

If your company sells a product that isn’t doing well nor meeting the expectations of stakeholders (which would be us, the community). Then that company has to do better to change their trajectory.

In this situation, I’d be perfectly happy with them losing their jobs so the IP can go to a company that can actually deliver the goods.

+1 for logic
-1 for not knowing ur part of an illogical community :P