Unlocking things in sPvP is an awful idea.

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Posted by: Jasher.6580

Jasher.6580

What’s with this new trend of “unlocking” things in sPvP?

I hate it.

I’m a Guardian… and I already bought it… so it’s a moot point… Nevertheless, if I didn’t already purchase this incredibly useless ability (Litany of Wrath)… and it was any good, I’d be really annoyed that I would have to buy it to be on par with other players.

Fact… new players will be at a disadvantage with this system. I thought you guys didn’t want that… ???

Now I’m hearing this from the last developer presentation “Ready Up”:

“New stat combos will be unlockable in PvP soon and maybe with skill points (not in the next build). Most likely to appear in the feature build and will be account bound.”

Why?

Maybe I’m the only who hates this idea?

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Posted by: Da Sonic.6521

Da Sonic.6521

No, pretty much everyone I’ve talked to hates the idea too.
Everyone should be on equal footing when it comes to sPvP, and not being able to use all of the skills or combinations of stats is far off of that.

Genesis Theory [GT] (HoD)

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Posted by: Deimos Tel Arin.7391

Deimos Tel Arin.7391

yes, i do not like it.

if glory was not removed, and new PvP things to be unlocked with glory, this, i can somewhat accept.

however, skill points is a PvE WvW thing and i prefer to save my skill points for PvE WvW usage and not sPvP.

this is a very very bad method to “bridge the gap” between sPvP and PvE WvW.

josh, justin, jon etc you guys are seriously doing it very wrong.

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Posted by: infantrydiv.1620

infantrydiv.1620

Yep, no one wants it. Just like no one wants Skyhammer in solo queue. But do they listen?

Ranger//Necro

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Posted by: CntrlAltDefeat.1465

CntrlAltDefeat.1465

antitoxin spray. A very worth while healing skill for the mere price of 25 skill points. If you go into PvE, you’ll see it is all the rage for healing options currently. Being only 5 skill points less than highest tier elites, this is a total worth while invest.

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Posted by: Jasher.6580

Jasher.6580

They are putting it in the game for a reason though right? I’m guessing some people like it? Can’t imagine why though.

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Posted by: Proven.2854

Proven.2854

Whatever currency they use, I hope that you buy both the skills, amulets, and whatever else they make unlockable from a vendor.

That way if it costs something that’s character bound like skill points, a character that’s skill point rich can buy it and unlock it for the whole account, much like the Mistwolf Elite can be unlocked for the account through gems.

Call me Smith.

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Posted by: The Kurt.2518

The Kurt.2518

It might be newbie-friendly to not have all things unlocked from the beginning; it’s easy to get scared away by the huge amount of options. But I do not think that it should require a lot to unlock something, and once you have it should probably stay unlocked on all characters. Also, skill points don’t seem like the best currency to use for this, since that would mean not unlocking something in PvE instead

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Posted by: runeblade.7514

runeblade.7514

It might be newbie-friendly to not have all things unlocked from the beginning; it’s easy to get scared away by the huge amount of options. But I do not think that it should require a lot to unlock something, and once you have it should probably stay unlocked on all characters. Also, skill points don’t seem like the best currency to use for this, since that would mean not unlocking something in PvE instead

Then the devs can make loadouts where players can instant get all gear and build for it. If possible, devs can let players contribute to it, instead of relying on third party sites to create builds. Devs can organize better, the organization to rune/sigil vendors makes it easier to pick and choose runes. Organizing skills will do the same.

There is already tons of options unlocked from the beginning. There is no excuse for putting unlockables except to kitten the playerbase off.

5x Warrior, 5x Ranger, 4x Elementalist, 4x Engineer,
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant

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Posted by: Aereniel.7356

Aereniel.7356

It’ disconcerting that the development team is losing faith in their original idea of having an even playing field from the get-go. Having no stat disparity and no unlocks is a massive boon to GW2 PvP and one of its major attractions. I really can’t stress this enough – there are other games that do gear grind PvP really well. If I wanted to play those games I would. Instead, I prefer the setup GW2 launched with, which is that player skill should trump over time spent gear grinding or grinding for unlocks. Introducing unlocks dilutes that idea in a way that I find very worrisome and unwelcome. Unlocks take this game in a bad direction, and I hope the devs realise what GW2’s strengths are and play to those.

Please don’t make the PvP playing field uneven between new players and veterans. There are other games out there that excel in that type of gameplay, and you don’t want to compete against them.

Been here since launch
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