I do a lot of trolling, both in game and forums. It’s fun, and I know a lot of other people do it as well. This golem crap still going on is not fun, not smart, and an example of how anet has no integrity nor ability to promote customer satisfaction.
First. What is integrity? From Google Search “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.”
Anet has shown itself to be the opposite.
Let me explain. And The Guys and Gals who work in the service industry know this information all to well.
1) Aside from all things, this game belongs to an industry that provides a service. There may be a difference of definitions of what sort of service players are looking for, but it is always a service.
2) To provide a proper service to the customers, there has to be something called customer service. Customer service is (definition from wiki)“is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase”
Some of us have actually not only purchased the game, but supported it via gem purchases. So by rights, we expect and deserve a level of customer support, for not only us but everyone.
3) We know you want to bring more pve people into wvw. Guess what… The people you need to ask how to do it are those who actually play the game. Not some less then average IQ person who works for you and who has no idea what people want.
So let’s ask Anet. What is the exact customer service you are offering your player WvW player base?
The game is free? NO Not to many of us who were supporting it via gem purchases. I know one fellow who quit already who purchased enough gems for his 4 legendaries.
The game listens to the WvW players? NO The forums are full of people who hate the golem week. The game listens to some idiot who has no clue on what wvw players want and what customer service actually is.
The game supports the WvW player base? NO I do not cheat. I do not hack. I do not use any exploit what so ever; yet I see photos and videos of people who do cheat/hack/exploit and have not been banned. Example…. that video on youtube of people duplicating golems. Have they been banned yet? The game supports the cheating/hacking/exploiting player base more then the honest players. How do I know this? Because those who abuse the system are allowed to keep on abusing the system over and over and over and over and over. Get the picture.
Anet.. word of advice. Being silent and waiting for everything to go away is the stupidest thing. Anyone advocating this should be fired on the spot. You may throw in something exciting and people may be distracted for a moment BUT no-one ever forgets the wrong you do. It may sit silent, but the next time you do something this stupid, it will come out again, and the negative attitudes towards you folks will be stronger each time.
You want to bring people into WvW? Guess what. A lot of people do not want anything to do with WvW. However, if you add tokens with camp/tower/keep victories you might get some trying it out. Try something like that, where it benefits their pve goals. Not by ruining the game play of the majority of actual WvW players.
I for one, as someone who only wants WvW will never forget your insult and lack of consideration to those of us who play WvW even with the worst economic valued loot in the game.
Cool thing… I wont buy your expansion. From what I reaed, your new bl is useless to actual WvW players.
You can let the cheaters play, the hackers hack, exploiters exploit. Let them pay for your “kitten” game while I use my money for things I like to do. I just hope you lose more people. The abusers though… they like your silence and your support for them.