First; calling people lazy or slackish is a statement, similar to calling someone ignorant. Its a state of being, if you slack you fall behind. Calling someone a “scrub” is derogatory. Linguistics, my friend.
Perahaps in your bizzare world slacker is a compliment, it is considered derogatory where I am from, if you don’t like being called names, then don’t do it to others in the first place.
I really don’t think you were ‘misled’, but rather you expected a far more radical version of what is already in play, which again is readily available for you in sPvP as seems to be their intention.
Their intention was this, from their own blog, by their lead dev:
“We don’t need to make mandatory gear treadmills, we make all of it optional, so those who find it fun to chase this prestigious gear can do so, but those who don’t are just as powerful and get to have fun too.”
With ascended gear they have broken that statement in two ways, firstly it is no longer optional if you want to be “just as powerful” and secondly it is no longer optional if you wish to do all the content as they have introduced a gating mechanism with “agony”, so bascially repeating the mistake other games made years ago and have since worked out is a dumb idea, radiance in LOTRO for instance.
So yes people were misled, because they don’t expect a company to go back on its proclaimed philosphies, nearly as soon as the product is launched.
Basically, this.
The developers have told us how different this was going to be from the “standard”, only to make it almost exactly like those other games..
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This is good.
I don’t mind having new gear itself(assuming it doesnt turn into a gear grind), as long as I don’t have to go dungeon for it ugh
Have you actually ever tried Fractals? It’s VERY different from the other dungeons, requiring much more teamplay.
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Have you actually ever tried Fractals? It’s VERY different from the other dungeons, requiring much more teamplay.
Off-topic but yea, Fractals are much better than other dungeons in just about every way.
Still, it’s PvE, it’s GW2 PvE* , and I don’t like the requirement of doing something 1000x so I can do something else I like. That’s against the entire idea of GW2.
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- - by this I mean that it’s more boring than GW1, less tactical, and I can’t stand enemies reappearing and spawning all the time. In GW1 those I kill stay dead and that’s it. It’s not even that these enemies come from some corner or next room, they keep spawning 1 meter away from me.
Unemployed people should not receive any social benefits if they are already working in an MMO.
belive me wont matter if you have ascended gear or not, if your world dont match the numbers is meaningless.
already proven by using blue, green and exotic gear.
1000 badges is to much in my view
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I’m probably in the minority here but I believe the best gear should be obtained by a mandatory mix of PvE AND W3. I believe people that play the WHOLE game, opposed to just a part of it exclusively, deserve to have a little fistbump by the progression/gear gods. Nothing major, but a little stat prestige that says “Hey, I actually participate in the entire experience of the game.”
Probably just me though, and yeah it’s for sure a little biased since I do participate in all facets of the game (PvE, TPvP/SPvP, W3).
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and yeah it’s for sure a little biased since I do participate in all facets of the game (PvE, TPvP/SPvP, W3).
Yea, I have even better idea.
Everyone has to mimic how I play for 1 month, before they’re able to equip Ascended armor.
If anyone plays the game differently from me, they should not be allowed to get Ascended.
Unemployed people should not receive any social benefits if they are already working in an MMO.
Crafted/dropped exotic armor has equal stats with dungeon armor.
Beside the stats difference between rare and exotic is not much.
WRONG. Dungeon grind gear is at least 20% better than the best exotics. Yes, it’s pathetic that we are forced to grind miserable dungeons for the best gear.
only thieves know how to play, they chant “L2P” every time their god mode is challenged.
What does over time actually mean? 5 years?
only thieves know how to play, they chant “L2P” every time their god mode is challenged.
I’m probably in the minority here but I believe the best gear should be obtained by a mandatory mix of PvE AND W3. I believe people that play the WHOLE game, opposed to just a part of it exclusively, deserve to have a little fistbump by the progression/gear gods. Nothing major, but a little stat prestige that says “Hey, I actually participate in the entire experience of the game.”
Probably just me though, and yeah it’s for sure a little biased since I do participate in all facets of the game (PvE, TPvP/SPvP, W3).
Why do you think it’s right to force people to do things they don’t like?
only thieves know how to play, they chant “L2P” every time their god mode is challenged.
IF Ascended gear will not be made available through any other means but dungeons. I will drop this game so fast the only thing you will see before it dropping the ground is a dustcloud.
There are some exceptions:
– Ascended gear is fully craftable via materials found OUTSIDE of dungeons
– Considering the last one this means you should be able to buy them on TP
– Via some sort of Karma/Badge payment
If they are going to try and make me run the Fractal thingy, I’m out.
I give you the ascended back pieces:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Vial_of_Condensed_Mists_Essence
It requires a vial of condensed mists essence that is account bound and only obtainable from the chests at the end of fractals.
These aren’t minor upgrades either.
This is somewhat incorrect. Any fractal mob can drop them. I got mine solo, after about 20mins of grinding mosquitoes and spiders.
It took me 5+ hours with +180% magic find.
only thieves know how to play, they chant “L2P” every time their god mode is challenged.
Read the manifesto. It’s plain as day.
only thieves know how to play, they chant “L2P” every time their god mode is challenged.