Guild Wars 2

I’ll be doing Halloween.

Reasons
1) loot
2) LOOT
3) luck
4) hopefully you’ll be able to do the Halloween content AND level a Mastery
5) when Halloween is over, the Verdant Brinks will still be there.

Just because the Druid is healing focused doesn’t mean rangers running druid will be healbots. They still have 2 other traitlines and can still use two weapons. You could easily go for a zealots Druid with staff/X weapons that still deal a good amount of dmg but can swap to heal when needed. Gw2 is still a very dynamic game.

Duke Nukem.6783:

…..you are mindlessly grinding, but the only difference is your not going anywhere =p

I never liked the work mindlessly in this context, it’s a matter of opinion.

But you are right that we are grinding. The difference is that in gw2 the vast majority of the grind is optional. Here I grind for what I want and not what I need. I’m not saying that it’s better or worst. It depend on each individual. Like trinity or not trinity, there is different player that want different thing and each group should have their game.

I get that some people like you want to progress. They want to work toward the objective of getting their character stronger, more kitten and able to complete more challenging content. And for those people, gw2 feel kind of flat and lacking. For them, GW2 lack a sense of purpose, they feel they are not going anywhere with the game and that they are grinding for nothing.

But then there are people like me. I want to progress my character, but don’t come tell me that the armor I spend several week to craft is obsolete and I need to craft a better one for the next expansion. Don’t tell me that I can’t play with my friend at the latest content because I took a 2 months break and I don’t have all the last gear. That break my sense of progress. To me that’s going anywhere. I don’t feel like i’m progressing, I just feel like doing the same thing over and over. Regaining my gear over and over again. I’ve done my armor already, now I want to do something else. I want to get plenty of minis, I want to gear up alts, I want to get new skins, I want to complete achievement. It feel that everything I do I permanent and every step I take is a progression toward a bigger and more complete account.

Both ways are good, both way are valid, but they each depend on the players. Different games for different gamers.

Many, many players, including me, enjoy exactly this more then anything else in this game, because it means you’ll never have to grind mindlessly, just to be competitive against other players, or to be able to join fractals, dungeons, or the new raids, whenever you feel the need to do so. If you need to be away from the game for a long time, you don’t go back with the dread feeling that you are miles away from the rest of the people in the game, and you need to grind your kitten off, just to be an competitive player again. Sorry, mate, I know many don’t like to hear this, but it sure sounds this game isnt made for you. Maybe you should take a look at the more traditional MMOs out there. As I said, enough players from the gw2 comunity like the way things are made in this direction, and its not likely Anet will change it, until this method is succesful and bring more new players every day.

Also the skills are anything, but identical to each other. Please, don’t try to reinforce your point with nonsense, because it accomplishes nothing more then discrediting your post.

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It was re-opened during the Festival of the Four Winds to aid in the effort to rebuild Lion’s Arch. Will it be re-opened again to get relief funds for the Zephyrites, since they did visit Divinity’s Reach in the past? How about add new bosses in the arenas, is it too late to add new bosses since you are trying to polish Heart of Thorns?

nekretaal.6485:

The halo was very very difficult to get the first time. And the 10 gold part was there too. It should stay difficult to get.

I think somewhere we have to draw the line between “difficult” and unrealistic.

Jongi.7612:

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Jongi.7612:

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No you have a right to say what you dont like about it. But when it steps into the realm of entitlement your arguments are overlooked. If you dont think the expansion is worth $50 go ahead, voice away. If you think you are owed something because you played for 3 years I get get the kitten out and dont come back.

See? This is why people like you keep repeating like parrots same arguments without noticing the right point: you really don’t read threads. Just imagine the point and charge against it.

Let me tell you the real point.

Most of ‘vets’ who are protesting settle these two clear points against the pre-purchase:

1. Anet shows very, very few information about what HoT will offer. This causes players to not trust the purchase will satisfy their interests.

2. The issue with the Basic Pack isn’t -I repeat: isn’t- the price, but what gives the pack. A ‘vet’ player won’t get more than HoT, while new players get HoT and the core. It’s a good deal for new players? Of course. It’s good for the community? Of course! It’s good for the vets? No. Why? Because there is no real incentive for buying the pack.

Now you’ll say “but you have other two options”. Yeah, true, but…

… what if I’m not interested in the skins, the statue and/or the gems? Really, the only incentive for those packs is the character slot. Oops, but wait… why they didn’t include it in the Basic Pack too, since ‘vet’ players only gonna recieve HoT with it?

There is the point why many ‘vets’ feel disappointed and mad.

Argue with these statements, once you know the real points.

Theres a third option too, dont buy it. See how simple it is?

I think most people who have been playing the game for 3 years want to buy HoT and not feel like they are being treated unfairly while doing it.

Jongi.7612:

Why exactly do some of the veteran players think ANet owes you anything? I see a lot of vet players understand that nothing is owed to them, but the vocal majority of vets here on the forums think something is owed to them.

The expansion is $50 bucks, end of story. If you dont already have GW2 and you buy HoT you get it for free. Its so that it brings in more players.

Veteran players have already gotten their fair share of free stuff, living story which if these new players want to experience they have to pay for, free level 20 boosts for being active during the anniversaries, free skins, free level 80’s if you didnt waste your tomes, and who knows what else was given out.

So what exactly are you guys complaining about? Its just like these spoiled kids that didnt get the car they wanted, or the 64gb iphone and rage at their parents. Its stupid and I hope ANet sticks to their guns.

The ONLY people that should be kittened off are the people who bought the core game recently and now have to dish out another 50 for the expansion in turn making the expansion more expensive. Give them a free skin, gems or something. Everyone else has gotten their monies worth from the game.

If you think you are owed something because you have been playing for 3 years and new players get the core game for free to increase the size of the community that is the exact definition of entitlement.

its less that anet owes them something

its more that anet shouldnt treat them differently because they are veterans.

If i buy street fighter IV and they say street fighter 3 free with purchase.

then i dont want them to take away the street fighter 3 just because i already bought it 3 years ago.

a free copy of gw2 core has value, i can give it away, i can use it as a mule account, i can get more daily limited resources. There is no logical reason, if it is really free with purchase, that older players do not get a code.

but they dont, because the package treats customers differently but charges them the same thing.

So its really not veteran entitlement, its veterans not wanting to be screwed just because they are veterans

Shylock.4653:

I think the system is quite good the way it is now. You can queue with a team of any size. The main problem is the low population in PvP. That is the main reason for bad matchmaking. Forcing players in different queues would make that problem even worse, you would wait forever to get even more lopsided matches.

Do you expect the population to grow if new players are pitted against veteran premade from the very start?

We have the : newbs, the vets and the teams; you can’t have a MMO without all three of them, from newbs you get vets and from vets you get teams.

Right now is :

1) Newbs vs Vets
2) Newbs+Vets vs Teams
3) Teams vs Newbs
4) Failure

But the system should be like this :

1) Newbs vs Newbs = You get new vets
2) Vets vs Vets = You get teams
3) Teams vs Teams = Esport

About us:

Nine Worlds is a Guild focusing in all aspects of the game, PvE and PvP.

Nine Worlds was created many years ago by friends with alot of experiance spanning all the way back to games like Meridian and Ultima Online.
Nine Worlds has branched out to several other games since then and are or have been active in several other game such as Lord of the Rings Online, AoC, Aion, SWToR, Rift and more.

Since Nine Worlds was founded the guild has gone from strength to strength thanks to the wonderful community we have developed. Friendship and a good community is more important to us then achievements.

Our community:

While recruitment is never closed for the games we play we do limit how many people join us from time to time so we can get to know each new member and make sure they settle in, we believe in quality over quantity. We, however do not have a level cap on applications and any level is welcome to apply.

Nine Worlds has some of the finest players, not just in skills but also in personality, talk to any of our officers and I’m sure you’ll see this reflected in them.

Our goals:

It may seem on the outset that we are a Hardcore Guild or elitist raiding group, nothing could be further from the truth, we actively support all play styles and while we are very active in raiding it is by no means mandatory if you join us and you will never be forced to raid.
We may however try to go for that hard to get achievement and push for it now and then if we notice people wants to do it.

As said we support all playstyles and we also have more competative players.
We have been in front of achievements in all games we have been active in with alot of server firsts among our members.
This is becouse we invite players that wants to learn, have good personality, fits into the community and generally becomes very solid and good players that compliments our guild well.

Since Guild Wars 2 is a game more based around PvP, we will try to be there making a name for ourselves. However we do not demand of members join us there.

Rules:

The only rules we have are that you treat others with respect both in the game and guild and that you are reasonably active.
Your job in Nine Worlds is to keep up the good reputation of the guild. It is not a demand to be online 24 hours a day, just when you are to join in with the community.

Our age limit is 19 years or older.

We have experienced players from all over Europe, countless crafters in the games we play and a community spirit that takes a long time to forge. While people leave and faces change Nine Worlds endures.

If we seem like the guild for you then feel free to make an application on our homesite

Please visit us at http://nw-guild.net and make your application today!