Guild Wars 2

Im a loyal guild wars player since the launch of guild wars and own every game of gw from prophecies to eotn and Guild Wars 2. I even bought my girlfriend alle the games last year to experience all of the lore guild wars has to offer and to understand the world of latest game (gw2) better. My girlfriend has not that much time to play but we enjoy our time together in guild wars 2 sometimes. We both dont have that much money (students) but im glad she shares my passion for guild wars 2 a bit so im the one that buys the games.

Now i was hoping to upgrade our two accounts for 40€ each in the worst case scenario and had hopes for at least one additional character slot. Im just a student atm and i see now way to put 100€ for me and my girlfriend in this game again and buy another slot for 20€ for each of us. Really disappointing.

Edit: Maybe it’s time to switch to another mmo for 50€ each, with a better price/content ratio.

elsbeth.3567:

My final two cents on this is just some translation of the Linsey Murdock press release. Besides simply lying, it just shows a thorough dishonesty and contempt for its audience. That not only angers me, but also chills me because it reminds me of all those SWTOR press releases of yore.

“Linsey Murdock Unveils New High End Ascended Gear.” Translation: “ArenaNet dashes off quick press release to put out PR fire started on other forums, after not even bothering to discuss this itself openly and honestly with fans.”

“Greetings citizens of Tyria!” Translation: “Instead of answering serious questions seriously, I am going to stay in bad Renaissance Faire character to pummel you with condescending fake comradeship.”

The change is in response to their “most dedicated players.” Translation: “We’re going to pretend this is a bottom-up rather than top-down decision. If you don’t like it, you’re just not dedicated enough, even if you’ve played every single day since early launch.”

“I hope you are all as excited about these new items as I am!” Translation: “We know very well how angry people already are about this, but if I use enough exclamation points, we can just smile our way through the awkwardness and never address it honestly. And I’ll pretend that the players and I are all in this together, even though I’m getting paid a ton of money whereas they’re being asked to pay a ton of money.”

This matters. People who talk like this are not your friends and are not to be trusted.

/signed

you hit the nail on the head.

No, I hate the new ascended items.

aaron.7850:

Wow.. I was not expecting the worst case scenario but it did happen

Wow.. I was not expecting the worst case scenario but it did happenGw2, against its own manifesto, releases a new tier of gear 2 months after release.

I.. I dont know what to say here… I feel deeply betrayed right now.

Same here, very disapointing.

Looked forward to the Event but now im not in the mood to play this game ever again if they broke their manifesto and so their principle.

No gear treadmill was the important fact to play the guild wars series for me.

And they promised more item progression to come…

So, no more money from me and maybe i can get a cashback for the gems on my account.

Edewen.8304:

Jemmi.6058:

Also, to the community, I believe most of you should wait to see what happens before expressing your rage/intent to quit and/or other negative hyperbole.

The problem with this logic is that if players “wait and see” it will be too late because once players have their hands on and invest in the new armor set, the backlash would be that much worse if it was nerfed to the level it SHOULD be. This thread, while it may contain a lot of unnecessary i quit posts, it simply the community voicing loudly their opinions about a press release that was quite clear in its wording. The following is quoted from that press release. Clearly, people who bought into this game for its “No Gear Treadmill” mantra are going to be upset. We feel lied to. False advertisement is a problem and while people may have had a blast up until now, many will refuse to hop on the treadmill. Such is my American right. No more treadmills.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/11/12/guild-wars-2s-lost-shores-content-primer/

“The patch will introduce ascended items. Ascended armors are “slightly more powerful than exotics” and can, in some cases, hold slots for infusions. Infusions will allow you to increase your character’s power."

Signed.

I hope to see some more details that clear things up, till then i will hold on with my supportive monthly gem pruchase.

After ~7 years of Guild Wars it would be sad to say goodbye to arena.