Guild Wars 2

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

And then there’s people like me. People who love the world and love the game. But played every aspect of it do death and want more. And LS does not deliver.

And that’s why an expansion is needed. (I haven’t played nearly as much, but) Content can get stale if you keep doing it over and over. LS is interesting and offers something (for free!), but real meat, actual new stuff that people want, should come eventually (and will probably cost money)

So for Windu’s sake, let there be an x-pac

I just have one thing to say buddy, this game is not made for player b.
“There is nothing to do”, There is, but you’re not bothered doing it, there’s a difference.

Looks like a guardian with different weapons
I would like to see a new Heavy in the future though, but There really isn’t much you can do with it.

Jerus.4350:

I very much disagree.

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To get to your example, if they made a hard mode Arah where Lupi’s attacks came out 50% faster, no one would call that gimmicky, they’s simply call it harder. If they added a new mechanic where crystals spawned and you had to take them and hit Lupi with them, well then we’d be looking at something gimmicky.

I get what you’re saying, you mean that boss paterns can be challenging without having to be gimmicky. I think Anet just put themselves in a predicament by making the content “for everyone” and such making you have to do something in a certain way will never happen (even though people will always find “the best” way).

I think the reason why people keep mentioning the marionette as a good example is because of the paterns you had to learn and know what the best skills were in the situation.

Beldin.5498:

BeVa.4895:

I think the problem with difficult content is that difficulty is subjective.
What even is difficult?
Something that takes a long time to complete?
Something that takes “skill”? Then again what is considered “skill”?
Something that takes teamwork?
Something that makes use of unusual tactics? Then what are those supposed to be?

The thing is, there is no one that can give an answer that will please EVERYONE.

Thats the problem .. and in the end the answer in MMOs is mostly something that
only makes the game more annoying.

- more hitpoints
- more damage
- more one-hit kills
- more CC

Yeah because no one knows what difficult content is supposed to be… not even the players.

Game designers often ask the question:
“Why is “more x” a problem and how can we solve it?"

And the moment they try something new, they get criticized for making it “gimmicky”. Because people want a challenge, but do not want to do the same thing AND do not want to do something different.

How about we just wait for the announcement and then make our conclussions?
I can’t tell if I want an expansion if I do not know what they would do with one.

I think the problem with difficult content is that difficulty is subjective.
What even is difficult?
Something that takes a long time to complete?
Something that takes “skill”? Then again what is considered “skill”?
Something that takes teamwork?
Something that makes use of unusual tactics? Then what are those supposed to be?

The thing is, there is no one that can give an answer that will please EVERYONE.

Some find the Dark Souls games to be incredibly difficult, while others blaze through it like it’s nothing. But it is still seen by the majority as a good game, so until we can decide what difficult means, there really isn’t anything Anet can do to please you.