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I see alot of threads on people requesting that ANET increase the difficulty of the game or introduce new harder content. To me that is worrying because:
1. Actions speak louder then words
OK I read alot of threads about people asking for harder content, yet while in game I find alot of difficult or hard content is ignored by the majority of players. For example: Trying to spawn the Karka queen, temple of Grenth, a few dungeons, champions etc. Goto gw2lfg.com and look at the amount of players LFG for easy content e.g. COF p1 and compare that to harder dungeons and you see that the majority of players prefer to do the easier stuff.
Remember when Ascalonian Catacombs was known for being one of the easiest dungeons (for those who knew how it worked) and how people kept saying “oh it’s too easy”, so ANET decides to make it harder, tweak the mechanics and then suddenly the amount of players doing it dropped off dramatically (most likley to do the easier COF p1).
What I am trying to say is, sure you may ask for harder content, but observation of in game activity shows most players prefer the easier stuff.
2. Harder content often means “one off”
Lets say ANET hypothetically listened to all the people requesting a harder dungeon and made a super difficult, permanent dungeon/area. For the first week there will be complaints of it being too difficult, followed by counter-arguments of “learn to play”. After a few more weeks, the amount of players doing the dungeon will drop off, either cause they managed to acquire the loot or gave up in frustration. But after that it’ll probably be emptied and ignored. Imagine the poor new guy who finally makes it to the area, only to find it takes an hour just to find a party (even if s/he is in a large guild) and even when they do find a party, they will probably fail the first couple of times (sound familiar?).
No one is going to go out of their way to help a stranger or even a guildie, if they know the chances of failure is high and the length of time is considerable. So in the end this super difficult dungeon that everyone is begging for ends up being ignored.
3. Less friendly atmosphere
One of the things that set GW2 apart from other MMOs is how they encourage co-operative gameplay and helping others. I am sure many of you can recall a time when you were stuck in an event, barely clinging to life, only to have some other players randomly wander bye and save you. Or trying a dungeon for the first time e.g. Fractals of the mist, and having a really, really nice experienced person guide the team.
The problem with having an instantly difficult dungeon is it encourages elitism, and what’s worse, how can people “learn to play” when they can’t get people to help them?. Yes the problem occurs on easier dungeons, but at least with easy dungeons it, doesn’t take long to form your own group.
Another problem with harder dungeons is that it almost guarantees class specific teams, and once an ideal team has been identified (most likely warrior, guardian and mesmer), you are going to have a tough time finding a group if you are not one of those preferred classes.
And finally lets not forget dreaded “nerd ragers”.
More harder content = high chance of frustration = more nerd rage.
Going through these forums you can find alot of evidence of people who have had their entire game play experience spoiled by some gamer who kicked/abused them because they were new, had internet/computer lag issues or were just plain impatient.
In the end what I really want is: more content
More things to do, more areas to explore, minigames (maybe even involving our minipets), own instanced area/house/guild hall that can be customized, more skins. And lets not forget the bug and balance fixes
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