Guild Wars 2

The endless amount of flashy gliders and auras is starting to get a tad ridiculous, or rather, it has been for some time now.

When I first started playing this game in beta, I was a little taken back by items such as the dreamer and quip, but both pale in comparison to the amount of “over the top light-show” cosmetics that are now currently in the game.

There are far, FAR too many gliders that are not only obnoxiously large or only offer a gimmick in their existence, but the particle effects that these new items give off are absurd. I remember a time when particle effects were getting toned down across the game, Mesmer wells were more or less deleted, Ele Auras were gutted, heck even Rev skills were toned down. And for what? Only to go back on your design philosophy and start making your game look like an off brand generic MMO?

Wheres the cohesion of the items with the in game aesthetic? I know we get a few items that adhere to this midset, but then we get a giant raven, or a literal meteor glider, or (insert your item of choice) that throws that aesthetic out the window. This game is starting to look like one of those joke MMO’s that is populated by Whales whose sole purpose is to look as annoying and trashy as possible. There are endless arguments that can be made, some people like them, some don’t. Heck even the suggestion of implementing a “disable glider and aura” feature is controversial (yet desperately needed).

ANET please, PLEASE consider moving away from these design choices. People will still buy good skins from the gem store if they’re not over the top and obnoxious. And more importantly, please don’t repeat this with mounts.

Edit: ORIGINAL TITLE WAS “Okay ArenaNet, Its Time to Stop”. Thanks mods for changing my title, I didn’t request that, thank you so very much. /s