How are you people reading up on Guild Wars 2 before buying it and suddenly being shocked when you find out that the game is exactly like ANet said it was be? If you were keeping on on the game’s development, if you were reading what ANet was saying for the past 3 years, you should have known that what you’re looking for is completely absent from GW2. “The Endgame Reimaged” was just an amalgam of information that ArenaNet has been giving us about the game’s content since it was announced.
So why didn’t you know this stuff? Why did you buy this game thinking that the “endgame” was going to be like every other MMO out there? Why didn’t know know that the combat gets rid of the trinity? How do you not know that traits and a chosen build aren’t the only determining factor on how good a player is, that they avoided those “cookie-cutter” layouts you look for in party members in WoW on purpose because a person’s build doesn’t determine how good they are at the game? And for that matter, how did you not know that this game is more skill-based than gear-based or spec-based?
I’m pretty sure you lied about “scouring the web for a glimpse of this game’s content for the last 2 years”, because if you did, you wouldn’t be surpirsed upon learning that this game is exactly what ANet said it would be.
OP is looking for stuff that isn`t featured in this game (End Game and Raids)… maybe if OP did some research before buying the game he would have known exactly what this game was about and what features it has and doesn`t have.
I maybe can somewhat understand that when you come from games like WoW, Rift, etc… that once you hit 80 you might feel like there`s nothing to do. You are really mistaken if that`s what you think.
Not to sound like a jerk but maybe Guild Wars 2 is not your cup of tea… there`s loads of other game that do feature “End Game” content.
Now… there are some thing I would like to respond to though…
“The lack of anyone having a defined role makes it impossible to distinguish who is doing good or bad because they could appear to be doing anything. Healing and support are tied in to offensive abilities. When a group is dying, how do we know who to blame. When a group is thriving, how do we know who to think and to learn from. Winning or losing, everyone appears to be just aimlessly attacking and running around like chickens with their heads cut off. There is abolutely no structure.”
That my friend is total BS and its exactly because of this I stopped doing Dungeons in World of Warcraft. So when a GROUP (caps on purpose here) dies (wipes) you need to be able to blame an individual to feel better? Is that what you are saying?
Because honestly, why do you need roles and options to see what other people are doing?
If you are looking for Damage Meters… wrong game dude!
When a GROUP dies, you blame the group NOT the individual! Because if you group dies in this game, you all are to blame because you didn´t take care of each other, you didn´t play as a GROUP. Before blaming others maybe you guys should have a big long look to yourselfs and ask the following question: What could we have done to prevent this and what can we do to prevent this from happening next time. Not just blaming one guy and cursing and throwing insults followed by a kick out of the group (we all know how these things end…).
As I read your post… you are the last person I would do a Dungeon with, thats just my honest opinion.
Playing MMORPG`s is not about you, but about the GROUP. Keep that in mind next time…
