To all the players suggesting that this is a good move:
Remember when ArenaNet first talked about the core concept of Guild Wars 2? They used terms like “player-driven” gameplay that promoted player freedom and accessible content. This, if is to be released as is, would be a great leap backwards from that mentality. Reasons why have already been covered above: Making Art of War 5 a requirements puts an extremely difficult entry level for this content that smaller guilds cannot reach as easily as larger guilds. This is a problem because not everyone enjoys joining large guilds and would rather have a small, personal, less than ten member guild of real-life friends. It also stops all new guilds from accessing this content, because farming 36,000 influence for Art of War 5 is no easy task. If the player base wants to keep content accessible and hold ArenaNet responsible for its very own claims, we need to pin them on their misjudgments and hold them accountable for their actions. Just about all the responses here are in protest at the absurdity of this plan. This release must not go uncontested.
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