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Well to be blunt, GW2 is not a game that makes people want to keep playing.
I’ll return to that later but first I have to backtrack for a sec. The reason behind this level gating of everything is to slow down the 1-80. It’s not to make the game better for new players. When it comes to new player experience, there’s no right answer. No matter what you do, some people will like the new player experience, and others won’t. And I’d say when you already have a successful model (GW2 had a successful launch, which IMO proves that the new player experience had a successful model) changing things drastically is more likely to hurt the new player experience than improve it.
But again that’s not why they did this.
I’m guessing they looked at their metadata and realized they have no player retention at all.
Most people play through the personal story once, then they get bored and quit.
Anet’s desperate answer is to make the 1-80 drag longer, and hopefully get more gem purchases out of those players who are fated to only play through once.
So anyway about GW2 not holding players… Well it’s an MMO without a real endgame. You just run the same instances over and over, or zerg events.
To be fair, it’s really difficult to make a good endgame in an RPG. But if you want some examples look at Dark Souls, or for a more MMOish example, Warframe. Warframe is really cool because you never really feel like you’ve reached the endgame. That’s the key to making people continue to play a game that’s honestly not challenging like GW2, Warframe, or any other MMO. A player should never feel like they’ve reached the top.
Unfortunately this is just how GW2 is. It cannot retain players and there’s no way to fix that. So my suggestion to Anet is go back to the standalone expansion pack model. You’re not gonna keep this game alive with the current business model because it will never have enough player retention. Changes like this are almost death throes. You can’t keep this up.
Misconstrued opinions on OP’s part there are plenty of people playing this game for SPvP and WvWvW. No other games offer these functions as fluidly as Guild Wars 2 it was never just about personal story mode.
There are people who enjoy dressing up their avatars as well, while others enjoy alting and exploring each unique dynamic event.
I’m assuming these whole de-evolution of this game is because of not having proper QA team and a series of bad judgements atleast that’s what I’m hoping on.
Nah Wads. The majority of BG is just happy for a decent fight. Finally we’ve gotten one. Season 3 will see us come back stronger and it may take a 3vs1 to beat us next time. ;p
Stop being arrogant, its not a 2v1 base on the tournament, its just killing BG because they are BG. If it was (X)vsBGvsJQ or (X)vsBGvsTC it will still be X & TC/JQ vs BG cause nobody wants a kitteny BGer to be anywhere near T1 when season ends. Be humble next season at least.
Speak for yourself, I am in JQ and an avid WvWvW player, and this season is personal for me against BG. Get the facts right, first week was purely 3-way fight between BG, TC and JQ, there might be a one or two off incidence but that might be beneficial for both sides but it was 3-way mainly. Once BG got arrogant and started posting like they have won the tourney after their first week victory. Well this is what they deserve hope they fall to fifth place behind SoS and MAG. I truly enjoy watching them burn each week till the 9th. Please don’t give the crap that certain few players talk smack on the forums and you guy’s don’t deserve it if you want pity don’t play WvWvW.
The general consensus in JQ is we don’t give a kitten who wins First or Second, we just wish the downfall of Blackgate.
So you guys lost, decided to troll a fair matchup, and then brag about it and continue to troll them? You guys are only making your servers look like a bunch of pathetic sore loser trolls. The best part of this is you’re only making BG look better since “it took 2 T1 servers to keep us from winning”. TC or JQ might win the season, but you’ve gotten destroyed on the PR side.
<s>Remember everyone! We don’t want to bring megaservers to WvW because communities like JQ and TC are important!</s>
Lost ? One week of coming in first and you assume BG won the whole tournament ! I am not bragging about it I am only voicing out my opinion stating that i don’t give kitten about coming in 1st or 2nd since many people are talking smack and stating we are doing this because of Server Ranking.
PR side ? Seriously not all servers want to be the next BuyGate. When you say sore loser it makes no sense cause clearly the info-graphics are showing TC and JQ triumphing BG. Maybe I might becoming off as strong but not sore.
Is the double team on BG due to wanting the (lol) rewards or due to bad blood, history and spite? As far as I can tell it is the latter, changing the swiss system isn’t going to change anything.
Definitely the later, the difference between 1st and 3rd doesn’t affect the rewards much.
1st gets 500pts so 1 weapon + 1 ascended accessory OR 2 ascended accessories + 100 spare points.
2nd gets 450 pts so 1 weapon + 150 spare pts OR 2 ascended accessories + 50 spare points.
3rd gets 400 pts so 1 weapon + 100 spare pts OR 2 ascended accessoriesYes the rewards are terrible but like I said if this was really some bad blood this would have been going on before the tournament started, not after JQ and TC managed to lose their first match in forever. This is a select few guild leaders on these servers dragging the rest of their servers through the mud to try and put some salve on their fragile egos.
Edit: Not that ANet doesn’t deserve their share of the blame for promoting it with their unbelievably awful tournament plans. People ask for WvW updates, so they give us this tournament to make it even worse.
What is wrong with you.
Speak for yourself, I am in JQ and an avid WvWvW player, and this season is personal for me against BG. Get the facts right, first week was purely 3-way fight between BG, TC and JQ, there might be a one or two off incidence but that might be beneficial for both sides but it was 3-way mainly. Once BG got arrogant and started posting like they have won the tourney after their first week victory. Well this is what they deserve hope they fall to fifth place behind SoS and MAG. I truly enjoy watching them burn each week till the 9th. Please don’t give the crap that certain few players talk smack on the forums and you guy’s don’t deserve it if you want pity don’t play WvWvW.
The general consensus in JQ is we don’t give a kitten who wins First or Second, we just wish the downfall of Blackgate.
Thanks for the input..I am going to wait for another fortnightly Sale and if they don’t put it up for sale..I’ll get it.
As per the title anybody knows ? When this item might come up for sale in Gemstore.
Has anybody ever bought it at sale price, because I’m wondering how much difference would the gem cost be ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
A Fellow Tyrian.
I love how he actually comes here to answer questions and get’s nothing but attacks for actually doing so.
The gear treadmill has been here since the game launched. This thread is a prime example of it. “You need full 80 exotics to get into my party for this harder dungeon”.
All they did was add a new mechanic and a new tier of equipment above the existing top tier. Which by the way they never said was going to be the last one.
To everyone still complaining about something that’s obviously not going to change. Get the kitten over it and enjoy the game. Otherwise none of us want to hear your constant whimpering, whining, crying, or complaining.
Please stop sucking up or pretend you know what’s going on.
If ascended gear was added before launch this would not be an issue, because people would already be working towards that.
But right now just after 4 month after release many people who have spent hours and days gearing up exotic sets for their main and alternates, have been told they have to refarm all over again for a new tier.
Let’s cut the chase, there is still no official word saying this would be the last and final tier.
If I wanted a grindfest I would have stayed in other MMOs.
This is going to bridge and divide the once peaceful community.
Regards,
FooKFiGhTeR
I’ll make it simple and clear. Regardless of what some people might want or require more out of Guild Wars 2 to carry on.. Arenanet Developers clearly stated that this game would be unlike any other MMO and its a changer. I mean I totally belived this “hype” it was true for this 4 months.
What was the need for better stat gears to be a motivation to carry on ?
I can say with affirmation that for me and many others..gear was never much of a importance we worked hard for a gear due to passion and looks.
This is coming from somebody who is currently farming his legendary.
The treadmill that Arenanet once swore that they will not do has started.
So I created this topic in hope that someone in Arenanet could enlighten the reasoning behind this whole Ascended gear saga.
Till then, I’ll still play this game that I love but not going to support it with gems or get the expansion when its out.
This view is shared by me and 5 other friends, and I hope I’m speaking for other people out there too.
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Skimmed through this thread as far as I can see this is all speculations.
First and foremost this isn’t a gear treadmill, and GW2 do not require a constant
number in their gamer population. This game is meant to be played by setting goals
and going for it. That is why its not a sub based game in the first place. The devs don’t
even require to bring in a new tier so early on in the game stage but the fact they do
means they got alot more stuffs installed.
If a minority of the population are still in denial and hate the changes or progression
however its called. It might be the time to take a break and maybe come back to Tyria
in a couple of months.
WvW uses pve gear.
Have spent my fair share in WvW and trust me the amount of damage you input isn’t a factor that is just based on a couple of stat points. If your finding yourself in 1v1 situations in your world, your just doing it wrong.
Skimmed through this thread as far as I can see this is all speculations.
First and foremost this isn’t a gear treadmill, and GW2 do not require a constant
number in their gamer population. This game is meant to be played by setting goals
and going for it. That is why its not a sub based game in the first place. The devs don’t
even require to bring in a new tier so early on in the game stage but the fact they do
means they got alot more stuffs installed.
If a minority of the population are still in denial and hate the changes or progression
however its called. It might be the time to take a break and maybe come back to Tyria
in a couple of months.
Looked through this thread as far as I can see this is all speculations.
First and foremost this isn’t a gear treadmill, and GW2 do not require a constant
number in their gamer population. This game is meant to be played, take a break- wait
for expansion- set a goal again and go for it. That is why its not a sub based game in
the first place. The devs don’t even require to bring in a new tier so early on in the
game stage but the fact they do means they got alot more stuffs installed.
If the a minority of people are still in denial and hate the changes or progression
however its called. It might be the time to take a break and maybe come back to Tyria
in a couple of months.