Guild Wars 2

I often sign on to do a AB meta run or just to run around for 45 minutes. One of my pet peeves is that it’s impossible to get into a completed meta map unless someone starts a LFG to help people out. If you have a “bad” map, you can WP away or go to your guild hall or home instance and most times when you return you end up on the same “bad” map.

There is no way that the maps for the completed AB runs (tonight there was 2) are still full There should be a preference to send you to a full map or at least a button like the one that’s used for a closing map that will let you swap to another instance.

Needless to say, after wasting 10 minutes trying to get a decent map I just logged off out of frustration.

With the release of the Unbound Magic gathering tools, it occurred to me that splitting the gathering tool into 2 parts would be perfect. That way, people could have the gathering tools of their choice but also extra bonus that they want. I might like Consortium Harvesting Sickle but want the bonus gathering to be unbound magic. I can’t do that. I have to equip the Unbound Magic Harvesting Blast to get that. If you could split them into two then people could use their gathering tool of choice and “attach” unbound magic “handle” to get a chance of those with every gather. You can put more in BL chests, etc. An Aurilliam, “handle”, etc. Those people who bought the Unbound Magic variants of the gathering tools or the sprocket one would get free “handles” for their tools.

Please bring back the Executioner Outfit:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Executioner%27s_Outfit_

Mike O Brien.4613:

What I think we actually owe you is sustainable, predictable, high-quality content. I’m making a decision that’s painful in the short-term so we can position ourselves to deliver that.

I agree that the focus needs to be on content but please try and focus on content that is not temporary (e.g. LS1) and grindy content (e.g. Dry top, etc). Please can you try and give us some new zones that we can just take our time and enjoy. Zones that aren’t tied to massive event trains. Zones where we can meet NPC’s and explore.

Mike O Brien.4613:

Obviously I go into this knowing that some players will be very upset. That’s why it’s such a tough decision.

Ankdarkwolf, Darkmikau, Ballads, Spira, Caerbannog, Cysgod, you each posted a variant of an accusation I’ve seen many times over the past few months on the forums, something along the lines of, “AN shipped half an expansion with HoT.” I take issue with that. We shipped a new region full of content, a new mastery system, gliding, guild halls, a new profession, nine new elite specializations for existing professions, and more. Then we shipped precursor journeys for existing legendaries, and said, “We’ve been working hard on new legendary weapons, the first handful of which will be introduced in Heart of Thorns, with more to come in subsequent updates.” While I fully get that you’re disappointed today, this is not about us shipping half an expansion pack.

Mo

Ok, your post made me log on a post here for the first time. I am a long time poster on MMO Champions and supporter of GW2. I have given a few copies (that I bought myself) away to try and get more people on MMO Champions to play the game. Now, HOT has been a huge let down for me. We have 4 GW2 licenses at the house and I upgraded 3 of them to HOT. All of us have battled to get into HOT. There is no desire to play.

You mention a lot of things that you gave us with HOT. What you don’t realize is that very little of those things appeal to everyone. A new region full of content? Come on, at launch you had 25 zones, with HOT you added 3. At a stretch you could say that was 9 because of the layers but it’s still way less content than you had at release. To make matters worse, the new content is the same grind that you gave us with Dry Top and Silverwastes. That’s not content, that’s grind. To make matters worse, that’s content that requires groups of people. For anyone who likes to play in a solo or small group environment it’s not exactly welcoming.

The mastery system, gliding, new profession and elite specializations are nice but without a decent amount of new content, they lose a lot of luster. The raids are not something that I am interested in doing with my family. The guild hall is wasted because my guild (4 in the family) is too small to get it.

In short, you didn’t give me content, you gave me grind. Where is the GW2 that I bragged about? You are listening to people but it’s not the silent majority. Raids is not a bad addition to the game but it caters for a very small portion of players. When you release content, there needs to be a balance between grindy repeatable content and content that you can savor and only need to experience once or twice. Every single new zone since release has been the former. That’s why I was so desperate to see an expansion and all you gave me was more of the same.

The legendary decision doesn’t affect me at the moment and it’s unlikely that it will. My comment is in response to you because you guys let us down. If I were you I would take a big look at your priorities because at this point I won’t even consider another expansion and I know that other people are thinking the same thing. You need to fix what is here and forget about whats happening next year or the year after because there won’t be a next year or the year after if you don’t. At least for me.