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well….
Reading this thread is sorta like seeing a very quick snapshot of the community, we have the realist, the philosophers, the debaters…. and no real answers.
I understand that nothing will change especially just because a nobody like me lamented about how far removed the idea of a massive role playing game is from the reality of making cookie cutter characters to whack the moles in a certain order and get cheese.
And that isn’t intentionally being snarky, it’s just how I honestly view MMO’s and I think why I personally keep returning to GW1, I have a few friends there who have more or less Exiled themselves, because this (GW2 I mean) isn’t anything close to the MMO manifesto video. It’s a grind game with story starting to be locked behind Raids, and before that it was all about the grind for Fractals.
I remember Ree Soesbee (whom I believe to be a brilliant writer and developer) said, “We don’t want to make the same MMO as everyone else.” Yet when all was said and done Arenanet did.
I have to wonder, did the reach exceed the grasp? And Is it okay that we settled for what was given us and not what was promised, which was a dynamic world where the things each of us did matters.
Again I know there is no real answers.
Don’t get me wrong guys this isn’t a “GW2 has failed” post, it’s more of a reflection and a taking stock as to why our particular genre of the hobby is locked on this particular set of rails.
I do know that Arenanet has some of the best people in the industry and we have an amazingly kind and respectful community compared to other MMo’s, but I do miss what could have been or could be, and I’m doubtful about purchasing the expansion if these rails are the tracks we are staying on.
Anyway thanks for letting me ramble on about the things that has been weighing on me for the past few months.
I’m a long time MMO player, I started with the UO beta, though the original GW will always be my favorite, I’m a solid GW2 player since launch. But one thing I have noticed over my years of gaming…….
No one seems to want to have fun anymore. They are obsessed with numbers, averages, and metrics…it’s like the games have become spreadsheet and parser simulations that have very little to do with going on an adventure with your friends. The vast majority conversations I have had in game haven’t been about the world, the story or what is happening it’s all been about the math behind the game and it’s disheartening.
I personally don’t want another statistics class, I want to meet new friends and have fun in a living breathing world…wasn’t that what the MMO Manefesto was about?
Years ago a guy named Jack Emmert created a MMo called City of Heroes and he didn’t want to originally show the math of the attacks, abilities and blocks….he was pretty much crucified for it and caved, but I understand his reasoning now. I can’t be the only one that feels this way can I?
Honestly this whole direction especially with the new raid has me more than a little bit sad.
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Personally it’s sad to see the term filthy casual being used in Guild Wars…that’s more of the Cancerous speak you get from WoW.