Anet lost their way with this expansion.
Having 8 Level 80’s, you really think it’s ‘fun’ for me to have to go out and farm roughly 2700+ points between all my characters to unlock each elite spec? It’ll simply be repeating content I’ve already done, which doesn’t interest me in doing. Elite spec’s are something I should be getting in the introductory HOT zone, and being able to utilize as I play through the rest of the content. You’ve lost the ‘play your way’ ideal that you were so proud of when GW2 launched, and have replaced it with things that quite frankly aren’t fun to play.
Masteries are okay, the exponential exp gain per rank might be a bit ridiculous, but elite spec’s costing 400 points is just simply proof ANET has really lost their way with what made GW2 so fun in the first place.
A majority of your playerbase is being very vocal about feeling disappointed with your choices. If you want a game you’ve spent years of your life creating to continue living, I suggest you listen.
Here’s hoping ANET listens to the community before they see an exponential loss in their playerbase. I have 2000+ hours in Guild Wars 2, it has been my go to MMO since its release, but I would be lying if I said I was happy about the current state of the game; so much so that I am not really inspired to login at this point.
