Guild Wars 2

Med.6150:

We’ll make the first MMHO’!

Yus! Totally putting subtle hints of hookers into my mmo… Although, they probably won’t be very subtle.. : /

Med.6150:

Do you want to know the real reason why teams split up after a bad streak of losses?

The answer is simple: For various reasons that would require months and months of changes, you do not see progress, you do not see improvements.

It’s not the rewards that are the issue, it’s that there’s no way of telling whether you are improving as a player or a team. You lose and win games for reasons that are not displayed anywhere and that sometimes can only be retraced after a game (if lucky) and often these situations are also decided by luck (down state battle, rallying of team mates, a rezz utility, lucky interrupts, a 1v1 between points or at the trebuchet etc.).

We have an absolutely lackluster UI, incredibly weak combat log, a end of match overview of glory points earned (great way to judge performance right there) and a multitude of other vague pieces of information that give your team no way of analysing a game, be it a win or loss and expanding/improving upon that.

It’s no wonder people don’t dedicate much time or invest heavily into GW2 PvP.

I’ve always disliked the idea of downed state combat. It is an interesting concept, but only for the PvE aspect. Hell, I’d even be okay with players only lasting 3-5 seconds in the downed state before auto dying with no chance of resurrection.

Everything about the PvP system is rather lackluster, imo. As it is right now, I’m just going to keep attempting to play an hour per day(split between PvE and PvP) and dedicate my time to Smite and developing my MMO. And it’ll have Blackjack! And Hookers!… In fact, forget the MMO!

…I love you. When I first logged in during the 3-day headstart for my pre-order I grinded out about 21-22 ranks. And about then, I started asking myself why I’m forcing myself to play this incredibly terrible game. I really do hate to say it, but the PvP in this game is just laughably terrible. So, what did I do? I swapped over to PvE, only to find out it was just as bad!

I ended up quitting around October, then came back for the Halloween and November event, then quit again because I couldn’t find a reason to stay. The ‘balance’ if you can call it that is nothing short of silly.

The customization! I was kittening all over myself before the release/beta weekends, always theory crafting weapon slots, traits and utilities, even before I had numbers, and even worse, before I had any idea how small the customization actually was…

I know, I know, you don’t want to keep reading about what I dislike about this game. So, i 100% agree with the OP about adding in laurels and/or mystic coins to the daily/montly PvP. I’d also like to see some sort of experience jug gained per rank up, much like the Draught(and lower tiers) of Karma. This way, a player can save those vials and when he decides to join the PvE frenzy, has at least some experience to show for it. I’m not saying that 1 rank should give 1 level worth of experience, but 1/4 wouldn’t be bad I’d think, as well as adding the vial of experience to daily/monthlies for added effect.

Yes, yes, yes. Titles, achievements, and ohmyyes PvP Legendaries. Special skins, more maps and more. I’ve done more than my fair share of insulting ANet for having one game mode. I don’t expect Capture the Flag to be a tournament mode. But is it so much to ask for to have some variety? Or at least give us a map that makes it look like you’re actually trying.. ~~~ HELL! Better yet, release an editor, and hold a map maker contest!~~~ By the gods ANet, where are all your thinkers? : / You obviously need to hire a better team..

Honestly, besides wanting more utility/weapon customization, that’s my input for the time being. I’ll stop by another time and write another short story for you soon.

~~~The stuffz in these are the most important partz~~~

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Ishan.5189:

I stopped reading and laughed a little to hard when I read ‘console might be harder than PC’.

No, but to the main topic, I think both games are rather crappy where it stands now. In defense of WoW, I can’t say I ever got bored of the PvP in that game. The different battlegrounds, then came the arenas.. was a wonderful time.

In defense of GW2, if I must give it, the dodging mechanic on the right path, and the lack of a need to grind for gear is a good thing to have. That is, unless you want to look sexy. ^_~

Before the rage, yes, this is my opinion. I absolutely despise the PvP in GW2, and that’s why I stick to Smite for my PvP sensations. I may pop in once in a while just to try it out, only to realize that the PvP in this game just makes me want to kill myself. : (

smite is honestly one of the best games online.
you point out some of gw2 important features, but I feel like your making lite of them. the dynamic level system plus no gear grind is so important. all you wow fans talk all you want about wow pvp, but it will never be balanced. the first step toward balance in mmo style PvP is separate pvp and pve. I know spvp gets stale after a while, but I feel arena net at least understands what needs to be done. no other game company cares to do the things arena net is doing with gw2. abolishing the broken trinity, dynamic leveling, no gear grind, waging war on hackers. these reasons alone warrant any PvP fan to at least stick around and see what they will do next.

I almost completely agree with you. I’m not a WoW fan, quite the contrary. I tried playing WoW recently, and just can’t deal with it. It was fun, once upon a time, but I can’t go back to it. The dynamic leveling system is good, but flawed in my opinion. But, I disagree with you saying that no company can do what Arena Net is doing.

I’ve been awaiting Wildstar, Neverwinter, and Elder Scrolls Online. Neverwinter seems like it has the PvE that GW2 was supposed to have but failed. To be completely honest, I feel the Trinity is better than this broken piece of equipment they have to us. Although I don’t know much about Wildstar, the world PvE looks so much better than GW2. ‘We no haz quests!’ No.. You do have quests, you just renamed them and made it to where I don’t have to run back to you for my money reward..

Elder Scrolls speaks for itself, if you follow any other video game. The class customization looks orgasmic. I always assumed GW2 had better class customization, only to be severely disappointed later on down the road. BUT! Yes, as of this second, it’s the best on the market in several ways. The Fractals, was the best way to keep scaling content, unlike any other MMO has done.

The GW2 tournament system, although lack a community on the NA servers, is one of the top PvP ideas as well. It doesn’t beat the real tournaments that are held, but all it takes is one die-hard fan to host his own tournament to get the population flowing again. : ) Hint, btw.

TL;DR – I didn’t want you to read anyways.

PS: I did leave out other features, both good and bad, and ultimately it’s up to each person to decide whether they like the features or not.

I stopped reading and laughed a little to hard when I read ‘console might be harder than PC’.

No, but to the main topic, I think both games are rather crappy where it stands now. In defense of WoW, I can’t say I ever got bored of the PvP in that game. The different battlegrounds, then came the arenas.. was a wonderful time.

In defense of GW2, if I must give it, the dodging mechanic on the right path, and the lack of a need to grind for gear is a good thing to have. That is, unless you want to look sexy. ^_~

Before the rage, yes, this is my opinion. I absolutely despise the PvP in GW2, and that’s why I stick to Smite for my PvP sensations. I may pop in once in a while just to try it out, only to realize that the PvP in this game just makes me want to kill myself. : (

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