Guild Wars 2

The gear they launch with is UGLY. That is the problem. There is plenty of gear in the game with all the dungeons and crafting. It’s just bad…

I was quite patient after they dumped GW development. I wasted even longer when they changed gears. I waited even longer when they postponed the release, twice.

The had the time. They went off script in the middle of the effort. They had a plan and got lost in the implementation. That is their own fault. The environment looks great and the world has a lot depth in each map. Too many stranded ships, but that is a nit pick. The gear looks like crap, the skill bar change is a deal breaker for me.

The only resemblance to GW1 in this game is the story and some of the classes. I like the environment and even a couple of the classes, but the difference in game play and required skill in GW2 vs. GW1 is the part that is making this just another MMO I will play for 6 months and then move on.

Winter’s Day: I can’t even express how disappointed I am. It was fun in GW1, there were quests and thing to collect that actually were worthwhile. Now we get collectables to turn in for ugly junk. Tixx is ok, nothing special though. Jump puzzle was only worth the achievement as the rewards were cr*p. At least the Halloween puzzle gave you something.

What happened to the cosmetics from GW1? THAT was what people went after. A new weapon skin, new armor skins, nothing. The people making the decisions on what gear should like like in this game need to go back to the drawing board. Frankly 90% of the gear is ugly.

The skill system… The lack of imagination needed, the lack of thought in building your character… Maybe if we had the current trait system along with the freedom to build a real skill bar like in GW1 this would be more fun. The same 5 skills for each weapon from level 1 to 80, bleh. The absolute cr*p elites for most classes and worthless utility skills to fill up the four spots (woohoo, four whole spots…) leads to seeing the same builds on nearly everyone.

I guess that had to dumb it down to make it more playable to the masses.

I have 4 L80s and nearly 900 hours. I put in the effort to like this game. Never happened.

Oh, and now with gear grind!! Bye.