Guild Wars 2

@Triggerbrand.8072 me too, its been explained to death yet theres always 1 a week.

no, pls stay away from r/

zerorogue.9410:

The general agreed definition of “Pay to Win” is; Any purchase made with a real world currency that gives you an advantage in a game over others.

By the general definition Gw2 Hot IS a pay to win expansion.

Let me list some of the advantages to having HoT over a Core Account. This is ignoring everything actually gained in HoT Maps.

• Mentor tag
• Run Speed in cities
• 10% experience from all crafting that grants experience.
• 10% higher chance of critical bonus crafting
• Pact Supply Network Agents
• Revive your allies faster and with less penalties.
• Automatically pick up loot
• Precursor Crafting
• Daily Fractal Achievements
• Bonus Rewards during Fractals
• Ascended Attunements(extra Agony slot on rings)
• Additional rewards from Fractals Chests of the Mists
• Additional rewards from Unlocked Fractal Encryptions
• Improved Fractal potions
• Mistlock Singularities(Agony resistance and instant revive on next down)
• Elite Specializations(ES)
  * All ES skills are significantly stronger than core skills.
  * ES grants a new mechanic to each profession.
  * New weapon on each ES.
• Scribbling
• Use of Guild Arena
• Use of Guild Enhancements
• Starting Guild Hall capture
• Guild Hall Miniatures Merchant
• Guild Hall Decorations Merchant
• Guild Trader
• Gliding
• Shield Generator in WvW

I’m probably missing several as well.
Many of these listed above should be unlock-able for core accounts or re-balanced in relation with core skills. Especially Elite Specializations, I’m not upset about the power difference, more so I’m upset about the fact I have to be an elite specialization now or I’m essentially fighting with an arm behind my back.

Even though, compared to your Typical Free to play/Pay to win game this is much better, but it is one step down a slippery slope.

This has to go down as one of the most ridiculous posts out there. HoT is a expansion, and as such you pay for its features.
For some unknown reason, large majority of people that frequent those boards fail to understand that GW2 and AreanaNet is a business. I mean I don’t expect every joe or retiree to understand how things work, but can you all please stop with all the whining. No HoT is not hard, No raids are not only for elites (mind you haven’t ran one yet) No you are not entitled to content that you can’t put any effort trying to get it.

This place is getting worse by the day, the amount people whining about little things and things they struggle to achieve is silly. Worst thing is they don’t stop and think about the game overall, just what they can’t get or do.

I don’t blame the devs or even Gaile not being all that active on those boards, when everyday theres some self entitled prick slagging the game for no reason then just selfishness, without leaving any constructive feedback.

Meh, why I even bothered :\

dont agree, people have invested fair bit of money in those, making it craftable would destroy those investments.

play the game>save gold>buy it

why ppl whine when they cant get something, or it requires too much work for them?

i would like a legendary, but i do accept that im not gonna get one, or not in the near future at least, but you dont see me making threads whining to reduce the grind on them….

devs leave the bells as they are please.