Guild Wars 2

I never comment to forum either but now I just have to. This decision is just horrible. It’s awful and makes me wanna scream.

lemme break it down to you. I’m a player that mainly plays for story instead of just the sake of action. In the past I found the story pace very satisfying. Between story quests I could explore a little bit of world and lvl up, take a break from story and then go back to it. Story and side quests would also often go hand in hand so the story would usually lead me to the new places to explore. I was able to take my sweet time helping around other places, exploring or just going back to old places to farm.

Now I feel like I’m suddenly forced to explore a way lot more, a way more faster. For this reason I’ve noticed that exploring no longer feels fun or exiting just something I must do. I cannot even take my sweet time with side quests or farm because I’m so busy at trying to get as much XP as I can. I also feel confused by the world, what to do now, where to go next? Everywhere I turn there is a new undiscovered location and I keep losing track of what to do. I can be in the area for lvl 16 and suddenly find myself wandering in lvl 25 area. It feels even worse because I do the whole chapter in few hours and then I have to spend countless of hours to try to lvl up just to get to the story. It’s especially more irritating since people have school and job so time to play is limited.

This is really bad for new players as well especially to those who’re new to games in general, especially to MMOs. Now after tutorial you just kick people out, expect them to know what to do. They’ll be really confused and alone, no way to know what to do. Previously it was fine. Saying “hey why don’t ya help these few people around here, ‘cause they really need it and after you’re done you could come back to me and I’ll help you to know what to do next ok?” Now it’s more like “Yea well here’s a map, here’s people who need help. Just go out there, I’m sure you’ll be just fine and I’ll call you someday”

yep no good at all.
Instead of the playing feeling rewarding than it used to, it now feels we’re being punished for some reason. Also lvl up gets harder and harder towards the end which takes you even more far away from the story.

I have spoken.