Guild Wars 2

First, yes, I have been playing since release, and oddly enough I’ve never felt the need to check Reddit or the forums to get the info I needed about content timelines. It’s never been an issue for me until now, so I fail to see why ‘I should know by now’.

The game launcher news feed would be a better place to post things like hard details with impending impact on the game, instead of burying it in the forums or on Reddit. I honestly don’t understand why players are taking issue with asking the developer to establish a clear timeline for things and provide this info to the player base.

I’m not complaining about the minimap using the wrong shade of green or something. This is something that contributed to myself and others missing content. Content is why we’re here and why we pay for a product.

I don’t check the forums every day to see what downtime may or may not be coming, especially since (again, to my recollection) I’ve never experienced any downtime with this game since launch. Logically, I would assume it’s business as usual and the patch would be coming in the afternoon like they always do.

As for leaving things to the last second, I understand my role in my own misfortune, but again, it was based on a years’ worth of experience. This is meant to give the issue visibility to ANet in hopes that they come up with a bit more solid statement of schedule. It seems like there’s no reason not to, especially if, like you said, it was so predictable.

This is mostly a big QQ, but I can’t be the only one thinking this and I feel like ANet could definitely improve things….

So, I’ve been playing since launch, and this is the first time that I remember a patch going live at the stroke of midnight the day it’s supposed to drop. Normally, I’d say that’s great, but I’ve come to expect a few hours of play time after I get off work in the morning, and often use that time to play catch up on things like Living Story.

This time around I got a little screwed out of finishing up my Kiel mini (had 1/2 of one acheivement left) and spending my three Black Lion tokens on Aetherized skins (as an Engineer I would really have liked a couple of those skins).

Some consistency and advance warning more specific than a date would be nice.

Guys. The lighthouse in Lion’s Arch was destroyed. Am I the only one shaken to my very core by this?