Guild Wars 2

Not having dabbled in GW2 endgame PvE much, I don’t feel like I can come up with a fully informed opinion on this topic.. But as a former semi-hardcore WoW raider currently on indefinite hiatus (I’m planning on eventually coming back to WoW, I’m not disappointed with the game. I quit for other reasons) I think I might have some valuable input, so here goes nothing. :P

Firstly I do think GW2’s combat system is more interesting than WoW’s. I’m kind of indifferent about the lack of a holy trinity, but it does add an interesting element to GW2’s combat. Everyone is basically responsible for themselves, there aren’t any full-time healers around to patch up your mistakes. As a result the difference between a good player and a bad player is a lot more noticeable at a glance in GW2 than in WoW. GW2 combat requires you to stay on top of the enemy’s every move and time your dodge rolls, blocks, and aegis perfectly just to survive, and that’s not to mention what somebody who knows what they’re doing can accomplish with combos and CC. Compare to WoW PvE combat; “hurrr durrrrr mash buttons, watch bossmods timers, pop CDs when I need them, move when fire appears on my feet hurrrr durrrrrrr”.

Second, I’m not totally sure I understand why so many people seem to want GW2 to be just like WoW. IMO the (minimal) difference between the two games is pretty much the only thing that makes GW2 worth playing. (Well, apart from character customization, but that’s another topic entirely. Lol) Variety is the spice of life, and GW2 is a fun game in and of itself. If you want a holy trinity and a WoW-style focus on endgame raiding and gear progression, do yourself a favor and just go back to WoW.

Saint Scarlet.2906:

You can also get a portable crafting station from the guild buffs and buy them with guild commendations. Personally i don’t think theres a need to add yet another item to the loot table for rewards when these things are so easy to get but don’t have much use.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Architecture#Architecture
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Armor_Stations
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Weapon_Stations

I actually wasn’t aware of that. Nevermind then

I was doing dailies and got to thinking, it would be kind of nice if there was a portable crafting station you could get from the gem store/BL chests/daily chests like the Bank Access/Trading Post/Merchant Express items that are already in the game. It would be limited use like the aforementioned items and usable by any crafting discipline, and would have a built in vendor that would sell thermocatalytic reagents and crafting discipline-specific stuff like thread and lumps. Dunno about bank access though because that would kind of defeat the purpose of the existing bank items unless it was considerably more expensive.

Maybe this is an awful/pointless idea but I just thought it would be kind of convenient to have a portable station to use while leveling/farming/buying stuff to level crafting