Guild Wars 2

Osu.6307:

Urgency requires competition or a threat of competition. Until CU and Crowfall start stealing gw2 players, there is absolutely no reason for anet to do anything about wvw.

Well at the rate they are going, those games will be out before the update is in beta, but seriously that is not the only cause for urgency. You see your dog dying will you not do everything you can to save it? You don’t wait for other dogs to threaten to replace it

EDIT: Even better example. You have a box of cookies. You notice someone is taking your cookies but you wait until it’s all gone to do anything about.

Indie.4129:

And when said beta test appears later this year, are they going to accept much player input? Given almost 2 years of development by that point with little input or communication about whats coming, i doubt it.

Good news! More commander tag colors! Only 100g EACH your welcome!

It’s ok they will hype it up like its actually gonna be any good. See what Anet fails to understand is that we are sort of beyond the point of hype and PR. We need FACTS, details, COMMUNICATION. I’ve never seen a company so clueless about these things.

Rep only a guild name that sounds cool

Straegen.2938:

When they say WvW is a priority I am sure they are referencing current development efforts. I believe them when they say they have been working on a big WvW overhaul.

Their silence on why it didn’t make HoT is telling. It appears to be months away and likely points to the project being more difficult than the initially planned. I also think they believed the HoT “improvements” would satisfy the WvW crowd for a bit and did not anticipate the poor reception.

You sir are a more trusting man than I.

You would think after saying WvW is a top priority, they would communicate more, but nope, still silent as ever and still probably as clueless as ever.

So for a while now I have been on the sidelines just watching how this WvW disaster unfolds. There is one thing painfully obvious to me, and that is the fact that even now there isn’t much urgency shown by Anet. SAYING that it is top development priority doesn’t mean anything. SAYING that it’s been on that works for a year is meaningless because truthfully the WvW cimmunity cannot bring itself to trust that Anet knows what it’s doing.

For starters, they claim to be in communication with WvW players, however as far as my knowledge it’s only been like 1 black gate commander and really that’s it. Correct me if I’m wrong. I would not credit the recent interviews done by Reyana towards Anet’s efforts because that was more player/ community driven. No proof, no communication, nothing to really give me confidence they actually talk to players and ask for feedback. I know they read these forums, it doesn’t even take 10 minutes from my coffee break to read most of it. There have been millions of incredible suggestions on these forums these past years but none of them have been paid any attention.

Another thing I am curious about is the fact that Collin mentioned placing a heavy amount of resources towards the WvW. LOL WHAT? What does this even mean? More devs that don’t know what WvW is? PVE devs to add more PVE content? Because we all know they would never take resources away from their beloved esport dream. PvP takes top priority, no matter what they say. Honestly how many people are actually involved with WvW development?? Was there even one from the beginning or was WvW just a side projects for bored people at work to put out kitten content. Well kitten does seem to be Anet’s mantra so I guess it makes sense.

I have so many other questions, but I don’t wanna spend all day typing it all out, just I want to know. Where is the sense of urgency??? There are STILL big PVE and PVP updates happening, and WvW is still being put on the back burner despite massive dissatisfaction amongst the players. Seriously just some transparency goes a long way especially since most of the people that complain about this game are also the ones that care the most. Let me know your thoughts.