Guild Wars 2

Hello everybody,

we are two experienced players looking for a non-rep, mature raiding guild to enjoy the new content in. We can bring a variety of equipped and ready characters to the table and past raiding experience / discipline from other games.

Thanks!

Nova & Niyah

3/10

- The artstyle and the design of the map is gorgeous, i really love the new verticality and alot to explore.

- Mobs, AI Improvements and Challenge is way better than in vanilla. I actually have to put way more thought into my movement and abilities.

- Story is a bit predictable, but still fun and i really want to know how it is going to develop.

- The new effects for skills and the overall balancing feels better.

Now to the bad sides.

- $!§% Elite spec behind a 400 Hero point wall is ludicrous. Whoever had that idea should renember why people are actually playing this game.

- Gating Story Content behind masteries. This really gave me the feeling i was playing a korean grinder rather than my beloved Guild Wars 2.

- Gating Area content behind masteries.. Dying by poison because i didnt put enough grind into a certain faction, just prolonging everything AGAIN.

- Grinding Insane amounts of Exp and Mastery points to actually do this. Why the Exp? Why do i need to do that if i already do challenges which prove more around my skills rather than my patience?

- Nerfing / Prolonging content by splitting addon / core game into two separate entities. Why cant i use my normal Tyrian XP to level my maguuma masteries or vice versa?

Overall, im heavily disappointed.. I expected alot from Anet here and i know that, but this hit rock bottom with me.

I sadly have to wholeheartedly agree to the OP. This is exactly my feeling after playing this addon now for two days.

In addition to that the artificial “barriers” that are made in between every little step are disheartening and demotivating. It wouldnt be so bad if i could chose the way i want to play and get my exp. Instead, everything has gotten nerved to oblivion (dungeon exp as example, even though they said it would only be ‘liquid’ reward) and the separation between Tyria and Heart of Thorns Masteries makes everything even more bitter. Instead of letting me play old content, i have to run in circles in the Maguuma Jungle. Instead of being able to play Fractals to level my Masteries, i cant.

I can just hope that my motivation for this game doesnt suffer to hard from it.