Guild Wars 2

1) Class balance – Lack of variety and effectiveness in builds.
2) Story – Lack of causality in events outside of Personal Story.
3) Guilds – Lack of guild specific content.

I made the mistake of switching over to GW2 hoping to get away from Nexon. I still made the switch even after I found out Nexon would be running the cash shop. I had hopes that ArenaNet’s reputation would win out over Nexon’s.

I was mistaken.

Nic above makes a pretty good point as to why I was mistaken, but I’ve also thought about it and realized that while their end does affect me, I honestly don’t care much about it. No more than those shareholders care about mine.

My issue is plain and simple. Their games aren’t fun. Their games aren’t fun because they are designed not to be games but money generators. Maybe if I was in a casino and playing with my money could earn me some back I might be willing to play along.

But even then it still wouldn’t be a true game. That is what I was here for and that is the only thing that I will be around for. And THAT is the reason why I play less.

So essentially…nothing that matters was fixed and we’re being told that we don’t know what we’re talking about and that we should go away?

I can do that. Ranger is my main, as in my main time and resource investment in this game. If they don’t have enough time or resources to invest in that, then I’ve got nothing for them.

While I have no hopes of REAL issues being addressed any time soon, I hope they put into consideration that the entire endgame is pvp focused. What this means is that regardless of their ‘vision’ of these classes, they need to be able to balance from a metagame standpoint.

Rangers just don’t cut it. And for a game that they claim the end result is for people to be able to play whatever they want how they want and still be effective, the dream falls short of the reality.

It means that everything I’ve loved about an archery class has been ruined. And yes, I said archery. I chose Ranger wanting to play an archer. Bows…arrows…being able to take advantage of terrain and snipe. The whole reason to have a pet. To help control mobs when the situation is not optimal. To double team powerful enemies.

This is what I exchanged the sheer power of the scholar classes and the staying power of the soldier classes to achieve. The situational tactics and versatility other classes in this tier share. Thieves are made to be in and out. Engineers have a gadget for everything. Rangers are supposed to be masters of…omg… RANGE.

/headdesk