Guild Wars 2

Were I to recommend this game to friends, upon starting a character and beginning to play through, they would assume I’ve been playing a kid’s game. In fact, I’m almost inclined now to lie to people when they ask what I’ve been playing lately.

I can’t imagine the thought process that lead to the conclusion that less freedom is a good thing, which would make new players more interested in the game. I rolled up an alt to see the changes and feel insulted. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together should feel insulted. This is absolutely juvenile, especially when it is being applied to both new players and vets rolling alts alike.

I sincerely hope that the dev’s silence to the feedback on this patch is in preparation to reverse the many issues, not a tactic of “ignore it until it goes away”.

I will not be purchasing gems until something major changes. When asked if GW2 is any good, my response will be “It used to be great, but it went downhill.”

Today we got some UI shuffling for minis and finishers… Meh. Not breaking anything afaik, but underwhelming.

And the other announcements this week are “collections” and “trading”. They’ve already announced some small crafting changes, so maybe there will be other UI changes to collections tab. Trading will be AT BEST 1:1 secure trading and changes to the TP (armor type filter, etc).

So with that, we have an end to the feature pack. Lets run down the features again, shall we?

The Good:

Short 4-week WvW tourney. Pretty cool.

Account-bound color-coded commander tags. Ok I guess.

Balance changes- some good, some bad.

Fixing mega servers- right on.

No more dungeon owners- no more d/c restarts.

Crafting UI improvements.

MAYBE trading post improvements.

The Meh:

UI shuffles that don’t do much.

Leveling weapons.

Yet another set of back pieces.

Another wvw trap no one will use.

The Bad:

Balance changes (again, some good, some bad).

New leveling system nobody asked for- no downed state until level 5? Really?

Profession loot- more useable loot is a GOOD goal, but this is not the way. (All classes are equal, but some are more equal than others…)

And let’s not forget we’re not getting:

-fixes to the precursor market (precursor crafting)

-removal of hobo sacks

-the SAB (just turn it back on as-is!)

-a real fix to cloth prices

-various camera fixes and/or first person

Overall, the update is more good than bad, but probably not 3-week-announcement worthy. That said, these next 2 days may hold surprises…

Am I the only one that thinks it makes sense for an engineer to be wearing leathers?

The engineer class most closely resembles a mechanical engineer (with some chemical engineering thrown in)- works with tools and constructs things. Since jeans and overalls don’t exist in Tyria, leathers are the most practical clothing the engineer can get. Not to mention several monocle- like leather headgear skins to match the class

Anet – We beg you to stop attempting to balance the entire game around spvp. If the leaked patch notes are any evidence, it’s clear that you only care about class balance within spvp, even at the expense of wvw. To wit: ranger pets are op in spvp. they are badly bugged in wvw. In fact they are laughable. Why are you nerfing ranger pets if not for spvp? Thieves need help in spvp. They don’t in wvw, at least for 1v1 fights. Yet you continue to pigeon hole them into 1v1 builds, making them even more hated.

I hate to tell you, but as it stands, this game is not a popular e-sport, and I doubt it ever will be. wvw is unique and draws many more players. Spend your time fixing wvw and stop breaking it for spvp balance.