Guild Wars 2

I think what intensely bothers me about Scarlet is that her story touches on some really interesting ideas. The whole Dream/Nightmare war – this bizarre dichotomy that the sylvari have to live out, the whole fixation for them on purpose (and, not quite dealt with in this plot arc, but fitting in with it, the problem that fighting the Nightmare actually spreads it) – and the Eternal Alchemy (namely, its potential power and reach beyond what the asura have been focusing on – something that was briefly explored in Eye of the North) have a lot of potential. I do think they need to be picked at some.

The problem is, that examination of them is coming from – as has been brought up repeatedly – essentially (a really annoying version of) Harley Quinn. It’s stuff that really ought to be looked at and questioned, but because it’s coming from a cackling, self-absorbed lunatic, everybody kinda goes “man, she crazy” and that’s the end of it.

So really I just feel let down that they go and take these cool concepts and really (lorewise) worthwhile questions and choose, instead of exploring them, to make them be simple background elements in a failed attempt to flesh out a horribly one-dimensional villain.

I’m getting this too. Mine’s sitting at 59/60. And it won’t increase, either.

Hmmm… I’d really like to see more hairstyle options, including curly/kinky hair options for humans.

Also, I’d be very happy to get more Guild Wars 1 armor skins (maybe even some of the old hero armors that we all longed for but could never wear) in the store. I was severely disappointed in most of the armor designs in GW2 and I’d love to have the option of buying something a little less gaudy.

And +1 to being able to gift account upgrades.

I’m working on my world completion right now because fun and I like setting goals for myself. But I’d still kind of like a material reward.

As it stands, we get a few little showoff things (whatever) and… 2 Gifts of Exploration. Now, I seem to be one of about two people who really couldn’t care less about legendaries. (I personally find many of them rather ugly, and those that aren’t are either useless to me or don’t match the aesthetics I’ve set for the characters who could wield them.)

However, I feel rather rotten just vendoring them for next to nothing, and I have several friends who would probably be in pain at the thought. I understand that making them tradeable is probably a bad idea, as they’re one of the few parts of a legendary that actually requires playing the game.

Instead, it would be absolutely lovely if either a) the vendor price for GoEs was raised to something significant (perhaps comparable to the present average auction value of the crafted Gifts?) or b) we were given the opportunity to trade it in for something more interesting (perhaps something entirely new, though frankly I’d also be quite happy with a large batch of unidentified dyes or a sizeable selection of T6 crafting mats).

Either option would be far better than the current “Congratulations, you have done basically everything in the open world! Here, have some bragging rights and a couple items useful only to start you in on the arduous and expensive process of acquiring an exceedingly gaudy weapon that’s not actually any more effective than what you’re currently using!”