Guild Wars 2

without adequate rewards , your basically running around in circles until you get sick of the game and never play it again.
which leads me to my question, does A-net not like money?

im reasonably new to GW2
i very much like the game
BUT i truly feel the rewards of the game DO NOT reflect the time spent to get them
and i mean this for every aspect of the game
fractals, pvp, dungeons, zone events (hot), achievements, raid ect
and especially legendary weapons
the amount of Time, or even RL money to make a legendary is disgusting mainly because its not a stat upgrade, its just a skin
i dont understand why there will be no more upgrades, and as much fun is the game is to play …this could be the thing that kills it

whats worse is the game’s only “upgrades” are purely cosmetic
and there isnt much to choose from btw
its just depressing
this game has TONS of potential but i fear A-net is blind to it

some suggestions i would offer up would be
1. make legendary items a upgrade to ascended gear (a sizable upgrade)
2. make mounts (other cosmetic stuff that could be used as rewards to make it feel like what youre doing is worth your time)
3. Make Lots more gear and weapon skins!
4. Remove restrictions on cosmetic system, so you can use the skin of any armor type (for more customization)
5. Stop making everything with butterfly wings, fairy dust, rainbows and flowers (there is clearly enough of this crap in the game )
6. Lower the amount of xp needed per mastery level
7. make an option to sub , and give monthly rewards to subs, plus make transmogrify free to subs

hooded robes with cloaks plz

and staves that look like staves (maybe add some particle effects to them too 8P)

those are funny animations 8 )

ADD MOUNTS TO THE STORE!! lol

GW2 definitely needs more hooded robes sets on the store, or
TAKE OFF THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE COSMETIC SYSTEM SO YOU CAN USE THE APPEARANCE OF ANY PIECE OF GEAR ON ANY CLASS OF TOON
for a game where the only “Upgrades” are PURE cosmetic, there certainly isnt that many choices
It is my Opinion that ALL of the cloth outfits and ALL of the leather outfits SUCK for caster classes (mes, ele, necro, druid)
minus a couple of items, like the Reaper hood, and Grenth hood, and the outfit Robe (arcane outfit) from the gemstore
unless your female, in which most of the outfits look sexy and awesome
i would really like to see some more Hooded robe type stuff , hopefully as outfits or skins sets , so my druid can look like a druid and not a gunslinger from star wars lol

(I would also like to see more time and effort put into staff skins, it seems like they blow there load on swords and whatever, and staves get the shaft..no pun intended
go look at some Larry elmore, clyde cawdwell art ffs)

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GamerOnline.3650:

My druid/ranger is a Sylvari in cultural armor. He doesn’t have a trecnh coat as his current armor, but some of the leaves do hang down suspiciously in the back…

Thing is though, I like trench coats, especially on my (Asura) thief. With dual pistols, dressed in a trench with dark sport shades and black/abyss dye, he looks like a total badkitten.

Note: Had to actually type “badkitten” but the context remains.

With regard to casting in trench coats, I’m reminded of The Xmen. Many super-powered blast and such were slung by trench coat wearing heroes and villains. Granted, scepters, foci and staffs might not look as good in trench coated hands unless made for it.

With regard to Star Wars (the game I won’t mention here since it’s competition), I like the fact that males actually DO have sexy and awesome outfit choices. Lots of bare chests (robes and/or armor) and tempting skin options. One of the few games with equal opportunity clothing. If you ever seen an anime called One Piece and seen the villains with their bare chested outfits, you’ll know what I mean. They’re meant to show off.

Thats fine for you, but this is a Fantasy game, and not everyone wants to look like gambit or a gunslinger from Swtor
esp if they play a magic user (druid)
they definitely need more hooded robes sets on the store, or
TAKE OFF THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE COSMETIC SYSTEM SO YOU CAN USE THE APPEARANCE OF ANY PIECE OF GEAR ON ANY CLASS OF TOON
for a game where the only “Upgrades” are PURE cosmetic, there certainly isnt that many choices

druids in all other games do wear leather BUT they have robes and hoods and actually look cool, but my point is really that all of the cloth gear in the game is designed to make female toons look good, minus the 3 examples i gave, i would like to see a cool looking hooded robe that looks like a robe, and not lingerie, and is a multi part outfit, so you can interchange

Ok
It is my Opinion that ALL of the cloth outfits and all of the leather outfits SUCK for caster classes
minus a couple of items, like the Reaper hood, and grenth hood, and the outfit Robe from the gemstore

unless your female, in which most of the outfits look sexy and awesome
i would really like to see some more Hooded robe type stuff , hopefully as outfits or skins sets , so my druid can look like a druid and not a gunslinger from star wars lol
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PaxTheGreatOne.9472:

Eddie Mo.7169:

Magic carpet is already in the gem store.. Why not mounts? Just make them pure aesthetics. I don’t mind riding a cool Pegasus when walking around. Maybe give them a 50% move speed bonus, and make it disarmed when attacked or attacking. Just like magic carpet except with the 50% move speed.

GIVE ME A PEGASUS!

Gem store item with ingame bonusses was tried 1 time: the watchwork pick…

While the unrest has cleared it was a reason for HUGE riots on the forum… Everybody was mad as could be cause it was considered P2W (Pay to Win) dut to thefact it was aan item providing uneven bonusses to people who could shed out 800 and later 1000 gems for something from the cash store…

Making a mount giving a speed buff higher then anythinng ingame wil cause the same thing… Also I do not need to see people running around on winged horses… I might add that playing human wouldn’t be a problem but being NORN or CHARR your pegasus will die due to the fact it needs to carry 150+ or 200+ kilograms as weight. And as flying ins’t avaailable ingame your pegasus will stay grounded (and if you are asura I’d suggest you’d use the saddlebags to move around safely….)

ArenaNet has already changed gear due to riots on the forums before (I remember a copy of t3 human armor with added flames available to all in the gem shop which was met with outrage… and was pulled or replaced with another less “sensitive skin”)

I think you should consider buying yourself a flying carpet. and forget about speed buffed mounts. It will not happen. Ever…. It is P2W…. And therefore not wanted.

so remember :
- no ingame buffs
- no combat possibilities
- no movement other then normal character movement (no flying, teleporting)
- no animals
you could get a pogo stick (as long as the hops do not allow for extraordinairy movement or maybe a golem…..

so a grounded pegasus made from cardboard and harpy feathers NP, an for that matter Pegasi do not exis in GW lore.. The only horselike beings ingame are centaurs…. last creatures to ride actual horses were necrid horsemen. (GW 1)

But still I hope Mounts are a passed station….

news flash GW2 is 110% pay to win
u can buy gems convert to coins and buy the legendary, how is that not pay to win?

AlliedKhajiit.2794:

every suggestion made by OP has been decided by the majority of the community that they’re unwelcome suggestions and tons of players would probably quit if they came around
moderators pls close thread, im sick of hearing the same suggestions every time I visit the forums

decided by the very small handful of people that actually use the forums you mean?

and if this is a on-going topic like you say , your point is null and void
that just proves this is something people want

either way warcraft is a dated game, so saying “go back to wow” is just plain ol kittened

and even if (which i doubt and would bet 1 mill bucks on) they added a few of these things and lost all of the people that they have had since launch , the amount of people they would gain would overshadow that amount x10

how many people play this game 200k?

another thing to consider is that when people arent happy with an MMO they just quit playing it, they dont post on the forums and give the devs a chance to hear them and fix/change things

and i never said i didnt like this game, i play it tons, it would just be nice for the rewards in the game to fit the time spent getting them

whether a handful of players want or don’t want these things, they could make a-net a ton of money, and that is undeniable ..and the more money they make the more money they put into a game the more players join and stick around ect ect

ok
so i played
wow for 8 years
everquest 1 for 7
lotro for 2
and swtor for about 4

and have tried and hated
Rift

i do however enjoy playing Gw2 BUT!!!

from playing other mmos i truly feel there are some things that need to be brought in and changed with this game for GW2 to maintain the new people playing the game, i.e. people from other mmos (warcraft for example lost 5 mill subs)

first thing, is :
WAY to many time sinks
i can understand the legendary being time consuming and thats fine
but ascended gear shouldn’t be as time consuming (for example)
i also dont like the fact that your best way of getting them is via tradeskills
imo each boss in the hardest version of the dungeons should drop something , and each world boss, make them weekly lockouts if you have to

it seems like most of the time playing the game the reward does not meet the effort

2nd thing

MOUNTS if GW2 really wants to make money add mounts, ya theres points all over the place , but i personally like riding through and enjoying the scenery instead of skipping it all by porting
this could be a huge cash cow on the market PLUS make the chests worth something and buying the keys worthwhile

3rd thing
3rd party addons

this is pretty big, damage meters and ui customization would be alot more veteran MMO player friendly and keep people playing

4th thing

more of a traditional dungeon trait for classes, ie tank, healer, dps
i know this game pushes the whole mechanic thing to its limits..but alot of new players coming from other games feel this gets old very fast
to much invis skip through trash in dungeons for example
why even have it in there if people can skip it, why not just have the 4 bosses lined up one after another?

i feel they need to do something that forces people to kill all the enemies in the dungeons ie extra chest for dungeon kill completion

Honorable mentions:

NERF Mesmer for the love of god lol
balance pvp
make boss exclusive items that have a decent drop rate (esp in upcoming raids, (pets aren’t acceptable btw))
Update store with new items monthly
post everything there is on the store 24/7 (its money you’re losing)