Guild Wars 2

Not even a week in and im 90% certain iv wasted money on this game.

Being an avid GW1 player for many years, achieving GWAMM and the 50/50 hall i loved guild wars. But this is not guild wars. Before a little flame let me just say i completely understand the point of a game needing to evolve to keep up with modern tech and competitors and that this subject has probably been covered hundreds of times (but iv only just got the game so its new to me)

But, the creators and developers should be ashamed of themselves with this installment. Completely left the roots of the original GW and became drinking buddies with the guys over at blizzard.

1. It’s just a WoW re brand job

2. what is with the viewpoint areas in the map? did i buy assassins creed?

3. there is zero point in choosing a profession based on how that profession helps a party, seeing as they have scrapped that idea and gone with “every prof can do anything” idea.

4. i understand its a fantasy game but when have rangers used great swords? and elementalists used daggers? in any form of fantasy rpg? takes the point out of choosing a ranger for his bow and an ele for his backline nuking skills.

5. no monks? Understandably with the way gw2 plays now you cant monk seeing as its basically you alone against the world most of the time. Might be hard for the non monkers to understand but some players liked being dedicated healers, something slightly satisfying knowing you have kept your team from wiping.

It just seems the dev’s thought “what should we do? expand on our soaring success of GW1 or should we cash in, make a 2nd rate WoW and buy that dream holiday home in the Caribbean we want?”

Why fix something thats not broken? all GW1 needed was better graphics, playable asura/sylvari etc.. new big map/storyline (maybe a level cap increase) but thats about it.