Guild Wars 2

So, the message Anet is sending here is ’Don’t bother grinding for any unique sets in the game, we’ll just add them to the Store in a month or two’.

quidgy.1483:

Talloc.6835:

quidgy.1483:

raahk.2786:

quidgy.1483:

I understand people are angry/disappointed/annoyed, but why are so many of you being so melodramatic?

I don’t like the idea of gear grind or forcing us to have certain gear to experience certain content but threatening to quit or demanding a refund based on a blog post is really over the top.

Is it really? They’re going against what makes Guild Wars Guild Wars. They’re taking all of the promises, all of the amazing things that were meant to separate this game from conventional MMO’s and burning it to the ground. There are many of us who have been waiting for this game since 2007, following every update, magazine article and blog, and to say that this game hasn’t been an utter disappointment is an under exaggeration. It’s like what Peter Moleneux promised for the original fable.

Of course it’s over the top. No one has even played this update yet to see how they like it for themselves in action, and yet we have people threatening to quit.

Unless players specifically wanted to avoid any kind of gear upgrade system.

We already have that system. We have tiers of gear in the game, they are just adding another. I agree that it’s an unimaginative way to extend end game and I’m disappointed in their lack of innovation, but it’s nothing to quit over at this stage. Quit when you’ve exhausted the content or become bored. Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.

We do not have this system in the game right now. You can easily do any Exp dungeon with cheap green lvl 80 gear on. With Agony, you won’t be able to finish the dungeon unless you have the gear to mitigate it.

Svenn.5209:

krookie.6378:

Zanthrax.6538:

Dear all people who dislike this change…tell me how 2-5 stats will effect your wvw or PvE experience? By that mark why aren’t you complaining that legendaries have a 1 damage point increase on exotics…clearly that 1 point of damage is making all the difference.

It’s 2-5 stats on only 1 item. How many items can you equip in the game? Multiply that by 2-5.

13 item slots. You’re looking at a total increase of less than 200 stats (assuming 6 stats per item at an increase of 2-3 per stat). You have a total of about 7k stats at level 80 with exotics. This is about a 2% increase, hardly noticeable.

In fact, your TOTAL stat gain from Ascended gear is about 1/5 of the amount of stat points you have as a BASE value for a SINGLE STAT at level 80 (916 is base before gear)

The marginal stat increase is not the issue here. Those who keep arguing this are completely missing the point. The Agony is the real issue because it is nothing more than a gear gating mechanism.

If anet is going to continue adding more and more levels of Agony to each new dungeon, then how is it any different than Rift/Lotro/WoW/etc. Oh right, there arent actually any raids in this game…

Anet should do some research before adding gear like this. Other companys have tried essentially the same thing before and it never worked out well. I don’t even mind the marginal core stat increase compared to exotics, but the Agony stat is the worst thing they could go. Like others have stated, this is simply a gating mechanism, even if Anet does not intend it to be that way. Those who played Lotro remember Radiance and Gloom mechanics, I’m sure. Remember how that worked out? I hope Agony is gonna be limited to this one dungeon and we won’t need to have this gear set to attempt the next dungeon released in the future.

Another issue with this new stat (probably have been mention already) is that it leads to lazy design. Instead of creating dungeons with interesting fight mechanics, they are simply going to be balanced by Agony levels. Seen it countless times in other MMOs.

Of course, we’re going to have to wait and see how it plays out, but I don’t think I can be optimistic anymore. It just seems like Anet is going completely against the progression philosophy they’ve been advertising for so long. I dunno… I just feel betrayed I guess…

Why only one new server though? Need two more for WvW…