There are three kinds of players in this:
- Those who want this kind of change or simply don’t care.
- Those who don’t want it but realise the long term implications that a change like this will have for the game (gear grind, content gating, stat-creeping).
- Those who simply don’t understand.
Arenanet have just implemented a skinner box into their game with this update, a design mechanic that ultimately would have us all turned into trained and obedient consumers (i.e. conditioned lab animals). People have every right to be upset about that.