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This isn’t to say nothing is wrong with the game, but posts like this sometimes (not this time) makes it sound like every single player is angry at the devs.
I see that you pointed out I am not one of the players that incessantly rants about the developers. I personally loved ANet. I bought GW1 and every expansion within days of their release dates and I could never be unsatisfied with ANet’s impact on my gaming life and my fellow gamers. But for some reason I felt I had to comment on this issue. I understand some may disagree but in no way do I intend to be taken as I am being critical of ANet. I feel as though they will eventually get this game perfect but I believe they should be focussing on what the community is asking for at the moment and release larger content updates later.
While I initially was thrilled with the idea of another endgame area that feeling of joy was quickly destroyed with the release of the Southsun Coves. Southsun Coves consists only of a handful of events, several waypoint, a couple points of interest, and a horde of overpowered enemies. I am not going to ask that the Karka be nerfed to an easier form but rather ANet needs to make the zone more attractive to players so that large groups of PvErs want to do it. It has only a fraction of the attraction that Cursed Shores has with it’s numerous Skill Points and large events yielding massive loot. I will also point out that Southsun Coves is a very small zone when compared to the initially released content. To say I was a bit unsatisfied with the release of Southsun Coves is an understatement. ANet could’ve done a much better job with it’s first major content update in my honest opinion.
They are following the same model from GW1.
They make seasonal events and push out some content, but majority of content is saved for expansions.
In no way do I mean this to be taken rudely but in no ways were the Lost Shores a holiday event. It was in my eyes ANet’s first attempt at adding new content in GW2 that would remain after the event is over. I disagree with them doing this in the current state GW2 is in. You would not build a second floor of a home if the first does not have a foundation. They need to make the game what the community wants and add their larger updates in the form of expansions, which so long as I enjoy the game, I would have no problem buying.
I feel as though the forums have played a major role in pointing out things wrong with the game and I’m sure they’ve done that for others. That’s not to say I thought the game was perfect before I stumbled into the forums but these forums have given me more ideas.
Also, on a side-rant: It bothers me a lot that with a forum so widely used and so well-organized and maintained that ANet has not paid much attention to them. There are sections set up about specific aspects to the game not to mention the Suggestion section; however, unless ANet is looking at these suggestions, all we are doing is inspiring other players with great ideas that they would love to see implemented, but alas they never shall be. Perhaps they do look at everything in the forums but without any posts from them besides the often irrelevant stickies, it’s difficult to feel any kind of presence from them.
It feels as though these Forums are ignored by ANet. ANet instead feels the urge to release at minimum one major update per month (ie. Halloween Events, Cursed Shores, soon to be Wintersday) and is turning the majority of their attention to this new content and therefore ignoring the community. I am not trying to say ANet should stop making new content but rather they need to listen to the community and build a stronger game that is enjoyed by the community. If ANet is only worried about new monthly events and not about the community then soon their releases will be for no one. While the game’s player losses have been similar to SWTOR’s, there is still hope. But in order for players to join again and for others to be satisfied with the game you need to pay attention to the community. If the Wintersday Event is just going to be another bugged pseudo-festive mess then perhaps some serious attention given to the wants of both the PvE and especially to the seemingly forgotten PvP players would be much more important and beneficial to the game.
Thanks,
Smallzington
Support. It’d be great for Dungeons, Personal Story Lines, etc. Perhaps making it a server-wide chat instead of a Map Wide.