Guild Wars 2

Ok I Did It.2854:

As for the OP, there are several people in this game that get the best rewards, from pre’s to really expensive skins etc, its just the way the game is made, some believe that your account is tagged on creation to either get said loot, or not, Magic Find no matter how high you push it, does not seem to change this ( even though it should ) you will never get a reply from Anet or a Dev on this topic, as its working as intended as far as they are concerned, even though RNG has caused so many hate filled topics.

I know that Anet or a developer won’t reply on this topic. However I just felt to share my feedback, because I’m disappointed how things turned out for me. It’s also the first topic which I ever created for a game just to share my personal thoughts or experiences; to show how much I actually care about GW2 and Anet. I’ve played GW1 since release and I had a great time with the game. They’ve earned my respect and I trusted Anet a lot because of it. But now… I don’t know.

I also think the rewards are important for motivation to keep playing the game. However some people have already said that most of the rewards in this game aren’t even worth mentioning if you’re playing long enough.
My goal was to get Eternity, because I like the skins and it is connected with an achievement.

Basically you have 3 options how to get a precursor:
1) farm weeks or months for gold and buy it from TP (depending on how much you play)
2) buy it with real money (gems)
3) you’re lucky
Point 3 is what makes me feel like an Idiot: Why did I have to grind for a precursor, while a friend of mine already has found two of them? Why do I have to roll a dice more than a thousand times (without any ending in sight), when it’s possible to get the desired result after 500 times? GW2 has proven that RNG ‘is working as intended’: It’s possible to get a precursor dropped after 100 or 10000 hours of play time (or you’ll never get one, hahaha lol).
Then how many thousands of hours do I have to keep playing until I see something “precious”?

No proper rewards for effort –> unrewarding. It feels like I’m playing a casino slot machine.

Pretty much agree with the previous poster XYLUM.

Thanks for the replies.
Normally I don’t gamble at all (except there’s a currency only for gambling like the blood shards in D3) and I would never ever do it in real life.
Basically I’m a laidback person in game: doing some events here and there, farming a bit, doing some stuff with the guild etc. and saving up gold for sunrise.
It just threw me off balance that although I had a higher play time than my friend, he already had much more valuable stuff than me. We played together very often. However the difference was that he got two precursors out from bonus chests. Furthermore he also got so much other good stuff that he completed his legendary way faster than me. I got jealous and impatient, trying to catch up as fast as possible. Therefore I stacked up magic find as high as possible and started to grind in the Silverwastes. Gambling seemed to be the fastest way to obtain a precursor, but unfortunately it turned out otherwise. Should I come back to GW2, I’ll never do it again, no matter what the circumstances might be.

LucosTheDutch.4819:

But GW2 would go a long way in feeling much more rewarding if it also had really challenging content with really good rewards locked behind that content. I’d much prefer trying and failing a difficult raid a bunch of times than to mindlessly grinding my kitten off in the Silverwastes or trying my luck at the Mystic Toilet.

I like this idea.

This year, I started GW2 with a friend of mine.
I really enjoyed GW2 until a huge difference of loot between us showed up over time. I’ve sold everything to complete my first legendary, while he already completed his legendary a long time ago, even though I’ve spent more time in GW2 than him (I had ~1500h while he had ~900h). Additionally he has found two precursors and is currently sitting with a huge amount of gold, without spending any real money.
Basically we did the same thing: doing boss events, dungeons and silverwastes.
I got frustrated and decided to grind even more. Sometimes I’ve reached about 120 Gold after 24hours. However I’ve come to realize, that I have basically no luck. I rarely got sigills/runes which were worth about 6-8 gold, but that’s it.
Out of desperation, I started to gamble. That was the first (and last) time in my life that I’ve ever thought about gambling could raise my wealth. I’ve thrown over 1k of rare great swords in the mystic toilet and spend 1k+ Gold in Tarrktun.
Of course I’ve lost everything. Now sitting with 27 Silver, I decided to quit GW2. That was about one month ago.
If I had saved up all the gold instead of gambling, I could have bought a second legendary for sure. However it feels like I’m endlessly grinding without any luck in sight, which frustrates me more than saving up every copper for a legendary. I like shiny things (like a Skritt), but without any noticeable reward, it makes me feel I’m being treated unfairly, no matter how much effort I’m putting into it. This kind of “Wow, I’ve found something really cool”-feeling is missing. I’ve played many games involving RNG (GW1, D1-D3, PoE etc.) but I’ve never felt so unsatisfied like in GW2.
I really like to come back, but thinking of the situation which I mentioned above is holding me back (kind of a love-hate relationship). I don’t know what to do.
I like to hear your opinion on it. What are your experiences so far?
Sorry for my English.