Guild Wars 2

Vytal.7942:

This wasn’t the case at all. In the PTSNBN all we were speculating about was why the changes to the trash packs and such not posted? No one was ever complaining that they fixed the exploits. The reply just came out of the blue(and was quite rude) and as a shocker to us forum posters and then the thread was locked and shut down. No one ever stated they were the worst changes in the world, in fact in his post Andry says that whatever changes they want to make to it: Fine, he was just asking that they actually communicate those changes pertinent to the dungeon. Again not asking to diverge any secret exploits of Narnia here.

I must apologize if I was coming off the left a little much (I’ll admit that I was off of center as it were) with that mild rant.. I am in agreement however on the basis of giving more detail regarding non-exploitive modifications to a zone/skill/whatever.. that is something I can get behind.

In any case, /lurk on.

In my experience with other MMOs and their notorious forums, its’ oftentimes the playerbase (but moreso, a handful of regular forum-goers) that ends up becoming belligerent or outright rude to any changes or have this incredible sense of “I speak for everyone, and if the devs don’t listen to me, the game is doomed!” that can cause developers themselves to not want to say anything as it will either become misconstrued or twisted around. I have not seen this not happen, no matter the game.

In a case such as this, I didn’t see the original thread regarding the fixes to the dungeons, but it almost seemed like it was another case of players not being happy that the tricks (read: exploits) were removed, and with only one person’s word against another, saying that it was always legit so why change it… if the runs that were done legit, then where is the issue? If it is a case of the rewards being too low, mention that. If the difficulty was swung too far one way or the other, say so. But don’t focus in on the fixes that were made that were used to bypass content and call it the worst change in the world.

The community is new yet, but with every new game that I have followed for the last 5 years or so, the cesspool of negativity and arguementativeness on the forums has become worse as it goes.. and I haven’t the slightest idea who to blame, or in this case, feel sorry for.

TL;DR: Give the devs some time to find their legs, and stop trying to focus on the exploit corrections as the only thing wrong with the change. Exploits have never been openly discussed, and trying to make any new game buck the trend will lead to disappointment. Going back to lurking, as I know this will simply get tossed aside, as I disagreed with someone.