Guild Wars 2

Here is my impression, took a long break of 8 months and came back. Huh nothing has changed. Yeah there are some improvements, but overall the world and my character is the same as has always been. The Living story is a great idea, but many missed some really cool events and can’t go back to see them. So for those of us who missed out nothing it didn’t really happen. As for gear changes, it is like making it to the top of a hill and then seeing a mountain you have to climb to make ascended gear and really for what? +5 to one stat. It really isn’t worth the effort, only something to spend tons of time on a hamster wheel to nowhere.
Overall I like the thought of horizontal progression over vertical, but when you are playing a game it leaves you with the feeling of you’ve gained or achieved nothing.

Lastly I find the game still has some really big balance issues. Certain builds are the only builds that work. Certain sigils and runes are the only ones useful while others are useless and forgotton. I would like to see more everything brought into line so people can use whichever runes/sigils they want and still feel equal to others.
Perfect example I can think of is sigil of bloodlust versus sigil of Sanctuary.