Guild Wars 2

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If this update had come two weeks ago I would not have bought the game. If I want item grind, I can play any other MMO. I bought and installed GW2 as a non-grind based RPG. I wanted an alternative to all the other MMOs where you know there is item progression and you will have to grind like mad for top equip, just to grind even more after the next content update which brings even better whoppie-doo gear.
Actually, I do play such a grind based MMO – Age of Conan.
I bought GW2 as an alternative to AoC, where I can play a little, get max-gear within a rather short ammount of time, get a break whenever I want to and come back any time without losing anything and still being as “strong” as anybody else. I mean, hey – I got those epic items from a couple of months ago, and there is no “better” stuff and never will be. THIS is why I played GW1 for six years (and put a lot of money into that game, including 4 accounts, 26 character slots and all upgrades on the main account), including two longer breaks. But whenever I came back I was no weaker than all the people who had played 24/7 for the last months. They just had the rare skins while I was running around with collector and green stuff.

Now, as GW2 obviously stands for Grind Wars 2, I don’t see any reason why I should continue playing it. I don’t want another grind based title, that’s what I already got AoC for (and to be honest, as an MMO AoC beats GW2 by far). I wanted a game which I can play casually or intensive without having any disadvantages. GW2 no longer is this game.

How about NCSoft offering all those players who now feel cheated to refund the money we payed for the game when we trusted the “no item progression – no grinding” promise?