Guild Wars 2

This part is intended only for people who play together constantly and have it down to an art…. path 2 is a complete waste of time, only intended for those who spend 100g in gear to complete it (ArenaNet needs its monies).

Either that, or the Dev’s just have no clue how to design dungeons in MMO’s…. I may just go with option 2.

Get into a pickup group, and you are just screwed! Way to make this a very linear and boring experience!

It’s not hard… it is nearly impossible. Anything intentionally designed to slaughter people constantly is not “hard”, it’s just dumb. Every group I’ve had so far, none of them fight… they all just run in and die. If you tell me your guild goes in and has no problem killing them with DPS, well congrats, you didn’t read my initial post and you must be those who goes in with 100 gold worth of gear to do that…

For the casual player… this dungeon is just stupid.

Oh, and when the Dev’s run it again and again, dying constantly at the same part, again and again and again and again… I WANT YOUTUBE VIDEOS!

I remember when all the Dev videos for this game came out. How excited I was when I heard them say such things as “every class has a role” “we do not want to require certain classes for group play”, etc. etc. etc.

Well, you know what… this game has turned out to be very cookie cutter indeed. So how is it, a group other than one heavy with tanks, can even attempt to succeed at COF paths 2 and 3?

For starters, this is very stupid how it is setup. Is their plan just to have it so you run in and die? Really, no strategy at all? Just run in and keep dying? If you have anything other than a tank heavy group, you cannot kite long enough… and you do not even stand a chance of fighting…

So, this question goes out to ArenaNet…. how can you go on about saying that this game is unique, unlike other MMO’s, where you can form groups with other classes to accomplish goals, and then FORCE cookie-cutter group setups onto people if they want to succeed?

Please, do tell how you can say one thing, and then expect players to play a different way.

On a side note, have the Dev’s even attempted these paths? I think they should get a group of squishies, with 1 or 2 tanks (not all decked out in the best game gear available) and run these dungeons as they are right now… lets see how many attempts it takes them before they realize, HEY, THIS IS DUMB!

Well, I am level 80, secondly you’re right I do not have exotic gear. Again, my impression, as this game was advertised, was that is was going to be skill based, NOT item based, which is what it seems to be… and also, all my gear has some toughness on it, along with the skill line of Shadow Arts, for increased toughness, which doesn’t seem to do much.

Granted, I’m only using what I pick up and craft, but saying that you need “Exotic gear” and “Glass Cannon builds” makes this game sound very very cookie-cutter.

So basically, go get exotic gear and build glass cannon, correct? COOKIE-CUTTER!

So, is this game purely cookie-cutter based, or what? Going into GW2, I was under the impression that the game is skill based, but this doesn’t seem to be the case… seems to be gear dependent or something.

So I’m wandering around in WvWvW, and go in for a 1v1… I’m struck first, and the first hit takes half my HP, the second hit finishes me off… this was against another thief.

Again, later, I go against another thief, who dual pistol barrages me and nearly kills me in 1 skill. That’s like 15,000 damage from 1 skill. Why am I losing HP this fast? When I go in for damage, I’m seeing numbers in the 100-200, even with abilities. For me to do 15k damage, which I see other people doing in 1-2 seconds, it takes me a good minute… so W T F?

People keep saying Thief is OP, and tons of burst damage, etc. etc…. I’d like to know how to achieve that… cause 100-200 damage an attack isn’t cutting it.