Guild Wars 2

Never expected Anet would even consider refunding these gems, but if they do, kudos.

kishter.9578:

Anyone in Tyria care anymore about dragons, undead, destroyers, and the uncountable of dangerous creatures menacing the peace?
I think this game have too much “festivals, Parties” contents. Lest have more Mass destroying, Catastrophe, Collateral damage and destruction contents or change the dragon Logo to a Balloon and a cake icon to suit you game.

“Anyone on earth care anymore about famine, wars and the uncountable of dangerous diseases? I think this world has too much “fun” and “apathy”. Let’s have more mass protests, anarchy, revolutions!"

Aeranima.2853:

I want my black wings. Give me 1 black wing. I don’t want a flower. I don’t want a dream catcher. I want something bad-kitten .

And I find black wings ugly while flowers are pretty.

lol what?

I do this because I’m not selfish and there is absolutely no difference in rewards from 1st or 12th place.

I already know how to do this game that I’m consistently first and I already have my achievements for Sanctum Sprint, so why not? I’ll help others.

I wouldn’t call this cheating. I bet you don’t even know the ‘shortcut’ to the end lol. Now that’s cheating.

If you aren’t willing to put in the effort, time, blood sweat and tears..

Then you don’t deserve those achievement points. It’s as simple as that.

That’s why they’re called achievements. You dedicated yourself to achieving whatever it wanted you to.

Want Diving Master? Sure, then you’re going to have to do both the easy and difficult content to get it

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Arenanet, I really want to give this game a few more years, and I will say now that of course I will not quit. But at this rate I cannot enjoy logging in and doing events that are not rewarding. MMOs are supposed to be FUN, yes. But FUN can mean different things to people. And I’m very confident that people find being rewarded FUN. So here is my suggestion in order for you to keep that playerbase that ENJOYS farming and ENJOYS being rewarded for their time

1.) Stop nerfing events – I don’t know what your motives are for nerfing them – perhaps to get players to do other content? Perhaps to encourage people to be less wealthy in-game and get encouraged to spend on the shop? I don’t know, but it’s a losing cause since it’s a natural thing for MMOs.

2.) Make the whole map rewarding. There is a reason why the earlier zones are dead. They are not rewarding! If it were only possible to make 100% of the drops in those zones equal to your level then people would play there! I’d play there!

3.) Make events more rewarding loot-wise – If we players had knowledge of several events across the map that were rewarding to farm, I’m sure many would do it. I’d do it. There comes a point where one event gets too saturated with players that it isn’t rewarding anymore.

4.) Get rid of those silly mobs that don’t drop loot. I don’t know whose idea it was to change the loot table of spiderlings to 0, but it was a dumb move. You spend a minute beating on a veteran, maybe 2 on a champ spider, only to have 5 little spiderlings come out and pull you across the ground. And you try and dodge and fight them off and end up with zero loot? That is NOT fun!

In closing, Arenanet, please do the smart thing and stop making things less rewarding in this game. You have a great game that justifies the sales but you are just souring on those players who have been with you since August.

tldr: Stop nerfing farming since it’s a player choice, farmers will just find the next best thing. Next thing you know, all events are nerfed to the ground and nothing end-game wise will be rewarding.

tldr at bottom

Arenanet,

I liked this game
I’ve been playing this game since release and for the longest time I’ve been your supporter of this fine game. I’ve played most of the content in this game (with exception of sPvP) over 2000 hours and have spent close to $1000 in gems to show my appreciation. I can tell you that this game has been well worth my money and time.

But the changes you have made in the past 5 months have made me very disappointed. I want to play this game for years, but you are making it harder for me to continue playing this game and enjoying it. It’s no coincidence that I have not spent a single $ since December on gems.

I’m sure it is your objective to improve this game so much that people will want to keep playing but I feel you making misguided changes in regards to farming.

Content is not the issue
I have no gripes about the content of the game. Living Story is a fantastic idea and you are implementing it well. I’m not particular into dungeons, but I find that you provide a wide variety of atmospheres and difficulties to satisfy that crowd. WvW of course is loved/hated, but most of my memories in game have come from exciting WvW matches. I’m confident that will improve.

But I’m very disappointed in the decisions to make content less rewarding each month. Constant nerfs to events that are efficient for the playerbase to farm are changed to make it less rewarding. First you nerfed plinx, which was a very popular karma chain but you changed the cooldown time significantly to the point that very few people do it now. Then came the shelt/pen nerfs – through the veteran/champion introductions and then recently the veteran/champion buffs plus loot-less spiderlings (honestly, who wants to beat on a spider for 2 minutes and get not even 1 copper or a porous bone?). Then came the grub farming event at the shores, which probably didn’t even need a nerf since if it got too popular, mobs would die too fast and no one would get any loot!

And now once again, the newest farming point, Lyssa, has been nerfed to the ground. Wraiths apparently don’t drop anything anymore. It’s not a coincidence that the single best reason for this farm was t6 dust came from Wraiths – and they got nerfed.

MMOs and farming go together. You cannot have an MMO that has zero farming. Farming is a PLAYER choice. People who choose to farm are doing content which is most efficient for them. Farming certain events rewards you with the most gold per hour you invest in game. No one will want to do an event that is not rewarding enough. Players will ALWAYS look for the most efficient place to get rewarded. Just look at two of those events that I mentioned. Grub farming and Lyssa farm were both there since release, available to farm. There were no content changes at all that made it profitable to do in the past few months. The only reason why we learned about these events was because players sought out the next best event to farm. After shelt/pen was nerfed to the ground, people on Sea of Sorrows started to notice that grubs was a great farm. So I spread the news to Yaks Bend and it started to gain traction. When the grubs got nerfed, I heard that Lyssa was the best place to farm, so I went there. And I’m confident that now that Lyssa farm is gone, all these people will go to Southsun to farm until it’s gone. After that, someone is going to find the next best place, whether that is in Malchor or FSG.

So Anet, your never-ending battle against people who want to be efficient and farm is a lost cause. You can keep nerfing these events to the ground until you end up with a bunch of events in end-game zones that are not rewarding anymore. Suddenly, new players will look around them at seasoned players and want to get all their shiny weapons and armor. But when they try and do events, they wonder how in the world can they afford that stuff? When loot drops are scarce?

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Orrrr…you can post it directly in the bug forum and state why it happened, when it happened and most importantly if it happened before/after a patch

I think everyone here knows Dulfy

Dude, if you’re gonna do the monthly in 3 days you’re a hardcore player.

If they make it so that a hardcore player takes 15 days to complete a monthly, then it’s just unfair to the casual.

Just save up your gold before you get sucked into the allure of the forge.

Seconds later you’ll be left with 1g and become so depressed that you quit

from twitter:
Colin: There will be 5 types of guild missions built with influence. Bounty is one of them, available in different difficulties #foodwars

Colin: Modifications to the commander book are coming, with more features. Will remain character bound #foodwars

Colin: Looking at new player experiences and continually making the game accessible for them as it launches in new regions #foodwars

Colin: WvW updates will not introduce new skills. Will bring passive abilities aimed towards group play eg. Extra supply #foodwars

Colin: All the bosses in AC have been completely rebuilt for the February release. Some of the open world champions will be too

Colin: Orange swords in WvW won’t show if there are less than ~25 people after February’s update (unsure exact number) #foodwars

@PoisonedAce Nope, just more interesting and less boring. Think of fractals encounters. ~Tilion [regarding AC]

Colin: Guild missions will be taking place in Southsun Cove #foodwars

Colin: There will be other legendaries in the future. Priority is resolving ways to get precursors, including the scavenger hunt 1/2

Colin: Possibility of new legendary types (ie not weapons) and combinations. #foodwars

EDIT:

Detailed transcription here:
http://dragonseason.com/Front/tabid/124/EntryId/210/Lunch-with-Colin-Johanson.aspx

Uh no.

I don’t care about your profit margins. All I care about is if I get my gold asap, and that’s what I do when I undercut.