Guild Wars 2

Aren’t you being just a little bit unfair now? We haven’t even played it yet, i actually think this sounds like a very promising update

Donari.5237:

One quickly learns not to let the angry chickens get mad at oneself. They breed them tough in Ebonhawke, and always have.

If you must pulverize poultry, please peruse other places for pullets to preserve your peace of mind.

Haha, beautiful post in a wonderful thread

I really like underwatercombat, i find it soothing.

I once felt the way you do, but then i asked myself “why am i playing this game?”. The answer i came up with was “for fun/recreation”. Then i stopped caring about achievements, laurels, ascended gear and such. That moment was a great relief for me and now i’m enjoing the game more than ever.

It does not, however, mean that i’m a fan of temporary content.

I believe in Love. Always Love.

The dailies i missed, i really don’t miss at all…

Ascended armor will be introduced soon. Perhaps creating that will demand alot of Bloodstone Dust?

I’m a middle-aged man and i enjoy the game just fine. Snowballs, festivals and all. Life is serious enough, i want something to distract me from that sometimes. It’s a game, how serious do we want it to be? Should Anet introduce autopsies as the next minigame?

@Exosferato: I do believe Yenn was aiming at Vayne…

kitten , you beat me to it =)

The number is always 42. Always.

The children, for God’s sake, please think of all the children…

You can always level the three classes you mentioned above to level 10-15 and see what you think about them. Elementalist is great fun to play, you have four elements to play around with and lots of AoE.

It is a fun class to play, both in PvE and PvP. It takes awhile to master it, but that’s what you want right? Good luck with your pick

People were complaining about the fact that they couldn’t obtain Ascended gear without doing Fractals. Anet listened and provided a new system where everybody can get this gear by just playing the game. I, for one, am thankful for this.

Also, there is no rush in obtaining Ascended gear. Why would it be? Why do you need it NOW?

You can’t “beat” the game without paying extra? What on earth are you talking about?

Are people NEVER satisfied? Jesus Christ… They have added this as a “christmasbonus” and you are not only disappointed, but EXTREMELY disappointed? Oh my…

Personally i really like the event and the things they improved with this update. Anet is obviously working hard to make this great game even better. Thank you Anet!

Alloy.2839:

Easy isn’t the word I would use for max stat gear availability. Max stat gear should be available by several methods, as it the current case with exotics. As long as max stat gear is available via event rewards, crafting, random drops, and/or the TP, I have no problem with it taking some effort to obtain. What I would object to is max stat gear only being available via one route, like dungeon running, or cash.

I agree with this. It should take some effort to obtain, but i want to be able to choose how i put in that effort.

Alaric.3654:

Hi, this will count as the first and perhaps last time I respond on this forum— I absolutely love watching these discourses and exchanges about a game that I’ve found very enjoyable, but I generally don’t involve myself too much.

I feel the need to add a drop to the bucket however and make my voice heard. I am perhaps the closest thing to a casual player there can be. I haven’t seen Orr yet, haven’t done a single round of WvW and I’ve run through the Ascalonian Catacombs all of one time. I never followed this game or read up on it. I just up and picked it up one day simply because I wanted to enjoy it with a friend. Thus far, Guild Wars 2 has absolutely floored me. I don’t feel at any point that I’m called upon to do any work, only that I sign on and have a good time no matter what I do. It’s been an incredible ride.

That being said, this shift in direction is extremely worrisome. I will not see Ascended Gear for a very long time. I have no clue about stat impacts, the nuances of competitive play are unknown to me and at this point, the new content offered to me with The Lost Shores is nothing but great news.

However.

I believe the addition of gear progression and gated content via the Agony mechanic can and will influence me for months to come. I’ve had nothing but a great experience with the local community and I recognize that this threatens to change that. But how? My opinion is this: the way this content is being introduced is in such a way that the effects of it will be negligible at best to begin with. A back piece and a ring, I speculate, will have little to no immediate impact on the game. But it sets a very dangerous precedent and opens the door for more and more additions like this. You take one step in the wrong direction and you find yourself on the wrong path towards making a game that was once simply about having a good time and sharing that time with close friends and like-minded strangers to an exclusive, tiered game in which the spirit of cooperation is replaced with a cold numbers game in which people will have nothing to do with each other if they don’t meet a certain numerical standard. This isn’t a danger that will have an immediate, obvious impact. It’s a slow-killing poison that over time can and will damage the credibility and the pure joy of playing this game.

I urge the kind folks at ArenaNet to rethink their current course of action, and I urge those who are discontent with this addition to raise their voices not only now, but for weeks and months to come. I know I would very much prefer to be silent and just enjoy this fantastic game and for the most part I do, but I recognize that this is a potential game-changer and I cannot be silent about this. Thank you, and I hope you all have a pleasant day.

How very well written.