Many of us WvWers don’t play much PvE, some not at all. The only time we spend in PvE is to get an item quickly, or to que for WvW. We have bought content that we now cannot use. Town clothes and toys were disabled from WvW without warning, and without explanation. This is also going to result in a decent loss in gem sales now and in the future. Half the items in the gemstore are toys, costumes, and other goofy stuff. I have no need to buy any of that now if it won’t work. I’ll just keep my money in my pocket. It’s also shown many players that investing in the gem shop might be a bad idea, as any content they purchase could be disabled and/or removed without compensation!
We would like to use content that we bought. If there is an issue with a few gimmicky toys and tonics, fix them! The #2 skill on executioners axe doesn’t even work well in costume brawl, which is what it was designed for. So if it doesn’t work in costume brawl, and it’s an exploit in WvW, then FIX THE SKILL PLEASE. It’s an exploit in PvE as well, so town clothes should just be disabled everywhere and removed from the game if we’re not going to fix a little problem like 1 or 2 skills and tonics.
Many of us took to goofing off during the duller moments of WvW, like escorting yaks, transporting supply, building siege, scouting, repairing walls and doors. Now it’s just another boring task. Tarnished coast is notorious for having fun dolyak parades and battles in costume!
WvW players often comment about how they believe Anet cares less about them than PvE players. I don’t always believe that to be true, but lets examine another recent situation, the flamekissed armor. People complained, and got it changed. It was announced to players, and it was stated that if players didn’t like the new look when it comes out, they can get a refund.
Now lets look at the disabling of town clothes for WvW. No announcement, no explanation. Turned off completely, no refunds, not even an Anet response. Why? I’d hate to say it’s because it’s “just WvW, so who cares”, but that’s what it looks like!
What if when Magic Find changed, you had just told all the PvE players that they would get nothing for their gear they had?…. That would have been a disaster! Well this IS a disaster for many of us. I only play video games to have fun, don’t take it away!
Please let us have fun again in a game mode that is full of drama and long periods of tedious play.
If you loved, and now miss your town clothes shenanigans, post up your support and some screenshots of goofin off in WvW. I sure wish I had taken more to remember some of the great moments I had with them and other players.
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