Guild Wars 2

i understand that there are plenty of in game skins, and yes its down to everybodys preference as to what they like, Im questioning more the fact that 90% of these items are gained through a gold grind, and no real skill is required to achieve any of it, what i would like to see is real challenge and not personally seeing all my effort go to waste, when a new shiny outfit or skin appears on the tp.

the vast majority of new content in the game comes from the tp, its really not the right way to go about extending the lifespan of a game, i love the lore i love the maps, there is no other that has this style of gameplay, there just is not enough reward for anybody’s efforts outside of a meta based gold grind.

Ok, i cant find a thread for this and it may have alredy been said, but i want to put this out there.

I feel there is no real risk and reward in gw2, items that you have to grind for in the game are easily overshadowed by the sheer quality of paid for skins in the gemstore, and while this gives you short term enjoyment, it means that nothing in the game is worth trying for.

Give me a real goal, achievements that make you proud to have, with rewards attached to them that show your efforts mean something, iv been playing for 4 years, and in that time the only items that created actual game content are ascended and legendary skins, but even those are basically gold gated, id be happy with the new raid Armour, but from the images iv seen, they really are not worth my time.

I want armours and weapon skins that have a true challenge applied to them, and are so amazing that they overshadow the gemstores constant influx of weapon skins and outfits, i want to see somebody wearing armour and know they are incredible, the pve side of guildwars just does not have this, and once uv beaten any form of story, all thts left is the endless gold grind for more gemstore items in order to grind again.

I completely understand the need to make money through this method, but when the best items in the game cosmetic wise come from the gemstore, i cant find a reason to play the game.

I feel Anet has to really start aiming for the hardcore player base now, because no matter what they do people will complain about difficulty, but once you’ve exhausted every other possible method of playing the game, all that is left is a meta filled gold grind.

I would absolutely love to hear the community’s opinion on this topic.

Regards

A loyal fan who wants to stay in Tyria forever

it is possible they are planning on rebuilding it, as the content for the HoM is currently not usable, leaving it as just a pointless area to warp to now, but its also possible Anet will give new players the chance to play season one with a gem based instance lock, its not impossible but until we see the scale of HoT first hand we wont really know what Anet has planned for us

I know this has probably been discussed before, but i failed to find the thread, if not i would like to know peoples opinions on once again having a place to enjoy our personal achievements, at this point GW2 has many areas in which it could showcase items we have gained, as well as titles earned, i know we have the toon select screen for this, but it only barely shows what we have accomplished over the past few years of playtime.

I believe if Anet re add this concept it will enrich our experience, they could even give us milestones that unlock specific item skins,minis,tonics or even capes.

As the content of titles stands now, they don’t really have any weight to them, to this day the only titles i feel proud of were my teq,wurm and SAB titles, having the HotM turn our titles into visible trophy’s, banners or statues is just awesome, you could also throw in a gold pool that can become a representation of your own wealth.

I have quite a few titles under my belt, and being able to physically see them again would give me and many others the incentive to get the rest

i used it this morning, spent 50g made 50g profit on the ectos i got, i also got a nexus piece, spent my 100g on a frame, mystic coins and node, sold my conduit and now have 200g

i have since tried again with small amounts but to no avail, my advice have money to throw away before u even try this method.