Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 allowed me an opportunity I have not yet experienced, the chance to be with the curve by playing the game early enough that I was not always playing catch up. When ANet announced the Halloween event I was excited, a chance to get all the holiday goods and not be left out. ANet thought differently.

This minimal grinding, no monthly cost game has turned in to either the most grind intensive or the most expensive game I have ever played. I have played as much as I possibly can(read way too much) over this halloween event, and I have not received a single halloween item save for the crafting ingredients. No weapon skins, no temporary weapons, no armor. The only thing I did receive was the slippers for completing the clock tower. Bravo ANet, you did a perfect job with the foot in the door technique.

Having the slippers, I wanted more, and quickly hopped in to the labyrinth. I completed both chests, and I only received green items. ANet had already changed it so I could not run it again until the game reset, waiting twenty four hours between runs is extreme. This is a limited time holiday event after all. It was then I decided to purchase gems with real money to buy three sets of keys. I was able to open sixteen chests and received nothing for my real money. I then made as many mad king chests, eight I believe, and was greeted with the same fact.

Yesterday the Mad King himself made an appearance, surely he would drop something. After running that approximately twenty five times, receiving largely nothing but two rares, I am close to giving up. As I said, this is either going to be the worst grind I have ever played, or I will have to drop far too much money to buy the keys which never seem to drop anymore, or the items themselves from the TP.

I have demonstrated I am willing to put down the time. I have jumped at the chance to do any event that could lead to a chest and do them as often as allowed. I did not know that this would be ultra elite items, I thought that is what legendaries were for. I thought I would be rewarded for running halloween events with halloween items. ANet thinks differently.