Guild Wars 2

I’m a very causal player. My husband and I have 2 kids and when the living world storyline started switching to every 2 weeks it got crazy for us. It was summertime – which means kids are up later so less playtime for parents. We ended up missing most of the parties. I did a little but not enough to earn achievements.

You have a mix of kids who have time to grind each event and move on, you have older adults who only can only play when the kids are asleep and only for a limited time since we work the next day.

Causal players may still have story lines and maps to finish. The events are great to keep active players going – but confusing for those of us who don’t have the time.

I would have loved a longer time between changes and more tied to continuing our personal stories. I only have one character through the full story. We don’t do PVP because of the time and group commitment – so the extra content is good for us, but hard if we can’t play all the time and can’t always get out group together (we play mostly with another couple – which is hard to mesh schedules).

We love the game – but we can’t play 15+ hours a week and still do what we need to do in our real lives. And when you have a young kids giving you dirty looks for playing a game instead of help them it is not a good situation.

Thanks for your hard work on the game and the creative content. I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of these discussions.