Guild Wars 2

Aeolus.3615:

Randulf.7614:

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The dynamic events are an important infrastructure in countering traditional quests and a big reason ppl choose this game over others. Replacing or reducing them isn’t the answer. The game needs more of them, with more chains (like the excellent fireheart ones) and more variety. HoT may bring that, altho beta suggested repeating events on short timers. That i don’t think is good enough for the standard this game is capable of.

If i recall some evenst got disabled, instad of creating chains or turn them to something better or bigger…They never did much to improve this sytem.

About pve i play since beta, i stil dont have map completion nor ever wil lhave it, i gainned horror to pve (this game turned out to be a brain dead spam 1 key, i dont like easy games…), and some clunkier mmo’s they still have better stuff than gw2, gw2 besides character control and graphics/artwork doesnt offer much.

Actually these events destroy any immersion just for the specific reason the events repeat over and over. Events should have been randomized or only appear to you once.

Devata.6589:

Exploring can indeed be fun, while it really depends on how you do it. Are you really exploring or running from vista, to vista, to PoI, to PoI, to hearth, to hearth, to Hero point ./ skill point, striping of the list on your map to complete it.

Imho, to get the best exploration experience PoI’s should completely be removed and those other things should be optional for map completion. Only seeing the full map (on your map) should count as map-completion (what should be fairly easy, simply keeping to the roads).

Why? Because then people explore to explore, creating a more fun experience, instead of pretty much blindly running from one point to the next simply striping of the to-do list. That is what might in fact make it boring. Is this ‘dumping’ it down.. Well depends on it.. It’s less work to get map-completion, but it’s not like it’s a hard task now, it just takes time.

There are two other main things I think can help prevent the boredom that some or many? people experience. Dynamic events are great but imho should not have been as full replacements for quest. Better mix in traditional quest with events. This gives people more of an adventure to go on, instead of wondering around and doing an event that happens to pop up.

Lastly reducing the grind. The game is very much currency based, want a nice item, buy it in the gem-store or grind some currency for it. The ability to direct be rewarded or else farm directly for items people might like results in people having more clear goals and doing many different types of content, keeping it fresh. The currency approach simply means people will do a lot of the same (because that gets them the currency the fastest) then buy the item they want, then grind again and buy it, then grind again.. and so on, and so on.

Getting rid of the boredom people clearly do experience (seeing as many did leave) is imho one of the main things Anet needs to get right with HoT as imho it’s the main reason for people to leave, and people that left before, come back with HoT but will leave again soon because of boredom are likely never coming back again.

Great post ^.^

YOUNGaz.5690:

Cheers mate! Some games just aren’t for some people. There’s plenty of games I don’t like. I usually just stop playing though, never really felt the need to advertise my departure but to each their own. GL on your next endeavors!

I never said I was leaving, I hate departure threads. I just wanted to let developers know that I rather explore than engage.

-Cheers ^.^

Solid Gold.9310:

davidkevin.3820:

Solid Gold.9310:

I think the statistics of how many copies of GW2 have been sold and how many people playing prove that your not completely right OP.

I guess it’s not for everybody, and something will (Maybe) come along one day and better it.

You have to buy the game in order to play? LOL

Anyways I didn’t quit… I just run around these days. Boring game, but extremely eye candy.

Yes I know you have to buy the game to play, but I don’t suppose everybody who bought the game is still actively playing.

I’m not trying to be a negative nancy, it’s obviously my opinion. But I can’t stand there hitting a skill bar with mediocre animation/mechanics while I am surrounded by beautiful environments.

Solid Gold.9310:

I think the statistics of how many copies of GW2 have been sold and how many people playing prove that your not completely right OP.

I guess it’s not for everybody, and something will (Maybe) come along one day and better it.

You have to buy the game in order to play? LOL

Anyways I didn’t quit… I just run around these days. Boring game, but extremely eye candy.

No… It’s very boring. If you like running around and exploring the game it at least offers that. However this game has atrocious game mechanics when it comes to fighting. It’s extremely boring to look at the skills you employ.

(This is not a departure thread)

Let me explain why:

1. Spells are horribly animated, on every single class… Extremly boring to look at.
2. Questing is great until you realize every single location has the same formula.
3. Fights are awkward and game mechanics are an annoyance. Conditioning damage? Hair shampoo?

I tried coming back, in the hour I played I just started running around lol. It’s that bad… People only play this because they invested real money. In other words they paid money to acquire the game and so have placed this delusion on themselves that the game is good.

In game Community:
I’ve met some great people, what I like about this game the most. You can stand their and strike up a conversation in pvp (mists)

So whats fun?

Exploring, I enjoy just running around looking to complete the vistas. The game is eye candy, and whoever is in charge of the environments deserves kudos.

Will I buy the expansion?

Not even if it was free…

So why should community care about my opinion?

Because like you I’m a consumer, Gw2 team least deserve to know what one of their customers feels when playing this game.

So what now?

Constructive Critique:

Change those horrible looking spells. Fix the awkward camera. The game feels extremely sluggish in combat. Eveything has a cooldown… Really?

Do I regret buying this game?

Yes, however I think I got my money worth by forcing myself to play. Well after a year or more I can honestly say nothing at all has changed just the menus. Big deal… You would think you guys would update the game mechanics. It just so freaking boring…

Best way I can describe it… Your first morning class at 7:00am with a teacher that speaks in a very very slow manor because their PH. D justfies their existence.

((((One of the community members great reply to this thread:))))

Exploring can indeed be fun, while it really depends on how you do it. Are you really exploring or running from vista, to vista, to PoI, to PoI, to hearth, to hearth, to Hero point ./ skill point, striping of the list on your map to complete it.
Imho, to get the best exploration experience PoI’s should completely be removed and those other things should be optional for map completion. Only seeing the full map (on your map) should count as map-completion (what should be fairly easy, simply keeping to the roads).
Why? Because then people explore to explore, creating a more fun experience, instead of pretty much blindly running from one point to the next simply striping of the to-do list. That is what might in fact make it boring. Is this ‘dumping’ it down.. Well depends on it.. It’s less work to get map-completion, but it’s not like it’s a hard task now, it just takes time.
There are two other main things I think can help prevent the boredom that some or many? people experience. Dynamic events are great but imho should not have been as full replacements for quest. Better mix in traditional quest with events. This gives people more of an adventure to go on, instead of wondering around and doing an event that happens to pop up.
Lastly reducing the grind. The game is very much currency based, want a nice item, buy it in the gem-store or grind some currency for it. The ability to direct be rewarded or else farm directly for items people might like results in people having more clear goals and doing many different types of content, keeping it fresh. The currency approach simply means people will do a lot of the same (because that gets them the currency the fastest) then buy the item they want, then grind again and buy it, then grind again.. and so on, and so on.
Getting rid of the boredom people clearly do experience (seeing as many did leave) is imho one of the main things Anet needs to get right with HoT as imho it’s the main reason for people to leave, and people that left before, come back with HoT but will leave again soon because of boredom are likely never coming back again.

Fine fine… if some of you insist. Hopefully the developers listen to this very closely… So there is currently nothing on the market right now that has my interest. I find myself right now doing more hobbies outside of computers. I see myself going to the movies, reading books, exercising, hanging out with family etc… more often.

So that’s my current status of what I am doing. I just finished practicing for a marathon here in Miami sponsored by Publix and could not attend because I twisted my knee, bummer I know. Anyways I decided to log on to the game and try out my elementalist.

Surprised I saw the new “wallet,” feature and I received an experience scroll for a new character and a new mini pet since it was my birthday (thanks developers!!!) and was pretty happy about it.

Since the past year I have been logging in and out merely just running around skipping events and killing whatever I aggroed. So I, talking to myself, “well lets do the main story line quest.” At 55 the quest recommends 62… bummer. Anyways I tried it… death after death… I noticed I could pass it but what kept me from going back was the repair bills. A complete pain in the butt having to go repair. I really do not understand the concept or why developers insist on this barbaric tradition. It makes the experience less than favorable. Funny part my female elementalist runs back in her undies… pretty hilarious.

What ticks me off more is, you have to pay for teleporting? I don’t get it? Why? I know developers have to make money obviously. I have to say this game has made me literally hate f2p games. There is always something amiss regardless of how free they state the game is.

Anyways… let me continue my blah blah blah… So I went into pvp after being bored of running around doing the same thing over and over…. “New event near by,” Should really be, “Same event near by just different enemies.” Pvp well WvW, how the hell can you just find it enjoyable to just run around for minutes and not find anyone to kill or face off with? Sucks for you if your region has nothing seized… put on those Adidas shoes

So after trying that out I went to divinity and tried some crafting… OMG… really? A jute turns into brutes to flutes to crutes to putes…. I was over it the minute I realized I had to either buy the mats or farm them which if I farmed them I have to buy this and that so I can turn useless items into feasible materials. Farming in this game is not easy because you need something that turns into materials to drop.

In all honesty I could ask friends for mats etc… and level quickly through crafting and main storyline quest but I really feel the game is beautiful and with all that said I really do enjoy the main story line quests. But that is (as) far (as) I go (as) saying this game is fun… its not.

The saddest part is… this game is no better than the fiasco that Diablo 3 had. The difference was this game masked its boredom with eyecandy but in the end… it turned out to be the same as Diablo 3. Developers let us veterans down…

Oh and if I could, I would ask for my money back on the deluxe edition because it was stated as limited!!! So that ticks me off as well… now everyone can get it. A year ago it was offered for a limited time and now its just there. Well developers do get desperate… again that’s all I have to say.

Now please before you respond a few things to take into consideration. I don’t care who you are, where you’re from or how much you try to come up with a brilliant dissection of my post to try to full fill your egoism, I just won’t respond. So save yourself some time and post something morbidly funny or entertaining, that would probably… MAYBE… get my attention if you so seek it. Other than that I am out of biscuits to give out.