Guild Wars 2

I love the guild system. We have fun together, we do stuff, we gain influence, and the guild leaders spend that influence to get us some really nice buffs. I can’t imagine playing this game without being in a guild.

Come over to Fort Aspenwood and send me a message. We’ll get you in a good guild :-)

(I’m actually in two guilds, one for PVE and one for PVP. Being able to be in multiple guilds is awesome and works really well.)

I had originally sent this as feedback through the contact options, but the support person sent it back and suggested I post it to the forums since the devs wouldn’t actually see it otherwise :-P

To the developers and other staff at ArenaNet:

I just wanted to share how much I am enjoying Guild Wars 2 and send you all some encouragement :-) I know the launch of an MMO, or really any given day in an MMO’s life, brings a lot of naysayers and people complaining about this or that. I hope you all know that there are lots and lots of people who are loving Guild Wars 2 just how it is.

By way of example, I was reading about Necromancers the other day (my main is a 53 Necromancer right now) and how angry some people were that they couldn’t achieve combos off themselves. The class needs fixed! It’s just so bad! I was a bit surprised by their vehemence, because I’m loving Necro. My asura is totally awesome and I’m very happy with the balance and gameplay. And combos should be for groups anyways.

If you haven’t seen it, there was a great rant on Reddit recently about how people too often demand a meaningless grind. You can see it at http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/104j7o/you_are_all_destroying_the_mmo_genre_and_you_dont/ and I wholeheartedly agree. I love that Guild Wars 2 doesn’t have that same sort of grinding. I would like to see some tweaks (Cadaceus’s Manor is pretty easy. Ascalonian Catacombs is a bit too hard.), but overall I’m super-happy. I’ve been on MMOs a long time, and MUDs before them, and GW2 is all-around… well, almost the best. It’s hard to knock SWG off the idealized pedestal it occupies in my memory. But this certainly comes close to and may even surpass SWG!

So please, don’t pay the whingers and complainers too much attention. The game is great, and so are all of you :-) I can’t wait to see more of the game as I progress, and I hope you don’t give in to the complainers and water things down. Keep it up.

Oh, and let me add: we did an explore mode of Cadaceus’s Manor the other night and it was the most fun I’ve had dying over and over in an MMO ever. Each fight probably took us 3-4 tries and we all had a blast learning how to do it and seeing what was around the next corner.

Cheers,
Iskar Stormsworn
Tiny Asuran Aspect of Death