This is the first time I’ve logged into the forums since beta.
I, personally, have never really experienced any problems with FoV, but I want to express my disappointment and strong disagreement with ArenaNet’s response by Jon Peters. As others have said (some more politely and elegantly than others), the reasons offered by Mr. Peters are complete bunk.
Performance and art quality being diminished by altering a graphics setting are normal things that are always left up to player’s discretion. You know what else decreases FPS? Increasing the quality of shadows. But we have the option to do so. Players understand that increasing the quality of one graphics setting will likely negatively impact something else. PC gaming has ALWAYS been about a balance of performance and beauty. Many people prefer one over the other. It’s important to provide OPTIONS.
As for competitive edge, see everybody with triple monitors.
+1 for adding a FoV option.