Guild Wars 2

Right. I logged into the forums expecting to find a kittenstorm.

I am not an avid GW2 player. I played more in the beta weekends before release + first few months of release than I did in the whole 3 years, I don’t feel like I was cheated of my money, I played years earlier than the people now playing for free. That’s fine.

Before Guild Wars 2 I played Guild Wars 1 for many years and several thousands of hours.
Personally, GW2 never struck a chord with me. As has been said ad nauseam , there’s virtually no PvE content to speak of (high end I mean) and I don’t have the patience/desire to farm cosmetic items. Again, that’s just me, I’m not a big fan of this game. I can log in occasionally but it never captures my interest for more than a couple hours.

Here’s what’s not fine:

A. People who bought the game recently, who paid for something that’s now totally free
B. People like me (perhaps who enjoy GW2 more) who bought the game initially can now think, well why should I buy heart of thorns if it’s going to be free by the time the next expac is out.
C.Living world content I never wanted/asked for/enjoyed is being used to justify my, now meaningless, purchase.

I don’t feel like I’ve been cheated of money and whatnot as some dramatic individuals like to claim, thats just BS, it’s 50 euros if you bought at launch. Suck it up, you won’t die of hunger because of the game.

Instead think of the precedent it sets, think of what YOU want and expect from the GW2 and make your purchase based on that.

Not having enjoyed GW2 I’m unlikely to buy HoT, at least not at full price, and the decision to make the original F2P didn’t affect that choice.

I absolutely do think keeping the game behind a paywall, even if heavily discounted like the original Guild Wars by the time EotN was out, would have been the better thing to do, but oh well. I also think living story was a bad/dull idea, the dungeons needed lots more work and that the game overall feels stale. Vote with your wallet. That’s the only thing you’re really entitled to.

PS: Just to put this into context, I have NEVER spent a PENNY in the in-game store. Not in GW2, not in World of Warcraft, not in any game, ever, have I spent a DIME for cosmetic items or XP potions or whatnot. I’m just not interested.