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Some kittenbag from Maguuma thought it would be hilarious to guest over to SoS and shout in LA for Mesmer portals in EB; while two of their guilds that have been getting rolled in wvw decided to mass camp entry, teleport up as people were zoning in and grab target so they could be yanked down, 1 vs 20+.
Guess if you can’t actually help your own server you might as well troll for loot.
The sheer ignorance … it hurts.
What to do at 80? How about having fun. That means doing the dungeons I like, event chains I like and the WvW I like. I hardly if ever repeat content on a daily basis but instead cater to what I feel like doing. That keeps me going for the time being.
I never expected this game to support a hardcore 8 hours a day 7/7 playstyle. That’s exactly why I bought this game …
But it does support hardcore playstyle, through FOTM and gear grind. And maybe that’s fun for some players?
Being hardcore for me simply isn’t an option, regardless of whether I want to because I want other things more. A life without a job, without a girlfriend, without sport and without friends isn’t fun for me. If you have even one of those, playing hardcore is no longer an option. And while all of that could be optional to some, to me it isn’t. Therefor, hardcore gaming is impossible for me.
I played EverQuest for 12 years; with a fulltime job, having a girlfriend and friends. I was an endgame raider; top guild on server, sometimes top guild gamewide. You don’t have to give up your life to do these things even in grind content key/time locked mmo’s….you just have to find like minded people that pull their own weight and learn their class.
2 hours a night, 5 nights a week; when you finish the expansion and put it into farming for gear lockdown it’s 2 hours a night 2-3 days a week. I find that guilds with poor leadership, guilds with members who expect to be carried and never learn(who stay due to poor leadership), and hybrid/family guilds tend to actually spend more time raiding per year with much less content explored.
A WoW guild, Group Therapy, the 4th guild in their realm(out of thousands) raids 2 days a week. 2.
http://www.wowprogress.com/guild/eu/ravencrest/Group+Therapy
GW2 does not have the long lockouts, or prerequisites to complete anything like both older games mentioned. GW2 does not have these types of generally higher timesinks, yet you still have people who spent a ridiculous amount of hours playing.
I have no problem with people wanting to be casual; in fact it is why I play GW2. I just get tired when people think everyone who does something in an mmo that requires coordination and/or skill it automatically means they have to be a no lifer.
No lifers exist in every facet of mmo content.
e8400 overclocked @4.41GHz(519×8.5)
Dfi LP LT X38, 4GB G.Skill, Vista x64
Radeon 7950 @1150/1575
I have settings maxed, supersampling, reflections sky+terrain, Shadows medium
I also have vsync on so I’m not sure when I shoot above 60fps.
Running around Questing and hunting, even when a few people show up I’m always at 50-60fps. There are a few spots where I’ll dip down or camera pan to 40-45.
In Town I usually range from 40-60, unless it’s the bank area with tons of people and I’ll be around 30.
I have hit as low as 20 in super crowded places roaming around whether it’s in or out of town. I have not tried WvWvW yet so I can’t help you there.
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