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So what exactly is happening right now? I went to Diessa and didn’t see anything particularly special. Is this time-limited? If I don’t participate, will it be gone forever?
I have this problem too. Started after the last patch. Any update?
I love how folks say “Lions Arch is in overflow” as if that proves PvE isn’t dead in this game. In actuality, it is the reason PvE is dead in this game. Every other zone is completely empty because everyone is crammed in Lions Arch spamming “LFG LFG LFG” and “LFM LFM LFM” for fractals. Or, they are in the fractals.
There really isn’t anywhere else worth being right now.
Is this the only guy who’s paying attention on the forums?
The respawn rate and enemy density in this game are way too high! Can you scale it down when there’s like two people in the map? It’s so frustrating to finally defeat all the enemies around a skill point node and the moment you beat them, all of the enemies respawn again and kill you.
I guess you would only be worried about level 80 areas if you only play your level 80 characters, but let me tell you that running a character up to level 80 is the loneliest experience I’ve ever had in an MMO. Doing events by yourself and running through empty landscapes… Wow. Where were the incentives to make people go back to the beginning areas?
Just encountered this as well.
The part you fail to understand is that they DO have more then 2 people working on bugs. They simply have 2 LEAD devs that run through and moderate all the changes to make sure they are done right and that it doesn’t effect balance in a negative way.
Simple fact is learning the code takes time (a lot of time) for anyone new to the company so simply saying “Hire more Devs so you can speed things up!” is not as logical as you might think it is.
Likely so, but having only two devs is pretty much having two people pat each other on the back, no matter how back-a**-wards their changes are. The underling programmers sure as heck aren’t going to tell their two bosses that their ideas are crap. You need to have at least a meaningful dissenting voice saying “wait a second, if you do this to a class, it won’t work anymore.” I don’t think we’re getting that. There’s barely any critical review of the changes.
What has happened is Anet has simply put a very very low priority on bug fixin and a very high one on content, presumably because balance isnt going to sell gems as fast as new content.
Ultimately, though, the most efficient way to sustain a multiplayer game is in PvP content, where balance is of utmost importance. You can only produce so much content before you start getting diminishing returns. That being said, I am no PvPer and I hate how PvP changes end up affecting PvE in a not so great way.
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My GW2 buddy often asks me: “Do they test these patches at all?”
I think we have our answer: “NO.”
How is it reasonable to only have two people working on such fundamental issues? I guess for the mainstream players, new content is the biggest pull, but I’d really rather have more money spent on fixing class bugs than producing Mad King stuff and Lost Shores reinforcement waves.
By the way, any ill thoughts I had about those two guys, I take them back. Given the circumstances, you guys are doing okay. I don’t know if I’d be able to do better even if I were an awesome programmer extraordinaire. For god’s sakes there’s only two of you.