Guild Wars 2

I’m in Australia too, and on a shared internet connection and I have a lot of trouble with the aspects.

I was actually so relieved that the Festival of Four Winds was ending because I’d tried to have fun with it a few times and just had a horrible time with trying to use the aspects to move around the map. I have the ‘rubberbanding’ issue with the wind jump the most, but lightning and sun don’t work great for me either.

I was so disappointed when I saw they were a thing AGAIN. I know lots of people probably liked them, but I really wish I didn’t have to deal with them.

I would. I barely look at my loot, I just salvage it so I can deposit it to my collections tab without having to go back to town.
It would provide a challenge for the game designers though, because it would limit character customisation somewhat. But if my character had say, a ‘default’ set of armor and set of weapons, and I could buy skins to change my appearance from the gem store, then I’d happily keep running about blasting things.

I like the story, I like the combat, I like the graphics, I like the game play… loot or no loot.

I like your theory, even if it isn’t canon lore, its a nice idea.

I find a lot of the complaints about prices in the game pretty surprising. I am a casual player. I have a level 50 ele, and a level 20 gaurdian. Somehow I get by just fine. I could be wiser with my coin – buying mini’s off the TP is not a sound investment. But it is a game.
My characters get new armour when I feel like it, I hardly ever sell loot – I break it down cos I like crafting. I spent $20 on gems mostly cos I wanted to support anet, not cos I needed the coin. I’m not rich, I usually run around with about 20 silver on me. Why not just play the game instead of worrying so much about the economy? I don’t see any sign that anet don’t have things under controll.