Guild Wars 2

I just want to let you know my opinion about the topic end-game items and my fun
and motivation of playing gw2 — In comparison to other hardcore gamers I am rather
a casual gamer spending about 10 hours a week playing the game. It does not hurt me
that I am not able to get a legendary item just in few weeks after reaching level 80.
The game has so much fun inside and I enjoy many aspects of the game. Certainly, one
day in the future I will have also a legendary weapon in my hands but I am not sure
if I will have much much more fun by doing so. And if it takes me a year to get a cool
end-game item so what, I will have a lot of fun along my way.

Regarding bots: I have played a game years ago where using bots were totally legal,
there were bots for gathering and grinding which you could buy for in-game gold and
the outcome of using bots was not too high as you had first to make an investment to
buy the bots. I found this approach to fight against illegal botting interesting. However
for getting end-game items you still had to work hard.

Whatever mechanisms the game provides to control the market (or let the players
control the market) and to prevent unintended use of game-play elements, I think it is
okay to be a bit patient and work hard for getting items which many other players may not have.