Guild Wars 2

2g is not a lot (in todays gw2) and can be easily accuired any other way just as fast as these dailies

Safire.9143:

In a new patch we are getting reward of 2 golds for a daily achievements, it is too much in my opinion, with 2golds per day, just from achievements, its like 730g / year. With that big income of thousand players it could harm gw2 economy really hard.

What do you feel about that ?

I feel if it is something Anet wants to do, then they should do it and people should quit finding reasons to complain about Anet giving stuff away. Seriously. The company tries to do something nice for people and all they get is grief from people like you. You actually think they didn’t consider the ramifications of how it would affect the economy before they put this into place?

Simple notions of gratitude and courtesy are sadly a rare thing around here.

Say thank you, or don’t, and go on your way if you can’t appreciate a gift freely given for what it is.

Ayrilana.1396:

Wildkitten.3872:

Ayrilana.1396:

Wildkitten.3872:

Ayrilana.1396:

Wildkitten.3872:

They should just remove it from people’s accounts who have a problem with it and stop offering free items altogether.

So apparently the way you organize your equipment is the only correct way and people who offer suggestions to be able to customize where the slot is are simply complaining and should not have the slot? That’s a pretty close minded way to think. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with offering suggestions. They’re not criticizing the slot but instead asking for a way to customize where they are located.

Did I say that? No. I am also not the one complaining. But yours and other people’s attitude is ‘If you don’t give it to me in the manner I want than I am going to pout like a baby and complain’.

And yes, they are in fact criticizing it because it’s not exactly how they want. What’s so ironic is that the people who criticize Anet for not making each and every little thing customizable in every single possible way also tend to be the ones who whine about why it takes so “long” for new content to come out.

You’re implying it. People are suggesting improvements and you’re taking it as them complaining. You’re even going as far as to justify why it’s fine the way as it is. As I’ve stated multiple times, there’s nothing wrong with people offering suggestions to improve upon the slot. This same suggestion was actually mentioned when those slots were first offered on the gem store so this has nothing to do with whether they are free or not.

If you don’t like people offering suggestions then simply ignore the thread. There’s nothing wrong about asking for a feature that you would like to see.

And yet not a single person has said “You know what a nice thing for Anet to do. They didn’t have to make the Max to 80 boost and they sure didn’t have to put it in a shared inventory slot that they gave away for free. I sure do appreciate that”.

No, it’s just more entitlement mentality complaining where people have to find some form of fault in any little thing that isn’t exactly they way you want it.

No. You’re the only one here seeing it as an entitlement issue. You like the slot as it currently is it appears and apparently people who offer suggestions to improve upon it to fit there playstyle are in the wrong. Why stop there? Anything that anyone offers suggestions to must mean that those players just have an entitlement mentality complaining because they had to find some fault in some little thing that isn’t exactly how they wanted.

I don’t see it as an entitlement issue at all. I think it’s a very nice gesture on their part that they didn’t have to do whatsoever. It only adds value.

It’s all of you who are like “Well this free item doesn’t work exactly how I want it so you need to fix it!!!!”, that’s entitlement mentality. Take a look in the mirror.

Ayrilana.1396:

Wildkitten.3872:

Ayrilana.1396:

Wildkitten.3872:

They should just remove it from people’s accounts who have a problem with it and stop offering free items altogether.

So apparently the way you organize your equipment is the only correct way and people who offer suggestions to be able to customize where the slot is are simply complaining and should not have the slot? That’s a pretty close minded way to think. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with offering suggestions. They’re not criticizing the slot but instead asking for a way to customize where they are located.

Did I say that? No. I am also not the one complaining. But yours and other people’s attitude is ‘If you don’t give it to me in the manner I want than I am going to pout like a baby and complain’.

And yes, they are in fact criticizing it because it’s not exactly how they want. What’s so ironic is that the people who criticize Anet for not making each and every little thing customizable in every single possible way also tend to be the ones who whine about why it takes so “long” for new content to come out.

You’re implying it. People are suggesting improvements and you’re taking it as them complaining. You’re even going as far as to justify why it’s fine the way as it is. As I’ve stated multiple times, there’s nothing wrong with people offering suggestions to improve upon the slot. This same suggestion was actually mentioned when those slots were first offered on the gem store so this has nothing to do with whether they are free or not.

If you don’t like people offering suggestions then simply ignore the thread. There’s nothing wrong about asking for a feature that you would like to see.

And yet not a single person has said “You know what a nice thing for Anet to do. They didn’t have to make the Max to 80 boost and they sure didn’t have to put it in a shared inventory slot that they gave away for free. I sure do appreciate that”.

No, it’s just more entitlement mentality complaining where people have to find some form of fault in any little thing that isn’t exactly the way you want it.

Being at the top makes sense as it’s designed for things to be used across all characters, such as bank access, merchants, TP, etc. Being at the top makes it easier and faster for the items to be accessed.

Just amazes me people can always find ways to complain about being given something for free…

Blaeys.3102:

It takes 2-3 seconds to go to the reddit subforum.

If that channel already exists – and it has the tools needed to make a back and forth discussion more easily than the forums do, why in the world would ANet not use reddit – or spend money/time/resources to change these forums?

Is it really such a hardship on people to hop over to reddit – especially when they give you a notice and a link on this site to make it easier?

Some people just don’t like reddit’s format. I for one hate it. I just can’t follow it. We have a dev tracker on this forum. Why ANet just have not changed there forum I’ll never know.

Blaeys.3102:

It takes 2-3 seconds to go to the reddit subforum.

If that channel already exists – and it has the tools needed to make a back and forth discussion more easily than the forums do, why in the world would ANet not use reddit – or spend money/time/resources to change these forums?

Is it really such a hardship on people to hop over to reddit – especially when they give you a notice and a link on this site to make it easier?

One beef I have with putting things on Reddit is that the dev posts are not cross posted to the Official Dev tracker. Anything they say there is lost to the official tracking of ANet responses and is more difficult to cite later when questions arise on points discussed over there.

I’m looking forward to seeing what tomorrow’s patch brings but I might avoid the forum afterwards.

Spare a thought for the poor forum mods who will have to deal with the usual rage about what changes were not made, plus the usual rage about what changes were made. We’re a tough crowd to please…

Cedric Ambidexter.9174:

When you say people got what they asked for, who exactly are you talking about? Who asked for grinding stats-based progression?

When I say “people” I mean “people.” I try to leave it very general. Typically the largest or loudest prevail (not always are they the same). Just because you or I didn’t desire the change doesn’t mean it wasn’t asked for.

Cedric Ambidexter.9174:

I liked playing GW1 because it was pretty, it was fun and I could do all kinds of crazy things with my monk/build…and it felt like a genuine game, while being true to the fantasy mmo genre, it was different to games like wow which attracted many new players.

I played GW1 as well, for years. I still play from time to time. In fact, I was just working through some Proph missions with a friend this weekend. I get where you’re coming from, to an extent, but GW2 isn’t GW1. We knew this well before launch.

Cedric Ambidexter.9174:

And that has taken 6 months to achieve.

No, it took you two months to get to level 80. You “quit” for four months.

Perhaps it would be a better quality game if it was pay-per-month?

No. You follow this comment up with how you didn’t need to jump through the same hoops in GW1 (to reach max level, to get max gear, etc etc). Thus implying its a better game. Its not pay per month, therefore, you essentially answer your own question. No, pay per month does not, by default, make it a better game.

in GW1, where a player reached level 20 fairly quickly

Mild touch of rose colored glasses with this comment. Only in Factions and Nightfall did you reach level 20 quickly, assuming you’re playing the game in its intended linear fashion. In Prophecies, you didn’t hit max level until the end of Crystal Desert / Droks time period. Southern Shiverpeaks missions. At which point, you only had Ring of Fire left to do. People bypassed this by buying runs to Droks to buy max gear and be power leveled, which was a nice option, but not necessarily how it was intended to be played.

Now they’ve added even more extentions post 80. When does it ever stop?

I can agree that the new 4-stat options added with HoT aren’t something that please me either. I don’t like power creep, no matter how mild. Unfortunately this is just their means of sidestepping their “no more armor tiers” statement, though many don’t view it that way.

And while I can agree with:

Reliance on stats for weapons, armour etc…is also not a good way to manage player progress.

It is unfortunate that this is what people wanted. They wanted to feel like they were getting more powerful via gear. So we ended up with vertical progression a la ascended.

AND why aren’t all armour/weapons available to wear nomatter what class your character is?

Armor wasn’t like this in GW1. What you could wear was locked behind class, and soulbound on acquire. At least with GW2, if I delete a mes and make a new one, I can reuse the previous character’s gear.

Yes, in GW1, any class could pick up and use any weapon, but they didn’t use it for a weapons intended purpose. Sure, you’d see a monk with a sword or spear and a shield, but they only used them for the mods they could equip, not for the actual purpose of attack, because our skills weren’t tied to our weapon. Here they are. Its a different system, where actually using the weapon to attack is worthwhile and has an impact. (Anyone remember being laughed at for wanding a foe while out of energy?)

And why are there a million dyes to choose from?

There where a million dyes to choose from in GW1 too, if you think about it. Hell, they built us a preview system specifically for playing around with mixing the dye colors. Now they are just doing the mixing by default for us and offering us all the options, and we can even preview them! Its convenience, nothing more. Some people like it.

And why does my character have to ‘discover’ each dye before using it?

Why’d we have to “discover” a mod in pve for it to unlock for use in pvp in GW1? Its a very minor form of progressing that some people enjoy. Others find it annoying. They think they should have everything available right at the start, but then…what is there to work towards? Like with GW1 mods, there is a work around..just buy the ones you want and unlock them.

find a way to make the game enjoyable for each individual player

Not all games are for all people. I’m sorry, but it’s true. I don’t like wildstar, are you saying those game makers should absolutely have to go through and change or make something specifically for me so that I do like it? Lets multiply that across thousands of people. Seems a bit impractical does it not? (I hate the filter)

One of my biggest gripes is how player stats are changed based on zone levels

I love the downleveling feature. I do not like one shotting things all day long. Its boring. Beyond that, I like that my guildie can make a new character, and I can go play with him without worrying that I’m going to kill the foe before he has a chance to hit it, thus robbing him of being able to progress his character. I don’t want to have to buy a slot or blow away a character because I “have” to make a new one to play with him. Personally, I think the downleveling system still needs to reduce stats further than it does. It’s better after the last adjustment, but still needs some tweaking.

At the end of the day, a game should be fun to play

I agree with this wholeheartedly. However, you have to remember that just because you like something, or you find something fun, doesn’t mean everyone else will.

Cedric Ambidexter.9174:

Hoaxintelligence.4628:

Op asked;
AND why aren’t all armour/weapons available to wear nomatter what class your character is?

#imagine a warrior that can cast spells with a staff while wearing skinny lightweight armor, does that sounds normal to you?#

I used to do it in gw1.

You were able to wear light armor on a warrior in GW1?

Whoa, apparently its changed a lot since I last logged in. That must have been an interestjng patch to balance.

General Health.9678:

Just like in real life where everything suits everyone, where birds sing and roses bloom as I pass by. Because just like me, they long to be, close to you.

GH, you just made me laugh out loud.

RoseofGilead.8907:

Sird.4536:

Are you ever going to do something on this forum? I am getting frustrated with the amount of devs that keep posting on Reddit and topics here get ignored.

While I also would like to see more dev activity on the forums, Reddit makes for a much, much more readable format for a Q&A than these forums. It’s easier to do Q&As there, in general.

I pretty strongly disagree, reddit (behavior-wise as well as lay out) is an unmitigated disaster and I won’t go there. I’d like to remind everyone of Gaile’s (sweetest woman alive) reddit account having negative karma once simply because the reddit community were mad at anet.

These forums are at least in chronological order. Just scroll to the red posts if nothing else.

Are you ever going to do something on this forum? I am getting frustrated with the amount of devs that keep posting on Reddit and topics here get ignored.

ShaNA.9018:

Wow..thanx for finding that mate…“Just a flesh wound”…you can go and discuss there mate..have fun :-)

Naw. This thread and its opinion that some yahoo with a camera is worth posting about is much more entertaining. But thanks.

Shouldn’t the headline be:
“Youtuber seeks attention, and hits, by loudly quitting a game” ?

ShaNA.9018:

Maybe he dosent post the video here,because he dosent have the patience to discuss.

What a pity that the maker of videos for entertainment should make a quit video yet not have the patience to discuss his video and the opinions in it. I hope he has fun in his next game (and gets the patience to discuss his publicly aired viewpoints).

ShaNA.9018:

The problem is not that he left,why he left….

People leave all the time to all kinds of different reasons. It’s not really a problem.

Dave.6819:

i dunno why the hell people are defending this game so bad? okey its just a random youtuber whatevs. but why is everyone sooooo defensive in regards to the game? all his points are so valid. the game went from being good to being awful. theres a reason why many people left. but all these fanboys that get defensive? whats the problem with you? atleast you would admit that “yes game needs a revamp. and fast.” or “yes, he’s right. anet did lots of bad choices in HoT”. instead of that all of you just go and blindly defend the game. whyyyyyy. truth hurts? so gotta keep living in a fantasy? explain it to me.

PS. the guy is skilled. believe it or not. u can clearly tell in video he’s just messing around not really caring.

I see you managed to completely miss the point.

The point is, the OP seems to feel that just because the video maker has a tiny bit of celebrity that this means the video of that guy’s opinions is important enough to post and discuss. If the video maker wants to discuss it then let him come here to discuss it. There’s no point in discussing a video of someone else’s opinions on the game posted by someone besides the video maker because we can’t debate the issues with him and the OP isn’t qualified to speak for him.

@ dave

I read words like “defensive” “fanboys” “whats the problem with you” “truth hurts” “living in a fantasy”….
You mad bro?

I leave the game everytime I log out.
Then when I want to play again I log back in.

I have not played Guildwars2 for a month or such before to come back after when interesting patches came out.

What I find weird is to leave so publicly a week before a quarterly patch for reasons that may not even apply anymore shortly after.

I dunno. I often pick up games I own after not playing them for a while. This “I leave the game” trend is nothing more than being dramatic and making a scene about something as natural as moodswings.

Especially when there will always be content later. Like in July or June or later whenever the Living Story is supposedly coming back.

ShaNA.9018:

Does it matter that Colin Johansson left Anet ? For me no.I continue play the game.Does it matter that players leave the game,no…Does it matter that GW2 is loosing game content creators,,,maybe yes.You get my point ?

/shrug

Ok. Joe Random.1234 video blogger (or whatever they style themselves as) with 1000 subscribers has made his quit video and you’ve done your Guild Wars 2 civic duty to post that quit video on the forum. All of us here are variously shocked/bored/entertained, dis/interested, thoughful/thoughtless, listening to the kids in the background scream, or (personally) wondering where the hell did I put my glasses.

This leaves the one final important question still unanswered.

Can I have his stuff?

ShaNA.9018:

Its sad to see Balouga TV leaving the game.You can watch the reasons why they left :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFUC8sppdbI

A good indicator of the importance of this is that is likely over half of his whopping 396 views came from this board post.

ShaNA.9018:

He made his points in the video…and yes nobody is more worth bcs he makes videos on youtube,but at least he had more than 1k followers….i know its a small number,but that number shows that he was at least entertaining ppl.with GW 2 content

And what does that matter, how entertaining he was? That has nothing to do with whether or not his reasons for leaving are better or more accurate than Joe Random.1234 who posts his quit post on the forum.

ShaNA.9018:

He had a good point that HoT killed Dungeons.In season 2 we have more legends than amber players.It could be more challenging….little something for the hardcore players.

Some total stranger to me leaves the game. This happens all the time. People leave and new people arrive. Just because this total stranger made a video about it doesn’t mean that others should care. Video makers have no more importance than non video makers and just because his reasons are on a video doesn’t make them more right or more worthy of discussion than any other random person’s opinions.

Again, if he wants to post his reason for leaving to discuss them then he should do so. But second hand posting by someone else of another person’s reasons are not worthy of discussion since he isn’t here to answer our questions or answer points made.

I don’t get why people would wanna watch people playing games on youtube in the first place….wouldn’t it be a better way to spend your time to actually play the game instead of watching a video of some one else playing the game.