I just found it annoying after playing for 3+ years and have no pre but someone who joined for free got one in a week xD
It’s ok to use your own build and not “Meta”
It’s ok to be dissatisfied with something that disappoints you
It’s ok to want a Quagan to be the new pact commander
If they removed it teams would focus on destroying opposing teams over taking and keeping points.
It would make pvp just both groups running around as full groups going from point to point because if a single person dies then your team is at a major disadvantage since you can’t bring them back to the fight, basically it is a small scale wvw.
They should create a new game mode which is all about getting a certain amount of kills as a team to win.
But if you look at their style since HoT release they are going more in the way of selling more Cs outfits and weapon skins plus gliders.
The game has alot of variety but that was on original release, their focus has now shifted from making armour skins to outfits, they said they would bring armour skins out with expacs but as our only example as of now being HoT well look what we got
About 3 – 4 full armour sets and tons of Cs outfits, and the armours with HoT are not up to the same standard as the outfits they sell on the Cs now.
I don’t think this game needs any more content that would split the audience.
People just want to sit around letting auto attack to do the job for them and reap 100% of the rewards.
But that is always going to be a problem for Anet, maps with huge numbers of players means any difficult content they make isn’t actually difficult because you just throw more players at them, and if they try to implement a change that makes them work more they won’t do it or complain (Look at all the HoT maps and tell me which one is done constantly due to ease and rewards)
They need to make it so that there is more synergy between the elite specs and more than 1 or 2 vanilla trait lines.
They really need about 3 elite specs out and hopefully one won’t stand out above the rest.
They need a balance of map types, some with big events some without.
I would also say they would need another 2 elite specs out so hopefully we will get more than one build people look for.
Just wait til Bubbles is out and the current elite specs will be mostly useless unless Bubbles turns out to be beached like a whale xD
I wanted to have everything at some point, gave up after they started flooding the cs with outfits and skins.
It isn’t about how much you try, it is about how deep your pockets are, welcome to the “bright future” of GW 2.
Look at some of the content released as cs, all the white mantle stuff should have been raid rewards, the sab glider should have been a sab reward.
The more they push cs stuff the less people will spend want to spend.
Because it is all about the Meta, if you are not playing meta for min/max stats you are not wanted in parties, hard to believe from the game that wanted us to play how we wanted.
Just for fun I made a necro/War on gw 1 (doesn’t sound like a good idea for a mix up right) and with no particular build I did quite well, I expected it to flop as I was doing it for fun.
Jump to gw 2 and I joined a mid level fractal with a non meta Druid, just decided to give a new idea a try, and since I wasn’t full damage they told me to switch or go. Probably around this point I decided to quit.
But as mentioned some work better than others, so everyone uses that, regardless of if your build could actually benefit them more than the meta or not.
I will love it when bubbles is out with mostly underwater content and most if not all elite specs will be useless (If they don’t de ide to turn bubbles into a beached whale that is) : D
Doubt they will give an explanation for it unless it is relevant to the story and even then it will be brief, they mostly seem to be turning the game into every other MMO.
Quite a few people who where intewrested in this kinda stuff left and HoT is really for people who just want to run raids and do meta stuff with meta builds, won’t be long before GW 2 introduces roles like tank and dps.
I remember them saying that when the new thing is out the previous will be free, so wait til the next expansion hits and find out xD
Probably because people remember how bad the event is and would rather not do it even for the AP (myself included) another reason could be because it is not profitable and I am seeing more often than not people only interested in profitable stuff in the game now (like AB meta exploit)
but the whole event never felt like they put much effort into it like halloween or wintersday so this is the result, not sure what Anet and as Anet are a “drop it then drop it” kinda game then unless it is their expansion or the CS it won’t get much if any love.
Legendries’ aren’t really legendary in this game due to how many have them and it was a good idea up until they decided to make it another gold sink in the game that has many gold sinks already.
it just a cheap easy method for them to slap on to extend the games lifetime until the next legendary (which many will have the day it os released xD)
I believe ff 14 had a good idea with theirs, doing content for all parts not just the first bit.
The reason that people could do everything in any armour with any stats is because the game was originally very casual and was meant to be a “play your way” kind of game, now they seem to be going towards more of a roles style like the average mmo (Mostly for raids or fractals)
A clear example is raids, you basically have to min/max with people as specific roles to win and with the amount of players lower than before it will seem like a bigger majority want this kind of style.
I think Braham is the one who needs to be put down, Garm deserves a person who takes good care of animals, like Rox xD
If you intend to play pvp or wvw then yes it is, elite spec always trumps none elite.
For pve no, without the expansion you can only access areas designed for non spec builds.
I only log on now for about 2 days when the new LS part is out, after I am done I go back to the games that replaced this one.
Think I may give their next expansion a miss and wait til it is on sale before I consider putting money down on it.
Because they usually do it with pets or minions out, who kill the things then you with your auto loot mastery reap the rewards, and if an event happens then you benefit from the rewards.
They should set it so I you are afk for a length of time you get kicked off the game and have to relog
Seems pretty bad if you have to be on the map so long before an event that is already over an hour long or spend the next 30+ mins hoping you get onto a full map.
This won’t be a problem when the next expansion hits as everyone will leave these areas empty practically for new ones, then only new people going through will be screwed trying to get enough people to go through.
Haven’t really enjoyed it myself, used to play everyday but now me and my partner only go on to do the new content when it drops which usually takes us about 2 days, didn’t bother with Christmas or Halloween as they where copy and paste’s pf previous years.
It seems to mostly be about grinding AB meta for gold now rom what I hear xD
They only reason I would buy the next expansion is if it was on sale for a very good price.
They are just milking spvp for what it is worth and leaving wvw in the dumps, funny thing is that each season of their pvp has been worse than the previous one and that is with them “Working to improve it”
Gw 2 is like a ship that is taking on water, they keep plugging up some holes and leaving other ones to increase but they end up making cracks in the holes they actually do work on fixing.
Move on, like all the people who left because they didn’t like DBL xD
I have jumped into wvw and have had 3 commanders up at once but they where all guilds and would kick you if you joined.
And none of them responding on the maps either. It is sad as it was a unique part of the game but they decided to drop it for pvp which funnily enough gets worse each season they “work on improving it” xD
Anet screwed up spvp again, what a shock. I’d like to see if some of the people who claim they carry their teams could actually do that.
Yea there are alot of things that really break the story for me with these episodes.
I find it amusing how you basically treat Caithe like crap for keeping the egg away from everyone (especially Mordy) and safe yet your character practically lets Lazarus and Marjory walk off together.
it feels to me like it went from:
Personal story
Living world story
Linear story
The storyline no longer feels personal to my character anymore since the game no longer branches off into different routes but joining up again later on which was one of the positives of this game.
Well they seemed to be digging a frozen dragon out of the ground, could mean a crack in the layers of ice keeping Jormag buried.
Or maybe they thought it sounded cool and thought what the hell.
Shoulda done a poll on it.
But it is ok since every Elder dragon we kill will power up this one I wouldn’t be surprised if she would be the final Dragon and Anet change the name to master dragon xD
Since the core game went F2P I have lost all hope of new playable races and just that the game is not doing as well as it did Pre HoT.
I have stopped buying outfits since Anet just seems to want to take the easy route and unload tons of outfits and other cs skins onto us even if it would be very logical to have it as a reward (White Mantle stuff from raids for example) plus that I have very little faith they will be putting out many armour skins in any expansions.
They seem to be turning into a game like Forsaken World where their cs is just constantly getting new stuff and that game is like a ghost town now.
It is a waste of time to have people work on removing it, the players would not be happy even if it isn’t used much and lastly if they do that with one area who is to say they won’t do it with others like it later on because they did it once.
This is something that is sorely needed and I hope they can find a way to implement it.
Bigger playerbase doesn’t always mean a better game. It is just that now MMO games are more widely played and Gw 2 is (or was) focused on casual gameplay.
Gw 2 does not feel like a very social game to me anymore, the only time I see people actively speaking in full hubs like LA is when new content has just hit, I have gone into a full LA and saw a new player ask a question and an hour later still no one responded, in fact not a single person said anything though the map was pretty full.
And areas only seem to have people going round in squads, not speaking to each other apart from telling people where to go or someone screaming out commands because everyone is just auto attacking.
Newer games do take longer bringing out more content which is understandable since the game has become more graphically demanding and coding and other aspects take alot more work now but I feel they are providing for us graphically at the expense of fleshed out, engaging content (Which I found Gw 1 did well at).
I would strongly recommend GW 1, it is old yet enjoyable and it does not cost alot for the amount of time you can get out of the game (America Active district is the place where everyone gathers, it is fuller than you would expect)
They just seem to be very unwilling to do much with armour whilst cramming outfits down our throat.
I think making a “Cash only” section could potentially be the final nail in the GW 2 coffin. The game is still recovering from the release of HoT and the 9 month content drought after, Ls 3 is currently on the right path with doing that but once people see “Cash only” things on sale it puts them off and some will say that it could be the beginning of P2W which may not be true but it will still turn people off to the game.
They should just add a door to the labyrinthine into each city, The doors are in the open areas as well so it is not content they intent to have the restriction on just an outcome they didn’t see happening when making the base game free and putting in the restriction.
Anet have added nothing new to Halloween in terms of activities or story so the best target for this seasonal event is the newer players.
Totally agree, in gw 1 you had so many build options that where all viable to use but in Gw 2 now at least seems to be getting pushed into the same as everyone else, especially with the HoT release.
It is the same as the year before and if I remember the year before that. They seem to be doing the same mistake as they have before of focusing on one aspect of their game and the rest of it kinda just trails behind, the new LS 3 is enjoyable but doesn’t last me even half the time til the next one is released.
Shame as I was hoping to see what new fun stuff halloween would bring and not just another excuse to push out more Blc skins
Yea if that happened then you say a single thing the com hates then you would get blocked.
I have only ever had this issue in DS, mostly at the launch of HoT when people got kicked off a couple of times a meta and unfortunately ended up on an empty map sometimes until the meta was over because you are trying to rejoin and it won’t let you.
Last times I have done it though, was a while ago, I didn’t have the issue anymore.
I just want some new armour skins really, the ones added with HoT looked mostly really crappy.
I am pretty tired of another new outfit being on sale every couple of months and them looking alright at best or even worse, having parts that I want but can’t mix them because it is either wear the whole thing or not at all.
I want to design my character to look unique, not like every other person around me xD
I think ranged siege requiring ammo would be a good idea if they implemented it right. Would mean worlds need to think about siege placement and using only what is needed instead of filling keeps and towers with them.
It means that one or two people can’t. Just sit on siege and spam.
Well it is a good idea at least xD
Just a shame that the only real condi that Berserker can do is burning and it will not be useful, but My Berserker will still just steamroll through them even without it xD
They had time to have a funeral service for Eir, but not for the Marshal of the pact AND all the pact members.
They should have had a memorial service for everyone, not just that one individual.
And the way HoT death with Eir was bad (a Norn wouldn’t just stand their and accept their fate, weapon or no they’d fight). It all just felt very lore breaking especially how in episode 1 they basically just brush off that the leader of the pact is gone and so many of its members.
I didn’t feel much when she died because it felt so badly done and rushed. And if it was not for the Marshal you would not have been able to kill Mordremoth (Needing that direct link to his mind)
I just gave up on BLC a long time ago, because mainly they churned out skins and I was getting 1 ticket scrap out of every 10 – 15 boxes.
The main reason for buying the chest is scraps, but if I am getting barely any and can easily get the skin I want in game from someone selling it then why fork out?
If it was a confirmed scrap each chest or something to that extent i’d consider buying a chest but as it is I am not even going to bother.
Well the last ep was good, short but good. But I am just not going to be excited much about their new content drops, HoT has caused me to lose huge interest in the game and I only come back to do the new ls when it drops (last one and 90% of the achievements too me 3 hours).
Though as said I enjoyed the last episode so I hope they can keep this going.
I just think people got into the mind set of joining in on the fullest map or don’t bother. It started at the get go with HoT.
And from what I understand a small group of people wanted HoT to be more challenging and put in complaints or suggestions and because the majority was already satisfied they didn’t speak up so it seemed like the few where the many.
Also what didn’t help was parts of the game being left neglected (wvw then the content drought in general) so people got bored and left, pvp was having the league but that has not exactly been sucessful.
The new LS was quite good, though short so they seem to be still capable of making good stuff.