Guild Wars 2

I honestly feel sorry for OP. The lack of knowledge of the game and the points of argument just makes me laugh in sadness. Next time instead of ranting about non sense try reading the forums asking ppl in game or educating yourself anyway viable to your ability. As for the deleted gift.. Rip at least 600g per gift.

ppl love some drama i swear. / shrug

+1

Message must be at least 15 characters long -p-

This is why I only run my fractals and dungeon with ZERKER ONLY PING GEAR OR GET KICKED!
Problem solved my runs are always smooth and fast

Omg totally yay! -.-

Direwolf.8796:

I appreciate the value of constructive feedback but the online GW2 community just seems so ungrateful and unappreciative Just think of the negative image you are portraying for new/potential players. I think more people should know how great this game really is.

If I was Anet and I read all the crap people complain about I would find it a little disheartening. So I’m posting for the first and only time to say the following:

Anet, I love this game and I think you guys have done a fantastic job. Thank you for all your hard work! Dont forget there are people that really appreciate this game and work thats gone in to it.

New & Potential players, come and give this game a shot and decide for yourself if you like it Don’t get caught up in the negativity of some people . The complainers are the loudest voices but there is a great community in this game if you give it a try.

-happy GW2 player

Well I’m glad you are happy with the game. That being said how long have you played the game actively? My point is the game is amazing for new players because that’s who they cater to. Being that MMO’s are long term games gw2 does very little to keep veterans engaged. So please do not discredit the opinions from others specially from those who have been around prob much longer than you and have suggested fixes that you enjoy so much today.

Astralporing.1957:

Wanze.8410:

IPhyton.2348:

lordkrall.7241:

People keep shouting about all these massive issues that have been here since release and is not fixed and yet I have never actually seen anyone that have said WHAT these issues are and HOW to fix them.

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta I havent used Zerker gear on my warrior in over a year
pvp lack of content I dont play much pvp, still plenty of AP to get there for me
condition in pve I simply dont play condi spec in pve
lack of challenging content enough challenging content in wvw/pvp every day
lack of rewarding content they continously add new reward schemes
gem conversion not a problem, more gold for my gems
precursor crafting i got my legendary long ago
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content I spend less than 10% of my game time in a zerg
that would be a great start!

No issues here.

“I have never tried to go to the other side of the river, so it’s not true that the bridge is crumbling”

LOL! Very clever there.

Nice vid! But knowing boss mechanics is jst so overrated

Miku Lawrence.6329:

Can I have your stuff? Need fifth legendary.

Ever heard of if have nothing worth saying.. nevermind. Gl with that 5th leg though!

Ashen.2907:

Almost everything that has been patched, changed, or fixed in game has been on someone’s list.

How so? Did someone ask for a bugged NPE? or for outfits rather than armors in the cash grabbing gem store? How about the gem converion? Sure they are changing back but that speaks volumes on their mind set/ direction. Im aware that my issues are not the same as yours, however what you call my issues have 100’s of threads on the topic so again all I want is a update with the new direction they are going.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

IPhyton.2348:

You see IRL when we cannot get our voices heard after exhausting every possible avenue, a boycott is usually used as a last line of hope. So my post was to demonstrate that the community has tried alot, possibly every way to get a better communication from Anet with no sucess.

The bolded is untrue. It’s not that we aren’t being heard; they hear us. They’ve said so. Some of the information the present back to us in the twitch streams, in youtube interviews, and in magazine interviews shows that they do hear us. They have started interacting with us here again (finally), and they do touch on specific suggestions and call outs. They hear us. There really is no doubt there.

The issue is simply either
a) they (for policy reasons) cannot necessarily disclose information
or
b) are unable build the content fast enough
to appease us. A game, like a city, is not built over night.

Many of the issues you listed, they have taken steps to address. There is content now that will kick your face in if you think you can just roll through it as a zerker. They have added courtyard to pvp as a trial (so to speak) for an annihilation mode in pvp. They have stated that they are working on / looking at other pvp modes. Gaile has dropped into the recent thread regarding conditions and stated that while she cannot give details, that is an issue they are looking at, and have been for some time. Just to give a few examples. if you take a step back and look objectively (which you really haven’t been doing because you’re displeased), you’ll see that.

In your own words you have nicely described how things are not addressed. No doubt they listen, no doubt they respond. The problem is they never give us answers (okay company policies), but they also never fix them(not enough time?) there are issues that have been “worked on” since beta. We are all aware that things take time, how about giving us updates on them. EG: guys the eta for issue A is 3 months, issue B is on testing phase, issue C we are not ready to discuss.

Bloodstealer.5978:

lordkrall.7241:

IPhyton.2348:

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

That list is just that, a list.
It is also a very subjective list and not universal truth or seen as issues by everyone.

There is also a grand total of no suggestions on how to fix any of those supposed issues.

Honestly… why do you feel the need to try to call out everything that anyone posts just because to you the game is sooo perfect… you are the golden example of a word with many ways of spelling…

The list is actually a mere drop in the ocean of things wrong, broke, bugged and pure annoyance to some players- sure every MMO has issues and some are more important to players than others. I personally would love to see some answers in the Mesmer threads for my part.. see we all have likes, dislikes.. but I guess some just prefer to play the ultimate fainboi no matter what.

Such lists are not subjective they are proof that issues exist within the game, many of which have been reported since Beta.. whether they affect you personally is not the OP’s or others concern, they affect some in ways they don’t affect you.. just because you don’t share the same opinion doesn’t mean the OP is wrong or the list is subjective… then again I would hazard a guess many don’t agree with some of the tosh you like to blurt out on the forums half the time either… see what I did there!

Personally I think you post a lot of the time just to get a bite from others tempted into cussing and flaming you, then when the effects wear off you hit “report post” to make it conveniently go away.

BTW – Just so’s were clear.. we are not paid to fix the game.. but we all have the god given right to speak out when things aren’t right, working or frustrating to one’s gameplay..

AMEN!

Zoso.8279:

IPhyton.2348:

Evalia.7103:

IPhyton.2348:

lordkrall.7241:

People keep shouting about all these massive issues that have been here since release and is not fixed and yet I have never actually seen anyone that have said WHAT these issues are and HOW to fix them.

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

Zerk meta is not 100% set. Even in PvE we can see Soldier’s and Condi teams doing their jobs on Wurm/Tequatl.
And what’s so bad about going for full damage if you have enough skill to keep yourself alive? psst pls.
PvP lack of content… last thing I remember was removing raid of the capricorn and adding a decent new map(But not into rotation)… which is crap. WHY!?!?! I want capricorn back and this new map implemented/tweaked. Would be all we need… in my opinion at least.
Condition in PvE well… It’s not even that hard to fix it in my opinion.. Maybe the code is super-wired…
challenging/rewarding content > lies
Go ahead and solo dungeons/keeps/Great Jungle Wurm/hit top pvp ranks… here’s your challenge.
And rewards? Well rewards for solo dungeons and world bosses… are decent.
Gem Conversion well it was fine? and supposedly will be fixed in next patch?
Precursor crafting… Nice but not necessary in my opinion. I’ve had some fun with rares/exotics in mystic forge… Found it better than farming it outright lol…
OK any more complaints?

No not for you since you have auto-fixed all my issues ty God!

This is why i say not universal truth or seen as issues by everyone. Its very subjective this thread (which is not a bad thing we all have opinions) but its always good to have open discussions.

Well maybe i made a mistake by including a list of my issues with the game in one of my answers. The post is meant to be open and adapting to peoples issues not only mine.

Evalia.7103:

IPhyton.2348:

lordkrall.7241:

People keep shouting about all these massive issues that have been here since release and is not fixed and yet I have never actually seen anyone that have said WHAT these issues are and HOW to fix them.

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

Zerk meta is not 100% set. Even in PvE we can see Soldier’s and Condi teams doing their jobs on Wurm/Tequatl.
And what’s so bad about going for full damage if you have enough skill to keep yourself alive? psst pls.
PvP lack of content… last thing I remember was removing raid of the capricorn and adding a decent new map(But not into rotation)… which is crap. WHY!?!?! I want capricorn back and this new map implemented/tweaked. Would be all we need… in my opinion at least.
Condition in PvE well… It’s not even that hard to fix it in my opinion.. Maybe the code is super-wired…
challenging/rewarding content > lies
Go ahead and solo dungeons/keeps/Great Jungle Wurm/hit top pvp ranks… here’s your challenge.
And rewards? Well rewards for solo dungeons and world bosses… are decent.
Gem Conversion well it was fine? and supposedly will be fixed in next patch?
Precursor crafting… Nice but not necessary in my opinion. I’ve had some fun with rares/exotics in mystic forge… Found it better than farming it outright lol…
OK any more complaints?

No not for you since you have auto-fixed all my issues ty God!

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Why is it a problem that Ascended Rings can’t be slavaged? If they’re taking up inventory space, just merch them. That’s been possible since day 1 of Ascended gear.

To be fair its more of a rewards problem that snowballs into this. See you run a lvl50 frac with a pug, if you get lucky that will take about 1.5 hours. As reward? you get sometimes something decent, but 99% of the time a useless ring or nothing. now after a 1.5hr run ur left with one less inv space. Fair?

Zoso.8279:

IPhyton don’t get me wrong bro if you feel their is a problem voice your opinion but at the same time you have to be ok with others opinions too. Maybe my initial post was kinda rude and sorry for that but I just don’t feel their is much to boycott at. I agree the game aint perfect but its not so bad to the point of boycotting just my 2c.

Lol i am totally okay with opinions hence im in a public forum. I just want to make sure my opinion is not distorted or misguided by anyone, as i never claimed to have the key to the truth or the answer to anything. Just tired to coming to the forums and reading “we are looking into it” or “stop whining” about issues i care about.

Zoso.8279:

lordkrall.7241:

IPhyton.2348:

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

That list is just that, a list.
It is also a very subjective list and not universal truth or seen as issues by everyone.

Never claimed to be any of the above, simply connected to the “list” of things that have been ignored/put on hold/ un-answered by the devs. As stated this tread is about getting answers rather then pointing flaws or offering fixes. Cmon get with it man you can do it.

Zoso.8279:

IPhyton.2348:

Zoso.8279:

This thread is just not good.

Well thank you for your valued input!

Lol I just mean boycott what? The game is free and constantly putting out new content (slow or fast is another story but still free content) we can buy everything in gem store with gold so I just don’t even know the reasons to boycott.

mmmmkay ty for coming bye now.
Next time try to read the post perhaps? HINT: sarcasm was involved.

asterix.9614:

I have seen a lot of people with eternity on the vabbi server, is eternity worth getting. I already have twilight (my favourite effect) and sunrise but haven’t soulbound sunrise what is special about eternity can I choose the effect whenever I want, also does it have extra infusion slots?

Just asking as I dont want to waste 2 gs for eternity and it having a sunrise effect.

Thank you

Ive been at those crossroads before, i went for eternity and never looked back. My favorite weap bar none in the game, and that aura is just sexy.

Zoso.8279:

This thread is just not good.

Well thank you for your valued input!

Wanze.8410:

IPhyton.2348:

lordkrall.7241:

People keep shouting about all these massive issues that have been here since release and is not fixed and yet I have never actually seen anyone that have said WHAT these issues are and HOW to fix them.

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta I havent used Zerker gear on my warrior in over a year well I would hate to have you in my dungeon parties then as would most veterans.
pvp lack of content I dont play much pvp, still plenty of AP to get there for me Cool?!
condition in pve I simply dont play condi spec in pve Not the point but ok. You also dont have the build diversity.
lack of challenging content enough challenging content in wvw/pvp every day Again not the point.
lack of rewarding content they continously add new reward schemes In pve rewarding content means zerging enough hours to then buy the item you want since rng is a bad joke.
gem conversion not a problem, more gold for my gems LOL!
precursor crafting i got my legendary long ago Not the point my friend i have all legendaries i want “eternity, bolt, inci” still its a issue that has been asked about by the community for 2 years now.
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content I spend less than 10% of my game time in a zerg Well ok but you are not able to compete with the ones who do zerg so therefore you are losing out.
that would be a great start!

No issues here. Great for you.

MrPersons.1560:

IPhyton.2348:

MrPersons.1560:

There is no reason to boycott anything. If you don’t like it, don’t play it. Simple as that. The rest of us will still be thankful we can get this good of an mmo without a sub fee.

Well that attitude wont get you very far in life im afraid. How about you fight for something you believe could be much better. The reason i even bother coming to the forums is because i actually care about the game. So ya be a drone if ya want but “forums” is where you come to share like, dislikes and opinions on the game.

Please don’t judge people. Yes I care about the game, but are you really going to tell people to boycott a game that has been out for 2 years with no mandatory payments past the first 60$? That only hurts the company and makes them unable to fix these problems. They made this wonderful game and are only charging a one time fee. There are many other pay to play MMOs that aren’t nearly as good as this one.

Anyway, boycott is not the answer, if you want to post a problem, post a solution you think would be feasible. Whether they listen or not is up to them.

Ok! 1) I did NOT suggest we boycott the game. You see IRL when we cannot get our voices heard after exhausting every possible avenue, a boycott is usually used as a last line of hope. So my post was to demonstrate that the community has tried alot, possibly every way to get a better communication from Anet with no sucess.
2) No need to post the obvious, yes gw2 is a GREAT game, but a GREAT and stagnant and flawed game. I am not bashing the game or the devs, the recent changes has the majority of the community not only here but in game, on reddit and various news outlets worried that the game has headed in a negative direction.
3) I was not judging you I value your opinions as a member of this community so ya sry if I came across as judgmental.

Roybe.5896:

Here’s the problem with a boycott. NCSoft doesn’t care about concurrency. It costs them money. The more people that play, the more resources it costs. The are extremely concerned for retention. The likelihood you are ‘walking through the door’. WalMart doesn’t care if you go to Sears, they care if you go to Sears MORE than WalMart. That’s retention. To measure retention, in this game, actually costs YOU more money. Because you have to stop logging in completely. If you do that during the LS, you’ll have to pay to catch up.

So boycotting is actually expensive to do, for the player, since the best way to check retention is to count the logins during new release dates to see if interest is being maintained. If you miss, you either come back and pay some gems to get caught up or you never come back, and are replaced by new sales of ‘boxes’. (now you see the importance of the NPE!)

I totally get that, I used the boycott term as it is usually the last line of hope to get anything done IRL. As we have been repeatedly ignored by the devs and as they have repeatedly implemented controversial systems with every update lately.

lordkrall.7241:

IPhyton.2348:

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

That list is just that, a list.
It is also a very subjective list and not universal truth or seen as issues by everyone.

There is also a grand total of no suggestions on how to fix any of those supposed issues.

Well ofc its a subjective list, after all its My list of problems, did you notice how i didnt list them in my post?Yup thats why. My gripes is how NOBODY’S “list” is ever addressed. About suggesting a fix well there are numerous great suggestions that get buried weekly in the forums what i came to ask is a game direction or plans so me as a consumer can plan and decide if spending my time with the game will be a good time investment.

MrPersons.1560:

There is no reason to boycott anything. If you don’t like it, don’t play it. Simple as that. The rest of us will still be thankful we can get this good of an mmo without a sub fee.

Well that attitude wont get you very far in life im afraid. How about you fight for something you believe could be much better. The reason i even bother coming to the forums is because i actually care about the game. So ya be a drone if ya want but “forums” is where you come to share like, dislikes and opinions on the game.

lordkrall.7241:

People keep shouting about all these massive issues that have been here since release and is not fixed and yet I have never actually seen anyone that have said WHAT these issues are and HOW to fix them.

erm ok jst a few to keep you amused.
zerk meta
pvp lack of content
condition in pve
lack of challenging content
lack of rewarding content
gem conversion
precursor crafting
zerg as the answer aka mindless and boring farming instead of fun content
that would be a great start!

I certainly hope not. Although it would be almost impossible to organize and manage such thing, at the end yes our message would have to be addressed.
For over two years most of the issues the community has had with the game have been ignored, or when addressed the old “we are looking into it” response then stuffed back in the bottom draw in hopes that it would be a forgotten issue.
On the flip side, content that are irrelevant and sometimes harmful to the player base is released with no prior discussion or heads up. No need to beat a dead horse by listing the many issues the game has had since release. In all honesty I believe most of the playerbase wouldnt even want a rushed fix.
All I come to ask of the dev’s is roadmap or a direction that they are taking the game. Not to be told to stop whinning or “we are looking into it”. Im to the point that im ready to stop gambling wars 2 and looking for a new game unless i see a positive future.
Thank You for your hard work, even though it is very hard to notice sometimes.

Welcome to gw2 where immersive content comes in the forum instead of the game client. #underwhelmed

Crovax.7854:

Shpongle.6025:

fellyn.5083:

What GW2 needs is elite areas like GW1 had.

Underworld
Fissure of Woe
Realm of Anguish
The Deep
Urgoz’s Warren
Slavers Exile

And so on. These areas can be rewarding and fun.

But that takes quite a lot of effort. So lets revamp how people purchase gems to make it more profitable for us.

We already have that. It’s called FOTM lvl 50

People here are talking about rewarding content. FOTM doesn’t count but you knew that if you actually tried it :/

Great point! Besides, fotm is the very definition of bad reward system. Challenging content that will last around 45min when pugging to end with a cool skin “rarely” and then pray it’s not one you have, but wait that’s best case scenario. You can also get ascended gear ohhhh too bad the stats on them are trash since anything but zerker is trash in this game’s pve system, so but count on it not being zerker, and it’s a rare chance at a bad ascended box. There’s alsways the ascd rings that are more common but guess what they r also mostly trash for the same zerker meta issue. Finally in some runs after all that work you are rewarded with, wait for it… NOTHING. So ya to mention fotm as rewarding content completely discredits anything in that post.

Korossive.7085:

Rewards will confuse new players. We will gradually disable the Loot option.

lol! sad but funny.

pdavis.8031:

IPhyton.2348:

Ninja katana greats word = gem store , rusted overhyped weapon = in game acquired.
I’m glad they r releasing new in game weaps but for kitten sake can we get cool rewards that are attainable through gameplay? Ido if they’re acct bound jst make it rewarding pls.

Define rewarding? I don’t know if you were invloved in the “Zomorros told me a secret” thread where this weapon was revealed, but trying to figure out the clues, and what items were needed to get the weapon was a ton of fun. Then actually getting the weapon was VERY rewarding.

I can see if you just read the completed recipe, and then made the weapon, you’d feel like it was unrewarding. However, different people have different views on what is rewarding. Some people love map completion, and find the rewards given to be good, thus making it worth it. Others, not so much.

In the end it all comes down to perception. And what you mean by “rewarding”.

Well ok, by your definition you felt rewarded by the experience of not even obtaining but discovering that new weap. Great! Exactly my point. Can we have such experiences “in game” because immersion is not really a thing in GW2 atm. My perception of rewarding is actually very similar to yours, perhaps if you look outside the box we could find common ground.

azurrei.5691:

Yenrah.8532:

Well, imo this game needs a lot more of simple, realistic weapons. Right now we are an 80’s disco on some bad drugs.

Yeah, I mean where are the garden hoes, butcher knives, etc? Who wants cool looking, unrealistic weapons in a fantasy game? I want to spend lots of my fun time acquiring fake, everyday items! Give me realism in my fantasy world!

…

Lawl! Right on brother. Love it!

Djinn.9245:

laokoko.7403:

Mawdrey cost like 100 gold. So there is some gold grind involved. But I think they also mixed in with some JP and exploration. Which add in some enjoyment.

JP is not enjoyment for me.

I get that the full process might not be what you enjoy most, but by using the mandrel method it makes it eclectic enough to make everyone happy and minimal dislikes that are compensated by a meaningful reward system. Just my two cents.

Djinn.9245:

I agree that its nice to have an increased variety of weapons, but its a bit pricey for something so plain. It could still have an effect such as the glint of sharp metal (not glittery), or maybe a spray of blood when you do a crit, or something like that.

That’d be amazing!

That Guy.5704:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Wanze.8410:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Crossplay.2067:

Yoroiookami.3485:

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It’s not. It’s wasting my time which annoys me. If I have all the ingredients needed and I want to craft something, but the game tells me that I can’t, of course I will be annoyed.
If I then finish making the item after 7 days and the game tells me that I have to do the same for another item, of course I will be even more annoyed.
If, after that, the game will ask me to do the entire thing again(and it does, the alternative is stopping at pretty much useless backpack), of course I will be both annoyed, frustrated and sick of it.
Then the game shows me that there’s another way – buying all of these items from the trading post. In other words – if you’re rich, Guild Wars 2 is going to be fun. If not, you will spend a month grinding in Dry Top. I’m sorry, but that doesn’t sound appealing at all.

You’re talking to a guy who has 100% world completion, 13 characters with mostly level 80 and pretty decent end gear, around 11 000AP and a bank full of valuable items, Sunrise amongst them.
I DO NOT mind challenge or investing time and effort in making things. It’s brainless grind and game showing me the middle finger that is the problem. Mawdrey crafting is a disaster.

it seems there are 2 different conversations going here. Alot of people are using mawdrey as an EXAMPLE of a way that an item can be rare but still be assured of obtaining it given a set of activities/steps. Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems Yoroiookami’s main complaint is about the timegates implemented not the mechanic itself? If that is correct, then both might agree that the concept is good but implementation might require some tweaking.

Seems about right.

Ninja katana greats word = gem store , rusted overhyped weapon = in game acquired.
I’m glad they r releasing new in game weaps but for kitten sake can we get cool rewards that are attainable through gameplay? Ido if they’re acct bound jst make it rewarding pls.

Dont want this to become a negative post, so please behave!
Dear Anet we’ve seen that you are capable with the system used to acquire Mawdrey, can we have a bit less lottery, raffle and rng fest and some meaningful content where we work for a goal that is certain?
As a player with over 2k hours and no precursors or any drop worth more than 15g in that time. I much prefer to play content that will reward me at completion.
So please keep it mind for the next content release?!
Thanks

Galen Grey.4709:

gesss a moment of clarity that seems to be lacking clarity.
No arenanet most definitely are not “only releasing new items and skins behind gambling chest And “raffle’s””

In fact this release was probably the worst one you could choose to make that statement because we got tons of stuff you can earn directly with no gambling:

Mask of the night
gloves / gauntlet / Armwraps of madness
Hexed Outfit
Mini Zuzu
Mini Candy-Corn Elemental
Mini Ghost Carlotta
Mini Bloody Prince Thorn
Mini Candy Corn Ghoulemental
Recipe: Batwing Brew
Recipe: Plastic Spider Tonic
Recipe :Candy Corn Tonic
Recipe: Mummy Tonic
Recipe: Concentrated Halloween Tonic
Halloween Pail
Recipe: Candy Corn Custard
Recipe: Strawberry Ghost
Recipe: Candy Corn Almond Brittle
Recipe: Glazed Pear Tart
Recipe: Glazed Peach Tart
Recipe: Spicy Pumpkin Cookie
Recipe: Maize Balm
Recipe: Pumpkin Oil
Recipe: Crystallized Nougat
Recipe: Sharpening Skull

All the above can be acquired with 0 gambling involved.
how is this statement “only releasing new items and skins behind gambling chest And “raffle’s”” anywhere close to true?

Well the fact that they gave us the chance to get a couple mini’s (useless for me at least. ) and bunch of recipes (should we go there?), tonics lol?! and a clown outfit does not discount that any new content released has been gated behind gem purchases at the end of the day. The latest raffle BS is a whole new level of poor rewarding experience. Can we get reward revamps where we EARN through playing the game? They teased us with mawdrey why cant we have more of that?

Sariel V.7024:

Malediktus.9250:

Chris Cleary.8017:

In a player driven economy, the demand of an item surpassing the supply generated by the playerbase will increase the value of it. While there are some items in these bags that are not based around cosmetics (the low drop rate of T6 mats), the price of these bags is directly relative to the cosmetic value that is being placed on them. While currently profitable, that profit is derrived directly from other players and their willingness to play a higher price. In essence, this is a transfer of wealth not wealth generation.

As far as this specific spawn of ambients is concerned, it’s definatly one of the faster ones to farm. As long as the playerbase is willing to pay for that item, and the demand remains higher than the supply, it will be profitable. This is not an exploit, it’s the playerbase saying “thank you for farming this, because we didn’t want to”.

There is one problem though. People who completed the instance cant return to it and loose the ability to farm it.

You can save them for next year. But yeah, it kinda sucks :/

I would love to hear from anyone who plans to be still playing this game in a year if its still even around. I honestly doubt it by looking at the path its going towards.

Xiem.4719:

First example that i can think of is Aion Deavanion lv60 quest. Grindy+quest+time but no RNG, at least not like in gw2. You could spend 100+hours to get that armor [with a nice skin], but every minute took you closer to get it.
Here you can spend 2k+hours and get..nothing.

Exactly my thought! grind is fine as long as its for a reason and end goal. GW2 grind is the worst in any game ive played Ihave 2k hrs played and no precursor not even a crappy one!

Xae Isareth.1364:

IPhyton.2348:

lordkrall.7241:

IPhyton.2348:

Well the problem is there is no content to earn the gold. Note I said content not mindless zerging or dungeon spamming both of which is not why I play the game.
Is it too much to ask to have fresh and fun content that you can earn gold from?
This whole gems conversion issue makes it clear this game is just being milked for as long as it will last.

The Labyrinth available right now is a rather good way to get rather much money and it is rather fresh and fun.

The labirinth? Where you run around with a Zerg to melt mobs that spawn from doors then rinse and repeat. Well we already have that all over the game, eg.: wvw, eom, cursedshores, world bosses aand so on. That’s is not even close to fresh my friend I’m afraid you have been zombified by anet.

Welcome to Guild wars 2 lol, thats basically what the whole game is and will ever be.

Well I’ve already stopped spending real money on gems a few months back, then started only logging for some pvp/wvw/dailies, now I can barely complete my dailies. See the trend? Accepting failure is now the answer we have to act aka vote with our wallet or jst quit the game. I wish Ithat I wasn’t so passionate about gw2 because I feel like I’m in a hopeless fight.

Tuomir.1830:

IPhyton.2348:

Moment of clarity #showerthouths is anet/ncsoft only releasing new items and skins behind gambling chest And “raffle’s” so ppl would have a reason to play? I mean they must know there’s no content worth playing anymore so having us grind like mindless drones would retain interest in the game!?

You do realize none of the actually new skins an items are in the raffle? All the raffle skins are old halloween skins, and the raffle acts as a controlled new injection of supply of those skins to the market, to make them somewhat more available, but not destroying their value.

Yep I do realize that. However my point still is that this being a casual mmo in which end game = play dress up, ignoring the broken reward system and flooding the game with gem shop items which many are behind a gambling chest is jst a bad joke, it’s beyond money grab at this point. Yet they do not seem to care about player input if it affects their bottom line.

lordkrall.7241:

IPhyton.2348:

Well the problem is there is no content to earn the gold. Note I said content not mindless zerging or dungeon spamming both of which is not why I play the game.
Is it too much to ask to have fresh and fun content that you can earn gold from?
This whole gems conversion issue makes it clear this game is just being milked for as long as it will last.

The Labyrinth available right now is a rather good way to get rather much money and it is rather fresh and fun.

The labirinth? Where you run around with a Zerg to melt mobs that spawn from doors then rinse and repeat. Well we already have that all over the game, eg.: wvw, eom, cursedshores, world bosses aand so on. That’s is not even close to fresh my friend I’m afraid you have been zombified by anet.

laokoko.7403:

You dont’ have to gamble. You can just buy it from the trading post.

I think the problem is it is just too expensive that some people felt it is unobtainable.

Well the problem is there is no content to earn the gold. Note I said content not mindless zerging or dungeon spamming both of which is not why I play the game.
Is it too much to ask to have fresh and fun content that you can earn gold from?
This whole gems conversion issue makes it clear this game is just being milked for as long as it will last.

With the recent changes to the game, which only aggravated the issue of “rewarding experience”. As I logged for the Halloween patch and read the patch notes, only one thing was clear to me.
Moment of clarity #showerthouths is anet/ncsoft only releasing new items and skins behind gambling chest And “raffle’s” so ppl would have a reason to play? I mean they must know there’s no content worth playing anymore so having us grind like mindless drones would retain interest in the game!?
So with that approach A. ppl will spend real money on gambling chests or raffle tickets or B. Ppl will farm like mindless zombies leaving them no time to think if they are working or having fun anymore.
Either way this publisher gets their cut, sad really what is for so many of us a game with great potential is just another tit from the big cow they milk.

im having the same issue with my gas mask skin so far support has not helped me at all! All I get is the standard “sorry cant help you move along” run around from them :/