Things I like:
Good quality game in the sense of:
-great graphics
-love the combat system, can’t play many other mmo’s because I always want to dodge roll and move while using skills.
-Legendary skins are excellent and a decent goal to work towards.
-Despite many people poo poo’ing it, there’s something to the spvp that I do enjoy. I like the pace of it, I like the constantly thinking about who’s doing what and how to counter it to cap points etc. Of course there’s lot of other things in pvp that I don’t like which I will touch on later.
-Dungeons are decently paced, the rewards are fair and I like the access to gear that people can gain through a token system instead of relying on RNG.
-Skin based game. When you have all your gear, what’s left to work for? For many including myself, it’s vanity items.. namely, skins. I like this because v.s other games where you are constantly grinding away for stats, here you have access to those and can now play with your friends without too much concern for your efficiency.
- So much kittening potential. This game could really be amazing.
Things I don’t like:
-Lack of Endgame. This game doesn’t provide much direction past lvl 80. You have to make your own goals. And while it is nice to have that freedom, you soon realize there’s not much to do once you achieve them. In other games you are stuck grinding away at stats and once you have them.. you grind away for the next best thing. That’s boring and horrible and I won’t return to doing that.. but it did keep me playing and interested in the game. Here, you grind away for the skins you want and then when you have them.. well.. then what? I’ve pvp’d and gotten the titles and rank that I want, WvW is something I hate and I have run every dungeon more times than is healthy to comment on. My solution would be to go down the track GW1 went and provide new permanent content that is truelly challenging and rewarding for those who want to invest more time in the game. ‘Hard mode’ settings for dungeons with unique rewards and ‘challenge’ missions would really make people compeditive and committed to the game for long periods of time.
-The ‘living story’, I really don’t mind it.. it’s ok. I think the latest installment with drytop is great because it provides a slightly different avenue for us dungeon hardcores to get dragonite instead of waiting around for world events like golem and malchor’s etc. The storyline is interesting, I actually paid it some attention which I usually don’t do, however it was incredibly brief.. I was done with it in record time and then I was bored again. I hate to think that this is where the majority of resources are being directed because it’s not keeping me around for very long. It is however working very well for driving the more casual players back into the game every so often, and that kind of demographic I am sure is inclined to drop real $$ on the cash shop.
-No expansion. Yep, some people really hate the idea I’m sure. I’m sure there’s people out there who really adore how things are now. That’s fine but not my cup of tea. As things are, I would much rather wait around a year or so with no more updates for a big expansion with new classes ,races, weapons, gear, skins, pvp game modes, skills, storyline and massive maps etc than getting drip fed updates with often times dry and empty content that doesn’t last me more than a day.
-Pvp. Pvp needs more game modes! There needs to be more things to do there, and it would really open up the door for this ‘esports’ crap anet keep pushing for. It’s not gonna happen with the state of things at the moment. Pvp could also use some new unique rewards that cannot be obtainable in any other game mode.
-WvW. I have no motivation at all to play it except when I need badges for legendaries. There’s been some work here, the new mistforged skins and the seasonal title tracks is a step in the right direction. It even motivated me, who hate’s wvw to actually go out and do it to get the title done for the skins. We need more of this! More unique rewards here!
I’m a very dedicated player to this game with around 6k hours logged. I was an original GW1 player for many years and when I learned there was going to be GW2, I was the first one aboard the hype train. I pre-ordered 3 collector’s editions and dropped a lot of money on them here in Australia. I have loved this game and still do but to say it’s flawless, I cannot do. There’s some stuff here I think could really make this game so much better if it was addressed.
