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Actually about 15% of the population finds making money very fun, irrelevant of the uses of that money. Ever gotten unnecessarily rich in a single player RPG like Skyrim?
If I may, I’m a bit curious as to how you have this number, and the criteria for it?
Are we talking tp trading, dungeon farming like cof etc? Interesting stuff.
Was there a poll somewhere I missed?
Off topic; Sadly in skyrim and elderscrolls I kinda tend to use mods adding weight to gold. Being so rich that you can’t move has its alure…..
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I Find it i find it slightly amusing that people are so defensive when they keep saying endgame equipment is cheap and easy to get, yet they do so from their perspective. I will asume, seeing said people post on the games forum, that they are a bit more hardcore than your avarage casual player. Wheter or not you clasify yourself as a casual or hardcore player, simply be being active and posting your views and defending them on a games forum, you have a bit more invested in the game in relation to the grey mass that makes up the majority of the games population.
My concern with the price for endgame equipment is that it is not anywhere near where the most of us started out. I remember outfitting my characters in the exotics i wanted for about 1.5g a piece including weapons. Today, said prices are closer to 2,5-3g a piece. Not a problem you may say, and indeed, it isnt for us longtime players. However. a fresh player lured into the game, or a casual who has player 0,5-1 hour a week will not have our resources or insight into this. To them, the increased prices of exotic level equipment will start feeling like a grind.
Why not craft it you say? Well, thing is the prices needed are rising for said equipment. And while it indeed may be cheaper for someone to craft their gear with 400 crafting skill, they need to get their skill level to that point, which will add a substantial cost to this. They can farm it, but my concern is for the casuals who do not crisscross each and every zone for all the nodes, looking past the RNG of the fine mats needed.
Karma gear is an option, except for the fact that throught the game, the player is given oppertunities to spend their karma on gear and items as they level. A player might research the game and learn that they need to save all the karma they earn, but most casuals may be slightly unaware of this. Hitting endgame, they will need to grind for said karma.
Dungeon gear is a posibility, but do you expect the casuals to run a dungeon 30-35 times? they might do it a few times on their way to 80, but nothing like most of us here on the forums have done it. They wont be able to purchase a full set at endgame.
It is quite posible to reach lvl 80, and not having farmed a massive amount of materials or karma required for the equipment so many is labeling as easy to get, and while the players themselves might be at fault, how should it be expected of them to go to our levels of dedication? My theory if you’d call it that, is that a casual player will do a zone while in level, then move on to the next one when they are at that level, following their story progression pherhaps. This does not result in the amounts of materials or gold needed at endgame to craft the suposed powerplatau of gear. God forbid they make mistakes along the way of spending things in their ignorance.
Remember that the game build on the legacy of GW1, where endgame armor was easy to get, simply by following the story missions and visiting a vendor, there was no extra amount of work needed to get that 70 armor rating set for your ranger there. While different games, this was sort of what this game was advertised around and hyped for.
Now why do I care this much for these dirty casuals who do not want or do enought work to deserver some orange gear? Why should I care for these people who simply arent putting enough effort into it? The answer is simple, and one I’ve learned from a lot of recent multiplayergames;
They need the casuals, the grey mass who do not make long forumposts or post their problems with the game. Once this mass of people leave, games start declining. It may not be instant, but they will not be able to live up to their potential or what we hardcore players expect of them. I’m not spelling the doom of GW2, far from it, but I do belive that the more players the game is able to entice and keep playing, the more willing the people who holds anets cashpurse will be to fund further game improvements and development. That is what matters to me.
TLDR;
I do not care for cries of people not having to work for their gear, we have the nice looking fancy skins to prove that we have put a lot of work into it and are a cut above them. I strongly belive that there should have been armorsets and equipment just as easy to get as GW1 equipment, so that casuals will not be put off the work needed to get it, or quit simply by realising that they havent played the game on the same level as we expect of them from our point of view.
Have gear aviable that look like suits made of trashcans and rags, but with stats to match the highest tier of gear aviable, just like it was done in GW1.
Sorry for any odd structuring or spelling mistakes, as I’m sure they are plentifull in this post. It is getting late, and if it bothers you I’d love to see you try to replicate this in Norwegian(unless you are scandinavian, then it’s just cheating)