Guild Wars 2

Well, recent changes basically make (through the gem store) $1.00 (real money) equal to 1g (in game). I for one don’t think this is a coincidence. People with time invested in the game aren’t going to risk hack/ban buying from the gold folks. And, time spent playing the game (grinding) is time not playing another game.

I don’t see Anet addressing this issue at all, and if they do, it’ll be 6 months from now or more. Massive inflation means people have to grind more or cough up ridiculous real money to get gems (to convert to gold, so pushing towards 1000g for some legendaries with the crafting mats needed). As a business model, this probably looked really good on paper.

Seeing an AC is not uncommon. Although FA tends to put up 3 or 4 AC’s and a few ballistas. Partly for the annoying factor, and partly to help limit the siege on the rest of the map I’d assume. Expect a few people to bow and be nice, but the rest will gank you for sure. As was hinted at above though, you do tend to find the last place team camping the puzzle. (and the second place team, and the first place team)