In light of the DR implementation, I would like to offer my opinion on the most common response to DR, “if I want to play this way, I should be allowed to do so.” No, you shouldn’t. Now, before you fly into fits of rage and ignore the rest of this post, please read the entire post and carefully consider the discussion.
I’m all for being able to play your class however you wish, that is, you want to build glass cannon, go for it, you want to support? Please, do so. Even other in things, players deserve a faucet of freedom and choice as to how they play the game. However, regardless of even my opinion, mechanics and player option is entirely up to the developer.
After all, this is their vision, their hard work, and I am perfectly fine with conforming to whatever rules they see fit to implement to keep me from harming their vision. If I happen to come across something in the future that I disagree with, I may ask why they are doing it, and if their explanation doesn’t settle with mine I will move on to another game. I wouldn’t hold a grudge, or call doom upon their game, just move on. But I digress.
I feel that some players, not just in this game, have an unusual habit of attempting to morph a game that is not designed for their play style, into something more fitting for them. However, this again goes against the vision of the developers and the players more aligned with the original vision for the game. For example, would you attend a theme park, and throw a fit because you couldn’t ride their roller coaster backwards? Or if they asked you to get off the ride after the fourth time you didn’t get up after it stopped?
This isn’t designed to be a grind-your-face-off K-MMO for the old school power gamer. Nor is it an exercise in the masochistic, tired old gear treadmill we MMORPGers are so used to running on. In other words, the DR system is on course for preventive measure for the player to resort to these tired designs, rather than trying out the refreshing take the developers worked so hard on. What is so wrong with that?
If you want to grind for hours, there are other games that allow you to do so. Games that let you farm one material to flood the auction house with, etc. But please, don’t try to turn this game into that, there are players(a good number of them) that don’t want to see this game go that direction.
TL;DR : You, the player, are experiencing the developers vision. One should be willing to subject themselves to certain rules to allow it to remain intact.
Please, offer a counter-argument. Perhaps I’m missing something here, and I would gladly read a well expressed counter to my opinion. Maybe you can change my view?
Edit: I do understand that the DR system is a preventive measure against bots. This is however, I response to the players up in arms against the system. I do not speak for Anet by any means, and this is simply my opinion, my way to look at this system and the argument that many players submit in response to it.
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