So i logged onto the game, did a fractual run and looked at the amount of “grind” i need to get a item, logged off after the run and not intending to log on anymore.
Seriously, this is starting to feel like some maplestory/ragnorok thingie.
Got to chime in as well because i’m really upset about this terrible idea:
ANet is introducing a gear grind – aka gating/flagging/keying – it doesn’t matter what you call it.
It is a fact: There is no other tier stat-wise above ‘exotics’ as the current ‘legendary’ weapons have exactly the same stats. The developer ‘clarification’ post/announcement in the news section makes no sense regarding this issue. Do we have to assume legendaries will get buffed, or a new tier of ‘legendary’ armour will be introduced. Where is that gap please tell us?
Some posters here have played other MMORPGs before and do precisely know how adversely this will affect the game. No spin by ANet can hide this.
The comparison has been drawn before, here and on other boards as well, so let me explain why i know this is a deal breaker:
Lord of the Rings Online introduced the same game mechanic years ago. It failed badly and drove a lot of people of:
With the introduction of ‘Radiance’ a new tier of gear was created (there was also a level cap increase). In order to fight the new bosses you had to have a certain amount of radiance, or you could not beat them – ever. The bosses had an aura that dealt massive damage over time and only radiance gear countered it.
With new content LotRO simply increased the amount of radiance required to fight the next new bosses (this time there was no level cap increase). You had to get the new gear in order to play the new content. The classical ‘gating’ of content – it didn’t matter if you had to backtrack and do old content to acquire the gear AND then upgrade it, or if there was a side-way progression like farming tokens to get the latest radiance gear.
Either way it was a gear grind and excluded everyone from enjoying new content that didn’t keep ‘up to date’ as in play the game all the time. This is exactly what drove people off because your friends that did not play for some time (for whatever reason) had to get ‘geared up’ before they could rejoin the fun, doing new content. Why this is so bad should be a no brainer!
ANet – I, as many others, fully understand what you’re doing with the ascended gear. I refuse to support this game in the future if this goes through as planed!
Agreed, Even WoW do away with resists after BC, makes the game much more fun but still its the gear grind that kills it. Since your gear is constantly changing which means lots of grinding.
No, after playing WoW, SWTOR and other WoW clones for years. I thought yeah the long awaited gear grind for epics are finally over and yet with this patch its comes back, so its zzz kitten?
Anyways i work in a IT store, If this patch hits and everything slated change, I won’t be recommending it to anyone that ask for a MMO to play.
Adapt to dodge, staying out of red circles and watching where the axe/sword/bolt is swinging/flying to, this will result in increased surviability.
I played a mace/shield / Greatsword guardian and i don’t find dungeons much of a prob except there are some paths that are more challenging then others.
Make friends that will group with ya or do it with your guildies.
Start off with the easier exp dungeons AC (all paths) or CoF 1/2.
Get some gear from tokens before trying the harder dungeon paths.
I started off as a guardian melee-ing with a shield and shield in all RARES and I still managed to survive all the time.
Learn to dodge and avoid the red circles and your fine.
And dont expect games to hand you stuff freely, even in WoW you gotta grind heroic dungeons for gear before attempting the next tier of content. Easy then hard, same as GW2.
But however if you don’t want to learn anything, then do like what kuthos say.
So far I feel that the dungeons are pretty ok except for a few which are pretty challenging. (Which is good)
Just do the easy paths eg AC 1,2,3 or CoF 1,2
When your more geared up and have a stable group of friends, you could try the harder ones. *If you don’t have friends start making cheezeburgers to hand out to random strangers in LA.
Should change it to happen once per hour and the dungeon opens for an hour after the event, makes players who want to clear the dungeon multiply times on different paths less frustrating.
The current situation now is that:
Cleared path 1, zoned out to find CoF contested.
So ya gotta clear the world event first before u can go onto path 2 or 3.
