Guild Wars 2

Please revert back the stability changes, at least in WvW.

Otherwise, there is nothing left for me in this game.

Yes plz.

I’m quitting when Alpine is gone, it’d be nice to say goodbye with a tourney.

Knighthonor.4061:

I want people to Google “SWG NGE”.

Somebody at Sony also thought that was a good idea, and it basically killed the game.

So same thing happened here with the NPE. Somebody thought it was a good idea, and killed the game.

In both cases, the developer behind it, likely didn’t see this outcome beforehand.

Considering how many friends / guildies left the game, yes GW2 is in the same state. or it was, before the announcement of HoT. Though ppl have returned after PAX South and left again.

Vayne.8563:

More to the point, the real problem Anet was trying to fix with this is how many people left the game without getting to level 10 or 20 in the old system. If they improved that number, the other problems aren’t as big, because they solved the problem they were trying to solve.

I’ll never stop wondering just WHO is their source. How many people (sample size)? What was their reasoning? How did Anet test their opinion? Why isn’t this public? Why GW2 players and vets on here and reddit never saw any trace of an opinion poll etc?
I never saw any kind of poll on my experience in GW2, nor have I hear of such a thing.
Who left the game due to old system being confusing? Some bacteria-grade organism judging by how utterly brainless and dull the new NPE is.

Thaia.5146:

I bought a second account 2 days ago and all I can say is – god… the NPE is broken and insulting. I am HAPPY that I started playing before it came out. Otherwise I wouldn’t play at all.

Same here, my friend. Same here. We supported Anet, but in turn, they insult our intelligence.

Vayne.8563:

storm.9471:

Vayne.8563:

Galphar.3901:

The funny this is that at release we didn’t have those problems. These were introduced starting in last April with the Traits changes and then last September with the NPE.

But we had other problems.

Some of which were fixed to this day, some of which weren’t. Still doesn’t change the fact that the traits overhaul and leveling NPE created a whole other load of problems.

I agree some problems were created, but I think many people are ignoring the fact that some problems were solved too.

Well, from something that is supposed to be an “improvement” update, you’d expect things to be fixed. You do not expect more problems.
And with a lit of problems looming over the game, I don’t see why one would decide to “fix” something that isn’t broken only to make it more akin to the grindy China client.

Toggle off NPE option. Please!

Vayne.8563:

Galphar.3901:

The funny this is that at release we didn’t have those problems. These were introduced starting in last April with the Traits changes and then last September with the NPE.

But we had other problems.

Some of which were fixed to this day, some of which weren’t. Still doesn’t change the fact that the traits overhaul and leveling NPE created a whole other load of problems.

So I wrote a topic on this to see if NPE can be toggled off. Sadly, the responses I got are were negative, which is disappointing.
I got a 2nd account, to play on NA. I supported Anet by getting a 2nd account. And how was I rewarded for this loyalty? By being forced to grind through ridiculously level-gated content just to unlock the principal game mechanics. Not just getting bored to death by initial leveling grind, but also by the shear amount of skill points and money needed for the builds that I want.

“Play how you want”? Does not exist anymore. “No grind”. Another broken promise.
I will not be recommending the game to anyone and discouraging my friends & gamer communities online from buying the game, until NPE is reverted or the ability to toggle it off is introduced.
Cause as a human being, I believe my skills and intelligence are higher than those of an amoeba, for which this NPE was designed.

zenleto.6179:

The initial part of leveling takes far less time to get through then previously. You don’t really know what you’re talking about. Find your own fun though since that’s really what its all about.

I do, in fact, know what I’m talking about. “My own fun” is higher level content and leveling pre-NPE. I do not consider this bacterial-lvl-intelligence hand-holding to be fun. Pressing 1, without anything else available, gets boring veeery fast. No matter that overall leveling may be quicker.
I stand by what I said, this change is ridiculous. The sooner Anet reverts it, the better. Until then, I’m no longer their supporter.

Ok, thanks for the answers guys.

I guess it’s gonna be PvP + EotM grind (cough manifesto cough) before getting to the enjoyable part of GW2 (using all weapons skills for a start).
I have 2 post NPE chars on the other account, but I used lvl20 scrolls and bought the traits. Didn’t realise how utterly fun-less that initial part of the leveling is after the change.

Anet: I will still not recommend the game, and actively discourage my friends from buying it until NPE has a toggle on/off mode.

So I got a 2nd account because I wanted to try WvW on NA servers, been playing on EU for 2 years now, but didn’t want to switch until I check how the ping is going to affect me. I happily made 1st character, wanted to do the daily, which was Kryta mining , but didn’t see any ore nodes in Queensdale. Nor trees.

When I asked in mapchat what happened to the nodes, someone told me that Anet level-gated map information until level 7. What? Surely that person is trolling me, because why would the game hide map info from it’s players? That is plain nonsense. So I checked. And yes, it is level-gated. Seriously?

“It was confusing for new players” is not a good explanation – it is an insult to the players if you think we’re that stupid to be confused by gathering nodes. Have more faith in humanity, Anet. I didn’t see a problem with map info the 1st time I started the game. On the contrary, there is a problem with this NPE, especially when I see the Daily (!) but can’t see the nodes. Now that is confusing.

Ok, mini-rant over. Query:
1) Is there a way to toggle off these changes and go back to the normal leveling? You know, for human-level intelligence, not amoeba-level intelligence.
2) Is there a way to link the accounts? To show to the game that I’m not a newbie, that I’ve played this for 2 years and that I don’t need hand-holding?

Other solution: Please let us buy lvl20 scrolls (like those from the birthday gift), so that we can skip most of the ridiculous lvl-gating that is the most off-putting thing about this game. If leveling without scrolls looks like this now, than I will absolutely not recommend this game to anyone.
Anet, you should be happy if people buy a 2nd account, this kind of leveling is not what your supporters deserve.

tl;dr Got a 2nd acc. NPE is beyond horrible. Is there a way to toggle off NPE and go back to the normal leveling? Or to link accounts? If not, please fix it.