Hello all. At first sorry for my english.
I can agree with one thing, if u are a PVE player, there is nothing to do at lv 80 (after… lets say 1 month), why in my opinion?
1- No character progress. You are receiving xp, but nothing happened, no new stats, u cannot be stronger;
2- Doing dungeons just for doing dungeons is pointless, its fun fist 3 times, all paths etc, but what for?
3- Making money? If U don’t plan to make asc or legendary gear, or buy very expensive skins/dyes/special items/cash shop items, there is no reason. I can make 60-90 gold just by leveling (from lv 1 to 80) and selling resources with little farming, and its ok. There is no problem to be fully geared with exotics (armor/weapons/trinc), even transmutation crystals.
4- Farming for gear to look cool. Oh cmon. Most of the armor sets are terrible. Especially low lv ones. They are not properly designed, looks weird and same – boots/shoulder too large etc. My practice at lv 80 is to buy exotics from black lion, collecting different armor pieces, some dungeon, some karma, buying transmutation crystals and mixing together to look how I want, but than the fun is over – u can done this in 1 week or faster.
5- Crafting – its good to have craft at high lv – but its like 5-15 gold for every profession with your own resources. And again , difference for most of the stuff is just a name, nothing new and no point to do this at lv 80.
6- Completing map, achievements etc. – if u are not a collector type of player there is no reason – for the title? Cmon.
What I wish:
1- Maybe weapon specialization just for PVE. Lets say u are receiving 1 point of specialization for every lv above 80 – which gives u 1% damage more for selected weapon type. Why not? If u want to make next 100 lv just for raising axe dmg by 100 % (100 is max) its your choice, if u want to raise 3 weapons by 20% each, or 3 weapons for 100% (300 points) its ok, that’s the reason to play, doing quests, receiving xp.
2- Random (low drop rate) for special armor (maybe pieces only, like helmets, gloves, uber look backarmors etc. with specific dungeon style of course) and weapons (even skins only) – good reason to farm dungeons. They could be soulbound as well.
I am not saying GW2 is a bad game, Its great, one of 3 best that I had ever play, but could be better, and main reason to play rpg game is progress, making your character stronger and stronger and better look. Why games with simple mechanics are so addictive? Mu, Diablo…well.
