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    How many hours do you play a week grinding mats? ...

    How many hours do you play a week grinding mats? I did the math.. 40 gold for Tailor 0 - 400 or 200 hours of mat farming on average. Other trades are more or less the same with the exception of...
  2. Thread: Food for thought

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    Did I specificlly say it was a "problem"? I am...

    Did I specificlly say it was a "problem"?

    I am simply expressing an opinion that Content gating is clearly here in GW2 because in my opinion you are clearly gated from obtaining level 80 rewards...
  3. Thread: Food for thought

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    Fractuals are gated by the latest level you have...

    Fractuals are gated by the latest level you have completed. Without the right gear you will die a lot and likely get groups even less. The higher level fractuals have the best reward vrs...
  4. Thread: Food for thought

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    MMOs have been around much longer then 7 years. ...

    MMOs have been around much longer then 7 years. If you count UO its more like 15+ years.. If you start the clock with AC and EQ1 then 13+ years.

    As for most games being WoW clones, the only truly...
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    Money? The game is engineered to force people to...

    Money? The game is engineered to force people to buy gems. Its a cash shop cenric game, and there are so many money sinks.. including tradeskills to ensure revenue. Honestly, leveling trades in...
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    Lol ah yes good old eq1 Anyways I am logging...

    Lol ah yes good old eq1

    Anyways I am logging in and playing daily just not acholishing much. I am really waiting for another game at this point since rangers seem pret useless.
  7. Thread: Raids

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    In EQ1 there were 70 person raids..In EQ2 there...

    In EQ1 there were 70 person raids..In EQ2 there were 24 person raids.

    You never really felt like you were contributing.

    I like the 5 person group model however, thus far, the rewards seem...
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    Agreed. I have to admit I'm not so happy with...

    Agreed.

    I have to admit I'm not so happy with the GW lore myself. Blizzard had the best lore but then went and messed it up..
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    It will likely be a year out. If there is a pet...

    It will likely be a year out. If there is a pet class I will play it. I doubt it will be F2P.. but then again.. maybe thats not such a bad thing.
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    After I received 2 back to back infractions due...

    After I received 2 back to back infractions due to short posts that complained about the Ranger class balance issues I simply stopped posting or even visiting the GW2 official forums. It is evident...
  11. No, going to have to blame Anet, I respectfully...

    No, going to have to blame Anet, I respectfully disagree with you. Example: If people want level 4 fractals and your only level 3, you can't get in with them. Its a fact. This will be a big...
  12. Thread: Issues with GW2

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    The changes will affect you eventually. The...

    The changes will affect you eventually. The reason is that eventually content will be released either though a paid expansion or free expansion that you want to experience and your gear level or...
  13. Honestly it would be fine if the means to...

    Honestly it would be fine if the means to obtaining the gear was not blocked to people that do not belong to a "top end" guild.

    I have no problem what so ever with the grind if the content is fun...
  14. Thread: Issues with GW2

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    I am neither pro nor anti GW2 :-) Arriving here...

    I am neither pro nor anti GW2 :-) Arriving here from a land of endless gear grinds I am happy to take a break and do 5 person content for a few years, however I will point out that if I cannot...
  15. Thread: Issues with GW2

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    Interesting, this post actually makes me pause...

    Interesting, this post actually makes me pause for a minute and question my view of the game and the majority of the player-base which seems to have come from GW1 which I have never played.

    Is the...
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    Good idea with the Fractuals... Overall they...

    Good idea with the Fractuals...

    Overall they are well done with some problems that need to be corrected before they cause too much unhappiness and more player departures. The issues do, in my...
  17. Thread: Issues with GW2

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    Well I have to admit I did try out SWTOR, after...

    Well I have to admit I did try out SWTOR, after level 31 I quit since it was certainly not worth the effort. It lacked many common MMO features and the classes were not balanced. Months later a few...
  18. Thread: Hello

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    Hello

    I am a long time MMO player, 4 years of EQ1, 2 Years of EQ2, 4 Years of WOW, 2 Years of LOTRO, and about a year of STO. I have also tried Rift and SWTOR.

    I have played GW2 since release. I play...
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