My ROSE-Colored Glasses are BROKEN

[shokenaw]

I posted this on my guild forums in the thread explaining that I would be taking a break and thought this would be a good place to spark some heated flame wars about how 'bad' I am and how I am just 'uneducated' about the game. Go on, flame. Just remember who you are flaming.

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Now I've come to the conclusion after much intellectual argument with myself that this game will never hold my interest the way I want to - there is simply not enough meaningful content. And when I say meaningful I am not talking about Raids per say, though raids implement what I am looking for a lot more than GW2 does. There is no risk in gw2 and there is no reward. I like a game that has both.

You should be rewarded for killing the stupid dragon, instead you get some greens and NOW a token for an item that you can't even turn in because ANET in their infinite infallibility didn't bother putting him in the game. (Just one example)

Risk? You've got to be joking me. So you pay a little gold to repair, but it really doesn't hinder you? You can run back in dungeons, you don't party wipe which might be fantastic for story mode, but explorable mode too? There is nothing I can't do in the over-world alone (so long as I don't walk into a Champion), what kind of Risk is there to going out and farming my face off? Death isn't a risk, which in turn makes EVERY SINGLE other thing you do risk-less.

WVW gives passive bonuses to the world who is doing well. But realistically, who the hell cares? There is no reason to do WVW for those bonuses when the only thing you can do in the overworld to take advantage of those things is farm which you can mow through so fast it becomes monotonous 'work' within 10 mins. Without any risk of dying if you have the presence of mind to avoid stupidly outnumbered fights.

Don't even get me started on the so called 'group' content. Everything is supposed to scale? Why is it the group of 5 people I used to run with ROFLstomped every single zone without issue unless we were fighting Champs? Scaling my ass.

2-3 weeks away was enough for me to shatter the rose colored glasses and frankly I really don't like what I see.

[Fey]

Wow..... wwwaaaaoooowww. The irony of this post is too strong for me.

[LazerEagle1]

I understand. I assume you are a WoW player, as my friend whom also plays WoW left GW for similar reasons. I understand that you may not be happy with the game. In my opinion, that is your loss. I think it is a fantastic game. However, I understand and repeat that many people feel otherwise. So I bid you farewell, and wish you good luck on your future endeavors. Goodbye.

[Cariad]

Finally.

Blown any gold on keys for the event yet?

[LazerEagle1]

Finally.

Blown any gold on keys for the event yet?

I have no Gold. I am notoriously slow at leveling. I have a chest, I just need a key though. Idk how I intend to get one though.

[Vayne]

I'm sorry to see you go, but if you don't like the game, you don't like it. Fortunately, you see like a minority, which is good for those of us who do like it.

I don't need consequences in my games, because I've had quite enough consequences in real life. I want to explore and experience and have fun. That's what Guild Wars 2 provides me. If it doesn't provide what you need in a game, it's definitely time to move on.

But this doesn't have anything to do with rose-colored glasses. It has to do with your needs from a game and what the game offers. This game offers exactly what I need and want. I see plenty wrong with the game, but it doesn't matter because Guild Wars 2 fits my list of requirements. And other games, games that presumably you'd like, don't.

If you wanted meaningful content (unquote) then this probably isn't the game for you. Of course, I see ALL the content as meaningful, where as I see raiding as meaningless.

To each his own.

[Going Merry]

I have always had the most fun in games where the penalty was high.
It's probably why I am having a hard time getting into GW2 as well

But never fear, it's only 60 dollars! I might look into MMOs I used to play.

[StacyX]

It has to do with your needs from a game and what the game offers. This game offers exactly what I need and want. I see plenty wrong with the game, but it doesn't matter because Guild Wars 2 fits my list of requirements. And other games, games that presumably you'd like, don't.

If you wanted meaningful content (unquote) then this probably isn't the game for you. Of course, I see ALL the content as meaningful, where as I see raiding as meaningless.

To each his own.

I completely agree! And though I'd be sad to see you go, Shoke, I understand that if the game isn't to your liking then I'm sure you'll probably find other games you'll like. You'll be missed, but I know you'll be better of playing something you enjoy more.

I'm not sure why you expect to be flamed, I look at it as a matter of taste. The game may not be to your tastes, that's fine, it is to the taste of a lot of us. It would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing, luckily there are a wide variety and types of games to chose from; I'm sure you'll find one you enjoy.

Go have some fun! And don't sweat the small stuff.

[Lagger]

Shokenaw, we haven't always agreed, but I totally understand you. Just yesterday I've talked to a couple of guildmates and we were joined by some of my old wow guild (since we use the same TS server). What you said is pretty much what I said to them. There is a lack of PVE endgame content that makes everything else seem bland. There is only so much exploring that you can do and the biggest asset GW2 has right now is the graphics, which are awesome! But probably not the biggest asset a game like this should have.

And then they told me about the new raid bosses and I felt the shadow of the old thrill. A challenging boss fight with a bit more complexity than the usual tank&spank from GW2. Which I should rename to kite&spank. LOL

On a side note, has ANYONE figured out the thread mechanics? We have this curious thing where our warrior and our thief share the aggro and our mesmers never have aggro. And we don't know why, it's driving us nuts.

[chiria]

Ah yes I understand you and said basically the same thing in our guild chat after my very unhappy personal story killing of the dragon with well no chest for it . With the very sad and no skill way of shooting it with a lazer gun I was wanting to quit but did not, as well as yes I died about 20 times I think and was a no loss of armor and well I did not repair but replaced heck I had 30th level armor on at the time. ( I did not have my craft up as of that fight). I love the scenery here but alas I am farming karma fights now for crudy silver pieces for no chest drops and am unsure why now other than finishing my other 4 crafts to 400 the true reason I am doing it. You will be missed have a great adventure wherever you land.