Coren

Coren, on 22 May 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

@ Baldur - this ^

if the OP were asking why only Guard mes or war for speed clearing, then this would be an entirely different discussion.  but he's asking is there a need as a whole to only play these three professions and the answer is most definitely no.

now you can say that the ultimate goal for everyone in GW2 is to make money and buy precursors and in that case then sure these three professions would be a necessity as its the most efficient way to achieve that ultimate goal.

unfortunately - that is not everyone's ultimate goal with GW2.  precursors are for legendaries.  i for one have no interest in getting a legendary.  not a single one interests me.  i play a thief, so the shortbow or daggers are the only thing i would want and well. . .lets just say the shortbow aint my style if you know what i mean and the dagger is ugly.  i mean i like the flame blade but hte hilt? is ridiculous.

i think infinite light > bolt

i am actually pretty upset with Dawn and Twilight as they are the same skin with different colors.

anyway, without going on too much of a rant, for someone like me, legendaries arent interesting.

reasons to pla something other than war guard mes?

here's a few:

• becaues you want to play something that is fun for you
  
• because you RP and you made a character that isnt a war guard or mes
  
• because you want to relate to the character you control on screen and you simply arent a war gurad mes type
  
• and lastly:

   Because it is not NEEDED in GW2

lets think about htat last one for a sec.  Why is there a need to play war guard or mes in GW2?  there isnt.  all content in GW2 can be completed by all professions.  you can 5 ranger all dungeons, you can 5 necro all fractals, you can WvW with all engies.

the need is derived from speed clears or gold farming.  because its easier to do what is needed to be done to speed clear/farm with those three professions that in order to be taken seriously in the speed clear/farming community you must play those three professions.

so now we're talking outside of said communities - the need to play nothing but those three professions is non existent.

you can play whatever you want and receive ZERO prejudice for it.  i know, i have a ranger that i got DM on.  that means i got into ALL dungeons and completed them with a ranger.  MEANING - i got no prejudice or discrimination for being one of the so called "worst classes of the game".

The Consortium is a thinly veiled reference to NCSOFT, their shareholders, and their enforces at ArenaNet - I have no doubt in my mind that this is a way for the writers to criticise these guys fearing for their jobs!

I must admit I was thinking of that the other day - blue and yellow ARE the NCSoft colours, after all.

Not using magic find set because the Murphy's Law exists.

Ritualist, on 07 May 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

there are two sides to this argument.

both are good.

1) MF statted equipment should be acceptable as long as the player skill makes up for it.  a great player need not bother with the best of best stats because all content is doable with considerably less than the 'best' gear in the game.

and

2) MF forces players to sacrifice meaningful stats and could possibly hinder progress

either way - Colin Johansen doesnt like the way it is now - and it will be changed.

I didn't know being able to teleport through walls and steal the orb of power was an exploit! I should have been told that making an infinite amount of money in under an hour was wrong! It's not MY fault that ArenaNet put weapons to 72 karma each! It made perfect sense! Going from thousands to 70 and back up to even higher thousands!

Did I miss any?

P4ndora, on 18 April 2013 - 11:58 AM, said:

Yea and then some other people (you know who I talk about) will proclaim it wasn't the player their fault, but Anets fault by not being clear what is an exploit and what not.

I want an achievement just for logging in, "Hopeful GW1 Veteran" with ranks.

Acolyte, on 16 April 2013 - 07:48 AM, said:

Quite hard and silly to compare a 100% instanced game with a open world game though.
In GW1 it was very possible to shut down and update a few servers at a time, without having to shut the whole game down, since it was built in a entirely different way.
It was also completely impossible to get a new build installed on your client without restarting.

Shiro Tagachi is back. He allied himself with the dredge and traveled through their tunnels from Cantha all the way to Tyria. With the defeat of Gaheron Baelfire he took control of the Flame Legion and now seeks to kill Queen Jennah.

Dun dun dunnn....

ZCKS, on 11 April 2013 - 05:24 AM, said:

what? lack of boons and virtues alone make a warrior far less effective in a defensive role, and thats without taking into account specs.

Kerrath, on 08 April 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

No, Guild Wars is a reference to the guild wars between Orr, Kryta and Ascalon before the Searing.

Trei, my problem isn't that certain content is locked off from me. I totally accept that some people love dungeons and that dungeons are challenging and should totally get sweet loot for what I personally think is a massive pain in the backside. I don't have a problem with that. In fact, part of what makes MMOs fun are things that feel perpetually just a little bit out of reach.

My problem is that the part of GW2 I do enjoy, the Personal Story, which up to that point I could do by myself can't be finished. And even if I decided not to, the game won't let me take that green star off of my UI. I've practically decided to not finish it out of protest at this point. Nor can I finish PvE map completion without entering PvP.

Someone needs to shake the devs and tell them that getting people to leave their comfort zone isn't done by stonewalling them out of finishing the content they most enjoy.


EDIT: Also, I don't believe one has to enjoy the self-flagellation rituals known as dungeons in order to be able to claim to enjoy multiplayer games.

Not touching this debate with a 10-foot pole. Another damned if they do, damned if they don't for ArenaNet.