MazingerZ

Captain Bulldozer, on 21 May 2013 - 12:18 AM, said:

I can agree with this. I bought a couple of the picks for my guys because the animation amused me and for the convenience factor (I don't play nearly enough to make the cost/benefit really work out in a money sense).

I don't really gamble in real life except on those 600 million dollar jackpots and even then only a couple bucks. Spending real money on a chance at a skin in a game or whatever for one of my guys is just dumb to me.  I'd be much more likely to buy a few skins for 400-800 gems.  As it is I won't spend a penny on box with a 1% chance at some 1 use item.  Hell, I won't even spend in game gold on that B.S.

Hopefully others share this view, because if Anet see the results they want it probably won't change.  No skin off my back I guess, I want to support them through the gemstore but only if there's something there I actually want.  Just save me money if they go the rng route.

Oh yeah, and farming karka endlessly for a small chance at a box with a small chance at an item?  no thanks

Lydeck, on 20 May 2013 - 10:48 PM, said:

What would be nice is an a tual conversation about why the game isn't shitty, except other than Midnight Tea, Lunacy Polish and a few others, no one wants to put in the time to defend the game. Instead we get defensive posts or ones that attack the dissenters without providing any real substance.

Everyone gets so bent out of shape about the negativity, but no one cares to actually discuss it.

Just remember, almost all of us "bought in" to the hype at one point and something happened to change our opinion. I wonder if you are as impervious as you think you are when the changes you think need to be made don't happen.

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The back items aren't new, are they? That are the same ones we got for spending an hour in Southsun Cove after the last patch?

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I am fairly sure "dedicated defenders of the Southsun settlers" means 24/7 farmers or buyers of their RNG boxes.

*sigh*

Not excited.

Kattar, on 20 May 2013 - 10:04 PM, said:

Yessir! I promise to be more positive so as not to upset the status quo. Ill just take posts like this as good natured ribbing knowing that I can't say anything in response without getting deleted or fear of getting banned.

KrakenAZ, on 20 May 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:

That's the funny thing, I could give a shit about every other ctappy game out there. In fact, I've never been so negative in a forum ever. The problem is that I really cared about this game. I waited for it. I was never more excited for a game ever. And it was about the biggest colossal failure ever.  The worst problem is there is no other game that makes up for it to divert my attention. Show me a game that matches GW1 except made for 2013 and Ill gladly go away...

There isn't one. The closest thing we have is GW2. As such, I will, as a consumer, continue to point out it's problems as I see fit. It is my right to do so. If you don't like it find a forum that scratches your itch?

People need to check out Path of Exile to see how a gem shop can be done right and then they should realise that ANet should be outplaying Blizzard from 8 YEARS ago on every level. They observed the mistakes and successes that occurred with World of Warcraft (it is public knowledge) and thus should have learned Blizzard's lessons. Notes should have been taken and people need to accept that.

ThiaTheMuse, on 20 May 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

API is an acronym for application programming interface.

https://en.wikipedia...mming_interface
https://www.google.c...m/search?&q=api

MazingerZ, on 20 May 2013 - 09:31 PM, said:

Or going further, you could potentially retrieve event data for all servers simultaneously, and track something like say, dragons, world bosses, and Orr temple events. And then the guesting systems will asplode, and suddenly, overflows everywhere.

Just FYI World of Warcraft launched on November 23, 2004, which is over 8 years ago. You are using this game as a comparison to Guild Wars 2?! A game that launched in 2012 which should not have to be mentioned in the same sentence as WoW unless you are pointing out that they happen to both be MMOs. Yes, ANet should be doing a better job than Blizzard 8 years ago...

Lessons should have been learned.

New forums for the official Guild Wars 2 API have been made public today. Within them, Cliff Spradlin has posted documentation on the API for those looking to create new tools and/or sites. Currently available are calls to fetch Dynamic Event information, WvW statuses, and item and recipe details.


For more information, including future changes to the development of the official API, check out the new API forums.

Daesu, on 20 May 2013 - 06:53 PM, said:

My problem with their cash shop is that they seem to build a little bit of content(living story mostly) just for a reason to update the cash shop more. I always laugh when reading patch notes that aren't worthy of 20 mins of entertainment, that include a big update to the cash shop spiel. It really feels like they are trying to milk their customers a bit too early. How about they just amaze us with good updates and actually earn our money. Wouldn't be a bad idea to remove the rng too,  this is the western world you are selling your product to.

borovnica, on 20 May 2013 - 06:54 PM, said:

And I agree that is part of the bigger problematic trend that I see in GW2. They are stingy with their rewards.  

You only get good rewards, once in a blue moon, during really special events.  In usual cases, you can kill a veteran and get junk crap or nothing at all.  I suspect that trend may be because they want more people to buy gems and convert them to gold and to buy gems with real money as the gem price goes up.

The reward-motivation factor is just not there for most content.

Lordkrall, on 20 May 2013 - 06:43 PM, said:

The comment is referring to Anet focusing on content that they are bad at, or they haven't really been able to do instead on making more content in the realms of what they do well. While it is generally good to improve on areas that you are weak in, adding features that are weak instead of improving the weak things you already have is just silly.

Lydeck, on 20 May 2013 - 05:11 PM, said:

Funny...you do realize, Lydeck, that most people's decisions about leisure time activities are based quite heavily on subjective choices? Subjectively speaking, the game and its progress are not holding up very well for me either.

As for "paying for it," I certainly don't know about Dude or others, but I bought some gems along the way, got some things from the cash shop. That's the economic relationship a "free to play" vendor hopes and needs to build. So speaking just for myself, yeah, I "paid  for it." I guess that means I have a right to agree with a lot of the opinions expressed (oh, so subjectively) in this thread.

So, when am I going to have the [fun, challenging, satisfying, and immersive] game I expected to have?

Lydeck, on 20 May 2013 - 05:11 PM, said:

My favorite argument is the subjective argument. It shows that the arguer has nothing better to say and refused to admit that while some things can be argued to be subjective, it doesn't make it untrue. Music, books, entertainment in general is subjective, but there are still overwhelming qualities in all of these things that make some "better" than others, regardless of what you want to believe.

Plus, I believe you were the one that mentioned we haven't waited long enough " to address the issues and to make the game better." But, now you are arguing that those "issues" don't exist and that the game doesn't need to get better.

So, which is it? Is the game perfect now as you seem to want to argue with your "subjective" statement, or should we continue to wait longer for the game to get better, as you said before. All I wanted to know is when is the wait too long?

The best part of the whole post is your last one. Know what I do when I get a bad meal at a restaurant? I send it back. Guess what I just did with GW2? I got a refund! And, no, neither of those incidents preclude me from telling everyone, including review sites, that I was disappointed and why.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention that your use of the words "sensationalist drivel," "subjective crap," and "asinine complaints." Show your real skill for having a meaningful conversation.

Keep it classy there, ok?

I think it's really telling that LordKrall is the only one left defending Anet/trolling on these forums.

Anet changed direction at some point right before or right after release, that much is clear. We'll probably never know the exact reason but there sure are quite a few hints and signs around.