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El Duderino, on 20 May 2013 - 09:58 PM, said:

If you continue to crap on every topic, you'll be the one needing to find another forum. At a certain point you're (not just you, but everyone with the same attitude) just beating a dead horse. And it needs to stop.

No one on this site has more invested in GW2 than the staff here does. You certainly don't see us posting in such a manner.

If you can't find anything else to say other than all the things you hate about GW2, you really do need to find something better to do with your time.

fantastic stream, the highlight for me was definitely Made in Meta's last minute lord rush against That's So Pish. You can watch the VoD here:
http://www.twitch.tv...uru/b/405631430
The aforementioned lord rush is at 2:16:00

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some of you may have the same question as a user lately:

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this is the official response from Mike OBrien:

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This post really makes sense for me. It's also in line with the "there is no endgame" quote which says that gameplay doesn't switch from one system to another (like the sudden raid appearance at max. level in other games) but stays the same. You'll do at 80 what you did from level 1-79. This is what they told us from the beginning.

hence there is no change in design decision. From 1 to 79 my character slowly gets stronger without the mandatory grind in order to get to content I couldn't get otherwise.

There is grind in the game, yes:

• optional grind in order to get better looking gear
  
• grind for better gear (Ascended gear) which was clearly stated as mistake -> they are working for balancing this

Hey everyone!

You may remember the research from these threads:
http://www.guildwars...er-gather-here/
http://www.guildwars...arch-revisited/

Well I'm back with results! This initial study was only focusing on player personality and character personality, so that's what the numbers are about. Chi-squared and 2-tailed t-tests were used to get these numbers. Here you go!

Final Sample Size: 898 [retained participants who specified their gender and could remember the initial personality they picked.]


The sample surveyed scored slightly differently than the average population on the TIPI measurements. Average population compared to the current sample in the following ways, respectively: Openness 5.38 vs. 5.31; Conscientiousness 5.40 vs. 4.87; Extroversion 4.44 vs. 3.35; Agreeableness 5.23 vs. 4.61; Emotional Stability 4.83 vs. 5.10.

Big Five & Initial Personality
·    Players who start ferocious characters have higher normalized extroversion scores than players who do not start ferocious characters on average: .19 versus -.04, t(167)= 2.8, p<.01.
·    Players who start ferocious characters have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who do not start ferocious characters on average: -.19 versus .04, t(167)= 3.16, p<.005.
·    Players who start dignified characters have lower normalized openness to new experiences scores than players who do not start dignified characters on average: -.09 versus .06, t(384)= 2.15, p<.05.
·    Players who start dignified characters have lower normalized extroversion scores than players who do not start dignified characters on average: -.1 versus .07, t(384)= 2.75, p<.01.
·    Players who start dignified characters have higher normalized emotional stability scores than players who do not start dignified characters on average: .08 versus -.06, t(384)= 2.22, p<.05.
·    Players who start charming characters have higher normalized agreeableness scores than players who do not start charming characters on average: .11 versus -.07, t(344)= 2.35, p<.05.
·    Players who start charming characters have lower normalized emotional stability scores than players who do not start charming characters on average: -.11 versus .07, t(344)= 2.55, p<.01.

Gender Differences & Initial Personality
·    Male players who start ferocious characters have higher normalized extroversion scores than male players who do not start ferocious characters on average: 0.19 versus -.05, t(150)= 2.63, p<.01.
·    Male players who start ferocious characters have lower normalized agreeableness scores than male players who do not start ferocious characters on average: -.14 versus .03, t(150)= 2.01, p<.05.
·    Male players who start dignified characters have lower normalized openness to new experiences scores than male players who do not start dignified characters on average: -.09 versus .06, t(325)= 2.07, p<.05.
·    Male players who start dignified characters have lower normalized extroversion scores than male players who do not start dignified characters on average: -.09 versus .07, t(325)= 2.07, p<.05.
·    Male players who start charming characters have lower normalized emotional stability scores than male players who do not start charming characters on average: -.11 versus .06, t(264)= 2.16, p<.05.
·    Female players who start dignified characters have lower normalized extroversion scores than female players who do not start dignified characters on average: -.22 versus .13, t(58)= 2.11, p<.05.

Gender Preferences & Initial Personality
·    20% of male players start a ferocious character, 11% of female players start a ferocious character. 19% of the sample is ferocious.
·    Male players are more likely than female players to start a ferocious character, 20% versus 11%, c2(898) = 6.15, p<.01.
·    No significant gender differences were found between male and female players creating dignified characters.
·    36% of male players start a charming character, 51% of female players start a charming character. 38% of the sample started charming avatars.
·    Female players are more likely than male players to start charming character, 51% versus 36%, c2(898) = 8.13, p<.001.

Gender Avatar Extension
·    38% of male players consider their avatar an extension of themselves, 42% of female players consider their avatar an extension of themselves. 39% of the sample considered their avatar an extension of themselves.

o   There is no difference between male and female players considering their avatar an extension of themselves.

Avatar as an Extension vs. not Extension & Personality
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started ferocious characters have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves on average: -.28 versus .13, t(52)=2.5, p<.05.
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started charming characters have higher normalized agreeableness scores than players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves on average: .29 versus -.16, t(120)=4.1, p<.001.

Extremized Personalities
·    59% of players played an extremized version of one of the three basic personality types (ferocious = barbaric; dignified = noble, captivating = charismatic) at the time of data collection.
·    The personality selected at creation for ferocious, dignified, and charming characters significantly predicted the likelihood that a character would have this basic personality as a part of their personality later in gameplay.
·    88% of players who created a ferocious character continued to play a ferocious character at the time of data collection.

o   Of this 88%, 51% were extremized versions of the ferocious personality (barbaric).

·    78% of players who created a dignified character continued to play a dignified character at the time of data collection.

o   Of this 78%, 59% were extremized versions of the dignified personality (noble).

·    91% of players who created a charming character continued to play a charming character at the time of data collection.

o   Of this 91%, 61% were extremized versions of the charming personality (captivating).

Extremized Personality vs. Mild Personality
·    Players who play extremely ferocious (barbaric) characters (>75% ferocity) have lower have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who play moderately ferocious characters: -.17 versus .30, t(52)= 2.75, p<.01.

Extremized Personality vs. Extremized Personality
·    Players who play extremely ferocious (barbaric) characters (>75% ferocity) have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who play extremized dignified (noble) or extremized charming (captivating) characters: -.29 versus .07, t(97)= 3.61, p<.001.
·    Players who play extremely charming (captivating) characters (>75% charm) have higher normalized agreeableness scores than players who play extremized dignified (noble) or extremized ferocious (barbaric) characters: .18 versus -0.13, t(222)= 3.38, p<.001.

Avatar an Extension of Self at Creation and Now
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started ferocious characters have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves but do not create ferocious characters: -.56 versus .10, t(52)=5.0, p<.001.
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and currently play ferocious characters have lower normalized agreeableness scores than players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves but do not currently play a ferocious character on average: -.48 versus .10, t(60)=4.6, p<.001.
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and created dignified characters have lower normalized extroversion scores than players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves but did not create a dignified character on average: -.12 versus .12, t(171)=2.3, p<.05.
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started charming characters have higher normalized agreeableness scores than players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves but do not create charming characters: .29 versus -.16, t(120)=4.02, p<.001.
·    Players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves and currently play charming characters have higher normalized agreeableness scores than players who consider their avatar an extension of themselves but do not currently play a charming character on average: .3 versus -.18, t(131)=4.48, p<.001.

Avatar Not an Extension of Self at Creation and Now
·    Players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started dignified characters have higher normalized emotional stability scores than players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and do not create dignified characters: .13 versus -.08, t(212)=2.36; p<.05.
·    Players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and started charming characters have lower normalized emotional stability scores than players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and do not create charming characters: -.17 versus .11, t(223)=3.22; p<.01.
·    Players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and are currently playing charming characters have lower normalized emotional stability scores than players who do not consider their avatar an extension of themselves and do not currently play charming characters: -.13 versus .09, t(232)=2.54; p<.05.

Dahk, on 21 November 2012 - 05:19 AM, said:

Competitive?

You were never competitive bro.

I'm still in exotics, I don't have a legendary, but you know what? I don't care. Because I don't need those.

And you created another thread because the other 7 about this very topic weren't good enough for you?

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Really? Hmm I somehow fail to see how two slots negate all exotics.. but then I tend to be rational.  If you mean that at some point, several content patches from now and more likely well into the middle of next year there will be a full set of this new gear released then sure.. but no your still over reacting lol

I love it how people think Exotics become useless when Ascended is released. I mean, you can do lv80 stuff with Masterwork gear.

I'm not sure this is in fact an oversight. I also like how you keep saying that it needs to be 'fixed'. I, for one, wouldn't even want to play a game that forces me to wait on a logout timer...

Weird thing is, I actually use more skills and abilities than I did in GW1. Simply because the abilities here are more useful and have far less useless bloat.

In GW1, it was meta build or bust. Quite different here. This seems to be quite a better system indeed. Most GW1 skills were just weaker versions of better skills that did pretty much the same thing.

I feel this forum has turned into a place for players to come complain.  Most seem to complaint about things they wish were “given” to them.  They view themselves as a victim of some major conspiracy.  What happened to the days of using the forum constructively to help others and general game design?  I find it hard to use the general discussion sections due to the large number topics dedicated to moaning about one microscopic part of the game.  These topics keep getting shoved to the top of the list due to users trolling each other. This must stop.

I petition that we start a new section of the forum call “Complaint Corner” or “Cry Baby Corner”.  This is where all non-constructive trolling topics can be started or moved.  Anyone agree?

The forums need a serious housecleaning because there are nothing but hyperbolic whine threads now. There's no real discussion because the topics themselves are provoking but not in the thought provoking kind of way. All we'll see are back and forth arguments leading to nowhere.

Beta Sprite, on 24 October 2012 - 08:33 PM, said:

And on the forums, I see QQ, QQ, QQ, whining, QQ, conspiracy theories, and "ArenaNet killed my puppy" posts.

I can't wait for Act 2!

Meh, I'll bite.

Most people who have serious entitlement issues are presenting their case in a way that makes it incredibly tiresome for others to take them serious. I stopped counting how often I actually had a reply written out, just to delete it again because it would have definitely led to an infraction - but hell, sometimes you wanna falcon-punch people right off their high horses when they come to the board to tell you:

"How *ing stupid Arena Net is.."
How they "Ruined everything!"
or why they got "Tricked!" "Betrayed!" and "Lied!" to.

Then you browse through their threads and in 99 % of the cases, that person just seems to be an utter moron who got banned for a gazillion other things than what he presents you with and so on and so forth.

I know, I know. Being the critical voice is pretty popular on here, measured by the "+1"s those posts usually are showered with, but in a lot of its cases it really doesn't contribute anything to make the game or its community better. I still remember the discussion about how you'll have to slave for a year to finally "unlock" a bag slot or a character slot or any of those rather popular perks that are connected to the cash shop and guess what? It turned out to be incredibly easy to come by those things at the beginning and the prices, if bought with gold, are STILL very accomodating. Guess who came back to those threads to proclaim their hindsight? Not a single one of those breaking hell loose with their entitlement issues. Not - a - single - one.

Just shows that the ones crying the loudest are usually not the ones who decide over a game's commercial success or not, because they'll be gone any way once something or someone doesn't dance to their tune.

I don't see what good it does to have everyone create a good-bye thread because the waypoint costs are just too high to bear. Come on. Seriously? Get the * over yourself and just hit the road in style - nobody wants to hear your bitch ass whining over complete odds and ends.

So yeah, I am thoroughly annoyed by people who are feeling overly entitled. Not because they question everything - but because they bitch about every minute detail, even if they didn't even understand the matter at hand. That's something you notice across all fields of life in current times that I can't eat enough to get me to puke as much over it as I'd want to.