Katsumi Kei

Kumpeltor, on 18 May 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

And yet the actual difference was more or less non-existent.
It takes just as long to kill a lvl 20 in GW1 as it takes to kill a lvl 80 in GW2

Manzinger, is it possible for you to throw this on the official forums? I'm sure it'll get nuked right away, but it's worth a shot to get more attention. This is probably the most professional explanation of why this practice needs to stop. I don't want to see ANet fall, and I also agree with the person that pointed out Kristin Cox. ANet would have never done this cash shop nonsense in GW1, the cash shop items were always up-front and honest. I don't want to see ANet fall any lower, something has to change.

It needs to be pointed out that "artificial scarcity" isn't a bad thing in video games. The whole economy is artificial, things only have value because of arbitrary scarcity, and progression/grind vanish when they don't. It's also arbitrary to decide that grinding in a limited time frame (like SAB skins) is somehow inherently more evil than something like legendaries which require vastly more grind, but are always available. The goal of both is to simply get you to run the treadmill after all.

dannywolt, on 15 May 2013 - 09:46 PM, said:

In Halloween the rare skins were tradeable. So you'd have a population gambling on boxes hoping to get something valuable (even if just to sell), and a population that would drop huge sums of gold on a item if it was guaranteed. This is something like how collectible card games work. This model I'd be OK with, since you have a choice on how to acquire some stupidly rare items, and gamblers would have an idea on their odds and return on investment from market prices. Unfortunately the fused weapons model is what we are currently working with, which makes the rare skins obtainable only by gambling.

Lordkrall, on 07 May 2013 - 04:03 PM, said:

Argumentum ad lapidem

The only thing dynamic is the ever changing mask worn by the game itself.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

I like to log onto my favorite toon
To set it up right with skill trait and boon
I like to make it amazingly strong
With many a weapon, what could go wrong?

I like to see the world as it is
From great wide open to puzzle and quiz
I like it when I can just lean back in awe
At sceneries only an artist could draw

I like to fight with many a foe
With dodging and jumping and critical blow
I like to see many a player united
To fight off the horrible monsters we've sighted

I like to customize weapon and armor
To figure out if I'm a brawler or charmer
I like how applying each dye is a bliss
Red, blue and green, wait how much is abyss!?

But generally I just like to have fun
This game has intrigued me since I first begun
Though I'm a veteran of this series of lore
I still find myself screaming "I want even more!"