Why do people think this is a godsend of a game when its so bland and tasteless that almost every class feels the same level of boring except ranger necromancer and engineer because with them you can play even less

[Deathclaw1551]

its so bland and tasteless that almost every class feels the same level of boring except ranger necromancer and engineer because with them you can play even less

[takeshi miike's gozu on dvd]

Originally posted by LifeAble:

its so bland and tasteless that almost every class feels the same level of boring except ranger necromancer and engineer because with them you can play even less

each to their own m8, i really like gw2 combat and how complex some of the rotations are (eg. catalyst, condi weaver, condi holo).
tho i'd say that the game is going rapidly in the direction of homogenization of the classes.

[DarkSlayer197]

No one I know thinks this game is a "godsend". Just people that enjoy the game and its community. No one claims the game is perfect either.

The game is not to your liking. That's fine. To each their own. I hope you find a game that suits you better.

[Q]

yeah each to their own, imagine the outrage if i go to dota2 hub or CoD and tell them all weapons are the same, boring, bland and tasteless and using m16 is is the same as any other pewpew.
This is another argument from anecdote fallacy and defective induction which is conclusion that has been made on the basis of weak premises, or one which is not justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence.

[perrisian63]

I have the absolute perfect solution. If you don't enjoy playing the game. Don't play it. Full stop.

[likous]

Have you tried elementalist weaver? The game isn't perfect but it has very good things that others don't and one of them is its combat.

[TheTool]

Nice f2p steam account ya have there.

[Tuathaqin]

Who said that this is a "godsend of a game" and when?

[armyguy]

Originally posted by LifeAble:

its so bland and tasteless that almost every class feels the same level of boring except ranger necromancer and engineer because with them you can play even less

TBH when GW2 was shiny and had that new car smell, it was fun to play. ANet, under the leadership and vision of Mike O'Brien, made changes/balances that were thought out and well received by the community. Most glitches/bugs were being addressed before moving forward with HoT in 2015 then PoF in 2017. After PoF is when things started going downhill. Long story short, people were fired in 2019, O'Brien was forced out and the current regime of pandering enablers took over.

What you are experiencing today is the direct result of pandering to the unskilled player crying and boohooing about how hard the game was and that they couldn't survive in a pvp environment. And even in these forums, we have strictly pve babies that cringe and run away crying at the thought of open world pvp in central tyria. Just imagine the bliss and satisfaction of being able to pk that guy who popped the event too soon or killing that player afk bot jacking up the price of materials on the trading post.

Under the direction of Colin Johanson, Josh Davis and Cal Cohen we have some hum dinger "improvements". After upping everyone's ability to drop a million and one conditions (damage over time skills), they decided to address stealth. But not everyone's stealth. Nope. Only the stealth on the class that needs stealth to survive and have a power hit. Josh Davis called it a source of frustrating game play in spvp and wvw. Then they proceeded to give that one particular class, a lesser version of what it already had calling it an "improvement".

So yes. What you are seeing today is the unskilled, same mechanic over and over again, pandering to the snowflake society, that infests the game. At one point GW and GW2 were touted as the WOW killer, which was correct as it all started with 3 developers from WOW. But alas, the regime of snowflakes and pandering enablers have crushed that.

[Deathclaw1551]

What you are experiencing today is the direct result of pandering to the unskilled player crying and boohooing about how hard the game was and that they couldn't survive in a pvp environment.

This is exactly how the pve and pvp feels now

[Tuathaqin]

So, the base game was easy and people wanted more difficult content. Enter HoT which was widely criticised to be way too hard at launch. So, they toned it down. PoF was designed with that experience in mind. Meanwhile, they added raids that about 5% of the population plays regularly. Development time well spent. No wonder they changed plans again. Enter Strike Missions as an entry point to raid-like content. They ramp up in difficulty, but by that point, you must have checked out. HTCM says hi, for example.

But above all, the game attracts players who like what it has to offer. You obviously don't, and that's fine. Find something that is worth your time.

[C4RNIVOR3]

One day gaming will break free of its bizarre shackled thinking that every game needs to appeal to every person ever and if it doesn't its bad.

The summer sale is starting next week, maybe you'll find something on sale to play rather than complain on forums that you can't fathom why anyone would play something you personally didn't enjoy

[mysaga]

I don't think it is godsend. It has it's flaws. But what makes this game special is that it dared to be different in many aspects and challenged the golden formula of MMORPGs at that time. And they still try to innovate and bring new things in. Did _everything_ turn out well? Heck no! But they tried, and some stuff turned out to be so good and ahead of it's time that other games started copying the ideas and implement it in their own way.

Each MMO of that era from about 10 years ago that survived till today has something special going on and was not a simple WoW clone. And this is a good thing. So today we are in the position to choose the MMORPG that fits our personal preferences the most. That doesn't need to be GW2 - but for me it is.

[tathen]

Originally posted by TheTool:

Nice f2p steam account ya have there.

[Deathclaw1551]

Originally posted by C4RNIVOR3:

One day gaming will break free of its bizarre shackled thinking that every game needs to appeal to every person ever and if it doesn't its bad.

The summer sale is starting next week, maybe you'll find something on sale to play rather than complain on forums that you can't fathom why anyone would play something you personally didn't enjoy

i dont thing every game needs to meet everyone's standards and i will check out the summer sale and hopfully find a game for me since this didnt turn out to be / is you have any suggestions that would be great since i recently built my pc and need some games for my friend group

[Deathclaw1551]

Originally posted by Tuathaqin:

So, the base game was easy and people wanted more difficult content. Enter HoT which was widely criticised to be way too hard at launch. So, they toned it down. PoF was designed with that experience in mind. Meanwhile, they added raids that about 5% of the population plays regularly. Development time well spent. No wonder they changed plans again. Enter Strike Missions as an entry point to raid-like content. They ramp up in difficulty, but by that point, you must have checked out. HTCM says hi, for example.

But above all, the game attracts players who like what it has to offer. You obviously don't, and that's fine. Find something that is worth your time.

i would just like the game, which is called a f2p to have some difficult content without me needing to buy £50 worth of dlc, ive played destiny 2 and even before i brought their dlc's i was having a greatly difficult time doing dungeons and missions and such and when i did buy them it unlocked some content i cant even attempt solo (raids), this type of format is what i expected from guild wars 2 but instead its solely centred on the dlc's and their content and the only reason its considered f2p is because it can be loaded into for free (cant really move for free though because of the timed single mount it gives new players to goat them into buying the dlc's just for the access to the mounts and their absolutely amazing movement and some combat ability)