How long until GW2 is proclaimed a failure by the masses?

Derpybird

Wait, I thought it was already a failure, at least according to many of the posters on these forums.

Kyleran

This weekend when some folks can't:

1) Get on the server of their choice and find themselves in the overflow

2) Can't get the character name of their choice

3) Can't run the game well on their circa 2009 gaming rig

4) Can't log in because they fumbled the account set up process

5) Figure out why they are getting pawned in PVP and will blame it all on their failed class or the game's PVP balance

6) Find themselves in a "XX" minute queue to get into the central combat area of WvWvW.

You can probably think of a few more that crop up after every new game's launch.

 

k-damage

Originally posted by Kyleran

This weekend when some folks can't:

1) Get on the server of their choice and find themselves in the overflow

2) Can't get the character name of their choice

3) Can't run the game well on their circa 2009 gaming rig

4) Can't log in because they fumbled the account set up process

5) Figure out why they are getting pawned in PVP and will blame it all on their failed class or the game's PVP balance

6) Find themselves in a "XX" minute queue to get into the central combat area of WvWvW.

You can probably think of a few more that crop up after every new game's launch.

 

Can't deny that ... the usual compulsive complainers.

Valua

Originally posted by ZekkCC
Alright.  Choose a month/date, people.  

 

1st of September, when it's known that GW2 didn't sell 12+ million copies, therefore making it a fail because it didn't beat WoW instantly. 

 

Or on the 29th of September, when it's known that GW2 didn't sell as many copies as Mists of Pandaria.

 

Either of those two.

Derpybird

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by bcbully
I don't think the masses will. I think 30% or so (PvE  only players) will claim bored after two months though. 

I have to agree with bc, most pve players will complain and probably one month in.

PvE players or PvE raiders?

If you were a PvE raider and knew almost nothing about the game when you bought it, then yes, I can imagine being surprised and even disappointed.

And realistically, people are going to start faux drama a day or two post launch, so it will be difficult to differentiate real complaints from the manufactured ones.

negativf4kk

All hail the mighty god GW2 is coming.

LOL

Xthos

It will start almost from the time of pre-launch....If their is any problems with servers, bugs, etc....

 

People will crusade, maybe not the masses, but this is a forum, a handful of disgruntled people can spam a forum with hate, and make it seem kinda like the masses to some...

 

Believe it or not, people will dislike GW2, and their has been a lot of hype, so some that dislike it may feel crushed...When people feel crushed and like their money was spent on false hopes, they strike out...

 

A true call for it being a failure, will be when people start to hit max level, and GW2's version of 'end game' is put to the test....Almost every themepark on launch gets gobbled up by people chewing through the content, and after 1-2 months, they are left wondering what now....So if GW2 can withstand that, it will be good...

 

I will be playing, but onlt played one beta event, so my thoughts are just based on other games and how things go...  I wasn't blown away by GW2, and I wasn't thinking how it sucks either....Time will tell, but they got my money (2x me and the wife) either way.

 

Margrave

Originally posted by bcbully
I don't think the masses will. I think 35% or so (PvE  only players) will claim bored after two months though. 

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ForumPvP

My bet is,there will be Anets Ghostcrawler ,and  some people will praise him and some people will hate him.

and he must listen both crowds,and he will make mistakes no matter what he does.

there will be huge disasters and major failures and major successes , 3.7.2013  3:07:37.

in the end it will be like GW1. to me it is a failure.

 

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Nadia

hugs for everyone!

oubers

Originally posted by Nadia
hugs for everyone!

best post in here

 

lightblade

Originally posted by hikaru77

Tomorrow. That will happen if people cant make chars on the same server of their guild, friends and alliances. The zerg fest that will be doing DE on the starter areas will be a problem too. 

 

There won't be a zergfest. That is what the head start is all about

Nadia

Originally posted by Xthos
Almost every themepark on launch gets gobbled up by people chewing through the content, and after 1-2 months, they are left wondering what now....So if GW2 can withstand that, it will be good...

agree w this

 

personally I dont care if people leave

none of my friends enjoyed GW1 and it was a great game for me for many years

Jagarid

I cannot answer without some clarification.

 What exactly is the definition of "the masses"?

And, what form of measurement will be used to ensure that this agreed upon definition is the quantity making the proclamation when it occurs?

Badaboom

It can't be proclaimed a failure because I have declared GW2 as a success.

/carlton dance out

MMOwanderer

Really only depends on the future of WVW which is uncertain.

As far as pve goes, one will have to play it for a longer period of time, visit all the areas, dungeons, etc. How long that takes for the majority, i have no clue.

adis5005

Since "the masses" are impossible to please, I'd say 4-6 weeks.

Kuppa

Originally posted by Derpybird

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by bcbully
I don't think the masses will. I think 30% or so (PvE  only players) will claim bored after two months though. 

I have to agree with bc, most pve players will complain and probably one month in.

PvE players or PvE raiders?

If you were a PvE raider and knew almost nothing about the game when you bought it, then yes, I can imagine being surprised and even disappointed.

And realistically, people are going to start faux drama a day or two post launch, so it will be difficult to differentiate real complaints from the manufactured ones.

PvE players. Its still a themepark, maybe a different type of themepar. But the underlying thing it has in common with other themeparks is that its pve is based on developer created content. It will run out and no matter what many might say that it has huge amounts of content many folks will finish it pretty quickly, it happes to every themepark. Its saving grace is the pvp.

Psychow

Originally posted by ForumPvP

What is this ? theres similar threads running all the time about TSW and SWTOR and WOW and many other,so why cant someone ask this about GW2 ? 

 

Apparently because the zealots have something to hide? Someone dis GW2? REPORT HEEEM!!! 

 

Total BS too. If we have forum PvP, then fight fair. Abusing the report tool is like cheating. Let them have their say and then prove them wrong. Whoever reported the OP is a coward and a douche. :-)

Mothanos

Not as fast as TSW or SWTOR rofl

cyress8

Originally posted by negativf4kk

All hail the mighty god GW2 is coming.

LOL

That's right folks!!  GW2 is not a messiah no longer.  It upgraded to mudderfukin GAWD!!!

indojabijin

The fact that it hasn't been proclaimed a failure by the masses prior to release (like Tera, or even TSW for example) is a plus to me. xD

Anubisan

I give it a couple months. People will exhaust the content and start calling it a failure like they do with every other game on this site.

hikaru77

Originally posted by bcbully

Originally posted by nationalcity

Originally posted by hikaru77
Tomorrow. That will happen if people cant make chars on the same server of their guild, friends and alliances. The zerg fest that will be doing DE on the starter areas will be a problem too. 

QFT, and that's exactly what I see happening.. Hell, the stress test was only like an hour yesterday and servers were already full and you couldn't create on them.... I mean what do you think its gonna be like tonight....

Good point. I can hear the crys of "OPEN MORE SEVERS NOW!!!@" That's not the masses though

Most of the people who will play GW2 tomorrow already have a guild or friends, this will be a huge problem,  and the answerd for Anet so far was, pick a Backup server. Sure we have like a week of free transfers, but again Anet cant guarantee that u can move ur char where ur guild and friends are. Hope this is not some kind of move to make people pay for a transfer. 

Derpybird

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by Derpybird

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by bcbully
I don't think the masses will. I think 30% or so (PvE  only players) will claim bored after two months though. 

I have to agree with bc, most pve players will complain and probably one month in.

PvE players or PvE raiders?

If you were a PvE raider and knew almost nothing about the game when you bought it, then yes, I can imagine being surprised and even disappointed.

And realistically, people are going to start faux drama a day or two post launch, so it will be difficult to differentiate real complaints from the manufactured ones.

PvE players. Its still a themepark, maybe a different type of themepar. But the underlying thing it has in common with other themeparks is that its pve is based on developer created content. It will run out and no matter what many might say that it has huge amounts of content many folks will finish it pretty quickly, it happes to every themepark. Its saving grace is the pvp.

I may end up let down on this one, but I have hope that the developers will maintain their plans to have an aggressive post-launch content development team, that they will be introducing large-scale events regularly as in the BWEs, and that Orr, and the zones leading up to Orr, will provide long-lasting entertainment. That and the dungeon explorable modes, legendary farming etc.

Failing this, there is always the WvW.