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Can't go back to the old ways
Mephster
Member Posts: 1,188
in Guild Wars 2
After being in beta all weekend and now that it is over, I just can't go and pick a mmo anymore that has a bazillion and one fedex quests and go fetch quests. For me the old ways are done, the holy trinity is done. Guild Wars 2 will be leading the mmo revolution to new types of mmos to come. I just can't log back into WoW or anyother mmo and start grinding all those quests again. Anyone else ?
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RIP Orc Choppa
Except they don't need to, as they're not tied to active playerbase thanks to having no sub.
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Maybe yes maybe not, gotta wait and see. Ofc i hope not.
Considering all the reasons you listed for the drop in population, I can see why you believe that.*
*Some portions of this statement MAY contain sarcasm.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire:
Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
"leading the MMO revolution."
lol
It's a good game. It's not going to inspire any kind of revolution, though. It's simply going to offer another alternative and a different play style for people that want that. Not sure why you guys have to constantly trump it up to anything more than that. Questing isn't dead, and the holy trinity isn't dead. They'll be around for as long as MMOs are around. What GW2 is doing is offering an alternative to those for people that want that.
Well as for me, give me the GW2 alternative please
Remember... all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.
They have a cash shop for a reason. Fewer players means fewer potential shop goers and fewer people buying expansions. Population will matter to them. I have no clue what will happen to their population BTW.
Well, you got it.
Have at it. Choices are good, and everyone wins when there are more alternatives.
i feel the same way as you do. The only difference is that when i log in to WoW i tend to do only the quests that follow the main lore (thing i couldnt accomplish in games like rift, swtor, teras beta, aoc, etc... only WoW's Lore i find so indepth and well done). ALso i dont do the rinse and repeat things that are in game (including raiding 1000 times a day or Q-ing for the same dungeons many times). Maybe thats why i still enjoy WoW (even if i only buy 1 month here and there).
Cant wait for next GW2 beta weekend
this is me exactly, the only online game I have played more than a few days since I quit WoW a year ago is GW1... and there I got my 30 pts+ and have only logged in weekly for Nick and to help friends if they need it. Nothing holds my interest because I know whats out there, waiting...
Idk, Gw2 is just an alright game imo, The events need some work. It felt like just repeatable quests that were the same crap over and over again. Granted killing the cave ogre (11 elite) was fun since he could 1-2 shot people. (didn't try WvWvW) but As far as PVE goes nothing specail really just alright, the gameplay was just alright, the graphics sucked but who cares that much about that. Gw2 will do alright since they suckered alot of people into Pre-purchasing and no - refund policy. I think this game is over hyped and not the generation changing mmo most people are starved for.
I don't think Gw2 is a bad game, but It will defenitly offer something different in its own way. I feel its too similar to GW1 which I was not a fan of.
Screw leveling games, give me something with "End game" at the beginning of the game.
If only I could my friend, if only I could...
Remember... all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.
Couldnt agree more with OP, the game is just outstanding, i myself considered out of the mmorpg genre since there have only been WoW-like games in the past years.
I used to be a hxc GW player and was looking forward Diablo3, but when my friends told me they had prepurchased GW2 because beta weekend was coming couldnt avoid the feeling of: 'this is going to be a 100% quality game, and you know it, just go buy it!' And so did I.
Havent had such a great time, Sometimes i felt like meh to login and start killing mobs, but once you enter the world, doing dynamic events, helping people, following storyline, WvW, and tasting that frenzy combat, it just feels so fresh and overwhelming that makes you want to play non-stop.
10/10 for ArenaNet, best MMO game ive played so far in the early levels, and hope it just goes on as you get higher levels.
How did they "sucker in" people?
The beta delivered exactly what they promised and gameplay was shown in the hundreds of press videos available PRIOR to the beta weekend.
Now some folks may not have liked it for whatever reason, but I find it hard to believe that they were somehow tricked into buying the game.
"Loading screens" are not "instances".
Your personal efforts to troll any game will not, in fact, impact the success or failure of said game.
Rallithon Oakthornn
(Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)
How did they "sucker in" people?
The beta delivered exactly what they promised and gameplay was shown in the hundreds of press videos available PRIOR to the beta weekend.
Now some folks may not have liked it for whatever reason, but I find it hard to believe that they were somehow tricked into buying the game.
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Screw leveling games, give me something with "End game" at the beginning of the game.
Are you a Pavlovian Fish Biscuit Addict? Get Help Now!
I will play no more MMORPGs until somethign good comes out!
Based on everything I've read and seen over the past few days I would think that games like SWTOR, TSW and Tera are going to have a real tough time justifying sub fees.
you do understand this is why is called pre-purchase and not pre-order?
they said, this isnt pre-order, its pre-purchase.there is no money back.
more over so, since pre-purchase give you full acces to the oncoming beta, its seem reasonable enough not to give people to come in for closed beta just so they can get a refund and trash the game after playing it.
no one forced people to buy the game to get into the Beta, some people bought it anyhow and wer not happy.
so thats a.net fault now?
whats so diffcult to understand about it?
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Guild Wars 2!
Huhh??? Anet delivered exactly what they promised... guaranteed BWE's for everyone that pre-purchased. Nowhere have I seen or read Anet promise that if you did not like the game you would get your money back. There has been an abundant amount of information (at the very least enough to give you a good idea of what the game is like) for any intelligent person to decide if this game is worth a pre-purchase.
I will also say the same thing about the people who pre-purchase Tera and then whine and complain and want their money back because they do not like the Asian style animations.... people are either huge trolls or too stupid to do a little research before investing money into a game.
come back in a couple months when the dynamic events lose there luster.the only difference is,no one will care if gw2 flops because its free to play
eather way though,the pvp looks a hell of alot better then sw tor.which is pretty much the only reason i care about guild wars 2