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Originally posted by MMOExposed
If you could travel back in time and tell the Pre-GW2-Beta "You" something about GW2, what would you tell yourself?

Buy it.

Originally posted by Creslin4321
I would tell myself that in the future, people on MMORPG.com will find many creative ways to rehash the same old subject of "Do you like/hate GW2?"  Because apparently, letting people know your opinion on the game 500 times is very, very important.

You know your post count is creeping up again....before you know it you'll be a spotlight poster.

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by Creslin4321
I would tell myself that in the future, people on MMORPG.com will find many creative ways to rehash the same old subject of "Do you like/hate GW2?"  Because apparently, letting people know your opinion on the game 500 times is very, very important.

You know your post count is creeping up again....before you know it you'll be a spotlight poster.

 Oh god!!! lol :)

id slap myself and say "dont waste yur money you twat! "

Originally posted by aesperus

Originally posted by MMOExposed

Originally posted by KhinRunite
Questions such as this are probably meaningless to a person who knows what he wants, knows what a game offers, and has foresight.

hey didnt say it has to be something bad. you assumed that.

The implication is still there. Whether it was intentional or not.

People who get asked, or ask themselves this question are almost always doing so in an effort to look back at mistakes they've made, or things they could've done better. Almost noone looks back to give themselves a high-5 for making a good decision, but that's probably what I would do if I was in that situation.

This thread reinforces the idea of correcting a mistake you made during GW2's pre-launch. As such, you couldn't have expected that this would be a primarily positive thread, as is probably evident by now that we're 6 pages in.

I know you are a Anet developer and all, but that doesn't make you right. I asked what you would tell your past self about GW2 if you could travel back in time. It could be positive or something silly like a super secret item in the game. Whatever. Stop assuming everybody is attacking your product. 

Originally posted by grimgryphon

"just remember, a disgruntled customer with 500 Facebook friends is like a loaded gun"

Not sure if I want to laugh or just /facepalm on that gem...

You really believe they refunded you because of that terrible threat? Please, tell me you don't believe that.

I would of have told myself : "Buy the Collectors Edition!!!!"

now i regret i didn´t  :(

Originally posted by Underbridge
I would tell myself that there was a reason that the betas only lasted a weekend, and that was because if it went any longer, we would have realized how shallow the game was and that there really is no end game.

What´s up with this "there is no end-game" bull***?

GW2 offers the exact same end-game than any other MMO in the market except  for Raiding....

and we all knew it wasn´t going to have Raids long before it launched.

Maybe some of you should simply tell your "own self" in the "time travel" to read better the previews and info about the game....

No matter how much information a company provides on a product disgruntled purchasers are going to claim that said company somehow wronged them.  Welcome to U.S. retail.  Remember, in America,  you are not to blame for your decisions.  It's always someone else's fault.

Cheers!

Originally posted by Zzad

Originally posted by Underbridge
I would tell myself that there was a reason that the betas only lasted a weekend, and that was because if it went any longer, we would have realized how shallow the game was and that there really is no end game.

What´s up with this "there is no end-game" bull***?

GW2 offers the exact same end-game than any other MMO in the market except  for Raiding....

and we all knew it wasn´t going to have Raids long before it launched.

Maybe some of you should simply tell your "own self" in the "time travel" to read better the previews and info about the game....

 Sure it offers endgame in the form of dungeons and PvP, but I didn't expect having no gear grind for PvE or PvP to make the game feel so pointless and progression free, I didn't expect Dynamic events to make the game less social than solo quest hub grinding and I didn't expect PvP to be so boring, zergy and imbalanced.

Originally posted by vmoped

No matter how much information a company provides on a product disgruntled purchasers are going to claim that said company somehow wronged them.  Welcome to U.S. retail.  Remember, in America,  you are not to blame for your decisions.  It's always someone else's fault.

Cheers!

seem you have forgot about this video like others have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35BPhT-KI1E

Originally posted by Zzad

Originally posted by Underbridge
I would tell myself that there was a reason that the betas only lasted a weekend, and that was because if it went any longer, we would have realized how shallow the game was and that there really is no end game.

What´s up with this "there is no end-game" bull***?

GW2 offers the exact same end-game than any other MMO in the market except  for Raiding....

and we all knew it wasn´t going to have Raids long before it launched.

Maybe some of you should simply tell your "own self" in the "time travel" to read better the previews and info about the game....

No it doesn't. It doesn't have a "epic" gear or rare skills  to obtain. It doesn't have an economy that can be played or in depth crafting. Granted it was known about the first two as well as raids. These were supposedly being replaced with "epic" cosmetic gear, downleveling for areas, and world bosses. I too was very excited about it and thought these ideas were novel and innovative.

It turned out, at least for me, that their implementation was not as good as it sounded. The cosmetic gear didn't hold the same draw for me as something with better stats. Redoing content is not nearly as fun as the first time and the downleveling system is not as effective as I thought it would be and could use a rebalance. World bosses are far from epic as they are zergged down and spawn on timers. They don't really move around and require almost no real coordination.

I don't hate the game. In the end, it just isn't the MMO i was looking for. I think the world is beautiful and the DE's were a step above rifts and public quests. I think a system with a combination of events (ones that don't spawn as often as DE's) and long, detailed, meaningful quests would make an awesome game.

Originally posted by Underbridge

It doesn't have an economy that can be played or in depth crafting.

A guildy has over 90g from "playing the economy" and crafting. But I guess there's no economy that can be played... if you say so. I'll tell my friend that his 90g don't exist, he may have a chuckle ;-)

For the rest of the post... no, GW2 is NOT a WoW clone, and thankfully so.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Originally posted by Underbridge

It doesn't have an economy that can be played or in depth crafting.

A guildy has over 90g from "playing the economy" and crafting. But I guess there's no economy that can be played... if you say so. I'll tell my friend that his 90g don't exist, he may have a chuckle ;-)

For the rest of the post... no, GW2 is NOT a WoW clone, and thankfully so.

Wow......Did you even read my post? I stated that it didn't have those WoW like elements and then I stated the end game that they advertised and how it didn't live up to my expectations it their implementation...more like it sounds more fun that it is. 

And no, this isn't a good economy to play. Nearly every item sells for almost what it does to a vendor. The auction house being across multiple servers makes lots of surpluses rather than shortages. Sure you can play it, but it is not nearly as interesting.

Do jump on every GW2 post and defend it when it isn't even being attacked?

I don't jump on anything, I just correct obvious misinformation.

And about my "WoW clone" comment... your second sentence is "It doesn't have a "epic" gear or rare skills  to obtain.". Then you say "The cosmetic gear didn't hold the same draw for me as something with better stats.". That pretty much describes a gear grind based WoW clone.

PS: I have nothing against WoW, I'm definitely not a WoW hater, played it for 8 years and plan to play it again sometimes to go through Pandaland at least once.

Originally posted by Pivotelite

 Sure it offers endgame in the form of dungeons and PvP, but I didn't expect having no gear grind for PvE or PvP to make the game feel so pointless and progression free, I didn't expect Dynamic events to make the game less social than solo quest hub grinding and I didn't expect PvP to be so boring, zergy and imbalanced.

+1

I would tell myself: This is not the game you are looking for.

Decent game, but it didn't hook me.