Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

To pique your interest - the highlights in bullet point form-

-Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear

-Dynamic events don't work in their role as quest replacements

-Area flow is problematic

-Crafting is a freaking mess

-The story is weak

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

 

I saw that and agree.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

 

Good for them. It'd be nice to see more of this kind of journalism around here in featured articles.

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

To peak your interest - the highlights in bullet point form-

-Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear

-Dynamic events don't work in their role as quest replacements

-Area flow is problematic

-Crafting is a freaking mess

-The story is weak

 

Only thing I can agree with are the story the rest not so much.

DE works perfectly I don't see how this don't work in his mind.

Area flow, I guess if you try to bumrush thrue zones then yes the flow might be odd that the next zone is 5 levels above you, try to stick around longer in the same zone or switch to another in the same level range (If this is what he mean with area flow problematic)

Crafting is weak? How so, gather mats, mix em get recipes how is that a freaking mess?

Originally posted by Volkon

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Umm..thank you captain obvious. yes it is an opinion peice just like saying that GW2 is best MMO of 2012. Everything is an opinion and nothing more.

Originally posted by Zalmon

Originally posted by Volkon

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Umm..thank you captain obvious. yes it is an opinion peice just like saying that GW2 is best MMO of 2012. Everything is an opinion and nothing more.

You're welcome?

Originally posted by Zalmon

Originally posted by Volkon

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Umm..thank you captain obvious. yes it is an opinion peice just like saying that GW2 is best MMO of 2012. Everything is an opinion and nothing more.

Don't feel bad.  Volkon is an obvious GW2 fanboi.  Just look at his recent posts regarding such.  He can't be budged at all.  :D  At least he's civil about it though, I'll give him that.

Originally posted by Zalmon

Originally posted by Volkon

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Umm..thank you captain obvious. yes it is an opinion peice just like saying that GW2 is best MMO of 2012. Everything is an opinion and nothing more.

I thought the same lol.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

To peak your interest - the highlights in bullet point form-

-Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear

-Dynamic events don't work in their role as quest replacements

-Area flow is problematic

-Crafting is a freaking mess

-The story is weak

 

Well hot-damn! Not everyone in gaming media is drinking the Cool-Aid. Good for Massively. Overall I think GW2 is okay, but I'm not blind to its problems and get all butt-hurt when someone points them out. Glad to see an e-zine not afraid to make valid points. 

I think is a good piece, and offer wide explanations for what he thinks dosen't work in the game.

I don't agree entirely with all his points, i have leveled a couple fo toons, and honestly had no problem with DE , also i liked the story, but that's maybe cause i did read the novel that do explain how Destiny Edge is formed and why it does break apart, and why the various characters hate each other. So i was able to "continue" the story of the novel in game.

Proably without knowing the story from the novel facts are not explained in depth.

All in all as i said i don't agree with all his points but he did a very constructive criticism, which is only healty for a game that wish to  improve.

The crafting bit and the story bit might explain why these things are not truly focused on much in games. It's enough that they exist for a game to sell a bajillion copies, as long as the rest of the game is good.

Originally posted by elocke

Originally posted by Zalmon

Originally posted by Volkon

Meh... it's opinions, and opinions I disagree with. The fact that he's worrying about how clear roles are being defined shows he's still thinking in a more archaic "roles" mindset from too much trinity training in earlier games. 

 

It's an interesting opinion piece, nothing more.

Umm..thank you captain obvious. yes it is an opinion peice just like saying that GW2 is best MMO of 2012. Everything is an opinion and nothing more.

Don't feel bad.  Volkon is an obvious GW2 fanboi.  Just look at his recent posts regarding such.  He can't be budged at all.  :D  At least he's civil about it though, I'll give him that.

I'll be the first to admit to being a GW2 fanboy as well! Appreciate the note on the civility. Too much venom tends to fly over what, ultimately, are just games.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

To peak your interest - the highlights in bullet point form-

-Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear

-Dynamic events don't work in their role as quest replacements

-Area flow is problematic

-Crafting is a freaking mess

-The story is weak

 

Those are some serious issues, but as much as I love the game, I have to agree with the writer of the article.

How does a AAA MMORPG get released with those serious flaws?  I believe it's because projects are so large these companies end up running out of money during development and that decisions have to be made on what they will address after release.

This problem has been getting more profound over the past five years.  Prime examples are AoC, DFO, and WAR-Z.  Each of these games way over promised and seriously underachieved at release.  We all know the history of AoC & DFO, but look at WAR-Z.  Their release was so bad, Valve pulled the game from Steam and now the developer of WAR-Z is defending his company to the point I don't know if they will ever recover from this launch...

Point is, it is obvious companies are running out of cash because no one wants to release products that end up with reviews like what WAR-Z is getting right now.  To help curb this, why not have these companies to have paid beta playing with full wipes at the actually release?  The players can pay a one time fee that is subtracted from the retail price at release.  Players get to sneak peak the game helping debug while developers get a much needed cash infusion the last six months of game development before launch.

I strong think it's not neccessary to add more ways to "force"  us players out of a zone than what we already have. It will greatly add a more "on-rails" experience to the game. Besides, I can think of reasons why one will move out of a zone

1.) The zone map will be completed eventually, prompting the player to move to the next one

2.) The zone will get old to the player, with repeating DEs, etc.

3.) Personal stories drive players to different zones

4.) Crafting/farming

Although I do wish karma vendors would sell scaled up items; something that disappointed me since beta. It's better now though, since veteran mobs and up tend to drop levelled items.

Well, I don't agree with his points other than the story is weak.  This game has many other smallish issues that he didn't even touch on.  Not treating players like adults with the freedom for consequences to their actions one example.  Classes lack distinction due to PvP balance...ugh and on and on.

I can't believe he wants someone to tell him when to leave a zone.  The less linear hand holding the better.  I also don't think every game needs "roles" for everyone.  It's funny that you both agree the game has issues but don't really agree on any of the reasons other than lame ass story.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Massively, who just voted GW2 game of the year, is not rosey-eyed fanbois chees'n on the current hotness-

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/where-guild-wars-2-goes-wrong/

Have some pretty interesting and intelligent arguments against the game that I tend to agree with.

Pretty much highlights the issues I have with the game almost perfectly.

To peak your interest - the highlights in bullet point form-

-Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear

-Dynamic events don't work in their role as quest replacements

-Area flow is problematic

-Crafting is a freaking mess

-The story is weak

 

Its an opinion piece, and you happen to agree with it. That doesnt make it any more or less honest than what other people have written. But at least the person backs up what they have said with reasoning, rather than baseless catch phrases.

The story for me varied. Some parts were good, others boring. Mostly the parts with Trehearne were boring. Desiny's Edge were far more interesting to interact with. As others have mentioned, the background chatter is so much more interesting than half the story dialogue, its as if they put their A team in the world chatter and let the interns do the main story.

I prefer dynamic events over quests, but they do seem to confuse a lot of players, who think there are none - when in fact they are just not paying attention to cues from NPCs and the world in general.

The argument about area flow is that you don't get rewards for your level, which is a lie, because drops scale with you. I can go to the newbie zones with my 80 and level 80 items will drop. Yes karma merchants dont, but you can easily go somewhere your level and use the same currency you earnt elsewhere on those vendors.

Crafting.... eh.... its better than WoW and Rift, not as good as Vanguard and EQ2. Its a pretty decent medium between discovery and express crafting.

I think combat in general is underexplained. The classes themselves are fine, but people really dont understand how important combo fields and finishers are. Or tactical use of support skills. People think the game is just about loading up on DPS skills and then wonder why it feels like a suicide zerg. When played properly the combat is fantastic, with a bad group it can feel like a chore.