read: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/51308-gamescom-when-its-ready-authenticators-gvg/

- Yes, even Anet calls it endgame. It's time for fanboys to stop saying "the endgame starts at level 2".

- "ANET is not expecting the the end-game to be reachable quickly" <- we all know that's not true.

- scary D3 comparisons 

well thats interesting.

i wonder if they're talking about orr?

i guess it doesn't matter though to me, endgame starts at 1 and all.

You left out a lot...

PS - They are aware of the disaster of Diablo with the end-game and ensured that will not happen to GW2, after the release team will jump all just work in end-game.

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Here's the thing... as much as it would be a nice warm and fuzzy to hear the entire endgame (whatever that may be) is fully, 100% ready, it will take some time for people to get there. Even if a few race on ahead and miss most of the world in a mad dash to get there they likely won't be able to do much anyhow until the rest of the world catches up. One does not simply walk into Orr and complete it alone. The work it'll take to simply gain access to the final dungeons will act as a buffer against the speedy, foolhardy few.
 

Of course it isn't.  What MMO is ever "done"?   The only ones that fit that bill are the ones that are no longer being supported by the devs at all.

The same was true for Vanilla WoW,  Dire Maul and 40-man raids were all added later, after launch.  Things turned out okay for that game, I would say. 

It depends how you read it really doesn't it? Not 100% can mean 90% completed.

Also it can be a negative or a positive. It depends what 100% is.

If someone said that WoW's end game (as of today) was only 50% complete, you wouldnt throw your arms up in anger at the incomplete game, you'd be like OMG..this is only 50% of the endgame?!?!?!

Context is required, those bullet points can mean anything the read wants them to mean.

This worries me. However, I'll believe them until they screw me over.

In addition, I think there will be plenty of dungeons to run before the level 80 ones for the gear that people need. The difference between GW2 and some others is that there ARE multiple things to do to progress...you are not forced to do one type of content.

Still, they need to get their shit together.

Originally posted by dekou
That's a fan-made translation of a fan-made Spanish forum post.

Actually the translation is provided By Google.

Originally posted by Volkon
By the way, apparently this "source" is from a post on a forum from a Portuguese visitor to Gamescon and shouldn't be considered reliable. It's a forum rumor basically that has at least one level of translation if not more.

So it is a post, from a second hand source, run through an automatic translator.

Wow, that sounds like definite, solid insider information to me!

how much context is missing from those quotes. 

He clearly isn't talking about reaching 80 here because that has already been calculated into less than 120 hours played. So some people will reach it in about a week of hardcore playing. 120 hours is generous here btw it. Developers err on the wrong side when it comes to how long it will take to level  to max. So most likely it will be less

So for all we know he was talking about final chain events weren't completed yet. Anet has stated before that it might take months to culminate into a final event of a chain. These chain events also no doubt will take many players to cooperate to accomplish, which again will take a good while to even get started on them as people will need to catch up to those hardcore players that raced through the content.

Oh no, some random spanish dude pretends having heard that the end game is not ready. The end is near.

And the person posting it here isn't a surprise for anyone either - another "GW2 is doomed" post by the same person.

Come back when you have an official post about this.

Originally posted by otinanai123

- "ANET is not expecting the the end-game to be reachable quickly" <- we all know that's not true.

I also doubt this much, took a guildie of mine 1 BWE to reach lv41 and he wasn't even rushing, he did sleep during the nights.

should have just posted all the comments:

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Originally posted by Fusion

Originally posted by otinanai123

- "ANET is not expecting the the end-game to be reachable quickly" <- we all know that's not true.

I also doubt this much, took a guildie of mine 1 BWE to reach lv41 and he wasn't even rushing, he did sleep during the nights.

Not to mention that people reached level 80 during the BWEs.  Are we supposed to believe that ArenaNet would be unaware of what levels people got to and how long it took them to get there?

The simple fact is that the development of a MMO being worked on after release is normal, for ALL MMOs that are being supported.  So essentially, end game is never 100% complete.    

Personally, I don't care either way.  It always takes me months to reach the level cap...I play too many alts.

Originally posted by otinanai123

read: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/51308-gamescom-when-its-ready-authenticators-gvg/

- Yes, even Anet calls it endgame. It's time for fanboys to stop saying "the endgame starts at level 2".

- "ANET is not expecting the the end-game to be reachable quickly" <- we all know that's not true.

- scary D3 comparisons 

Reliable sources pls.

And btw, there are numerous sources showing Anet saying "endgame starts at lvl 1" or "the entire game is endgame". Troll all you want, but that blade cuts both ways.

While I don't believe this entirely, it is hard to dismiss it certainly. ArenaNet saying something like this is going to have backlash if they were quoted properly. Thing is, this information was gained by some random guy who went to GamesCon. The source may be misquoting what was actually said. I think it is fair to assume that what they said is that the "End Game" is never completed and that they were going to keep adding to it. 

On the flip side, the source could be spot on. While this will create some backlash, I don't think it really matters that much. ArenaNet is an honest company and usually pretty transparent about these kind of things. I am not worried about the remaining parts of end game not being implemented by launch. Orr will be there and so will legendaries...that is enough for me. They may be talking about something unannounced, which is not necessarily a bad thing anyways. We will see what happens, but I don't think any of this really matters at this point. I would wait until you see something official to get the whole scope of the situation.

Originally posted by Macecard

It depends how you read it really doesn't it? Not 100% can mean 90% completed.

Context is required, those bullet points can mean anything the read wants them to mean.

^ this!

Op trying to throw a wrench at "fanboys" because he found a tiny window of opportunity to do so?