Originally posted by Connmacart

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.

I'm not sure if their hours played to 80 esimation is anywhere near close. Reached lvl 27 in maybe 20 hours of play during BWE#2 just doing W v W v W. If time per level is roughly the same for every level as they say I would be looking at less than 80 hours til 80 myself. I mean clearly the source for the OP's article isnt really reliable and I suspect there will be plenty for people to do for quite awhile just judging on how little I actually accomplished as opposed to what was available. Pretty much spent all of BWE#3 just exploring cities.

Game developers are always tweaking some aspect of their game post launch. I'm sure the "end-game" content is there, they probably meant they it is still being tweaked and tested. Seriously, the age of games being "100%" complete is over. Even console games have patches now. As someone above stated, if a game dev until their game was "100%" complete to release, it probably never would.

ANet has this under control. I actually have faith them, unlike a couple of other developers. *points to Bioware and Blizzard*

Originally posted by Volkon

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.

5. Are being explored new methods of PvP, GvG is confirmed to return to GW2, but said they could not disclose much more.

6. New merchandise will be launched on 28/08/2012, including Dragon T-Shirts.

 

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.
 

"One does not simply walk into Orr and complete it alone."

"One does not simply..."

Challenge accepted.

I consider the promise of GvG endgame.

Observer mode is a valuable tool in that specific kind of endgame.

None of those will be ready at release, but Anet made that clear a long time ago.

If they pull a Funcom and announce (later today) that: Hey, WvW and sPvP was just not as fun as we thought so we are skipping those features: I would be ready to enter dramamode. 

Going drama because of old news and the fact they were honest about it? Sorry not about to ;-)

Originally posted by Volkon

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.

5. Are being explored new methods of PvP, GvG is confirmed to return to GW2, but said they could not disclose much more.

6. New merchandise will be launched on 28/08/2012, including Dragon T-Shirts.

 

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.
 

So they are admitting the game isn't going to be complete for launch. They are releasing the game incomplete. This would bother me more if I didn't intend to spend 100% of my time in WvWvW. Now if I can't play WvWvW at launch, then you'll hear me rage.

Even if the rumor about PvE end-game launching unfinished were true; I'll be working on 3-5 characters up to 80 before you see me complaining about the lack of stuff to do.  Someone that has set their sights on focusing a single character might get bored IF they despised pvp, but that is not me at all.  I love playing a game from each classes' perspective, and I enjoy well-designed pvp.  Worst-case scenerio insinuated here sounds like months of fun before I dig out my pitch fork and torch.  Should be enough time to flesh out whatever is rumored to be missing.

Well dont cry if you reach max level in 2 days and ask Anet we dont have anything to do :P
I mean most people play games to enjoy the game and have fun.
Rushing to the finish line and saying where is the rest ? is not that smart :)

I have not seen Arenanet broke promises, i still have 100% faith in that studio.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

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.

It isn't in spanish....sigh......

i neither see an official link in there (where those quotes are comming from), nor do i see who said that (in their opinion).

sorry, but i dont tend to believe everything written on the net ^^

Originally posted by stevebmbsqd

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

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.

It isn't in spanish....sigh......

Ok, portuguese... it doesn't change my post at all anyway. He could have been of my own country that I would have posted the same.

Originally posted by Thane

i neither see an official link in there (where those quotes are comming from), nor do i see who said that (in their opinion).

 sorry, but i dont tend to believe everything written on the net ^^

But...but....If it's on the internet, it must be true!

Kind of sends a message "dont rush to lvl 80.enjoy the game. theres nothing to do at lvl80"

Anet already replying to End-game complainers)))))

Originally posted by GrumpyCharr
They are still playtesting this stuff.  It's being tweeked and will most likely continue to be adjusted as it's tested.  It's not like they have this blank canvas at level 80.  

Only thing I read except for the OP is on 4chan /vg, where someone claiming to be in the closed beta said they were testing Orr last week.  No link since it's 4chan, and yeah it's 4chan, so it could be pure BS.

Also I seem to recall some video interview with an Anet employee a month ago who said they were still working on Zhaitan but I cant remember where it was.

I'm not in a rush for Zhaitan but I'm sure there are those who wants to finish the game as soon as possible for various reasons. Lets hope Anet is ready for those.

Originally posted by Madimorga
I'm not worried.  My endgame involves rolling alts, crafting everything that can be crafted, and a daily dose of WvW.

That and ANet isn't the source. The title of this thread is misleading.