Guess I am one of the few who appreciate the direction this game is taking. 

Also, why do people assume this is alpha footage? Guys and girls...this is PROTOTYPE video. The bare playable version of the game that is shown to give you an idea of how the maps are going to work together. Alpha comes out in December 2013. Between now and at time, a lot can change and that is not even saying just how much the game can evolve between alpha and beta and between beta and release. 

Wow just wow...Pirate101 won for GOTY...that is really disheartening. I wouldnt mind even seeing Planetside 2 or TSW winning but Pirate101? Sigh.. sad.

Thank god GW2 won in innovative category though :D.

Yep. Dungeons, dailies and gonna complete my first monthly soon. Still plan to get more involved into fractals as I only ever did it a couple of times and I need it for monthly.

I have made quiet a few friends, so im still going strong and especially so now that the wintersday stuff are on.

I voted yes because exotics are all that is needed to enjoy all lvl 80 content save maybe for higher level fractal runs which is really made for the hardcore players anyway :P.

Originally posted by cybertrucker

We are plaqued by more and more threads claiming this game is full Grind, or that game is a grind, or this game just introduced a Gear grind treadmill...

Seriously?  I mean SERIOUSLY??? These games from start to finish are all about you making a character, in a fantasy world, and ADVENTURING into those worlds. Adventuring in hopes of leveling up and finding gear to IMPROVE your characters. Yes we run some areas or dungeons mulitple times in hopes of getting that new shiney treasure. However if you find it so annoying that its just become a "GRIND" why do you bother to play?

Ohhhh to think back to the nights of adventure and FUN I had back in the days of Everquest 1. Pulling for my group in Lower GUK... Every night For MONTHS!!! You know what? I never thought of it as a "GRIND" I was having fun with friends i had made in a fantasy world, hoping maybe an item I might want like that fabled FBSS might drop. Or just hoping I wouldnt make that bad pull and wipe the group, or running to help another group in need that made that bad pull. Through it all though. I was there every night to have fun... Fun is what made the game NOT GRINDY

I guess after reading thread after thread after thread, of people whining and crying like little spoiled brats it makes me wonder why half the people on these forums or many others even play these games. Does no one play the games for fun these days? They seem to self absorbed with what they have to do to get their next piece of gear and how long it takes instead of just enjoying what they are doing along the way.

Rant off.

Agreed with all of it but that little line hits the nail on the head. 

Nah im here to stay for long time. Not one of those who care about getting the highest end gear. Besides, the fractal dungeons are fun in their own right. Players should just find a group of buddies and have fun together doing the dungeons instead of whining on and on about the grind and how there is now a more powerful tier than exotic. 

The fact is: there is NO grind if you are having fun. However, if you solely focus getting the best gear as soon as possible, well, that is where you get the hundreds of disappointed players and that is where the game begins to feel like a grind.

Changing your mindset a bit and having a more positive outlook on things go a long way.

wow never prepared to get flamed by my comment lolz. Should have put on a fire-proof jacket. 

All I was saying is if some event chain is broken, move onto doing something else in gw2 which is quiet a lot there. I just don't see the point in discussing a bugged event chain when there are countless of posts on official forums notyfing Anet of the problem and anet responding and letting us know it is aware of the issue. Besides, since it is causing delay for phase 2, one would expect the phase 1 to be extended. Which it did.

Why not make a thread discussing the good and bad points so far in Lost Shores instead of summarizing that it is a mess just because of that broken event which Anet is quickly working on? Why not wait until the Lost Shore events have completed then give your thoughts about it?

You see where I am coming from now?

If a quest chain is broken, why not do something else until it is truly fixed? No use even posting about it. Common sense really.

EDIT: besides the phase 1 will be extended due to this reason.

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Then its now time to tell the casualls about the paradise that is GW2...

 

For me its still the best MMO game since WoW. 

 

Thats with nearly 300 hours in 2 months of gameplay...

+1. One of the best games for casuals thats for sure :). 

Still need to get 100% competion, do Arah dungeon for armor, CoF for helm, try out all other dungeon and all their paths, do them many more times with friends just coz its fun annnnnd just maaayybeee roll in an alt. 

Can't wait for the November update :D!

Nah. Never.

Besides there is strong support from indie devs :). I always get addicted into lookin up steam greenlight games and those in kickstarter :D hehe.

I agree on all points in this article. The biggest thing for me is that there is pve content, the sense of progression thru unlocking skills and such and dynamic content.

Definately gonna try out this game some time.

Ya I am loving playing around with armor combinations. Here is my TA set with deathly pauldrons from halloween and Karma helm. My aim now is to get Arah torch and scepter as well as Arah boots, gauntlets and helm. TA + Arah combination is just amazing.

Originally posted by heynow
Too bad Ncsoft will kill it. 

Lawl? NcSoft is actually one of the better mmo publishing companies out there and give more power to developers such as time and allowing the devs to be more creative. We have already seen this with GW2 and have heard right from the horse's mouth (Anet devs) the freedom that NcSoft has given them when making GW2. 

Also looking at the trends of NcSoft games, expect WildStar to go B2P which is always a good thing in my book.

There is a huge positive vibe in the game still esp during halloween events. Servers are going strong, my guild is going strong and all this doomsday naysayers couldn't be further from the truth. The truth being that the game is going strong.

It will only get better with the huge november update and in the next coming weeks when Anet takes full throttle at bot destroying :).

GW2 is still THE best themepark MMO out there and if the halloween events are any indication to what sort of content updates we can expect in the future, then GW2 will simply get better.

I still stand by my 10. Then again, I am a casual player who is not about numbers, efficiency nor contemplating at the end goal of the game but instead, just having a great time meeting new people, hanging out with guildies and ultimately doing things that I have a blast with :).

....Like that clock tower that I spent a whole day on...<333

Oh god..that clock tower...I LOOOOOVVVEEEEEEED IT SOOOO MUCH!

Yesterday I was doing it for the entire day. Laughed sooo much at my own failures and that of others.

The best thing about it is it is extremely challenging yet sooooo fun just because it brings everyone together and acts like a race to the top. I made a few friends there too.

Completed the tower 4 times yesterday. The window at the top kinda bugged out on me or maybe it was lag so the first 3 times I just fell when jumping into it. The last time I finally got the slippers which was like at 3am in the morning lolz.

I just wish Anet will implement similar jumping puzzles around the world. That would be awesome :)