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Like predicted before, a lot of people are playing this wrong.
thekid1
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I remember some months ago a lot of people on here predicting a big part of the players would not "get" Guild Wars 2 and would complain about it. Seems they were right.
I read people talking about grind. About they having to do several areas to get to appropriate level for the next. I don't get it.
I just finished ONE level 25-35 area, explored the whole map, found some hidden stuff (probably not all), not even did all events. And happened to do all the heart quest without really trying. The only real "goal" were skill points and some events.
I did not do my personal story, no PVP, no crafting and I'm level 34.5. There was NO grind at all. Alright killing the same NPC's over and over because they spawn really quick can get a bit old. Especially bats and Wolfs I hate them.
I think people talking about grind and having to do several areas just to get high enough level are playing the game differently then me, and frankly therefore WRONG. They must not explore, move from heart to heart, skill point to skill point and then complain they are only level 29 when they should be level 35.
If I can manage to go from level 25 to 34.5 in ONE 25-35 area without PVP, personal story and crafting how can you people complain about needing two or more areas to level? In fact I'm going to do my personal story now and am more afraid of being to HIGH level.
I believe it has been said over and over this game is about exploring (or W v W v W) and not "grinding" out hearts. [mod edit]
And even if you don't want to explore every inch of the map there is still personal story, crafting and pvp to get your level up...
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They will just cry until it is another WoW clone. Hopefully ANet holds their ground and doesn't give in to these non gamers.
I've played Pen and Paper RPG's with some younger generations and they tend to play even the deepest Roleplay games as a MMORPG. They want to hide backstab and loot every npc they come across. They try to kill anyone they meet without any concern for what that might do to the story. They are addicted to Mewtagaming. They have no concept of Roleplay, and just want to rush through the story and get the "fat loots". Needless to say I dropped boulders on their heads from the sky.
"I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"
If this is sarcasm, its been done.
If this isn't sarcasm, I pity you sir, because you honestly don't understand video games if you assume that your way is the right way over anyone else. Everyone goes at their own pace, their own way, doing their own things.
You don't walk into a resteraunt and tell everyone what to eat, how to savor each bite and how fast to eat it, who to sit with, who to talk with, what to talk about and how much to tip their waiter do you? Then don't tell me how to live my game life.
Bite Me
I tell my children to not chew with their mouths open and to keep their elbows off the table. Am I doing it wrong? Sounds like the entitlement generation can't even be told how to do things right anymore. They get into a big huff and start screaming about their rights to live their life how they want. I weep for the future.
"I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"
Double plunger salute to this post! This applies to all games not just GW2.
All my opinions are just that..opinions. If you like my opinions..coolness.If you dont like my opinion....I really dont care.
Playing: ESO, WOT, Smite, and Marvel Heroes
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You are saying there is no wrong way to play a videogame?
What if someone in Battlefield 3 takes the tank everytime and just goes around driving in circles going "WEEEEEE"
Or someone playing Sim City only builds roads?
If people want to only build roads in Sim city let them but they shouldn't complain about how grindy the game is.
You're doing it wrong! The text has to be larger, and in red!
Also, there's been no funny modifcations to this person's image. You should put a pipe in his mouth & give him TWO eyepatches to denote the irony the image is supposed to inflict.
Seriously, the OP missed all of the "If you claim people are playing GW2 wrong, YOU are Wrong" threads.
The Theory of Conservative Conservation of Ignorant Stupidity:
Having a different opinion must mean you're a troll.
This post falls into one of "Creslin's unholy duology" of posts. Specifically it is:
If you do not enjoy this game, then you are playing it wrong.
As such, it will attract a lot of ire from anti-fans.
Are you team Azeroth, team Tyria, or team Jacob?
Yes, some people like ram-raiding the levels at breakneck speed, hit max level and then throw a tantrum and say there's nothing to do. They habitually do it in every mmo they play, bypassing the bulk of the content, have a bit of a show-off, gruble, then (thankfully) go off to another game and rinse and repeat. No game will ever satisfy these people.
When I play an MMO I prefer the journey rather than the destination, so to speak, which is pretty much what you described.
Haha, I created a joke thread on Sunday telling people to stop telling other players they are playing the game wrong and within two days someone goes and creates a new thread telling people they are playing the game wrong.
I will just copy/paste my closing argument from that post here:
Can we please retire this argument. There is no one right way to play an MMO or any game. What makes games great is the capacity for player's creativity to shine through and for many different types of players to enjoy games for many different reasons. Just because someone does things different than you doesn't mean they are doing it wrong, it just means they are different and having many different players is what makes for a great community. How boring would things be if every player in GW2 was an exact clone of you?
The events do seem to loop over and over. However after seeing the same parts of an event going by ten times, all of a sudden there was a different part (same event arc.) Obviously something changed, perhaps an event had failed.
I think some parts of an event are easily triggered then others. Plus because there are a LOT of players, events really rarely fail. So you see the same parts of an event every time instead of the event going in a different route.
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K. Then let them do that. Just because you don't like it doesn't change the fact that they might enjoy doing that. The fact that you feel the need to have it impact you negatively proves that you clearly are not playing the game right since you feel the need to have everyone conform to your nazi thinking. You know who else did this before? Thats right, Jesus, such a snugg bum always making people follow him and tell them how they should live. Who bought the game sir? I think I can play it however I want.
Wong in this isntance is a matter of perception again. Ettiqet is one of those things that varies from culture to culture, just like hand gestures and ideas of proper behaviors in respects to certain senerios. While the "manners' you grew up with may be ok for you dosn't make them right nor universal. If you think they are the absoulute then you are being ethnocentric.
We go trough life with many yet there is a time we must walk our path alone.
I finished the starter zone 100% and the 1-15 zone 100%, every vista skill challenge POI etc. I was level 14 going into the next zone and my next story quest said suggested level 19. During this time I also did WvW and began exploring the capital city. I had completed the first couple of hearts, an event and ran to most of the first few POIs in the next area and am only slightly into 15 so I'm getting further ahead of the curve.
So there is something about your story that is not adding up. Hell When I went in to do one of my first personal story quests when it popped up I was level 2 and it said suggested level was 3. It is very easy to get ahead of the curve in GW2 unless you also do crafting. Crafting is something a lot of people don't want to do.
So yes, in short. A lot of people will end up having to do at least part of another same level zone before moving on to the next one.
Sure you can go play it however you want. But don't complain the game is grindy or having to do several areas just to get a high enough level. It's the players fault then, not the game. If you are only doing hearts and skill points off course it's grindy and you wont get a lot of xp.
LOL, might have to steal this, so many times this pic sums up my reaction perfectly
Expresso gave me a Hearthstone beta key.....I'm so happy
Honestly? That is your kids. You pay for their food, clothes, everything. Does the OP pay for our games, our internet, our computers? Does he have a say on how we should use it then? Does he get to choose where we should go, how we should level, how much we play? Theres a difference between an action that is meant for enjoyment and an action like you mentioned that requires conformity. I'm not going to even start to go into the differences between the two. But if the game was meant to be a game on rails where everyone does the exact same thing like the OP wants, then why didn't they implement that instead of giving us a choice?
Some children enjoy eating paint chips and banging their heads into things. Is that ok? Should we just let them go along doing what they want, or is it your duty to educate that child? If that fails you buy the kid a helmet. Sounds like you are suggesting we just skip the education phase and pass helmets out to the MMO industry.
"I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"
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The Theory of Conservative Conservation of Ignorant Stupidity:
Having a different opinion must mean you're a troll.
Then don't act like your way is the only way to play then. You post it like it is a tautology that your premise of game play is the one and only way to fully enjoy the game. Just leave the post as: Don't complain about the game, instead try playing it a new way to fix your problems.
I don't get why you think that these threads haven't been done before and you think that your idealology is absolute. Get over yourself.