[How can I switch back to a way to play without templates?]

Try to view them as another thing in the hero panel to ignore like the chairs or novelties.

[An Argument for the Return of Hard Mode]

@FrigginPaco.4178 said:

@thepenmonster.3621 said:Good luck with your current challenge of imposing your personal desires upon the rest of the player base.

If only people would see that the same thing is happening by the section of people who see nothing wrong with the status quo.

I'm sorry for oppressing you by doing nothing.

[An Argument for the Return of Hard Mode]

Good luck with your current challenge of imposing your personal desires upon the rest of the player base.

[An Argument for the Return of Hard Mode]

This thread... MMOs are the only game genre where players whine about getting too skilled.

[Would you keep playing a game that ACTIVELY makes your experience worse just to charge you money ?]

I agree! My experience is worse! I have more tabs in the hero menu to ignore! Argle bargle!

[GW2 is not dying or ending.]

@C Cspace Cowboy.5903 said:I mean, if the game was in such a good place, would this thread be even needed?

To be blunt about it: Competitive players would complain about a sunny day.

[Which GW1 foes would you like to see in GW2]

A low wall you can't jump over.

[Cutscenes]

@coso.9173 said:Beats me when people don't pay attention to the story or skip cutscenes, it's one of the main reasons I play, because I enjoy watching the story develop.

Most people eat the whole pizza slice. But some people only eat the crusts. Some only eat the pepperonis off the top. And some just lick the inside of the box. What kin yah do?

[So how you all like the Templates after actually trying them out?]

@Liston.9708 said:

• templates should have check box for default wvw / default pve / default pvp. People who only play 1 game mode got 2 extra slots for builds.

As someone who only plays one game mode I actually agree with you. I might spend the gold to test out that Engineer In The Back of The HP Train build I had an idea for. But in general the slots are a solution looking for a problem for someone like me.

• unrelated, I bet anet would have made more money with wardrobe templates...…..

The Waifu Wars would lay waste to Tyria on a scale the dragons could never imagine.

[An Argument for the Return of Hard Mode]

@Trise.2865 said:Use Masterwork instead of Ascended. Congratulations! you're in Hard Mode.

Yeah, I can't take seriously any complaints about the game being too easy from players who have been playing for years with toons clad in the best gear the game has to offer.

[Which GW2 foe do you dislike most?]

Rolling devils.

[GW2 is not dying or ending.]

@Dalec.9853 said:GW2 can't be dying, it's already dead. :)

I hear the servers closed down in 2012

[A Discussion on GW2's Graphics]

@ProtoGunner.4953 said:Especially on mounts like griffon or skyscale you notice a strange effect in the old map: the maps look like a diorama: a small version of what should be, they look out of proportion, just check the size of Divinity's Reach on map and compare it while looking at it. It's completely wrong. Also the mountains are super small. You'll notice it if you are on a Skyscale.

Yup. Core Tyria is meant to be experienced on foot. Mounts made it far more trivial than any power creep.

[GW2 is not dying or ending.]

Nah. It's fine.

[Elite-level specializations for basic professions]

@Daddicus.6128 said:Elites beef up the character too much to ignore. It simply makes playing a core profession undesirable.

Considering you need to spend actual money to get them, they better.

[Stealth Rework 2.0]

@iKeostuKen.2738 said:

@thepenmonster.3621 said:Why should my PvE experience with the profession have to eat a big nerf because you guys can't win a fight in WvW?

Better question. Why are PvE and PvP balances shared in the first place?

Ayuh. I have been banging at this drum for a while. Balance cannot be achieved until the game modes are disconnected. Their goals are incompatible.

[A Discussion on GW2's Graphics]

@TESLA.7415 said:Such a youngster. I played RPG's before they had graphics in the form of Infocom's text adventures. That's right: Completely text-based games. You should try them.

I had an older friend back in the 80s who was really into text games. He was a real cutting edge computer type of guy. Part of the Church of the Holy Amiga. Died of cancer back around 2000 so it just goes to show.

[Desert Borderland: 4 Years Later.]

@TheMaskedGamer.5708 said:I'm very curious about the community's perspective about the Desert Borderlands after 4 years of its existence.

It's a good place to go grab some ranger pets.

[Stealth Rework 2.0]

Why should my PvE experience with the profession have to eat a big nerf because you guys can't win a fight in WvW?

[Let's Talk About PvP Balance]

@Cal Cohen.2358 said:What issues do you see on a fundamental level that should be addressed?

That everyone wants to make incompatible modes (Teamwork vs Me kill u & Me and friends kill u) work with the same game core.

Nerfing something that's OP in WvW means you're nerfing something I might rely on to get through the trash bobs more quickly in PvE, for example. Same seems to happen in the other direction. No one is happy.

Impossible suggestion all things considered- Making a pure competitive server with its own builds, and economy only partially connected to PvE side so the rewards can be passed across.

A bit more sane suggestion- Adding PvP/ WvW-only traitline that takes what each profession is good at and amplifying it. To put it another way, if everyone is OP no one is OP.

[Am I the only one who is afraid the dragon storyline will just end with Aurene replacing 6 other?]

@Stephen.6312 said:Why did Aurene have to die?

For a cliffhanger that worked like gangbusters.

Do dragons hate mortality? What's the deal there?

They seem to hate a lot of things. I think it's because they're all old men and they want all these mesmers to get off their damned lawns.

I feel like Joko is a big piece of the puzzle.

If Joko didn't end up dragon chow he probably would have told the Commander everything in a great villain monologue while he had us on the rack.

[A Discussion on GW2's Graphics]

@Mister Asdasd.6194 said:

@Yannir.4132 said:These kids, complaining about graphics... Back in my day, characters were a blob of pixels, and I was still happy enough to play. I still do. I never understood why people bought Pokemon Fire Red over the regular red... (and I'm under 30...)

Back in my days Fallout was a top down turn based rts/rpg with pixelated 2d sprites, and it is still better than the newer ones that came out from Fallout 3 and after

You fetuses. Generation Asteroids, son. And I still got the scars from my Pac Man Fever.

@Elvirais.5472 said:Black Desert Online looks good as long as you stand still..

It's the world's best waifu builder.

[Am I the only one who is afraid the dragon storyline will just end with Aurene replacing 6 other?]

@"Psientist.6437" said:Aurene's resurrection shook my confidence in the studio.

Did you think the giant neon sign saying "SHE HAS JOKO'S MAGIC" they had been holding up for six months was too obvious?

[The One Open World Build to Rule Them All]

As a result, I am looking for a build that can trivialize Open World and story content.

Are you saying you want brain-dead play that makes trash mobs a speed bump more than anything? Level 1- 80? Have you considered grenadier engineer? You can toss grenades over your shoulder as you run away from the small army of centaurs. It's fun and only requires being able to reach the 1-5 keys.

[What would be Your Cost to Leave GW2]

I'm going to quit when I can find the perfect opportunity to loudly tell the community I'm quitting with posts here and on Reddit. I might even throw in a Twitch or YouTube video to go with it.