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There have been 3 chapters released during Covid, plus the updates, festivals and ever-present gem store goodies. And this while working on the next expansion. You really think there is no development? Or do you only want tech improvements? Seriously ur crediting festivals and current content as new developments? Its the same THING! The store takes and removes things calling them seasonal, updates are shifts in the programming that were long overdue (anyone with a legendary will tell you that ). The whole game has been the same thing in one way or another, just content lazily shifted around to convince the blind its something new and exciting. With this blind loyalty Anet definitely has a strong fan base, they can get away with anything! Sorry for wasting my time hoping some people had eyes to see or atleast the vision to see what could be done better.. Enjoy your "perfect" gw2.

Remember they removed VA for now due to covid. MOST voice actors don't have the equipment at home NOR are paid enough to just rush out and buy it. As for comparing wow to gw2, I advise against it. Wow may be "bigger" but it lacks tons of polish. I play both daily but I prefer gw2. This was never a WoW vs Gw2 comparison, of course people read it and pushed their comments in that direction.. But this is a comparison of game development & maintenance during the COVID19 era. I chose WoW because of the utilization of Ray Tracing, the ONLY current MMORPG other than Justice (Chinese MMORPG) to implement it. What I am saying is the excuse of COVID19 stopping GW2 from voice acting, or regular patches and expansions isn't cutting it, especially when so many other developers are thriving and bringing new tech to their games (ie. WoW) or even bringing/developing new upcoming MMORPGs (ie. Blue Protocol).

Yes they did do a great job. But clearly its not enough.. when's the last time we had an expansion? or a real surge of new content. Last thing I saw was a freaking skimmer under water (seriously?). No new water mounts? Still waiting on Legendary Armory! If they had proper funding from continual income they could afford to do so much more. I'm in the same boat as you, I don't like paying for mmorpg's but I see the benefits of it when comparing it to other games strategies. When you say they could do more, what do you want them to do exactly? I believe in more than just voicing a complaint, so I appreciate your question.Easy answer: I want them to come out with guildwars 3!Not so easy answer: I want them to establish a different business model. The game has gotten monotonous and repetitive, even the new content is the same concept with the same pieces thrown around in a different way. I want them to embrace next gen and the amazing new tech coming out. With all the Tflops of data being chomped up by consumer hardware now a days, I want them to revolutionize the MMORPG genre just like they did back with Gw1 and Gw2 no grieving system. But this time I want them to focus more on AI development. The winner of the next MMORPG wars will have changed the game by utilizing the power of current hardware in a way never done before and for mmorpgs that focus MUST be on how NPCs interact with players. Right, so you want most of the players not to be able to play the game. You do realize that most of the players don't have the most up to date computer hardware...right....right?Well that's what happens with generational upgrades. With the new PS5 and Xbox Series X gaming is getting a huge boost and they are being introduced at the usual $500 mark. Compare that to last gen Xbox and Ps4. So yes players are going to have the most up to date, its just a matter of WHEN they decide to get it. Why should developers have to wait til the consumer (who by the way has been complaining about not having games utilize their hardcore systems fully) upgrades. This is a great push by console and game developers, this is the time when everything is exciting. Remember when Crysis came out and blazed everyones PC's? Thats what we are dealing with now with ray tracing and clearly the majority can play Crysis now ez-pz. Its great for us PC gamers (hardcore or not) because it will push developers and hardware makers to make more affordable and awesome tech. 3 big players in GPU this year, last year was just Nvidia.

Friends don't be discouraged! Yes Moore's Law is dead, but new things are on the horizon! New ideas are thrown about every day. Just the thought of a NPC with ambition is itself a revolutionary idea slowly being acted upon. But thats the thing: "slowly". A revolution starts with the spark of an idea and a revolutionary to push that idea into action. Just this discussion alone will be seen by the right eyes and push will start to change. I'm not the first nor the last to have this vision. I believe that we will see it much sooner than we think.

Regardless of the accuracy of the numbers.. I just want something different.. I'm sure we all long for it.Know what the most enjoyable part of this game is for me? When a bug happens! Like the times when a npc does something unexpected and we all joke about it. Most recent was when ARC spawned not in the middle of Shattered at the end, but enough off to the side that it threw the whole mechanics of the fight off. Everyone cracked jokes on how ARC just got tired of the games monotony too, so he decided to mix it up a bit. Why can't a npc just decide one day to get out of the dungeon and bring the raid to us for once? The answer is simple: No ones looking at revolutionizing MMORPGs anymore it seems, no ones looking to bring a new AI to the genre. They all bring the same static systems to the table and wonder why the genre is struggling. They all want the money but don't seem to understand that we as consumers only get wise to their schemes.

Can you give me a source for the numbers. I find it is helpful to have all the data when talking about things. https://mmo-population.com/r/guildwars2Has the numbers. Yes its still considered a "healthy" game by current standards. But the player base logs in to do things like dailies instead of play the game for extended sessions (self included). Just look at the subscriber to daily player ratio and those "daily players" have a good amount of pop-in players. How do you know what people log in to do? Very simple answer: I play the game. But you just said that you only log in for things like dailies. How do you know what other people are doing? I recently started logging in for just dailies, scheduled raids and other in-out things. I'm speaking of the games history since I and others have been playing. People talk on many different platforms inside and outside of the game. So it is purely anecdotal/speculation when you say that the playerbase only logs in for dailies.Subscribers: 13,263,802 - Daily Players: 378,018What's anecdotal about those numbers?

Yes they did do a great job. But clearly its not enough.. when's the last time we had an expansion? or a real surge of new content. Last thing I saw was a freaking skimmer under water (seriously?). No new water mounts? Still waiting on Legendary Armory! If they had proper funding from continual income they could afford to do so much more. I'm in the same boat as you, I don't like paying for mmorpg's but I see the benefits of it when comparing it to other games strategies. When you say they could do more, what do you want them to do exactly?I believe in more than just voicing a complaint, so I appreciate your question.Easy answer: I want them to come out with guildwars 3!Not so easy answer: I want them to establish a different business model. The game has gotten monotonous and repetitive, even the new content is the same concept with the same pieces thrown around in a different way. I want them to embrace next gen and the amazing new tech coming out. With all the Tflops of data being chomped up by consumer hardware now a days, I want them to revolutionize the MMORPG genre just like they did back with Gw1 and Gw2 no grieving system. But this time I want them to focus more on AI development. The winner of the next MMORPG wars will have changed the game by utilizing the power of current hardware in a way never done before and for mmorpgs that focus MUST be on how NPCs interact with players.

Can you give me a source for the numbers. I find it is helpful to have all the data when talking about things. https://mmo-population.com/r/guildwars2Has the numbers. Yes its still considered a "healthy" game by current standards. But the player base logs in to do things like dailies instead of play the game for extended sessions (self included). Just look at the subscriber to daily player ratio and those "daily players" have a good amount of pop-in players. How do you know what people log in to do? Very simple answer: I play the game. But you just said that you only log in for things like dailies. How do you know what other people are doing?I recently started logging in for just dailies, scheduled raids and other in-out things. I'm speaking of the games history since I and others have been playing. People talk on many different platforms inside and outside of the game.

Can you give me a source for the numbers. I find it is helpful to have all the data when talking about things. https://mmo-population.com/r/guildwars2Has the numbers. Yes its still considered a "healthy" game by current standards. But the player base logs in to do things like dailies instead of play the game for extended sessions (self included). Just look at the subscriber to daily player ratio and those "daily players" have a good amount of pop-in players. How do you know what people log in to do?Very simple answer: I play the game.

Yes they did do a great job. But clearly its not enough.. when's the last time we had an expansion? or a real surge of new content. Last thing I saw was a freaking skimmer under water (seriously?). No new water mounts? Still waiting on Legendary Armory! If they had proper funding from continual income they could afford to do so much more. I'm in the same boat as you, I don't like paying for mmorpg's but I see the benefits of it when comparing it to other games strategies.

Can you give me a source for the numbers. I find it is helpful to have all the data when talking about things. https://mmo-population.com/r/guildwars2Has the numbers. Yes its still considered a "healthy" game by current standards. But the player base logs in to do things like dailies instead of play the game for extended sessions (self included). Just look at the subscriber to daily player ratio and those "daily players" have a good amount of pop-in players.

Are we really complaining about protecting people's health and wellbeing during a pandemic? Clearly this isn't an attempt or discussion about their health and well being. Its about how so many other developers are thriving during it and even continuing work on new mmorpgs to compete with GW2 instead of cutting corners.

Lets put the fanboy-ism aside and really take a look at why Gw2 is failing.. and lets not start a debate as to whether or not its failing, the numbers speak for themselves.. I love the game don't get me wrong. But the development of the game is lacking severely. I don't want it to die, I want them to do better!

So let me get this right... WoWs next expansion is including Ray Tracing, has DX12 support and is 16yrs old... GW2 took OUT voice acting, still uses DX9 and is half WoWs age at 8yrs old... So I guess when i'm twice as old at 76 i'll be better looking and more efficient??