Played for just over a year and the people i joined because of, virtually never play now. They did tell me about GW2 Wiki which i've seemingly spent as much time going thru as trying to play this game. Did not realize how limited solo mastery points are and now grouping is required to progress. but my friends quit. Be nice if there was some way to re-assign mastery points so that at least 1 track could be completed. account wide, so the entire account is screwed. also see that "stuff" is gated behind buy more content. It appears that no agony resistance is required for L123 of fractals. really loathing all the mario brothers* crap. Maybe pvp is better in gw2 then wows, but that is like comparing getting shot with a 45 or a 357....either way sucks. and after wow pvp, zero interest in trying anyone elses. lots of rants, but if content pisses a customer off, sure go play something else, but why have CUSTOMERS pooping all over your game else where?
I'm sure a disclaimer in GW2 advertising would not help entice people in. LOTS of EXACT jumping required. REALLY great motor skills also required. ALL the cool stuff is expensive, time gated and gated behind MUST BUY content. Yep, basic game is free, but quality of life features like storage are not. All the "make tons of gold" videos all presume finishing all the must buy content, but at that point....what's the point of 10's of thousands of gold?
So i've run out of solo mastery points in the basic game, so doing more of that content to fill up the mastery experience bar is pointless. finished PoF story so grinding hearts etc. SCREAMS boring to level up the remaining mount bars. Leaves BUYING more content to access the gated Ascended crafting materials. and the ramp up in difficulty is INSANE.
So perhaps AreaNet could post a link to a Wiki introduction to GW2 in their advertisement. Let prospective players know WHERE they can go to read up and watch videos and get guild (need a group for a lot of content) information, BEFORE committing to a "profession" and diving in. I feel that would make the ENTIRE experience vastly more enjoyable.