[The Skyscale Quest Line Is WAY Too Grindy, And Insulting [Merged]]

On 5/3/2022 at 6:16 PM, Mil.3562 said:

This is so misleading. I don't have a Skyscale from day one till today and I never have problem keeping up with any squads in any metas and that includes Dragonfall and Drizzlewods.

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edit: I banned myself from getting the Skyscale because the grind is so ridiculous. Over the years I have saved much money from not being able to buy the dragon skins 🙂

edit: wrong person with same PFP

[The Skyscale Quest Line Is WAY Too Grindy, And Insulting [Merged]]

3 minutes ago, Gehenna.3625 said:

The Skyscale in my view is tedious at certain stages. But when things come too easy you don't really value it as much either. Some people want that sense of accomplishment...that's their fun. But that's taken away if there's a shortcut in the game.

Valuing non-gameplay is inherently poor design.  This isn't animal crossing.

[The Skyscale Quest Line Is WAY Too Grindy, And Insulting [Merged]]

but its a game, i want to like it, i want it to be designed in a way that is inherently likeable

once you have done all the actions to get a reward, having to show up once a day for a month to receive the reward is just bad design

this is how lost ark functions in end game, a game i dropped hard when that became what the gameplay was

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On 5/3/2022 at 9:41 PM, Obtena.7952 said:

time-gates are just not an unreasonable approach to devs implementing content in an MMO

month long time gates are unreasonable

mmos are just games, this is no good for any genre

maybe for like, special skins, but for major gameplay features this is wack

[Is it time for Living Worlds to be put in bundles with the expansions?]

If ANet needs the money from living world so bad why would they ever have given it out free at all?

 

This monetization system is wack.

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On 5/3/2022 at 9:41 PM, Obtena.7952 said:

. The whole concept of 'earning' a position in the game through progression is part of what makes the game itself. That's just how MMO's work ... they wouldn't if it didn't work like that. 

i was under the impression that MMOs where about having lots of players around not wasting lots of time

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On 4/30/2022 at 9:17 PM, loregnum.3619 said:

As for the original topic, my buddy is on the xp fast track while I am not. He's done probably not even half as much as I have in time and actual content and is only 3 levels behind. It'd be nice if everyone was at the same pace and I feel like either the default should be the fast track or somewhere in between him and what I am getting.

For the action cam, I am a new player and am a big fan of it since I play with a controller and my brain did not like the regular camera movement where it'd always swing to be behind me when I pushed left or right on the left thumbstick. Gave me a headache. Now it is more like a regular 3rd person type camera control and that works well for me to the point I wouldn't have bene able to keep playing this game without it. I could see it not being preferred for keyboard and mouse users that also keep the camera zoomed out and can hold a mouse button to control the camera. 

so you agree with me =p

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8 hours ago, Freya.9075 said:

Since there is no thumbs down or disagree emoji  ppl tend to use confused emoji instead. Since you come off as a bit sharp in the way you write,  it’s understandable why they would do that. It’s better to understand that ppl have different opinions and be fine with it. Discuss in a proper manner. 

what im hearing is you still havent rebound tilde to something useful

you should work on your keybindings, its a good thing to think about

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i see a lot of confused reacts and i wonder what's confusing here

i actually assume its some sort of stand in for a down vote but whatever

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they could move auto run to tilde and make action cam toggle R, thatd be pretty good

how come tilde is never a used keybind in games? its prime real estate!

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you could prefer text based games too but that wouldnt make it very typical

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just remember that there is confirmation bias when established players say they prefer the standard camera

ive been playing tab targetting since everquest, and IMO its a relic that doesnt fit in modern gaming.  i think a lot of new players will agree if they get their hands on the action cam

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As someone who was very big into Guild Wars 1 and played all the expansions, I did not enjoy GW2 on launch.  In general I don't get to end game in MMOs, due to it taking too long to get there and me spending all my time in non-leveling activities.  I didn't even know I was on this boosted XP when I started GW2, but now that I know about it I think it should be the default experience.

 

Also, make action camera a more core part of the game!  Give it a default keybind and tell players about it!  The game is 10x more fun/playable for me this way.  Tab targetting is a relic of Everquest that is poorly suited for fast paced gameplay, at least in my opinion.