Originally Posted by shinta_himura

"But it doesn't DO anything. Your playing experience isn't hindering in the slightest."

I can't believe you... I just... ugh!

One of the center-pieces of Guild Wars is its vanity aspect. There are tons of different armor sets in the game now at the same price, they have no different stats or uses but they offer players different visuals. There are even more armor sets that are much more expensive but don't do anything different. There are an absurd amount of skins for weapons. The game was all about players having options that didn't force them into one role or another, and every option was obtainable.

Now this is NOT THE CASE. The only armor and item artwork being developed anymore is for the cash shop. Not to mention the artwork and design is considerably more impressive than anything previously seen. They don't even bother to release free armor updates anymore (like elite knights or the gladiator helmet), the most we get without having to pay even more ridiculous amounts of money are holiday helmets, which likely took maybe 30 minutes to an hour in a 3d modeling program? An hour writing and double checking its code for the game? How long do you think it takes a professional 3d designer to model a halo ring, for crying out loud.