Curse

spun ducky · Nov 25, 2012, 09:45 AM // 09:45

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Originally Posted by tummlykins

I am in a serious WvW guild that has one of the maps allocated to it each week (our server has meetings and divides the borderlands/EB amongst different guilds alliance for the week so we have a co-ordinated presence on them all) and it's gotten us to tier one.

I got news for you the main reason sea of sorrows does so well isn't the player base but rather the fact that server has the largest number of teleport hackers in WvsW. There are a lot of videos of this on the official forums and other places of entire guilds using the hack.

So anyway back on topic I never left gw but play gw2 more than the original. It is a new game but most of the highend players like myself who were doing sub 30 minute DoA runs got bored to death of gw1 with the lack of updates.

If gw2 doesn't run on your comp it is really a time to consider upgrading. It runs on my old IBM T60 with a core 2 duo 2ghz,3gb ram, and a radeon x1400 which is below the minimum specs. This laptop can be had for 50-100 dollars so yea if your system is older than that I think it is time to upgrade.

Jade Zephyr · Nov 25, 2012, 10:02 PM // 22:02

I just logged in to both GW and GW2 today for the first time in a couple of months now and even though I liked GW2 quite a lot when I started playing it, the joy I get every time I enter the world of GW after a break is simply too strong to even compare it to GW2.

Even though I feel unlikely to start playing any of the two any time soon, if it would be one, it would be GW.. and honestly. if the population and the support has stayed the same as before GW2-launch, I would have never quit in the first place.
Still patiently waiting for a new game that can make me re-live the best gaming experience I ever had, which was GW at launch back in 2005.

Krill · Nov 26, 2012, 06:00 AM // 06:00

Well, I guess you can officially count me in this group too

I made an honest effort to like GW2, particularly WvW, but it has so many problems that it makes HA and randumb arenas during the heyday look like perfectly balanced formats. The most fun I had in GW1 was TA, followed by AB in good groups, followed by HA...none of that is there in GW2.

sPvP is riddled with so many problems that I truly feel it is a lost cause no matter what anet does, and WvW is just plain boring with giant zerg fest being the only means to accomplish any meaningful objective, in which you feel no sense of individual accomplishment. Even if there was that sense, the learning curve is so much lower than GW1 that you're basically at 95%+ of you skill potential after a month or so of playing regularly. It took years before I felt that I was merely an adequate warrior and midline player in GW1, and I never went beyond an HA nec rit healer (i.e. idiot) backliner.

All my friends from GW1 have already quit or do nothing but farm fractals or other garbage for gear too...

Lastly, not to sound like an emo baby, but it honestly does make me sad to see every place in GW1 empty (HA, AB, FA), and remembering the countless hours of fun I had there over the span of 6-7 years...and all the fun that I'm not having in GW2 after 2 months. That's life though.

Shayne Hawke · Nov 28, 2012, 12:36 AM // 00:36

Anybody need a filler for their Snowball ATs?

Age · Dec 01, 2012, 01:56 AM // 01:56

I wonder how that is going to turn out this year will be there on Wintersday not 2 as I was forced to get it.

Sofonisba · Dec 01, 2012, 04:40 PM // 16:40

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Originally Posted by Krill

Lastly, not to sound like an emo baby, but it honestly does make me sad to see every place in GW1 empty (HA, AB, FA), and remembering the countless hours of fun I had there over the span of 6-7 years...and all the fun that I'm not having in GW2 after 2 months. That's life though.

I am 100% with you.

I keep TRYING to find the magic from GW1 in GW2 but I can't seem to do it.

I will be honest and say I wanted and expected GW1+. Blame me for thinking that when ANet said, "forget everything you know about MMOs," they were talking to non-GW1 players. That we were already in the know about how different a game could be.

I don't know if I will log into GW1 again. :/

tooburns · Dec 02, 2012, 08:12 AM // 08:12

i dont have fun in gw2 anymore, there's too many things i dont like ! i feel so good when i go back in gw1, too bad every place is pretty much empty

Wielder Of Magic · Dec 02, 2012, 04:43 PM // 16:43

Guild wars 2 had potential, but anet did everything that they shouldn't have.
Besides that the game is practically dead on my server.
PvE zones are all empty except the LA dungeon, and PvP is a joke.
I got my money's worth ( 50 euro, 600 hours playtime), but I think i will move back to GW1.

InfiniteRetro · Dec 03, 2012, 06:15 AM // 06:15

Having played both GW1 for 7 years and WoW for roughly the same period of time, i've felt i have played some of the pinnacle of mmo fun. with gw2 being the sequel i was excited at first but when anet started to talk about what they were doing, it began to question it.

fast forward to now, all the things i thought would happen, did happen. things like dynamic events being mundane and boring, things like wvwvw being a zergfest, things like limited skill/no dual profession would be just a poor and woeful design. thats only the iceberg.

on youtube i spoke out against arenanet. pretty vocal to since i got tired of the gw2 fanbase giving grief to all other mmo gamers including gw1 players saying everything was inferior.

so, its refreshing to see gw1 still kicking on, solid fanbase and that gw2 failed to live up as worthy sequel. should have been named something else.

so i pretend gw2 doesnt exist when it comes to my enjoyment of gw1. it truly is night and day when you compare how gw1 came to be and how gw2 is. is that because 2 of the 3 founding members left?

gw2 is a soul less piece of digital tripe. for all their pimping and talking up the game it isnt even close to the masterpiece of the first game. its like they forgot everything that mattered and decided to become casual RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOs and go after the big market.

even when i read things like patch notes for gw1 its almost like we have Arenanet from GW1 being a completely different company to Arenanet with GW2.

bad as it sounds, im glad gw2 is tanking. they forgot everything that made gw1 so great and lied to their player base (ascended gear anyone) just to make money. having a cash shop thats infected so much of the game (poor money making, poor loot means people will spend real money more) vs the cash shop in gw1 (which i would still buy from even now).

sorry to vent, but gw2 is dead to me. 250 years into the future was a marketing ploy to distance themselves from the first game. a game where every npc, hero, henchmen, story arc, boss all had an epic and personal feel.

GW1 Forever.

MaxBorken · Dec 03, 2012, 07:28 AM // 07:28

I predicted this.

So I never bought GW2.

And I'm really glad I didn't judging by the responses here.

At least I can't feel like Anet got more money out of me. I feel for the ones who bought GW2 and wish they hadn't.

Max

**cosyfiep** · Dec 03, 2012, 07:40 AM // 07:40

exactly....from what they had been saying about it and what I experienced during the betas--not the game I was looking to play.

BUT
there are tons of people who are enjoying gw2, some who played it--and are done with it, others who thought it was so-so, some who hated it----you cant please everyone (though from what I played they did try--which is probably part of the problem!!).

I just thought that about the ONLY thing guildwars2 shared with the original was the name and a weeee bit of lore.

as we all know, sequels dont always do well (and not just games, movies, books.....)

MaxBorken · Dec 03, 2012, 08:15 AM // 08:15

Nonono. Each Police Academy movie was clearly much better than the one before it.
And Episode IV The Phantom Menace was also much bett.... Oh wait, you're right!

Max

InfiniteRetro · Dec 03, 2012, 12:44 PM // 12:44

this i miss more than anything in gw2. in gw1 the two links provided are show casing heroes and henchmen from gw1. those characters had major personality. none exists in gw2.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Henchman
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Heroes

ectogasm · Dec 03, 2012, 07:01 PM // 19:01

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Originally Posted by InfiniteRetro

on youtube i spoke out against arenanet. pretty vocal to since i got tired of the gw2 fanbase giving grief to all other mmo gamers including gw1 players saying everything was inferior.

Link? I want to see this.

Schmerdro · Dec 03, 2012, 08:59 PM // 20:59

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Originally Posted by ectogasm

Link? I want to see this.

Don't get your hopes up. He has literally dozens of YouTube videos about how much GW 2 or ArenaNet sucks and they all have a much higher number of dislikes than the number of likes.

I really don't understand what's the point of hating ANY game. If you don't like a game then don't play it. No need to insult the developers. They're just trying to make a living for themselves and their employees.

I don't like GW 2 either. But I hope it is successful and that ArenaNet make a lot of money from it because, in the end, that's what all companies are meant to do, which is to make a profit. And I still appreciate that ArenaNet made GW, which was a very risky game for its time and still is extremely unique and fun to play, and I wish nothing but the best for all the people involved in creating it.

Age · Dec 03, 2012, 11:42 PM // 23:42

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Originally Posted by cosyfiep

exactly....from what they had been saying about it and what I experienced during the betas--not the game I was looking to play.

BUT
there are tons of people who are enjoying gw2, some who played it--and are done with it, others who thought it was so-so, some who hated it----you cant please everyone (though from what I played they did try--which is probably part of the problem!!).

I just thought that about the ONLY thing guildwars2 shared with the original was the name and a weeee bit of lore.

as we all know, sequels dont always do well (and not just games, movies, books.....)

It might share the Star Trek exprience where as evens do well and the odds didn't.This is movies 1 through 6 not the TNG ones.
It may that if there was a GW3 made it might do and be better than 2 or in this case odd number versions.

**cosyfiep** · Dec 04, 2012, 12:12 AM // 00:12

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Originally Posted by Age

It might share the Star Trek exprience where as evens do well and the odds didn't.This is movies 1 through 6 not the TNG ones.
It may that if there was a GW3 made it might do and be better than 2 or in this case odd number versions.

Then here's hoping for gw3 to be announced real soon since it will take them between 5-7 years to do.

InfiniteRetro · Dec 04, 2012, 09:53 AM // 09:53

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Originally Posted by Schmerdro

Don't get your hopes up. He has literally dozens of YouTube videos about how much GW 2 or ArenaNet sucks and they all have a much higher number of dislikes than the number of likes.

I really don't understand what's the point of hating ANY game. If you don't like a game then don't play it. No need to insult the developers. They're just trying to make a living for themselves and their employees.

I don't like GW 2 either. But I hope it is successful and that ArenaNet make a lot of money from it because, in the end, that's what all companies are meant to do, which is to make a profit. And I still appreciate that ArenaNet made GW, which was a very risky game for its time and still is extremely unique and fun to play, and I wish nothing but the best for all the people involved in creating it.

the only reason why i was infamous with it is because no one was pointing out the major issues without harrassment. jesse cox, wowcrendor, hell anyone that said even something negative on a tame scale was being threatened with harm...literally.

so heres me, pointing out all the stuff that did come to pass, i would get mass hate for it but it only made it funnier how sensitive that fanbase was. they couldnt hack anyone saying anything negative, and i had some people even try and flag my videos for terrorism!! lol

end of the day, i dont hate the game. i think the company is a bunch of lying asswads who are nothing like the arenanet of old. who decided to talk up their product when all it was was bastardised versions of other mmos like warhammer, daoc, rift etc and claim it as original.

not a fan of companies falsely advertising and look what happened with ascended gear, they said they would never have content gated, or higher stat gear that it was all only going to be cosmetic when it came to getting the highest gear aka exotics. but they lied, 3 months is all it took for them to back track on their entire game philosophy they pimped.

i dont hate, i pointed out the truths. you want to talk about hate? talk to people that have a mass disdain for companies like EA or Activision. but not even them have advertised something to the point anet tried to do.

Veldan · Dec 06, 2012, 08:43 AM // 08:43

GW1 - game I had most fun in ever, with Aion close behind
GW2 - pretty much bottom of the list

I can't help it, I tried to really like GW2... played it from launch till yesterday. But tbh it wasn't worth it. That game has nothing special imo, if you don't play GW2 you don't miss anything other than some bugs, culling issues and boring gameplay.

So is there any point installing GW1 again? Is it possible to do for example FA still, or is everything deserted now?

Koyote · Dec 06, 2012, 12:02 PM // 12:02

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Originally Posted by Veldan

So is there any point installing GW1 again? Is it possible to do for example FA still, or is everything deserted now?

FA ís dead, JQ is alive. And...

*drum roll*

The goal is to keep AB alive until 23:59 UTC (WvW reset). lol