Originally Posted by BogusDude

GW has by far been the no 1 free to play rpg out there since the get go. It offered something very few games can claim, to appeal to both the hardcore and casual of gamers, to let them both play together side by side as equals. To not sit there in a mine for hours on end hammering at a wall to build up supplies in the hope that after a few years of grinding exp you'll be able to finally try yourself out at some high end monsters or pvp, mixing potions and pointlessly making thousands weapons and armour items just so you can level up and make somet of use and value. Don't get me wrong, trades can be a kinda of cool feature of a game but i played these kinda of games before i found GW in Oct 2005 and if you think the grind in gw is bad you seriously don't understand what grind really is. I hope trades work differently for us in GW2.
In my 5 1/2 years and over 13k hours i can honestly say theres only 2 things i can really seriously complain about; deadlines, or their lack of ability to meet the ones they set themselves, they even look to be missing the worse case scenario release date they gave the BoD a few years back for GW2, fortunately interest in GW2 looks to be good enough for them to dodge any penalties. In business you set deadlines, you meet them, or else expect to answer why, simples, not meeting deadlines is never good. The only other thing was last years big skill nerf, not in relation to balance but fun, long standing big builds were hit and i think it was too much too late for a lot of people, i've not experienced any other nerf that had a negative impact to activity like it, we got over it (thanks to HoM) but it did hurt the community imo. As a non-pvper Factions was a bit of a let down on release (how relieved were you the first time you got out of the city lol) but tbh its grown on me over the years and its ok now. Otherwise i'm more than happy with the updates and balances and looking forward to the already late Wind of Change. I've really enjoyed the vast variety of the cross profession abilities of GW and the amount of creativity that has come out of players, the minimalistic approach to weapons and armour (although the introduction of inscriptions took away alot of the shine and value away from greens and old skool rares)

NCSOFT and ANET do indeed deserve some kudos for the gamble they took at the start with this ambitious format and it paid off for them. They gave us a great product at the right price and for many of us, ie me at 13k+ hours, there isn't a number to describe the level of value we've had, just think how many PS2/3 games i could've completed in those hours and how much it would have cost me, and yet i'd still be doing the same old point and shoot or random mashing of buttons

Keep up the good work, but don't forget where you came from or how you got there for GW2. You did some things right and some things wrong in GW, i myself am confident you've recognised which is which and look forward to GW2 and many years to come. But please, for all our sanity, sort that GW2 deadline out already, some beta would be great, or even a blast on the demo version, we'll love you that little bit more for it^^

Sorry if i was both critical and praising but i don't really troll these forums to care enough about adding my piece to any of these critique threads. Back to Minecraft

Originally Posted by thedeadlyassassin

I love Anet. They just get it. And they have great customer service and offer great discussions with players. However, that's not going to stop me from complaining about things that dampen my love for the game *cough* consumable titles *cough*