[MERGED] A note from a long time RPG player

WAHOOOO! Another W/mo "I can't solo farm Predition rock anymore!!11" thread.

Has anyone else tried counting W/mo? They are the only ones complaining, lol. This guy...

I have never farmed Perdition Rock. I enjoy getting together with a group of in-game-friends and questing, whether it be UW, FoW, Titans Quests, The Furnace, or a favorite mission. Oh, I also play a E/Me and a Mo/W. Oh yeah and I have a W/E for PvP (when I choose to play) and a W/Mo that is my favorite character.

Ignorant people...

As for farming, no problem with it. As for solo farming - there is no place for the world 'solo' in a Massively Multiplayer game. Not designed for that. While I agree with the first half, I disagree with this part. From the Guild Wars FAQ:

"You can choose to join in competitive missions and receive acclaim for winning against other gamers, or you can reap the rewards of solo adventures or cooperative team missions with an entirely different set of challenges."

Sanji I love your Icon.

It's teh sex. Thanks. Sanji is kind of like the Marlboro man, except he's a pirate.

Nothing is ever going to be fair to everyone ... I have followed a similar path as described by the OP ... guess what ... thats life. All my gold weapons with near perfect mods and 14% dmg ... are crap ... but then again ... you don't come off as the type that gives stuff away ... unlike me. Money is not important ... sorry you worked hard and feel shafted, but it's a game. I readily give stuff away. I always have. Give a new player a Fiery Dragon Sword and watch their reaction. I used to give Storm Bows away when they sold for 10-20K. In order to get FoW armor, I would have to invest ridiculous amounts of time. Anyway I don't feel shafted, just disappointed.

While I agree with the first half, I disagree with this part. From the Guild Wars FAQ:

"You can choose to join in competitive missions and receive acclaim for winning against other gamers, or you can reap the rewards of solo adventures or cooperative team missions with an entirely different set of challenges." When they said solo missions, they meant you and some computer controlled pixels called henchies. They didn't mean you all by your lonesome.

What I have a problem with is people that think that there should be items that take a lot of time investment to get. That's not this game. This game is about the challenge of the fight and not the challenge of the clock.

I can do both, I have a lot of time and don't mind hunting and searching but I'm glad that this game isn't a camping, farming time sink game on the PvE side. Ok Asdar... I probably over reacted due to the nature of the threads being posted here in the last couple of days. BUT, lemme make one other point please.

As previously stated at the beginning of this thread, having that extra 2% dmg on your weapon doesn't really affect it's performance (at least not to the point where it is obvious or even seen on a per swing basis), so what is the difference between Capitalist spending his time and energy (and Platinum for that matter) searching for an Item or Mod that really isn't giving him any advantage over anyone else other than it being a pleasurable thing for him that he enjoys doing, and what I (and you) do by spending our time and energy exploring areas we've never been to before or haven't completely mapped? I say there isn't a difference. Thats what makes this game so much fun to me. In my guild, we have farmers, explorers, PvPer's, and many who enjoy all the above. We ALL can do what we like and have fun doing it. Because of that, we all enjoy helping each other out too. That's what the open ended nature of this game allows. We all will get to ascension and complete the missions eventually. Some will get ALL the quests and bonuses in the missions and do everything that PvE has to offer. If they don't keep it fun and interesting after that the game will decline. By changing the game to take away parts of it that SOME find enjoyable, especially if it really isn't HURTING gameplay or changing how others play, will mean that the game will lose interest to some and they won't play anymore. I personally don't think that this is a good thing, since the game can be whatever anyone wants it to be. I know that some of the changes are necessary. All changes to kill the bot farming are highly appreciated since my lag goes through the roof when bots are present. But changing something just to change it (or because some who weren't even affected by it choose to whine) seems like a waste of effort that will eventually hurt the game more than it will help it grow.

When they said solo missions, they meant you and some computer controlled pixels called henchies. They didn't mean you all by your lonesome. Sorry reap the rewards of solo adventures is by yourself w/o henchies. Going out w/ henchies is not considered solo'ing and it's not very rewarding...

All you people that say anet doesn't want anyone to solo, you do realize if they didn't want people to solo they could easily force a minimum party size for any area they wanted to.

This guy...

I have never farmed Perdition Rock. I enjoy getting together with a group of in-game-friends and questing, whether it be UW, FoW, Titans Quests, The Furnace, or a favorite mission. Oh, I also play a E/Me and a Mo/W. Oh yeah and I have a W/E for PvP (when I choose to play) and a W/Mo that is my favorite character.

Ignorant people... Well, if you're playing the game to do quests, FoW, Furnace and missions, why is it a must to find Gold weapons drops? How would you ever hope to find these drops when, as you seem to be trying to make it sound like, you are a casual player?

Someone who only plays even 300 hours in two months had hardly any hope of finding "Godly max dmg" weapons, only the extreme farmers and very lucky "Smite runners", UW solo builds and Fow/UW farming brigades did.