I love that this MMO has been around for so long now and the fact they still work so hard to keep it fresh, fun and relevant. Good stuff. Looking forward to the new expansion.
Mount skins through regular gameplay is exciting to me (bought mine from gem store eep!) but making them something people can obtain through simply playing is an amazing idea and addition.
I agree. This game has so much untapped potential. They just need to make it more "user friendly" and well known. These quality of life changes should go a long way towards helping that.
man if this game had any sort of marketing, it would be a global banger no1 could ignore. Take this masterpiece and present it to the world ANET! You deserve so much more for this.
I'm glad they didn't market it as much because it would be polluted with people from other games that kinda take games a little too serious for example league of legends players.... Can you imagine having them in GW2? 😅
Lately I find myself not logging in at all because there's nothing I want to really do with the long long grinds. I appreciate that this isn't a huge weekly getting that will take so much time and that each day I can do a few little things and still feel like I'm rewarded more-so then before
As someone who will be losing my next/last chest of loyalty by just a few day (2d if my calc is right) due to this new system, I'm quite skeptical about it. Those are my main concernes: 1. Are they gonna force us to play stuff we don't like (e.g. sPvP/WvW are both huge pain for core PvE players) in order to get max daily rewards? 2. Are they trying to make us work harder to get what we get nowadays by just logging in? Specially for new/newish players log rewards are of big help, as well as for those with limited time that cannot afford grind 5h/day in order to move ahead. 3. Most weeks I get more from log in rewards than from proper farming. I know this is true for a lot of people which have limited play time, seeing it removed/nerfed will be a huge bummer :(
My biggest problem with the system, was we did not need another currency. We already had one. Laurals. Why did we need the new currency? It seems the only point was to reset the daily rewards, and nerf it.
yeah same here. im at that point where its time to start considering my legendary armor but crafting is so MEH! I hope it encourages me enough to get through it or make it interesting.
Anyone else going to juuuust miss their chest of loyalty or just me 😢😢😢 Regardless, I'm excited for the change, even though I'm fairly new and likely won't be able to complete tons of these off the bat.
Please don't encourage more intense weeklies. I'm still skeptical about this not quite battle pass limited time system then cosmetic aspects become extra pricey with this astral currency, and how it will impact my relationship to playing the game. I've quit games over battle passes including free battle passes. I played Guild Wars 1 in the first month and Guild Wars 2 at launch and while I hope for the best I'm hesitating to buy the expansion because this has been hinted at for a while.
Who cares if they cost more to buy, they are available forever unlike other game battle passes so you'll get them eventually even by doing your normal daily/weekly content. This system gives you the freedom to purchase the rewards you want when you're able to and still gives you the freedom to step away from the game for a period of time if you want/need to without being punished. It's all the good things about a battle pass without the terrible things.
From the UI screenshot, it looks like the weekly tab is "Do 6 of these things that are pretty quick" so you can knock one out a day or blitz through them if you have the time. Kinda like the old monthly reward system but less grindy. Still don't know why they're putting in a UI for it but saying the in-game vendor is going to be in the new expansion zone. If it is supposed to be the new daily for everyone even free to play players, why not just have a "wizard's envoy" in Lion's Arch, or all the main racial capitals. If there's some draw that it is supposed to entice people to get the expansion to fully utilize the reward system... I don't think Anet did that and it will be awkward the next expansion when we move onto the next thing. And if the vendor is there to serve as a player magnet for the new hub area so the city looks bustling with players, I'm not sure that will work with players standing around the vendor and not much else. Kinda like how the Arborstone mastery for charging up the bonus XP buff just results in players AFK standing at the one place the teleport scroll places them with only a handful of players using the rest of the hub. It won't affect me personally but it does confuse me as a student of game design.
rewards in the wizard's vault get *more expansive* once they rotate out of the current tab and into the 'legacy tab'? why not apply the same price system as with Black Lion Statuettes? their legacy tab gets less expensive the older the item gets. charging more for older items is strange and renders their claim _to alleviate player anxiety about timed rewards_ somewhat moot.
Agreed; if anything, this causes a rush of FOMO because something that isn't interesting now suddenly generates interest because people don't want to pay MORE for something later.
No more daily login rewards and there going to lock part of the menu if you dont get Soto. I just dont have the time maybe only 15--20 minuets most nights dew to work, but i managed to login everyday so the rerwards were a big help. After EoD i wont be wasting my money with Soto and the way the game is going i might just leave the game.
fractals are super easy. dont be scared, start on tier1 and slowly learn them up to tier4. you will see its piece of cake. dungeons are not really played
Seeing a Djinn in the latest video is making me doubt that the floaty guy in the still image is a Seer. I really hope it is a Seer - it's basically just a reskinned Djinn and I reaaaally wanna see them come back and learn a bit more about them. I enjoyed how you cut yourself off gushing over the Griffon - did that go on for quite some time? 😜 Doesn't feel like it's a week away...
I'm guessing won't be long till the whining starts from people who used huge amounts of alt accounts to farm daily login to make gold. I think the new system looks good, but I also don't obsess over making money throught multiple accounts.
I really don't like the changes they want to do, because many aspect of the game are so imbalanced and not "new user friendly", if we must be more "active" everywhere will lead to a worst grind, what's nice at the moment is for me the good mix of hard content and casuel content in the game, let's hope for the best but last changes in the game weren't really a great idea....
this system is one of the thing that are terrible of games like lost ark, u feel is a work u need log in every day and do stuff u dont want just for get a reward, yeap the rewards are better than before but was just for log in
I love that this MMO has been around for so long now and the fact they still work so hard to keep it fresh, fun and relevant. Good stuff. Looking forward to the new expansion.
tbh the daily login should have been revamped a long time ago x)
Anet has had some stumbles, but is overall very consumer-friendly. I’m really looking forward to this expac
Mount skins through regular gameplay is exciting to me (bought mine from gem store eep!) but making them something people can obtain through simply playing is an amazing idea and addition.
I agree. This game has so much untapped potential. They just need to make it more "user friendly" and well known. These quality of life changes should go a long way towards helping that.
man if this game had any sort of marketing, it would be a global banger no1 could ignore.
Take this masterpiece and present it to the world ANET! You deserve so much more for this.
They use a different kind of marketing the best of GW is it's community and word of mouth allows them to add to that community.
I'm glad they didn't market it as much because it would be polluted with people from other games that kinda take games a little too serious for example league of legends players.... Can you imagine having them in GW2? 😅
This is guild wars 2. They want you to live your life and play, which is why the weekly are the way they are.
But like… not on the level of a Daily.
Lately I find myself not logging in at all because there's nothing I want to really do with the long long grinds.
I appreciate that this isn't a huge weekly getting that will take so much time and that each day I can do a few little things and still feel like I'm rewarded more-so then before
As someone who will be losing my next/last chest of loyalty by just a few day (2d if my calc is right) due to this new system, I'm quite skeptical about it. Those are my main concernes:
1. Are they gonna force us to play stuff we don't like (e.g. sPvP/WvW are both huge pain for core PvE players) in order to get max daily rewards?
2. Are they trying to make us work harder to get what we get nowadays by just logging in? Specially for new/newish players log rewards are of big help, as well as for those with limited time that cannot afford grind 5h/day in order to move ahead.
3. Most weeks I get more from log in rewards than from proper farming. I know this is true for a lot of people which have limited play time, seeing it removed/nerfed will be a huge bummer :(
My biggest problem with the system, was we did not need another currency. We already had one. Laurals. Why did we need the new currency? It seems the only point was to reset the daily rewards, and nerf it.
Very excited to see how the legendary crafting starter kits work! Might be time to actually craft one for me haha
yeah same here. im at that point where its time to start considering my legendary armor but crafting is so MEH! I hope it encourages me enough to get through it or make it interesting.
Anyone else going to juuuust miss their chest of loyalty or just me 😢😢😢
Regardless, I'm excited for the change, even though I'm fairly new and likely won't be able to complete tons of these off the bat.
I will, sadly.
Yeah if they're getting rid of shaky things in the bottom right they should start with those damn level diamonds
meeee I just checked literally Tuesday's soto drop and we'd wouldve been my chestofloyalty *cries*
Please don't encourage more intense weeklies. I'm still skeptical about this not quite battle pass limited time system then cosmetic aspects become extra pricey with this astral currency, and how it will impact my relationship to playing the game. I've quit games over battle passes including free battle passes.
I played Guild Wars 1 in the first month and Guild Wars 2 at launch and while I hope for the best I'm hesitating to buy the expansion because this has been hinted at for a while.
Who cares if they cost more to buy, they are available forever unlike other game battle passes so you'll get them eventually even by doing your normal daily/weekly content. This system gives you the freedom to purchase the rewards you want when you're able to and still gives you the freedom to step away from the game for a period of time if you want/need to without being punished. It's all the good things about a battle pass without the terrible things.
Your video content style is awesome
I want to know if u have the updrafts and lay line unlocked in HOT will u have those skills unlocked for the new mount
From the UI screenshot, it looks like the weekly tab is "Do 6 of these things that are pretty quick" so you can knock one out a day or blitz through them if you have the time. Kinda like the old monthly reward system but less grindy. Still don't know why they're putting in a UI for it but saying the in-game vendor is going to be in the new expansion zone. If it is supposed to be the new daily for everyone even free to play players, why not just have a "wizard's envoy" in Lion's Arch, or all the main racial capitals. If there's some draw that it is supposed to entice people to get the expansion to fully utilize the reward system... I don't think Anet did that and it will be awkward the next expansion when we move onto the next thing. And if the vendor is there to serve as a player magnet for the new hub area so the city looks bustling with players, I'm not sure that will work with players standing around the vendor and not much else. Kinda like how the Arborstone mastery for charging up the bonus XP buff just results in players AFK standing at the one place the teleport scroll places them with only a handful of players using the rest of the hub. It won't affect me personally but it does confuse me as a student of game design.
I might actually start doing dailies and weeklies now with these changes.
rewards in the wizard's vault get *more expansive* once they rotate out of the current tab and into the 'legacy tab'? why not apply the same price system as with Black Lion Statuettes? their legacy tab gets less expensive the older the item gets. charging more for older items is strange and renders their claim _to alleviate player anxiety about timed rewards_ somewhat moot.
This entirely
Agreed; if anything, this causes a rush of FOMO because something that isn't interesting now suddenly generates interest because people don't want to pay MORE for something later.
No more daily login rewards and there going to lock part of the menu if you dont get Soto. I just dont have the time maybe only 15--20 minuets most nights dew to work, but i managed to login everyday so the rerwards were a big help. After EoD i wont be wasting my money with Soto and the way the game is going i might just leave the game.
it will work pretty much the same there might be some stuff that's locked away if the person doesn't have SotO
That really sucks taking away login rewards. And forcing non pvp players into doing it.
Been playing about 6 months now and still haven't done a dungeon. Wierdly too scared to lol
fractals are super easy. dont be scared, start on tier1 and slowly learn them up to tier4. you will see its piece of cake. dungeons are not really played
Seeing a Djinn in the latest video is making me doubt that the floaty guy in the still image is a Seer. I really hope it is a Seer - it's basically just a reskinned Djinn and I reaaaally wanna see them come back and learn a bit more about them.
I enjoyed how you cut yourself off gushing over the Griffon - did that go on for quite some time? 😜
Doesn't feel like it's a week away...
Nurse, is that you? This your GW2 alt account?
This woman needs to be a voice actor if she isnt already.
I'm guessing won't be long till the whining starts from people who used huge amounts of alt accounts to farm daily login to make gold. I think the new system looks good, but I also don't obsess over making money throught multiple accounts.
I really don't like the changes they want to do, because many aspect of the game are so imbalanced and not "new user friendly", if we must be more "active" everywhere will lead to a worst grind, what's nice at the moment is for me the good mix of hard content and casuel content in the game, let's hope for the best but last changes in the game weren't really a great idea....
this system is one of the thing that are terrible of games like lost ark, u feel is a work u need log in every day and do stuff u dont want just for get a reward, yeap the rewards are better than before but was just for log in