Comments on: Guild Wars 2 dev on Ascended gear backlash: “Our goal is not to create a gear treadmill”

By: paff

paff — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:02:00 +0000

The article’s information isn’t completely correct. Legendary gear no longer has the same stats as exotic, it was raised with the new content. So the hundreds of hours required to acquire legendary gear is no longer there for the sake of its own challenge and a cosmetic trophy. It’s now part of the treadmill.

By: Stick to Your Vision Arenanet

Stick to Your Vision Arenanet — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:58:00 +0000

The real complaint is worse. The issue is that they sold a game with horizontal progression. They said not for a few months but for years that GW2 would never have “gear stat” progression. Then 3 months after a huge launch and sales, they did a 180 degree turn on their core design philosophy. That is the real issue here. They overhauled a core feature of their game that many people bought and supported the game for.

That speaks to tarnishment of their brand and company reputation. To erosion of customer trust. It is more than just “they introduced a gear treadmill.” They have lost the goodwill and support of their core customer base. That is hard to recover so its put their future sales at risk.

By: Bracus

Bracus — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:24:00 +0000

A gear treadmill by any other name…