tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post535543292876902498..comments2024-03-28T04:50:52.945+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: We Appreciate Power /sBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-26556155505732891372021-01-14T09:09:35.650+00:002021-01-14T09:09:35.650+00:00I feel exactly the same way and it kind of gets wo...I feel exactly the same way and it kind of gets worse (or better) the longer the game goes on. For the first few years it was relatively easy to convince yourself there was some kind of progression. It was quite difficult (or expensive) for a casual-minded player to get a full set of Ascended, for example. As time goes on, though, even those benchmarks become trivial and the ones above are just matters of how much time you care to spend grinding gold. <br /><br />The big change over the years for me has been how I think of World vs World. In the first 18 months I rarely visited the Mists. Mrs Bhagpuss got heavily into it long before I did, though, and that drew me in until eventually it became the main part of the game for both of us. Eventually that tailed off as ANet made poor decision after poor decision on how to handle the mode but of late it's really picked up again and now for both of us GW2 pretty much *is* WvW. That kind of open-world PvP with scores and objectives has the longevity and resilience of a team sport and of course it benefits hugely from not having any kind of gear ladder.<br /><br />I think on balance I like it that GW2 is how it is but I sure wouldn't want a lot of other games to copy it. One or two like this is plenty.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-64047346197215466962021-01-14T09:01:03.083+00:002021-01-14T09:01:03.083+00:00Grimes is one of those artists I'm always awar...Grimes is one of those artists I'm always aware of but never really pay close attention to. After I watched the video for this one yesterday, though, I had it in my head all day. I'm going to have to take some time to get to know her better.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-18111034642429789822021-01-14T06:00:17.111+00:002021-01-14T06:00:17.111+00:00I so rarely recognize the musical references in yo...I so rarely recognize the musical references in your titles it's a rare treat when I do.<br /><br />Fun fact: I listened to this song heavily for inspiration when writing my TSW D&D campaign.Tyler Edwardshttps://superior-realities.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-54820055573685805402021-01-13T23:05:04.000+00:002021-01-13T23:05:04.000+00:00GW2 is so odd. The fact that levels and gear never...GW2 is so odd. The fact that levels and gear never progress is something I love in almost equal measure to how much I hate. It's great being able to come back after (sometimes) literally years away and still have 'current' gear.<br /><br />It's fantastic that I can walk into an end-game zone from any era of the game and find it populated and *worth* visiting, as you've called out in this post.<br /><br />I don't think any game in this genre ever has quite achieved that feat. An achievement down to I think the dual impacts of the never-changing gear and the free to play base game.<br /><br />But I only ever delve into GW2 every so often to actually play. I'll login to 'collect' the living story rather than having to buy it later and I'll jump back for new expansions etc -- but at least with how I approach MMOs, after that story content is done there is just nothing left for me.<br /><br />I'm very much not a fan of dailies. In GW2 I'd often get them done incidentally while playing (which in my view, are the best kinds of dailies) but I have no compelling incentive to otherwise go out of my way for them.<br /><br />I miss the chase for improvement through gear though. I miss the chance to then put that gear to use through challenge-modes in dungeons and the like. I understand that GW2 added raids some time back (although I have no idea if this was an area that ever received continued development past the first two, or whether it was left to languish like dungeons more generally were).<br /><br />For all that though, I suppose the conclusion is similar. If I'm still going to buy into the expansion anyway (which is likely) then ANet really has no compelling reason to care about what I care about.Naithinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830174305806727004noreply@blogger.com