I've had nothing but quick responses from ANET, and I've had several issues.. It is actually quite a refreshing change from the game I just came from playing~ It will remain nameless but the company that runs it is Nexon. Let's just say they are STILL sending me "we're looking into it" email spam for an issue I had a YEAR ago. Their account database has been hacked on at least TWO occasions, and they wouldn't even admit it the second time. Also, glitches and bugs go for months on their "known issues" list, without ever being fixed because they honestly don't give a damn unless it's cash shop related. ANET and GW 2 may not be perfect, but if this is terrible, well I've yet to see anyone really be better... So I guess that means everyone is terrible.

Why would you need a thread like this? If you don't like the game then don't play it. It may be a cliche at this point, but go back to WoW if it's so great to you.

Fellow bioware staff members eh? I see you're quite the impartial reviewer then >.>

I see nothing at all that makes me believe that ANET has "Become greedy" in fact quite the opposite. In one of the BWE's, many MANY people complained about the dyes.. upon becoming identified they were untradable, even when bought in the gem store, hence making some people end up with things they paid for but were worthless to them. Not only did they change this in the final release, they made the gem store packs give MORE dyes, and made identified dyes that WERENT gotten from the gem store tradable too. It should also be noted that everything in the gem store is either cosmetic or obtainable in other ways... And that isnt even counting my original point that you could literally buy ANYTHING in the gem store without spending a penny of real money (thanks to the silver to gem trading that you hate for some reason.)

And I guess you didn't realize this, but Guild Wars 2 has ALWAYS been about making money. This isn't just MMO's this is a fact of life. Programers, game moderators, game artists, and story writers, all need to be paid, and server space costs money as well. But it seems to me that ANET has found the perfect balance between getting themselves money and keeping their fans happy. And yeah theyre going to be making expansions and charging for them.. It could be worse though... They could make expansion after expansion, about stupid crap like pandas or what not, charge for them, AND still charge a monthly fee to play the game like certain other games that will remain nameless.

You can recruit Yuffie in several forests all over the world, in almost every continent.

Why does it bother you that ANET is trying to make money off of their game? It isn't like they're nickling and diming their customers like *some* MMO's do. Hell like *MOST* MMO's do.. Even ones that charge a monthly fee to play (which I will remind you that GW 2 does not).

Also, nothing in the gem shop is game breaking. Trust me, I've come from a game that's pay to win, it seems like ANET has gone out of their way to be the exact opposite. Gems for extra bank space and character slots? That's a standard in MMO's today.

As for the Gem store ~ Gold direct trading. This was done explicitly to combat the chinese gold farmers that are going to be SELLING GOLD FOR REAL LIFE MONEY ANYWAYS. It also keeps the economy balanced, remember it works both ways, you don't have to spend ANY real life money on gems and can instead opt to trade gold thet you earn in game directly for gems, circumventing paying all together if you have enough gold. Frankly, this is brilliant on ANETs part and I wish more games had systems like this in place.

The only purpose that any of the starting equipment has is cosmetic (and usually 5 defense). It doesn't actually give you any tools, though if you like the appearance you can transmute it onto another piece of equipment instead.

Err.. If you're buying your armor from the vendors then you're doing it wrong. In every MMO I've ever played, the selection available to buy from NPCs has been extremely limited, GW 2 is no exception. Half the fun of the game is of course exploring and finding new and unique loot. I *think* what the thread starter is complaining about may be that a set of high level armor can theorhetically have the same skin as a lower level armor (this is especially true of weapons) But even then, I've found a great deal of variety, and I have a high level armor that I'm about 20 levels too low to equip, and I've yet to see it in lower levels... (its not even a cultural set) So yeah, I think you need to play more before you complain.