Not as much as we'd like. I've said it in a few replies but my impression is that they are continually short on manpower/time, which isnt that surprising if you consider they have a very tight release schedule and at the same time have to find the resources to fix the stuff they should've finished before release.
No, not really. The PvE is as shit as it was, except worse. Progression in PvE should be based on loot dropped and not on tokens or worse in a bad grind of materials for crafting (who ever thought of crafting as good "raid" loot should go choke on a bag of cocks).
Nope that hasn't changed one bit, they still got their heads shoved pretty far up.
Except I don't criticize GW2 as a whole, but the fact that some parts of it, arguably important, are not up to the others. GW2 levelling? Best I ever did.
It's not Jeckyl and Hyde, it just means (most) people make up their own minds on what they like or dislike instead of creating an echo chamber of positive reinforcment like most game subreddits or the closed pantheon forums.
Only a complete Communist would hate that. It works almost perfectly. You still get that feeling of being powerful when you come back but it also gives you some rewards for playing with your buddies and lets you do all the content while getting some rewards. COMMUNISTS I SAY!
The leveling PVE is amazing, a great example of something to copy (though I would prefer more difficult content that required people to group up).
I think we've wrapped our heads around these concepts just fine. Not liking something because it fucking blows (for reasons many people have enumerated in every GW2 thread since the game launched) is not the same as not understanding it. I am TOTALLY capable of understanding what it would be like to be anally violated by fucking Pennyworth, while also still deciding I probably don't want that to be a thing. PvE, jumping puzzles aside, was complete trash. Events were mildly interesting once and then painfully transparent every other time (THEY'RE TOTALLY NOT QUESTS! but they are. And less varied. And you have to wait for them to spawn. etc etc). Not a progression based game? the fuck does that even mean? If you're not interested in 'progressing' in GW2 (even if the form of progress presented is prettiest princess vanity progress for transmog) you will exhaust all content the first time you hit 80. Living Story has absolutely nothing for you unless you're super interested in grinding for transmog progress. Counterstrike and DOTA are not progression based games, you play them and have fun and replay them over and over for more fun, GW2 you absolutely play to 'progress' aspects of your character, or you stop playing entirely. There is nothing else compelling enough to do repeatedly.
I get it. You like WoW. So do lots and lots of people. Most others are bored of it.
WoW is just an easy comparison for most people, pretty much everyone has some knowledge of it. But like someone above said Anet could take several things from GW1 to improve GW2. That post was mostly pvp-related but I'll throw out elite skill capping and rep tracks as two longer term GW1 activities that they didnt implement in the sequel. Both would have build some familiarity for GW1 players (many felt alienated by GW2 early on) and provided some lasting gameplay for the players used to WoW/EQ-style MMOs. I'm sure there are more examples from other games.
I feel like you're willfully attempting to not understand what is being said in this conversation as a way to maintain some kind of faith in GW2.
The events are a cool thing for the game. I like the idea behind them. I love the heart/event system they have in the game. But the problem with GW2 is that they utterly failed to build a game around all of that. The story line is something that keeps people logging in only if there are other things to keep them occupied for the long term. I don't think there is anything worthy of long term in this game other than grinding legendary unicorn bows.
