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So for me just reading some of your points:

1. No class roles. Healer / Assassin / Tank / Self-Sustaining damage-dealer Etc.

That's true, and for some that's a good thing. There still is very much the possibility of you playing either more supportively or more defensively.

2. Skills are BORING and "weapon based." You unlock all of youre main skills in the first 10 levels or so. No self-synergy.

Did you happen to miss out on traits or skill points you earn with levels? To me that feels like a lot of long term self synergy and variety.

3. Big zerg fests that really question what you are actually contributing to anything.

Maybe in the starting zones but that becomes less apparent as you break away from the crowd. I don't find playing with others a bad thing though in GW2. The fact that you all get exp and your own loot from mobs makes interacting with others rewarding instead of someone just trying to tag your mob or steal your gathering node, you have your own gathering nodes too.

4. Boring Carbon-Copy class ideas, with an awkward Guild Wars 2 wrapping

No idea what you're talking about here. I've never played a class in any other game like the mesmer.

Sure a lot of archtypes are there though, thief = rogue, warrior = warrior, guardian = paladinish, ranger = hunter, these archtypes are comfortable and cover aspects that most people look for and enjoy.

5. PvP is LAAAAAAAAME and skill-less. #1 and #3 dont help. Big zerg of randomness with no obvious team work.

World PvP can be like that if you follow the pack. Last night though me and a group of nine guild mates snuck behind enemy lines and kept a supply point for quite some time which really hindered the enemies ability to defend their forts. I find it really enjoyable with friends but I can agree its easy to get lost in the crowd.

However that's only world vs world PvP, there is still structured PvP which is about like PvP in every other MMO.

6. A new idea for leveling that just comes-off as cluttered and unfinished.

Not sure which idea you mean. The events? Those aren't new ideas, many games have tried that, most notably Rift but this has taken that turd and polished it to a very enjoying nugget of gold.

7. Leveling is SLLLOWW and un-rewarding. Dont give me this "enjoy the ride!" nonsense

If you try to level between just quests and events, yes it will get slow. A good way to speed it up though is by incorporating World VS World PVP, gathering and crafting, or exploring zones fully which you get rewards and exp for.

Crafting can be very tricky because unlike most MMO's you're not encouraged to make the same sword for 15 skill levels, you want to use your materials to make discoveries which are essentially recipes. You are rewarded with a lot more exp for discoveries as well as using less of your valuable crafting materials making the same items repeatedly.

8. Feels like a non-subscription fee game. There just isn't that weight of the extra money. It's like they tried to fit everything into a lower budget.

Not sure what you mean by this either. I really enjoy the fact it's non-subscription and the fact that I've already sunk 66 hours in and many more to come makes it worth the money to me. That is all really subjective though depending on the person. I haven't seen anything they tried to "fit into a lower budget" though.

I'm having a great time, more so than I expected actually which is a nice feeling.

Damn seems like a pretty nice one.

Level 35 got a new armor set and weapon.

They're not legit and all contain viruses, keyloggers, malware and other nasty crap you don't want on your computer. I strongle encourage you to never download anything from a youtube video.

Glad to see you're having a good time too.

I'm actually level 25 also, seems like we're keeping up at the same pace basically. Looted a Abyss Dye which is black and really desired but decided to keep it for myself rather than sell it.

I actually had the same feeling when I first hit Nightmare. The gear wall is a pretty steep one admittedly. I don't have any issue using the auction house though so a trip there to grab a few pieces and I was on my way again.

Now I don't doubt I could have sat and farmed for upgrades but it wouldn't have been worth the amount of time it would take in my opinion. I'm not sure what else to say about it. I don't think they're going to revisit the difficulty of the game that early on. Get used to using the AH or prepare for many, many, many hours of farming as harsh as that sounds.

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Afaik there are no endless spawn. After few waves tower stop producing any more mobs

It's way more than "a few." I've waited around for over 5 minutes and the things still keep going... so not sure on this one.

I don't know if they fixed it but those towers used to constantly spawn spiders. You could find an area with two towers right next to eachother, afk there with thorns gear and life on kill and just come back to move around to suck up gold and do that all day.

Not sure how good that would be for exp though. I don't think it would get you to 50 this fast.

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The thing about college that bothers me the most I guess is that it is looked at a lot from a business standpoint. The more people you round up and get to believe college will solve all their problems then the more loans are taken out and the more money people can make from the students.

Debt has always been something that you incur rather early on in life but at some point the average goal switched from finish highschool settle down and buy a house and fall into debt, to finish high school go directly to college and into debt, then after years of paying that back attempt to get a house and get put into more debt.

It just seems like you're expected to be in some form of debt nearly every day of your life. Medical, housing, school, credit cards, there's always something.

Up one more time? Anyone have a clue?

I'm level 12 also. Haven't played much in the daytime. Pics below.

Don't you guys know the more money you pay for that piece of paper, the more you know, and the more you will make?! It works exactly like that. No exceptions.

If only.

Tell that to the masses of people with college education who are out of work.

I also remember reading some interesting statistics about the average GPS shooting way up over the years. This wasn't the exact source but it looks about right compared to what I remember.


Source: http://flowingdata.com/2011/07/19/undergraduate-grade-inflation/

It was basically just illustrating the fact that the percentage is much much higher than in the past.

So then you have to ask yourself, are people REALLY getting that much smarter, or are the grades being inflated in order to draw in more "customers" basically.

I'm playing on Tarnished Coast, human guardian.

Picture later when I wake up more.

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In normal and nightmare I used a build something like this. http://us.battle.net...XRTY!abZ!aZaaZZ

It worked extremely well you could just go in, ground stomp, rend, cleave, leap if you need to run away for a little bit or to jump into the middle, and earthquake when you feel like it, especially on elites. Just pull everything in close and aoe like mad.

Sorry I couldn't help more only made it to 36, but this thread brought back memories of playing him. Which I might go do again now.

There is a level 41 mace also that can roll two sockets. Skywarden.

Aww he beat me to it.

It's because they're both guaranteed to roll at least one socket and then socket is also listed as a magic property. Kinda neat wish more items had it.