Guild Wars 2

[brett friggin favre]

there's a difference between A GRIND and GRINDING.

grinding implies simply killing enemies for experience (i.e. no quests).

a grind is a long, drawn out road to max level.

A GRIND is fine, but GRINDING is just annoying as hell.

[Sin]

there's a difference between A GRIND and GRINDING.

grinding implies simply killing enemies for experience (i.e. no quests).

a grind is a long, drawn out road to max level.

A GRIND is fine, but GRINDING is just annoying as hell.

That used to be the case, then "grind" evolved into so many things. Quest grinding, gear grinding, mob grinding, rep grinding... LOL My thing is, time sinks are okay AS long as there is a goal.

And when it comes to gear, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about having the same piece of gear as you level from 1 - 80. What I'm complaining about is the typical "end-game" gear grind. As you level of course you're gonna get that new piece of gear that's going to help make you more powerful, that's fine and great and I DO love that.

Also, ANET has mentioned that there will be no typical "end-game" in that once you hit 80 the game changes. They want you to be doing the same or similar things to what you were doing as you leveled. Just like GW1.

[maynard]

grinding implies simply killing enemies for experience (i.e. no quests).

lol no it doesn't it implies you're doing 1 of the many things that involve grinding in an mmo... there isn't just killing mobs. you can grind quests, grind professions, grind mobs for loot, grind them for xp... the list goes on...


the only diff between grinding and grind is grind is referring 2 it as where grinding implies you're doing it or are referring 2 it in the sense someone is doing it.

[Sin]

lol no it doesn't it implies you're doing 1 of the many things that involve grinding in an mmo... there isn't just killing mobs. you can grind quests, grind professions, grind mobs for loot, grind them for xp... the list goes on...


the only diff between grinding and grind is grind is referring 2 it as where grinding implies you're doing it or are referring 2 it in the sense someone is doing it.

Yeah, and it's safe to say every MMO has a grind. If it didn't it would have no time sinks and people wouldn't play it for long. I remember SWG had a HUGE profession and mob grind just to have the chance to become a Jedi... what a pain in the ass, but it was fun back then.

[maynard]

SWG was EPIC back in the day.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

What are all looking forward to the most regarding this game?

Is have to say underwater dynamic content and exploration.

[FAil Boat]

I'm looking forward to skill based pvp. Gear based pvp is no fun. Exploring a new game is always awesome.

[Steamer]

I'm looking forward to skill based pvp.

This. And of coarse the epic story lines.