Was GWEN too expensive for what we got?

I havent read what people wrote, but all I know, GW being a no subscription MMO, I think it's fair that the devs and artist and musicians and more people get money they deserve. They have to feed families too? Who knows

Yeah..GW:EN was too expensive. There was barely any content. However this is grinding (but that isn't fun)...There is a lot of armor...but the game lacks skills and a lot of other things.

GW:EN should of been at MOST $29 USD...

Hard to say really. Some things I like, some things ANet seemed to cut corners on.

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Just finished the storyline and along with the OP ive got a bit of an empty feeling afterwards.

*disclaimer, i havnt finished all of the dungeons yet, but did quite a few already*

I know this is an expansion, but at 35€ i expected a whole lot more. When i started the game i loved the new scenery (entry under lions arch -never to be seen again- up to eye of the north), but with about 4 or 5 explorables and 3 outposts for each setting (norn/asura/charr) there isnt a whole lot to explore in general.

The primary quests are done quickly enough and the great destroyer is not that big of a destroyer anyway, and thats my biggest let-down of the whole expansion: Everything Feels Cheap! So in short:

* Not enough new explorables / cities / outposts. Everything looks sweet, but there isnt enough of it.
* Storyline was a joke. What did the great destroyer actually do apart from 'being in his lair' and killing off some? He's not that great (as in size) as well..
* more on the storyline: compared to saving the world from Lich/Shiro/a demi god like Abaddon, as a roleplayer i felt belittled by dealing with the destroyers. They didnt seem terrifying/much of a threat.
* theres plenty of talk already about armors, not happy about the sets myself either.
* PVE skills are way overpowered, were kinda unnecessary and will make the three chapters way too easy.
* Lacking of HM at release. Feature? should i consider Gw:en HM already? Some mobs certainly were more difficult thanks to their skillbars but not HM material.
* Finished the storyline at 3rd tier of each faction. Feels greatly unbalanced compared to Sunspear/lightbringer/kurzich/luxon, as tier 5 is required for armor.
* HoM was way too hyped. No idea why.
* recycling old pvp skins into pve
* bad routing in outposts. when i click somewhere on the other side of town, my character always gets stuck somewhere half way.
* poor triggering of events during quests/missions
* all the new collector armor/headgear feels like a cheapened way of giving the community the much requested "re-customization of appearance".

Other ramblings:
* There should be a note at every dungeon entry: Bring Spoil Victor
* Protecting your allies isnt needed at all, because they will magically revive within a minute. No mission failure or quest failed.

It's an expansion; an addon to an engine that's already in place and has been running for over two years. It feels like about half a campaign's worth of gameplay and plot was added, so in that sense, I wish it had been closer to $25 or $30 in price. However, Anet's already gotten my $40, so whining at this point isn't going to do anything but spike everyone's blood pressure.

Besides, I am enjoying it. I like the new content, the minigames have been fun, I LOVE the locations, and it's good to see the development of characters that have stagnated for so long. I'd rather have this than nothing at all. But a lot of it just seems like the devs cut corners and hurried to crap out anything at all to keep players occupied while waiting for GW2, from the titles to the high prices tacked onto reskins of armor that wasn't really stellar the first time around.

But that's just my $.02 right there. I don't mind the rep point system, and obviously someone else out there likes the armor -- I've seen plenty of people wearing it.

I've spent more money on gmaes to spend less time beating them and have less fun doing it. I like the new heroes enough that they are going to replace most of the old ones as my "main" set. I like the dungeons because many are an easy way to get a guaranteed gold without spending money, just time. I like some of the armors (the Norn monk one looks really nice) but i don't like some of the others. Thats okay though, since I dont plan on spending all my time grinding titles for armors or money for armors for every one of my toons. 1.5s are FTW.

I don't like some of the mobs, I don't like some of the grind req, and I wasn't very impressed with the final boss. But theres lots of people complaining that Anet made GW"EN harder than the 3 games, so challenging me may not be their priority. it shouldn't be; it should be making the game fun.

I had fun this weekend, and there is more fun for me to have. I think that is what the value of a game (or expansion) is all about. If you didn't I feel sorry for you and you probably did pay too much. But if you enjoyed yourself and did things that you liked to do, then its a GG

GG

Dungeons are the most fun I've had in GW in a long, long time. Very easily worth the 40 bucks in my opinion, considering I'm getting a ton more enjoyment out of GWEN than I do from most other full games that cost 50 bucls.

I paid full price, $40 USD. Thus far, including GWEN, I've spent about $250 on Guild Wars (CE FTW). No one has spent more on a single account. I've played about 2,500 hours. So $250 / 2,500 is about $0.10 per hour.

Not sure where else in this world I can get a bargain like that.

'nuff said.

I would answer the question with a question:

If you could have your progress from EotN wiped clean (skills, exp, items, reputation, HOM tapestries, heroes, consumables, polymock pieces, etc), and the game eliminated from your account and your money returned, would you do it?

If the answer is yes, then yeah, you paid too much.

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for 40 bucks, i would have expected an extra character slot

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Actually the life span of GWEN is quite okay for its price. The thing is that you have the choice: you can rush this storyline in 2 days or actually look carefully what GWEN has to offer.
Dungeons, for example, are quite huge, beautiful, and hard for the last ones. Taking them out the equation is like describing Nightfall without the realm of torment, or describing Factions only from a Kurzick character point of view who finished the game without going in the Jade sea.
Anet gave us choice. You can finish GWEN quickly or take your time.
Dungeons are like kingdoms you know, they are not explored that easily and fastly.
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I kinda agree and disagree.

I love GWEN, it's awesome. I don't think flashy armor is necessary, aslong as it max. I think the dungeons are brilliant and I like most of the new skins on weapons.

To me, it was worth the money.

However - you kind of are correct. When I found out hardly any of the large jungly area to the west of the far shiverpeaks was accesible, I was harshly disappointed. But oh well, I wont complain that much. I'm still occupied plenty.