Skill costs. Lets be honest guys this is just a cash sink. However surely it is going to create a class system. Those that completed their character pre SF, and those starting out now whose progression is going to be slowed by their inability to acquire the integral skills to their profession. We "old guard" will continue to acquire and dump onto the market all the high value items thus acquiring more money and subjugating the undercalss still further! Sure it should make prices generally fall but only to the point that the noob characters CAN afford the goods and so still be cash-poor.
I really appreciate the buffing up of the quest log and the removal of the skill attribute change limit but shame about the cape toggle. The change to the guild invite system is interesting though. Will this create a class of guild mercenaries? I know some players want to play one on one in unrated pvp and this will allow them to do it without creating a guild of their own. It will also hopefully remove the guild invite spammers. However, lets be honest, based on the fluidity of guild membership rostas it is just another cash sink introduced by the devs!
What needs to be addressed, and addressed rapidly, is the identification of bots. These are killing the econonic engine. You can go onto Ebay and buy a Superior Vigor for less than $10 and they THROW in 100k!! We have all seen the bots roll into town and spam the chat channel in an effort to avoid the auto defenses. There is NO way any one person can amass that sort of money then be prepared to sell it off for just a few bucks. Maybe there could be a petition system set up whereby we good guys rat on the bad guys?
Sorry....off point a bit.
Bottom line..... well done ANet.....! Keep up the great work and don't rest on those laurels, they're hellish prickly
