Best. Disclaimer. ever.
What's Foundry eh?
Noooo! Don't show people the link that lowers the odds of me getting in!
"Stupid Fat Hobbit!"
Name one persistent "RTS" online that doesn't have a major cash shop problems? Tiberian Alliances, Stronghold Kingdoms, Lords of Ultima, etc. All of them are so drenched in Pay to Win it's not even enjoyable, and the graphics are sub-par too. WTB Persistant Warzone 2100
I'm low on patience today so I'll address this with grade school simplicity:
"Because GW2 has such a lacking of content, they needed to make use everything is used rather then leveled past and left alone."
- Name 1 game where the studio intentionally designed content for you "level(ed) past and left alone." That's like paying someone to write books you'll never read, coincidentally, there millions of those.
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Magicka has something akin to the combo side of this discussion with the WASD hand combining elements for the spell.