So you're telling me HoT released with the fractal legendary back piece ready to make right now? Legendary armour? Fractal leaderboards?
No.
You're telling me the Sabetha mini doesn't make more sense to be the final boss of the first wing drop? The auric basin themed glider doesn't make more sense being a reward from the map itself rather than the gemstore?
Those are both opinions. If those are your opinions, so be it. I wont argue that. Neither are necessary to have though, neither offer a character power. So I guess I don't give two shits about what they put in their gemstore if I don't have to pay a subscription. Just because I can't JUST BE GIVEN THAT THING I WANT IN THE EXACT WAY I WANT doesn't mean that I actually need that thing. Instead of your sub pony up 5 fucking dollars and get the mini you want. It doesn't affect me at all what you want/get/don't get. And an MMO that has a store and doesn't fuck up balance or sell power then I'm 100% ok with that. That's my opinion, if you don't agree that's cool too.
GW2 does do some things right, the combat is great
One of the best.
WvW regardless of being neglected was still fun due to the community
Don't even have that game type in most mmo's. Look at it as the most awesome free content that just exists if you like it. Bonus.
I actually enjoyed the first gen legendary grind
I never made one, the skins just weren't cool to me and Reaper (my main) couldn't use a GS either then. If this were WoW that legendary would be replaced in 6 months, wouldn't have on the go selectable stats, and sure as shit wouldn't be account bound.
I don't mean to sound, whatever, but I just didn't like the representation really and didn't think it was accurate, at least in my opinion.
Also worth mentioning that GW2 is still in a very young stage with the devs just now being able to get to really cool ideas they just didn't have the resources to do. Their staff wasn't thousands deep, people forget that. They're growing their brand quite well and I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they just kept growing.