User:Steamy Igloo/ups

The "Anet is dumb" theory
The most common theory about why Anet sucks at balancing, is definitely that they're just stupid. That they don't learn from their mistakes (making seeping wound after the abuse of hidden caltrop's and shadow prison was smart wasn't it?) and just keep screwing up. But if they were dumb, why wouldn't they just fire them and hire new people?

The "They don't give a shit" theory
The fact that nobody really buys gw with gw2 so close to release means that they can just say fuck it who cares and not bother to make the game balanced, but if this is really what they are doing, why are they updating at all?

The "They've never played their own game" theory
If Anet played their own game, maybe they'd see just what can and cant be abused, and fix the problems right? Well, while its possibly true they've never played their own game, it doesn't change the fact that with a little bit of common sense, they could make the updates more sensible than they are right now.

My theory
Ok, Anet are currently working on gw2 and gw1 is pretty much a dead game that nobody buys and therefore they dont have to give a shit about. I think Anet just said fuck it we'll use gw1 to test ideas for gw2, and are now testing concepts for skills to see if they are broken and can/will be abused. Make gw2 more popular and spend less time testing it in beta is all good for them and they're wallets, and all bad for people who actually enjoy gw. Shit.