For this game to have such a huge and beautiful world, it's a shame that, in order to get the best stuff, you are pigeonholed into one or two instanced dungeons. Utilize the whole of the world, make some things require dungeons, other gathering, others crafting, etc., in order to earn the best stuff. Make use of the character system to the fullest, right now it's just "how much time do you have to dedicate to running this or that instance over and over."

That was one of the things I originally liked about GW2, you could get the best gear in the game by playing it the way you wanted to. Sadly, it was not hard at all to get that gear and it became boring rather quickly. There has to be some kind of middle ground where it can still be a challenge but not one where you can only get the gear in one or two ways, especially considering the wait to get into a dungeon and the cap. People in my FC don't consider AK a challenge at all anymore, just time consuming.