Guild Wars 2

Hello all. This is a semi-rant and also in-part a comparison.

First of all, I will start by saying I am an EQ and EQ2 veteran who still plays those, which I consider to be the best made MMOs to date. With that out of the way I have noticed, if nothing else, 1 thing they have done (especially with EQ2) worlds better than any other MMO I’ve dipped my paws in: The UI.

In every game… Rift, Aion, Wow (admittedly for 30 minutes, I’ve played it), this, and others…. the UI is very simple… and very defined with very little customization out of the box. I am not a fan of dealing with mod programs to change my UI scene but all of the above-mentioned games don’t allow you to do barely anything regarding the client.

I suggest the people at Anet, as well as other companies have a look at what you can do out of the box with the EQ2 UI and take note. You can control nearly everything with the extensive options available to you and they were almost entirely available at launch.

/rant_off

P.S. I suppose I’ll also add in the chat controls that EQ2 also employs…. also vastly better than the rest of the games I mentioned, including GW2.