Guild Wars 2

So yes, Iv’e been reading thread on the forum for the past hours and although most of thread are constructive criticism, Iv’e seen so many hate in here.

GW2 has been an incredible experience for, I have played many MMO in the past years, and none got me interested in it as much as GW2. So here’s a list of things that made me play over a thousand hours already.

-WvWvW : Never seen anything like that, I never was a PvP person but this is something I can do for hours!

-Gorgeous world : The whole world is interesting, there’s no filling, you don’t feel like they put a lake there, or trees there because they had to put something, everything is in the right place, every little detail!

-End game : How many times have I read that the game is lacking end game… it is not! First of, hunting for skins is 10x more rewarding than hunting for stats In rather have a awesome looking sword, than dealing 100 extra damage. Mastering dungeons is also very nice, at first they seems so hard but once you learn their skills, attack, it feels so rewarding. Exploring, finding all the little secrets, fractals they all make it interesting.

-Farming : In most game, to start getting money you had to get all the best gear BEFORE starting to make to money. In GW2, You don’t need the best gear to make good money, either by farming for T6, farming events, or dungeon.

-Leveling : Everything you do rewards you with EXP, crafting, dungeon, WvWvW, PvP even exploring.

-Community : I know about the whole CoF1 situation, I try to avoid these but in general, this is by far the best Iv’e seen, people pinging WP where events are happening, people reviving others everywhere, people helping each other killing stuffs, mostly because of ANet great works with the whole no KS’ing strategy. Iv’e also seen lots of people doing Mentor Run for dungeon recently, 2-3 level 80 who ran a dungeon many time, invite lower level or first timer to their run, explain the whole thing, and help with build.

TL:DR I can’t believe I’m not paying 15$ a month for this, all the free content, and the amazing game itself. I find myself getting a couple of GEMs every months even though I need nothing from the GEMs store nor do I need gold just to support them.

Thanks ANet

- hidden stuff: really love how there are things hidden in the world. there are jumping puzzles and hidden chests, but also tons of dialogues and npcs who may tell you something interesting. For example in the pirate cave in lions arch, you can speak to one of the pirate leaders, and if you are an order of whispers agent, you get an additional dialogue option that makes that npc tell you about the hidden pirate jumping puzzle in LA.

- free content updates: the karka one-time event was awesome, also the whole festive content (haloween, winters day), and the now added super adventure box. Lets see what Flame and Frost: Retrebution will bring us. Also they added fractals, a lot of new weapons and stuff.

I agree. It may have one or two rough edges (what MMo doesn’t?), but overall it’s superb – and as for value for money, OMG!

Especially notable are the zone scaling (you can enjoy every zone, even when you hit max level), and the way the game accommodates and even rewards more people participating in areas and events (“Sure, come join the combat – the more the merrier!”).

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

OP didn’t play a lot of MMOs apparently.

Anet has done some things right. Art, very much so.

The rest? Degrees of Mediocrity and tbh done before, and done to death.

I play it. I love my Norn, the pretty world and um.. yeah, bout it. It’s something to do.

Well, I have played a lot of MMOs, and this is the first one I’ve really liked, so I guess maybe you don’t know what the OP has played and didn’t play.

WoW…dull as dishwater. No reason for my character to be doing what he was doing. By rewarding players instead of characters, it took the RPG way out of the MMO equation. I didn’t much like WoW at all.

Aion…better than WoW, but when I played it, you HAD TO PvP and I’m a PVe’er. WIthout PVPing you really couldn’t go anywhere in the game at all. In fact you ran out of quests and the only way to level was to grind bosses, until you could get to the PvP that you had to do.

AoC – Nice game, particularly the first 20 levels. Went a bit downhill after that. At any rate, kept crashing on my machine, no matter what I tried, till I couldn’t play it anymore.

DDO – Not even sure why people call this an MMO. It was almost as instanced as Guild Wars 1. Turbine’s Greed made this game a complete turn off for me. Otherwise not too bad.

Lotro – Too much grinding for gear and traits, unless you wanted to spend money in their shop. Again, Turbines greed destroyed that game.

Rift – Probably had the most potential of the games I’d tried, but too little too late by way of what I was looking for in an MMO. More should have been done with the open world, instead of forcing people into dungeons and raids as the only form of progress.

Perfect World – Actually wasnt’t that bad, but it was grindy as hell. Not that you can expect much else from that company.

Eve Online – Great idea, but required far too much of a time commitment to do anything with it. You had to live, eat, breathe and drink the game to enjoy it.

Everquest 2 – Not too bad. Hated the graphics style and it felt way too generic for me.

TSW – Probably my second favorite MMO…nice story and voice acting, but the combat didn’t feel good to me and the choice not to voice the main character left everything a monlogue which got on my nerves fast.

There were others too in that time. Guild Wars 2, for my play style is better than all of them…and not just a little better. Significantly better.

Sure there are problems with Guild Wars 2, like any MMO. But to assume that someone who likes this game hasn’t played other MMOs is just a kittenumption.

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

OP didn’t play a lot of MMOs apparently.

Anet has done some things right. Art, very much so.

The rest? Degrees of Mediocrity and tbh done before, and done to death.

I play it. I love my Norn, the pretty world and um.. yeah, bout it. It’s something to do.

Oh don’t get me wrong I did, and alot, Aion/rift/Tera/WoW Reached end game in all of them, but didn’t felt as good, I know GW2 isn’t perfect but it has the most potential.

Trice.4598:

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

OP didn’t play a lot of MMOs apparently.

Anet has done some things right. Art, very much so.

The rest? Degrees of Mediocrity and tbh done before, and done to death.

I play it. I love my Norn, the pretty world and um.. yeah, bout it. It’s something to do.

Oh don’t get me wrong I did, and alot, Aion/rift/Tera/WoW Reached end game in all of them, but didn’t felt as good, I know GW2 isn’t perfect but it has the most potential.

LOL! Seems like we’ve played a lot of the same games. I’m in agreement with you. Guild Wars 2 probably isn’t a great game. But compared to other MMOs I’ve played, it’s definitely a breath of fresh air.

Vayne.8563:

Guild Wars 2 probably isn’t a great game.

I think its the first time I’ve ever been in agreement with you.

Vayne.8563:

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Well, I have played a lot of MMOs, and this is the first one I’ve really liked, so I guess maybe you don’t know what the OP has played and didn’t play….

You left out Guild Wars ;-)

Chuo.4238:

Vayne.8563:

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Well, I have played a lot of MMOs, and this is the first one I’ve really liked, so I guess maybe you don’t know what the OP has played and didn’t play….

You left out Guild Wars ;-)

Cause I don’t consider Guild Wars 1 an MMO, that’s why. I did play it for a long time, and next two Guild Wars 2, it’s one of my favorite multiplayer fantasy RPGs. lol

SadieDeAtreia.8912:

Vayne.8563:

Guild Wars 2 probably isn’t a great game.

I think its the first time I’ve ever been in agreement with you.

I’ve said several times I think this is a good game, with the potential to become great. It has lots of short-comings. However, unlike you, I think most of those short-comings are to be expected from new MMOs and will be fixed over time.

Please don’t agree with me again, it makes me doubt myself. lol

Vayne.8563:

Chuo.4238:

Vayne.8563:

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Well, I have played a lot of MMOs, and this is the first one I’ve really liked, so I guess maybe you don’t know what the OP has played and didn’t play….

You left out Guild Wars ;-)

Cause I don’t consider Guild Wars 1 an MMO, that’s why. I did play it for a long time, and next two Guild Wars 2, it’s one of my favorite multiplayer fantasy RPGs. lol

I don’t know if GW is an MMO or not (and I neither care nor am I intending to resurrect that debate!), but it’s definitely the most fun I’ve ever had online. That’s mainly what matters to me.

I appreciate GW2. The game has spoiled me. I will never again pay for an MMO that roots me in combat on every kitten skill that is not "instant,’ that forces me to race to get to nodes before that other guy, that does not have an option to deposit crafting mats to bank from anywhere, that has the standard quest hub with NPC’s playing yo-yo with you between the hub and the quest area, that does not provide something akin to dynamic events or that charges a sub fee.

I really love this game. I’ve tried other popular MMOs, and for one reason or another they never stuck quote like this game has. That doesn’t mean I don’t take breaks (I just started playing again after 1-2 months of absence), but the fact that it will always be there no matter what is great. It really takes off the pressure. I can play because I want to play.

People gonna complain about minor things, that’s what they always do, but no matter how much they’ll complain that won’t change the fact, that GW2 as a whole is the best MMO RPG ever made.

Wow, this thread got derailed. Whole point of it was to say what about this game you appreciate…and of course someone has to stroll in an crap all over it. Which then sparks debate. Sheesh…

I love the art, the design, the beautiful Tyria that Anet created
I love that each profession has its own identity
I love the constant content updates
I love how excited I get to try new things
I love my Engineer

Trice.4598:

I’m not paying 15$ a month for this

The best thing about the game, by far.
Thanks Anet.