Guild Wars 2

So, the last time I logged in was probably in December. I had my Thief at 80 for some time, and was pretty much just playing WvW by the end. It had become apparent that good things were in the works (both for WvW and otherwise), but I didn’t feel like grinding fractals, and that’s all there was to do at the time. Now I hear WvW’s gotten some love, PvP might actually not be dead, and I guess PvE still gets mini-updates?

So, community, I think I’m back. What’s the state of the game? Did WvW love payoff? Are there really things to do in PvE? Does everyone still hate thieves? Is there MOAR KARKA?!

You just missed the moar Karka bit (the last month was a living story event on Southsun Cove). You’ve come in just in time for the Dragon Bash festival.

Not everyone loves the new updates, particularly returning people who missed stuff while they were gone…but that’s the forum updates have taken. Living story is temporary content that continually moves around the world, shifting player focus to different zones. Some people like it and some people…don’t.

WvW has indeed gotten some love. The biggest is the end to culling, but there’s also WXP which you can gain on each character to unlock various buffs, and you get even farm laurels and badges to get ascended WvW gear.

SPvP is slowly picking up speed, but it’s still pretty far from mainstream. It’s more competitive now and there’s a leaderboard which is going through some growing pains.

PvE is great if you’re not a “competitive” PvE’er and you like to muck around in the open world. If you’re a competitive PvE’er you’ll hear a lot of complaints.

There’s good stuff and bad stuff…it really depends on your play style.

Thanks, man. Just adding xp to WvW is probably worth the reinstall. Now I just have to go find an active guild.

Well my guild would do you no good, since we’re basically PvE focused (though I do like a bit of WvW myself…or SPvP.

There are plenty of good guilds out there. You can also look at the leaderboards to see where your server is on the ladder… http://leaderboards.guildwars2.com

Have fun!