Guild Wars 2

A bit of background first: I have been computer gaming since the BBC B days, my first MMO was UO just prior to Trammel, I have helped beta test and played gold versions of many MMO’s from DAoC onwards, my main MMO gripe is the raid instance/boss. Now to the present day: a mate who I started DAoC with was bigging up GW2 over VOIP as we blew stuff away in BL2. So I finally caved in last Monday and picked up a copy. I started as a Norn Ranger (always go Hunter to start with), then found the Charr warrior…my kitty is now 33 and rising. I have to say that GW2 is probably THE BEST, hands down, MMO I have ever played. Its player friendly (no kill stealing or ore stealing, no ninja looting), its balanced (no gimping, want to take your 30 to a newb zone, welcome to lv 4 again!), the crafting with its discover it yourself recipes is a lot more fun than most, especially the accelerated multi item crafting speed, the quests can be bonkers fun (rabbit food anyone?), the branching storyline quests make it so much more replayable with alts, the different specials depending on class/weapon combo, the way you earn proportionate exp even when down-leveled etc etc. Now I know there will be bad points, but it really is one of the few, if only, MMO titles I would call epic. Thank you O-magical coding pixies and elves at NCSoft and Arenanet, keep it up!

p.s. i reserve the right to whinge a bit later when I hit 80 and try to craft uber stuff, but this view will still stand even then!

Glad you like it.

If you want to keep it that way, don’t read these forums. Haters everywhere.

I have much the same feeling. I have had the game for about 2 weeks now and it has been awesome all the way through. I have a few minor complaints but they are nothing game breaking. Also, alot of the gripes on the forums seem directly contradicting to my actual game experience. Same as you though, I reserve the right to complain when I hit 80 but the leveling experience is great.

Anytime you get something new and fun it’s great for the first little bit. After a bit the honeymoon ends and some flaws start showing up. I love the game, but it’s not perfect.

Bugs also don’t hit everyone equally so that impacts how different people look at the game too.

Awesome man!
I have been playing this game since betas and been playing games for 20 years- some online some not.

I love GW2 as well for exactly the reason you stated-

The forums are on one side it is a different world in game.

ps I have been 80 for months and I’m still having a great time playing my main- also don’t be put off by Orr by what you read here- I didn’t want to go there for weeks but it turned out to be some of my favorite zones

I’ve been playing since pre-launch and it just keeps getting better. Great game