Guild Wars 2

If you are just browsing these forums wondering in you should buy GW2, in my opinion you should, especially considering an expac is on the horizon.

I play WoW and TOR, and neither one really compares to GW2.

WoW’s community is terrible, the game is about NOTHING but loot. Blizzard doesn’t have confidence in their ability to create compelling content so they entice people into doing it with loot. Your character has a rating associated with it called “item level” and that increases as you get better loot. In WoW you are nothing but your item level, that’s all you are as a player. The game is full of loot ninjas, people who do shady things to deprive you of loot you deserve. It’s ALL loot. Also the game is extremely overpriced and while many can Cite Anet for some greedy practices with the Gem Store, they are nothing compared to Blizzard. Blizzard had the nerve to charge $50 for an expansion that has less content than past expansions that were $10 less. All the good mounts and pets introduced to the game are not obtained by playing the game, but are put in a store. Mounts are $25! Just for a mount. To illustrate how greedy Blizzard is, understand this: To get access to ALL content, that is all mounts pets, transmog (cosmetic) gear you have to 1) Buy the serial 2) pay a sub and 3) order from the store. Also, again, the community is horrible. Their chats are full of racism, sexism, homophobia and general badmouthing each other.

TOR has a nice story (if you like Star Wars) and the community is not bad, but has very little replay value and they nickle-and-dime with their store. I mean they way they run that store is a racket. Guess they are trying to make up for how hard it failed, but the store just looms ever present. The classes are clunky feeling and the performance of the game leaves a lot to be desired. Hope you like lag.

The main problem with GW2 is no trinity, which means when you play this game, you pretty much have to be DPS. DPS can get mind-numbingly boring, but thankfully the way Anet designed a lot of these classes makes them very fun to play. Dungeons are fun, but you must rely on twitch mechanics to stay alive. Basically you just pretty much dodge around and watch your feet and you’ll live.

The GW2 community is probably one of the best of any of the popular MMOs.

Agreed. Great game and anyone wanting something different should check it out.

However I will just point out that not having a trinity is not a bad thing. (of course both statements are opinions based on personal preferences.) Each class can bring support to the table. Granted some do it better than others. But there is no reason that you cannot play a support/healing warrior, or thief if you wanted to. And thats the beauty of it.

As far as “you must play DPS”. Not exactly true. You can complete any and all content with other builds aside from DPS. But DPS does offer the fastest and quickest, if you know what you are doing, way to do it. There is a certain mindset, more prevaliant in the forums than in game, that says you must be full DPS or you are a bad player. Thats not true at all. You have the option to play which ever build you want to fit your play style. And you have the option to choose specifically who you do it with. Just play with those who are more like-minded, or don’t care, as long as you are comfortable and you are having fun.

Trying to join a full DPS group while having a more tanky set up is setting yourself up to be harrased, insulted and kicked. Because they want to play a certain way, with certain builds. They don’t have to cater to you, and you don’t have to cater to them.

In any event, check it out. Join a guild or three and have fun! Hope to see you in game!

The game has overall a great community. I have issues with dungeons at times when I’m on my thief because people often only like certain classes. I don’t do dungeons often though so it’s ok.

Final fantasy 14 I enjoyed the dungeons a lot more with trinity system and dungeon queue though. Very rarely had problems with the community.

But gw2 with no sub fee is beyond worthy of the price tag. Truth be told it feels like a massive single player game though with other people running around unless doing wvw or pvp. But still a great game. The expansion will add player progression which makes a bright future for the game I hope. Only thing this game truly is missing for an mmo is changing skills. Your stuck with the exact same 5 skills the entire game. Gets kinda boring after 50 hours or so but you can make new characters. Like I said though very much worth the price on this game

Sylent.3165:

The game has overall a great community. I have issues with dungeons at times when I’m on my thief because people often only like certain classes. I don’t do dungeons often though so it’s ok.

Final fantasy 14 I enjoyed the dungeons a lot more with trinity system and dungeon queue though. Very rarely had problems with the community.

But gw2 with no sub fee is beyond worthy of the price tag. Truth be told it feels like a massive single player game though with other people running around unless doing wvw or pvp. But still a great game. The expansion will add player progression which makes a bright future for the game I hope. Only thing this game truly is missing for an mmo is changing skills. Your stuck with the exact same 5 skills the entire game. Gets kinda boring after 50 hours or so but you can make new characters. Like I said though very much worth the price on this game

Well I’m not stuck with the same five skills, because I used different weapons at different times. Also the update will be adding specializations which will change the way you play as well.

Sarabande.8260:

WoW’s community is terrible, the game is about NOTHING but loot.

Give it a few months and you’ll come to realize that GW2 is the same. I’ve never played any other MMO, so technically I probably shouldn’t be talking. Although, just from my personal experience, it feels like a loot-driven game over all else.

I keep playing hoping they amp up their story or implement some new awesome game play that makes me want to actually fight and travel… yet in the end, it all falls back to loot. D;

Sylent.3165:

The game has overall a great community. I have issues with dungeons at times when I’m on my thief because people often only like certain classes. I don’t do dungeons often though so it’s ok.

Final fantasy 14 I enjoyed the dungeons a lot more with trinity system and dungeon queue though. Very rarely had problems with the community.

But gw2 with no sub fee is beyond worthy of the price tag. Truth be told it feels like a massive single player game though with other people running around unless doing wvw or pvp. But still a great game. The expansion will add player progression which makes a bright future for the game I hope. Only thing this game truly is missing for an mmo is changing skills. Your stuck with the exact same 5 skills the entire game. Gets kinda boring after 50 hours or so but you can make new characters. Like I said though very much worth the price on this game

5 skills?

3 skills on a primary weapon 2 on a secondary or 5 on a 2hander.

Then you have 3 utility slots, a healing slot and an Elite. Toss on y our f1 (possibly more) and you’re looking at 11+ skills available to anyone at any given time. As you change weapons your skills change and of course changing utilities is changing skills.

… Sorry, just don’t understand the comment only 5 skills…

As to the OP.

You’re not left with only DPS. You play EVERYTHING, you’re an independent entity. I heal myself, I do what I need to keep myself alive, I can even spec to help others stay alive or even possibly provide them with some healing. The fact that everyone should value DPS is not any different from trinity games at high end where even the tanks and healers will be finding little tricks they can do to pump out some damage while getting their job done. It’s simply min/maxing and optimizing play.