Guild Wars 2

I just wanted to post my little experience about Guild Wars 2 as well as my opinion on the game.

First, a little about me: I’m a pretty hardcore gamer (or at least I used to be, when I had way more free time) and I started GW2 about 4 months after its release. I was honestly blown away by the quality of the game. I’m not exactly a MMO player and I mostly play RTS, old school RPGs (yes, the “real” kitten and other RPGs from 2000, or as I like to call it the golden age. Anyway…), so genuinely loving a MMO was a first for me.

I played GW2 for several hours every day for about two months or so, then I sort of started playing less and less and eventually stopped. I don’t really know why, I still thought the game was great, I just wasn’t passionate anymore somehow. I think the game was just failing to grasp my full interest after I was done leveling and exploring the whole map, and I kind of need to feel really hooked to keep on playing on a regular basis. What happened after that is I would pretty much log once a week or so, do a JP and log off.

Recently, I started playing on a daily basis again, and I have to say I’m impressed with the amount of stuff that has been going on. I paid attention to the events and the Living Story stuff on Facebook and checked the website once in a while when I was inactive, so I could tell a fair amount of content was being added, but still didn’t play. So now, I’m playing every day and doing the Scarlet events mostly, although I haven’t tried the Gauntlet thingy yet.

I’d merely like to say that I’m truly enjoying myself again and that I find Living Story very entertaining. I think it’s what a MMO needs – content which is delivered on a regular basis without having to wait for expansions or big patches, content which keeps evolving, “lives” and keeps the game fresh. Granted, Living Story does have quite a few flaws, the story is a bit lackluster and it can get messy, but I find that overall it is satisfying and that it’s a step in the right direction. I do hope ANet keeps going that way and manages to improve on the plots (a little rework of the story mode couldn’t hurt either, by the way), but for now I’d like to say thank you ANet for the work you’re delivering on Guild Wars 2 and keep it up!

PS: I still don’t like what you did with Trahearne, but I forgive you.