Guild Wars 2

Greetings,

I’ve been thinking about picking this game back up and buying a copy for a buddy. How is the game holding up? I haven’t played since around launch time, mainly because a lot of the events seemed repetitive. But the graphics we stunning, so thinking of giving it a second go.

Thanks!

The maps are decently populated thanks to the new megaserver thing. So the population is going well.

Some players complain that there are too many players now. There’s a bit of merit to that, I was at a world boss event a couple days ago and there were so many players that we could not see the boss O.o

But to give you an idea, there’s an event going on right now where you can get quartz crystals. The trading post shows that the supply of those crystals went from 200k to 5.5 million pretty much overnight. Same thing happened last year.

Servers continue to tip over to Very High or Full every week until they lift the server caps again. This has been happening since launch. Why just today another 2 NA servers hit higher population levels which indicates that the game continues to attract new players.

Skitzoh.3985:

I haven’t played since around launch time, mainly because a lot of the events seemed repetitive. But the graphics we stunning, so thinking of giving it a second go.

Unfortunately, they didn’t improve on the repetitive aspect of the game.
In fact, the new content released has been increasingly trying to get you to repeat content.
However, if you’re returning for the graphics, then sure, it’ll be fine.

Maps will appear as somewhat busy since they’ve effectively “collapsed” all servers via the mega servers for PvE maps (EU & NA are still separate).

I suggest leveling new characters and do it slowly. Enjoy the process and don’t get into a grind to 80 mode. The game is best when it is taken in small steps. The new megaservers will give you plenty of people to complete group events with too.

Welcome back.

There’s plenty of people. LFG tool works. A lot of old content is still the same (so if you thought dungeons were meh, they still are.) They added a new tier of gear because lolprogression. It’s not especially fun to acquire, but mostly ignorable. It’s not terribly important outside of small group wvw and some blatant, ham-fisted, embarrassing gear checks in one type of dungeon.

edit: Oh and they changed leveling so it takes longer to get all your tools. I’m glad I was grandfathered past that because it looks significantly less fun now.

Err… why even think about it? The game cost €19.99 on the webpage now. Just buy it and try it out. If your buddy likes it, that’s great. If he dont, its not exactly a big investment.

Events are a little repetetive but there’s still lots of different things to do. WvW is the main reason for playing GW2 anyway, always a new battle in there.

It have lots of people.I like usually to spend time in queensdale when im bored so i see lots of newcomers coming to game.They ask for tips,map chat is usually active.Events are full with people so much that people complain on lags.Recently Anet released megaserver which solved problem of dead population on certain maps as it was before.Join us and you will see yourself

Population is lower than within the first year of the game’s life, but after the Megaserver update, it feels rather ok. You should be ok with finding people for WvW, PvP, dungeon and fractal runs.
Otherwise, it’s still as boring and repetitive as it used to be. Hopefully, season 2 introduces expansion-worthy content, so feel free to join in.

How is the performance, is the game optimized well? I haven’t played GW2 since year and a half

Well, the WvW and some of the worldbosses cause problems, irrespective of the PC you’ve got there. I’ve got a new PC-monster recently and WvW still somehow causes fps drops to me, while even WatchDogs, which are supposed to be terribly optimised, don’t. Otherwise, it’s very smooth.

You will probably not enjoy leveling a new character unless you are a masochist due to the new and “Improved” trait system.