Guild Wars 2

Hey guys. Like most of you, I have played WoW in my day. After coming to this game, I fell in love, and thought everything from combat to PvP was just so much better. Recently, I have introduced the game to a close friend of mine, who is a hardcore WoW player, in like one of the top 50 guilds in NA. While he likes the game a lot so far, he is skeptical about the end game that GW2 will offer. I only just recently got my first 80, and have only done some PvP, so I really couldn’t answer that question for him. So, I ask you guys, what does the end game of GW2 offer? How is it kept fresh, are there any long term rewards, etc. Thanks!

imo, pvp and wvw are necessary endgame for hardcores.

after 500h he will have reached the pve plateau.
depends how much he plays.
aside for a “legendary” items, farming isnt that rewarded in this game (yet most people do it anyway).

Fractals of the Mists (difficulty scales to infinity)
Guild Missions
Ascended gear
Legendaries
New content each month.

He plays a lot, and leans toward the PvE aspects of a game more than the PvP usually. He is a hardcore raider in WoW, so do you guys see anything about raiding in WoW that translates somewhat of the same mechanics to GW that he would like?

Talgor.9427:

He plays a lot, and leans toward the PvE aspects of a game more than the PvP usually. He is a hardcore raider in WoW, so do you guys see anything about raiding in WoW that translates somewhat of the same mechanics to GW that he would like?

I use to raid hardcore in WoW and here is what I discovered.

For difficulty there is:

• High level fractals
• Guild Missions
• Arah

For large scale coordinated content:

• Guild Missions (very much like raiding – on a much grander, more epic scale)

For “progressing” your character there is:

• Ascended gear
• Legendary weapons

But GW2 is not a game that you play with spreadsheets. There is no World of Logs to pore over, no macros to tweak. As far as titles, there’s only a few in the game so far but Dungeon Master is extremely kitten worthy.

Karizee.8076:

Talgor.9427:

He plays a lot, and leans toward the PvE aspects of a game more than the PvP usually. He is a hardcore raider in WoW, so do you guys see anything about raiding in WoW that translates somewhat of the same mechanics to GW that he would like?

I use to raid hardcore in WoW and here is what I discovered.

For difficulty there is:

• High level fractals
• Guild Missions
• Arah

For large scale coordinated content:

• Guild Missions (very much like raiding – on a much grander, more epic scale)

For “progressing” your character there is:

• Ascended gear
• Legendary weapons

But GW2 is not a game that you play with spreadsheets. There is no World of Logs to pore over, no macros to tweak. As far as titles, there’s only a few in the game so far but Dungeon Master is extremely kitten worthy.

Thank you very much, I feel this is what I was looking for.