Guild Wars 2

Hello guys, I am a GW1 veteran and played GW2 for a long time now and I’ve had about a 6-8 month break but I want to get back into it. But my problem is that I don’t find the game fun. I will explain:

In GW1, what I loved doing was getting on my Assassin or Ritualist and just farm stuff. Go farm ectos, or other valuable materials or selling items (similar to tp flipping). The atmosphere of the game itself I feel is so much stronger then GW2. Since there was events, parties during holidays and alot of other exciting stuff you could do during these times. You could farm everything, it was fun grinding. The dungeons is really hard which takes time and skill to master which is fun. You had Eotn the uprunner for GW2 that you could work with and so on. You basically always had something to work for.

In GW2, I feel like everything is just a slow grind and repetitive. You can’t grind dungeons or world bosses. You can’t farm off mobs for efficient money like in GW1. So then we basically just have WvW and PvP left. Yes, I do like it for a little bit. But it gets boring really fast.

So what I am hoping for is that, when HoT expansion pack comes out with the new profession and the other stuff. Everything will become fun and sparkly again. But until that time I need some help for what I can do.

So my question for you guys is:

What experience do you have with this problem?
Do you have any suggestions for what I can do?
Do you have any other tips or tricks that could help with my problem I’m having?

So anyways guys, thank you so much in advance for all help I really appreciate it.

If you miss the solo aspect of GW1, where everything was instanced, then there’s not too much to be done about that. Try googling “gw2 dungeon solo” and see if anything that comes up sparks your interest.

Otherwise, there are tons of things to farm: nodes, silverwastes, bosses. Try googling “gw2 making gold” to see if anything is of interest.

I’m not sure what to say about the TP, seems it would be more enjoyable than Spamadan was — but I’ve never been interested in being a trader. I much prefer it since I’m always just looking to buy or sell something quickly and be done with it.

GW2 has so much stuff to do. How about collections and achievements? World exploration? Hard for me to say since I don’t know what you’ve done and what you find enjoyable.

I played mesmer since beta but only to PVP as I hated PvEing. After exclusively playing PvP on-and-off again for the past 2 to 3 years, I rolled up a hunter and have found a new found joy in PvEing. I realized now that I didn’t hate PvEing but that I hated PvEing WITH my mesmer.

In other words, try leveling an alt.

I don’t understand. GW2 feels like the city festival events, except every day. So alive, everywhere!

Do you try something different each day?

Omg. I have adventures just doing dailies lol

But I play like a happy idiot I run up to the top of high things and jump off (I do this A LOT lol), I run up to people and help them with stuff, find stupid places to dance, go galloping off after skritt burglars, rush up to bosses in the champ train to see how close I can get (it’s like poking ‘em with a stick ), I never use a mic because I’d drive people mad shouting ‘Banzaaaaiiiiiiii!!!!’ all the time, I unequip my armour and do Nekkid Killing Things, jump into mesmer portals, play with toys, sit and listen to people playing instruments, get a laugh out of map chat (why on earth do people not like it), go visit the top brass in the cities and jump around all over their desks and furniture (disgraceful, you’d never believe I’m a commander ), I climb up mountains in Timberline Falls and slide down them on my kitten, throw snowballs with the kids in Wayfarer Foothills, rush into stupid champ fights I can’t hope to win…and then pull a Brave Brave Sir Robin and see if I can outrun them lol… I keep on trying to climb down the outside of Rata Sum AND ONE DAY I WILL DEFINITELY TOTALLY DO IT, I trot happily round wvw maps on my own, leaping out at enemy scouts and shouting ‘BOO!’ and then running off (if I make it, lol), and I will rez anyone, anywhere, even if I have to go out of my way to do it.. in fact my ele is traited to hit people with a kitten-ton of buffs when i rez ’em I collect everything, have a go at everything (how on earth did I get to be Deer Commander?), get myself into every nook and cranny, jump up, drop down, die stupid deaths, and have a ball

One day, they’ll bring out a toy that’s a pair of clippy-cloppy coconut halves that you can gallop around with, AND THEN MY LIFE WILL BE COMPLETE lol

I’m not a ‘good’ player I’m afraid lol… but I am a happy one

You just need to remind yourself, this is a world where I can DO MAGIC and NEVER REALLY DIE… what would you do if you could do that in rl??

If you don’t find the game fun, don’t play! This isn’t meant to be some rude post but seriously, find something you enjoy. It’s a game and if you don’t enjoy it, don’t play it!

Don’t put your hopes into some game. Get some hobbies and find some joy in life. Then, if you feel hankering to play GW2, come back and play.

I feel like some players treat this game like an aging family member they’re obligated to take care of or some job they can’t quit because of their debts. Life is full of serious kitten. Don’t add one more.

I don’t have much gold ingame, i think highest i managed to gather is around 300. I don’t chase achievents, if they happen, they happen by accident. I mostly do stuff i want to do, few dungeons, little wvw and few pvp matches daily. Only thing i do allways when i log in is fractals 38 and 50. Sometimes i do world boss tour. I crafted one legendary, minstrel because i like how it looks. My long term goal right now is crafting immobulus but it will take some time because of giant eyes and gold. And like achievents, i do stuff i like to do and if i manage to gather a gold or two by doing that, nice. That’s why i enjoy playing gw2.