Guild Wars 2

Since I made my account over a month ago, it’s been all about hitting 80. Every day I’d start on map completion, personal story and other scattered things like jumping puzzles to get to max level. So since I’m close now (level 74!) I started to read up on some end-game stuff, and it all boils down to:

-Fractals
-Dungeons
-WvWvW
-PvP
-Grind for Ascended/Legendary
-Map Completion
-Achievements

Since I’m already at 50% map completion I’m already close to finishing that, so it doesn’t really feel like end-game to me. And the idea of running the same small dungeons over and over doesn’t appeal, and neither does WvW or PvP, I’ve never been a huge PvP fan. And achievements I WOULD do, if it weren’t for the rewards being very few and far between each set, and sometimes lackluster.

So that leaves Fractals and Ascended/Legendary. From what I’ve read, Fractal rewards don’t really give you much outside of a RNG drop and some currency to go towards ascended trinkets, and grinding for Ascended armor/weapons and a Legendary takes months of time, prep and sometimes in game gold. And the difficulty of the later fractals puts me on edge, as I’ve already encountered some of the elitism towards them when I attempted to do a level 3 Fractal the other day when my thief was only 68 (insta-kick because I wasn’t using Zerk gear…?).

So, really, what am I to do after I ding 80? Just re-roll another character and do the same thing I’m doing on my 74 thief? Or am I missing some key things? Outside of the new Living World stuff every so often, is there some more content I’m missing? I really, really want to keep playing this, as my guild mates are some of the best friends I’ve had on any MMO, and I need a reason to keep coming back other than using it as a glorified chat-room.

What is there to do in any game at max level other than grind (for stats or appearance or both), PvP and chat with guildies? What do you enjoy doing at max level in other games? (not being sarcastic or mean here, honest questions; I’ve played a few other MMOs but not many, it’s possible I missed something about them)

I tend to view PvP as endgame, because no matter how challenging any PvE content is it will become easy through repetition. Often boredom comes from performing scripted actions repeatedly past the point of mastery, playing against other humans provides the opportunity for surprise which can prevent boredom.

One thing that didn’t make your list is rolling alternate characters. Each profession plays somewhat differently, trying them all can be enjoyable.

I’d say don’t resign yourself to being bored already, at least wait till you’ve mastered all the hard stuff.

*random other stuff:
The fractal kick was probably due to your level. Not many people will run fractals with sub-80s (for several reasons, no grandmaster traits, no exotic gear, not wanting to/having time to teach, etc).
50% world completion is pretty good, but keep in mind that WvW maps are required for 100%. Start getting them done as much as your world holdings allow, enemy worlds won’t just let you into their castles to get vistas. You also may find this game mode fun, try to find out your world’s voice chat and get on there to get a better understanding of what’s happening.

Hiya,

My name is sarah, and if you happen to be on a Na server, I can help run some fractals with you. I really do enjoy fractals and I love teaching them also. If / when your keen to give them another go, and when your level 80 let me know!!

Sarah

The best things to do as level 80 are the things you love doing or those that you can do with your guild. Dungeon runs don’t have to be boring if you’re running with your guild mates (whom you’ve said you get along with). Even Fractals can be fun if you’re running with a group that doesn’t discriminate over gear or class.

Gather up 4 of your friends and go learn dungeons and Fractals together, or go explore for those mini-dungeons / puzzles hidden around the world. There’s a lot of things to do even if you don’t PvP.