Guild Wars 2

Sorry I had to put “fails” in the title. I don’t want to seem like I’m crying for attention and I’m sure many of you are only reading this because it says “fails.”
Well I hate to disappoint but this post will only be filled with disappointment so we should get along fine.

The thing about PvP in this game is that it was clearly intended to be a game in which one could PvP both seriously and casually and have a lot of fun with it. It’s also fairly obvious that it was intended, at least in the beginning stages, to be a fairly big esport. I expected that from the outside looking in.

Well I was wrong, sad to say. I could say that this game is just not fun to play, but that’s a very subjective statement. I can say that without a doubt, this game lacks CC beyond the point of reason.

CC makes PvP. This should be common wisdom in the PvP developing world by now but apparently it’s not. There’s a reason th at CC is so important in PvP; it makes DPS balances less relevant. People can overcome each other by outplaying each other with their CC and as such the damage you do becomes much less important. However, this game lacks CC. There are slows that aren’t very noticable, and the rare very short stuns and roots.

In MMO action based combat, for CC to be noticeable it has to last for quite a while. This is not the case in games like MOBAs where fights aren’t as protracted, but even they have longer and more CC than Guild Wars 2 does.

The weird thing is that this game had more CC and space control abilities in Beta, but many of them got taken out. Why?

Regardless, I just really wanted to like this game. It has everything I ever wanted in an MMO. Jumping, dodging, terrain, tourney system, beautiful scenery, exploration rewards, good models and variety in race choice. It lacked stealth mechanics but that wasn’t a need.
What was a need were good mechanics for PvP. I feel very let down. I haven’t played this game for a while and I’m pretty unlikely to start.

I sad.