Guild Wars 2

I agree. I actually paid for this game under the assumption that this is what it was. To be frank, the game play so far seems exactly like SWTOR. I left that game because it bored me, it bored me for all the reasons you mentioned. What happened to team play, classes that compliment one another? What happened to team members actually having to work together and coordinate their abilities? Where an MMO actually took some skill instead of just spamming DPS which so far, guild wars just seems to be. No skill, no hate control, it is all meaningless. No technique required just mash buttons.

Most of the MMOs I have played in the last year lack the kind of team play that I so loved about Final Fantasy XI. Granted, certain people complained about this aspect, but I loved it. The point of an MMO as far as I am concerned is to interact with other players, otherwise, why play an MMO? SWTOR plays like a single player console game, coincidentally other people are running around but it has no bearing or really any affect on what you are doing. In SWTOR, and so far guildwars, no real team play and certainly no incentives to doing so. Far as I can tell, the classes aren’t really designed around each other. They all seem to be their own entity.

Yes, I know the level grind has always sucked. However, you got in good groups and got some good items. Exciting. You and your guild or shell or whatever would take on supreme bosses that took like 50 people to kill. You had to have a plan and coordinate an attack, everyone had a roll, and had to know their role. One cog in the machine fell out, and everyone died. It was tough but it was fun and what kept me coming back. This mindless game play is tedious at best.

In the end, I am early in guildwars and haven’t gotten far. I hope it has more to offer than what I have seen so far. Otherwise, this is a SWTOR clone and so far, equally as disappointing. EVE was the last decent MMO I have played and kept me enthralled for over a year. Bring back the co-op and social MMO, PLEASE!!! No online games with 1000 solo players running around. Nothing against the single player game, I love them too from time to time, but not what an MMO is for.