Guild Wars 2

I have to say that I am so impressed with Arenanet’s tenaciousness. Despite the constant stream of negativity and whining thrown their way (typical of the MMO community I know and love), it is clear that they are still going ALL IN to become the best MMO on the market (if it isn’t already). Why is this somewhat unusual? Because we have all seen big MMO development companies literally give up on their MMO mere months after release (usually their financial handlers, focused on short term gains, pull the plug on a promising MMO because it doesn’t garner the homogenous praise and financial outcomes the company expects). Keep up the good work, Arenanet, and keep fighting for our love. You have already earned my respect.

Alright cool. Was confusing me. Probably the number one thing I like about this game(so far) is that the community has so far been nice, unlike most online games out there.

I play because it’s ridiculous how much fun I have in this game.

I love just being able to spend my time doing anything I want – heck, I’ll even spend hours in character creation just building characters only to delete them straight after because I just wanted to see what I could build. How many games are fun before you even start playing?!

It’s just insane the amount of money I shovel into this game, and I don’t regret it, even knowing I don’t need to pay money towards it. There is no other game I have ever paid more than I absolutely have to towards.

2 of the 4 in caladon forest are pretty easy too. And the 3 in LA.
But the easiest has to be the building puzzle around the portal in southsun cove.

As an owner of two, who grinded for the honour, am happy to share my experience.

Dreamer owners are like a specialty car club. We wave and nod, sometimes getting into a chat. Non-owners are either hot or cold in their comments.. Either a sad quip of admonishment that they would never waste their money on it and it should be taken out of the game, or wow that’s amazing, how long did it take? I ignore and block the former, and chat happily with the latter. I try to be helpful and answer questions, not brag.

Twilight gets less comment, other than “I want that!” The expectation of being a leader, is higher. Not as much negative. Once again, I am happy to answer questions and help people with their quests.

The mot important aspect is expectation. Players expect that I know what I’m doing, so I try to always be on my A-game and represent Tyria honourably. I can tell quite quickly who spent their time trading to get one and who just bought. With 2600+ hours in the game, and two world completions, I have enough of a clue to support my weapon.

Last night, a commander in TS told his friends that he was all right, being short of players in his squad, because he had a legendary with him. Of course, I knew I had to back that up and put down the extra effort.

I’m not an elitist, I am a lover of Guild Wars 2, and for me the Legendary is the ultimate quest. Only now that I have two would I consider buying number three, and simply because it is starting to look like a better deal, economically speaking. I already have my badges and world completion ready….who knows.. I’m waiting to see what comes next, and saving my coppers.

nekodoken.5329:

But other people are enjoying the hell out of it. Not every update is going to please everyone, but asking to “remove any residue” so you never see it again? That is VERY odd. How does the existence of a story progression prohibit you from playing regular content you want to play?

For this sir you deserve a cookie. I think that it is really normal that someone does not like some kind of added content. But I do not get why it should be deleted so people who enjoy it cannot play it anymore.

Hoots.9564:

Neuromancer.2148:

TW is perceived to be an NA prime guild. No need to take it as anything more than that.

Are you new? TW is a 24/7 operation, Indo forces us to play all timezones to cover any gaps that may be presented on any given day.

I’ve gone through three jobs and gotten divorced twice because of Indo.

Wow… I feel like I shouldn’t have to do this but apparently I do.

There is no such thing as “GW1 Lore” or “GW2 Lore”.

There is just “GW Lore”.

Both events are of significant interest to an actual lore fan because they both contain new lore.

It would be nice if the guys who voted for the loser could get a ’Don’t blame me, I voted for the other guy’ tee shirt after the election.

I love the idea of an MMO but I never found one that I liked. They all seemed so bland and boring to me. Then I decided to try GW2 and now I have faith in the genre again :P

I am an old schooler… Played UO and loved it… It was back before you could use dulfy etc… Hell wiki wasn’t even invented yet. You couldn’t look things up like you can now.
I have played them all. Every MMO that is at least popular.

I will tell you this…. Everyone copied w0w.

What blizzard did put the face of MMO’S on their back.

For once…
It’s nice to see someone give them a run for their money.

Games will now compete with the standards that GW2 sets.

Other games are already doing it now.
And rightfully so.

GW2 hasn’t ruined other MMO’s…
They are a BIG branch in that MMO tree that will make them all better.

In all honesty, the buy to play business model of GW1 and GW2 is what ruined other MMOs for me. Call me old, but I refuse to ever pay a sub for a game again. It just makes me feel like I HAVE TO log in and play in order to get the most bang for my buck.

ProphetSword.5427:

Same for me. I can’t go back to standard quests and static combats. I can’t go back to content that leads you around instead of giving you options. I can’t go back to worlds where NPCs tell me someone is attacking them but nothing is happening.

Whatever flaws some folks think that GW2 has, the alternative isn’t better.

Wish more people realize this ^^ soon !
No other game out there right now (yes NOT even wow) comes close to what gw2 has to offer in terms of quality and sheer fun factor.

I guess it’s time for anet to double their servers again.

My Necromancer summons a void inside the warhorn, creating a gate into the Locust realm. Then he uses sound magic to mess with their senses and make the enemy look like corn to lure them out and into our world to feast. Unfortunately they can’t survive in our atmosphere very long and eventually disintegrate.

I always felt a little tickle inside my throat when I played my necro.

SOOOOOO

for all we know Necromancer’s warhorn skill is basically about blowing a swarm of locusts out into the air using that horn.

Now, the amount of locusts generated by Warhorn #5 is huge. There is not enough space for so many locusts to live in the warhorn, so it would need to be

SOMEWHERE ELSE

from inside the mouth of the necromancer. Or some place deeper.
As deep as one’s imagination can go.

There, our necromancers have locusts that live inside their bodies.
Yuck.

On a 2nd thought, this is freaking genius.
Om nom nom.

:D

Maybe it’s because the sun is shinning on your armor, and since it is silver, it reflects back the yellow light, making your armors more yellow-y than the preview?

im 41 years old… Alot of you grew up with Ultima Online etc… It just shocks me how you have the best MMO out there….. hands down – and not only that.. you have the DEV’s actually listening to us…

Don’t give me crap about how when you feel it’s warranted…

Yes they want to hear what we think… But the majority of the norm seems to be how people are kittening….

Go pay for a game I say…. There’s tons out there…

Whatever anyone says.. This is….. The next generation MMO that others will base their game upon… Others are doing it now….

I don’t care if you kitten….

Just give these people a reason to continue to do what they do best….

And that is nothing more than a thank you and your reason why…..
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Am I a fanboi??? I guess am….
Because I haven’t ever seen a company do what they do with a MMO….

And NEITHER HAVE ANY OF YOU!!!

Sheesh people… kitten at me if you want…. But Anet deserves our thanks more than our kittenes for what they have done for the MMO industry….

We have waited how many years for this game to come out?

And don’t give me that crap about how ‘you complain’ so thakittens better….
I understand constructive criticism.

C’mon guys…..

They deserve better than this…. And you know they read this stuff.
For real…. You peops sometimes amaze me. With all the negativity it would be hard pressed for me to stay positive if I worked for Anet. So ungrateful with more negative to say than positive.

flame on

As someone who went from “free 2 play” games to this, I assure you, they are NOT greedy. You want greedy, play Marvel Heroes. Theres a sale on steam. Only $40 to play as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and Ms Marvel….. forget that.

I can buy anything from the store with in game gold. That alone is a big step up from every other cash shop ever.

Also, I started playing GW1 recently. Its good, sure, but Im quickly reminded what I love about GW2…its different. GW1 is a generic MMO. A well built, fully furnished generic MMO, but still. I also like the individually defined classes, as opposed to the dual classes.

There isnt grinding in GW2, not in the way that is so bad to a game. All the grinding in this game is optional, and most people who grind need to rethink why they play games in the first place. I feel myself grinding in GW1 though….to progress. THATS THE BAD GRINDING.

I agree about LS though….permenant content is so much better.

So OP believes a small group of people who contribute little of social value and gain power influence solely by moving money around have an outsized influence on the political process? Sounds familiar.

At least the worst they can do is elect Ellen Kiel, rather than compel the Captain’s Council to extend them no-interest loans of gold to cover their speculating in those terrible condos in Bloodtide Coast. Just say no to mortgage bundles secured by properties where risen live, kids.

Azure Prower.8701:

Excluding WvW where Zerker is just as effective as a Bunker.

Yes.

I believe he was asking if other builds are viable. The answer would be yes. Every build is viable in GW2 to complete content. If I can finish FoTM 10 on my level 25 toon that has no zerker gear, then I’d say that any build is viable.

Zerker is just the fastest at killing things. All other builds are still viable.