A few things: - Your Class Difficulty Chart is all over the place, specs like Bladesworn, Chronomancer and Holosmith for example are some of the hardest classes in the game and they are green/yellow - They literally released a new Raid with Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago so they are giving raids another shot, if people like them and play them they will make more. They said, they stopped making raids in the past cuz they had a play rate of a lot less than 10% of the playerbase, they literally just made a new one cuz the community was begging them to. - Fractals are the closest to games like WoW's progression, you have to infuse your gear with Agony Resistance (Basically a permanent dot you have in there) and if your resistance is too low you literally can't clear them and it goes up to 150 Agony Resistance for lvl 100 Fractal (There is also Challenge Modes for some of the Fractals and Strikes, the Strikes especially are harder than most of the Raids on Challenge Mode) - Lategame if you have your BiS Gear and fully slotted Agony resistance is basically Fashion and a lot of QoL items you can craft like Legendary Armors, Weapons, etc. they have really flashy skins but not better stats than Ascended (normal BiS) Gear but you can change their Stats out of Combat for free and Reskin them for free. - There is also a lot of Massive Open World Content like huge World Bosses, stuff like Defending / attacking Cities etc. - For the non PvE players there is also WvWvW (Basically open world PvPvE with a LOT of players and 3 Factions) you literally have to attack and defend entire castles and battle with more than 100 Players at a time, its literal war. - Gear will ALWAYS be relevant, I still use gear I made like 5 Years ago and it will never be outdated (Maybe I will have to change stats or something but you can do that on your gear for a small price of ingame Gold, unless its Legendary, then its free) I know you can't know a lot of that stuff as a new player but I wanted to clarify some of the Stuff in case someone wants to play the game and reads the comments. Glad you like the game tho! We need more people making Videos about the game since Anet for some reason hates marketing lol
and i notice too as a new player like me its hard to gear up after level 80 you need at least ascended gear to go PVP and WVW there is a lot of currency you need to get a ascended gear like for example wizards vault currency points there is daily and weekly challenge one of the challenge is you need to kill 5 on PVP to get 50 points you cant even kill one in PVP those guys in PVP are strong how can you kill if you only have exotic gear when all of the PVP players has ascended and legendary gear?? lol!!!! that's the worst that i notice as a new player you need thousand of hours just to gear up and get those multiple currency's
Thx for the info!! I took some info (professions chart for instance) from other youtubers ) so need to check everything myself. And yeah - strange that Anet doesn’t do any marketing at all
@@dudz4434 i don't know if u know this, but Wizards vault objective can set to PvP or PvE. Usually PvE objectives are very simple u can finish them in few minutes. I am also new to the game. made a lot of money and ascended gear from Wizards vault.
@ how can you make a lot of money from wizard vault?? ive seen a lot of youtuber they never said wizard vault make you money or gold?? you lost me there bro not unless you buy gem and convert to gold? lol, and you said its simple to finish objective in wizards vault well then can you capture 5 tower in few minutes by your self you will be dead just to try capture one lol i dont think that is simple if your that good don't tell me your new there is no way your new if you can do that like what you said its simple.
@@dudz4434 i finish dailies get 1 gold each day. there is 90 gold u can buy from vault. also mystic coins which can be sold for 2 gold approx. also there is little expensive gold bundle u can buy unlimited amount. total i make around 20+ gold each week with no effort from wizards vault(not adding 90 gold and mystic coins)
I been playing mmos sense 2020 and that was with wow and then ffxiv then back to wow ….. I been playing guild wars 2 for the past month and have been loving it soooo much …. I’m working my way through living world season 1 and getting my masteries.
i remember when wow released the burning crusade, the feeling i had when a green item dropped from a trash mob was way better than an epic piece of gear that took me days to get felt like a kick in the nads. thats why i love GW2.
People who are playing F2P version of GW2 are calling it P2W, while people who are playing paid varsion with all DLC's and Expansions are not calling it P2W. Like c'mon every F2P game is P2W and if players think that buying full game for money is P2W then they are really need serious reality check.
I just returned to the game after NINE years. I stopped playing just as HoT launched because my PC died and I couldn’t afford a new one lol I’m back now and starting off with HoT and PoF expansion packs!
The best way to understand Hero points and Specializations is - to understand that Classes are flexible themselves. Instead of a Holy Trinity model, you have 4 ways that ANY class can go for, plus every hybrid in-between these 4. There's 2 types of damage: raw power/crit and conditions like bleeding/poison/fire/etc and both are dps. Buffing/healing support style is the 3rd type, and being a raidboss tank is the fourth. Again: _every class can build and become good at these 4 things._ A Warrior and Thief can support. A Guardian can dps. Yet it all makes sense from the way they've made it 🤣 You can switch your build style whenever you feel like it, or create something unique of your own and make it work. The trick with progression in THIS game is that it goes wide. You spend time mastering your class and learning all the things you can do with it, and unlocking QoL upgrades, mounts and other unique better ways to move, loot or shoot. *LONG EXAMPLE, SKIP IF TL;DR:* My Ranger can be melee with aggressive pets, or I can use only ranged weapons and have pets tanking for me. I can ofc be any combination and version of these two styles. Then with the expansion DLCs, I can get Druid which allows me to use staff and has new skills that are more fitting for healer/support.. or I can be a devastating condition damage dealer with it. OR, just call myself Druid and have unique skills but keep the core Ranger weapons and style. Even WITHOUT the Druid option, I can still be a condi or a support core Ranger. Warrior can be exclusively ranged. Or place banner buffs and shout at allies to do better in combat. The standard tropes work, but Guild Wars made it become much more than that. Understand? _There are 3 of these extra specializations for every class, hahah._ Ranger can be Druid, Soulbeast or Untamed. You can make anything combining weapons and skills, but they are purposely made to compliment one of the 4 types and make the class even more flexible, by design. *They've put a choice in our choices.*
Summary: I am looking for party for Fractals/Dungeons, a Ranger joins. _I have absolutely no idea what he does._ I need to inspect his character and see or ask, cause he can be a healer, 2 types of dps, an actual tank - with buff OR damage flavor to it, or a god-knows-what type of hybrid that person crafted for themselves. "What class(profession) do you play?" is a redundant question in GW2. "What is your build/role?" is more appropriate, and then it fits into familiar Holy Trinity that we all know, only it's all alot more diverse here.
It's not that there is no Holy trinity, it's that everyone can be that role and everyone has a dodge and a small protective/healing option. People still ARE in the roles of dps/support/tank, but a Veteran will be so much better at it that they do not need as much support or tanking, because they're that much better at the game. That is the real endgame here, getting good. It will take alot of time for any new player to become really good, and the game knows it. It showers you with content while you learn. But by the time you learn it - you're in too deep and having too much fun. GW2 gives us great sense of accomplishment, I guess?
Some clarification: 1) Although the base game of guild wars 2 is free to play it comes with a lot of limitations that were not originally included in the base game. The player trading store is super limited for ftp players and so are some other quality of life features. The ftp version is more like a demo version of the game. 2) The graphics in the base game zones can look pretty dated. It gets much better in the exansion zones. Specially the Ice broot saga and Path of fire maps look really good. The animations in gw2 are also top tier even for todays standards. 3) Guild wars 3 being in development isnt confirmed. What was confirmed is that the concept is being considered. Which in todays gaming industry doesnt mean anything. And one more point i really want to stress. When you first start the game, specifically as a Charr, you will pretty early on encounter a dungeon. You might be inclined to try it out but cant find any players to play with. You can type /lfg in the chat to open the lfg. You can then navigate to the dungeons tab and select the dunngeon of your choosing (you need to fulfill the level requirement). Chances are there wont be any groups listed. Dont be shy and post your own group with a description like "new player story mode" or sth. If you do that during peak hours you are almost guaranteed to find some players willing to help you out. All you need is a bit of patience.
Guild Wars 3 is low key official. ArenaNet and NCSoft have officially announced that it is in the works but have not yelled about it yet. As if anything about Guild Wars is officially yelled about. In addition, ArenaNet has been hiring Unreal engine professionals for quite a while now is evidence that something is in the works that is not GW2.
2:00 living world isn’t new. It was from the era before the great content drought and has been replaced by the yearly expansion model. (Each episode was also free to people who logged into the game when it was the newest content)
I've played gw2 since release... I stopped playing it for now as it's only available on PC and I can't be bothered to go to the desk and play there anymore. I left for throne and liberty as I can play in literally every screen available in the house thanks to Xbox. And although I like gw2 and I think fashion is the biggest thing... for the last couple of years all skins can be seen from space... wich it's not my thing. I'll wait to see what's happening with Gw3. Until then ill play T&L ❤
I kinda regret selling my high level account back in 2014. I had to sell it though coz I wanted to upgrade my PC back then. Now I want to play it again!
I gonna say its not nuts the game be from 2012 and still going own. MMOs, different from other kind of games need to be matured, with stead new content and a LOT of patch correction and other stuff. Only after 2 or 3 years of good work its start to pay-off. The problem is 95% of the companies want a quick return for they project, because need to please the shareholders. But its not how this kind of game works.
To clarify, while new expansions are now being released in (so far) 3 parts, you only pay once and each release is similar to one of a three part continuing story.
While I liked it I eventually quit as it doesn't have a proper rogue/assassin class (atleast not when I played it) and thus jumped to other MMO's. Still I keep recommending the game for others as it's good and fun MMO, very solid 👍🏻
Good new player review. They actually released Raid wing 8 with the newest expansion Janthir Wilds. For horizontal progression, if we think about it, vertical progression gear wise is just one type of grind to be able to grind other content for rewards. The main goal is rewards. The drawback with that is, you have to grind gear to be able to do new content. Nobody likes to be gimped, so you grind for the power, however it really punishes players for taking breaks, that is why many long time MMO players recognize the flaw and prefer horizontal or in actuality slight vertical progression(masteries etc) that actually do help make content a bit easier, it just does not need you to allocate your time grinding for gear. Sure there is dopamine rush for finding a nice power item but you also get a kick in the nuts when your gear is obsolete, like a abusive relationship(maybe the best metaphor). In GW2 you can grind other stuff like achievements(for rewards), jump straight into challenges, new content. There are always new masteries that matter in the new maps,so you do have to grind some stuff,but it's not as much of a blocker for you to be able to participate in the new content, compared to gear.
GW2 is IMO the best MMO out there currently. I'd say specifically for the story (it's REALLY good), but also mainly if you like PvP. You mentioned having to understand your class in order for PvP to be fun, but it's more than that - you have to understand every other class and see what weapons they're wearing, in order to know what they might do (so that you can dodge important attacks). It sounds complicated at first, but THAT'S what makes it fun! It's almost like a fighting game. The main reason why I love PvP in this game when compared to Throne & Liberty, is you don't just instantly die. There's no such thing as getting endlessly crowd-controlled and then killed without being able to do anything. And also, if you're struggling in PvP, you can just play a more tanky build and help out your team with CC and hold points. BTW when I said the story was good, I meant after level 80. 1-80 is a rough experience, but wait until you get to Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire. It's AWESOME! They've got actually interesting characters and amazing world-building!
Im surprised you are playing GW2, I was following your build guide before in TnL several months ago, got bored in the game easily. Went back to GW2, and still the best,
Really I'm bored after 2 hours first time player of gw2 I'm thinking of moving over to TL, there's just not enough real players running around for me do they all gather somewhere ?
So, I will give my opinion on guild wars 2 as a jaded veteran (2,5k hours, full legendary armory, all expansions, all challenge modes, most PvE achievements etc.) that has also played WoW, SWTOR, FF14 and BDO. TLDR: The less you understand the game, the more fun you’ll have. The moment you start optimizing, the flaws become impossible to ignore. Play the story, do most instances once, and get out. The endgame isn't worth it. The game is incredible for the first 200-300 hours. You get a fantastic open world, a unique art style, an S tier story if you push through its slow start, and a lot of player freedom. The leveling experience is arguably one of the best in the genre. The mount system is unique and engaging, the combat system is fun/flashy at first (before you understand how much of it is smokes and mirrors). It's still an insanely good value for money proposition up until this point. But once you reach endgame, the design cracks start showing: Legendary gear grind is just a disguised gear treadmill, at a glacial pace compared to other MMOs I might add. There is no meaningful itemization diversity, everything is a stat stick and most prefixes (stat combos) are useless. There is no meaningful class diversity, everything is homogenized. In reality there are only a few well-performing builds, and the illusion of absolute build freedom very quickly fades away. Boons (buffs) are too dominant, making performance feel out of your control (60% of your damage is boon based). Roles are shallow, making group content less interesting. Most of PvE is extremely power crept and just falls over if you blob up (everyone stacks on top of each other and you spam heals/boons). PvP and WvW are abandoned and at an atrocious balance state. Most of the good fashion is locked behind real money. The community SEEMS not toxic but it's actually full of toxic positivity. Everyone that remembers the Soo-Won tribalism incident knows what I mean. The community is also extremely fractured at this point. Most of the good players are locked away in guilds and try to interact with the casual part of the playerbase as little as possible. For example, there are far fewer Commanders (PvE/WvW group leaders) than in the past. It's free to play, but frustratingly pay-convenient. The monetization approach is create a problem to sell a solution. I really don't mind paying for GW2, I have more than gotten my money out of it, but it just feels bad to have your money inconvenienced out of you. Buy inventory slots, buy gear templates, buy build templates, buy gold to buy items. You can buy everything in this game, you can have a legendary item on day 1, level 1 if you swipe your credit card. Still, it's one of those games that you have to experience at least once before it is shut down (game is doing great atm), and it's easily in my top 5 games of all time. Just be aware of the pointless time sinks that await you towards the end of your journey.
10 years here. I do see and agree to many of your points - except for "nothing to do in endgame". It's a game like any other and it has done everything to give you things to play. That sounds like a "you" problem, if you're finding nothing - cause I find something every time I log in for a decade now. I lead metas, bounties, work on alts and guild. Roam, chat, roleplay - anything goes and it's no less fun than it was in the first years. If you seriously log in and feel bored or clueless what to do, you are not really a part of the community. Do onto others what has been done to you, kindly, and you will always find things to do. There's people playing Hide and seek with riddles in Lion's arch. People organizing complex community events, singing and dancing everywhere - and you? What do you do that leaves a mark on the community? See, it comes down to sense of creativity, goal and goodwill once you're a Veteran. This is a unique game that you can influence with your own flair. Commanders suck? Become one that doesn't, then. Rally the likeminded. Be something more than another soldier.
I agree, so many toxic in group content especial fractal cm , rage quit after 1 pull fail or dps do dmg lesser boon dps when the fight just start 30s 😂😂
Good vid :) I think as a new player, if you can find in game mentors, it makes the experience much more fun! I grind by having fun first. Eventually I achieve things albeit a bit slowly. I play all game modes but usually found in SPvP doing either ranked, tournaments or theory crafting PvP builds with guildies in private PvP servers (all available in-game) I got close to 5000 hrs played. And still learn 😂
it feels bad ppl still trying hard to bring more ppl to this game....game is dead.... server most of places are empty.... ya it felt good when released back old days, specially all the bunny tracks....end game is just so bad and very unbalanced in pvp, most fun in game was farming mats for weapon skins, then RMT ruined entire market... gg
5:03 Have you tried ESO? Another Horizontal MMORPG with tons and tons of "holiday events" that are usually 2weeks long that change up the game a bit. It is basically free to play, the base game is huge and usually on sale for $5
A few things:
- Your Class Difficulty Chart is all over the place, specs like Bladesworn, Chronomancer and Holosmith for example are some of the hardest classes in the game and they are green/yellow
- They literally released a new Raid with Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago so they are giving raids another shot, if people like them and play them they will make more.
They said, they stopped making raids in the past cuz they had a play rate of a lot less than 10% of the playerbase, they literally just made a new one cuz the community was begging them to.
- Fractals are the closest to games like WoW's progression, you have to infuse your gear with Agony Resistance (Basically a permanent dot you have in there) and if your resistance is too low you literally can't clear them and it goes up to 150 Agony Resistance for lvl 100 Fractal (There is also Challenge Modes for some of the Fractals and Strikes, the Strikes especially are harder than most of the Raids on Challenge Mode)
- Lategame if you have your BiS Gear and fully slotted Agony resistance is basically Fashion and a lot of QoL items you can craft like Legendary Armors, Weapons, etc. they have really flashy skins but not better stats than Ascended (normal BiS) Gear but you can change their Stats out of Combat for free and Reskin them for free.
- There is also a lot of Massive Open World Content like huge World Bosses, stuff like Defending / attacking Cities etc.
- For the non PvE players there is also WvWvW (Basically open world PvPvE with a LOT of players and 3 Factions) you literally have to attack and defend entire castles and battle with more than 100 Players at a time, its literal war.
- Gear will ALWAYS be relevant, I still use gear I made like 5 Years ago and it will never be outdated (Maybe I will have to change stats or something but you can do that on your gear for a small price of ingame Gold, unless its Legendary, then its free)
I know you can't know a lot of that stuff as a new player but I wanted to clarify some of the Stuff in case someone wants to play the game and reads the comments.
Glad you like the game tho! We need more people making Videos about the game since Anet for some reason hates marketing lol
and i notice too as a new player like me its hard to gear up after level 80 you need at least ascended gear to go PVP and WVW there is a lot of currency you need to get a ascended gear like for example wizards vault currency points there is daily and weekly challenge one of the challenge is you need to kill 5 on PVP to get 50 points you cant even kill one in PVP those guys in PVP are strong how can you kill if you only have exotic gear when all of the PVP players has ascended and legendary gear?? lol!!!! that's the worst that i notice as a new player you need thousand of hours just to gear up and get those multiple currency's
Thx for the info!! I took some info (professions chart for instance) from other youtubers ) so need to check everything myself. And yeah - strange that Anet doesn’t do any marketing at all
@@dudz4434 i don't know if u know this, but Wizards vault objective can set to PvP or PvE. Usually PvE objectives are very simple u can finish them in few minutes. I am also new to the game. made a lot of money and ascended gear from Wizards vault.
@ how can you make a lot of money from wizard vault?? ive seen a lot of youtuber they never said wizard vault make you money or gold?? you lost me there bro not unless you buy gem and convert to gold? lol, and you said its simple to finish objective in wizards vault well then can you capture 5 tower in few minutes by your self you will be dead just to try capture one lol i dont think that is simple if your that good don't tell me your new there is no way your new if you can do that like what you said its simple.
@@dudz4434 i finish dailies get 1 gold each day. there is 90 gold u can buy from vault. also mystic coins which can be sold for 2 gold approx. also there is little expensive gold bundle u can buy unlimited amount. total i make around 20+ gold each week with no effort from wizards vault(not adding 90 gold and mystic coins)
great video as always Andrey. keep em coming
@@FRESHY_GG yo!! Thx man
I been playing mmos sense 2020 and that was with wow and then ffxiv then back to wow ….. I been playing guild wars 2 for the past month and have been loving it soooo much …. I’m working my way through living world season 1 and getting my masteries.
🤟
i remember when wow released the burning crusade, the feeling i had when a green item dropped from a trash mob was way better than an epic piece of gear that took me days to get felt like a kick in the nads. thats why i love GW2.
The only game with a lot of players roaming around and very helpful as well because they respond to your questions or querries
Playing since 2012! Still awesome and popular to this day! One of the most non-toxic communities I've seen!
Honestly I actually was pretty impressed when played it for few days...dunno why I missed it ) will definitely dig deeper!
Try pvp and wvw
Someone teach me raids please
People who are playing F2P version of GW2 are calling it P2W, while people who are playing paid varsion with all DLC's and Expansions are not calling it P2W.
Like c'mon every F2P game is P2W and if players think that buying full game for money is P2W then they are really need serious reality check.
@@sw-gs in reality gw2 is b2p if you want all
I just returned to the game after NINE years. I stopped playing just as HoT launched because my PC died and I couldn’t afford a new one lol I’m back now and starting off with HoT and PoF expansion packs!
'When I though I was out, gw2 pulled me back in".
The best way to understand Hero points and Specializations is - to understand that Classes are flexible themselves. Instead of a Holy Trinity model, you have 4 ways that ANY class can go for, plus every hybrid in-between these 4. There's 2 types of damage: raw power/crit and conditions like bleeding/poison/fire/etc and both are dps. Buffing/healing support style is the 3rd type, and being a raidboss tank is the fourth. Again: _every class can build and become good at these 4 things._ A Warrior and Thief can support. A Guardian can dps. Yet it all makes sense from the way they've made it 🤣 You can switch your build style whenever you feel like it, or create something unique of your own and make it work.
The trick with progression in THIS game is that it goes wide. You spend time mastering your class and learning all the things you can do with it, and unlocking QoL upgrades, mounts and other unique better ways to move, loot or shoot.
*LONG EXAMPLE, SKIP IF TL;DR:* My Ranger can be melee with aggressive pets, or I can use only ranged weapons and have pets tanking for me. I can ofc be any combination and version of these two styles. Then with the expansion DLCs, I can get Druid which allows me to use staff and has new skills that are more fitting for healer/support.. or I can be a devastating condition damage dealer with it. OR, just call myself Druid and have unique skills but keep the core Ranger weapons and style. Even WITHOUT the Druid option, I can still be a condi or a support core Ranger.
Warrior can be exclusively ranged. Or place banner buffs and shout at allies to do better in combat. The standard tropes work, but Guild Wars made it become much more than that.
Understand? _There are 3 of these extra specializations for every class, hahah._ Ranger can be Druid, Soulbeast or Untamed. You can make anything combining weapons and skills, but they are purposely made to compliment one of the 4 types and make the class even more flexible, by design.
*They've put a choice in our choices.*
Summary: I am looking for party for Fractals/Dungeons, a Ranger joins. _I have absolutely no idea what he does._ I need to inspect his character and see or ask, cause he can be a healer, 2 types of dps, an actual tank - with buff OR damage flavor to it, or a god-knows-what type of hybrid that person crafted for themselves.
"What class(profession) do you play?" is a redundant question in GW2. "What is your build/role?" is more appropriate, and then it fits into familiar Holy Trinity that we all know, only it's all alot more diverse here.
Been playing GW2 for 7 years. Great game. sometimes boring, but usually very interesting.
It's not that there is no Holy trinity, it's that everyone can be that role and everyone has a dodge and a small protective/healing option. People still ARE in the roles of dps/support/tank, but a Veteran will be so much better at it that they do not need as much support or tanking, because they're that much better at the game. That is the real endgame here, getting good. It will take alot of time for any new player to become really good, and the game knows it. It showers you with content while you learn. But by the time you learn it - you're in too deep and having too much fun. GW2 gives us great sense of accomplishment, I guess?
Some clarification:
1) Although the base game of guild wars 2 is free to play it comes with a lot of limitations that were not originally included in the base game. The player trading store is super limited for ftp players and so are some other quality of life features. The ftp version is more like a demo version of the game.
2) The graphics in the base game zones can look pretty dated. It gets much better in the exansion zones. Specially the Ice broot saga and Path of fire maps look really good. The animations in gw2 are also top tier even for todays standards.
3) Guild wars 3 being in development isnt confirmed. What was confirmed is that the concept is being considered. Which in todays gaming industry doesnt mean anything.
And one more point i really want to stress. When you first start the game, specifically as a Charr, you will pretty early on encounter a dungeon. You might be inclined to try it out but cant find any players to play with. You can type /lfg in the chat to open the lfg. You can then navigate to the dungeons tab and select the dunngeon of your choosing (you need to fulfill the level requirement). Chances are there wont be any groups listed. Dont be shy and post your own group with a description like "new player story mode" or sth. If you do that during peak hours you are almost guaranteed to find some players willing to help you out. All you need is a bit of patience.
Guild Wars 3 is low key official. ArenaNet and NCSoft have officially announced that it is in the works but have not yelled about it yet. As if anything about Guild Wars is officially yelled about. In addition, ArenaNet has been hiring Unreal engine professionals for quite a while now is evidence that something is in the works that is not GW2.
2:00 living world isn’t new. It was from the era before the great content drought and has been replaced by the yearly expansion model. (Each episode was also free to people who logged into the game when it was the newest content)
I’m still don’t understand some things, thx man!
I've played gw2 since release... I stopped playing it for now as it's only available on PC and I can't be bothered to go to the desk and play there anymore. I left for throne and liberty as I can play in literally every screen available in the house thanks to Xbox. And although I like gw2 and I think fashion is the biggest thing... for the last couple of years all skins can be seen from space... wich it's not my thing.
I'll wait to see what's happening with Gw3. Until then ill play T&L ❤
@@Jonaslobo20 yeah, I also don’t like call of duty style crap skins )
I kinda regret selling my high level account back in 2014. I had to sell it though coz I wanted to upgrade my PC back then. Now I want to play it again!
just start it over, a lot of fun for me )
I gonna say its not nuts the game be from 2012 and still going own. MMOs, different from other kind of games need to be matured, with stead new content and a LOT of patch correction and other stuff. Only after 2 or 3 years of good work its start to pay-off. The problem is 95% of the companies want a quick return for they project, because need to please the shareholders. But its not how this kind of game works.
To clarify, while new expansions are now being released in (so far) 3 parts, you only pay once and each release is similar to one of a three part continuing story.
Oh gotcha
While I liked it I eventually quit as it doesn't have a proper rogue/assassin class (atleast not when I played it) and thus jumped to other MMO's. Still I keep recommending the game for others as it's good and fun MMO, very solid 👍🏻
Good new player review. They actually released Raid wing 8 with the newest expansion Janthir Wilds.
For horizontal progression, if we think about it, vertical progression gear wise is just one type of grind to be able to grind other content for rewards. The main goal is rewards. The drawback with that is, you have to grind gear to be able to do new content. Nobody likes to be gimped, so you grind for the power, however it really punishes players for taking breaks, that is why many long time MMO players recognize the flaw and prefer horizontal or in actuality slight vertical progression(masteries etc) that actually do help make content a bit easier, it just does not need you to allocate your time grinding for gear. Sure there is dopamine rush for finding a nice power item but you also get a kick in the nuts when your gear is obsolete, like a abusive relationship(maybe the best metaphor).
In GW2 you can grind other stuff like achievements(for rewards), jump straight into challenges, new content. There are always new masteries that matter in the new maps,so you do have to grind some stuff,but it's not as much of a blocker for you to be able to participate in the new content, compared to gear.
Tried to play it today after years away. I cant remember anything map is huge
Ahaha true )
GW2 is IMO the best MMO out there currently. I'd say specifically for the story (it's REALLY good), but also mainly if you like PvP.
You mentioned having to understand your class in order for PvP to be fun, but it's more than that - you have to understand every other class and see what weapons they're wearing, in order to know what they might do (so that you can dodge important attacks). It sounds complicated at first, but THAT'S what makes it fun! It's almost like a fighting game.
The main reason why I love PvP in this game when compared to Throne & Liberty, is you don't just instantly die. There's no such thing as getting endlessly crowd-controlled and then killed without being able to do anything. And also, if you're struggling in PvP, you can just play a more tanky build and help out your team with CC and hold points.
BTW when I said the story was good, I meant after level 80. 1-80 is a rough experience, but wait until you get to Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire. It's AWESOME! They've got actually interesting characters and amazing world-building!
Exactly, for the new player it looks like super complex pvp comparable to fighting or moba games :) and that is what looks fun
Im surprised you are playing GW2, I was following your build guide before in TnL several months ago, got bored in the game easily. Went back to GW2, and still the best,
GW2 feels amazing so far, I love the depth of professions in pvp :) any recommendations of unusual but fun classes here?
gw2 never boring
Really I'm bored after 2 hours first time player of gw2 I'm thinking of moving over to TL, there's just not enough real players running around for me do they all gather somewhere ?
So, I will give my opinion on guild wars 2 as a jaded veteran (2,5k hours, full legendary armory, all expansions, all challenge modes, most PvE achievements etc.) that has also played WoW, SWTOR, FF14 and BDO.
TLDR: The less you understand the game, the more fun you’ll have. The moment you start optimizing, the flaws become impossible to ignore. Play the story, do most instances once, and get out. The endgame isn't worth it.
The game is incredible for the first 200-300 hours. You get a fantastic open world, a unique art style, an S tier story if you push through its slow start, and a lot of player freedom. The leveling experience is arguably one of the best in the genre. The mount system is unique and engaging, the combat system is fun/flashy at first (before you understand how much of it is smokes and mirrors). It's still an insanely good value for money proposition up until this point.
But once you reach endgame, the design cracks start showing: Legendary gear grind is just a disguised gear treadmill, at a glacial pace compared to other MMOs I might add. There is no meaningful itemization diversity, everything is a stat stick and most prefixes (stat combos) are useless. There is no meaningful class diversity, everything is homogenized. In reality there are only a few well-performing builds, and the illusion of absolute build freedom very quickly fades away. Boons (buffs) are too dominant, making performance feel out of your control (60% of your damage is boon based). Roles are shallow, making group content less interesting. Most of PvE is extremely power crept and just falls over if you blob up (everyone stacks on top of each other and you spam heals/boons). PvP and WvW are abandoned and at an atrocious balance state. Most of the good fashion is locked behind real money. The community SEEMS not toxic but it's actually full of toxic positivity. Everyone that remembers the Soo-Won tribalism incident knows what I mean.
The community is also extremely fractured at this point. Most of the good players are locked away in guilds and try to interact with the casual part of the playerbase as little as possible. For example, there are far fewer Commanders (PvE/WvW group leaders) than in the past.
It's free to play, but frustratingly pay-convenient. The monetization approach is create a problem to sell a solution. I really don't mind paying for GW2, I have more than gotten my money out of it, but it just feels bad to have your money inconvenienced out of you. Buy inventory slots, buy gear templates, buy build templates, buy gold to buy items. You can buy everything in this game, you can have a legendary item on day 1, level 1 if you swipe your credit card.
Still, it's one of those games that you have to experience at least once before it is shut down (game is doing great atm), and it's easily in my top 5 games of all time. Just be aware of the pointless time sinks that await you towards the end of your journey.
10 years here. I do see and agree to many of your points - except for "nothing to do in endgame". It's a game like any other and it has done everything to give you things to play. That sounds like a "you" problem, if you're finding nothing - cause I find something every time I log in for a decade now.
I lead metas, bounties, work on alts and guild. Roam, chat, roleplay - anything goes and it's no less fun than it was in the first years. If you seriously log in and feel bored or clueless what to do, you are not really a part of the community. Do onto others what has been done to you, kindly, and you will always find things to do. There's people playing Hide and seek with riddles in Lion's arch. People organizing complex community events, singing and dancing everywhere - and you? What do you do that leaves a mark on the community?
See, it comes down to sense of creativity, goal and goodwill once you're a Veteran. This is a unique game that you can influence with your own flair. Commanders suck? Become one that doesn't, then. Rally the likeminded. Be something more than another soldier.
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@Lazarus_ReSpawn You missed my point, I think. I've commanded pretty much everything very early on.
I agree, so many toxic in group content especial fractal cm , rage quit after 1 pull fail or dps do dmg lesser boon dps when the fight just start 30s 😂😂
Good vid :)
I think as a new player, if you can find in game mentors, it makes the experience much more fun!
I grind by having fun first. Eventually I achieve things albeit a bit slowly.
I play all game modes but usually found in SPvP doing either ranked, tournaments or theory crafting PvP builds with guildies in private PvP servers (all available in-game)
I got close to 5000 hrs played. And still learn 😂
@@JosephSaintClair ❤️😀
What GW3? xD Source please, because official word is that there's no such thing approved or in development
it feels bad ppl still trying hard to bring more ppl to this game....game is dead.... server most of places are empty.... ya it felt good when released back old days, specially all the bunny tracks....end game is just so bad and very unbalanced in pvp, most fun in game was farming mats for weapon skins, then RMT ruined entire market... gg
@@rimiko86 hmmm, as a new player that definitely not what I saw )
You sound like Gru from minions
Is it good or bad? )
5:03 Have you tried ESO? Another Horizontal MMORPG with tons and tons of "holiday events" that are usually 2weeks long that change up the game a bit.
It is basically free to play, the base game is huge and usually on sale for $5