My main reason for playing GW2 is how the PvE game design encourages cooperation, no matter if you are in a party together or just passing by. It cultivates a very pleasant community.
Mount system needs a rework imo. If you dont have every mount you have to use your level 80 dude to do all the expansions to unlock them. i get it but it sucks.
I've played almost every mmo under the sun. There are many games that implement systems to force players into daily chores, never-ending gear treadmills and constant "Forced Balancing" to promote alt creation. Guild Wars 2 respects your time with it's horizontal gearing systems. You can leave the game for a while and return and your items will still be relevant. The community is very helpful and communicative. There are players that have open groups on LFG allowing players to join and teleport to them bypassing difficult jumping puzzles. You can find many mesmer players helping new players with their portal to reach difficult locations when they don't have access to mounts yet. It's also the only mmo where I truly feel that every map is alive with something going on at all times of the day and unlike majority of other mmos where it's just a means of levelling and never returning. Some large maps are so big and structured to have multiple levels, you can sometimes find your-self lost and needing to way-point back if you don't have a skyscale or griffon mount. Also this is the only game where mounts are more than a means of transportation and a necessity to completing some activities such as springer ground-pound ability for some heart activities or reaching other-wise unreachable restricted areas, such as the Jackal portals and roller-beetle breakable doors or just traversing dangerous terrain such as using a skimmer to float over quick-sand. With the implementation of fishing in the latest expansion, players are now given a semi-afk low-intensity gold farming method for those that wish to multi-task other things. All achievements, fashion, mounts and mastery levels are account bound making alts much less of a chore. There are races which involve mounts of all types such as very fast drifting style racing with roller beetles, races with elevation with springer, underwater ones with skimmer, super-speed flying with griffon and many more. There's so many hidden areas all over the game some you will find, how-ever most you will most likely miss unless you have a keen eye and spend time exploring. The variety of activities that you do while levelling is diverse and unique from anything else I've played. Gone are the days of kill x amount of this or fetch x amount of these. The large-scale events in this game, are truly 'Large-Scale'. Make sure to adjust your graphics settings accordingly because meta-events with full maps can get quite hectic. Fractals [GW2 Mythic Dungeons] implements many other activities which require thinking and not just killing mobs, such as unlocking locked doors, dodging traps and jumping puzzles to list a few. World vs World is the closest i've felt in an mmo to being in an actual large-scale war, you need to experience it to believe it. PvP has it's ups and downs with constant balancing, but the great thing about PvP in GW2 is that you just need to complete the tutorial and you can start pvping straight away, you will be scaled to max level and all gear is equalized. Raids and Dungeons are what you would expect from any typical mmo how-ever arena-net seems to have more focus towards other game-modes such as Strike-Missions and WvW at the moment. Dungeons in GW2 are unique in a way that you can choose [vote for] multiple routes to complete the dungeons leading to different paths within the dungeon and culminating in a different boss fight at the end. Strike Missions have been added recently and are basically Raids without the Mobs, basically boss-rush mode for players who a searching for difficult pve content but are short on time. Every year there are festivals for every season that introduce even more large events and group social activities which players can participate in to earn unique rewards and fashion unlocks. The mastery system in GW2 doesn't increase player power but rather quality of life improvements and accessibility of certain systems. Fashion in GW2 is very diverse, I've seen almost perfect imitations of super-heroes, real life celebrities, cartoon characters, characters from other games and so many weird and wonderful looks. You can also dye your mounts to match your fashion as-well, leading to some epic looks while mounted. With infusions you can modify your looks even further and create effects which complement your fashion. You can be as dark as night itself or a walking disco-ball, most people tend to not go to those extremes but I have seen some looks that I can never forget. GW2 is known in the mmo community as the game that does everything different, sometimes something different is what you need.
Guild Wars 2 is a great companion game for someone that likes to play other MMOs like WoW or FF14. Theres no sub , no gear treadmill , you drop in , drop out , play as much of it as you want and come back without FOMO. It has enough variety and content to be your main mmo aswell but for me it shines as a game i always return to every few months while waiting on content updates for WoW.
@@BrightlifeMMOs Absoultly amazing. Started with MMOs in the golden age of 1997-1999 (Meridian 59 and EQ1 since beta) Later DAoC, AO, Eve, WoW etc. Bought all expansions and complete living world + my favorite glider ;)
I have a lot of experience in other mmo games like aion, archage, wow, neverwinter online etc. But in the only one game i lost my breath so many times - in the Guild wars 2. Countless times i just stopped on the map to listen the music and watch Breathtaking views. The world and community is the strongest sides of gw2, i like this game so much. P.S. OST from this game is so joyful. Attack on Tarir is my ringtone now) Rata Novus is in my heart and Whose side are you on within my boiled blood.
It's really fun and relaxing compared to other games.. It also allows you to scratch the surface and expirience the content or dive into a neverending pit of shit to get the perfect rotation and mechanics down to beat the PVE bosses faster lol
I love the fact that you mentioned PVP, I'm in love with it for years now :) It's so interesting, that there is a small minority of VERY loud players, filled with bitterness, who constantly shut the pvp-conversations down :( I've tried nearly all MMOs on the face of the earth looking for good PvP system, and I honestly don't know which has "better balance", more skill-focused, deeper, more fun system, better server-architecture (*cough* ESO). WOTLK and MOP were hands-down godlike in this regard; Continent of the Ninth (in its golden age) probably was the best in 1v1 pvp, but nowadays everything just falls short.... while GW2 just keeps getting better imo with the current Balance team (led by a former GW2 pvp-player).
Dude TOTALLY! It's so funny, like I said, I really wasn't going to mention arenas at all because for my playstyle, I've always been so drawn to WvW. But when I looked up a build for my Soulbeast and used it, man I suddenly had a blast. I know that some classes feel a bit unbalanced (I always have a hard time against Necros, lol), but for the most part it's just a ton of fun to play! And yessirrrr WOTLK was absolutely a blast! Thanks for the comment man!
@@BrightlifeMMOs Thank You for the reply ^.^ For balance and necros, it's quite interesting that there are really strong "Noob-razors" classes, that just eliminate other newcommers in 1-2 seconds in Bronze rating, if you don't know how to counter them. It's just no question who'd win between a beginner Necro and a beginner Thief. I too switched to Necro (Reaper), when I began my PVP-adventure, but I quickly learned however, how good players counter me (like kite or Stun when in shroud, projectile-reflect when necro is in Lich-form, and just dodge the 1-2 important spells). Skill Floor of the different classes is much more important than in other games; and it's not explained very well :(
Hey! Juego hace unos 8 años, siempre con gente que habla inglés. Estuve en LATU un tiempo pero como que se disolvió mucho la comunidad. Tienes guild de latinos o algo?
WVW is def my fave reason to play it as well. I wondered in to finish my map completion ( back when you still had to ) and never left. I find you really get a chance to get to know your guildies a lot better when your trying to fight other players with them on a weekly basis.And its just fun (Unless you get stuck fighting clouds of course )
guild wars 2 is really a great MMO, I enjoyed myself the most in some of the open world events and in the combat system, its so much fun - its seems truly to be a very unterrated MMO nowadays!
I've been reading through my shop history myself for the past few days and found that in almost 2 years I've paid for items for 14,000 gems worth 170 euros with ingame gold. In WOW I could have only paid for the subscription with it.
Finally dropped wow for gw2. Been playing wow since 2005 and never really got in hard into any other mmorpg. I just love the horisontal progression system in gw2, that's probably my favorite thing about the game. Lots of other good things about it too!
Love your videos and I really appreciate your attitude, so much of gaming content focuses on the negative. To be fair a lot of that negativity is well founded, gamers/fans are an often exploited group. I started playing LoTRO thanks to you, despite trying multiple times in the past to get into it. All it took was abandoning the META mindset and constantly chasing the carrot, and instead stopping to smell the roses, enjoy the story and world for what it is. Which is why i feel really bad bringing negativity to your video, but ive never been a fan of GW2. It has nothing to do with the quality of the game, but rather my love for the original GW1. It was such a unique and awesome game and when GW2 was announced i was beyond hyped. The massive changes they made to the weapon/skills system seemed like the antithesis to what i truly loved about the original. Since then every time i try to play GW2 all i can think about is how much more i enjoy GW1 and how much better GW2 could have been for ME, if they hadnt changed so much of its core systems. For me GW2 will unfortunately likely always be the game that killed GW1. Im happy for everyone who enjoys the game and i can still acknowledge its quality even if its not what i wanted from the game. Just pray they never make a GW3. lol
Isn’t the dragon more of a copy of the griffon? It’s the diving and gliding that dragons do, not sky scale stuff. I also feel like we need to mention the story of GW2, it’s very engaging and there are no text boxes to read and skip.
I pay for2000 gems every 30 to 60 days an buy some quality of life or visual items and i am perfectly fine with it...absolutly no pay to win and the best gear is obtained throu real archivements and crafting. I play gw2 on and off and its the only mmo what allways keeps me returning back to it..
The way the open world is designed is excellent. The music is GREAT, made by the same composer who worked on Skyrim. Add great combat, and this is a great game to play.
Personally I'd rather pay a sub than have to unlock a bunch of conveniences a piece at a time. As a new player I'm totally fine paying 15 bucks and if I don't like it I don't like it, but if I want the best new experience I instead have to pay a lot more to unlock bag slots and other conveniences that I personally feel I need to enjoy my experience.
He's playing Ranger. So do I. It's a fun core class and very powerful. You can go with longbow and a 2h sword and build with power and you're set for pretty much everything in the game.
I played day 1 of gw2 and left because it didn't feel the same as GW1. I really wanna try again but idk I dislike how they tie abilities to your mainhand and offhand. I want to customize my bar again. I also want speed clearing back so if that exists im down.
It’s the anniversary armor that you get from completing world events right now :) I believe they’re called Marks of Legend (little triangle things) that you can exchange in main cities for the transmog 😊
I want to like Guild Wars 2 so bad, but the combat just doesn't click with me for some reason. The developers are great. Lots and lots to love, but I just can't seem to stick around more than a couple weeks at a time. Keep up the great videos, sir :)
@@BrightlifeMMOs I play a non-seasonal character in BDO. It allows me to dodge 95% of the FOMO and predatory monetization by simply playing at my own pace. PS - Don't you let anyone tell you that shirt isn't fancy. it has a collar!
Don't forget to mention base game is free to play (really, free for hours and hours of content). You can try it out and when you reach level 80, you can get the expansions if you liked it.
U need to say living world is part of the main story which is behind a pay wall as well. Because u do not get say living world season 3 if u buy heart of thorns.
SUBSCRIBE to help me get better at PVP. I love it but I’m terrible at it 😂
What rank are you?
My main reason for playing GW2 is how the PvE game design encourages cooperation, no matter if you are in a party together or just passing by. It cultivates a very pleasant community.
Guild Wars 2 is incredible.
Great zones, smooth combat, great music, the best mount system in MMORPG genre.
Also, great voiceovers!
So glad you’re loving it man!!
And let's not forget, great servers!
Agreed!! 🎉
Mount system needs a rework imo. If you dont have every mount you have to use your level 80 dude to do all the expansions to unlock them. i get it but it sucks.
I've played almost every mmo under the sun.
There are many games that implement systems to force players into daily chores, never-ending gear treadmills and constant "Forced Balancing" to promote alt creation.
Guild Wars 2 respects your time with it's horizontal gearing systems. You can leave the game for a while and return and your items will still be relevant.
The community is very helpful and communicative. There are players that have open groups on LFG allowing players to join and teleport to them bypassing difficult jumping puzzles.
You can find many mesmer players helping new players with their portal to reach difficult locations when they don't have access to mounts yet.
It's also the only mmo where I truly feel that every map is alive with something going on at all times of the day and unlike majority of other mmos where it's just a means of levelling and never returning.
Some large maps are so big and structured to have multiple levels, you can sometimes find your-self lost and needing to way-point back if you don't have a skyscale or griffon mount.
Also this is the only game where mounts are more than a means of transportation and a necessity to completing some activities such as springer ground-pound ability for some heart activities or reaching other-wise unreachable restricted areas, such as the Jackal portals and roller-beetle breakable doors or just traversing dangerous terrain such as using a skimmer to float over quick-sand.
With the implementation of fishing in the latest expansion, players are now given a semi-afk low-intensity gold farming method for those that wish to multi-task other things.
All achievements, fashion, mounts and mastery levels are account bound making alts much less of a chore.
There are races which involve mounts of all types such as very fast drifting style racing with roller beetles, races with elevation with springer, underwater ones with skimmer, super-speed flying with griffon and many more.
There's so many hidden areas all over the game some you will find, how-ever most you will most likely miss unless you have a keen eye and spend time exploring.
The variety of activities that you do while levelling is diverse and unique from anything else I've played. Gone are the days of kill x amount of this or fetch x amount of these.
The large-scale events in this game, are truly 'Large-Scale'. Make sure to adjust your graphics settings accordingly because meta-events with full maps can get quite hectic.
Fractals [GW2 Mythic Dungeons] implements many other activities which require thinking and not just killing mobs, such as unlocking locked doors, dodging traps and jumping puzzles to list a few.
World vs World is the closest i've felt in an mmo to being in an actual large-scale war, you need to experience it to believe it.
PvP has it's ups and downs with constant balancing, but the great thing about PvP in GW2 is that you just need to complete the tutorial and you can start pvping straight away, you will be scaled to max level and all gear is equalized.
Raids and Dungeons are what you would expect from any typical mmo how-ever arena-net seems to have more focus towards other game-modes such as Strike-Missions and WvW at the moment.
Dungeons in GW2 are unique in a way that you can choose [vote for] multiple routes to complete the dungeons leading to different paths within the dungeon and culminating in a different boss fight at the end.
Strike Missions have been added recently and are basically Raids without the Mobs, basically boss-rush mode for players who a searching for difficult pve content but are short on time.
Every year there are festivals for every season that introduce even more large events and group social activities which players can participate in to earn unique rewards and fashion unlocks.
The mastery system in GW2 doesn't increase player power but rather quality of life improvements and accessibility of certain systems.
Fashion in GW2 is very diverse, I've seen almost perfect imitations of super-heroes, real life celebrities, cartoon characters, characters from other games and so many weird and wonderful looks. You can also dye your mounts to match your fashion as-well, leading to some epic looks while mounted.
With infusions you can modify your looks even further and create effects which complement your fashion.
You can be as dark as night itself or a walking disco-ball, most people tend to not go to those extremes but I have seen some looks that I can never forget.
GW2 is known in the mmo community as the game that does everything different, sometimes something different is what you need.
Damn, bro. An exhaustive review.
This game is soo incredible. Been playing it since 2019 at my own pace. Still so much to discover.
Guild Wars 2 is a great companion game for someone that likes to play other MMOs like WoW or FF14. Theres no sub , no gear treadmill , you drop in , drop out , play as much of it as you want and come back without FOMO. It has enough variety and content to be your main mmo aswell but for me it shines as a game i always return to every few months while waiting on content updates for WoW.
What does FOMO mean?
@@kipperrd8964 "fear of missing out"
@@99LitOs Ahh, lol thank you.
I don’t like wow or ff14 but love this game because the hybrid combat
For me its the best combat in mmos
Back in GW2 after 9 years!
BTW Great videos from you.
Welcome back bro!! How are you enjoying the experience??
@@BrightlifeMMOs Absoultly amazing. Started with MMOs in the golden age of 1997-1999 (Meridian 59 and EQ1 since beta) Later DAoC, AO, Eve, WoW etc.
Bought all expansions and complete living world + my favorite glider ;)
Guild Wars 2 is the BEST!! I’m excited to see what’s ahead for this great game ❤
I also don't feel bad spending money in their shop, because there's no sub and it's all cosmetic and convenience.
I have a lot of experience in other mmo games like aion, archage, wow, neverwinter online etc. But in the only one game i lost my breath so many times - in the Guild wars 2. Countless times i just stopped on the map to listen the music and watch Breathtaking views. The world and community is the strongest sides of gw2, i like this game so much.
P.S. OST from this game is so joyful. Attack on Tarir is my ringtone now) Rata Novus is in my heart and Whose side are you on within my boiled blood.
It's really fun and relaxing compared to other games.. It also allows you to scratch the surface and expirience the content or dive into a neverending pit of shit to get the perfect rotation and mechanics down to beat the PVE bosses faster lol
I love the fact that you mentioned PVP, I'm in love with it for years now :)
It's so interesting, that there is a small minority of VERY loud players, filled with bitterness, who constantly shut the pvp-conversations down :(
I've tried nearly all MMOs on the face of the earth looking for good PvP system, and I honestly don't know which has "better balance", more skill-focused, deeper, more fun system, better server-architecture (*cough* ESO).
WOTLK and MOP were hands-down godlike in this regard; Continent of the Ninth (in its golden age) probably was the best in 1v1 pvp, but nowadays everything just falls short.... while GW2 just keeps getting better imo with the current Balance team (led by a former GW2 pvp-player).
I feel ya, I guess WOTK-Classic is there, but those who have a life and a job now, we just can't keep up there.
Dude TOTALLY! It's so funny, like I said, I really wasn't going to mention arenas at all because for my playstyle, I've always been so drawn to WvW. But when I looked up a build for my Soulbeast and used it, man I suddenly had a blast.
I know that some classes feel a bit unbalanced (I always have a hard time against Necros, lol), but for the most part it's just a ton of fun to play!
And yessirrrr WOTLK was absolutely a blast! Thanks for the comment man!
@@BrightlifeMMOs Thank You for the reply ^.^
For balance and necros, it's quite interesting that there are really strong "Noob-razors" classes, that just eliminate other newcommers in 1-2 seconds in Bronze rating, if you don't know how to counter them. It's just no question who'd win between a beginner Necro and a beginner Thief.
I too switched to Necro (Reaper), when I began my PVP-adventure, but I quickly learned however, how good players counter me (like kite or Stun when in shroud, projectile-reflect when necro is in Lich-form, and just dodge the 1-2 important spells).
Skill Floor of the different classes is much more important than in other games; and it's not explained very well :(
Gracias for including us, the Spanish speaking community, haha.
Greetings from Colombia.
Hey! Juego hace unos 8 años, siempre con gente que habla inglés. Estuve en LATU un tiempo pero como que se disolvió mucho la comunidad. Tienes guild de latinos o algo?
@@jacoboglopez9744 Claro, hay bastantes clanes latinos. Déjame tu ID.
WVW is def my fave reason to play it as well. I wondered in to finish my map completion ( back when you still had to ) and never left. I find you really get a chance to get to know your guildies a lot better when your trying to fight other players with them on a weekly basis.And its just fun (Unless you get stuck fighting clouds of course )
Yes dude! Same!! Glad you love WvW a it’s such a great mode!!
guild wars 2 is really a great MMO, I enjoyed myself the most in some of the open world events and in the combat system, its so much fun - its seems truly to be a very unterrated MMO nowadays!
I've been reading through my shop history myself for the past few days and found that in almost 2 years I've paid for items for 14,000 gems worth 170 euros with ingame gold. In WOW I could have only paid for the subscription with it.
Bro I bet your current transmog game is on POINT! 😂
@@BrightlifeMMOs On the contrary, there were hardly any transmog things, but more ACC-wide quality of life things. 😅
Subbed
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I shudder, if that is the fancy shirt I don't dare to ask how's the casual one...
IT WAS CASUAL FRIDAY 😂😂
I’ve been playing for 10 years now, my favorite thing about this game is the storytelling. U won’t find it in any other mmo, it’s simply amazing.
Finally dropped wow for gw2. Been playing wow since 2005 and never really got in hard into any other mmorpg. I just love the horisontal progression system in gw2, that's probably my favorite thing about the game. Lots of other good things about it too!
Love your videos and I really appreciate your attitude, so much of gaming content focuses on the negative. To be fair a lot of that negativity is well founded, gamers/fans are an often exploited group. I started playing LoTRO thanks to you, despite trying multiple times in the past to get into it. All it took was abandoning the META mindset and constantly chasing the carrot, and instead stopping to smell the roses, enjoy the story and world for what it is.
Which is why i feel really bad bringing negativity to your video, but ive never been a fan of GW2. It has nothing to do with the quality of the game, but rather my love for the original GW1. It was such a unique and awesome game and when GW2 was announced i was beyond hyped. The massive changes they made to the weapon/skills system seemed like the antithesis to what i truly loved about the original. Since then every time i try to play GW2 all i can think about is how much more i enjoy GW1 and how much better GW2 could have been for ME, if they hadnt changed so much of its core systems. For me GW2 will unfortunately likely always be the game that killed GW1.
Im happy for everyone who enjoys the game and i can still acknowledge its quality even if its not what i wanted from the game. Just pray they never make a GW3. lol
You make me miss playing but Ive been on another game kick lately. Then vacation happened. Also.. that is not a fancy shirt. 😋
How DARE you this is the fanciest shirt that I own (that is also not currently in the laundry)
@@BrightlifeMMOs haha ! Then I need to take you shopping if that is the fanciest shirt you have 😂😂
Isn’t the dragon more of a copy of the griffon? It’s the diving and gliding that dragons do, not sky scale stuff. I also feel like we need to mention the story of GW2, it’s very engaging and there are no text boxes to read and skip.
It copies from both, it also has the aerial dash that skyscale has.
I pay for2000 gems every 30 to 60 days an buy some quality of life or visual items and i am perfectly fine with it...absolutly no pay to win and the best gear is obtained throu real archivements and crafting. I play gw2 on and off and its the only mmo what allways keeps me returning back to it..
The way the open world is designed is excellent. The music is GREAT, made by the same composer who worked on Skyrim. Add great combat, and this is a great game to play.
YES dude! The music is absolutely legendary!!
You can get the skyscale mount in around a week. Legendaries on the other hand, could take months to get a complete set
If you play allotfor 4-5 days you can get the skyscale in that time.
The combat system and how skills have no UCD, after playing gw2 i cant go into another mmo that has UCD on skills.
Just came back to the game a couple of days ago. Great game and great value! I'll be back at LotRO once some performance and UI updates happen.
7:30 Hahahahahaa bro look at the chat in your stream lol
Hahahah the cancellation of Simsen xD
Yes player housing and authentic farming! (Archeage-ish but not P2W)
Great Vid, love this
Personally I'd rather pay a sub than have to unlock a bunch of conveniences a piece at a time. As a new player I'm totally fine paying 15 bucks and if I don't like it I don't like it, but if I want the best new experience I instead have to pay a lot more to unlock bag slots and other conveniences that I personally feel I need to enjoy my experience.
Came for the GW2, sub'd for the wholesome outro
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I am happy you made this nice video about BEST MMO EVER! thanks
Absolutely man! It’s such a wonderful game ❤️
which class is he playing here? Looks fun. Im thinking of beginning with gw2, but no idea which class is easy to start with.
He's playing Ranger. So do I. It's a fun core class and very powerful. You can go with longbow and a 2h sword and build with power and you're set for pretty much everything in the game.
It’s the griffon they stole, or maybe a combination of the skyscale and the griffon.
They need to update PvP more.
More game modes needed.
I've tried it once. Didn't feel like anything. Maybe I should have tried dungeons.
I played day 1 of gw2 and left because it didn't feel the same as GW1. I really wanna try again but idk I dislike how they tie abilities to your mainhand and offhand. I want to customize my bar again. I also want speed clearing back so if that exists im down.
Gw2👏👍🔥
1:22 what skin is this?
It’s the anniversary armor that you get from completing world events right now :) I believe they’re called Marks of Legend (little triangle things) that you can exchange in main cities for the transmog 😊
I want to like Guild Wars 2 so bad, but the combat just doesn't click with me for some reason. The developers are great. Lots and lots to love, but I just can't seem to stick around more than a couple weeks at a time.
Keep up the great videos, sir :)
Dude that’s completely fair!! What game are you into right now??
@@BrightlifeMMOs I play a non-seasonal character in BDO. It allows me to dodge 95% of the FOMO and predatory monetization by simply playing at my own pace.
PS - Don't you let anyone tell you that shirt isn't fancy. it has a collar!
WoW, LOTRO and New World!
That's strange because it has the best combat system
seeing you like BDO incase you missed it there is a kinda hidden keybind you can set to toggle action cam
DONT PLAY THIS GAME! it is an actively forceful woke game
is this game need subscription every month or what?
Hey Arzen! The great part is, you don’t! There’s no sub fee at all - just the box price!
@@BrightlifeMMOs what's the purpose of box
@@arzen8987 I think he meant the full game, which is the base game + expacs
Don't forget to mention base game is free to play (really, free for hours and hours of content). You can try it out and when you reach level 80, you can get the expansions if you liked it.
U need to say living world is part of the main story which is behind a pay wall as well. Because u do not get say living world season 3 if u buy heart of thorns.
Its just the best mmo right now!!