Why play Guild Wars 2? Explaining the Appeal, comparing to other MMO's 2019-2020
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Combat
1:11 Dodge Rolling
1:37 Down State
2:08 Mounts
4:27 Any class can be tanky or glass cannon or anywhere in between
5:21 World vs World
5:47 Conquest (rated 5v5 pvp)
6:17 can get end-game loot in many different ways
7:04 Gem Store (NOT PAY TO WIN)
7:27 Community
8:17 Exploration and Legendary Gear
9:05 World constantly in motion, events, world bosses, etc
9:25 Free Core game
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Guild Wars 2 just announced a 3rd expansion is in the works! This is in addition to the near 30 Living World episodes (DLC's) that the game has. The new Developers at ArenaNet have been incredible and it is still a great time to try this game out.
MuklukCZcams hey Mukluk would you say a new player can start decently in Guild Wars 2 right now?
@@mithrasabyss2765 Absolutely. GW2 doesn't have a "gear treadmill". They don't raise the level of characters or gear every few months like some other MMO's so you don't have to worry about "catching up". It doesn't take long to hit 80 (the max level) and after that is horizontal progression, meaning they keep adding more things to do at 80, that you can do in any order you want.
I might try it out.I‘ll be on an EU server probably,thanks for the reply.Love your guides
@@MuklukCZcams This right here, is what ive been looking for. My biggest problem with other MMOs is falling behind constantly due to rapidly changing events, gear treadmill progression, or not having enough time to get dailies done everyday of the week. I hope I this game is what im looking for.
@@infinitybelt I hope so as well! There is no gear treadmill in this game, and because they don't raise the level caps all of the end-game content is still dangerous (no going back to the first raid and soloing stuff, still requires a raid group for example).
I think it's really great that you're trying to encourage people to join this game. I picked it up today because of you!
I picked it because I'm too poor to afford paying monthly for WoW
@@andreistan2830 lol
same goes for me today :D
What about now
@@nathans1829 great time to join with many new content being added .
I never res anyone for xp lol, I did it cuz I rmb those that help me when I needed and I should give back to the community in return
Which is an excellent reason!
Me too, i never realised you get exp for that. And i think most people are the same else there's no reason for level 80s to res each other
Besides, ressing people in GW2 is fast and easy and have virtually no drawbacks. In WoW you often had to expend a decent amount of time and mabe even resources into ressing someone just so that they might not even respond, and frankly you were better off not having other players around sniping your kills. GW2 was buildt on the idea of teamwork and cooperation, which i think is a really solid idea to build an MMO on. I really loved playing another MMO: Black Desert Online, but couldn't stand how the game evolved into a PvP free-for-all later on and griefing were not only common, it was encouraged.
I rez people because I remember someone just jumping around on my corpse and don't want other people to feel the same.
lol, never noticed the exp gain after raising someone. i just see people raising others all the time, so i do that too.
The best thing I can think to say about gw2 is how incredibly diverse it’s population is in their gameplay. Guild wars really offers something for everybody, no matter what your motivation is for playing. Story, character customization, role playing guilds, a true, living, breathing world for the people who are interested in developing characters. Crafting and the Trading Post for people who want to earn their gold from working the market. PVE events and raids and fractals for people interested in them. Optional PVP and massive-scale warfare in WVW. The game rewards you for anything you want to do! If you don’t want to do hearts for experience, there are so many other options. You get experience just for walking around and charting sectors of the maps! It doesn’t make you do anything you’re not interested in, and I think that’s a fantastic foundation for the game.
I really like that after you buy the game you never have to spend a penny of your money again.
It's because they don't ask for your money that I willingly buy 1600 gems a month.
you can also buy it on amazon and there its usually on sale.
Yeah you pay for them if you weren't logged in when they were released.
@@pw5975 You pay for the latest two expansions in one package, but you get the living world seasons for free if you were logged in when they ran otherwise you pay gems for them. You can buy gems for money or grind for gold in game that you convert to gems. So Living World episodes can be free if you are good at making gold.
I feel like I've always had the wrong impression about this game. This seems really fun and definitely up my alley. I play a lot of RuneScape and one of the most annoying things is having to spend 100 hours on a new account if you want to pk with a different style.. on here you just load up a battleground. Installing now, thanks mate.
Speaking of a friendly community: Don't forget your friendly neibourghood mesmer porting you up JPs all the time :D They get no exp or anything for it, still they do it all the time
I tip them every time. If they port me, they get a gold.
I met 3 people while doing the "Not So Secret" JP. Three of us were doing the parkour for the first time, it was really hard and we were hanging there for like an hour. I even dodge rolled down 2 times until I decided to look in the options to disable the double tap dodging. One of my new colleagues was a mesmer and then I learned how OP they are, especially for the JPs. When we got to the hard part and I fell all the way down, they just teleported me up. Another person was hanging around that one JP especially to help other people do it and give them tips, he didn't even need the achievement. Except the main JP goal there was a second route for the Dive Master achievement with hidden diving goggles. So the cool parkour dude came with me, told me the exact position and direction of the jump and then told me to dodge roll backward. I landed perfectly without having to aim, otherwise I would propably fall on my face and do the whole parkour another time.
This right here. You'd never get it in WoW.
@@DraconasTenZHG
Not so secret is my no.1 fav jp. The first time I did it it took me around 6 hours+. Even though I was doing the jp as a mesmer, where I could put tp before making the next jump, still took me lots of times because I kept making big jump for small area or small jump for small area so I missed. Another reason was most of the times when I fell, due to height, I died right away xD
Edit: and I forgot about the dive so after getting the chest for completing the jp I had to figure out timing for the further mechanics. I mean, since I learnt so much to get to the chest, if I had did the dive first it'd be wayyy easier and less time taken to finish everything
Aww, thanks. As a leadership member of the LYFT portalling guild, it's always nice to see people publicly appreciating what we do.
You just made me want to come back. I have a feeling this video is going to bring them a lot of new players.
@rode 10 You play with everyone else :) And you can experience whole base game for free ;) Just download and hop in, we are waiting for you :)
I’ve played a lot of mmo’s but something as simple as multiple different mounts with special techniques that enable you to reach certain puzzles the game has to offer as well as engaging techniques is a mechanic all mmo’s can learn from.
as someone who played gw2 from release and never missed mounts in the first place in that game, i found them kind of meh. they feel like something the community cried for and where the devs said "cant be done, we build the game to work without them" but had to give in. constant mount swap is no fun for me, especially not when you have to demount in order to mount another one and cant swap fluiently between them. mounts in vanilly, break the game and make harder jumps a joke and give you so much room to fall behind invisable walls or get stuck some place where you werent supposed to go in vanilla times. i would have prefered one mount, that can do all the specials move, that can be unlock the way it is now but you as the player can change if it looks like mount X or Z
@@dharkbizkit with mounts I can get to places that I wasn't going to get to before, and have a new point view of the maps. :D
I am f2p for the moments, I haven't even got to the mounts and I only have around 50% world completion but I can already tell switching from WoW to GW2 was the best idea ever.
@@DraconasTenZHG oh 💜 take your time exploring Tyria. Mounts are good, that could also make you miss out on details of the maps, dialogs etc, which anet excels in. Hope you enjoy the game!
@@leshie687 Thank you =)
The best thing about Guild wars? Leveling is not boring, your character gets a personal story that has some quality writing equal to a single player rpg. Although its a pretty old game by now its aged really well and is still super fun to play, hell even messing around can give you xp in the game thats what I love the most about it.
Just downloaded this today! Its my first MMO and I'm super excited to get started.I just hope that the community is still active enough
and how you doing?
@@GARCIIIAmonster Shhh! He is too busy playing! ^_^
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What i fell in love with when i first played the game is the way they handled the quests. It feels so natural. The game world doesn't revolve around you.
The best part though is how quitting doesn't mean you'll be behind gear-wise when you do come back. You'll be behind story wise, but your gear is still useful.
Just downloaded on a whim after banned on wow for literally no reason.after about 2 hours,I bought the full version.a week later,I'm 60 odd hours in and am loving it and dont think I'll even go back to wow after.seriously give this game a chance,its fucking incredible!
Love the video. Thank you for mentioning World vs World as much as you did too! All content within the game is fun and different. Many different playstyles/builds/open world areas to experience!
iv never seen a more detailed short vid in my life i think im gunna try this game out
Just came back 2 months ago after a 4 year break and got both expansions. Having more fun then before with the new content and elite specs. Big learning curve getting back into WvW and PvP but I'm having a blast. Still the best mechanics of any MMO I've played.
Been playing gw2 off and on for 6 years. All an all it's a awsome game. THE BEST PART! I quit guild wars 2 a year ago. I came back my gear and everything still just as good as the day I got it. So if you do stop playing and leave you can always come back and pick right back up where you left off. Once you get your ascended set witch is very easy to get everything else is cosmetic! Go have fun!!!! Want a strong starter class play necro. I play ranger and guard and mesmer and ele. But necro is noob friendly and very strong.
Huh, that's actually a huge plus. My old WoW characters might as well be level 1 at this point, and they were heavily farmed with BiS gear at one time. I'd love a game where I could quit and come back, and not feel penalized.
@@BlueShellshock they is stuff better than asended in gw2, best in slot is farming infusions which is a pain, u can get +5 stats infusions for each slot
I loved WoW but that was really lame thing about it. You got heroic epics and a legendary? Too bad they are gonna be worthless in maximum 2 years time.
I stopped playing for like 2 years while I was trying to max my gear, I think I did 2 pieces only.. I backed to the game today and shit I felt like a noob and idk what am doing.. At least I remembered some of my spells as necro lol.
Just got the game and I'm hooked, found your channel and instantly subbed. Great info and very precise! Keep up the awsome vids!
One of the main reasons I've stuck with GW is the lack of power creep, or to put it another way, players can't use real money to become overpowered. Everyone at level 80 can reach more or less the same power level. No one is over-powered. No newbies can come in and put all your year's work to shame in a week, by spending thousands of real world dollars to kit themselves out.
This game is all about the effort you put in. The gem store is more for aesthetics, adding storage, adding buffs, buying another character slot, etc. I hope it stays that way.
Also, the community is NICE and super helpful.
Actually it's bad look now only 3/4 top meta builds in conquest everything else being infinitely worse so without higher lvl gear is lack of playable builds they ruined game glass cannon build or aoe damage nerf has led to high hp bunk build being main option in conquest now very boaring they ruin conquest 😡😡😡
Kudos to you, sir. One of the best, succinct overviews of why this game is so great I have seen. Spot on.
As someone from WoW who hasn't played any modern MMO, the way they implemented mounts in this game is so fucking cool.
This is a seriously brilliant breakdown of GW2. You somehow managed to touch on every single aspect that makes it great and you did it in such a great concise manner. As a long time player coming back, I'm downloading as I type this...
very clean explanation, you made me want to play this game again after 2 years, there are so many things i didnt know...
The reason why this game is a winner among all the other games is that it does not rush you into being too active. The most casual friendly game ever. Even I am now in the stage of being "out of the game" for some time, in order to come back after new updates and enjoy it as much as ever. If I try to play this game often, it somehow looses its charm, but I believe that is the adaptive schedule motto which this game offers to its players - manage your time the way you want
I agree, once you play it for too long it turns sour...
@@tritonus1415 can you explain why tho? Bc I just started
@@SehbiEsReicht Once you reach a certain point of progression (full ascended on one/several characters and most mounts unlocked) you most likely have seen it all. The only thing that might keep you going is raids/pvp/wvw, and especially wvw has been totally neglected by the devs, so its always kinda ''same old'' thing over and over. If you just started, then good. Thats the best part, when everything is new and you keep discovering new things.
Well, this is all right.
But in reality I'm in GW2 for the fashion wars...
Love me some fashion wars.
truly the endgame is fashion
Amazing video! So clear and engaging with no wasted time, but never feeling rushed. Perfect summary of a great game
Well thank you very much for this video, I clicked the download link mid way through the mount description. Up next "A Stronger Start:..." I have not been this excited about a game in years. I have no further dilemma regarding if I should try it out or not thanks to your coherent and straight forward approach in this video, I appreciate it very much :)
Not even joking when im saying this sounds like the exact mmo i’ve been dreaming about for months after getting into mmo’s. I thank you for introducing me to it in a quick and easy to understand way. 10/10 video👍
did you start playing it? hows the community? i want to play a mmo which has a large number of players so it doesnt become boring after a couple weeks of playing
@@r32juan the population in North American servers is fairly decent. They use a technology wich merges servers together increasing the population dynamically if needed.
Efraín Abreu oh thats nice, i’ll download the game rn, thanks
@@r32juan sorry havent gotten to play any of the game yet since i've been sick the past few days.
@@r32juan the gw2 comunity it oddly friendly. I mainly pvp so we would be considered slightly more toxic. But even then extremely tame for most games. Most all people are very willing to help a noob. The wvw guilds take themself super serious avoid them. Unless you enjoy wvw.
I have played this game since its release [about 10 days after release ] and I absolutely love it . . . I have enjoyed the journey so far [and new content next week :) ] . . . I have had to find my way with how to do things, even what the noises meant when I pulled out a weapon etc or when someone uses a spell effect [I am MOSTLY a ranger] so anyway I won't ramble any further except to say that I really liked your presentation, the topics covered and how exciting you made it look [I know how exciting it is but non-players do not] . . . six stars out of five . . . your enthusiasm shows :) Wil Judge
Can not argue with any of these you Global Icon and Brand Ambassadors. You deserve every view and every like on this one. Lots of good stuff here for people to see an hear for the first time new to this gem of a game.
Thanks for bringing some positive attention to this awesome game! I'd love to see more people experience it
To add to this list. Its a minor thing, but I LOVE how certain attacks can interact with other attacks. EX having a bow user shoot arrows through a flame wall casuing those arrows to be fire arrows.
you forgot the instrument bands where you waltz into a city and find groups of people playing legit songs
i'm downloading it as i write this , thank you for this quick and highly informative video ! subbed
Shared this video to my friends so that they might join GW2. Very powerful and easy to understand. Thank you Mukluk!
Best video promoting GW2 i've ever seen! Thank you for, hopefully, bringing more players to the game. :)
Truly a fantastic resource. I feel like I have a pretty darn good idea of whether or not I'll like this game now. I was trying to avoid wasting 40-50 gigs of my data cap to download and install just to end up being disappointed but it sounds like I should really enjoy GW2 based on everything you spoke about. Thanks a lot!
I die on the inside every time I see someone having a data cap on their internet these days.
Man i hope your channel grows as much as you want great persona great concept
This game is good for people who have 12 hour jobs.
what?
@@gamesmaster1060 He is saying it can be played casually and you can still get meaningful progression.
@@gamesmaster1060 There's also the fact that it's F2P / B2P.
what a coincidence. I work 12 hour shifts and want to have an mmo to dig into again. since I've lost my desire to go forth with ESO. This video alone has made me pull the trigger in starting this game!
Perfect! I only get an hour a night to play , maybe two
That Video was so informative! great job
If you haven't tried GW2, here are the reasons I recommend the game. First off, the monetization. The core game is FREE! Level all the way to 80 at no cost to yourself. The 2 expansions are basically buy 1 get 1 free. When it comes to DLC, you do have to pay for a few extra maps and stuff... BUT, if you're an active player, as the new DLC maps come out, new story, etc, you get those FREE just for being active. If you come late to the game, then you gotta buy the DLC, but anything from here on out, as long as you sign in on a day the new DLC is active, it's free! No monthly subscription fee either! How do they make money? The mentioned gem store which is all cosmetic or ease of life. Things like fancy skins, or items that give you unlimited use of items you normally have to spend in game currency to use. But no pay to win or anything. Don't wanna spend IRL money? Like the video says, you can trade in game money for that even! The monetization is amazing and I honestly willingly give my real world money to the game just because I love the game and love how generous the Devs are with monetization and want to keep the game going. I can choose to give, or not give, as much as I want or am able to. Plus, I get cool fancy skins or ease of life items. Win/Win! That's AMAZING for a fully featured game like this.
Furthemore, the last thing is the community. Sure every game has toxic people, but this game has the fewest I've ever seen of any other game and the people are kind, helpful and very willing to just play with random people. It's really an amazing community where people come together to just enjoy a great game. I can't express how amazing this community is. I've been playing for just over a year now. The day I joined the game, some random person saw I was new and spent 4 hours showing me the ropes of the game. The 7th day I was playing, some random person saw I was struggling with having enough bag space and spent game currency to just randomly gift me bigger bags. When I hit level 80 on my free account (about a month in the game) some random person just gifted me a full set of new armour to help me along. All those people asked, was that when I had more in game money to spare, that I do the same to other new members. I've done so plenty of times and asked those people to do the same. It's a cycle that I've seen lots of people follow in game and it makes for a caring and giving community. Don't expect free stuff, or feel entitled to get it. But I'm just letting you know this community is very kind. If you're entitled, you'll get shut down fast. But make friends, have fun and see how great the community is.
Those are the big main reasons I recommend the game. Plus... it's just an awesome fun game with lots of content like this video outlines. Besides, what have you got to lose? The entire core game up to level 80 is totally free! NO credit card required, no gimmick like, "play free for 7 days" or "free for a time then you're automatically charged money if you don't cancel." It's none of that. It's just FREE for as long as you want. When you cap level, buy the expansions if you want to keep playing and even that is buy 1 get 1 free.
I don't work for GW2, I don't get any kickbacks, this is just my honest opinion of the game.
Never encountered toxicity, just several reasonably tilted players 😂
@@com.passionatebitch "Tilted" LMFAO!
Brilliant assessment, and I agree 100%. Been playing since launch and I cannot stop.
Just hopped on yesterday after a few months break (my main id only lvl 30 btw) created a new char to learn the ropes again it felt like a brand new game
@@user-sd6zz2hm2u Yeah I love how a new character class can make the game seem like a fresh new game. The character classes in this game are really interesting and different from other games and from each other. Makes for great replay value. Even within one character, your build can change the feel of gameplay. The mage class (Elementalist) can be a super glass cannon dagger user that you struggle to keep alive but do massive damage. Or play the same class, but with a toughness build on staff and it's completely different. Then with the expansion, the 2 elite specializations make for a completely different gameplay feel again. Just changing weapons and specs make it all new and different. I love how each weapon gives you a different set of skills to refresh the gameplay on a single character. And that's all just within one class! Plus the mage class can be a distance spell wielder, an up close melee caster, or a healer. With so many classes having so many options, the replay value of the game is awesome. Even if you don't want to do the story again, just playing PvE, World vs World or PvP, your build/armor/weapon can affect the gameplay and make for such a fresh experience. Other games, the gameplay is the same, your weapons/armor just increase stats. But GW2 it creates a whole new play style. It can be daunting and tedious, a bit scary even, to try a new build. But it can make for fun and refreshing gameplay that you can easily swap between.
My brother picked up guild wars when it first released, I was working abroad and just gave him grief for it. Fast forward to 2022 and a mix of him and your videos, I now have guild wars 2 with all the expansions.
Great video man, very cozy to listen to!
I had stopped playing this game a few years ago, and was afraid of coming back and being disappointed with low population. After seeing this video I'm coming back to it. One of my characters wasa a warrior healer lol. I had a build that made my warrior put flags on the ground that buff everyone in a 60 yard radius and heals the lowest health people. My items were half tanky, half healing power so I could offtank nicely as well. It's rare to see a game that support teamwork. Just a reminder, try to talk to people, get to guilds and know others a little better. The experience improves a lot when playing with others. Plus the game feels a little lonely when playing alone (maybe it's because I used to play this with my exgf, I'm not sure. I'm just too used with games telling me what to do. This game gives you a lot of freedom.)
Can I give you a hug Regular Person?
@@walkinn1266 people are scary. Just the intent is enough. thanks lol
If you didn't open the game for a few years, then you have a few years worth of birth day gifts for your characters to receive.
Hubby and I have been playing GW2 for about 2 months now. We do love it!
This kind of videos on your channel are so great!
(Liked and Subbed :) )
The other day I answered someones question in eye of the north map chat, and they straight up gave me 3 gold for it. The player base is crazy nice, especially for an MMO.
i would have added the wardrobe system for weapons and armor, along with the expansive palate of dyes. it's just nice to be able to make your character completely yours.
You sparked my interest. Strongly. This game looks fantastic. I'd kind of heard and wondered..this video ideally satisfies that curiosity. I'm interested in those further hours of observations and insights re: this game's appeals to you. Every point was cogent. Subscribed. Downloading.
If you haven't tried GW2, here are the reasons I recommend the game. First off, the monetization. The core game is FREE! Level all the way to 80 at no cost to yourself. The 2 expansions are basically buy 1 get 1 free. When it comes to DLC, you do have to pay for a few extra maps and stuff... BUT, if you're an active player, as the new DLC maps come out, new story, etc, you get those FREE just for being active. If you come late to the game, then you gotta buy the DLC, but anything from here on out, as long as you sign in on a day the new DLC is active, it's free! No monthly subscription fee either! How do they make money? The mentioned gem store which is all cosmetic or ease of life. Things like fancy skins, or items that give you unlimited use of items you normally have to spend in game currency to use. But no pay to win or anything. Don't wanna spend IRL money? Like the video says, you can trade in game money for that even! The monetization is amazing and I honestly willingly give my real world money to the game just because I love the game and love how generous the Devs are with monetization and want to keep the game going. I can choose to give, or not give, as much as I want or am able to. Plus, I get cool fancy skins or ease of life items. Win/Win! That's AMAZING for a fully featured game like this.
Furthemore, the last thing is the community. Sure every game has toxic people, but this game has the fewest I've ever seen of any other game and the people are kind, helpful and very willing to just play with random people. It's really an amazing community where people come together to just enjoy a great game. I can't express how amazing this community is. I've been playing for just over a year now. The day I joined the game, some random person saw I was new and spent 4 hours showing me the ropes of the game. The 7th day I was playing, some random person saw I was struggling with having enough bag space and spent game currency to just randomly gift me bigger bags. When I hit level 80 on my free account (about a month in the game) some random person just gifted me a full set of new armour to help me along. All those people asked, was that when I had more in game money to spare, that I do the same to other new members. I've done so plenty of times and asked those people to do the same. It's a cycle that I've seen lots of people follow in game and it makes for a caring and giving community. Don't expect free stuff, or feel entitled to get it. But I'm just letting you know this community is very kind. If you're entitled, you'll get shut down fast. But make friends, have fun and see how great the community is.
Those are the big main reasons I recommend the game. Plus... it's just an awesome fun game with lots of content like this video outlines. Besides, what have you got to lose? The entire core game up to level 80 is totally free! NO credit card required, no gimmick like, "play free for 7 days" or "free for a time then you're automatically charged money if you don't cancel." It's none of that. It's just FREE for as long as you want. When you cap level, buy the expansions if you want to keep playing and even that is buy 1 get 1 free.
I don't work for GW2, I don't get any kickbacks, this is just my honest opinion of the game.
Great Video. Very organized and easy to see what is good about Guild Wars 2.
I downloaded this on a whim this past week and I’ve had a lot of fun so far! Necromancer is almost 40 and I’ve really been enjoying the story. Can’t decide between warrior or ranger to level next and if I want to change my race. The charr are too cool.
Thanks for the videos and I think I saw a human with your name. No idea on server I was since I swapped due to population.
TL;DR: thank you so much for your videos and keep it up!
Nice video, great work, i see this game everytime i check what mmo i could play but never tried it since i was disponted in 2012 but i'll now thanks !
Absolutely love Gw2, just hit 6 years and still going strong.
Top notch video man, you hit all the points perfectly
Been playing since beta and have tried several MMOs prior and since, none are even close to as good as GW2 IMO. GW2 is just the best MMO ever as far as I'm concerned. Sure it's not perfect but it has more going for it than other MMOs overall.
great job, well done. Short but so informative
Oh my god! I love you! Thank you for making contents! You make it so easy to understand and pick the game up right away! Please make more contents. Just subscribed to ya! 👍💕😍
Never played this game but im gonna get it rn because of this video good job !
This is one of the best summaries of what makes Guild Wars 2 an amazing game. This is gooing to be very useful to convince some of my friends to jump in! :)
1:33 - well played sir, well played
^^ Good intro to GW2. My favorite game ever I think, has RPG elements I enjoy with great combat, stellar music, and lots of progression to grind :)
Guild Wars og is still fairly populated too.
is that a server ?
@@davidcopperfield2278 GW1 AKA Guild Wars from 2005-2008
I go back to 1 every now and then. GW2 is nice and all but it ain't got shit on the original.
Seizmos true
@@Odysseusx86 you might get it with the next expansion announced
Love GW2, my little asura necromancer (reaper) called Punyplague. Don't play it anywhere near as much as i used to though. Pre-bought the game way back when so i got access to all the 4 beta weekends.
This video made me want to play the game again! Well done!
I love and adore this title. Nice coverage
I will say that after playing the title non-stop for the three years after it's release, I fell into the same pattern I have in WoW: where I now only return after each major update for a few months. However, that's after 3 solid years of game play and I still rerun for new goals. It's just a dam good game
Been playing GW2 since beta. This MMO has the most frequent updates (new content) of any MMO, along with living story of your character and special events called festivals (halloween, wintersday, etc.). Also, no other MMO comes close to the number of skins your toon can wear (customization of look is why the game is also called Fashion Wars). World map variety is unsurpassed.
lmao! Are you kidding? Most frequent updates? Their updates are a joke and part of the reason I stopped playing. They give you about 2 hours of free content once every 4 months or so and a expansion once every few years. ESO on the other hand releases DLC that will easily take you 20 hours to beat several times a year and a expansion.
The thing is, they don't have maintenance down time. :D
@@leshie687 I''ll give them credit for that, it's a great feature.
@@leshie687 I'll gladly welcome maintenance time if it means they increase content updates and actually deploy an update without breaking a million things in the the process.
@@BraheemIII Come on. ESO is way much overpriced with this stupid DLCs and Expansions for a casual player. I would never work for 1kk gold or pay 3500 Crowns for Psyjik trait line. And not because I am poor. Paying money which is enough to buy a whole new expansion in GW2 just for ~20 hours of gameplay and then grind for Skill line? WTH is wrong with you? Of course GW2 is a downgrade for ppl that has no life and can let themselves to play 8+ hours per day. But for casual player, GW2 is the best MMO for it's price and money needed. Also, I never saw better events for Christmas or Halloween or SAB. And as for gameplay. You really will say that WoW or ESO feels the same in combat as GW2? Really? This stupid wood animations of ESO is the only thing that drawing me back from playing this. ALL CLASSES WITH THE SAME WEAPON FEELS THE SAME. I have sorc, nightblade and dk in magica build with staff. Feels the same. STRONG and DEVASTATING abilities feels like i am using Basic attack in GW2 and even in GW2 with the same weapon different classes feels different. If you have no life and ready to invest tons of time - GW2 is a bad choice. If you are looking for a good 1-2 hours of game per day with friends or GF or wife or kids - GW2 is a best choice. It all depends on what you are looking for. But even here, Grinding sometimes for the whole day in GW2 also is very rewarding. Grind means making money in every game basicaly. I do not agree with you for 100%. Sometimes I want to grind and get some REALLY APPEALING REWARD which GW2 can't offer if you do it on a regular basis. In gw2 you need a purpose to grind, a purpose stronger than just grind for a chance to drop gear. You don't need it. And the fact that you can find a reason to grind and it could be different every time is far better for casual players or even players that respect their time THAN grinding just for a drop chance.
I've heard of this game for a long time but never knew it was this interesting, it's kinda late to start playing but i think i'll give it a try. Thank you for making this video since i've been searching a very good mmo to play for such a long time
Its not to late. The communitt is currently growing again. Every day I see people that are in Queensdale or one o the other starting areas just beginning. Give it a s hot.
Great review, thank you for your work.
Wow, so many good points and game looks like a lot of fun. Not sure why I haven't tried it yet but I am downloading it now!
Great video sir! 🤙🍻
Is this for real? lol I'm sooooo gonna try this game out, I don't know why I hadn't checked it in more detail before. Thanks for the video!
If you join Gw2 the Christmas event is going now
Mount system alone is worth checking out. Game is amazing and only "meh" part is grindier sets BUT those are "cream of the crop" sets that are simply polishing the shine level good. For "good" stuff you will not have to sweat too much, so it maintains a good balance of being super geared out and on the cutting edge and being competitive. Oh and you dont need gear for PvP.
Best thing about this game is that is has something for everybody
You dont like pvp? Just skip it and be never attacked by another player
You like pvp and nothing else?
Just skip anything else - you can do it here
Hell i even know 2 girls you really love that game and are pacifists
They have never killed an enemy before and are just enjoying the exploring and crafting
Been playing it since launch (and although i had a few breaks from time to time because other games also need love ;) ) i keep coming back to it
Its simply...fun ;D
@@Cross_111 honestly I kinda found the leveling a bit slow and boring at the start of game, i got to level 10 now but not as appealing as it was looking so far. I think mounts dungeons and etc start from lv 30? is there a fast way to get there?
@@FreeMindInCrowd just take your time and play the story/events
Get access to a guild too (gw2 community is full of nice people 😊 ) and use the guild booster for extra xp
You also get a lot of other boosters - just use them 😊
You will level quite quick that way 😉
Max lvl is 80 - dungeons (ascalon) start on 35; mounts are available through the expansion pof on lvl 80 i think
Just remember to try out different classes and races
Lots of potential and fun
I wish your CZcams channel was more popular. Without your druid video I would have been decently lost for a lot longer.
You also post a lot of nice content. Your unstructured videos are pretty fun to watch and then your actual planned videos are amaxing quality. You talk clearly and as simply as possible and have RELEVANT IN GAME FOOTAGE in the background. So many vids have just generic class gameplay behind as they talk.
Well yeah. Great vid. Wish u were more popular here on CZcams.
Thank you for the kind words, It really means a lot! I'm relatively new on the scene compared to some of the other long time GW2 creators so hopefully in time I can sread my work around :)
ive played gw2 on and off since release and im soooo happy to see videos like this appear in 2020.
I've recently crafted my first legendary, The Flameseeker Prophecies. That was quite a journey and I loved every single moment of it. No where near any of the 40+ other MMORPGs I've played, this game keeps on intrigueing and entertaining me!
7 years + player 6 years + guild leader and still going strong! Just play the game,it's the best.
hey great video, lots of informations in a short amount of time
The part about the mounts was amazing, I’m installing now haha
Fantastic content, Muk! TY
I've played wow for about 5 years, but never tried guild wars, and had never even seen content about it. I was pretty bored the other day and decided to download gw2. Wow. I am absolutely loving this game so far. I can't put my finger on it but this mmo is so different than every other one I've played. I think I'm gonna be playing this game for a longgg time and I'm so hype for it
Same! Especially with the new expansion being announced. I just jumped on for the first time in a long time and my old friends quit. Let me know if you are looking for any new friends to adventure with!
to new players, gw2 wiki is your best friend. So much precise information about any particular aspects of the game can be found there
I can't count how many times I type command /wiki in-game XD
It's very efficient, up-to-date, community-based and supported by Anet.
Got a mysterious drop? /wiki
Saw a nice skin? /wiki
Want to make gears? /wiki
Stuck at achievement? /wiki
These mounts exclusive features blow my mind, definitely will give a try!!!
So, This is a good video. Im trying to tell my friend about this game, and this video covers a lot within a short time. Thanks!
I've tried it once before due to a request from a friend, and I couldn't quite click with it, but your video makes me want to give it another shot. I mainly play FFXIV, but I'm an MMO and general game fan. I think having a variety of well-made MMOs thriving is always a good thing, so I wish the game and its community the best!
Every game takes a little time to get used to, but GW2 is SO rewarding. I've been playing it for years and it never gets boring, there's always some new thing to explore. I totally recommend it.
@@ArkadiBolschek I've decided to try it again. I actually never deleted it from my computer lol. Its alot more fun than I remembered.
I don't know if this is why it didn't click with you but I often help new players and it's not that uncommon for me to hear that it doesn't quite click with people at first. I've found that it's usually because it's been so ingrained in people that an MMO should be a certain way. They're used to having a lot of guidance, you just go from A to B to do quests and the game just holds your hand the entire time, you don't really have to think about it. I get comments like "So what am I supposed to do now?", "I feel overwhelmed by everything" and I just say... Do what you want, here's the multitude of options, the world is your oyster but some people really struggle with it.
GW2 just doesn't really hold your hand, or barely. It gives you choices with everything, it's a sandbox. Sometimes people struggle with not being able to set their own goals. I think it's important to be open to really immerse yourself, decide things for yourself, put yourself out there to make friends to play with, set your own goals. The game isn't going to force you to do anything really. Make it your journey, it's your story, your game, your choice.
It's a refreshing sense of freedom which is not for everyone, if you like to just grind linear quests and not think about things then GW2 isn't going to be for you but I have seen a lot of people who prefered it that way who then did end up clicking with it and they haven't looked back since so maybe it's just a matter of time and being open-minded. Play it as if you've never played an MMO before.
I've been playing this game for 7 years now and still do it every day. It has so much content, it just never gets boring.
I love this game. Been playing it for years and I have barely touched more then have the things you mentioned in this vid. The scale is just massive.
Excellent overview! I have 4600 hours in this game and am still having fun discovering new builds.
One big good part is there's no subscription, you pay for expansions but they're usually well worth the price and it's a one time charge if you choose to get it
Awesome video!
Great video, finally a useful video that tells me what i need to know, i play alot of wow and think i might give this a try.
I love that this was posted more than a year and a half ago and Muk is still streaming every night. =P
Very limited vertical progression - that's the main winning point for me. I won't have to change all my gear in 6 months as it happens in FFXIV, making all the effort I've put in the game useless.
Agree. That was the reason I now take a break from FF14. Farmed the Eden gear, even though it wasn't interesting and everything got pretty much outdated just with the patch introducing the Nier stuff, the green stuff from dungeons were dropping nearly the same iLvl stuff as Eden. This catch up system is really bad and makes progress feel stupid, because you do it temporary and it's worthless for the long run (except cosmetics maybe).
Except gw2 end game is essentially meaningless as all gear is side grades except only 2 or 3
Types are useful. The legendary grind is one of the most unrewarding CHORES I’ve ever made the mistake of completing (weapons and armor) raids are fun but pointless as the gear is usually ugly (with a few exceptions). Post launch non legendary cosmetics are either exclusively cash shop or stupidly low drop chance or more expensive than an epic mount in classic. Dungeons were abandoned for fractals which I hate as infusions are an awful idea. This game is such a disservice to gw1. If you enjoy it more power to you but I don’t understand how you justify the abysmal reward to time investment.
Johnathan it’s not a perfect game and will never be. Still it’s been very enjoyable for me - I like to take my time to reach my personal goals and I love being able to take a break, come back and still have relevant achievements and gear. And I really enjoy the journey more than the end goals - fractals, raids, map exploration, meta events, story and pvp are great for me.
I would obviously not recommend the game to hardcore gamers or those who are always looking for a new challenge, but for everyone else it can be an awesome :)
@@john-fi2ni Well simply because I don't aim for BiS Gear like Legendary? I don't intend to do that chore if I can enjoy everything with Excotic or maybe Ascended stuff, too. I don't need legendaries/BiS to run with friends around doing stuff. I would only do it for cosmetics, but that's it. I own this game since release, I was fine without going for a gear grind if it wasn't needed. If you are more happy with your gear you farmed for weeks getting worthless every 2-3 months which is the case for the traditional gear treadmill, then I won't stop you. I don't get my enjoyment out of this and rather take gear progression as a side activity.
@@john-fi2ni Legendary gear was actually very convenient with the ArcDPS build templates. The new official build "templates" made legendary gear more INconvenient and totally not worth getting anymore.
I came back after 2 years and I am loving it so much. And I'm not an mmo guy. I have been soloing the whole game and currently on the end of season 3. The story is amazing and a fresh look at fantasy
Best thing also is you can choose what road you wanna take in making legendaries. Specially the armors. It’s not required at all but its nice to know its not just a 1 route road to take if you decide on doing it. So many options.
Update 2020. Skimmer can now swim underwater too once you unlock the mastery.
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Muk:"As fast as possible"
Me:"Nooooooooooooo"
Oh, there's also major thing you forgot to mention when talking about the mounts. Roller Beetle Racing. There's like roller beetle racecourses in most zones.
I love playing my Elementalist (mage) with Celestial (a bit of everything) stats.
While it is generally considered as non-optimal, I love the versatility of being able to do anything with reasonable efficacy. And it has the most stat points of any stat combination.
TL;DR: This video is fantastic, Mukluk is an excellent person, and I want to play A LOT of Gw2 now.
I am a veteran and played for over 10k hours since Sept. 2012. Even though I do not need any videos like this one, because I already know why I love and hate this game, I still watch them from time to time to see what others play this game for. Also, I am sometimes curious about how others would explain Guild Wars 2 to potential new players. So I have watched a bunch of beginners/why play gw2 types of videos, and I have to say yours is the best.
The quality of both the explanation and the visual examples, plus those two aspects making it a cohesive unit rather than feeling as if it is just thrown together, make this an excellent video. It is easy to follow and understand, and I am sure if I wouldn't have played the game yet, this video surely would make me try it.
Anyways, it is like I said the best 'Why to play' video out there, in my opinion. I personally think Arenanet can learn from you about how to explain the game to someone and make them want to try it. I will continue to play Guild Wars 2 now because you sure made me want to play it a lot more.
Very kind words, thank you!
Been playing gw2 for 7years on and off and every other mmo I play gets compared to gw2 for all these points u mentioned with the absolute number 1 reason the combat
This game has the potential to become the best in mmo's, It should put some money into advertisements specially around South Asia.
Wow great video... earned this Sub. Am re-downloading now after you reminded me how good this game is. Looks like they added a lot too. Can't wait to jump in thanks mate.
Been playing a bunch of the division 2 and wanted something fantasy to change things up. Got excited the moment you said you can trade in game currency for premium currency. Thanks for the awesome video!