Guild Wars 2 in 2023 | New Player, First Impressions

Guild Wars 2 is a tab target hybrid action MMORPG from ArenaNet. Originally Released in 2012 I decided to give it a try and share my thoughts and first impressions, 11 years after its release.
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[@RoastedWalnutss]

I somehow think you have missed the fact that you can dye your armor at any time at no cost, you are always seeming to be in default colors. Just a heads up.

[@Waydots]

:o

[@Arrow333]

Actually, the game is also called "Fashion Wars 2" for the very reason that you can customize your appearance a lot. But up until level 80 you should probably only use the dyeing part as it doesn't cost anything. Changing the model of your armor or weapon will cost transmutation charges that you can gain ingame easily, but you might be a bit short of them while leveling and you also still switch gear often. Some of the most notable armor and weapon skins available during leveling would be the cultural armors and weapons obtainable in your races capital and the dungeon sets you can get in Lions Arch near the (new) central Dungeon entrance. On level 80 maps pay attention to the vendors and achievements. You might get some really nice stuff - that can not be bought using real money. While other stuff might be available at the trading post and basically be bought with real money, nobody really does that as far as I know, as there are better ways to invest your money in the game if you want to. Also, even if you buy an outfit from the shop, you won't win fashion contests in the game - yes, there are fashion contests! - as it is considered "cheating" in these contests.

[@Earthz1412]

@@Waydots check on hero panel (H is default keybind) and look dye option...

[@jorno1994]

@@Waydots welcome to Fashion Wars 2

[@ikcikor3670]

@@Waydots worth mentioning that the change of the actual 3d looks of your gear to any you've ever worn/scrapped costs those transmutation or whatever charges, you can earn quite a lot of them by playing WvW gamemode, so there is no need to spend money/gold on them

[@JavaVampire]

Haven't played GW2 in years, but I loved every second of my time in the game. The exploration, map completion, the fact that max level doesn't mean end game and most of all...the community. One of the only games I've played that has the least toxic community. I think I've just talked myself into returning to GW2.

[@Sowa238]

Gw2 community is the best, never met toxic people, everyone were willing to help no matter what i needed help with

[@OddNumber1524]

I return to GW2 every few years do all the content, and put it away until further notice, but I always have fun playing

[@matsug5704]

Now would be a great time to come back! in two weeks all characters will get to try a new weapon previously they couldnt use!

[@BLUEPELICAN234]

I am new to GW2 but just wanted to say your community is amazing. I came from league of legends and I can’t even describe how happy I am. This game is just amazing

[@xdjax]

I just started playing a little over a month ago and i 100% agree with you. Nicest community I've gamed in - I've played ff14,wow, lost ark, and GW2 takes the throne for me

[@Nuhqoha]

Just started playing this game a couple weeks ago. Only regrets is that I didn’t start it sooner. It’s so much fun!

[@Sowa238]

Same for me! I wish i had played it sooner. I had great 600 hours gameplay last months

[@jawadshaalan5387]

I also started playimg like 3 weeks ago , I said the same thing to my friends , i played every mmo available on pc , and some mobile mmos , gw2 is the best imo , i feel like i wasted my life trying other mmos and not playing it sooner :)

[@matsug5704]

Welcome to Gw2!!

[@Wenedi]

How are you finding the combat? As a fellow BDO player I feel it is very lacking visually and doesn't feel very impactful

[@Sowa238]

@@Wenedi trust me, when there are 50 people killing bosses or doing world metas the screen is full of different animations that makes the game feel alive and the view is stunning :)

[@kasenrin3]

I started playing the original Guild Wars in 2007 and fell in love with the world and the story. I was in the betas for GW2 and I still absolutely love the world, the lore, the characters ... It is a game that I cherish so much for so many reasons. I'm so happy you gave this game an honest shot and enjoyed yourself.

[@pokeylope6108]

Glad you chose Charr, welcome to Tyria. Also note with current expansion, you can make it so base proffs(Ranger) can use its elite spec weapons without being in the elite spec(untamed, soulbeast, Druid). Or even using Dagger main hand(soulbeast) as Druid. Unlocking is also easy and account wide for all classes. Last note two patches from now all proffs will be getting access to a new wep type

[@Rainsb123]

I don't play rs but seeing that someone recognized you is so cool, you had to be there at the right time and place and with how big the game actually is.. it's insane for that to even have happened. I'm a casual player and I've played mmos for about 15 years now and gw2 is honestly the only game I always come back to. There's so much to do and the community is absolutely wonderful. The game respects your time and I know even when I step away for a while if there's ever anything that makes me wanna hop back in again I can do so without needing to play the catch up game. Hope you continue having fun and keep making videos for to watch. It's enjoyable seeing what new players find interesting and makes me happy and almost like I'm reliving the experience again as well

[@Morvagor82]

This is one of the top videos presenting Guild Wars 2 from a new player perspective. Would like to see further videos of your joruney.

[@xdeathwishx1460]

Ayy welcome on board brother. Glad to have you join us, love seeing new ppl get into the game as much as you. if you get any questions or need help w anything dont be afraid to ask in map chat or here from me . Hope you enjoy gw2 for many years to come ^^

[@ZanesZygot]

What a cool and lighthearted video! Nice knowing your experiences, the community needs more videos like these.

[@Nocturnia]

I haven't played GW2 in ages and never got that into it. But I agree that the best part of it was really the exploration and completionism. I had the most fun with just completing each zone and especially with the so-called "jumping puzzles" that have kind of become a recurring thing in the game, as far as I know. It was a lot of fun to try to figure out how to jump my way up to these secret areas. The one in Lion's Arch is especially memorable.

[@illmattic024]

I spent 20 years of my life on RuneScape/OSRS and I’ll always love those games but once I made the switch to GW2 I’ve never looked back. Just feels so good to play

[@Ix_GMVR_Ix]

I’ve always been a fan of mmo’s. Played osrs-rs3/wow/new world/black desert/wow. But I’ve been feeling burnt out and don’t really wanna go back especially with how much new content there is. Just don’t have the time anymore but im excited to give guild wars 2 a shot. Never played so wish me luck xD

[@Kleinvadder]

tried many MMORPGs, but no one have all this quality of life and awesome gameplay like gw2. 11 Years, around 8k hours. Its awesome :)

[@piedpiper1172]

It’s interesting you said you felt directionless at the end of your personal story. I bought the steam launch bundle (all expansions and living world except the newest Xpac). So when I finished personal story it immediately directed me into living world season 1. I’m at 350 hours, and I just finished HoT masteries so I’ll be starting living world season 3 soon!

[@Highyeena]

Just a note on the "samey looking armor" problem -- someone else already told you about dyes, but also yes, medium armor has a particular problem of looking largely "samey". I'm one of those fashion-obsessed people and hated how basically all the options even at late game were variations on a coat or duster. Lol Edit: also, the whole "creating a problem and selling you a solution" thing i think is more, largely, "creating a solution to an existing problem, but it costs real money"

[@davidmorris2234]

@Highhyeena, The only things that can’t be bought with in game gold converted to gems, are the expansions themselves, and they go on sale often for half price. Everything else you can buy in the gemstore can be bought without using real money by converting your in game gold to gems.

[@abzoluterennix477]

I have been an gw2 player for 5 years now and it is my favorite game ever. I myself have not touched the dlc story yet (i know shamefull) but this game for me is just fun too boot up once in a while and just walk around all my favorite parts of the map and enjoy some little events. Grinding stuff or just walking i love this game with all my heart.

[@DocSardo]

You can use a lvl80 boost on a character that is already 80 just for the Celestial armor, trinkets and weapons set. I did this with my Mesmer alt that had leveled to 80 mostly by crafting.

[@Funkm4ster96]

Glad you had a great time with the game! It became my main MMO a few years ago and even after lengthy breaks I will always still come back. One of the best features that was recently added was the Wizards Vault, which replaced the old daily system we had before. You log in do you daily tasks and gain currency that can be used to buy some gemstore Items, cosmetics and high level crafting materials. The points are super easy to get and really incentivizes you to earn more for just playing how you want.

[@Jakdaddy777]

Love the video, def open to more GW2 content

[@redblue5868]

This was very helpful, thank you for putting it together.

[@Kallan007]

As someone who has 12 maxed characters. The GW2 end game is where the game is at, everything is to help introduce the end game. This game excels at crafting, it's just beyond any other MMO I have ever played, which ties into the gear customization you mentioned. If you had started that sooner you would have unlocked looks for your characters. The game also has two forms of PVP, it has dungeons, strike missions, and raids, so plenty to do in a group setting. Oh, another cool feature is the game allows you to join Five guilds at the same time, so socializing and having new friends to do things with will keep you busy. LOL The last thing I'll mention is the achievements in the game are massive and add another layer to the game, so as you can see there are plenty more things to discover in GW2. Happy gaming.

[@TheMrTatero]

I remember pre ordering this game as it was one of the few MMOs that didn’t have a subscription model, I never got too far on any one character, but I remember loving the exploration and I liked how you got tangible rewards for exploring the beautiful world

[@nielsjensen4185]

Between the expansions, there are Living World Seasons. After the Core game, there are LW s 1 and 2 that lead up to HoT, after HoT, there's LW s3 which leads into PoF, after PoF there's LW s 4 that ties a know on the entire arc and expands the story after LW s 4, there Icebrood Saga which is a stand-alone version of the Living World. After that and with almost no connection comes EoD. EoD ends with a (free) mini-story that explains some of the things seen in SotO. SotO is a stand-alone expansion with minimal ties back to the game that came before it. It does contain one of the coolest easter eggs IMO. Read the description of The Desolation achievement called Path of the Gods and then look into every niche when you come to the Cellar of Obscure Point of Interest in Amnytas in SotO.

[@crowsoy]

from being there on the first RS3 video to the GIM (on both versions of RS) all i can say I really hope you recorded your progress the early game of this because I am looking to binge this series.. over and over again! I hope you enjoy GW2 dots!

[@Waydots]

[@DemoJT]

Crow you gunna buy gw2 now? >

[@Alteroxx954]

Guild Wars 2 just feel super chill to play,i'm just vibing on my Reaper enjoying the story

[@mikaeldp]

about alt friendliness, when you play using your main character, you still gain exp. When you "level up" you get a spirit shard. That spirit shard can be used to make money, or as currency in a certain shop, and most relevant to alts, you can consume it to get an item that levels a character by 1 level. So if you get 80 of them (which does not take long), you can max an alts level to max in an instant.

[@RomainDelmaire]

Fun thing, I played the first Guild Wars when I was young. I had the fancy whole CD collection with the expansions...I played so much of it and I loved it. And I had absolutely no idea it was a MMORPG. It's only when I played Guild Wars 2 years later that I realized =').

[@ChrisCatchTheHat]

Binged the whole series in one evening. Need more please 😅 thank you so much for that dopamin kick from pure nostalgia and love for mmos. You need more subs.

[@attinger117]

Guild wars 2 is incredible. I think if I had to choose the best thing to talk about from the game it’s the dynamic open world events system. These are the orange markers on the map that indicate real time live quest chains. It is so cool to be out in the world and have an event spawn, and random players come together to work towards completing it. This game is so good at bringing players together in a group without having to sign up for one and the game also rewards you for it. So good.

[@alexanderschweiger9970]

Also for group content you have a task in the friends tab where u can look for groups of specific content. Also recommend to jump into that. The raids, dungeons and especially fractals are really profitable.

[@SlumbrTracks]

When I first started I thought all the gear looked the same too, but boy was I wrong. You will come across some crazy looking gear. And there is also something called transfusions where you get a particle effect around your character and there are many different ones that look pretty cool. If you go to wardrobe you can transmog / dye your gear. You can also dye your mount. Then there are also individual SKINS for individual pieces of gear you can get that look insanely cool, and also full outfit skins (which I’m not a huge fan of, I like mix matching my skins). I suggest going to the trading post and checking out some weapon / armor skins, you can try them on to see how they look. And if you play some pvp battlegrounds you can choose a reward track from a big list and work towards boxes that give you some cool skins. It took me a while to realize how much variety there actually is.

[@nachocheez6816]

Omgg I need this to be a full playthrough pleasee papa waydot 🙏🙏🙏

[@weissekrahe9670]

My primary is an untamed ranger. There are a lot of different gear that can be worn and used. You get them from vendors, quests and the market. Any medium gear that is found and unlocked allows you to use that gear appearance as your current armor -while retaining the current armor stats- by transmuting it. So your gear can look like any medium armor that you have already found.

[@weissekrahe9670]

A lot of the nicer medium armor appearances are locked behind collections I think. racial armor is pretty good too

[@pigtorlai]

Thanks for the awesome video, subscribed to your channel and will give GW2 a try!

[@rept7]

There's some things I want to mention. While solo play isn't going to demand you min/max, group activities inevitably will. Players will either beeline past enemies in fractals or you'll need to copy a build online and learn a rotation for optimal buff upkeep/DPS output. And while GW2 doesn't have bad powercreep like a conventional vertical progression MMO, it still has enough that event metas and world bosses are very easy now. :(

[@oyrae7112]

Tysm for this. It was a nice video :)

[@benjaminj8642]

Hey man, I was here for the RS3 content (even though I strictly play OSRS) I want to say I'm happy that you're open to doing more of this type of content, great stuff!

[@s0ulb0und]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the world of Tyria brother! Keep the content coming!

[@MusPuiDiTe]

Nice to have more people in Tyria! If you like the story, remember that the original dungeons have a Story Mode, propaedeutic to the main story. And if you are really invested in it, the Living World Seasons contain a huge part of the story and new maps, being actually expansions that don't change the class mechanics, buyable with gems instead of straight up money. Just know that story is not only the in payed expansions

[@bearbrawnson717]

Really glad you checked out this "not so hidden" gem of a game, And yes the game is very alt friendly, but once you get to late late late game, you'll understand alts are a must, each proffesion has some really powerfull and unique builds, and using ascended armor, you can share the armor among accounts with the same armor type and similar builds, for example, most proffesions have some really strong support builds that use practically the same armor prefix (ex. harier gear), so late game you can fit into any group and any slot with your alts. Also focus really hard on the new wizard's vault, easy money, easy transmog tokens, nice cosmetics.

[@Hytension]

If you want more group content, their are entire maps dedicated to large scale group events. As far as small group content, that consists primarily af fractals, raids, and strike missions. There might be more with the latest expansion, I'm not too sure I have yet to play it. Theirs an abundance of things to do in the game. Have fun adventurer.

[@Justforvisit]

Little correction about "Every Race has its complete own story": This is only true for the beginner parts of the story up to level 30, afterwards there are the same story paths for everybody, but they still branch out differently depending on your choice. The starter story for each race itself though even can completely branch out in very different ways at multiple points depending on your choices in character creation.

[@Shapeshiftyr]

Been following your channel since your first RS3 ironman video and have always appreciated your quality. Very excited to see you play my favorite MMO - I've got over 15k hours in Guild Wars 1 and about 11k in GW2 and have played since the very first open beta. Thank you for your excellent perspective on it as a newbie! I do wanna say about the monetization - once you have a character raiding and doing fractals daily (basically, well established in endgame) you'll never lack gold again. Most of my longtime player friends will convert enough gold to gems to buy any new cosmetic release they want as soon as it comes out and have 100s of gold left over. For perspective, gearing an alt in Exotics (gold rarity - enough for any endgame open world content) is only about 30-50 gold if you buy it on the trading post. There's also a rarity of gear called Ascended (it's pink) that is account bound instead of character bound - so even more alt friendly. And Legendary (purple) rarity gear can be used on all your characters simultaneously. For anyone interested in starting, the GW2 playerbase is quite newbie friendly. Probably not to the level of FFXIV but that might be for the best because FFXIV players can be ... overbearing. Just ask in map chat in any starter map or main city.

[@Waydots]

Appreciate it man. that is A LOT of time spent in the guild wars universe. Glad you enjoyed my perspective :)

[@Altr3551]

GW2 is a really good casual game you can go about at your pace, just chilling.

[@mirai3744]

Hey Waydot, i remembered returning to RS3 and seeing you try RS3 ironman. It was great content. Now I've quit RS3 and started playing GW2, seeing you try this game excites me again as i can expect great content. Hopefully i get to play with you one day.

[@Kreptic]

No one really quits rs3, just takes long breaks

[@zachpower2774]

Just finished the video. Great commentary as always. I’m a big GW2 fan. It offers a ton to the consumer. Have a good weekend everyone.

[@Kreptic]

You too zach, see you on Monday

[@alexanderbowers5225]

Sounds like something I can work on when I don't want to think about portfolio projects. Thank you for the recommendation. Until now I thought the base game was still behind a paywall.

[@cz_Angel]

new players also seem to miss that you can bind "action camera" in your keybinds! this lets you move the camera by simple moving your mouse and it binds your primary attack to left click :)

[@avekrso285]

I have every class at 80 and i didnt play through the main game story once , aside from 3 boosts from xpacs every other character was leveled by doing pvp and earning the level up books , which is amazing

[@ringobats]

Wow it’s quite the fun coincidence seeing you play gw2. That’s the mmo I play the most after I discovered it like 4 years ago. This month I just really felt like watching and playing RuneScape, but since it’s a subscription game, I’m taking another yearlong break after I play the month I paid. As for guild wars 2 right now; the plan for me is collecting the open world legendary armour. Collecting legendaries has been my hobby in this game. I was hooked ever since I got the legendary amulet from achievements.

[@Waydots]

That's awesome man, once i finish most of the story im probably going to be setting my eyes on collecting legendaries as well.

[@oooSKYLIGHTooo]

Welcome to GW2 my dude. From a veteran 11 year player I can say that your review was pretty balanced. Glad you’re enjoying the game! Just one point on the shop, given you can purchase gems for gold means that once you have the base game and expansions you never theoretically need to spend a dime more on this game, which I always found pretty gamer friendly! Especially for a game that respects your time and doesn’t devalue your gear and tie you to a new grind every expansion!

[@JIMRbach193]

Im an 11 year casual GW2 player. Wonderful thorough new play take on the game. Subbed!

[@Moinsen15]

Charr is the best race! So, good choice! Very cool video, also started to play Gw2 again recently. Would like to see more videos on Gw2!

[@YizkiM]

Interestingly, all of 6 large bags, 20-24, I have on my main character are all from just playing the story line! It is a MUST to clean out your inventory once in a while though. Plus, many long time players will agree that having more inventory space doesn't mean you will never feel like you need more... This game will bring out the hoarder side of you.. haha. But so happy to see a new review from new player!

[@KeanuChrist]

This was helpful. I was an avid GW1 player but I dropped off quickly with GW2. I recently logged in and had 10 years worth of free items, character level boosts, and transmog/dyes. Really surprised me.

[@dew_b_dew]

Gw2 is that game i always end up coming back to, its so easy to hop back in. Btw, for your alts, save your gold, dont buy the shop boosts. You can get a ton of leveling tomes by playing game modes such as pvp and wvw, and it really just happens as you play the game. Not to mention the reward tracks in those modes are solid paths to other armor sets

[@noahmitchell6019]

As a resident of GW for almost two decades, we welcome you! Since you played this one, I highly recommend the first game!!! Since you played this one so thoroughly, it's a great reintroduction of what these characters meant to the story. All the races had a history in the first game and really supplies so much more to the experience. It is a little dated in graphics but the scenes, landscapes, and music more than make up for it. There are still loads of players and an active server system. It gets quite rowdy during festivals. All your accomplishments in the first game can get you rewards in the second game as well and is account bound! By far the most friendly game to cross character inventory and items.

[@paraskamu]

I played gw2 back in 2012. Now I started again in 2023. In few months I farmed wvw 350 rank + warbringer and skyscale and other mounts. Its nice to see that even if u have huge brake u can still start and play and feel like u can catch up easily. When I started again I didnt have any clue about Wvw or mounts etc.. I just kept looking videos from youtube and then just entered wvw and learned stuff pretty fast.

[@zombiejesus7445]

Great video!!! Can't wait for you to try ESO

[@zaeryzenn]

Sometimes i get an idea for a new name and end up raiding with a character thats less than an hour old without spending any $/gold/gems. This game is *very* alt friendly.

[@Arilozen]

This was awesome to watch - if you ever need help in GW2 don't be afraid to reach out. I'll have to catch a stream sometime. I'm a former Rs player turned gw2 player (I keep up on osrs/rs3) and a fairly well known streamer in GW2. Have fun my guy, you're doing it right. :D

[@jg-jh3nt]

just a small thing but if you are a longer term player each birthday you get a gift package that scales each year giving you a leveling contract which will allow you to boost a character from 1 to 20,30,40 and i dont remember if there is a 50 one but i think so. they you can use tombs of knowledge 1 lvl for each to instantly boost an alt to max level completely free. so if you are actually playing the game you can make fresh 80 alts out of thin air

[@icevious4335]

Enjoyed the look into the game! I used to love GW2 Back in college and sunk many many hours into my favorite parts of the game, getting 100% Map completion and those damn jump puzzles. I totally agree with he take on group content as I never really felt the need to go out of my way to get a group together to do a dungeon apart from getting an achievement or two. I haven't played either of the new two expansions but maybe I'll give the game another go of it.

[@NikeGipple]

Gw2 have 4 new expansion over vanilla

[@icevious4335]

@@NikeGipple I'm aware, I haven't played the two newer expansions

[@hanneskarlbom6644]

The inventory filling-up thing actually has nothing to do with a made-up issue, it's due to outdated systems and loot creep. Before HoT it wasn't really a problem but since then the amount of loot you get and the different kinds of random items in the game has simply increased over time, things that at one point were useful but aren't anymore. Anet has been trying to deal with this issue for years now, first, they introduced unidentified gear that stacks rather than every piece filling up an inventory slot, then they increased the max size of bags, later they added novelty items to the wardrobe and more recently made the gear loadout system. Suffice it to say, it isn't a problem with the monetization but Anet's inability to fix bad systems retroactively and plan long-term.

[@mmmdawe]

It IS made-up issue. Equipment could be infinite, junk could not exist, bag slots could be free. But they have to push sales of bank and material storage expansion slots somehow

[@MKLEMX]

Waydot, you rock man.

[@Stefo717]

Charr superemacy! Subbed! 👍

[@Sowa238]

My main mmorpg game is oldschool runescape where i spent over 10k hours, and recently i gave gw2 a try and i had absolutely blast playing it! It is so good game and i had great 600 hours getting to max 514 mastery level. Will be back to gw2 in the future for sure to test different classes

[@KalibreSteelblast]

I was hoping we'd hear your opinion on the Living World seasons. The fact that they offer so much story depth is huge. It's also one of my main criticisms of the early years of the game, where some content was limited-time only and you could not access it if you missed out on a season. The fact that they (somewhat) rectified this with Living World Season 1 (which previously was completely inaccessible) does alot to alleviate it, though some might balk at the gem cost of unlocking each chapter. I _highly_ recommend them, though -- if you liked the story of Guild Wars 2's core campaign, you'll _love_ the characters and story in the Living World episodes.

[@xanithdegroot5407]

I had to drop GW2 shortly after the third expansion started getting teased due to going to trade school, but the game still holds a place in my heart as my favorite MMORPG. I still remember my first playthrough as a Sylvari Mesmer, and the time where I participated in a Bloodstone Crazed Beast world boss and recieved a lvl 80 Exotic sword. That became my motivation to keep playing, and how I became hooked. To this day I always transmog my Mesmer's sword into the exotic skin to pay homage to that epic moment from my character's history (helps that the skin is beautiful, Bonetti's Rapier if you want to look it up)

[@HPFireYT]

I seriously would’ve recommended playing HoT before PoF, mainly for the lore, but it really is an experience like no other. Many players would say HoT maps are peak in their design, so I hope you enjoy your time there! This is my main mmo mostly because I can play it for 5 minutes or 2 hours and never feel like I’m missing out on anything.

[@iamboringvideos6832]

id say its better to play HoT before PoF story wise

[@rerere1569]

Damn, I actually played GW2 for a while before jumping into rs3 (that's how I found your channel). Also stopped playing rs3 recently and might jump back into GW2, a great game indeed.

[@Hagosha]

i'm sure you'll get the chance at some point to re-visit the story of the expansions in order, but I gotta recommend that at SOME POINT, you try the Heart of Thorns expansion as a Sylvari. They actually get a different quest experience than every other race and it's pretty fantastic. Not to mention, that expansion has one of my favorite map-wide meta events in the entire game.

[@deadddd47]

Loved the video man, made me finnaly hit download on this gem, but little tip for better video quality! The default uploading codec for everyone (kinda slower and poorer in quality) is Av, but for the better quality that usually gets defaulted to verified or 50k+ subbed Content Creators is Vp, a way to bypass that is to render the video in 2560 x 1440 and it will force the upload to use Vp (the better one).. your video looks fine regardless! but if youre like me and nitpicks before each upload cause of how a video turns out, i though this might help!!

[@iiFreaks]

One of my favorite game series tbh loved it as a kid. Massive OSRS player and WoW classic! The best trio of games

[@jpathomas]

I loved the video and think you did a great job. I've been playing MMORPGs since 1999, and GW2 is by far the most player friendly of the bunch, in large part to the alt-friendly aspect you talked about, but also in the way it respects the players time. Unlike many games you can login to GW2 for half an hour and actually make meaningful progress. The leveling system is much less about gearing up for an "end game" and more about teaching players how the game works. IMO GW really doesn't have an "end game" per say, it just has a host of things to do, and all of them are achievable. I think it's worth paying some extra attention to the way the GW2 deals with map populations to prevent some zones become "dead." There are two main systems for this. Dynamically spinning up new map instances as needed is not a GW2 specific thing, lots of games, maybe every game, does this. The unique thing (in my extensive MMORPG experience) about GW2 is how it will spin down underpopulated maps. In most other games if you find you're in a map that is underpopulated you have to leave the zone can reenter it. In GW2 you get a message telling you that the zone population is low, and will spin down in an hour, you get the option of switching now or waiting. Every so often you'll see this notice again, until you chose to move or the zone shuts down. If you do chose to move early you'll get a little 10 minute buff as a reward. The other way, and the that most MMOs totally fail at, is by giving players a good reason to go to lower level zones. One example is the daily quest system that gives gold and items for completing content in zones across the game. Daily quests are sorted by expansion and type of content so no mater how you play the game (PvE, Story, sPvP, WvW) there are specific daily quests for that content and you can do just the ones you care about, or all of them if you like.

[@KaNePrime-cp7kz]

If I'm playing this would you like to teaching me

[@Tippadeez]

Daaaang, welcome man! I watched your RS3 stuff, but I play osrs. Welcome to GW2! Best, fastest paced combat in any mmorpg in my opinion.

[@0Sweetsugar0]

Amaizing Video!

[@krityaRS]

He's taking off the weights! Great first video for GW2, can't wait to see more of this game and others from you.

[@Waydots]

Thanks kritya! Appreciate you brother

[@pattycake427]

I cycle between GW2, ESO, and Lotro. I love all 3 of those games

[@FireChildSlytherin5]

im glad you enjoy the game. I been playing with arenanet since gw1 and beta for gw2. The thing I enjoy about the game is that when you take a break you are not punished. I took a year break and I came back and everything was where I lived it' nothing was taken from me as a punishment and many of my characters got a birthday gift. ^_^

[@yivo9996]

Getting your first exotic set was a big part of the game for me.

[@ausjoy4008]

love seeing content on a game i have sunk so many hours on! and at a perfect time too, im sure they will bring out the annual jumping puzzle for Halloween ;P gl and hf. i probably wont be starting gw2 up again but its cool to watch someone else play with fresh eyes and has no clue what is happening. out of curiosity out of anyone that still plays and does alot of endgame content; everyone still using num pad instead of a mouse for dungeons and raids?

[@aleksadmitrovic940]

Started gw2 couple of weeks ago,first week was boring I was asking myself if I made a mistake buying first two expansions,now I am enjoying so much with my guild,to be real if you are f2p player you are not going to enjoy to much,but after you hit 80 and get your first elite spec and you find some friendly guild you will enjoy it so much.

[@itzajordan]

Are there any mmos that do not require an expansion pack😂

[@Beanpolr]

​@@itzajordanYes, this one. The expansion packs are only if you want more content for the most part.

[@tyleradams6990]

How populated would you say the beginning areas are? Does it feel like a ghost town until you reach end game?

[@typeluminanejoyer]

Every expansion gets better! I Hope you enjoy the ride =))) And welcome!

[@Leechies0]

Gw2 is fantastic, great video

[@IvilMuffin]

I've been a GW2 player since about the release of heart of thorns, so I've got a few years of experience. The leveling for new characters got heavily boosted rather recently, since the absolute majority of content begins at level 80 and the story only gets better from there. I think the model of the gemstore is actually quite good, since you can exchange gold for gems and there are just a few items that veteran players would really recommend for convenience, like the copper-fed-salvagomatic, which goes on sale a few times a year and is absolutely worth getting. I think in the several years of playing GW2 quite actively I spent a total of 10€ on the gemstore, which was for a cosmetic item. The living world stories on the other hand are quite expensive and were free for people who played when they were released, still I think they are worth getting when you like the game, because they are like mini expansions with mastery tracks and season 4 has the most compelling storyline in all of Guild Wars 2 in my opinion. The community is also usually quite nice and helpful unless you play PvP, where the community is more toxic than any other game I've ever played. However I think GW2 has a lot of long term oriented contend and enough different ways to achieve the same goals, that everyone can pick their own playstyle to achieve whatever they want in the game, which is the part I like the most about it.

[@AHHHb0bSaggot]

Getting my internet back and getting into Guild wars 2 again, cannot wait! First time in 2 years, so much to catch up on, I feel like a new player. Loved the video - would be down to party up sometime! Have you tried PvP or Wvw?

[@Tessa_Ru]

Nicely said! Im newish and taking my time, just heading into Living World 4. :) I had people recommend getting the mounts right away too lmao, but i wanted to run all of the story chronologically on my first character. 😅 The mounts do make things easier, but the base game and first expansion were designed without them, so it didn't feel so bad tbh. The raptor was enough.

[@equaltoreality8028]

I have been playing it one and off for 9 years. Frankly the latest expansion has really help me get into it as will as switching to 'action combat' mode. It makes me feel more apaert of the world rather then just some person making my chartator a puppet on a string.

[@ThatGuyAlon]

Yeah, you definitely just convinced me I’m going to try GW2 out

[@Exonyms]

I tried getting into GW2 many times over the years, but it never stuck. Earlier this year I went in with a fresh mind instead of looking at it like another WoW or FF14, and I ended up sinking 300 hours into it. It's such an awesome game to have in the rotation as it definitely feels the most relaxing to play and you don't get punished for taking breaks. Glad to see that you enjoyed it!

[@mimmim13aiv]

Exactly my experience too. Until you let go of the "its not like WoW", "Its an odd system, BDO does it like this", you can't really have fun discovering a new game. Always comparing it with the old mechanics you know. Take it as it is and enjoy what the game is actually giving you. Change your mindset.

[@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392]

i started to gear seriously and doing legendarys, enough stuff to do

[@SolaireOfToast]

I am playing it as a new player first time now for few days. And this game is kinda... it feels outdated and just not good. Do you guys have any idea if it gets better later on? I am lvl 23 currently.

[@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392]

@@SolaireOfToast it starts after lvl 80, you will get rgear , legendarys and make friend s too maybe

[@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392]

@@SolaireOfToast gw2 team should fix dungeons because,loot sucks and almost none doing it, you will find randoms but overall people dosent run dungeons

[@matsug5704]

7:40 SIDENOTE here, you can "transmogr" or change the appareance of your weapons and clothes in the wardrove system of the game AND dye the color of your clothes! so yes, there is an option to make your character look badass even at lower levels.

[@Pucci888]

haven't touched the game in years but seeing someone reaffirm everything i loved about it feels great, charr too?? just like me fr

[@YulRun]

I haven't played GW2 since Thorns update, makes me want to try it again, I forgot how fun this game truly was. I never did a single dungeon in the game mostly just explored and such. Maybe I should give it another go

[@NobleViking4]

You just dropped this vid 18 hours ago. Lol something is telling me i should get this, bc i am mainly a FPS enjoyer and want to play something else. But this seems fun. And i have always been intrigued by WoW. Do the raids/dungeons feel similar to the ones in WoW?

[@ThePignablanket]

Haven't played GW2 since around 2014. I only got into it a little bit. Definitely want to play it again and give it another shot. Maybe try to play it for fun rather than min-max to begin with.

[@FearTheOldB]

Ypur chars coloring is really good ima steal that.

[@lingwisyer88]

Finishing PoF before HoT... I guess that would be the easiest way to get some mount masteries, but I would recommend new players, once they hit 80, to go unlock the Springer and Skimmer, hopefully picking up some mastery insights along the way, then start on HoT.

[@kyuumons]

I won't spoil Heart of Thorns but I will say, upon finishing Path of Fire, I heavily recommend grinding for the Griffon mount, and even the Skyscale mount (which you can get two different ways, but I recommend through the latest expansion as it's much easier), because having flying mounts are going to be life saving in the Heart of Thorns maps.