This was the King Maker for me. I have been making up my own objectives as a new Player but you have given me direction. This is the major stumbling block for new players in GW2 and you have solved it in this guide they should have you on the payroll tyvm.
@Trigarta3 жыл бұрын
Combos/Combo Fields, and how useful they can be, never gets properly explained ingame. A video on that topic would probably be good for beginners.
@Methillo3 жыл бұрын
that would be an interesting topic, i got the "team work gets it done" eventually just by chance as i never really understood the concept and while I may be a very casual player i'm in no way a new one.
@relzyn55453 жыл бұрын
Boots (World Of Enders) has a pretty good video on combo fields that you can show people too
@danielpresnall3 жыл бұрын
Ive been playing since launch, and still am baffled by combos. But I'm a guardian main I just kinda face smash the keyboard.
@c.j.shotgunangel89053 жыл бұрын
Yes verry important
@ethanpenn53 жыл бұрын
What's strange is that combos were insanely common and popular when dungeons existed. Then when dungeons got phased out, differently, nobody was using comments anymore. No more might stacking on fire fields even. Very strange.
@aminrobinson20523 жыл бұрын
This game is so complex to understand. Especially when I started and you helped me understand a lot. I full blown be writing notes as you talk because I truly want to understand how to get everything.
@paulogaspar82953 жыл бұрын
Yep and that to me is what is so fun about mmo's. Your learning process takes months if not years. It's like you are learning how a whole new world works.
@popeye47203 жыл бұрын
You will never get everything just like In the real world
@crimsonfancy3 жыл бұрын
@@popeye4720 hard work gets us not only what we need but what we want. It's a nice feeling.
@crimsonfancy3 жыл бұрын
Use the tools to save vids on YT and save favorites in the browser. I love organizing that shtuff and for this game, it helps more than for other MMO games I've played. I love being connected to a wiki and researching but others may not and prefer to interact otherwise for help. The best MMO feels personalized and gw2 surprises me so far. I'm about 15 hours in.
@dinckelman3 жыл бұрын
Likewise for me. I've played this game on and off for the past 5 years, but ultimately quit because outside of farming for legendary items, I just didn't understand what to do in the whole game, after finishing living world and personal story. Been scrolling through all kinds of stuff yesterday, while watching this, and now it all makes sense
@WhitieWu3 жыл бұрын
My biggest suggestion to new players is to focus on achievements that give you masteries, specifically the red ones for central Tyria. You're going to want to gain as many as you can and work towards unlocking the ability to autoloot. It's so SO damn helpful; you'll never have to loot a dead body again.
@flyrow37123 жыл бұрын
I just LOVE the achievements panel. When a new living world patch comes out, instead of a 3-6 story content I get more than 20-30 gameplay content when I go for full achievements for that patch. Also, doing all of them, as you said, took me to places and NPC`s and etc that I won't go otherwise. It just makes everything rich. I am tho with that camp that the panel itself need some upgrades and more arrangment, espically for new players.
@mouthless1773 жыл бұрын
a fractal's video would be great, and that could be a meaty video. i also mentioned on your second channel that something along the lines of easy builds for fractal is something that i would love since some of the meta builds are pretty hard to execute and i end up doing even worse than if i was using an off-meta build that could be easier to drive. maybe the dmg cealing is not as high but builds that you can comfortably do well in would be awesome, and since you are already dipping your toes into build crafting right now for the updated build series maybe it wouldn't be too hard to do this side project :)
@NaoyaYami3 жыл бұрын
Hey WP, I definitely think you should do a guide just on fractals. They aren't as straight forward as "it's GW2's dungeon end-game".
@mdsremac3 жыл бұрын
Yap. Fractals video would be nice :)
@lowanatpeace3 жыл бұрын
Yep and how to get / choose ascend gear for a certain role and how to change the stats on the gear.
@c.j.shotgunangel89053 жыл бұрын
But for new players dungeons are better at start and it contributes a story and exotic gear for dungeon currency. Than you can start fractals
@lowanatpeace3 жыл бұрын
@@c.j.shotgunangel8905 also a good way to get XP
@NaoyaYami3 жыл бұрын
@@c.j.shotgunangel8905 T1 fractals are much easier and can be easily done even in greens assuming you put at least a little effort into learning mechanics (that's what T1 is for anyway). Sure, dungeons have richer story but those are side stories anyway (just like fractals). Not to mention that dungeons are simply outdated. Game changed so much since vanilla but dungeons didn't get much more than some little tweaks and bugfixes. Dungeons are only better for players below level cap but that's only because that's their only option anyway.
@BobRichmond3 жыл бұрын
Surprised that since this is for new players you didn't mention the recently added Tutorial achievements. Not only do you get them just for doing stuff in the starter zones, but they also have different sections for all 5 starter zones, so they sort of lead new players to those other areas that they already have waypoints unlocked in.. I also really love the exploration achievements which can be fun to do in conjunction with world completion.
@NeiloNeil3 жыл бұрын
The AP system has been the main reason I've sunk so many hours into GW2. It may look daunting at first but once you get into it...oh boy... I love the way achievements give you rewards in this game. Not only do you get some really cool/fun/valuable items from them but there's also the AP chests you get every 500 points. Free gems, but more importantly: free spirit shards! Another thing I really like is how Anet manages to keep content relevant by adding older content to achi's like collections. Want a HoT specialisation weapon? Go and do some event in core Tyria. Going for the best scepter skin in the game (Antonina of course...)? Go back to Kessex Hills for those poison spores. No matter the content you're working on, this way there are always other people who'll be doing these old events.
@jeremybroadbent89973 жыл бұрын
This may be the most important guild wars 2 video I’ve ever seen. This really helped me understand what to do in the endgame
@cattysplat3 жыл бұрын
Considering the meta of most MMOs is level to max and then farm gear or quit, it's not a surprise to me many players have no idea where to go next after hitting 80 since GW2 endgame is completely different.
@WoodenPotatoes3 жыл бұрын
My explanation about the AP system, and which ones are actually most fun to go for first. Any thoughts on favorite achievements or categories you'd recommend, but I didn't?
@ooosiii723 жыл бұрын
I'm following you since 2012 and now I wanted to say to you that you have "grown" in many ways. Donno how old are you but now you became a real pro in covering this great game. Your videos are so well put together and shows top quality. Just wanted to tell you this :D.
@CKGBarmy3 жыл бұрын
I gotta say the last week of episodes have been bangers. Keep it up Rockstar!
@notay3 жыл бұрын
I liked the world boss ones, especially the big ones that give you mastery points for the meta. I took about a 13 month break shortly after HoT came out and when I got back, I realized there were a lot of 'General' mastery points I needed/wanted, but this was before they sprinkled a dozen or so on the maps around the world. As such, I had to do Tequatl, Triple Trouble, Shaterer, etc, and sprinkled in a few Fractals to get done.
@AntonMochalin3 жыл бұрын
There are I guess some exploration achievements like for map completion etc and I was surprised you didn't put them on that priority list as they are easy to do and make you see the world, though you mentioned them in the first part of the video.
@AntonMochalin3 жыл бұрын
@Easy Pete I guess you being a veteran has something to do with what you say. GW2 doesn't want power creep and carrot-on-a-stick and therefore all rewards are more or less on the same level inside a tier. So you'll be much less excited when you get your 10th legendary than when you get your first one or having 200 gold than when you just hit 100 gold in your pocket for the first time etc etc. It's a design decision making the game worse for vets but better for new players and casuals who don't feel being "behind" the majority.
@roninCeacross2 жыл бұрын
This is my personal endgame. I LOVE achievement hunting! It’s what I enjoy the most. Thank you for making a video on this!
@notay3 жыл бұрын
Working on your housing stuff would be a fun episode (nodes, cats, etc). It also ties into looking for things to do at 80 each day, as if you get, say, the HoT chests to open each day in your housing district, you will need to keep in things like crowbars, and you'll find you'll at least want to periodically set aside some time to run some metas to keep in those resources so you can continue to open those chests every day. Those chest rewards ended up being an incentive for me to periodically revisit HoT.
@Nightstalker5653 жыл бұрын
The achievement system is where i get most of my motivation to play, I do legendaries as well, but the achievements is whats keeps me going through the grind
@katmannsson3 жыл бұрын
It took me so long to really crack the code of the Achievement Panel, it was SO OVERWHELMING at first because I had no explanation and just had to like Wing it and extrapolate out from your older content when I started in 2016-2017
@dmath59643 жыл бұрын
Ancient fan from the visualwood era here stopping in for a random bit of support and engagement. Glad to see you and GW2 are still doin well
@d3m0n8763 жыл бұрын
god walking amongst mere mortals is still the coolest title
@salemas53 жыл бұрын
yea, but you need to complete whole guild wars to unlock it :X
@d3m0n8763 жыл бұрын
@@salemas5 Thats why its so cool, to this day I see someone with it i'm like holy shit this person has been playing for like 15 years+ and completed the whole first game
@coffeefordinner3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2 casually for years and only recently started looking at cooking more closely, which has achievements tied to it now. Before I realised, the achievement system had taken me down a path to culinary excellence as I flipped menus left and right buying ingredients and creating new foods in the crafting discovery panel, running around the world meeting new cooking trainers and going for that Gourmet title. I wasn’t even supposed to play for very long that evening! Anet’s done a really great job with the achievement system.
@tristanm74563 жыл бұрын
Honestly WP. Been playing this game since mid 2014 and yet I still learned something (a lot of things, actually!) new from this video. Incredible.
@cattysplat3 жыл бұрын
Majority of things I learned about GW2 I accidentally stumbled into.
@broken3033 жыл бұрын
this is a commendable series, but one thing in particular that needs to be pointed out with this particular installment is that *Heart of Thorns Elite Spec collections do not give you you an ascended weapon for free.* the mystic weapon component of each and everyone of them alone costs around *100g.* that is enough to level a crafting profession to 500 _and_ get you half way to a finished ascended weapon of your choice. quite a few collections were created during a time when the economic landscape of the game looked very different, as a result some of them that were meant to give newer players a bit of a boost turned into traps that have you waste significant amounts of resources that are particularly useful as you start out.
@alphakingdp5833 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you do a video on the meta events of tyria. I love doing them even tho i have no idea what's going or what rewards are good.
@kyleblyth3 жыл бұрын
Great content as always, wish they would bring back the monthlies. Im a veteran player on and off from GW1, through to GW2 - back over the last few months and still learning things from this new series - cheers
@Blackcivicsi13 жыл бұрын
Fractal rewards and infusions would be interesting. Would love for more ppl to get into fractals
@Reynarthh3 жыл бұрын
7:50 Nope, every chest gives the same amount of gems and it's always 400.
@TheBlueFlex3 жыл бұрын
Hey WP - please can you do a guide on how to get started with build craft/creating your own builds?
@Adama.13 жыл бұрын
Let's keep it real. Once you have reached full ascended gear, that's it for character progression. It's over, done and dusted. (except for masteries but that's account wide not character specific). The only thing left to do is unlock stuff for completionist sake. But that's ok, because it's a lot of fun doing that. Unless you are not a completionist. I would redirect any such person to a different game.
@forlorndream14003 жыл бұрын
A quick tip for new players doing jumping puzzles. Disable double-tap dodge and map it to a key instead (mine is on a mouse thumb button), this'll save you a lot of heartache. I accidentally double-tapped off many platforms to my death before I finally disabled and remapped.
@xvoidgamer3 жыл бұрын
27k + AP here ! Festivals are really nice for AP.
@do_hickey3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I'll watch any and all GW2 content you put out - haven't had time to dedicate for a couple of years now (thanks, kids/job), so I vicariously "play" by listening to your content while I work/run.
@zacharyh.46622 жыл бұрын
This is great, sent this to a friend of mine that had the same question
@Reedamaster3 жыл бұрын
Bro that wiki tip just blew my mind, I've played this game for years and never knew you could do that
@madmagus76933 жыл бұрын
Good video. I'm similar to the first commenter. I was a WOW raider since vanilla and left just as Pandas came out, but I don't care for the way raiding is done in GW2. I didn't start playing until the second expansion, so it felt like I was having to catch up with too much. It was overwhelming in a way. I put my head down and got all the mounts, but grinding for gold to buy gems just to get the living stories was annoying. So, I felt forever behind. I had a great guild in WOW to explore content, but so far I can't find a good one here. I'm an old guy, 63, and I can't handle guilds run by 15-year olds. Just not a good fit. Bottom line, thanks for the push toward achievements. The only ones I've focused on so far have been achievements that gave me mastery points. I'll give the others a try.
@sethyoung66543 жыл бұрын
Fractals would be a great idea. Like how do fractals work? I’m a veteran player but I just never got into fractals and now I feel like I kind of missed out on the opportunity. What’s the best way to get into it? Maybe even some of the lore you find interesting from there. Maybe also a how to get into PVP in the sense of people like me need to do PVP for legendary crafting… so what’s the best way to get in, and get those legendary ingredients with some air of competency
@RoastedWalnutss3 жыл бұрын
Something I see a lot of new players struggling with is the salvage/material system I find so many people that either dont know about salvaging or have no idea what to salvage and what kit to use.
@broomemike13 жыл бұрын
Topic suggestion: Home instance completion! I know it's not for everyone, but I've really enjoyed getting all of the nodes for my home instance! There is a lot of content here. And I've never bought any of it from the gemstore.
@notJEllis3 жыл бұрын
Didn't even know this existed. Account bound nodes for each home instance?
@BobRichmond3 жыл бұрын
@@notJEllis You can get nodes from different areas of the game and they show up in your 5 home instances. All but a few of them can be used by anybody that parties with you when you enter your home instance. There is a good section on the wiki that shows all the nodes that you can get and some of them link to other pages on how to get them. wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Home_instance
@Ralic1003 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I feel a bit dumb, i have to say. I didn't really see the achievements as the quests they are. I actually am looking forward to diving into them again. :-)
@broomemike13 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there might be value in a video explaining the timeline of the side stories, expansions, and living world releases. It reminds me of the MCU. "Which movie should I watch next?" was a question I had the Google.
@speenerr3 жыл бұрын
I’ve played since launch and I have never once looked at achievements, this got me excited to have something new to work on!!!
@hk0153 жыл бұрын
Use the specific food and utility archievments for the primers, blood in the water archievment, diving mastery and the jump puzzle archievment, salvage archievment is funny and gives some good ap points, that’s what I did
@Sangria7133 жыл бұрын
Funny timing. I only just found out about the Caladbolg achievements today! After beating HoT I must have tossed out the broken version of it thinking it was just another rare taking up inventory space. There's even some humorous dialogue associated in recovering the broken Caladbolg as it turns out it's kind of an important relic that should be held on to. The reward is also quite nice for those who are in need of easy-to-get ascended gear.
@NLarsen19892 жыл бұрын
So glad I watched this. I’ve played this game off and on (mostly off) since beta and had no idea you can get gems from achievements. Really enjoying this game lately and exploring all the systems and content has been great fun - this mmo is so underrated
@vincentdt8682 жыл бұрын
Achievements are a game in the game. Sometimes I log in and find nothing to do. So I go for achievements hunting, and it brings me back to places I totally forgot or episodes from living world I enjoyed (or hated) so much.
@HurricaneRainbowOG3 жыл бұрын
Very cool, and well done. You have an excellent way of communicating information in an easy-to-grasp way.
@MrsHjort Жыл бұрын
If you're like me, and you suck at jumping puzzles (I do N O T like them, at all), simply go through them when they're on the dailies - there will be mesmers there to help you, and you'll save yourself from a lot of headaches!
@LakeMan663 жыл бұрын
I'll tell you what WP, I would really have liked to have something like this series to watch when I started playing way back in the day before living world season 1. I will be sharing it with everyone I know that is into the game or interested in getting into it! Thank you for your content, I always enjoy your insight!
@siahmanjoe Жыл бұрын
I wish they would update the you UI for achievements so that when you open the achievement panel it shows you all achievements that could be accomplished in whatever particular map/story you're in, of course hide the hidden ones still
@_Banjo_3 жыл бұрын
The Living World episodes are super rewarding atm with these new "Return" achievements. You get lots of bonus rewards just for playing the game, and it leads to Ascended weapon and stacks of Living world materials (which can go for ascended trinkets or even useful for your Legendries or skyscale). They barely ask you to go out of your way to these achievement tabs filled. They throw in a few black lion weapon skins on the way too. This week they added more achievements for Lake Doric (that is permanent), and gives you two stacks of the Jadeite shards.
@tarbaphon57993 жыл бұрын
WP you are the man, your GW content has kept me coming back to this game for years. I'm trying again to get back into GW2, because there is so much about the game I love (the art, combat, world, music, and the little PVP I've done has been really fun) but once again I'm feeling overwhelmed. My only 80 is a day 1 sylvari necro with bags full of stuff I don't understand, mismatched gear, and a few of the mounts and masteries. I just get so confused looking at my bags, the stockpile of karma and crafting mats and random bits and bobs from my on and off time with the game, I never know what to do. Help!
@joelincz83143 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the achievements and collections at time. I fondly remember the diving one. One dive was extremely difficult for me I kept dying was after a difficult jumping puzzle 😊
@ethan-b3 жыл бұрын
Hey WP, can you explain fractals? Tiers, progression, agony and the like. Thanks!
@Jerler913 жыл бұрын
This is great. I've never bothered with achievements at all. I'll definitely be putting more time in this feature
@crimsonfancy3 жыл бұрын
I thought to myself as a three-day newb in the game and checking vids tonight, "man, I like this guy's content. Very helpful."
@crimsonfancy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything and I've saved a ton of your content. Also, thank you for confirming that I've not been shadowbanned by GooTube for what I've commented on elsewhere. I feel you're a fantastic deliverer of content and your excitement is contagious. Hope you'll accept my comments in the future. 🍻
@sokikingxiv46953 жыл бұрын
I believe this is one of the best MMORPG i ever played since release in terms of questing, exploring, legendaries and pvp. But the problem is, removing the gear progression from the game unlike other games and this make me feel i dont have objective in game or chasing something. I like to farm new gears when it comes bcs this is what all RPG games made for. Fight monsters, loot them get better gear and so on. I just believe the game only missing gear progression once it have it i think more players will play than now.
@VishalMehmi3 жыл бұрын
Loved that introduction! Great series WP, these videos have been fantastic. Any tips on how to effectively use LFG system for content?
@sery88013 жыл бұрын
You go into the corresponding section and choose the right area? 🤨 I don't think there's much to explain about that, if you are advertising a group you just gotta put the name of the activity/achievment that you're doing and maybe a start time.
@R_SENAL3 жыл бұрын
I think people like me who came from a console background are just naturally used to looking for this sort of content that they can solo. The Achievement panel is my friend! And yours!! :)
@c.j.shotgunangel89053 жыл бұрын
Achievements are awesome hooked me often to the game again.
@retromastery70102 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I wish this was the norm in other MMO's... This way of doing achievement is so much more rewarding than the usual "Here's some useless brag points" method other MMO's have been using for ages now... anyways, nice video! I've been playing since 2015 and even I didn't know some of that stuff, that goes to show how IN-DEPTH this whole system is.
@Nico-lw5ol3 жыл бұрын
Hey WP, I just watched the video about Xotecha and asked myself: "What even are the mists?" I think this might be an actual topic to make a video about, I mean at least I am very certain I am not the only one not really understanding what they are. You would be the right person to clear up the mists (pun intended). Maybe this shouldn't be a new players guide video, since this has nothing to do with the gameplay, but I think that this is something many people have been asking themselves and now that I see that many in the GW2 community are aware of your videos (just came across people nodding to your Defiance Bar video), it would be amazing if this is a video that you can find time for.
@2antiokio3 жыл бұрын
For some episode would be interesting to see one explaining a bit how to use the ui, especifically the lfg tool. New players don't even know it exists, everytime i get a fresh from the garden guildy is what i fist have to be sure they know about, due to the game feeling so much isolated and dificult to do simple stuff as to even kill a world boss. They just go to an empty map and hope there are a few comanders to atract players. Also maybe talk on the surface of meta timers and that kind of stuff
@beasttamerzone3 жыл бұрын
You should've mentioned that mastery points mainly come from achievements. Also GW2Efficiency has good filters for achievements you haven't earned yet. GW2Efficiency in general should be mentioned, it's a great site for new players, especially crafting calculator.
@grimgonemissing3 жыл бұрын
Please do the fractal infusion video. I think many don't understand that with fractal potions scale with Agony Resistance. When I finally finished my Omni potion and now working towards fractal god. I learned that infusions can go up to +24 at an extreme cost, but that makes me question how much concentration, precision & toughness you can actually get when using a ton of agony resistance combined with the potions.
@Redemtor13 жыл бұрын
Even though I know all this stuff it really it sparks something in me. I am now suddenly hyped to do achievments again. After 6,5 years of playing I almost got 15k. That's not that much since I have never been a big ap hunter. Maybe i should go for some of them again. Thanks for your great content WP.
@Seer-of-Heart3 жыл бұрын
Inventory management, for some the account wide bank is strange. Also the lack of direct trading and how the TP can be easily used on the fly to clear up inventory space. In general how you dismantle gear for resources to either store or sell on the TP as a way of making money.
@heavensborne3 жыл бұрын
So much to do, so much to see
@thewrightone13jack Жыл бұрын
This helped. Thanks!
@MrPeteJahn3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree that achievements are a great way to enjoy the game. I'm at 28,366, and have a whole lot more to get. Still enjoying them all the time.
@Methillo3 жыл бұрын
Up to 15k achievement points it is fairly easy to get, and there are a few achievement that give you some quality of life items like 20-32 slots backpack or hair style kits, so it's worth to try them out... i would recommend tho that new players don't botter with expensive collections as there are better ways to get ascended weapons/armor
@GuitaristZep Жыл бұрын
I am now more overwhelmed with achievements after watching this. Thanks for the video tho
@Jonaelize3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I would even play GW2 if they hadn't achievements. That's my jam! Story Journals are my favorites as well as Side Stories
@_Banjo_3 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool you're using the Chapters thing (not sure thats the name of it) on youtube to jump to segments
@JuniperoHendricks3 жыл бұрын
Tips: using GW2Efficiency to look at hidden cheeves, wiki as well. Look up YT vid on how to get them.
@Goremize3 жыл бұрын
lol that question "I don't want to play gw2's content, so what do I do in gw2's without playing the game" Achievements!
@ForgettableAgain3 жыл бұрын
Please do the skill combos, I saw some on the tool tips but I never used them or tried understanding them, had no clue how to use em or how useful they are/can be.
@Samuirai3 жыл бұрын
In the EoD stream they mentioned you can earn a precursor token by playing the living story achievements? Could you make a guide on what to do as a returning player before EoD?
@CollateralDamage903 жыл бұрын
I am hopeful that you will do some Fractal coverage
@ranfaingersh78173 жыл бұрын
I can listen to you talk about the game for hours. I really think you can start a podcast. With guests maybe devs, friends of yours pvp players casual players, beginners. And just talk about staff not always about the game it self. To ask people what the game mean to them. Of course you could always talk about lore I think it will be awesome.
@MelonRoulette3 жыл бұрын
Achievements hunting is pretty fun for me. I didn't even realize it until I start crafting legendary trinkets which require you to do a lot of achievements (ya u can get some of it from wvw but that's not my style.) but even that some achievement is far from my reach like Bjora march achievements. It's the only map/story I haven't completed the achievements. Like I don't wanna do hundreds of the same strikes u know? lol
@leodriscoll2929 Жыл бұрын
This is something that should be considered when playing breath of fire because you have to spend a ton of time there trying to get mastery xp for mounts, might as well get achievements at the same time.
@MrLuckymica3 жыл бұрын
Just hit 40k AP 2 weeks ago, and i still have a lot to do, most of the ones i miss are collections and bl weapons, and some can be grindy. still there is content for me, even after 10k hours. drive for me is that i always chose 1 or 2 things to focus on. Envoy herald, fractal god are just some long term "achievements" i finished recently. DO NOT RUSH these! you will get burnt out! :D WvW achievements are also cool as long as you enjoy wvw. my recommendation is to find wvw guild that has scheduled guild raids. that way you progress all the time while having tons of fun :) same goes for pvp, chose class you like and go for that champion title.
@cattysplat3 жыл бұрын
The unfortunate truth is many gamers went through an oversaturation of chasing achievements when they were introduced to gaming in the mid-late 2000s. Many of us got incredibly burnt out chasing every achievement possible, some being incredibly time consuming grinds, since they were a new exciting metagame that tied into cooperating and competing against friends. Eventually though we realised that the rewards were worthless that nobody really cares about, you burn out trying to do them all with many taking away from the fun of games and most have written off anything with the name "achievement" altogether. The problem is Guild Wars 2 achievements are far more important, rewarding and creatively entertaining than just the mindless grinds and distractions of traditional achievements, but players ignore it immediately since "achievements" are always seen as optional or worse, a waste of time. Even something as simple as changing it's name would have a huge change in how players perceive them. Maybe "Adventures", "Accomplishments", "Advancement" or "Goals", anything to shake that boring association people have with achievements.
@paralysissucks1142 Жыл бұрын
WP!!!! ‼‼‼‼WP Look at the closed captioning!!! It might NOT be for this audio track!!!
@DemethVLK3 жыл бұрын
This is fundamental, I always got bored before realizing achievments are what leads you to content
@jasoncarlson56843 жыл бұрын
i bet that the amount of commited players would greatly increase if they would make a dedcated quest log and also integrate them moreso into the game with a new item: A Wayfinder and skill like what their doing with fishing.
@Mecanotech2 жыл бұрын
This game has sooooo much of meaningful things to do. It is a true mmorpg.
@comrade_raptor2 жыл бұрын
this video should literally just be on the main page of GW2's website
@relentlessnights42113 жыл бұрын
As a GW2 player I’m curious what it would take to complete GW1 and get all the associated GW2 achievements and rewards ?
@Belledelatour3 жыл бұрын
Please by all that's holy explain the fractal gear grind. Every time I think I understand it I find out there's a different way to get new infusion slots, or a different type of infusion, and I'm just trying to keep up with my very excited veteran friends.
@relentlessnights42113 жыл бұрын
Ok I’ve got a question!! How would you rank the classes from fav to least fav ? I recently have have been pondering on this myself, trying to be objective using criteria such as class mechanics, specialization and weapon diversity. So what criteria would you use and how would you rank the classes?
@Shadamehr1003 жыл бұрын
While I was gearing out my main and my alts in end level gear I had a huge incentive to do achievements but once I achieved that any incentive I had went out the window.
@nmace123 жыл бұрын
IMO, the biggest mistake GW2 evermade was naming achievements, achievements. If they were Quests and they gave you Quest points instead, so many more people would invest in them. I have many friends who quite saying they "completed' them game because they did all the quest and finished all the stories, And if there was more quests for them to complete they would come back. And when I try to explain to them achievements, they always say " i don't care about achievements those are just for hardcore grinders." though sad, Perception is huge and most people cant look at a system then critically think about it, they read the name then decided if they will invest or not.
@cattysplat3 жыл бұрын
This exactly. People have burned out grinding achievements on Xbox, Playstation and in WoW years ago. They ignore them in every game now since they assume they are the same vapid grinds that give worthless rewards. Change the name and how they are presented will do wonders for new players looking for things to do at 80.
@Naomi-nl4or3 жыл бұрын
I have a question- I chose Ranger as my first character and absolutely loved it, up until I had to elite specialize (I ended up not at all liking Druid, and don't own path of fire yet). I've tried making new characters, but can't seem to adjust to any playstyle other than Ranger. Is there anything I can do?
@agustinmarcano40533 жыл бұрын
Keep playing core ranger if you like it. Druid isnt my jam either, I played it a little in WvW and a lot in PvP during HoT exp. But for pve and for dps I returned to core ranger until I got PoF and fell in love with soulbeast. In any case core ranger can be fun cuz give you opportunities to try different builds and pets and fun weapons. I used to play longbow/greatsword but switched that bow for axes, I love the dual axes.
@Bumontes3 жыл бұрын
I realize this doesn't help the question that WP is addressing, but it again reminds me how glad i am to be a RP focused player. Guildwars2 provides so much for us, and due to my focus i never run out of content to pursue, such as rare skins. As for the achievement system, i have always found it very rewarding. I found completing my Skyscale collections very satisfying by the end.
@Aalii63 жыл бұрын
so that's where all the content is hiding, thank you!
@Limp_Bizkiteer2 жыл бұрын
I've been playing since launch and just hit 8k achievement points maybe 2 weeks ago.
@Shaijn8152 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't masteries also be a very rewarding and fun thing to work on while working on achievements, collections and side stories?
@iTzUnreaal3 жыл бұрын
It never really occurred to me that there isn't really traditional quests in gw2 like gw1, I'm a big fan of achievement hunting
@Wus3l2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video 👍👍👍👍
@russellbagnall55773 жыл бұрын
speaking of AP just hit 21,000 today :o
@williamhawkins5423 жыл бұрын
Do you want to refresh your video on getting to the stat cap?
@andrasmeszaros23963 жыл бұрын
You meantion around 7:50 that at 10k AP it's a bigger chest with more gems. For me it's the same amount as the 5k one. Can you clarify this a bit?