Small mistake in the video at around 2:00, you can not buy expansions for Gems (only upgrade to Deluxe Editions). You need to buy expansions with real money.
I agree. The experience I used to have when exploring Tyria by foot had it's charm and sometimes I miss that because I more often remembered to slow down and take in the views. Mounts make me feel as if I'm always in a rush to get somewhere. However, the mounts also add SO much to the game, that I don't think I'd want to go back to when we didn't have them at all.
Not sure if this is unique to GW2, but I like the Gathering system because you don't have to fight other people for nodes. And the gathering tools that you can also tweek for extra items.
Great video! Perfect for recruiting ppl. XD Just let me add one correction about the Black Lion Shop, you cannot buy expansions from there, just expansion "upgrades" and Living world. The expansions themselves are only avaliable through direct purchase with real world money.
I would also add how easy it is to play PvP. You don't need separate PvP gear or grind for a PvE one. Everyone has access to the same items to build their character from the Equipment tab. You can queue for a match from anywhere. It has a practical lobby/map to test your build and it is easy to travel to it and back from anywhere through the PvP window. You can get PvE loot from the PvP reward tracks, which they also give Tomes of Knowledge to level up your character. You can make legendary armor from PvP too. And in my opinion the 5v5 Conquest mode is the best for PvP.
How come you don't talk about one of the best features in this game? The freedom the game gives you, Gw2 is the only mmorpg that let's you do what you want when you want, you don't have to raid, do dungeons or pvp, or even lvl up, I have 2 characters of every single class and I only lvled 1
Been a heavy player for 11 years and one thing you didn't mention was how friendly the community is. Players often boast about it in forums and social media about how the community loves to help and there is very little toxicity (though granted a lil more in PvP). Truly an amazing game and no guilt in trying it out since base game is free.
I guess it's not on the list because FF14 is also known for it's amazing community. While the ones he listed are objective, one's experience with the community is subjective. Therefore, it's community can't truly be deemed "better" than the other 3 games'. As someone who has played both GW2 & FF14, I can honestly say both communities are great, but both have their share of negative/trolling players. GW2 is worse when it comes to PvP, and sometimes trying to get into a party for high end content. FF14 is worse for using party finder and getting stuck with a veteran TANK who rushes through a dungeon and a gets annoyed at the newer players. But of course, while this happens in both, these moments aren't often and 95% of the experience is positive in both.
Your definitely correct, the community is amazing. There are some other games out there that also have smaller, tight-nit communities also though, so it's somewhat subjective
The thing about the Quest-structure is that it only creates a bad illusion that the world is living since in practicality the world is dead unless there's a player around to activate it. That events just happens if there are no players around to complete creating a good illusion that makes it much easier to apply a suspicion of disbelief.
It's a living-dead game with Nostalgia to keep it afloat with the big whales who Ecto Gamble... I have much more fun on Guild Wars Prophecies/Factions/Nightfall/EotN....
@@Nimoot Seems that someone got big mad about me explaining the outcomes of the phenomena that they decided to ramble something completely unrelated that sounds like it could be related to what I said if they squint.
APB all points bulletin the vector art system. Could do your open world car up with almost like a photoshop system. Fully tattoo game was great also shame it got launched to quick
You cannot buy the expansion with gems so neither with gold, what you can get with gems is an upgraded version of it, let’s say you bought the standard edition of a given expac you can spend gems to get the extra goodies like the dragon skiff in eod case. Expansions secure some real income for the studio so they can’t realistically give away them expansions for gameplay currency.
There is a lot to add I feel but we can all agree that GW2 is the best MMO on the market rn and people dont even know! But yeah, you can play anything you want :P
One thing that you should have spent more time explaining is the mastery system. Other games do not have such a system(to my knowledge), so only lightly mentioning it is understating how important it is for numerous reasons. Not to mention that every expansion has its own mastery system, so that you cannot learn Raven Attunement mastery in Secrets of the Obscure maps, or Skyscale mount mastery in Heart of Thorns maps. That means that your character/s need/s to go to specific map sets to train specific masteries that they want(or need) to have. And each expansion brings its own charm to the game, making people *want* to stay and continue playing. The only downside to the mastery system are the mastery points that you need to get to unlock those masteries. It's an understatement when I say that getting those points is infuriating for me, because a lot of points can only be gained through specific achievements, some of which are exhaustingly difficult to get, or take a long time(and a lot of work) to complete.
I think gw2 is better than others mmo's in various aspects, but is not perfect. I mostly play PvP and WvW and it's clear how "abandoned" these modes are tough the potecial they have.
He has unidentified gear in his bag. I think he was just avoiding accidentally salvaging them (without identifying first!) with "Salvage All". I do the same thing from time to time. haha
I'd say ESO actually has better buildcrafting than GW2 as class specific skills only make up about 1/4 of the total skills you can aquire not to mention the absolute massive variety of gear sets you can get in ESO leading to much more build diversity.
I am a former wow player and new to gw2. I played only Open World quests and stories here, so here are my comments. 7. I really like the fact that I paid for all expansions once and I can play without the urge to "use my purchased time". However, the monetization is pretty well designed from business point of view. The more you play, the more you want to purchase to make your gameplay more convenient (bag slots, additional storage space, more slots for your characters). So basically sooner or later you will want to purchase more from the shop. 6. I love it. Usually I don't have to look for a party, you see an event, you join it and you are having fun. However with larger events it is way more chaotic and less organised comparing to WoW. I also miss the holy trinity setup. I was so disappointed that my Warrior is not supposed to be a tank in this game and Ranger is doing better in that scenario which is weird :p 5. Skills based on the weapons you use is pretty cool, however comparing to WoW it is more limited :) In WoW you always have full range of skills you want to use while here it depends on your weapon and professions. Both are cool approaches in my opinion. It is very fun to try out new wepoans and see what skills they will bring your toolkit. 4. I like that in gw2 you are more in control of mechanics. You are responsible whether you will be hit by a skill or not. You can dodge attacks which is cool, but I am still missing some passive statistics like chance to block, parry, miss, increased hit chance. Stats in Gw2 are very very straightforward, there is no complex mechanic behind it. 3. Mounts are great and the fact that they are account bound. Mounts masteries is the first goal I am trying to achieve because I like to explore gw2 world. 2. Horizontal progression is still weird to me but at least game is less gear dependent from what I understand. What surprised me is that after using boost to 80 I got full Exotic gear and from what I hear from tutorials this is pretty good end-game gear already. Mastery Points is something what surprised me the most, it's great way to develop your character in different directions. 1. Agree, no doubts here but I wish it was less chaotic :D There is so much happening that you can't see a .... It s difficult for me to track what's happening, control buffs and debuffs (conditions). Thank you for your video, good content.
Great comments! Thanks for the well thought out remarks! I also miss the holy trinity. I've always been a tank main and coming to GW2 was definitely weird in that regard. Being a long-time WoW player, you might have a tough time with the lack of vertical progression. It does take a little to get used to. But once you get into the rhythm of the game, there are a lot of fun things to do, and challenges to conquer 💪
Horizontal progression is best for people who like to constantly play at the highest level and constantly train to be better at what you do in the game. For example, speedruns in instance content or getting better at pvp or just solo hard open world enemies. In this case, the game does not artificially block your progress like in other games where you have to raise the level of your character or the level of the items you use, you decide for yourself how much time you want to devote to learning and whether you want to play at a higher level because being better is optional, something you have to decide for yourself, the game doesn't require it
Gw2 is good, but its zero hype compared to WoW or FF14 for a reason. The very first thing mentioned in the video is price. Game is criminally cheap, which at first glance comes as advantage. However, this is game's biggest enemy. The studio running gw2 have been struggling for 10 years to find proper release cadence. At this point the only live supported content is open world pve and story. Dungeons are dead. Raids/Strikes are dead. Pvp is dead. People playing gw2 call it "second monitor mmo" because how light the game feels. Everything is paced as short span daily activities. So yeah, if you are aware of these and look for mmo light experience, gw2 is perfect for you. If you are looking for some hardcore progression or competitive scene, dont bother.
No.7 I'd agree that gw2 isn't pay to win but by focusing on how you can buy gems with gold, you are skipping over the fact that the opposite is also true. You can swipe your card to buy gems to exchange for gold. Gold can get you some of the best gear in the game (Gen 1 legendaries, all the mats required to level crafting and craft ascended gear, agony resistance infusions, etc). So swiping will still bypass one of the big pillars of endgame, which is legendary/ascended gear grinding. Also, gold can be used to pay for boosts through HT CM and such content. I still see guilds selling boosts all the time so there must be buyers. So, theoretically you could gear a fresh 80 with the best items in the game without even leaving lion's arch by paying real money. The game isn't pay to win because you can't swipe for the best things in game. It's not pay to win because there's no singular definition of winning. And that's why gw2 is great.
This is true, but is not convinent. The gems to gold exchange is more higher than gold to gems, also, is a "whale" appears the exchange "gold to gems" reduce for the rest of players.
@@CharrREDR Buying Twilight off the TP through swiping your card for gold is way more convenient and less time consuming than farming up all the mats, doing map completion, doing WvW etc etc. The high cost is hardly an argument given the prevalence of games like Genshin or Lost Ark where you get much less for your money. Yet people still pay hundreds or thousands, if not more, in those games.
I mean sure you can do that, but you can also get ascended gear from fractals. strikes, WvW and PvP , infact you can also get ascended gear both weapon and gear from the Wizards Vault. Ascended gear have the exact same stats as Legendary gear. So yeah sure you can use real money, or you can also not do that and just play the game and get all the gear for free. And if you have the latest expac you can also pick on legendary precursor from the same vault and make it and it is a lot cheaper. As for boost for CM what are you talking about? They raid selling and CM selling sure but how is that boost. And just to be perfectly clear here. You can raid with exotic gear. Hell you can even raid with blue gear if you are one of the better players. It is meant to be easy to accepss raids and strikes, it is the whole point with GW2 that people can plck and choose what ever they want without having to run the gear treatmill.
So monetization is best but you have to buy game, expansions, bag slots, bank slots and can just buy gold for money. Weapons are bad if you like certain type if weapons in game, but are forced to play something else. Also new player experience is really shitty, 79 levels that are quite boring, also people say:"just get to 80 and you will start the real game!" Nope, you need to still farm mastery points, because core classes are just bad. This game have a lot of downsides, but tbh its still a good game.
You lie about the game not being pay to win. You can buy gold so by definition it's pay to win. You will always be further and better in terms of account upgrades and swag if you buy gold. Also, this game is not free to play. GW2 unplayable without buying freaking salvage o matic and a ton of storage space from the gem store.
I adore GW2, but please stop patting yourself on the shoulder and saying "does better". If GW2 was that good, wouldn't be on 14 place as most played MMO. GW2 always been middle ground MMO, and the only thing does better is the mount system, and that's about it. The rest is quite relative. I get it, there's always those white knights defending the game no matter what, but being this delusional while statistics says otherwise is bordeline stupid. Also you definitely haven't played a lot of MMO's if you find those 7 that "good". 10/10 for the video tho. Well done.
Good input imo. I'd say you may be selling the game a little short saying all it does better is the mount system though. The dynamic world events and alt friendly nature are pretty dang top tier. Regardless, I think making over the top claims like this video does helps it do well on the platform, and I'm sure that's a big part of why it's so biased. (Also ArenaNet doesn't release player count so it's hard to estimate off of steam numbers, most folks play on original launcher)
@@putridplatypus8736 Well that, and the constant nerfs of most classes which forces ppl to play something else, and that you have to buy new bag slots and what not crap, which I find very dirty play of their part, and they do this intentionally. But hey, if ppl are happy, who I am to say otherwise.
@nexeus7302 Thats a good callout. "Pay for convenience" when it comes to how bloated the items system is pretty much forces you to get more bank/bag slots. I'm sure they know it as well. The nerfs/buffs can definitely be overdone at times too XD. Feel that.
Thanks for the comment! I wasn't making the case that GW2 is the best MMO overall, only that is does some things really well, and those things, I argue are better than other games in the genre. Such as Mounts, large scale, open world events etc..
There is no way though to know that gw2 is on 14th place, these websites that claim playercount are most of the times just guessing at least for gw2 since arenanet never publishes active playercount. I think gw2 is in the top 5 most played mmo's right now with wow on 1st place and FFXIV 2nd for sure.
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Small mistake in the video at around 2:00, you can not buy expansions for Gems (only upgrade to Deluxe Editions). You need to buy expansions with real money.
This ^
I also think you need to buy at least one expansion to be able to buy gems with gold
You are right, I stand corrected!
9:06 - Skimmer is also an Underwater mount, not just an overwater mount! :)
Very true!
Ah man I remember the non mount days. It felt like more of an adventure, but mounts are so good I don't even care lol
The mounts just adds to the adventure. You can explore even more with them.
I agree. The experience I used to have when exploring Tyria by foot had it's charm and sometimes I miss that because I more often remembered to slow down and take in the views. Mounts make me feel as if I'm always in a rush to get somewhere. However, the mounts also add SO much to the game, that I don't think I'd want to go back to when we didn't have them at all.
i've seen in old vids wvw w/out mounts and gliders, darn, those player are hardcore o7
Not sure if this is unique to GW2, but I like the Gathering system because you don't have to fight other people for nodes. And the gathering tools that you can also tweek for extra items.
You're right, I love this aspect also
Great video! Perfect for recruiting ppl. XD
Just let me add one correction about the Black Lion Shop, you cannot buy expansions from there, just expansion "upgrades" and Living world. The expansions themselves are only avaliable through direct purchase with real world money.
You're right, I stand corrected
I would also add how easy it is to play PvP.
You don't need separate PvP gear or grind for a PvE one.
Everyone has access to the same items to build their character from the Equipment tab.
You can queue for a match from anywhere.
It has a practical lobby/map to test your build and it is easy to travel to it and back from anywhere through the PvP window.
You can get PvE loot from the PvP reward tracks, which they also give Tomes of Knowledge to level up your character.
You can make legendary armor from PvP too.
And in my opinion the 5v5 Conquest mode is the best for PvP.
Great point 👍
Most Importantly: "Respects your time"
Very true!
How come you don't talk about one of the best features in this game? The freedom the game gives you, Gw2 is the only mmorpg that let's you do what you want when you want, you don't have to raid, do dungeons or pvp, or even lvl up, I have 2 characters of every single class and I only lvled 1
Been playing GW2 for a few years. I'd started a bit after Heart of Thorns was released. I've tried playing other games, but I always come back to GW2.
Another great vid Jrocks, but you cannot buy the xpacs with gems you can only update to the deluxe editions.
You're right!
Been a heavy player for 11 years and one thing you didn't mention was how friendly the community is. Players often boast about it in forums and social media about how the community loves to help and there is very little toxicity (though granted a lil more in PvP).
Truly an amazing game and no guilt in trying it out since base game is free.
I guess it's not on the list because FF14 is also known for it's amazing community. While the ones he listed are objective, one's experience with the community is subjective. Therefore, it's community can't truly be deemed "better" than the other 3 games'.
As someone who has played both GW2 & FF14, I can honestly say both communities are great, but both have their share of negative/trolling players. GW2 is worse when it comes to PvP, and sometimes trying to get into a party for high end content. FF14 is worse for using party finder and getting stuck with a veteran TANK who rushes through a dungeon and a gets annoyed at the newer players. But of course, while this happens in both, these moments aren't often and 95% of the experience is positive in both.
Meh, it's less than a WoW maybe. But the more challenging PvE content is filled with toxic players.
Your definitely correct, the community is amazing. There are some other games out there that also have smaller, tight-nit communities also though, so it's somewhat subjective
Very good dive into the GW2 grats!
Thanks!
Great video!!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Great vid!! Really informative!
Thanks Yui!
Good work!
Thanks!
What's the music? 6:40
The thing about the Quest-structure is that it only creates a bad illusion that the world is living since in practicality the world is dead unless there's a player around to activate it.
That events just happens if there are no players around to complete creating a good illusion that makes it much easier to apply a suspicion of disbelief.
It's a living-dead game with Nostalgia to keep it afloat with the big whales who Ecto Gamble... I have much more fun on Guild Wars Prophecies/Factions/Nightfall/EotN....
@@Nimoot Seems that someone got big mad about me explaining the outcomes of the phenomena that they decided to ramble something completely unrelated that sounds like it could be related to what I said if they squint.
APB all points bulletin the vector art system. Could do your open world car up with almost like a photoshop system. Fully tattoo game was great also shame it got launched to quick
I'd argue gw2 also does PvP better than most MMOs, at least the wvw.
Good point, the WvW is phenomenal 👏
You cannot buy the expansion with gems so neither with gold, what you can get with gems is an upgraded version of it, let’s say you bought the standard edition of a given expac you can spend gems to get the extra goodies like the dragon skiff in eod case. Expansions secure some real income for the studio so they can’t realistically give away them expansions for gameplay currency.
was about to write this! exactly, base expansions are the only thing not on the Gem Store! 😊
You're right, I stand corrected!
glad this vid was made
Thanks! 😊
Also jumping puzzles
True!
Funny how people still complain how expensive it is to buy the living stories too, not understanding how much content they will be getting.
Graphics could be better, I really hope they do this. I dont want to wait till guild wars 3 for better graphics just to have to start over again.
There is a lot to add I feel but we can all agree that GW2 is the best MMO on the market rn and people dont even know! But yeah, you can play anything you want :P
One thing that you should have spent more time explaining is the mastery system. Other games do not have such a system(to my knowledge), so only lightly mentioning it is understating how important it is for numerous reasons. Not to mention that every expansion has its own mastery system, so that you cannot learn Raven Attunement mastery in Secrets of the Obscure maps, or Skyscale mount mastery in Heart of Thorns maps. That means that your character/s need/s to go to specific map sets to train specific masteries that they want(or need) to have. And each expansion brings its own charm to the game, making people *want* to stay and continue playing.
The only downside to the mastery system are the mastery points that you need to get to unlock those masteries. It's an understatement when I say that getting those points is infuriating for me, because a lot of points can only be gained through specific achievements, some of which are exhaustingly difficult to get, or take a long time(and a lot of work) to complete.
I think gw2 is better than others mmo's in various aspects, but is not perfect. I mostly play PvP and WvW and it's clear how "abandoned" these modes are tough the potecial they have.
I agree. It's a good solid game that's really good at certain things, such massive, large-scale events, etc..
ESO is best at having a Cash Shop that players hate but they double down on.
Lol! 😆
great video!
Thanks!
Can anyone sum up the 7 things?
Do you really salvage items one by one??
He has unidentified gear in his bag. I think he was just avoiding accidentally salvaging them (without identifying first!) with "Salvage All". I do the same thing from time to time. haha
I'd say ESO actually has better buildcrafting than GW2 as class specific skills only make up about 1/4 of the total skills you can aquire not to mention the absolute massive variety of gear sets you can get in ESO leading to much more build diversity.
Yea, but viability and balance issues in ESO lead to a much more stagnant and much less diverse meta :/
@@Woryen a meta that is irrelevant in 99% of content and only matters in vet trials and pvp
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I am a former wow player and new to gw2. I played only Open World quests and stories here, so here are my comments.
7. I really like the fact that I paid for all expansions once and I can play without the urge to "use my purchased time". However, the monetization is pretty well designed from business point of view. The more you play, the more you want to purchase to make your gameplay more convenient (bag slots, additional storage space, more slots for your characters). So basically sooner or later you will want to purchase more from the shop.
6. I love it. Usually I don't have to look for a party, you see an event, you join it and you are having fun. However with larger events it is way more chaotic and less organised comparing to WoW. I also miss the holy trinity setup. I was so disappointed that my Warrior is not supposed to be a tank in this game and Ranger is doing better in that scenario which is weird :p
5. Skills based on the weapons you use is pretty cool, however comparing to WoW it is more limited :) In WoW you always have full range of skills you want to use while here it depends on your weapon and professions. Both are cool approaches in my opinion. It is very fun to try out new wepoans and see what skills they will bring your toolkit.
4. I like that in gw2 you are more in control of mechanics. You are responsible whether you will be hit by a skill or not. You can dodge attacks which is cool, but I am still missing some passive statistics like chance to block, parry, miss, increased hit chance. Stats in Gw2 are very very straightforward, there is no complex mechanic behind it.
3. Mounts are great and the fact that they are account bound. Mounts masteries is the first goal I am trying to achieve because I like to explore gw2 world.
2. Horizontal progression is still weird to me but at least game is less gear dependent from what I understand. What surprised me is that after using boost to 80 I got full Exotic gear and from what I hear from tutorials this is pretty good end-game gear already. Mastery Points is something what surprised me the most, it's great way to develop your character in different directions.
1. Agree, no doubts here but I wish it was less chaotic :D There is so much happening that you can't see a .... It s difficult for me to track what's happening, control buffs and debuffs (conditions).
Thank you for your video, good content.
Great comments! Thanks for the well thought out remarks! I also miss the holy trinity. I've always been a tank main and coming to GW2 was definitely weird in that regard.
Being a long-time WoW player, you might have a tough time with the lack of vertical progression. It
does take a little to get used to. But once you get into the rhythm of the game, there are a lot of fun things to do, and challenges to conquer 💪
Horizontal progression is best for people who like to constantly play at the highest level and constantly train to be better at what you do in the game.
For example, speedruns in instance content or getting better at pvp or just solo hard open world enemies.
In this case, the game does not artificially block your progress like in other games where you have to raise the level of your character or the level of the items you use, you decide for yourself how much time you want to devote to learning and whether you want to play at a higher level because being better is optional, something you have to decide for yourself, the game doesn't require it
The Better game actually
Gw2 is good, but its zero hype compared to WoW or FF14 for a reason. The very first thing mentioned in the video is price. Game is criminally cheap, which at first glance comes as advantage. However, this is game's biggest enemy. The studio running gw2 have been struggling for 10 years to find proper release cadence. At this point the only live supported content is open world pve and story. Dungeons are dead. Raids/Strikes are dead. Pvp is dead. People playing gw2 call it "second monitor mmo" because how light the game feels. Everything is paced as short span daily activities.
So yeah, if you are aware of these and look for mmo light experience, gw2 is perfect for you.
If you are looking for some hardcore progression or competitive scene, dont bother.
AOU recrute!
No.7 I'd agree that gw2 isn't pay to win but by focusing on how you can buy gems with gold, you are skipping over the fact that the opposite is also true. You can swipe your card to buy gems to exchange for gold. Gold can get you some of the best gear in the game (Gen 1 legendaries, all the mats required to level crafting and craft ascended gear, agony resistance infusions, etc). So swiping will still bypass one of the big pillars of endgame, which is legendary/ascended gear grinding. Also, gold can be used to pay for boosts through HT CM and such content. I still see guilds selling boosts all the time so there must be buyers. So, theoretically you could gear a fresh 80 with the best items in the game without even leaving lion's arch by paying real money. The game isn't pay to win because you can't swipe for the best things in game. It's not pay to win because there's no singular definition of winning. And that's why gw2 is great.
This is true, but is not convinent. The gems to gold exchange is more higher than gold to gems, also, is a "whale" appears the exchange "gold to gems" reduce for the rest of players.
@@CharrREDR Buying Twilight off the TP through swiping your card for gold is way more convenient and less time consuming than farming up all the mats, doing map completion, doing WvW etc etc. The high cost is hardly an argument given the prevalence of games like Genshin or Lost Ark where you get much less for your money. Yet people still pay hundreds or thousands, if not more, in those games.
I mean sure you can do that, but you can also get ascended gear from fractals. strikes, WvW and PvP , infact you can also get ascended gear both weapon and gear from the Wizards Vault. Ascended gear have the exact same stats as Legendary gear. So yeah sure you can use real money, or you can also not do that and just play the game and get all the gear for free. And if you have the latest expac you can also pick on legendary precursor from the same vault and make it and it is a lot cheaper.
As for boost for CM what are you talking about? They raid selling and CM selling sure but how is that boost. And just to be perfectly clear here. You can raid with exotic gear. Hell you can even raid with blue gear if you are one of the better players. It is meant to be easy to accepss raids and strikes, it is the whole point with GW2 that people can plck and choose what ever they want without having to run the gear treatmill.
One of them is SUCK. Considering the game is filled with cash shop bullshit, the art style/direction is non-existent now...
May favorite mmo game gw2
So monetization is best but you have to buy game, expansions, bag slots, bank slots and can just buy gold for money.
Weapons are bad if you like certain type if weapons in game, but are forced to play something else.
Also new player experience is really shitty, 79 levels that are quite boring, also people say:"just get to 80 and you will start the real game!" Nope, you need to still farm mastery points, because core classes are just bad.
This game have a lot of downsides, but tbh its still a good game.
You lie about the game not being pay to win. You can buy gold so by definition it's pay to win. You will always be further and better in terms of account upgrades and swag if you buy gold.
Also, this game is not free to play. GW2 unplayable without buying freaking salvage o matic and a ton of storage space from the gem store.
8. Pander to nerds like you
I adore GW2, but please stop patting yourself on the shoulder and saying "does better". If GW2 was that good, wouldn't be on 14 place as most played MMO. GW2 always been middle ground MMO, and the only thing does better is the mount system, and that's about it. The rest is quite relative. I get it, there's always those white knights defending the game no matter what, but being this delusional while statistics says otherwise is bordeline stupid. Also you definitely haven't played a lot of MMO's if you find those 7 that "good". 10/10 for the video tho. Well done.
Good input imo. I'd say you may be selling the game a little short saying all it does better is the mount system though. The dynamic world events and alt friendly nature are pretty dang top tier. Regardless, I think making over the top claims like this video does helps it do well on the platform, and I'm sure that's a big part of why it's so biased. (Also ArenaNet doesn't release player count so it's hard to estimate off of steam numbers, most folks play on original launcher)
@@putridplatypus8736 Well that, and the constant nerfs of most classes which forces ppl to play something else, and that you have to buy new bag slots and what not crap, which I find very dirty play of their part, and they do this intentionally. But hey, if ppl are happy, who I am to say otherwise.
@nexeus7302 Thats a good callout. "Pay for convenience" when it comes to how bloated the items system is pretty much forces you to get more bank/bag slots. I'm sure they know it as well. The nerfs/buffs can definitely be overdone at times too XD. Feel that.
Thanks for the comment! I wasn't making the case that GW2 is the best MMO overall, only that is does some things really well, and those things, I argue are better than other games in the genre. Such as Mounts, large scale, open world events etc..
There is no way though to know that gw2 is on 14th place, these websites that claim playercount are most of the times just guessing at least for gw2 since arenanet never publishes active playercount. I think gw2 is in the top 5 most played mmo's right now with wow on 1st place and FFXIV 2nd for sure.