Probably the biggest thing for players and myself are the large World Boss events that are on continuous scheduled event timers. The zones are segregated and instanced open world zones that are very large and allow for plenty of exploration. Open WorldĪnother major strong point of Guild Wars 2 is its open world and level design. The combat animations are excellent, high impact and visually impressive enough to catch my attention. The tab targeting is probably in the 6-7.5 zone. It is however solid and I'd put it somewhere in the 7.5-8 zone. Is this on the level of Black Desert Online in terms of action combat flashiness? The combat skills and moves are fairly fluid and fast paced, with little or no clunkiness. Yes you can tab target however most abilities just require you to aim and it'll blast or hit the target your targeting dot is pointed at. Guild Wars 2 probably has the best action-tab targeting hybrid combat system in the MMO market that I know of. There's never a need to grind the latest and greatest. So unlike games like Final Fantasy Online, Destiny 2 or WoW, you could literally take a break from this game for months and still come back to enjoy any new content just fine.
You only needed ascended (purple, the highest) if you run game modes like fractals. You never have to worry about having to grind out that gear at a higher level ever.Īlso exotic gear (orange) is all you need to enjoy the game mostly. This is similar to Elder Scrolls Online or vice versa. Once you get max level gear (level 80), that's it you're set.
#Guild wars 2 free to play limitations plus#
Probably another big plus for this game is that it's very casual friendly when it comes to gear. If you're a new player you don't have to worry you'll have a lot of story to go through, of course much of the best story is locked behind the paid expansions (which you can wait to get on sale during holidays) of Path of Fire and Heart of Thorns. Now with the next expansion and End of Dragons coming out, moving towards Cantha (an Asian themed continent) from Guild Wars 1, they'll be focusing less on story while they work on the expansion. There are characters you'll get invested in like Rytlocke the First Revenant or Taimi the Engineer or Aurene the Dragon that you raise.Įver since ArenaNet had its "downsizing" some years back, they've focused all their resources on the Living World story to the exclusion of all else (see "The Bad").
It is however a good or above average story that I'd rate like I don't know 7.5 or 8 out of 10. Probably not on par in my opinion and based on what others have described. Is it as amazing as Final Fantasy 14 (i.e. It's also known for its Living World story line. What Guild Wars 2 is likely best known for is its heart tugging story of both joy and tragedies that happens to you the main character and his allies/friends. Is it going to be alive and kicking into 2022? The question for the fence sitters, the new players and perhaps the players who want to return is whether this game is worth playing 2021? I've spent around 1714 hours over the last 2-3 years on this game and I can tell you that among the "free to play" fantasy MMOs on the market, Guild Wars 2 definitely ranks among if not at the top for now.