Thanks m8. (: I am going to be a legendary piece grinder for sure. 😂 I love hard grinds and epic transmog.

Thanks for the tips. (: I love a grind, so I am going to try get grinding some legendary gear asap.

@@NewbWorld Keep in mind that the Legendary grind takes a long, long time for each item. My advice is to take it slow, chip away a little at a time and find out what you need before you actually need it as you can start collecting/doing a lot of things prior to making the Legendary item. For example, the Legendary Ring Aurora requires the completion of an achievement that's time-gated to take 16 days. You can do it before you make Aurora though making that time-gate null and void.

Thanks m8. (: It's been a blast checking out your game. I want those flying mounts. :P

about 15 years ago you mean lolol

I had that happen as well but it was resolved very quickly.

😂 Man, that's hella unlucky. This does feel like the kind of game that would be awesome with a friend though. Hopefully he get's the issue resolved fast.

Waiting for him to get on today to find out. Got my wings last night :)

@@wessredd7237 Nice, that'll be a shame if he can't get them as well.

@@NewbWorld In addition to the xpacs, to get the full story you also need the Living World seasons. All Legendaries, save for the Envoy Armor and the Aurene g3 weapons are locked behind a Living World season. For example, all the g1 Legendary Weapons require access to LW s2 since you'll need two account-bound currencies that can only be gotten there.

Thanks m8, yea, I am thinking about maybe putting 10 hours into BDO, ESO, GW2 (done), and Classic WoW (since I never played WoW), and then decide which game I want to stick with, so I make the right choice. The action combat was a massive plus though, I don't really know how I will do with a tab target game, it's been so long. 😂

@@NewbWorld Ten hours isn’t enough time to make a good decision, but if you really hate the game after ten hours, you probably won’t change your opinion after thirty hours. Just know that GW2 gets so much better after the base game, and the first two expansions plus the Living World seasons 3 and 4, are the best part of the game. Edit: I made the comment above before I finished watching the video. I can see that you are hooked now and you will be playing GW2 for many more months, if not many years to come. For me, it’s the best game available even though it has a few faults and I wish it was more popular, so the studio could hire more developers and create more content at a faster pace. There’s nothing like that feeling you have when you accidentally find your first world boss fight, just by walking over a hill. Specially if you didn’t know before hand that such fights were a thing in the game. I hope that you didn’t do too much research into the game, so there are still hundreds of surprises for you to find on your own.

@@traveling.down.the.road56 Yea, for me, the 10 hours thing is just more to get a feeling of which games still had me feeling like I want more after 10 hours, and then with some research, which end game will suit my play style the most. I want to find a game to sink thousands of hours into, and I want to make sure it's the best possible option. I also like documenting it as well, so I can get a feel for the community around the game, as that's big for me too. When I put out a New World video right now, the comment section is filled with toxicity. The same for Destiny 2, if I questioned anything, or got something wrong, I was slaughtered in the comments. I like how the GW2 player base is very positive, I hear the same about the FF community too. That's big for me. It's probably a reason I won't end up getting into WoW, I hear they can get a bit crazy. xD

@@NewbWorld I can’t answer for the FFXIV community, because I don’t want to play anything that has a subscription fee, but from your initial reaction, I think you’re going to be playing GW2 for that thousands of hours you are looking for.

It's not good? I was planning on doing 10 hours of GW2, BDO, ESO, Throne, and maybe some version of WoW, before making my final decision on which game I want to go hard on. I played BDO on console, but never got into it, I think it felt weird on controller, thought maybe giving it a chance on PC would change my mind on it.

@@NewbWorld BDO just dont scratch the itch, feels choking at some time and is also very tiring... GW2 gives me freedom and immersion especially in open world, GW2's mount system is also the best for me.

Amen brother. Six months in now after years of WoW and BDO.

@@TheEightTofubdo is not tiring u have the freedom to do whatever you want lol

Nice, I think I'll be getting to 1k hours soon. :P

Thanks m8. (:

Thanks for the tips m8. I thought housing was coming in the next expansion though?

@@NewbWorld Lol, I do apologize for the info-dump. I just want people to have the best chance to get ahead when they're just starting out. As to home instance/player housing: Outside of the occasional story mission, your home instance is a place where purchased resource nodes are placed for you to harvest once per day and are refreshed at reset. A full home instance is extremely valuable in that every resource node (festival, LW, Black Lion, and crafting) is present. It represents a huge amount of time, gold and actual money invested and takes no less than a year to complete. Outside of that however, it holds little value since it can't be changed. The upcoming player home as I understand it will have not only the resource nodes, but also the ability to decorate it in a similar way to guildhalls. Needless to say, players are very excited about this.

Yea, I am very much a goal oriented MMO player, love playing through the map completion, wish it was possible to get mounts a bit earlier on without DLC to help with that though.

Is there alot of player whit player interaction like groups or anything is it playable whit 3 friends or do you all need to farm and grind alone

I like playing together whit friends either asking friends to try it out whit me or do you make a lot of friends in the game

Yea, it was a blast. I saw some rumors of GW3 being a possibility when I was looking online, that would be something that I would love to check out. The only downside I had when playing is that I felt the graphics were a bit dated (perfectly understandable for a 10 year old game), so if they put out GW3, with graphics on par with games like New World, that would be amazing. Would feel bad for all the lost progress for the players tho.

yeah there's rumors of gw3 development, but I think that we will not see anything for at least 3-5 years...fortunately the did a decent job for players that played both GW1 and GW2, so at least we can expect that some things will be brought over, at least as unique skins 😊 guess we'll see!

@@NewbWorld true, the personal story for the vanilla game looks its age but it gets better. some parts of the game are older than 12yrs. ANet developed its own game engine back in the late 2000s (starting to code them in 2007). last year or so they updated parts of it and DirectX11 is now standard. nowadays, particle clutter is starting to overwhelm some players visually.

@@embreis2257 Yea, that's what i've been seeing, that I gotta push through the initial story, and it'll get rly good.

Thanks for the tip. (: Yea, I am a big grinder, and transmog enthusiast, so I will for sure be going for legendary gear asap.

Agree, you can access the late-game content, which is raiding, with only exotic equipment..

I haven't gotten into PvP yet, but look forward to it.

Thanks m8. (: I didn't notice many trolls. 😂 I think 1 or 2, if they were trolling, I am not sure. 1 said the mounts are the worst in the industry, and another said the game gets no expansions, which both I think aren't true.

Yea, the graphical downgrade took a bit to get used to, but it's something I can get over. I played a ton of OSRS. 😂 I've been sticking around the newb zones, so haven't experience any of the later zones, will be interesting to see. The start to my personal story wasn't anything too gripping yet, but I heard it gets better later on, so I guess I gotta just push through the initial few missions that just feel like character introductions. I only gave up on my necro because I didn't like the look of it's basic attack. 😂

Things do look better the closer to current day you get

Nice. I believe you can play with people of any server at all times, but it's only world vs world where servers get locked. Not sure if Guilds can form across servers though.

​@@NewbWorldwvw aside, the only thing you need to concern is NA or EU server. So as long as your friends and you are on the same region, you can make guild together, group up, and play together.

@@adyantotrinugroho4469 Nice, I'll have to get in on the guild then. (:

@@NewbWorld but you were correct for now wvw is server based and in future it will be guild , alliance based its in the test phase and periodically they release beta tests of that new system.

@@shamanoty8115 Yea, honestly I like that system more.

Why not just delete a character or buy a new slot? You can bank all the bday gifts before deleting a character if you want.

Yea, that's one of those games you for sure got your money's out of. :P

@@NewbWorld almost 3000 hours and very little to complain XD

Yea, more games need to do that. Breaks from MMOs are very healthy, and prevents players from getting burnt out, and eventually hating the game they play. Too many games you don't want to come back to and try again because you know all your previous progress will be useless, and you have no idea where to start off again.

Thanks m8. (: Yea, it's been a trip, still only using fire spells atm. 😂

The complexity of Elementalist comes from having to memorize 20 skills for each weapon and how they interact with each other *and* being able to swap between them seamlessly. Playing ele has most commonly been described as “playing piano”. Also getting used to being in down state more often than other professions.

@@sevenember3332 Yea, it's slowly hitting me, maybe I should have stayed with Necro to start with. :P

@@NewbWorld There is a Low Intensity build for ele that stays entirely in fire and is extremely effective. The downsides are that the gear is expensive, and you have no skills to break enemy defiance (the blue bar under the health bar on harder enemies). Side note: playing in action cam means if you are holding l-mouse for auto attack, then you can bind auto to another skill. Say, summoning elementals? Just remember you have to do it for each weapon!

Thx m8, I do love mount collecting. :P

Thanks m8. (:

I'll have to try those next, I want to see how melee feels.

they changed how they view expansions. in September 2023, SOTO started their line of yearly expansions. the next gets released on August 20th.

I think I will slowly pick up the expansions as they go on sale. Got enough content to hold me over until another sale.

@@NewbWorld good opportunities mostly arrive at the game's birthday (initial release) around end of August or during Halloween and Christmas. however, don't expect the latest expansion to be on sale. the others up until _End of Dragons_ are fair game

@@embreis2257 Yea, I think I'll try go in order with expansions, so newest on is probably a ways away for me.

And definitely don’t miss out on Living World seasons. 1 and 2 are…okay, but the loot you can pick up from them is well worth it. Additionally, S1 is literally the genesis of *everything* that follows, so it’s worth paying attention to

Yea, horizontal progression done right is hard to top. They got the right kinds of grinds too, which NW needs to implement more of.

I don't fully understand, but I didn't change the #1 skill. From the start though, I was able to attack with left click (I believe that's my auto attack), maybe that's because I play in action combat though. If I hold down the mouse button it auto attacks for me.

Nice, it's good to know the game has longevity.

Yea, it's been great to me so far. I kinda am interested in GW3 though, cuz a graphical upgrade would take the game to another level imo.

Yea it's been a blast. I am thinking about maybe putting 10 hours into BDO, ESO, GW2 (done), and Classic WoW (since I never played WoW), and then decide which game I want to stick with, so I make the right choice.

@@NewbWorld Eso is great, the melee combat I really dislike but ranged caster was most enjoyable there, 10 hours is a tough cap :P. gw2 10 hours feels hard IMO, classic wow.. which one? :D I've played cata recently, SoD might of died? Cata seems the most active classic right now. IMO, the three will be hard not to sink in 100 hours :D BDO, I've never played so be curious to see. heard combat is good and they are slowly reeling back the p2w elements

@@apolegetics2023 I always did range in ESO, and enjoyed it. My fav was a ganking bow build. I had no idea WoW had so many version of classic. xD Would have to research. I wanna give BDO a go on PC, cuz I always hear great things, but I only ever tried on console and couldn't get into it there, maybe PC is different.

@@NewbWorld def try cata, one of the best pvp expansions arguable till around dragon soul. also just super fun overall with class design. I have played wow since wotlk expansion. and retail (dragonflight) really just feels like an entirely different game

@@NewbWorldbe prepared, bdo can get very overwhelming at a first touch, even tracking the main quest can get you dizzy, when i did that myself after 3 hours i noticed that i moved from main to side quest and wasted my time 😂, it has the best action combat on the market if you dont pick a boring class on early and has a LOT of systems that you wont even discover in the first 20 hours or even more, also building your workers “empire” which means to accuire workers and feed them so they can work and produce materials which you can use for crafting/cooking etc can make you dizzy so look up for a tutorial

Yea, I've been having a blast with it. Looking forward to getting into the later zones.

That one I got the footage of doesn't look too bad, but when I was in the starting zone, I saw one, that was just straight blue pixels, and not gunna lie, I was like wtf is that. 😂

Yea, I've got told that before. I don't know, when I try to add more life to the way I talk, it feels forced and comes out weird, not sure it's any better that way.

I am actually thinking about maybe putting 10 hours into BDO, ESO, GW2 (done), and Classic WoW (since I never played WoW), and then decide which game I want to stick with, so I make the right choice. I used to play ESO tons on my Xbox and loved it. Cyrodiil was some of the coolest experiences I've had in gaming to date. With ESO I gotta decide if I want to go back on console, or see how it feels on PC. I think PC will feel and look better, plus I can get addons, but I have so many champ points on console, and I think I got some expansions, so I gotta weight it out. 😂

Yea, tbh that was one thing a bit hard for me, the graphics are a big step down from New World, which I was playing before. Can't hold it against them though, being a 10+ year old game, but if they made a Guild Wars 3, with updated graphics, I think that would be insane.

@NewbWorld yeah it is also quite a bit better in New zones with new armor models. You can really see the difference just between using a new skin for an item or an old one.

@@Lexing187 I look forward to checking those zones out.

😂 Yea, the action combat was big for me. I am thinking about maybe putting 10 hours into BDO, ESO, GW2 (done), and Classic WoW (since I never played WoW), and then decide which game I want to stick with, so I make the right choice.

@@NewbWorld I might also give Once Human a go, dungeon/boss fights look intense as f. But honestly it's all buying time till PoE 2 comes out. I'll grind that thing like there's no tomorrow.

@@milosm6140 Just googled Once Human, looks pretty dope, I'll have to give it a go.

Devs do care, expansion are released yearly, skills are balanced frequently, last expansion came with a new legendary grind, a new weapon sets for each class, next expansion is in a couple of month and will bring housing and another weapon for all classes. Also devs re visit previous content to fix and improve stuff, of course there is always some complains on how often this is done and what they prioritize to fix.

ANet truly has devs who care - a lot. it's not an exaggeration. they listen to the forums and they have put in a ton of _quality of life_ items/mechanics into the game over the years.

Thanks m8. (:

Oh wow, didn't know it was so soon. I came at the right time. :P

@@NewbWorld Anise will have a role in the expansion. Her last occurrence was seen in LW s2.

Yea, it's for sure one of the goats, for quality and longevity.

Yea, I love horizontal progression. Really suits my playstyle.

I wasn't gamer enough. :P I just use fire magic, for now...

A lot of people tell me graphically it get's a lot better later on, in the more mid to end game zones, so if that's holding you back, maybe try push through. Or try out a different class, some feel more fun than others.

So you'd want 2 gear sets? One for fractals, and one for everything else?

@@NewbWorld yes because agony resistance is required in fractals and useless every where else

if you want to minmax: there are agony infusions that provide agony plus a bit of stats but since the max you'll get from that is +5 stat per infusion (in total +90, if i didn't miscount), it doesn't really matter that much the only reason you'd have to actually prepare 2 sets of gear would be if you were to minmax both fractals and wvw, since there are similar infusions for wvw which have bonus damage done/less damage take to/from wvw faction npcs anyway. you lose almost nothing from slotting your gear with pure agony resistance, so don't worry about it

@@Marunylos ty brother. that is good to know.

@@NewbWorld no, you just run around in your fractal gear (if you love running fractals) wherever you go. the builds for fractals/raids/strike missions don't differ much for most players without niche jobs and any experienced player can run OpenWorld content in their fractal gear. otoh, if you love playing healer in endgame content and struggle in Open PvE then getting exotic gear to do some damage will cost you a pittance nowadays.

Are you listening on headphones? I can't hear anything, it might be the crickets outside, but I usually filter them out with a program and the music in the background.

Tbh if it's not worth playing, I stop before getting enough footage to make a video on. There's a ton of games I start, and think I'll make a video about, but they're just so boring I give up.

I think you'll still get a lot of fun out of the game even as a solo player.

@@NewbWorld maybe but i hate solo play unless its eso or new world but idk

@@TraeDHD The good part about the open world is there are activities that pop up and people get together to do them. World bosses and these active quests usually bring lots of people around to play with.

@@TraeDHDI recommend trying out guilds for casual play or for specific interests. Keep an eye on map chat as you go as guilds do advertise when they’re recruiting new members. They’re a good source of information and help as well as community if you find a good one. Some guilds also organise events like fractal, strike and raid training or guild missions and fashion shows.

That's weird, I don't hear anything. Are you listening with headphones on? It could be my chair, it's pretty old, but I don't move around that much when I am recording the audio. Or it's the tree frogs outside, they're pretty damn loud, but I use audio removal for them.

Really? I thought there were getting a big expansion every year. It will still take me ages to finish what is already out anyways. 😂

@@NewbWorld It does get an expansion yearly, with updates to the expansion story arc throughout the year. New expansion comes in August, also player housing is being added in August. The op is trolling

@@Ravynheart Yea, I thought I was hearing about expansions every year for GW2.

what utter rubbish. the game is in active development and the servers work exemplary. there is not ever any scheduled downtime 'for maintenance' many games with subscription models dare to take away from their players. this nonsense is unheard of in GW. the trading post is *global* (including all EU and US servers), can get accessed from everywhere and never returns your items if they fail to sell and many more nice amenities.

@@NewbWorld new expansions are basically old ones with new names

I think he did great with the editing and timing. It wasn't that long the memes that is.

This is a gem z style of editing, and, even then, this was toned down. I think it's great.

​@@Lexing187 I accept this. As a millennial myself, for me is too much, but when two other people comment that is actually just a glimpse and nothing too much I must admit - I just getting old for this type of stuff :) Go new generation and be yourself, with your subcultures, your heroes and your destiny - the Divercity is the Salt of Life! :)

Thanks for the feedback. I don't know if you saw any of my previous videos, but this is actually the first one I decided to put a couple of memes in there. I saw a couple other creators I watch do it, and personally enjoyed it, so wanted to try it out. I like it, because it adds a bit of a change up in the pacing, but I could see how some might not. It's something I might poll for the audience and see if they prefer it with, or without.

Yea, it's not for everyone, I am a millennial as well, but still enjoy it. It's also said to help keep the audience's attention span, having lots going on in a video, instead of just talking endlessly for 12 minutes.

Yea, I noticed the menus about that stuff, it all looked a bit complex, I figured I'd get into that at a later date, because my character isn't struggling to kill anything atm.

LW S2 is where things really start to get challenging, Heart of Thorns even more so. Things get easier somewhat after that but are still challenging enough that you probably won’t sleepwalk through it

wtf

Really? That's the first I've heard of that. I really enjoy how the raptor is playing, not sure about the rest, but they look awesome.

@@NewbWorld yea its miles ahead of all other mmo mount systems :D

@@shamanoty8115 I thought so. xD

@@NewbWorld i just dislike the mounts because they are clunky and to much bloat

Yea, I like games like that, with the horizontal progression. I can't play crazy hours a week, so it's nice to know the grinds I work for, won't become irrelevant in a few months.

For the thumbnail. :P