OMG this is the first time I heard an MMORPG KZfaqr talk about Free Realms in a video, that game has a special place in my nostalgia part of the brain.

I have been playing GW2 since it started casually and the game just gets better and I discover new things over the years. I like the fact that there are so many things you can do once you hit level 80. I'm glad they are using the horizontal progression model.

I've been looking for a GW2 vet to react and clarify any misconceptions as well as add additional info to Preaches run. Good stu

I think he just did an update today. When he voice acts the dialogue it cracks me up.

What I like about Preach's way of playing GW2 is that he shows GW2 his weak points. The developers should assume that the majority of new players are not brought to GW2 by friends, but because they are disappointed / frustrated / burned out by other games (WoW, SWToR, ESO etc.). If new players come from a toxic community, based on their experience, they probably won't be the first to ask the GW2 community for help. Therefore, as Preach said, adjusting the flow of information would be appropriate. Furthermore, the class overview should be renewed to also show where the classes are developing through the respective expansions, GW2 has made such good artworks for the individual elite specs.

I never thought I'd hear someone else mention FREEREALMS holy shit! I remember loving that game haha, I was one of the lucky ones to get the 'lifetime sub' thing in the store before they removed it leaving only the reoccurring sub options for any premium content stuff or whatever it was. I had some really nice house lots people liked visiting. RIP Freerealms I thin someone made some revived version of it, but I haven't checked up on that in years. Damn you really threw me back for a blast from the past there

first video i see of your, and WOW that voice 😊

Not gonna lie, I got back into the original Guild Wars trilogy and Eye of the North to unlock more skins and minis in the Hall of Monuments. Trying for a complete Destroyer weapon set, I only have the sword in my hall right now.

Truth. I've been playing GW2 since launch, and I only started to care about skins last year. First order of business, visit every heart and vendor and manually look for skins to unlock. =)) For years, I assumed I'll eventually unlock all skins without buying anything. But there are NPC-exclusive skins. Good thing is, the currency for these skins are easy to acquire. It's the rarer skins that are "expensive", or some behind 'quests'.

I have been playing GW/GW2 for about 18 years now. Love GW2 ❤ it not perfect but best MMO out there. Best way for new players to learn the game is for them to join a friendly guild/s as most experienced players are willing to help newbies. This game has a friendly and helpful player base.

The difficulty’s with the gameplay for new players is the real deal 😅😅 I’m playing the game since the first release and I’m still struggling sometimes with remembering all the cues 😂

the strange things you say the 'swith instance' do are actually a sign that the reasoning behind map population balance is probably well done. In a rough way for the player, for sure, but hey...you accepted and got a boon! :) Those funny things happen because of the timing of the player response to the warning, depending on how many click on it and when they do it. -Let's say there are 60 players on the map and 40 of them click it in a few seconds after it pops up, the loading screen start loading for them... -Now the system will try to move them to another instance which is almost full. Let's say the instance has room for 25 of them. The other 15 should go back to the old instance but wait...in the meanwhile 10 more people clicked the icon! -Now the system has 25 player willing to leave the old instance while only 10 did not click the button. Hopefully they will also do it soon. The loading screen seems to last longer while a new instance is created and the 25 players get redirected to it. But.... -In the meanwhile a group of 30 players just port in the old instance to do some stuff! Now the game has 40 people in the old instance while instantiating a new one for only 25? Change of Plans! Let's bring all them back to the old one as soon as possible XDXDXD Balancing things is never easy....believe me :)

I hope preach makes a few alts so he can see the multiple paths/ I do not know which of the three facts he chose, but everyone loves tybalt from shadows, and i love serena from priory. add in different races have different starter stories. The Sylvari and Human paths if chosen well are a bit better than the norn ones.

Enjoyed this! I was thinking about how in GW2 the massive influx of stuff kind of pressures you a bit to purchase more bag/bank slots, but it's not absolutely necessary, because you can instant transfer items neatly into your bank - while in ESO the restrictions on inventory space promotes nearly constant frustration. I don't know if Preach discovered the bank, but that's another one of my favorite features in any MMO (along with GW2's skin system, top notch). It keeps everything so much more nicely organized so you can spend more time enjoying the game. Meanwhile in FF14, I just end up selling and buying stacks of things whenever necessary - and having to stop at a bell to offload items to a retainer, I might forget which retainer is holding which things and ... it's not ideal.

5:32 I think most Guild Wars 2 players take it for granted nowadays, I wouldn't like having to go to an NPC to get my event rewards. 10:42 Skyscale was the mount that basically brought me back to the game, totally concur with the statement, 10/10 mounts.

He has done 2 more i believe, and more to come!

As a WoW Veteran my biggest hurdle so far ist the vast variety of horizontel progression systems for gearing / getting ascended gear. I actualy dont know where to start, should i finish all Storylines first, or go for the Living World Seasons, or should i focus on Fractals first? I just started my Crafting process of my first weapon and im super confused on where to get the mats. But other then the complexity of said systems I realy enjoy the game so far. I'm a realy big fan of the Zone Events. They just make the World feel alive.

I hope they don't remove/replace fractals. They feel so mysterious, especially when working towards Ad Infinitum.

In the roadmap that Anet just released they announced they'll be doing new fractals. I think Strikes replace Raids.

I've never play mmo before and I decided to play the genre and GW2 is the first mmo I try this year (few weeks ago) and not gonna lie, for someone who never play mmo feels like overwhelming about information. But GW2 is a great game because it doesn't have subscription which is convenient to me and so much things to do that never gets me bored. And when I have questions I can ask easily in chat, the community is very responsive and also kind haha. I didn't buy the expansion yet because I want to feel the base game first. GW2 is very overwhelming for new mmo players yet so beautiful.

I started playing GW2 last year and I had a blast. I felt like a kid roaming around and discovering world events as I go my way around Qeensdale. When I first encountered Shadow Behemoth, I really felt the rush and the game made me lose some sleep for few months lol. I came from FFXIV, I only cared about raiding there so when the new expansion came out, I stopped playing because of the thought of "I need to level up again and gear up" and I only play 2x a week so my subs per month is being wasted imo. After I stopped playing FFXIV, I missed playing MMO and want to play a game with brawler class in it. I searched and searched, nothing satisfied my MMO itch then I stumbled upon GW2. I just wished I played the game sooner ugghh best thing on this game for me is the horizontal progression. I can stop playing the game if I felt burned out and hop back in without the pressure of gearing to the latest patch/expac

running dungeons with friends in WoW is one of my favourite things to do. I was so disappointed when I saw what "dungeons" were like in GW2... Hardly worth doing at all and not really fun.

i completely disagree with the UI its fine once u understand how gw2 savalging works and deposit mats to back button works there really isnt a problem lvling i always found getting bags and so on is what is moving foward in my eyes also if your not aware areanet has changed the lvling gear u can salvage and sell it now.

So true about old systems, but it isnt even old systems.. Some meta events in the same living world season will have chests that you walk off and press F to open, then the events in the next map you have to stay and wait for them to open.. A lot of super tiny strange things that I assume they hard coded into the map. Gw2 needs to update 1-80, its 2012 content for the most part, and this is likely why a lot of new players quit, the updated stuff is all max lvl.. and max lvl boosts dont fix it.

He's done a few vids on GW2 now. Would be cool to see more.

I wonder why he didn't try to simply store mats, put things into the bank, salvage, destroy and/or sell things in order to free some inventory space - you know, like literally everyone would normally do. It sounded a bit like he really wanted to complain about something. Or did I miss something?

Dungeons aren't even required for personal story anymore...

I was helped by my friend doing zhaitan quest.... After put up party request for 3 minutes... Lol... GW2 too friendly it's scary... 😂😂

When ever i level a female Norn i turn the sound off. I can not stand the voice either and totally understand Preach on that point =D

I'd sub, but you're at 666 already. I'll come back after someone ruins it.

i have to strongly agree on the voice acting part. german male sylvari...is not good. the voice itself sounds quite nice, but whoever did the job wasnt really into it. i dont believe my character means what he says or that he stands behind his words...its gotten better in the expansions but it still feels lackluster in performance and it actually made cutscenes less enjoyable for me. core tyria male sylvari in german is a really weak performance =(

core story is rough, lw1, 2 and HoT are great, but as soon as its too much about the OP characters Aurene and Taimi, it doesnt work anymore.. there is no threat. The first half of ice brood saga and especially the prologue is the best story content imho nonetheless.

Gw2 is the best mmo in my opinion if they added proper dungeons did something anything LIKE ANYTHING to wvw to change it up map w.e added a toggle to toggle on open world PvP (like the one in new world) and housing I would probably never play another mmo

The creators aren't finding GW2 recently, they know about it for ages. They're coming to GW2 to milk the hell of it cause they're old games suck/are sucking currently. I personally think that preach did a bad job with his first video. He is doing more damage than good to GW2 firing opinions on something he barely scratched the surface. He should've played the whole thing and then give a review opinion on it.

I cant with Preach he complains about everything that makes a game a game. "Busy work" is gaming, if you dont wana play log out geez

I love gw2! The only thing i wouöd change is the pvp target system and buff/debuff cds for competitive pvp. If they make those changes, comp pvp will be so much more popular and literally competitive. Just do it as WoW