Little correction, Not all fractals are recicled parts of the story, some of them are events that took place at some point in the Lore of the game, like Urban battlegrounds that tells the story of the Searing of Ascalon.

That is the hardest thing for new players to understand, have fun, do wherever you want, enjoy the game insted of force a grind on you.

The biggest thing about GW2 that I've liked is that I've taken literal years off the game, come back, and it doesn't feel like I'm behind or that everything I was doing is suddenly irrelevant. They to a GREAT job at making the majority of their older content still accessible and viable to go out and do unlike a lot of MMOs I've played. I think a huge portion of that is because you're not always running on the gear treadmill to try and keep up with everything - you can just grab some exotics and experience the majority of content as is. That's a hard formula to nail down. I never realized it until I was playing another MMO to show them something cool from an older expansion only to realize how fruitless and forgotten it was. GW2 keeps it fresh and you can really see how they've grown through the years going through the stories and content.

You heard it here folks, PLAY GUILD WARS 2, DO IT

Nice take on the Game. Been Playing the Game since launch and still find ways to have fun even after doing everything the game has to offer thanks to the strong, friendly community.

Great video! Its nice to see new people (and content creators like you!) getting into GW2! I love how "go at your own pace" it is and the freedom it provides. A lot of the end game seems very daunting and usually turns people off, but thats why its great we have such a wonderful community to help our newer players out!

I'm about 1month in and still playing through the story. I've played them in order, almost finished LW S4. I like to complete each map once I've entered it to satisfy my ocd. The game seems very active and it's not often you'll be left fighting a quest boss alone, someone usually joins in. I've not tried any of the instanced fractals etc yet. I really like the horizontal progression now I have other commitments, family, dogs etc... Nice knowing I can leave the game for a few weeks, months or even years and my gear is still relevant. Highly recommend anyone try it out.

16:31 This part should be heavily emphasized for anyone coming over from other MMOs or other time intensive 'main games'. GW2 does not try to monopolize your time and attention like most other MMOs do. Very little of the game's content is FOMO-style, and almost nothing is removed or made irrelevant intentionally. You absolutely can leave for weeks or months at a time without feeling like you're being penalized when you come back.

I've been playing for close to 11 years now and I've never gotten bored if that's any indication about the quality of this game

Warms my heart to see GW2 videos do well for folks. Glad you enjoyed the game. It's my most played game of all time, and that number ticks ever upward day by day.

About Matchmaking in sPvP: I honestly advise everyone to get into Ranked matches. In the beginning, only unranked is available (to keep the bots away), where you'll get stomped. I've been playing pvp for years now, and I still get stomped in unranked (either total noobs or pvp-gods are playing there, who are expecting all of my moves, and cannot even touch them, they kill me in 0.5 seconds, and still have no idea how to counter rhem, I learn nothing... or I kill the total noobs in 0.5 second, and I also learn nothing). But in ranked, you'll get paired with players on your skill level, it's more fun, and I learn a lot more. Furthermore, I found it to be less toxic, interestingly.

pretty good video, as people play guild wars 2 more they come to terms with the tradeoffs. If you want hardcore content then you admit there will be a strict meta that evolves. The casualness allows you to play the way you want, but has its own restrictions. Its definitely different and not for everyone.

Hey hey - loved the video and glad to see GW2 getting some praise! I've been playing over 10 years now and STILL have not run out of things to do since every time I log in I have so many choices. PvE, Living Story, achievement hunting, searching for all the little jokes/easter eggs, or just roaming around maps looking the beautiful environment design, crafting, etc. So many choices to fit practically any mood. The community (entirely agreeing outside of 5 player sPvP) is really great and super helpful, too. That said, like your journey with sPvP, I went into WvW as NOT a PvP-loving player, but ended up returning to it until I grew to love it because it's such a dynamic game mode. I did eventually join a really nice, non-meta, WvW-based guild I run with a few evenings a week, but you don't need a guild. All you need is to ask in map or team chat if there are any tags running open squad and you can join a temporary group. Some are more experienced than others, so mileage will vary, but enough of those and you may have an experience that you might enjoy. I also found that being in Discord is a game-mode changer, even just to listen. Anyway, I'm really glad that you enjoy the game, and again, good to see the game getting some praise!

8:47 "Ice-BROAD saga." The cold mistress hurt him it seems.

Glad I got to have time to watch this vid, very entertaining mate good work✨💛

I keep coming back to this Video, it's so weird how many names I recognize in here. Its overall a really solid review too.

Good summary of GW2, glad you are enjoying the game. I've been playing since a couple months after launch, and haven't taken a break yet, but even after all of my time in the game, there's still plenty of things for me to do, that I haven't experienced yet, or goals I haven't completed. Just yesterday I found a new corner of a core map that I had never seen before. If any of your viewers reading this like exploration, then they should definitely give GW2 a try, as exploration is one of its strongest points. I also love the horizontal progression and the utility of Legendary gear, being able to swap stats any time you are out of combat, being able to transmute the appearance for free as many times as you like, and with the rest of GW2's build system and combat, being able to swap from a DPS, to a Support, to a Tank, or to a Healer almost instantly, makes playing a joy and allows me to do almost anything I want on each character. As you said, GW2 is very alt character friendly, and I currently have 26 toons on my main account. Looking forward to seeing more of your GW2 YT content, so I've subbed to your channel.

First vid to pop off, good work my dude

Glad you enjoyed the game. I've been playing Gw2 for 10years now and honestly ....its the only MMO that I install with every computer i get and come back all the time. Played wowclassic's, EVE, ESO etc. and while I enjoyed those games, Gw2 makes me come back all the time. Its not perfect, God knows Anet marketing is probably abandoned in a gutter somewhere, but I never felt betrayed or extorted for my cash by Anet, actually I barely spent much in Gw2. All in all nice video big like!

at 14:55, that was me who said that and trust me when I say it gets weirder here.

GW2 is my go to. I am, at best a casual for half the yea (login rewards and done) and hardcore for the other half. My work is seasonal and when it's on it's 60 to 70 hrs a week for half the year, but when it's down it's 0 and I spend my time in GW2. If I were to play another MMO, I'd worry about how far behind I was and when back into it if I could find people to play with me to help get myself BiS. There's too much else to worry about in life to also have to worry about a game...game...as in fun, not worry. I play GW2 so I don't have to fold on the whole genre.

Woah, i really like your channel man, recently discovered it

I think something noting is that in pvp you can try out the class you have at max level you can take a level 1 character in and try it out with all specs and elite specs and no need to grind for gear it's all standardized

I’ve been a gw2 player for 8+ years and let me tell you, it always warms my heart to see new people find and enjoy this game :)

Nice video, just an advice: be stubborn again! Engage fully WvW in zerg and guild raids. You won't regret it XD

About the Holy Trinity...There are Healers, and Tank's too, but only one gamemode need tanks, because not all enemies can be tanked or can get aggro from a player. But there are Important Rolls in the end game, DPS, Healers, Agressive and Defensive Supports (Giving Key important Buffs like Alacrity and Quickness)

Im on my 8th year in the game and I keep coming back to play it, sometimes I just log in to chat with fellow Charrs in the black citadel or help new players in fractals.

very informative video about GW2, wish u had this video out years ago, u could get whole lot of subs.

Just started love it

Excellent video!

I like gw2 cause of how much it appreciates your time. Even old areas can have relevance. I found higher levels playing around low level areas and i learned they were also trying to complete. There's a great amount of content, regardless of whether or not you're on an expansion, combat feels fucking awesome. I have heard that there is a meta with a lot of stuff, but the game doesn't force it upon you like many other mmo's do.

Very good video 👌

The last (okay, only 😅) video of yours I'd seen was WoW vs FFXIV, I never expected to see you play my favorite MMO, much less enjoy it, especially INCLUDING the PVP?!?! So hyped! Your new avatar is great, I mean the old one was cute and furry baited me to watch the other video but the shading on this one is so stylized! Not to mention the epic art at 0:26 fits so closely with the gw2 painterly concept art aesthetic just👌

Love your sona. And yup, been playin GW since beta. Welcome aboard

Welcome to Tyria ^^

good review furboy

great review

Great game to hangout with friends

It's always fun to see a newcomer impression, hope you enjoyed the game, btw the problem it's always the same, they see the things in a wrong way :) so if a veteran say that this game is worth getting into it's ok but if a newcomer start playing and after few months he say it's (or it's not) worth getting into, well ... simply it's not reliable because most of the time he only has a very small partial vision of a game and often he doesn't even really understand how it works, which takes time, a lot of time. Many things in this video are quite wrong, but it's ok because you are a new player, I don't expect more, but I can say that as in PvP (structured) you understood the basics by just going beyond the first impression and at some point something clicked, the same is with WvW or fractals or raids etc. You must go beyond, even veterans that play a specific game mode do not really understand the other game modes of GW2 until they REALLY spend some time going beyond their first impression.

"you don't even really need to farm anything" *looks at skyscale requirements.. sweats nervously*

Guild Wars 2 has 9 Core Professions all which have 3 Elite Specializations each which have unique twist for the Core Profession which means the game has 27 different class options. I recommend looking up Meta Battle's leveling guide 👍 What it does is lower your time to kill which will make the game flow better. One thing the Meta Battle probably does not take in to accounting is the resent buffs to core weapons 😅 for Engineer player's go Rifle and you will have fun. Rifle was buffed a lot. For a short moment it was the best Low intensity build Sad truth about boons (buffs) is that you want Quickness and Alacrity. They make the game feel better. Alacrity lowers the cooldowns which allow you to click stronger abilities more often and Quickness makes you cast everything faster making using set abilities flow better 😁 after you start doing end game group content like Raids you will notice the difference ... best way to feel is to play condi berserker (warrior) 👍 you use long bow which is slow to use but once you give yourself quickness it feels so much nicer to use.

to pinpoint something : you buy living world seasons but if you play the game when the episodes are releasing u get them for free

Solid video! Yeah Anet never market's.

Im back recently after almost a decade. Im loving GW2 all again. I left when HoT was initially released. I regret stopping playing GW2.

If you want to see really impressive mount physics look up the serious Roller Beetle Racing circuit here on KZfaq,

I play GW2 a lot and enjoy it. I have been playing since launch on and off.. I also have played FF14 since launch with a few breaks . Both games are my Go to games..

One of the best if not the best MMOs to play out there!

People don't understand GW2 because it's progression isn't linear. You can reach any endgame content within 3 days. At heart it's a completionist/collector game with A TON of content and fun public events you can join on the fly. You don't rush for endgame and then be content starved for half a year like you do in WoW etc. It just has a different vibe to it compared to any other MMO.

aw you ddnt touch the commander feature...

World vs world is amazing, join a commander tag & watch your inventory fill up full of goodies lol

I moved to GW2 from ffxiv around end of June last year. Haven't looked back 👍

Definitely gonna check it out!

You fursona vtuber is so adorable! I just want to give him head pats lol ❤️

That's my biggest flaw with GW2, the class system and weapons dictating your skills. I want to be a 2H Guardian, but my firebrand build dictates for optimal performance I MUST use a torch and axe. Which really sucks. And there still is a holy trinity of sorts, but instead of it being hard locked to tank/support/dps it's like a triangular selector with each of those class types at each of the corners. You can spec more towards DPS or more towards support or being tanky. Biggest pro imo is the fact that no matter what your progress never becomes outdated. There's no constant rushing to keep up, once you have end-game gear, you have it forever and it'll never become out of date.

I'd go so far as to recommend GW1 - the girlfriend and I played the entirety of it last year, in preparation for starting GW2, and it was a blast. The AI henchmen/heroes mean that you can play the entire thing, expansions and all, either solo or in a very small group, and it works flawlessly. As for GW2... it seems to be more active than ever. If you head over to any of the "meta events" where big world bosses spawn on a regular basis, you'll find a spontaneous raid-load of people fighting it, even on a weekday when... ahem... we should have all been doing something productive instead. Big tip for new players though: Follow the story on your first playthrough. Don't aim for zone completion. If you aim for zone completion, you'll find the story content way too easy, and your exploration will have meant that you see things kinda out of sequence. Also, try to avoid using the mounts in the core campaign first time - they're great mounts, but they mean that you interact with the world in a very, very different way, and lose some of the sense of adventure (because you can bounce over all the enemies and ignore them).

as a guild wars 2 player I highly recomend it is super fun and is worth playing if you want a fun game that is not too grindy

It absolutely is!

I've played all the games you mention, same thing, kept seeing guild wars 2 on all kinds of top 10 list, tried it, now I only play guild wars 2 lol

Thanks i like gw2 alot

You should come back and remake this after the new expansion comes out because a lot of things seem to be changing.

I'm waiting for a sale, all dlc+all living world is like 137$ here. Where as diablo 4 is only 89. I guess ill try new world while waiting for a sale. Nw is like 25$ now on steam

Also (and this might be pinworthy possibly), if anyone reads this and plans to buy the expansions, BUY THE NEWEST ONE! You ALWAYS get the older ones when you buy the newest one in GW2! that way you save tonnes of money compared to buying them "in the order they came out".

Nice vídeo.

The part about the story is sooo truue bro XD

I've actually only seen an advertisement for gw2 vs all the top ten it's just that people don't talk about it as much , like i heard about ff14 and wow from people around me

Don't be afraid of WvW you can go into the map and look for a commander tag and join the group just like in meta trains. You Do Not need a guild to go in. you can roam solo small group or zerg. all depends on how you like to pvp. Just go in and again like all other game modes go have fun.

GW2 is my personal favorite mmo... never really managed to get into WoW, just not my thing, and ESO is... nice but i really dislike ZoS' monetisation alot. Plus even GW1 still has a somewhat doable playerbase, and ArenaNet said they'll keep it online for as long as GW2 is online, as GW1 barely costs them anything, and only two dudes are maintaining that gem. One thing i generally really love about GW in general, that no other game really has for some reason is the Mesmer class. it's just kinda unique to Guild Wars.

The sad part about WvW, is that all the content is behind "joining guilds". It is going to be hard if you solo roam, but joining a guild, and trying to improve within the dmg/cleanses/strips of that guild and maybe do some GvG just puts a whole new spin to PvP. It is basically like you said about PvP, once you get what is going on, from the "bombs". after you bait out their dmg or before, to the boon giving to heals/strips/movement etc. It is an insanely fun game mode. But as a new player, it must seem like a hot mess, with no strats and completely chaotic. Sometimes is, but most times people understand that either strips, dmg or cleanse/heal/stab is missing

It's better than wow for me. Deleted my characters of 15 years. I cannot stand what the playerbase has devolved into anymore.

The expansions are buyable with gems along with the living worlds so you could get it all for free

It's alright, with wow you feel like you're always working for something. With gw2 it just goes by so fast no real world story other then the 8 main quest every 10 levels but some of that is just stuff you picked making your toon. No real feeling that you worked hard for something, dungeons are dead a long with most the stuff no one does anymore. It's not a bad game tho something to pick up and put down without feeling like you're missing out on raiding and gearing like wow. But gw2 just feels empty to me, pushes you along to 80 in like a day then that's it. If you want to raid some still raid but it's just go back and do more of the same.

Gw2 for life

ABSOLUTELY GW2 IS AMAZING I GOT INTO IT 2 DAYS AGO, ITS AMAZING SO FAR

Y E S

Compliments for acknowledging that the story of any game is only interesting once. Any MMO is about the repeat content and in that regard GW2 is second to none. If you have all expansions and Living World seasons there are currently over 30 LVL 80 maps to do, which means that when you get tired of one thing you an simply do another.

Any chance you're gaming on EU? Edit: "Not to play as an elementalist" pfft. I shall Weave your fate into demise and misery! ...Soon as I finish my downstate rotation...!

Pvp in guild wars is Top notch 👌 you can max up your character by doing only pvp ! that's crazy

Best mmo out there, if only they had a better lfg system

its funny ive found this video because i have been trying to recently play GW2 this past week or so, I currently play ESO and FF14, but i cant pay the FF14 sub, so I decided to try Guild Wars 2. Also Charr exist so I have the furry bait that dictates whether I actually try an MMO or not because humans are boring.

Based.

Wait did you just say Area net?. Some one of the ways you pronounce words took me out 🤣🤣💀💀

Mispronounced: Ice brood saga. Arena net. Renown hearts.

For free to play players, your only allowed 2 character slots, which means you can only create 2 characters. If your interested in the mounts, you MUST buy the expansion. The graphics are very outdated. In my opinion GW2 is not as good as a lot of KZfaqrs make it out to be, they duck and weave around the real questions. If your not willing to put money in, your not gonna have a good time.

whit expansion YES,free to play definitely not

"guild wars is one that never appreared on my raydar" bruh its been one of the big 5 for years. there is no way you play ff14/eso and wow without players who also play gw2. the overlap is insane as majority of those people will go back to gw2 they wont go back to other games because they just dont feel the same. wow and ff14 are games that hold a shotgun to the back of your head specially at the start of an expansion. gw2 never does and never will. Happy that your bringing attention to the game congrats on the video blowing up but saying you had never heard of it is a bit insane.

There is a trinity,there are healers,supports and tanks,long ago there was no trinity.

Gw2🔥👍❤️👏

YES IT IS. Just go and play, whoever reading this comment.

It's 800 gems. Not 80 gems.

Wow players are always the most hardcore-anti-every-other-mmo-players i've met, most of them dont play another mmo's they also hatin about them. just like old people saying "back then, everything was better"

Anets advertising for GW2 was...lets just say it wasn't successful. After a few ad campaigns fell flat and provoked a fair bit of ridicule and community outrage, they kind of just stopped. It's probably for the best.

try Action Camera in keybinding settings make the game much better

WoW looks like PS1 game

Best mobil mmorpg

To anyone curious: I, too, picked up GW2 and got hooked, bought the Heart of Thorns/Path of Fire Expansion Bundle and yet I haven't touched any of it yet. My Human Necromancer is still wandering the Core Map as a Power Reaper Murder Hobo picking up Vistas and Hero Points and I love it. But you forgot to mention my Nemesis: Jumping Puzzles. Those things can break your heart, grind you soul to dust and make you cry. But the feeling of triumph you get at completing one is immense. And please, tip your Mesmer for helping you out, eh?

Here for the femboy vibes

I love the game so much but I really hate the progression and mastery system... Archievements should never have such a big role. I wish I could just quest and grind and still make progress with mastery points...

get PoE and HoT.

i hit cap 4 years ago on 6 characters and there hasnt been any meaningful progression in the game since then. everything new just awards the same type of gear. if you want ascended gear which is barely an improvement over exotic gear, you have to grind achievements and fractals. Gw2 has a metric shit tonne of grinding. event rewards are pathetic at best to the point where nothing feels meaningful.

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