Thanks for the kind words and the time you took watching this little passion project of mine! Saying you like my voice in the golden voice you have is a massive compliment. At the end of the day you summed it up nicely: I went from an end game centric past time to one far more casual, and I think it's been a great and refreshing change of pace for me. Thanks again!

As an old ESO veteran and former class rep who fully moved to GW2, i can only recommend checking GW2 out. Way more potential for theorycrafting, classes are much more diverse in their playstyles. Hard to sum things up in short comment, but it's definetely worth playing. Open world is sooooooooooo much better designed; once you have been through open world in gw2 after level 80, you'll never enjoy ESO's open world combat again

Yeah I'm definitely going to check out guild wars 2!

I left ESO over a year ago for GW2 and have not looked back , GW2 has lots of things i would change if I could (Having to buy bag space for each character would be one) but i understand they need to make money ,My main reason for leaving ESO was server performance not only in pvp but also pve even though i had 80ms on ESO for some reason the game would be lagging when I was doing dps , The LFG system in GW2 for raids people just dont use it because raids are so mechcanic driven (Well at least I think thats why )But I think this is one of the reasons people dont like it when they join GW2 . If your new to GW2 and dont have a friend who knows the game you will soon quit as there is so much not explained as you get into game but once you do it is an awesome game and the servers (for me ) are perfect even with 50+ people taken on a boss at once .Having to leave ESO for server performance was a big thing for me but I have not looked back .

Man, I wish I could play other MMOs. My problem is I don’t play ESO because I like MMOs, I play it because I LOVE The Elder Scrolls series.

come gw2. I love eso, I'm still rooting that eso rise up to glory once again. but until then, yeah, i'm enjoying my time with gw2

GW2 has something for everyone, if you want the typical non casual endgame you can go deep with fractals, raiding and WvW. Also GW2 is changing its paradigm to go all in on endgame pve (mini expansion every 3 month instead of living season) and WvW (read about alliances). Read arenanet's 2023 roadmap post.

I've been playing GW2 recently instead of ESO. I miss the quick LFG system of ESO, ngl.

ESO vs. GW2? ... two imaginably deep game with years worth of quality content. Here's a really THOROUGH side-by-side 1-hour-and-17 minutes long video comparing them. It's a calm, rational, balanced serios video. [Elder Scrolls Online & Guild Wars 2 Side-by-Side - Should You Play Them?] - by Masel It touches on: - Combat - Classes & Specializations - Open World PvE - Instanced PvE - Itemization - Character Progression - PvP

These reaction vids are great! I’m taking a short break from ESO to play some other games. Btw, your voice is better than his.

The recurring grind for new gear to keep up with the meta every three months is taking a lot of the pleasure out of ESO to be honest. In GW2, I can log on after a year and jump straight into pvp and still be doing ok, after some warming up.

I think GW2 is the closest MMO to ESO if someone is looking for another MMO to try. There are differences for sure but both allow action combat, relatively quick global cooldown, a moderate size ability bar, and multiple possibilities for each class (healing, support, dps). One thing I hate in many other games is forced tab targeting and unresponsive gameplay. Both ESO and GW2 feel fast and combos feel satisfying.

I thoroughly enjoy both ESO and GW2, and I've been playing both for years, however ESO scratches an itch that GW2 doesn't, for me. I feel more immersed in ESO, and I like the housing. GW2's graphics also feel more dated.

My partner left ESO, there was nothing left for me to do, I kept on for a short time but I found myself down to only getting the daily freebies as there was nothing else I wanted to do alone. Now looking for a new game. I started playing in 2016, left a week ago. I've since returned to Star Trek online until I can find my next game.

My group of friends all picked up GW2 just a week ago while waiting for Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion and the upcoming class in ESO. Honestly, I was blown away with how engaging it is for us.

Coniff does a lot of voice over stuff. He’s also pretty much a bard. He was with the loreseekers and did all of their intros and would often make entire songs based on eso. Dude is BIG talented!

WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY is that GW2's cyrodil (the wvw maps) ACTUALLY WORK GREAT. Also the battlegrounds equivalent (ranked and unranked pvp). But ESO has the best housing in any game.

Despite the free time and variebility being key issues for sure, starting an MMO by straight out jumping to the meta also leads to quitting faster than any other factor involved. I'm telling this because, from all the people that I recruited into ESO, most who quitted were the ones who powerleveled to jump into the meta in less than 2 days while skipping every other content that isn't PVE Dungeons/Arenas/Trials, with the average lifespan in the game going between 3 months to 2.5 years. So, why didn't he play ESO casually like he's currently doing in GW2? Well, perhaps he's now preventing the same mistake in GW2 that he previously did on ESO. It's a shame that he had never tried other content in the game, but in a way it changed his mindset over MMOs and how solely focusing on their metas limits a game's potential. (edit: Missed a part on the vid where he at least did Tales of Tribute, and probably some Scrying in order to get Mythicals that are meta. Although the message keeps the same for the majority of other cases due to either lack of interest for these features outside of farming items for the meta or being tied to being DLC exclusive features for those who jumpstart straight to the endgame but only bought the base game.)

I switched from ESO to Guild Wars 2 as well, and I'm so intrigued still with the game. I rmember when they announced the game was under development. I visted the Guild Wars website and subscribed, but over the years I got away from it....until recently when I decided to try it out along with Black Desert Online, and GW2 was the one I stuck with. Great video, NeFas. Thanks for sharing. 👍 PS. Imagine if WoW actually looked like their trailers in the game. Man, that would be something else. - I played WoW from 2 months after it launched and until the expansion after Pandoria (I've forgotten it's name; I never completed it).

ESO is controversial. The answer is up to you. MMORPG genre usually has to be universal in every aspect to attract players, it's not only about sexy female outfits, bunch of classes or dungeons. Eso is not universal gane anymore. This game is primarily PvE, which means PvE is nice here, but PvP isn't balanced well and it can be boring. There's so few PvP content out there, only BGs, Cyro, IC and duels with no rewards. Developers transmuted the game into PvE heavily focused light fairy tail fantasy entertainment, which cannot entertain PvPers or players with great imagination, when it comes to theory crafting. Despite PvP has more options in theory crafting than PvE, in comparison with other mmorpgs, it doesn't give you advantage to use every set and enjoy it. Overall, content is really big, especially in PvE, if you're PvX player you might not leave too early. The fashion in this game is just great, despite it looks a bit like cartoon. Players can mix parts of every style to create their own one. Crownstore is fine too, it gives opportunity to make character's look great, but it becomes more boring and boring next patches, it's like 25% of things worth buying, others aren't. Of course, somebody will disagree with me, but for the majority of people, it's madness. We still haven't good knight's armor costumes, not outfits. The story line has so much lore, but experience of doing quests can be easily broken by realising that your character is like a god and can defeat anyone. Devs still can't make oberland harder. For players who like strategy board games more than action combat perspective games, there's tales of tribute system for them. The optimisation and performance of this game is fine, when it comes to NA megaservers, but on EU megaservers, it's much more worse. The community in this game is great, but don't forget with which type of community you play, because it's very important. When it comes to grind, there's pretty much grinding in ESO, especially undaunted skill line experience for PvP players, arena weapons, trial gear sets and lvling new toons, but it can't be campared to games like BDO or Lost Ark, because in ESO, you have to spent some time on grinding, but it is not a real problem to do it like for whole enternity. The real opposite situation is about gear sets, race and class changes. Whenever you see new patch, it might shock you and it seems like all your efforts were taken for nothing and you have to change your playstyle and of course, it take a lot of time. There is no established P2W system, which is great, but there are some things, which can make your gameplay easier, like their subscription (gives a bag for resources, ability to dye costumes, acess to every dlc, exept the last chapter), bankeer, trader, armorer, imperial race, armory master, character slots, mounts with 2 slots and deconstruction master. But when it comes to pay to win and RMT, players will always find a way to make new capitalist schemes. In ESO, you can buy every dlc, customizing things via in game gold. But of course, players who can sell crowns can earn millions gold, without spending pretty good amount of time. This game also has a great housing system, which is impressive: too many furniture, lights, guests, variety of furniture styles, variety of houses ( from big castles and valleys to really small basements). In conclusion, I'd like to say that the game is worth playing only if you enjoy majority/every of game's aspects. If you only enjoy PvP, you can get bored due to lack of content. If you only enjoy PvE, there's less likelihood of becoming bored of course, but when it comes to discussion of impresions of veteran PvE players, there's likelihood, you'll become tired of PvE and might never return of pne of specific trials. If you're not a girl and don't like fashion, housing or any stuff like that, style of the game might look like 1900's gothic grey horror movies. So, if you're PvXer or PvEr, you can try, it's fine, but if you're only solo player, overland enjoyer or PvPer, things are pretty grim indeed.

When I started playing ESO, it was a lot of what Coniff says about GW2. The exploration of a vast world, meeting all kinds of interesting NPC characters and the casual way of thinking about gear and character progression are things that ESO absolutely allows, if you are just starting out and taking it slow. I have tried GW2 only a little bit and it was not for me, but I have played a lot of other games. The fascination Coniff describes sounds a lot like a typical new player experience and I love having that in a new game. However, I doubt that any game is able to stay that way forever. The more you allow yourself to keep playing casually, the longer it will probably last. But the longer you play, the more you will understand, how things work on a technical level, and at some point you always start to see encounters as a collection of game mechanics rather than a new adventure.

Gw2 is great! But it is a different game. I love them both

Yup, you definitely should give GW2 another try, a serious attempt this time. Would love to watch such a series. TheTankClub mentioned he had it on his list, too :)

Everyone thinks "golden age" is around first year of our playing. Game in fact changes a lot and things we considered as great simply faded away. Also nostalgia

You should try it Nefas friend on mine who was an officer in my guild and played ESO at least 6 - 8 hours every day went to GW2 and never came back

lol bro i put the vid up on fullscreen, and got confused when i went to check my flow in the sidebar but it wasn't my flow lol

I saw that video. Good video. My only gripe with it was the hella long montage at the beginning. Otherwise, it was well done. His voice is cool and his points were valid. I hope the combat team gets their stuff together or gets changed up some. They have been detrimental to ESO. Craglorn is dang near dead for grouping trials compared to what it was. Endgame trial guilds took a major hit with people leaving. Things take too long to get tested and changed when some community members can take one look at the changes and know it's gonna be bad. U35 proved this.

Try it out! I've been thinking about trying out for a long time and after this video I feel like I have to!

It's exactly what happen to me.. and i still feel lost

Although I dont play ESO, some reason I like watching Nefas... he has actual good takes, and I like his thoughts about games.

I love GW2 so much! You should def try it out Nefas! It has a lot of really great game systems and improvements compared to ESO

"I'm already half convinced" 😂😂

I had to disagree a bit. He was doing somewhat towards to mid game contents already at CP 300, he was on a path to become a end-game raider at such early level back then when CP grinding requires more xp, they got what they expected and that's not the game's fault tbh. Regarding to U35, I agree 100%, it's literally the worst patch I've ever seen since I started playing ESO.

I got really into GW2 2013 and 2014 but can’t seem to get back into it these days. This video def Mae me want to try though. Let’s see if my account got hacked for a third time

"Hero Challenges that can't be solo'd" >my power vindicator: Hold my beer

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL EYE OFTHE NORTH SOUNDTRACK LOOOL

I quit playing once 35 update hit. Been playing since day 1. I’ve become exhausted with the direction ZoS is on. Still always watch your channel.

If you have a newer GPU and can add filters to GW2 - it can look a LOT better than it does at base. They weirdly massively reduce all the object details, so it has this hazy effect to it. With game filters you can get rid of that and make everything pop.

I wasn't always an endgame player on Xbox🤣 That clip appearance was from my earlier PvP/overland questing/housing days. Also yes, Connif's voice is like buttah. -p00tx

So many games have tons of potential and they get ruined by donut devs.

Like so many others, I play both games, but I first started with GW2 and took a long, long break from ESO after checking it out for a short time after release. I like to play games in company with of others, I like to experience the open world, exploration and story. And I play it casually, but I sink in a lot of hours into this casual playstyle (so - is it really casual?). GW2 just nails all these aspects, and of all the MMOs I know, ESO still is it's closest relative (or competitor) on those things I like. That said, there are still a lot of differences, and an endgame focus on dungeons and similar stuff is just nothing I care about - way too much overhead (premade groups) or risk of being stuck with toxic or speedrunning players (in PUGS). Also in GW2 you can follow the story together for the fast majority of time, instead of basically just visiting solo instances.

I think what people misunderstand about GW2 sometimes is that it isn't people going casual when they pick it up - there just isn't a race to the top that exists within the game. There's no gear to rush to or newest content to rush towards - the gear that was endgame when the game was created is still the endgame gear now. Nothing is really timegated, there's no subscription, and the game is built to go at your pace. The real fun of it is creating builds, learning how to play your build well, and doing whatever you want with those skills whenever you hop in. In PVP you are basically given top level gear/abilities to level the playing field when you enter matches, and PVE, you can buy gear that will do perfectly well in most endgame situations for gold. Skill matters way more than numbers, tbh, in how well you do in endgame content. Some people like the chase but for those of us who don't, it's just a really chill way to play and actually enjoy a game again with no stress or fomo around the next big thing. Your time actually feels meaningful, and no expansion feels like a waste. This is an older video so I'm not sure if you've checked GW2 out or not, but you definitely should someday. There's no downside, it's a great game to pop in and out of and enjoy alongside other ones.

You might enjoy a video created by Pabston. Its called "ESO 5 Years Of Bugs" Much fun.

ESO was like another job to me, after a long long long time i felt the priority of having fun(while playing GW2).

I personally like ESO and GW2 equally. I never got into the meta chase of ESO so maybe that's why I still like it.

Yes. Try out guild wars 2 again. Like really give it a go. It Would be fun to see your journey

All I can remember about ESO was it was the last game I ever bought on disc for PC (didn't have to but I just wanted to) bought 2 copies one for me and my brother. I think we played about 2 hours and quit. It was so bad and the XP gain was non existent. Only MMORPG I bought and didn't sink 1k+ hours into.

The guy needs to voice act

The reason I left ESO. First I played Elder Scrolls games such as Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. Loved it. I was patient with ESO and its many bugs when it first came out and was eventually rewarded. Still I’m a single player at heart and had absolutely no interest in PVP that remains to this day and one of my favorite things to do in an open world game is to explore. What ended up pushing me out is the constant flow of upgrades I order to get parity between player classes for the sake of PVP. That also affected my PVE characters whom I built towards specific goal. At first it was just annoying but as time went on it was grating. One day I just watched the game boot up and thought to myself… Why? Next thing I knew I was playing WOW Classic and player parity wasn’t a thing but sigh mid max was;( Not a fan of that but the constant stream of upgrades wasn’t a thing either.

How big is gripe with ESO, is anytime a new DLC comes out a new player that is unfamiliar with the game that starts it at that new chapter point doesn't experience the beginning of a game. Like with Somerset, you start off talking razum dar like your old friends, but if you end up going back and doing the zone stories he acts like he doesn't know you. Crazy and confusing.

I noticed people in live chat saying "but ncsoft tho" And there is one thing they should know: while Arenanet is owned by NCsoft, Anet has more authority over GW2, meaning the bad NCsoft influence and decisions don't touch GW2. Ncsoft has caused some issues for anet but you will not even notice NCsoft behind the game you are playing, because anet actively tries to keep Ncsoft influence to neglectable levels. Tldr, no need to worry about ncsoft when it comes to gw2

You can be casual with eso also. I mean what happens when you do everything in guild wars also? Cool video tho

I'm in the camp that update 35 turned off. Now all my friends have left so now I just solo dungeons and arena and bgs. It's killed the game me and my 11 characters. So if anybody on PS wants to add me that'd be great. I miss rolling with the homies haha

Ok, i just started eso after trying wow, gw2, ff14, and new world. The reason i like eso is the quests. I love voice acted quests. Im lazy. I don't want to read. I almost fell asleep playing ff14. Maybe I'm weird, but I prefer eso questing to all other mmo I've tried.

I remember watching a few of Nefas' videos a couple of years ago when I played ESO, good dude. Do yourself a favor, try GW2 out, but at least get to level 80, not to level 20 or even 50, get to something remotely difficult in the open world. Things don't become challenging until you reach the final three zones of Tyria, where the NPC's will mop the floor with you if you're not careful. Early on, this game is too easy and it may leave a bad impression on some. I've played both games, ESO's end game has slightly more content, but when you factor in everything that GW2 does better, it doesn't matter much. Both games are very similar in terms of overall gameplay. The biggest difference is there isn't a vertical gear treadmill in GW2 as there is with ESO, or other MMO's out there. Taking a break in GW2, you don't miss anything, the game will still be there if you decide to take a break, and your gear will still be as relevant as when you left.

You can get the same experience out of eso It just sounds like he burnt himself out with doing end game only and not going back to roots.

Im a gw2 commander, welcome to guild wars 2!

no reason you cant play both, I switch back and forth when I get tired of one the other has a different feel and strengths.

- Sees graphics - "oh no" This makes me so sad.

If you can nerf your character hard enough then overland is actually a fun experience in ESO. but you have to get rid of all gear and all cp and all stats basically otherwise it's a boring cake walk.

i played gw2 from beta until 2019 i left because reaper necromancer it is still not competitive for endgame play in 2023, and my hopium run out this said the game is very good but not so casual as ESO, which switched to in 2019 because of necromancer XD

👏👍❤️🔥gw2

nothing willl beat the lore of tamriel it will always be my go to fantasy world to lose myself in... starfeild should be great lets hope

I'm playing eso from 2015 and i'm not moving to any other game forever. I can play other games but nothing will surpress eso

Im mean gw2 is a really nice game Many things going for it

I get his points... The best way to enjoy ESO is to just stop chasing the rat race... Make characters that are good enough to do the things that you want to do, and just do those things. I have really got into 4 person content lately and just do trials when someone needs me to fill a spot these days. Maybe if ZOS can go a whole year without turning the entire meta on its head again I will start running trials again.

I e quit many mmo so for others, 4 years of ff for BDO, BDO 5 years for guild wars 3 months lol, guild wars 3 months for eso now. Gw2 is an ok mmo it had alot of players come back s couple mnths ago. It was fun to play but I feel the classes and fhe equipment aren’t as fun as eso. You can buy everything from the main store so gold is king you really don’t have to earn anything is why I don’t like it honestly. But hey no reeson to get mad about dominoes opinion. LIKE ALL GAMES WE TIRE OUT AFTER 6-8 mnths. zIT GETS STAGNENT BECUXSE WE CRAVE MORE IR DIFFERENT STIMULI!!

I tried to play GW2, but I didn't even last an hour.

In all honesty, you could say that for any MMORPG. They base it on *a single* Game and nothing else. World of Warcraft, ESO, etc., have people who only *focus* it on THEIR game. lol

Btw he left out a lot. We haven't had a new raid in a while but that's mostly because strike missions (one boss raid) are way more popular so the devs have focused on making more of those instead. Also his problem with how to get vipers gear is just because he hasn't learned about strike gear yet. It sucks that the game doesn't yell at you to tell you all the different ways to get gear, but if you just ask in zone/guild chat anyone will tell you crafting vipers isn't worth it and there's like 7 other ways to get it. Apart from that exotic gear is insanely easy to get and it's only 5-10% worse.

The dude skipped through all of eso story and said they did not hook him as in gw2…

compared to eso, gw2 is probably more of an "mmo" or a game to play WITH other players. but not compared to actual MMO's (that have mostly been cancelled for some totally unrelated reason lol).

Honestly FF14 is the best mmo out there right now but it’s still hard for me to leave eso completely

Funny, I went the other way around. After 8k hours in GW2 (on account that is worth more than 98% of other accounts in the whole fucking game according to GWEfficiency database) I've deleted my account and went over to play ESO full time. Both games have their issues, both technical and gameplay wise. PVP is better in GW2, always has been, afterall this game is a sequel to Guild Wars 1 which had the best structured PVP system out of any MMORPG. sPvP is more skill based and more fun for me but WvW is a zerg mess and has the same issue ESO has (low FPS, zergs being meta, griefers etc.). PvE is fun in Guild Wars 2, but only if you like farming because that's what you will do most of the time. Raids are easy and there's not enough of them, so you will be doing same shit again and again. Fractals even at T4 are braindead. On top of that there's only few build you can play if you are serious about doing raids. I mean ESO has meta as well, like every other MMORPG, but unlike GW2 you can get away with a lot of builds in raids. You can even take one-bar build to Trails and you'll be okay. In GW2 you need to have Quickbrand Guardian, Druid, Alac Mesmer or Alac Rev etc. I mean this has been the meta for years and nothing has changed. It's fucking stale and while there are no hard roles like tank, dps and healer you are still very much forced into this few builds if you are serious about end game PvE content. I guess my ideal MMORPG would be if ESO and GW2 could merge together. Have GW2 style combat but with itemazation (item sets) and build flexibility of ESO. Have GW2 style meta events but with open world having story quests like ESO has. ESO end game PvE, but GW2's sPVP where you can select any type of PvP armor set and everyone is on the same power level.

The current state of GW2's engine suck ass but somehow after 10+ years the combat feels so good and that combined with the open world makes the game feel really satisfying even though their reward system is crap too (I think even ESO has better rewards). Also materials can be sent to storage (limited but there it is) with just one click, no subscription required. I play both but right now I can't recover from some ESO exhaustion, I think GW2 open world spoiled me. GW2 needs more meaningful side activities (mini games) like ESO but wandering with such freedom in GW2 is unmatchable. If both games had a "baby" it would be some unbeatable opponent.

GW2 is nice, but it feels a little bit old for me, the gameplay, the combat is a little slow, a little archaic for me, the performance in open world pvp seems not to be best also. No gear in arena pvp, its nice its equalized but still meh. It requires to buy DLC to have a mount, more inventory space, or even to be allowed to use trade market Seems like there are no interesting mmo's for me, tried everything and everything is either archaic, old, slow, or its empty, not balanced like New World for example, which needs to years to be a good, balanced mmo with endgame Waiting for Ashes of Creation currently, we'll see

GW2 is a fine game but dont be confused it has issues as well. The major difference between ESO and GW2 is the companies/teams that run the respective games. ESO is a good game (used to be great) run by a bad company. I mean, when you see Matt Firor tell you "we are doing XYZ" do you believe him? I played ESO for years in PVP and got a lot out of that game, upon reflection it was worth it, the good outweighed the bad. That said I dont trust ZOS, I never will.

Coniff is a friend of mine, so I was a little nervous clicking on this. I shouldn't have been. You're always fair, Nefas, and I appreciate that. I do think you should give GW2 another shot, I have many friends who think highly of it. For me, ESO is still scratching all my itches. Some of our guildies stayed behind with me, and we're adding new ones, and making new friends. But Coniff is the man who made me the nightblade I am today. And he's super nice. I miss him. And I'll never forget him. And yes he has an amazing voice, we were always telling him that 😂

guild wars 2 is the game when you love mmo´s but dont want to be a hamster in a wheel of a scummy coorps. this game has content for ANY kind of player - and i will never leaveeeee muhahaha (1200 hours in still noob)

"pfff casual in Gw2"......1v1 me in Edge of the mist m8

GW2 is the BEST MMO. It is the only mmo that focuses to players and not to company

one tamriel ruined the game

every mmo looks goofy after playing eso for years

gw2 has opposite problems to eso which are far worse imo. Gw2 is a game for poor people who dont mind repeating the exact same content a billion times for fuck all currency. eso is for people with cash who dont mind paying for a better all around game in every department except group overland and mounts. gw2 lack of change is pathetic and eso pecieved lack of direction is pathetic but the change in eso that drove me away initially draws me back as well and there is always new content to play unlike in gw2.

Honestly i just hope majority of pvp community leaves to that game so we can have fun without lag and trash premade grps ruining eso pvp experience. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 GO GO GO GO GO new pvp game guys Pog Pog GO GO GO GO now 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

been playing gw2 since launch....I literally can't stand playing any other mmo. open world content in other mmos doesn't even come close.

GW2 is so much better than any other MMO RPG than other one it's literally laughable.

people unironically say eso's graphics looks outdated, then i look at this shit.

I would probably drop MMO gaming altogether if I dropped ESO. The graphics and styles of WoW, GW2, FFXIV have way too much anime simping for me to take them seriously

Gw2 animation is a joke from what I see

> Player plays everything the game has to offer > Player is bored with current content > Player calls the 3 years they played "the golden age" > Player complains that things changed > Player goes and plays a different game This guys experience isn't special...

The problem with this guy was never the game itself but his approach. You can absolutely play ESO casually, enjoy the story, do exploration; but this guy treated it like a job because he chose to and naturally burnt himself out. Perfect example of why you should take breaks and try other games.

I played GW2 for a while, got to end game and then got really bored.

GW2's instanced content feels so... lacking. The combat feels so meh after playing ESO. Just form a blob, stack boons, and you're golden. Just two dodge rolls, and your supports handle the rest of your defense. But the open world, ohhhhh man that's how you handle an open world. Actual danger, best mounts in gaming, tons of collections to fill.

i sank 20hrs (according to steam) in guild wars 2. i like the world and enjoyed my time there, but it didnt grab my attention. the main story wasn't compelling enough, inventory juggling is a f'n nightmare, combat isn't fluid enough, and side quests litter the map but they feel tacked on.

As someone who not too long ago tried G2W I can say the game is alright, though it has its own share of problems which weren't mentioned in the video at all. 1st, Free players can use a mount for 8 in game hours and then are *FORCED* to either buy the expansions or start running everywhere (fast travel costs are scaled with progression and distance to where you TP to, so its not stable rates like in ESO and if you just fast travel everywhere it will burn a sizeable hole in your cash reserves. 2 The daily challenge system is FOMO incarnate and is really predatory for new players, while the challenges are not usually too hard, they can force you to go to other side of the world to do them and really putting a stop to whatever you where doing in the previous zone, the FOMO element comes in the daily bonus, if you complete 3 dailies you will get 2 gold coins, which is a huge amount of money to new players. The FOMO aspect gets bigger as the game has a system where you can convert ingame gold to premium currency which is nice, but as a new player you have so many uses for money that you realistically won't get nowhere near enough money to convert to premium currency.... All of this feeds back into the cycle of grinding daily bonus every single day as the 2 gold is so much more money than what your current level content gives. ( the game uses the classic system of 100 copper = 1 silver, 100 silver = 1 gold and an items you sell in early game average for about 20 copper) 3 the game has most of its cool cosmetics locked behind the MTX shop, limited time events, or loot boxes which you stop getting free keys after a while, GW2 gives you 5-10 leather jackets which most look the same, unlocking paint colors in GW2 is also tied behind the lootboxes and occasional rare drop from world events, but atleast the basic colors can be bought of other players relatively cheaply. (So if you think ESO doesn't give you enough cosmetics as rewards, Guild Wars 2 makes ESO look like a philanthropic millionaire) 4 While the 9 classes in Guild Wars all feel different and fun to play, the 5 races you play as are nothing but superficial cosmetics, the races have few exclusive skills, most of which are absolute trash. The actual meaningful choice about the players race is the voice your character has, so if you try out guild Wars 2, listen few samples of the different races male & female voices beforehand, as you get to listen to that voice actor for as long as you play the game. (for example, the female of Charr race has the same voice as Ikora Rey from destiny 2, so if you do not like her voice, I cannot recommend playing as female Charr) 5 The free to play basegame experience is repetitive, easy, unrewarding, and anticlimactic as all hells, the expansions are a different story, but the main story boils down to, grind menial heart quests which are stuff like (collect X item, kill X enemies, Interact with X machine) when you reach lvl 10/20/30 etc You get the next step of the main story with some voiced dialogue, followed by ridiculously easy fights and you are done, back to grinding heart quests till you get to next milestone level. So yeah, if you actually made it this far thanks for reading I suppose, GW2 is fun experience with friends, and you can get the DLC for relative cheap during sales so the time value per EURO/DOLLAR is pretty good in this game, but If you are a solo player I cannot recommend GW2 over ESO.

I just feel like ESO is more reality based lol if that makes sense and I’m so entrenched in the story line.

New World is marginally better.. But becomes stale too quickly to play consistently lol.

honestly if you're a pvper, and you're hoping for gw2 to be better than eso, go back. It is much much worse there.

Eso ALL DAY. Lol just take small breaks from eso and your fiiiinnneee. Im fine. Right…im ok..i swear