GW2 is the most mobile shovelware MMO i have ever tried in my life.

[Hardwenzen]

I have never played a game with this little going on. It's as if this game has been completely abandoned by it's developers, but at the same time, NCSoft is gaslighting us by saying how lively it is, and announces stupid numbers like 20M+ accounts made, etc.

At the same time i believe that this niche game is incredibly lucky to be as niche as it is. If it was a big title, content creators would shread it in pieces for having genuine Welfare content support, and i don't think Anet would be able to survive the drama on the socials.

It is crazy to me how far Anet has fallen since their GW1 days. Its like comparing OG Bioware to the current one, the difference is in light years, not miles.

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โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย dunnothisguy:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Imagine Playing On PS5:

Simply stating that gw2 is the best there is, is just wrong. Monster Hunter Wilds has MMO elements, and is galaxies superior to anything GW2 related (not to mention how much more social the game is compare to the anti social simulator that is gw2). PoE1 and PoE2 are far ahead of gw2, and they're actual mmo's. The only thing GW2 had going for it is its combat system, but for over five years the clueless balance team of 5 devs have powercreeped the game so much, that nothing in its combat system matters, you're just spamming on CD.

GW2 is so amateurish, i have a hard time believing that its made by a multi million dollars company, backed by a multi billion dollars publisher. Its a complete mess.

What "Monster hunter"? Was there MH MMORPG released without me noticing? Or do you refer to the MH:World, which is session mmo and not an mmorpg in a slightest lol? You can call Escape from Tarkov or Destiny 2 a "mmorpg" then too, lol, it even has more reasons to be called one, as there you can actually meet people you didn't invite to your instance sometimes. Like as if it had, you know, a staple element of any mmorpg ever existed, an open world (for the lack of better term).

PoE1/2? Loool. A mindless diablo-clone with endless grind substituting actual gameplay, with little to no content beside gear hoarding and trading.

And that's all your options, I presume? So, no mmorpgs, some session mmos of dubious quality.. welp. See? That's exactly my point, and that's exactly why people like you are lauging matter in the community.

lol are you seriously replying to that person? he doesn't care what u have to say, he just needs fuel to keep this going for days and page after page.

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โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย dunnothisguy:

PoE1/2? Loool. A mindless diablo-clone with endless grind substituting actual gameplay, with little to no content beside gear hoarding and trading.

Not agreeing with OP obviously, but i do enjoy PoE2, as well as GW2, as can see from soon to be 2,5k hours on this account.. PoE2 is obviously not MMORPG, but a clear ARPG, and best one at that currently in my taste.

So different genres of games, but both are awesome, and would go as far as saying PoE2 is most fun and best ARPG currently, for me. And GW2 is most fun and best MMO currently, for me. Yes, i do enjoy the instanced raid content of FFXIV, but GW2 beats FFXIV and any other mmo games open world/events/meta-events with open world gaming in maps that actually feel energetic, alive and always full of action. In other mmo games the open worlds feels so static and dead after playing GW2.

In fact, GW2 has spoiled many other games in the genre for me weirdly, because i notice myself thinking (outloud also to friends in discord) that "why don't these other games have open world feeling as alive as in GW2?" TnL is eye candy in ultra settings, it looks stunning, but in that games question, the combat of GW2 is way better and smoother, TnL combat and cc system sucks compared to GW2.

PoE2 has been fun game to chill and play with a controller on the big screen, under a blanket on sofa. ^^

Just wanted to say that both are awesome, PoE2 and GW2, good combo of 2 games to enjoy for any gamer in my opinion.

Nothing more to add, carry on and have a fun gaming sunday-funday everyone!

[WolfEisberg]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Hardwenzen:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ytisrite:

Would you believe that this has been going for 5 years now? Since all the veteran players left, there's no one left who cares enough about the game to criticize it.

The state of the game has been this low for half a decade? You can't be serious. What kind of indie developer supports a live service title this poorly?

Is Anet collecting pepsi cans on the street to fund this game?

The game is bringing in about $81 Million USD per year, its clear they are using their revenue to pay for the game's development.

[WolfEisberg]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Hardwenzen:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย 󠀡󠀡:

Game's on life support mode to milk money from their playerbase which is too deep in sunk cost fallacy to quit. NCSoft is literally one of the greediest mmo publishers around and that's no secret, it always surprises me how sheep flock to games like this because they have zero perspective on what a good game is.

And because GW2 is bleeding players (HEAVY bleeding since 2022 btw), since gw3 is around 5 years from launching, expect extremely mobile-tier greedy introductions into the game within 2025 and 2026. Shallow mobile content is the future of GW2, and those heavily invested are took weak minded to say F this, and go play a proper video game. Laughable.

Bleeding players while having their revenue increase each year since 2021? ok.
Also, lets be honest here, since player numbers are not shared, you saying thy are bleeding players means nothing because you actually do not know at all. All we can see is how much revenue they bring in each year due to their quarterly financial reports, which those numbers show your guess here isn't correct.