Worth buying?

[ChrisS3097]

I have about 300 hours played in new world, is this game still getting as a new player and are you able to find groups for content that will not be riddled with toxicity for the smallest mistakes?

[SinisterSlay]

No toxicity outside of this steam forums and the game forums. Avoid the game forums, they are the most toxic thing ever.
In game everyone is happy and even beginner maps are very populated.

This game has nothing in common with new world, they are polar opposites.

[ChrisS3097]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

No toxicity outside of this steam forums and the game forums. Avoid the game forums, they are the most toxic thing ever.
In game everyone is happy and even beginner maps are very populated.

This game has nothing in common with new world, they are polar opposites.

Could you elaborate further on the differences, if you wish?

[SinisterSlay]

Originally posted by ChrisS3097:

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

No toxicity outside of this steam forums and the game forums. Avoid the game forums, they are the most toxic thing ever.
In game everyone is happy and even beginner maps are very populated.

This game has nothing in common with new world, they are polar opposites.

Could you elaborate further on the differences, if you wish?

Name anything and it's the opposite. Leveling, crafting, exploration, guilds, interactions, events. Everything. Gw2 was made by looking at existing mmos like WoW and every korean grindfest and doing the opposite. If you want the biggest difference, there is no gear treadmill. The best gear in 2012 is the best gear today too. Your character doesn't get stronger, you the player have to get stronger.
Just try it and see. It's free to try.

[DarkSlayer197]

Short answer? Yes, yes & yes.

Long answer? This game still gets new and returning players. This game is often regarded as one the most friendliest gaming communities you'll run into. You'll even encounter WoW refugees (what they call themselves) that are often surprised just how friendly it is. There are some toxicity that still exists in competitive modes (Raids, PvP, & WvW), but it isn't too common. Rather you'll have people telling those toxic people off more often (or trolled by the more dedicated people). The slowest group forming content is Dungeons. However, if you always host a group and post it on LFG, you'll form a group fairly quickly (longest I waited was barely 10min on a late weekday night). People often look for groups rather than host a group.

I hope answered your questions. I would always recommend trying the Free to Play version. There will be some restrictions as those measures exist as anti-bot measures. https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015898508-Guild-Wars-2-Free-Account-Features is a link to see the restrictions (it even is in a handy little chart). Try the game out and if you enjoy what you see, welcome to Tyria! If not, then I do hope you find a game that suits you better.

[DarkSlayer197]

Just as a little add on, just buying any expansion removes the Free to Play restrictions. There is no sub, so you have nothing to worry there.

[Nico]

You will find toxicity in PvP and sometimes in the hardest PvE content, but for most PvE content the GW2 community is known to be quite friendly and cooperative.

The playerbase is still very healthy and even in old content you will find many players runnign around doing things. That's mostly due to the game having mostly horizontal progression, so that's there no real advantage in skipping old content since you won't really get much stronger once you reached the max lvl of the base game and got decent equipment. Which also means that old content is very much worth buying, including the Living World. But you stil should first as a free2play player for a while to figure out if you like the game enough.

[ItzaLaggin]

Originally posted by ChrisS3097:

I have about 300 hours played in new world, is this game still getting as a new player and are you able to find groups for content that will not be riddled with toxicity for the smallest mistakes?

best mmo ever made next to the oriinal runescape......her's a link to the latest update .....and yet you will hear nonsense and opinions only on how this game is dieing lol....it's not, constantly updated and balance attempts made and bug fixes

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/144511-game-update-notes-march-19-2024/

[Daniel]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

No toxicity outside of this steam forums and the game forums. Avoid the game forums, they are the most toxic thing ever.
In game everyone is happy and even beginner maps are very populated.

This game has nothing in common with new world, they are polar opposites.

Second this, avoid the official forum at all costs. Doesn’t matter what you post, you will be spammed with ‘confused’ emotes by a bunch of aut….strange people and the trigger-happy forum ‘moderators’ will snipe any kinda posts that go against the ‘intended narrative’ North Korea style.

In-game people are chill and toxicity is rare and mostly tied to PvP content. Generally tho I’d leave the ‘Say’ channel because anything that’s said plainly overhead has a tendency to be either degenerate stuff or smack talk.

[RotherHans]

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