Why do you play Guild Wars 2 over other MMOs?

[KalkiKrosah]

Pretty much what the title says. What does it have that makes you choose it over say Final Fantasy XIV Online, Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft?

[Drake]

The pvp in gw2 is better. I don't like vertical progression in mmos, I prefer hack&slashes for that, so I'm not into wow and ffxiv.

Also I'm disappointed with ESO, they are too aggressive with their DLC and expansion while not really providing any meaningful content (I stopped playing after elsweyr) and the game is not elder scrolls enough, it could be so much more as an mmo instead of just some wow clone.

[Reeva!]

FF14 doesn't really have build freedom, it has the holy trinity, and I like both, but sometimes I wanna experiment with Celestial Untamed or w/e. FF14 doesn't let you do that. You just press your class' buttons in the pre-defined order, stand in the right spot, and win, over and over.

GW2 has the best combat in any MMO. You don't feel like a slug slappy-fighting another slug. With good movement you can be psudo-invincible, cuz some mobs actually hit in a cone, so timing your movement just right to move in behind them or at their flank, can actually make them miss, so you're not just trading with mobs all the time, regardless of your class since anyone can do this.

GW2 has an easy-to-use trading post. It also has the /wiki command, some nice QoL features that other MMOs don't really offer. It still sucks bananas and coconuts that I have to go to third party websites for info cuz a developer was too lazy to just put a damn description on something, but if I gotta endure lazy development, I choose GW2's brand of lazy, since it's not as much of a pain.

FF14, WoW, etc. are all subscription based. The more you play the more you pay, and it gets pricey if you really like the game. I love FF14, the fact you can mod it if you get bored is awesome, but the price gets a bit crazy. GW2 is a once-off purchase. If I buy it, is mine, and me likey actually owning games.

If FF14 wasn't subscription based, I'd be playing it rn. To me, GW2 is the best bang for your buck as far as MMOs go.

[SinisterSlay]

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Nguyên văn bởi SinisterSlay:

The early game won me over. The action fighting, the exploration, the events. Even the hearts.
The late game loses me though. We all have skyscales and never explore anymore. We all fly to every puzzle so no tricky vista puzzles. Lucky to get a jumping puzzle anymore. All enemies are damage sponges now with no serious mechanics. It's really drifted away from the parts I loved. But I stay partially because I feel invested and partially that is still fun enough. It's heading towards an unreasonable grind. It took me ages to get enough mastery points this last time. Inner Nayos was the first time I was having fun with it again. Before that I would have to go all the way back to Grothmor Valley where I spent a huge amount of time, 100%d it as best as I could and enjoyed every minute of it.
Gw2 went from Defend a Metal Concert all the way to gelva delvs spam against black orbs for a half hour. They need to course correct badly.

For me it was the Season 2 maps: Dry Top and, especially, Silverwastes. I thought the JPs were alright (but the rewards weren't worth the effort, so it's always been just something you do once only). I thought core was pretty terrible. But then i went to Dry Top and, yeah, this is more fun. The events were still a bit dull, but it was a massive step up.
Then i went to Silverwastes and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, a map where players are around, where events actually mean something, and where the rewards are in some way decent. It was awesome.
HoT built on Silverwastes with the best maps and metas...and it's been downhill since.

Gyala Delves is abject ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but it's just the logical conclusion of the steps they've been taking since PoF. EoD was unfinished and the maps and metas really showed that.

And to think that was the only expansion, a single 2 part episode of boredom, that we got with Cantha. Maybe if it evolved into a proper LS6 (5?) it could have turned it around, but instead it sits as an incomplete epitaph to an incomplete expansion. Fitting, but sad.
Also why does fishing have a vertical progression? Did they just completely forget the entire ethos of the game?

At least 2 of the 3 new maps are pretty fun again, with non stop events, some neat exploration, and a reasonably simple meta that doesn't shut down the map when its on.

[あ Luniak あ]

best mmos rn: ffxiv, wow and gw2
they are equally awesome and they have their own ups/downs
but gw2 has no subscrition, buy and play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game

[ebaG-gamma]

Someone made a video titled "7 Things That Guild Wars 2 Does Better Than Any Other MMO??":
https://youtu.be/MFa97M9t1Co?si=7v95EqJHgoh10DXw

The points in the video were:
Monetization
Alive World
Build Crafting
Combat
Mounts
Horizontal Progression
Open World Events

I recommend giving it a watch.

Now, none of these except mounts are objective truths that apply too everyone.
Some people would argue for the positive influence of a subscription model.
Many find the attribute and trait systems too complicated for their liking.
For others, the combat in something like New World is superior to GW2's.
Many players come looking for vertical progression and think that they'd find GW2's horizontal progression dull.

All that said, I think the video does a good job of highlighting many of the things that longtime and new players alike find appealing.
One thing I often hear is "I like that it respects my time." This doesn't mean that there aren't insanely grindy grinds in GW2, because oh boy, there are, but once you obtained something, it usually isn't invalidated a few months later.
Also, the quality of life that the overall systems provide is just great.

[O.K]

for me personally the horizontal progression i always stop playing gw2 for like 3-4 months and play it again for a few weeks grinding some mastery or doing some world events

[ebaG-gamma]

If you ask yourself what "horizontal progression" even means, ma boy Josh Strife Hayes 's got you covered:
https://youtu.be/BoGrTWEt7y8
unsurprisingly, Guild Wars 2 is heavily featured in this video.

[ebaG-gamma]

Quite a few other videos have tackled the question of "why GW2 over any other MMO". They mostly overlap in their main points. These ones also look well-made:

https://youtu.be/xscAIvmZF1k
→ Contant Live Servers, No sub fee or VIP status (not even optional), no endless gear grind (again, that's the horizontal prog.), unique combat, mounts)

https://youtu.be/4bi0U_cu3BQ
→ dynamic events, no sub fee, level scaling (you don't overpower everything in low level zones), unique combat, personal story, no* healing classes, the world is ALIVE

https://youtu.be/sc_sRea6pD8
→ combat {dodge rolling, down state}, mounts, any class can be tanky or glass cannon or anywhere in between, World vs World (large-scale siege warfare PvP), Conquest (5v5 PvP), can get end-game loot in many different ways, Gem Store (not p2w), Community!, Exploration and Legendary Gear, World constantly in motion, events, world bosses etc., free core game

https://youtu.be/QiaZFffHRs8
→ the business model 🤑

Of course there are some things that other games do better. If you are precisely after a gear treadmill and crave the excitement of getting ever stronger gear, GW2 will probably not scratch that itch. Also, while the quality of instanced high level endgame content is usually very high, there isn't a lot of it and new stuff arrives slowly. Same goes for the PvP game modes. What's there is great, but they don't see frequent updates or additions. The focus of GW2 is clearly on story and open world content <- but remember that all the videos I listed mention how great GW2's open world is compared to other MMOs, so don't jump to conclusions thinking that open world equals boring.

Hope you find the information given in here useful, KalkiKrosah.

[Teratus]

Because Gw2 respects my time and my wallet.

Most other MMO's just see me as a target full of money to be nickle and dimed, ideally without giving me anything in return.

[Koytar]

No sub fee, relatively the same mentality as of Warframe (I mean helpful and welcomming), combat is engaging. You are barely static if not at all.

Looking forward for PoE2. Migh be my future second favorite mmorpg.

[💜 Velvet]

exploration, pvp and the meta events kept me playing the game, also the combat system and friends (irl friends and clan). been playing since the release in steam. also its my comfort game after playing league of legends

[Kind.]

it cures my mmorpg itch before i develop mmorpg itch.
which has been helpful to me for 2 winter seasons so far.

[Svensk Tiger]

No subscription fee and good for irregular casual playing where there is no need to constantly chase the latest gear.

Oh! And free base game! None of the other big MMO's (except Runescape?) has both no subscription fee AND free base game!

[Psil_Semilan]

easy to answer. there's nothing like a threesome with a norn and an asuran. chicks ofcourse. since I'm just a mainstream, boring, lonely dude, you know. falling in love with g.i.r.l. toons every day.

[ah_puch]

Nguyên văn bởi Mugiwara no Luniak:

best mmos rn: ffxiv, wow and gw2
they are equally awesome and they have their own ups/downs
but gw2 has no subscrition, buy and play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game

GW2 isn't in the same league as WoW, FFXIV, ESO or BDO even New World.

It used to be able to compete with old mmos like Maplestory and SWTOR but can't even hold 3k players now. SoTo was a major setback which will be painfully appearant on the Q4 reports.