Why I love Guild Wars 2 so far.....

[ralimar]

No Auction House

Lag issues

Mail will not work

I can not send mail to an alt.

I am about to get loot galore and 3 minutes til a new build are you F * & ^ % ^ & kidding me....."

I wanna see these developers do there freaking personal story AT level..... I am 3 levels above mine and I still dine at times..are you kidding me.....

Now had anyone who I have played with seriously would have told me I would already love a game so much with these fundamental issues.... I would have driven THEM to the funny farm. However I do. In just a few days it is already far far to closer to taking over Everquest in my heart as my favorite MMO and so I thought I would briefly go over the top 3 reasons so far.

Immersion, for me this word sums up my top enjoyment of this game. It is playing the game and watching hours roll by, with music I am going to be buying, watching every piece of area around me like works of art, the fluid action combat I still suck at but love learning, and the biggie.. the world does not give a flying (bleep) if I am there or not, it moves, breathes, there or not there, dynamic events happen if I join or not, all around me as I play, I find myself getting carried of and whisked away and have never regretting any of it. An I must say I am liking the personal story on all 6 of the professions so far. All truly do vary to the race, and choices you make just enough to have me buy in that what I selected actually DID matter.

Time. As an adult game (read life, options, obligations, stuff to do:) I appreciate a game that allows me to play how I want, when I want, and not have the epic "race to endgame" that rewards how LONG you play instead of being fun EVERY TIME you play. I feel just as satisfied crafting for two hours, or looking for a mine or tree, exploring the map, or trying to simply see what is past those trees, or over the hill. I used to always feel whether it was W.O.W (yes boo boo we know evil empire), Star Wars, or even after awhile Everquest 2 that unless I had X amount of time it was a waste for me to log in. I do not feel this way in Guild Wars 2 at all.

Community & the Little Things: For the most part I have been pleasantly shocked how people will offer help to those they do not know as a player or in the same guild. I have been resurrected by as many people as I have done myself..and that is saying a lot as in my Necro case I just curse an poison the mob then run around lifting people back from death lol. I have had people help me when a situation went bad with too many mobs around me, or come back when I did not make a jump to show me, this was a rare rare experience in wow or star wars I assure you. As for the little things,they matter A LOT so much so I now wonder why they were never there before. Overflow server, no more just waiting to Que now I can PLAY as I wait, being able to automatically send all collectibles to the bank, being able to access the bank from a crafting station, being able to get a "second wind" in combat, being able to ACTUALLY move as I cast what ever spell or ability I use, pvp and wvw that is fun and pick up and play at launch at level 1 that is fun even tho I have a long long way to go to even be average, and finally for me as life long hunter/ranger/bowman w/e all the glorious pets....so so many pets...at LAUNCH.

That is pretty much mine for the most part. What is yours???

[kassats]

Think u hit the nail on the head.
Never before in an mmo have I not insanely cared about hitting level cap.
I got 4 classes rolling at once, all at different levels and storylines and i'm actually not hitting "skip to end" on the instance cut scenes.
Playing a warrior,ele,ranger, and eng are so different it def takes away the repetition play style , even if it's only for a day or two.

[ralimar]

So 50 views and only 1 person responds to this....really.... I hope these viewers start posting why THEY love Guild Wars 2 so I can see different points of view. An Thanks Kas I also intently watch and really enjoy all 6 professions I am playing at the moment. ( Next payday it becomes 7 .

[Slovo]

I prefer not to spill my guts out over the subject. Besides, we've spoken about this before, and it doesn't feel necessary to me to do so again, since you've obviously pointed all the key points of our discussion.

[Kumion]

I have to say, one of the things that I really love about GW2 (in addition to your comments) is that you are rewarded for everything you do. Nothing seems like a waste of time because you still get XP for exploring low level maps, for helping others, or doing support tasks like crafting. I really appreciate this about the game's design: giving people an incentive to ressurect fallen players makes everyone happier and less frustrated. Giving XP to non-combat tasks allows people with less aggressive play styles to have fun and gain rewards as much as combat-driven players.

[akires]

Let me be the negative one and state things that I DON'T like with Guild Wars 2, compared to other games (although I still like it a lot).

In no particular order...
1) Spells don't feel as "epic" as they should because low level characters have the exact same spells as high level players. In my opinion, this doesn't make sense, and makes high level characters seem less "cool." Obviously higher level players will have more skills, but for the weapon skills, they're all the same the whole time you're leveling. This also can lead to repetitive gameplay as you level.

2) I like the "dice-roll" style of play, where everything is based on stats. There is no dodge unless your stats say there is. This, of course, is personal preference.

3) Whenever I enter a zone, there is nothing leading me anywhere except for hearts. I like quests. I don't want to just wander around aimlessly. I realize there is a personal story, but that's not the main way of leveling. Most people hate quests in WoW because they don't read the quest text. If you do, you realize that there is a story, there is lore, and there is a reason you're collecting 10 whatevers. But people are so obsessed with getting to 85 for raiding and PvP that they just rush by it all.

4) Related to the previous, there is almost no NPC interaction in the world. I love talking to NPCs and learning their stories and their quirky personalities, usually learned from talking to them about quests. There is very, very little of that in GW2.

5) Little to no social interaction. I know what you're thinking: "Whoa! GW2 is BASED on social interaction!" Kind of. It's based on working together and not hindering others. Do you know how many people actually speak to the other players? Almost none. Why? They simply don't have to. You don't have to find a group except for dungeons. It just happens. There is very little communication between players in the world, because there doesn't need to be.

6) What the heck is my goal? All I'm doing is running around helping people out in zones. There is no main goal. If there is, I'm definitely missing it. I know the main goal is personal story, but what does anything in Caledon Forest have to do with my personal story? Pretty much nothing, as far as I can tell.

7) At least in the earlier levels, there is no variation to gear. I've only looked different 3 times, and I crafted some of that armor.

8) And the biggie, in the words of Ralimar, the world does not give a flying (bleep) whether I'm there or not. It continues around me, making me feel like I don't matter. I'm playing a hero. I want to matter. If this was the Sims, I wouldn't care, but I'm a freakin' hero. I like that the world feels more alive because of this, but you know what, that problem is going to be solved whether I'm there or not because there are so many other heroes. With the quest system, my character is the only one that can save whatever. My character is the only one who can quell the threat of the <insert monster>. In GW2, everyone can, and I'm not any more special than them.

I want to love this game. I just can't get past some of these things. I still play, but I feel like I'm just running around doing nothing. I've always been someone who loves leveling and doesn't love end-game. My highest level is only 17. Do the things I mentioned change at all? I do really like the game, but once I've unlocked all of the weapon skills on a character, I feel like that's about it. The game was an absolute blast when I first started playing it.

Uh...sorry for the super long post. I maybe got carried away haha. This all sounds negative, but I really do like the game, and the positives outweigh the negatives. Usually. I find myself getting bored pretty quickly sometimes. I'm going to play right now!

[kassats]

U def bring up some good points. The weapon unlocking early is def something I wish they would change. Traits are one thing but u don't use a trait like a weapon. You don't click a trait, it just helps out your character. Just adding a new spell every 10 levels for example would take away a little of the repetitiveness. I think arena net is not stupid and they listen to their players. They could def make a update in the future but unfortunately it doesn't help us new players now.
Like you I got 5 guys running at once all at different levels to take away the "same old " spells. Ele, eng, warrior , ranger , and Mesmer . All are so different and cool, thats my main reason why I love the game so far.