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Yep! That's the way I played for years. I was addicted to running from one group event to another. Large groups, small groups, any group. Just run up and join in. Yes. I played every race / class combination, every story line, every weapon (in open world). Sure, not for everyone...but I loved it.
I just happened to stumble across your video while looking up "optimal solo builds" for Guild Wars 2, while never having played a single character long enough to actually discover anything about Tyria. I feared I was leveling up my characters "sub-optimally" and started from scratch, wondering if I picked the "right combination of race and profession" this time.
Your video gave me a whole new perspective. Thank you for taking the time to create this. I'm gonna be that guardian I always wanted to be. Thanks, lad.
This is a profoundly important video with a message that so, so many gamers need to hear. This applies to more than just Guild Wars 2, and I hope it reaches more people.
Perhaps it's my age (fast approaching 50) but I don't care about completionist stuff. I just enjoy the distraction from real life.
Action Camera should be the default. I play with a ps3 nav controller and mouse and never touch a keyboard. Love GW2.
Agreed. I needed this; and so many other gamers too. Tho I don't think it's the internet, the streamers, the things we choose to watch or do with our time... because it's not the tools given to us for our use, it's how we use them. Not just what we choose, how we choose and actually understand why we're choosing to do something rather than just trying to be "the best"; giving insight to self exploration and self awareness. That kinda thing can be hard as a gamer and with parents carelessly raising our future neglecting and avoiding rather than helping a child to understand and process their emotions and teaching them to work through their problems rather than just doing it for them... Went a little deep there, I just feel this kind of mentality can be focused and directed in so many other perspectives in life. GW2 is just a great place to start. 😝
@@Wolfian you got my sub bro, keep up the great content! Inspired me for sure.
1 hour of it made me fall in love with it. I saw it about 6 years (my memory is foggy) ago as a casual advert & checked it out. I'm very happy I did. This game did many awesome moves. Customization, mounts to fit surroundings, heck even the swimming, the "classes" are fun too...etc etc etc
I adore this love letter to the game! It's also a wonderful metaphor for getting older in general, and that's awesome too. Nice work!
"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
Sorry, I'll tell you more. after a 3-4 year breakI returned to GW2, deleted all5 my boost characters, created a new warrior and slowly play with him without looking the wiki or Google. great feeling from such a game and today I came across your video and completely understand you
"the angriest, assholiest norn"... so braham?
I’ve been trying to tell players to play GW2 the way they enjoy the most, instead of playing it just to get gold fastest. As you said, the journey is more important than the destination.
The journey is most important to me in a MMO. Unfortunately for me, the journey in GW2 gets repetitive and boring by the 3rd or 4th zone... Do the hearts, find the Vistas, do the zone events, get the hero points, find and complete any jumping puzzles... move on to the next zone and do the same... move on to the next zone and do the same... move on to the next zone and do the same... and on and on.. Only the occasional story quests would break that up.
I got to around 67 on my first character, and that pattern never changed. Every single zone was the same routine of running all over to get 100% map completion. I lost the interest to log in after that. Since then, any time I try to give it another shot, try another character and experience this "journey", I make it to maybe level 30 and the boredom from the same routine in zone after zone after zone kicks in again.
Never got to do dungeons because I could never get a group for them. Apparently dungeons aren't a popular feature in GW2.
The most enjoyable aspect of GW2 for me was dyeing my mounts to match the theme of my character. Buying and checking out different dye colors and shades was really enjoyable. So, I guess for me... GW2 was a fun game for playing dress-up with my character and mounts.. and not much else.
Even experienced veterans confirmed my impression, almost without exception - whether they realized it or not. I discussed my experience with 6 different vet players. All but one said some variation of the following:
"You don't play GW2 for the early game. GW2 is all about the end-game. You just level up to cap as fast as possible because that's where the real game is". A viewer in one of their chats was mocking me for spending so much time in pre level-cap content and thinking that's how you're supposed to play. Basically I was "playing GW2 wrong".
I wish I could enjoy the journey in GW2, 'cause it's a beautiful game and I'd love to see later environments, etc.. But the repetition just burns me out long before I reach them.
I play wvw and pvp and never care about gold. I always seem to have it for what I need though...It took me 6yrs or so just to do crafting. lol. But I banged all but jewelry out in a week when I found out it's fast if you have the "Fast Guides" site open. Or whatever the name it. And then it took me 8yrs to do world comp. I started with like 23% world comp after 8yrs of it being one of my main games the whole time. Gonna start it again here soon. It is a great looking game all around.
@@twocatsyelling723 It's your journey, and you should do whatever you think is fun. I'd just say that 100%ing every zone is not the GW2 journey.
It's A journey, and one that I could never really stomach. When I first played the game, I would occasionally 100% a zone, but more often I was more interested to get to another zone, to do a dungeon, pvp, or just follow event chains. Event chains tended to be the best for experience. I only got 100% in a couple zones where I really liked the events and environment. It took me a year to get to level 80. Leveling was many times slower then, but I also wasn't very driven. I did a few things at max level and didn't really click with the (very limited) endgame at the time. Pvp however, was a crazy kind of playground. I found a passion for creating builds, switching from my thief to a engi that would bunker a point, knocking people around and healing myself with explosions. I'd experiment with all kinds of things. In Heart of Thorns, I got more serious, and had fun getting to be ranked in the top 250, dueling great players, and watching pvp streams all the time.
It wasn't until many years later that I fully revisited pve. I took many breaks over this time, playing other games or being busy irl. I played through Path of Fire, and had a lot of fun, and eventually got in to the pve endgame, having a lot of fun in strikes and fractals. I revisited story, and actually found myself replaying the End of Dragons story multiple times, and getting all the achievements. This despite never considering myself a "story" player. 9 years into the game, I finally went through and 100%ed the base zones, roleplaying as a deadeye sniper.
This is all to say that while there's no objectively wrong way to play the game, and while you may have made the right choices for yourself, it sounds like you've repeatedly attempted a tiny fraction of what the game has to offer in a very specific way, and not enjoyed it. There's a good chance you'd have better luck approaching it differently. The journey doesn't end at level 80, it expands, and regardless of popular belief, it's possible to boost a character to level 80 and still have a compelling story and roleplay experience. You could do that, you could reconnect with your level 67 if you still have it, hell you could even do some leveling in pvp, or through crafting. Or you could approach maps in a different way, prioritizing events or just seeing whatever you want to see. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, it may be that the game truly isn't for you. It just sounds like you've gotten painfully close to experiencing newer content and never gotten out of a self-imposed rut.
@@twocatsyelling723 Dungeons have several problems:
- They are pretty long compared to fractals or strike missions unless you do a lot of skips of trash mobs. And some even if you try to do that. (Arah, I'm looking at you.)
- The loot isn't that great.
- They become repetitive very quickly and many people have done them quite a lot before Fractals got introduced.
There are guilds and communities doing them still but you need to look for them. That you can soon (or already?) access them all from Lion's Arch might also help a bit. And maybe they will add them to the daily or weekly tasks for AA.
The hearts are only the same if you ignore all the interactions and dialogs and treat them as simple progression bars. Granted that will happen after 2nd character or so but for the first time it can be very rewarding to actually listen and read what they are all about.
It's true that GW2 really starts at lvl80 and when you have all the options unlocked because then you can adjust your character far better than before. But taking your time to get there is not "playing the game wrong". Unless you want to join your friends in the end game stuff as fast as possible.
@@twocatsyelling723 Veterans tend to say that because content down the road is much more fleshed out/involved than core Tyria which is 2012 content. "End game" is also a weird term since basically 80% of the game is post-level 80. Having said that, I disagree with them. Pre-80 is important in helping you understand your class. It is a low stake environment which allows you to adjust your skills, trait, equipment to find what best suits you. Being familiar with your class will allow you to utilize meta builds better as well as engage in any PVP type content. It will also prepare you for the difficulty spike when you enter the HOT expansion.
I do agree that core Tyria may be boring especially because of the low difficulty. However, I noticed that I disliked core Tyria the most when I was fixated on map completion. Map completion is completely optional; it is only needed to craft legendaries (which are mostly quality of life items). It's better to view core Tyria as a world for you to explore, meet new people (whether NPCs or characters), see new monsters, etc. If you end up min-maxing map completion like me (opening world map constantly to see what POIs I missed), you will get burned out. It's like doing fractals. While the gold from fractals is a nice reward, we should look at doing them because they're fun and we want to play with others.
Tl;dr,
I agree with veterans that "end game" content is more fun than Tyria. I disagree with their view that pre-level 80 is useless. Don't stress map completion, just play at your own leisure. If you still find Guild Wars 2 boring after all of this, then it is what it is. Nobody can say you are right or wrong.
I was looking to play GW2 but I play BDO religiously and your words have sparked hope in my mind and heart. I was feeling the need to swap games or look for party in another game... But now I feel a little more keen in my vision on my gaming experience. Your words brought light into my day! But... For an entirely different video game mmo LOL !
Lol exactly what you are doing now, the revelation, is my way of playing and dude, totally agree on the camera thing, I like to play with it and feels soo good.
Also, been playing on and off ever since there was no expansions and it wasn't until very recently that (cos of the vault) decided to try and to do a strike mission. Was cool! I like thos game because I can get lost in a myriad of things to do, new ways of playing, fashion... (btw that norn hair is exactly the same I've chosen for my new rev haha, it's so nice)
Even as a casual gamer this comment hit me hard "we do not sit down to relax anymore, we sit down to complete". I never thought about it like that but it is so true. Probably why the best MMO memories are from years ago, not because the games were better but because we played to play instead of to complete steps
man, this is so cool. for years so many of us mmo players kept feeling increasingly disconnected from our favorite game or mmos in general like, "why do mmos nowadays suck?" but i think we're all just missing this experience that made us love the genre to begin with and the fact that you actually went and did it is so powerful. Most of us just jump to the meta build and rush to the end game but deep down i always knew i wanted to relive the experience of my first mmo. Thank you so much for making this, i believe all mmo players can appreciate what you've done here
Well said, we all
Missed the point. Which in genius is not the point 😅👏🏻
mmos nowaday suck, because people suck. They force you to play stuff you don't want to instead of creating your own character and build. everything is overoptimized in a way that is never actually needed to do content but you got trashed of you don't follow "the meta". Just find yourself a bunch of people and enjoy the games / worlds / stories you create living through your character the way you like.
I'm a casual gamer. Now that I'm older I want to savor these types of games but I almost never see content that highlights games that be enjoyed like you describe here. This makes me want to play GW2!
I bet you guys never noticed the two NPCs arguing about a jade tech dishwasher discount :D
Have played for 11 years
Fuck the meta!
What a phenomenal video. Love, bravo
That GW1 clip made me well up
Love this, great video. inspirational
Staff Warrior build from scratch... here we go.
I applaud your piece on perspective and appreciation. Good on you 🏆
I stared to play GW2 3 years ago and straight after reaching lv 80 i was thrown into raids, fractals and reaching max lv mastery points as fast as possible to do the same content my guildmates were doing.
Right after EoD i finnaly made a character focused to role-play and just beat the story slowly alone.
That was the best idea i had and i fell in love in that game again and thats something i recommend to every player.
GW2 isnt only great mmo but, even with some story f*ups, it’s a great RPG and I had no idea how much content i skipped coz i speedrun to lategame…
To add some more to the story - I was not using features from expansions.
For the example, If I was playing core game, I had not use Skyscale even once.
I was focused to do all the achivements which gaves me cosmetic items and collect all of them for my character was such a great time :D
Also - even If i maxed the zone - If NPC asked me for help and there was an event chain, I had to complete it fully.
From the bottom of my heart i rlyyy recommend this slowly progression, do not boost ur character and just have a great journey!
Thanks also for the vid!
@@ermusia This was kind of normal in the early days. Remember that both fractals, raids, gliding and mounts came later. If you get persuaded to skip all that you missed a lot of course. But then being able to play the more recent stuff with your friends as quickly as possible is also worthwhile. You can always do the older things later. And it sounds like you're having a blast with it. The living world legendary amulet was also something that encouraged many people to go back to old stuff.
I feel you. As an old time mmo player i fell into the trap of watching guides and minmaxing things, so when i came back to gw2 after an 8 year hiatus, i just wanted to be efficient. Fortunately i managed to stop myself and convince myself to play through all the story and all the expansions in order, without touching new maps before i finish the previous expansion/living story.
This was an amazing decision. The game felt really great and rewarding, and getting the first mounts were phenomenal. I still remember the exact moments when i got every single mount.
@@TechnoBacon55 IMHO it's a good thing that they give you the choice. You can pick up as fast as possible and experience the original stuff later (or never at all) or do it in order and take your time as many people did when those things came out.
OTOH it's also often funny to revisit old stuff and the NPCs are exited about raptors and skimmers while you are on your gryphon or sky scale.
@@TechnoBacon55 Something I tend to do with my characters as well, go through the content in order, not just boosting to 80 (or if I do, still going through everything).
Congratulations on reaching the realisation (sincere, not sarcasm)
I reached this same enlightenment several years and 2 or 3 MMOs ago, but im older than most
Its EVEN better when you start a new MMO (as GW2 is for me) with this mindset
When you play for fun, nothing is a grind, nothing is a chore, everything is enjoyment, even dying
Well I don't like to die, but I see where you are going with it. Casual gameplay is one of the many ways you can play GW2 and get a ton of content. =)
76 days 869 hours in, I needed to hear this.
@7:39 that "fck me"was crisp
I've had GW2 since it's release. I JUST finally got through the base game story a few months back. I STILL haven't gone for a "meta" build. I've bought all the dlc, I'm working my way through the stories and I'm enjoying myself THOROUGHLY. I'll go looking for a meta build when I want to do PVP/raids/fractals/etc. As long as I'm just playing open world I'm going to experiment and do things my way.
Players will always optimize the fun out of everything.
@7:58 You mentioned bank slots (character-specific along with bag slots and bank slots) to be character-specific. What did you mean by that. The bank's whole purpose is to be accessible by all characters and the easiest way to move stuff between characters (outside of the very expensive shared inventory slots). Did you maybe mix it up with equipment templates?
Also, word of warning for anyone looking to buy build storage expansions. Know that you could just copy build codes and save them in a text file for infinite build storage spaces.
Build templates: nice. Build storage: meh.
I have more hours, my mastery rank is 400, but I only have 6500 achievement points because I spend most of my time releveling new characters.
After 4500 hours of playtime over the past 5 years I must say this is eye opening. 1000+ raid kills, countless days of fractals, yet no really motivation to log in daily and play the game. It just became a sort of routine, something that had to be done, not really for the enjoyment, maybe it felt like a duty. Always built what was meta rather than what appealed to the class fantasy, gearing up for the highest damage, or the most useful healer, only the wardrobe management brought a bit of style to my characters. Just shiny and stylized lifeless characters with random names, the term "tools" fits them so perfectly. Thank you for changing the perspective of a veteran.
thats exactly why i made this video hopefully youll have just as much fun as i am when you slow down with your next character because im having a blast with my Sword/Sword warrior atm :P
For end game group content it's still a good idea to follow a meta build at least somewhat unless you really know what you're doing.
But for open world? Play whatever you like. For example I made myself a flamethrower celestial engineer. Not very good but survivable and fun.
When it comes to wardrobe, I really like myself some more realistic gear instead of the ultra shiny ones so my choices are a bit more limited but I'm fine with that.
I found the use of action cam interesting. Tried it once or twice in the beginning but it never clicked with me and it would be a bit challenging in some boss fights I guess. I also think they improved it a bit from the early days. (And somehow made the regular camera a lot worse.)
This is why I really didn't bother with all the meta or doing what all the "cool players" are doing. I've played the game off and on since launch and keep coming back, and I always want to keep things somewhat fresh for myself. My main is the only one I really care about getting the best stuff for, but I've brought about alts just to experiment with classes and just plain screw around. Just as I tend to make it a point to do the wold exploration the old fashioned way. I have a friend who is thinking of picking the game up, and I will roll a new charater (as well as change servers) to play with her, and I have already told her that we are going to do it the old fashioned way, on foot.
I want to show her how the game was when I started it, with the dynamic events, rather than my usual blowing through content. I want to show her just how vast Tyria is, with how the main game was pretty huge (not as big as WoW's but far better looking), and how there was ALWAYS something to see around the next tree/rock/or off that way. The world of GW2 was never boring for me, and I long since decided to just play the way I want to play, not how the meta says I should.
@@jgkitarel The main issue I have is that at low levels, you don't even have any weapon or utility skills, or weapon swaps, or traits, to mess around with so the game is quite literally just slowly walking around and pressing '1' over and over. That's actually the reason I took several tries to even get into the game way back then.
you're awful, how can you call yourself veteran when you force shit gaming habit onto casual game like guild wars 2
I mean, you're right everywhere... The part about looking at the target marker isntead of looking at the world in particular is spot-on, the game doesn't really give me a reason not to look at it. I replaced that marker with Blish eventually but looking at the world they carefully crafted? Nuh-uh.
I mean why should I? Most stuff around there is pointless, they want us to grind like 50k gold to collect legendaries, another 100k in collectibles to unlock stuff, and we're supposed to wait and fight that mob that's spitting nonsense about how they are going to hit you with a frying pan?
No way, I want my Aurora.
Just started playing again with map icons off, no minimap and the tracker panel off. So much more fun
glad you're enjoying the game for what it is.
You don't need another 100% map exploration - try the gen 2 leggies: if you're eyeing a GS I'd heartily recommend Exordium, which morphs itself depending on the type of skill you're using it with. Best weapon animations imo.
On the note of _exploring the game_ along with legendary weapons, 4 of the gen 2 leggies have additional "journeys" to them that I think you will very much like (short bow, axe, staff and pistol).
I keep clearing Maps. My Power Reaper refuses to leave a map until it is DONE. Of course now I've wrapped up "Path of Fire" with all the Necro Elites unlocked and 100+ Hero Points I'll never use but The Map Must Be Cleared. I'm having a blast. And when I finally reach "Secrets of the Obscure" and get Weaponmastery there's going to be a Greatsword/Pistol & Torch Power Reaper wandering around determined to complete all the maps. But you have to explore or miss half the jokes. Like the Dom Mesmer in LWS3 in one of the Manor bedrooms with a clone of the "I'm Rich You Know" Guy in just leather shorts. Well I laughed.
Well said. I'll, just maybe, will adjust my attitude as well 😊
It opened my eyes, honestly. I was made aware of the game by a friend. "Download it, buy the expansion, boost your character to level 80 and join me in WvW".
I had no build, no plan, and I was having fun. Fun just pushing buttons. I've only been in WvW and a little bit of PvP since then, almost never in PvE. I was told "play the build with the gear, it's good."
But I never did what I wanted to do. I finally started playing the story properly after 1267 hours. I never really did what I wanted to do. And after this video, I just feel like setting up my camera like you did and strolling through the PvE world. Playing the story and discovering all the PvE content bit by bit. For me. And only for me. No matter who tells me how to play what. Fuck it. I'll go into WvW or PvP afterwards and play around with my own builds. I have no idea about builds, I don't even know what does what. But I just want to have fun. Because that's why we play the game in the end. And for nothing else. Thank you so much for making me aware of that, really!
Maybe we'll meet someday on the journey, on the destination to the path.
Play how and what you want, the main thing is that you have fun with it!
This video really hit me hard.
Thank you for sharing.
I just came here because your choice of font for the thumbnail made it look like the "L" and "I" was a "U" 😂
Double pet, rifle ranger.
Literally my top pick for Elite spec I want on ranger. Points! All the points!
Long time ago when WoW was still new, some one told me that playing low lvl tunes was the best part of the game. It was for the reasons you just said. It was more about all that other stuff in the game. It's a bit sad that the world content is seen as something most people want to water down, so they can skip past it as fast as they can. I have just started a tune in guildwars 2. I will trudge a long and try to enjoy my adventure , wishing you all the same.
Need to do this. After all this years i achieved everything i wanted (primary getting full legendary - lets not talk about diving). Cant remember the main Story, mostly used meta builds. Guess its time to slow things down😊
Yes ... I do that ... the journey is where it's at.
9,888 hours 4,140 days .... love the scenery. When I began I had a hard time with the 'instancing' of the ares, being used to WoW where you could explore the edges of the map to find unofficial 'shortcuts' between them [the areas or zones] and holes thru to the 'underworld', much fun ... but then I started finding them , sort of, in GW. There are some intriguing holes into places where you are supposed to go thru a door to get into ... 'nuff said ? Have a look next time you not sure what map to complete for your next legendary.
Another thing I promised myself was never to spend money buying gems/gold in game, I considered it cheating but, after some years, one Christmas, I realised that, though it was an FTP game, the coders still needed to get payed so every year I bought some gems to treat myself and them and think of it as a subscription.
The only characters I boost are the weekly level tens for the BL keys, maybe I'm crazy olde worlde but who give a flying f^(k ?
[Edit: I'm 65, I played D&D before computers were around. When they finally got it to be a thing on the internet I was gobsmacked, entranced and jumped in both feet first, never looked back. Made some amazing friendships and met crazy interesting people. I loved that in WoW you could get your avatars to sit round a campfire and chat but left WoW when the kund fu pandas arrived and came back to the GW. I've sent bottles of my homebrew wine and beer to guildies so we can get nicely oiled doing missions together. Tonight I had my 3 and 1/4 year old grandson sat on my knee watching the dragons and helping "get the sorbies" [his word for zombies] with my skeleton and his halloween friends [necro and minions] :) He loves it, his dad loved it and I still love it ... My other son lives in America making a living producing D&D content.
Take the time to look around, the coders have a sense of humour ... there's a whole 'nother game in the scenery and incidental characters.]
"Completing every event for map completion is too time consuming" - while this is definetly correct, it would be great, to have an achievement tab, including all events. In Soto - the newest expansion - this is added. You even get AP for that. Of course this than again can feel like a chore you need to fulfill, but it also would be interesting to have a possibility to see, whether you have experienced all events in a given zone. Maybe even without AP, so it is NOT a chore to do for AP
Imagine elden ring with no Internet . People talking about quests and spells you never seen before
24500+ hours here!!! Try to beat that noobs !!!
Man I LOVE to go Discover the map and see a Event with tons of people killing or escorting some NPC, idk It's just fun, feels like i m well accompanied, I m LOVING the last days that I m playing GW2. Good vídeo.❤️
Yep that’s the most fun part making random events in the huge world with people you encounter
If you don't get lost in your games that's you really because I still get very zoned out and is a great way to relax after work.
im working on getting it back :D
Guess what happens when you start living IRL like that- :) I'm a very old guy now,built my own 'transportable" back in I think 66' or so, and now as I near my own 'expiration' date I've find that In sum I have lived a life I have mostly enjoyed living, both in front of a monitor, and out thrashing about in the Real world:) When asked, I always answered that I was a student of life, there has been sooooo much to see:) Given the present troubles confronting our planet and its inhabitants, I hope that you all manage to sort it out and find for yourselves, lives worth living.
1000 of my game time hours is just being ocd and fomo story and map completion and collections so half of my game time is just playing like a kid finding out about the real world, now im at 8000 hours of game time i achieve most of what i wanted and needed and i just play for enjoyment
It's funny to me (positively) because I am the opposite case - I get attached to my character so much that I can't really play alts because I feel like all I've done, all the memories I've made are on my main toon. I picked warrior, went 1-80 in the world, then did story as it. While warrior is probably not my favorite class, I am sticking with it until the end of times because I love the character it's attached to.
Thanks for this.❤
Ten year vet. The game is what you make of it. My best advice is to try everything and then stick to the stuff you like!
I've played gw2 for a few years now, and I've quit multiple times because I got bored grinding map after map, on 10 different characters. I agree entirely that putting into the game at least a bit of RPing makes a big difference for enjoying the game. I'll never have a legendary anything because I don't have it in me to do the nitpicky grind. But I have made 12 sets of ascended, so I don't feel the need. Thanks for a good video.
How my character looks is far more important than some perceived meta or min/max BS.
Pro Queensdale afk-er here, still enjoying the game after 11 years. (I always talk about how the new players should have a certain mindset when they start GW2)
I started guild wars 2 in 2014 with my older brother.
He said me : "create a story with each of your characters"
Honestly that was the best advice I could get.
Thanks for your video btw, it was really cool to hear that
I have the same experience with GW2 but in reverse order: I enjoy the journey casually even role-play a bit at first, and after a few years, now all I do is kill kill kill, loot loot loot, skip skip skip and it is fun! XD
Dynamic events in zones increase local heart event completion, other than that great video!
Yea... I've done what you've done with my first class.. took a few years to reach 80 on my first necro.
Now I'm stuck with 20 characters lvl 80 and I don't enjoy any single one particuraly, I only know necro deep to experiment with builds. Others I have to copy form meta battle, which is actually quite sad.
Today I tried the action camera for the first time and damn is this fun.
OMG ty bro. You are so right, this goes for every game nowdays. I wana start GW2 after WoW and last two days Ive been googling everything before even starting :( Even for single player games, nostalgicly I started Dragon Age Origines a week ago, and spent more time on yt, rerolling 4x times insted of just chilling and playing.
You are right, internet fu cked up gaming. I remeber many many many years ago playing Gothic 2 and having NO F CLUE where to go and what to do, just talking to npc trying to find out, and remembering corners left and right into the woods.
Thank you for this, I promise to never google anything about GW until i reach 80.
Thank you for making this.
i love DAO im slowly working on a nightmare run myself :P hopefully we can both remember to slow down
😌 yeah, weird builds are always fun. I used to do a "Garen" build before ANet changed the Dolyak Rune. It's based around full face tanking and health regenerating non-stop guardian 😂 no damage though lol
Thats an amazing well made video with deep words.
And describs the Problem i have with gw2 how i play it since it didn t click yet but i still comming back again to try find it and getting lost in goals and chasing gold losing fun again. leaving comming back again...
and reason i come back is mhmm maybe cause of the class i love playing the most that has so much feedom and variation- thief :P
but the problem for me is: i can not get motivated over the Story the chosen hero blablabla its so tiring like putting yourself in a 10 yeahrold shounen caracter. but the classmechanics keep me comming back and the greed for maxing character gear...but it also makes me leave all the time.
ah by the way 7 years account but still not all maps open and storry played -.- ---i m working on it...seems like its getting better the later it gets...well maybe with the obscure...the main hero shit disapears a little.
Welcome to the light I guess lol. I've been playing GW for 18yrs but I play for the journey. I love all the little details I remember seeing this NPC leave the house, I followed where they got water from a well and then walked back to the house. I marveled at the details and craftsmanship that went into this beautiful world.
I'm playing mesmer at lvl 37 right now using a sword and pistol because I imagine the indiana jones scene where the guy comes out swining a sword all fancy and Indiana Jones just pulls out a pistol and shoots him. Every time I use my 4 skill I smile to myself lol
Good vid man !
i will say aswell depending how you set up your suboptimal warrior build it can catch people off guard, sword sword greatsword power warrior with condi sigils and traits thrown in isnt optimal but you can still do enough physical damage to kill lighter classes and have enough bleed ect to be able to finish off classes you have to chase down.
fantastic video! And I completely agree with the "fuck the journey" syndrom. GW2 is a fantastic game, some might say the best MMO out there today.
Welcome among us journey enjoyers. There is nothing worng in persuing goals though, but from now on you will know that it is the journey towards that goal that creates the fun. And if it doesn't, it might not be worth it.
maaaaan.... I think I needed to hear this... I couldn't have agreed with you more... Honestly... like others have said... All gamers should hear this... Thanks dude!
The thing with gw2 is there is so many currencies. For those new players who wanna craft a legendary I just say good luck with no Google search.
rifle warrior people spit on for so long when it was a sleeper cell. However i have played mainly warrior since launch and make endless build combinations that run people over with all the weapon comboes. So when you say rifle double pet ranger i instantly thought about the old methods to get double rock dog with rifle warrior, but rangers could also get something like 5 pets in the past tech. all the odd really great builds no one uses in the games because they try running min maxed builds with less min maxed players behind the wheels instead of enjoying the game.
You should try the walking challenge however. i started it long ago to have a reason to do map completions and had people join me for a while. It makes every fight and combat area a challenge and when you get to joko or the forest in cantha many players simply cannot make the cut and cannot progress without groups.
Finally someone who understands that I don't play "the meta" because IT'S BORING!!!!! Where's the fun in auto attack only? x.x
The developers definitely thought about how you wouldn’t be able to complete every event in an area. I remember them talking about the creation of these events in the game so that the game would constantly be alive and you wouldn’t have to worry about never having a new adventure basically. It’s honestly very sad to feel how it helps us escape the achievement completionism that has been injected into our brain by the cracked out gamers that ruin it for themselves and others. Slow down.
I have been able to find a balance...i still have goals ans still like to find an optimal way of acquiring this material or that....but then i let myself go by feel...open world is so conducive to just letting you get lost as you mention that if i get sidetracked from the route i initially intended to go, its fine, i just let it happen.
With builds I find a balance too. For me its about weapon movesets and what feels cool. I've found i really love Hammer on almost every class that can use it. Its rarely the optimal choice in builds. But i will look up a meta build to see what and why and then see if i can learn from it and tweak it to what i want. Once i see what provides more survivability or more damage or whatever trait then i can switch and really make the build my own. Nothing im playing is cookie cutter from metabattle yet they're all good informed from one source or another, and sometimes a cross between two different sources.
This has been a grrat adjustment in mentality for me and has allowed me to enjoy what im working on in the game far more than that feeling you mentioned where you log in and wonder "what do i do?"
Great video.
(But you're crazy if you think I'm ever playing zoomed in with action camera😂😂😂)
Welcome to my GW2 experience. Have fun.
I LOVE building fun/stupid builds. I have built every variation of ranger. And most thief builds. Try a health/toughness ranger without Regen. Or a blindness/weakness their. Good fun.
ive been enjoying a warhorn command healer with the regen sigil where i spam like 30 seconds of empowered regen that ticks for like 1-3k/secondish
This is an absolutely fantastic video. I'm a new player, like, brand new. I was following the story along and had to reach lvl 35 before I could enter a certain region so I went about doing the insta-quest things which took me a ways away from where I would have to go, in order to return to the story. After reaching lvl 35, I took the teleport things straight back to where I needed to go in order to continue the story. On the journey back, my charachter said "I can't wait to explore this place", but I paid no attention to what she said. It was only a couple days later that I stopped, and remembered my character saying that and then I thought.........wait......I should have stopped and explored the area. Why didn't I? I didn't because I basically put myself on auto-pilot and was just doing what everything/everybody told me I should do. Go as far as possible, as fast as possible. After realizing this, I've decided to start another character with a different race and profession and I'm just going to explore. Just to see what I can find. I think you're right. I mean, really.........what's the old adage? Life isn't about the destination, it's about the journey. Thank you very much for the support, for me to just have fun in the moment and not tether myself with what the machine tells me I should be doing. Be well.
Great video I played GW/1 for 7 years moved to GW2 at launch (plus all Betas) Have not got board once lvl'ed all toons by doing story 3 toons total map completion 100% on all maps 7 toons total, I have only ever played GW no other MMO's i have totally enjoyed it for years and your video said what I have-not been able to put into words Great Job !!. I am same type of player that @kasianight is casual like helping out new players to the game I roam older maps looking for stranded players...lol and pitch in when it looks like they are having trouble killing a boss or just overwhelmed by a mob or cant figure out a JP or way to a POI. I am 60 years old and hope to be playing when I am in my 80's.... Thanks again for this video it said what i have been thinking for a long time. and you have another subscriber...
I second that, my thoughts almost to a tee. Awesome video and said perfectly and to you Grizzly; i feel ya brother. Enjoy this great game that people sometimes love to hate but lately people are flocking back to in the masses. Things feel better than they ever were, maybe its just me. It feels like more players and a new age is dawning. Here is to good times to come, and old memories. God bless. D O B S
"I won't lie. There were moments I felt that it was my conscience talking. 💬"
My firsr mmo was guildnwars back in ghe day and i played itnso much. The story is what drove
This is really interesting to me because I've always played guild wars 2 as a solo open world adventure RPG. I've never looked into the meta, Never really focused on end game content at all. I make characters to roleplay as and explore the beautiful world of Tyria. I hand craft my builds, I play with the camera over the shoulder up close. Hell I even turn off the entire hud during most of the game, including during combat. Fighting without the Hud forces you to get a good feel for your attack patterns and cooldowns, as well as keep track of how many times you've been hit. It makes the combat feel more risky and forces you to play smart. I'll often just wander around the world with the Hud off, fully zoomed into first person, only zooming back out during combat. I've finished all of the main story and expansions playing this way. I've not made any legendary gear, and in fact barely touched the crafting system. I've done several play throughs with different classes. I don't think I've even used any of the lvl 80 skip items because I want to experience each character's journey. If you treat a game as a game and actually engage with the act of play, It can be super fun. If you treat it like a job and follow the meta, you're not really having your own journey, you're copying someone else's. IMHO playing a game based on what's optimal is actually playing the game wrong. At the end of the day the best way to play a game is the way that is most fun for you. I'm glad you were able to find this joy for yourself.
I've done something similar this week. I made a new character... that's going to be an actual new character. Not allowed to use tomes, mounts, glider... or waypoints lol. The world is HUGE if you don't use mounts and waypoints. It actually takes a long time to get around. And that's good.
Great video more people need to see this :)
A put in 3k hours in the first 5 years of the game and just reinstalled the game after a long break. I can honestly say this is the only game I’ve quit because it was too addicting…most games I get bored of but not Gw2….never got bored of it, it just sucked too much of my life
I'd like a hardcore classic ngl. No mounts or gliders. Permanent death and guilds. I know I'm a minority but I'm still here damnit!
You only have 7 characters? Amazing! I have 15 between 2 accounts and that is very low compared to others.
Sadly all the friends I gamed with growing up doesn't like MMOs they only ever play competitive games like COD or Battlefield or even games like GTA 5, stuff like that while I branched out into the MMO universe. Specifically the more solo friendly ones bc while yes I do mostly play MMOs now I still prefer to experience them as a solo player mostly bc of my anti socialness. I know its weird someone with severe social anxiety playing MMOs? Weird. But I do only play MMOs that are solo friendly. Which is why GW2 has became my favorite MMO of all time bc it absolutely is solo friendly and the open world is amazing bc of how busy it stays with world events you finish one and another is right around the corner. I have no interest in raids or strikes at all and the game doesn't care if you do or not which is great! This game is like the definition of having something for everyone. All of the stories are easily soloable and not to mention great stories in general. They have a great PvP and WvW system and for those like me that love to RP you can find that as well and in my opinion has a better fashion system than FF14. Yes a big a claim but I stand by it. All in all this is the greatest MMO of all time imo and I think everyone that plays MMOs that hasn't tried it yet should.
Stop and Smell the flowers. is what you experienced
yup & I'm trying to implement it into more than just guild wars 2 nowadays :D
Very nice Video and an even better Message! :)
Currently doing the same with an engi. I just want to chillax, shoot my gun and blow up things. It's great.
If it takes 1500 hours before it gets interesting, I am gonna pass on it
And the best thing is that this is by no means limited to GW2. I implore everyone (including myself) to do this in every MMO, nay, every video game they play. Don't google it - play the damn game!
I have a secret for everyone. Those builds you google that are just considered the meta? A player just like you and me created those, without googling it.
I’ve been making my own builds since I started this game on launch, I test them and I tinker with them until they get to a point where they really work, and then I tinker with it some more. I recently made a heal/tank Chronomancer for raids and strikes and not only does it work, I’m more effective than some of the meta builds.
Screw the haters, do your own thing, and most of all, have a great time playing a video game. After all that’s what video games are for.
I played like that on my first character. But then I got absolutely destroyed in HoT maps. I don't think I would have been able to complete it without strangers sometimes coming by and ressing me. Without the game knowledge you'd have after years of playing or the builds necessary to make it easy, what you're suggesting is just hell beyond core Tyria, because you'll spend more time on the floor waiting for a ress than actually participating in the events.
I've been playing GW2 on and off for a few years now. I always come back because of the things you mentioned here. I play to have fun. Not to optimize. Exploring this game will truly reward you. When completing challenges or going for mastery, I always try to not look at the wiki, although I must admit it does eventually come to that if it becomes frustrating or unfun. This game is one of a kind and has seemingly endless content in a gigantic and dense world. It's filled with personality and best of all, lots of other players! I hope everyone that plays GW can have the experience you've come to enjoy so much. Absolutely love this game.
Aside from the world boss timers, I rarely do so unless I am stuck on something or it is something I really want. In which case, I look at it as "How do I start this? I can figure the rest out, but I need to know where to start."
bro learned about playing games for fun, gg
great video adventurer
As a veteran in MMO RPG genre, this video hit me hard and made me realise why I had so much fun in the past but not anymore. GW2 is the best MMO RPG for exploring the world and I'm going to try and find the pure joy of gaming just from the journey and not the goal.
Thank you.
I have about 23 hundred hours in Gw2 and mentor regularly when I log in in the old-fashioned way through the Mentoring LFG. Sure, I only reach maybe 1 or 2 folks sometimes a day but if I can assist just 1 person a day I've accomplished my goals. What I always tell players returning to the game or brand new I remind them that its an MMO with a huge, beautiful world that has only almost doubled in size since 2013. To take their time, really get lost in the game and the fantasy world, to take their time or at least do accomplishments at their own pace. Like ANY game out there if you treat it like a 2nd job you will get tired and burnt out without fail.
I find when I go back to gw2 I set myself goals.. but once they start to feel like a chore I stop them and do something else.. Like all mmos you need to take a break and do something else.. if its not gun to do any of it, why do it? I made a ton of gold last month and im happy to now chill and do a weekly static raid and random events in the game. But gw2 didn't click with me for years when jumpuing on and off i didnt understand the end game at all.. Then I made my own adventures and goals, bam in love with it.