How is GW2 Different from Other MMOs?

what makes Guild Wars 2 so special compared to other MMOs I don't know if you guys have noticed lately but it seems that everybody and their mother has been playing Guild Wars 2 lately checking out this old MMO seeing what it's all about giving it another chance but for many people they weren't around her they had no interest in MMOs when Guild Wars 2 first came out they don't even know what makes Guild Wars 2 different from let's say RuneScape World of Warcraft Final Fantasy other popular MMOs and so in this rather short video I would like to go into the several things that makes Guild Wars 2 Stand Out compared to other MMOs number one Dynamic events Guild Wars 2 features a dynamic event system in which events will occur organically out in the open world based on player actions as you're leveling in Guild Wars 2 you will find these events all over the place you'll be helping defend a farm from some Bandits you'll be helping to repair something you'll be helping with all man manner of things and the best part is typically these events will lead into other events you might have an event that begins with you defending let's say a farm from some Bandits but slowly this sort of event storyline will progress to actually fighting the Bandit Chieftain and taking down the Bandit camp and the cool thing about these events is they dynamically change the world if for example you were to fail the event at defending that farm that farm would be destroyed and a whole new event would begin where you have to repair it the dynamic event system in Guild Wars 2 makes leveling incredibly enjoyable because it adds a sense of unpredictability excitement and replayability to the level up experience in this game people love it and for good reason number two no subscription fee just want to say this really fast unlike many other MMOs Guild Wars 2 does not require a monthly subscription fee players can buy this game once and play it as much as they desire without any additional costs now I know that this immediately is going to raise the question of is Guild Wars 2 paid to win and the answer to that question is yes if fashion is your objective yeah they had us the first half I'm not gonna lie Guild Wars 2 has a ton of cosmetic stuff to offer in regards to its cash shop but in regards to making you permanently more powerful just by giving the developers a hundred dollars here or there that doesn't exist in this game it's the kind of subscription model or lack thereof that people appreciate no subscription fee you let players play the game and the stuff that you can get are just minor convenience options as well as cosmetic stuff before we continue though I do want to give a quick shout out to this Channel's sponsor zygor if you are a World of Warcraft player and you're looking for the ultimate add-on for leveling achievement farming pet collecting whatever you want check out zygor down in the description below give it a try see if you like it much appreciated guys big Shout out to zygor for helping us create the content here at Nexium number three level scaling now this one's going to be a little bit controversial and I understand if there are comments down in the comments section that say that this is a really bad thing to each their own Guild Wars 2 has a level scale system and this means horizontal progression in a game like World of Warcraft for example if you hit max level in the game and you go back to the starting areas or go back to you know just some of the early questing zones you're obviously going to be higher level you're going to be able to one shot the mobs so on and so forth Guild Wars 2 doesn't work like this once you hit Level 80 if you go back to starting areas or lower level Quest zones you're actually going to be downscaled so that you can't just run around in one shot things the idea is that you can go back and actually experience this content and it's actually engaging it's not something that you can just burn through but there are a lot of people that aren't going to like this because they want that progression of power now if you are a lower level player player for example as you Traverse the world you will find that there are zones that are going to be much higher level than you this really just applies at max level if this makes sense number four a unique combat system tab targeting MMOs are all over the place and you either love it or you hate it Guild Wars 2 is not tab targeting it features an action-oriented combat system instead that will require players to move and to dodge and to switch weapons it does a lot it adds a lot of excitement and skill based gameplay to combat encounters and honestly you're gonna quickly find if you give Guild Wars 2 a chance that this is probably going to be the most enjoyable element of the game for you just trying out the different weapons rolling around dodging doing all sorts of stuff the combat system in Guild Wars 2 in my opinion is its big Shining Light especially when you start fighting bosses number five player versus player content Guild Wars 2 has several different types of PVP gameplay play including structured PVP you know your traditional Battlegrounds and such as well as World versus World Combat these modes both offer a unique and awesome experience that very few MMOs have how cool is it to be able to get together with a giant army go with Siege vehicles and stuff conquer territory not many MMOs give us this type of gameplay because it's so well it can be very laggy and it can be very stressful on the MMO's servers but thankfully MMOs like Guild Wars 2 Elder Scrolls Online give us the opportunity to actually feel like we're fighting in a proper war and this is something that makes Guild Wars 2 a lot of fun if you're into World vs World Combat that is number six a personal story no matter who your character is and no matter what choices that you make in the beginning when you're creating your character Guild Wars 2 has a personal story for each and every player which will unfold more and more as a player progresses throughout the game it adds a sense of immersion it teaches you the lore it introduces you to the greater world and overall it just gets you more personally invested in the game's world and the characters speaking only for myself this is not something that I have gotten to explore too much of on my characters that I've been checking out the game with and it's something I'm looking forward to as immersion is a huge reason as to why I play MMORPGs but so far the personal story that I have had with my character has been a lot of fun number seven no traditional healing classes so if you've ever played other MMOs there's typically a healing class or a healing spec you know the priest in World of Warcraft the Jedi Consular and Star Wars the Old Republic whatever it is now unlike other MMOs Guild Wars 2 didn't really want to have this sort of approach of having a really good healing class compared to other classes to give an example in World of Warcraft classic priests are the best healers in the game Warriors cannot heal at all how Guild Wars 2 approached this is they wanted to have no traditional healing class meaning that all the classes have access to some form of healing abilities and players are encouraged to work together to support each other in combat it doesn't matter if you're a warrior a necromancer an engineer all the classes can heal to some degree meaning that everybody is responsible for everybody else's survival and number eight the world is alive and being updated when Guild Wars 2 first came out a lot of people thought it was going to be the wow killer and for a time it was doing very very well but it slowly trickled off and kind of faded Into Obscurity and a lot of people probably think that Guild Wars 2 has just been a dead MMO but you'd be surprised this game has continued to maintain a player population it has continued to pump out expansion packs I mean goodness gracious blizzard pixel for Pixel copied dragon flying from Guild Wars 2 and put it in World of Warcraft dragonfly even to this day in 2023 Guild Wars 2 is still getting regular updates to the game's Story the world through these Living World updates new content is being added to the game new areas new events it keeps the game feeling fresh and exciting for its player base so yeah maybe now with this video maybe you see why people are giving Guild Wars to a chance these days Guild Wars 2 isn't just some game that's currently trending right now for no reason at all it's a game that's genuinely very good and it deserves the praise that it gets and that's why at least for me it's been great to give Guild Wars 2 another chance

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Id: 4bi0U_cu3BQ

Length: 8min 42sec (522 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 27 2023