b3hold3r: that's not a cat girl, that's a full grown cat woman
DemethVLK: "I absolutely love Guild Wars 2"
I never realized!
Kleinvadder: I like to visit other MMOs, but its always just a visit. Playing Guild Wars 2 is always COMING HOME (even more with the upcoming homesteads)
Cold-Blooded-Jay: "Hello? Where is everybody? We have to fight the Lich King..."

Yeah, I never understood the significance of horizontal progression until I thought about the dead zones all over WoW. At least there is Classic, but even those eventually go to the next expansion and the zones die again.
Searcad: As a newcomer to GW2 the thing i love the most is that old content is still pretty much booming. Yesterday i did my first world boss in the Wayfarer Foothills and it was so full of people that my frames dropped for a bit. Can't wait to get to more popular zones
nuneselso: "GW2 is dead" one day a look at a gigantic rock on a PoF map and tought to my self "I'm gonna climb this shait" when I got the. there was a small asura mining a random ore... only game something like this can happen to you.
raptorhacker599: about the dead game part : you can find players even in the most obscure places like those jumping puzzles which there are so many of. it is so illuminating of how alive the game is when you can find players almost everywhere given the immense size of the game map with so many different activity types that people who never played the game just won't understand.
cyanic3148: probably part of why people who haven't played gw2 thinking it's dead is that there's not a huge 'fandom' side of the community, most of the players spend time in game rather than outside, so there's less fanart, animation, and general content that everyone else can look at. There is some really fun things that are unique to GW2 that I think a lot of people would really like if they knew about it, like griffon riding and beetle racing, and the upcoming free-build mode in Janthir (which should hopefully let more people showcase some awesome builds and get everyone curious)
Syae225: The "dead game" thing is sadly a big talking point for a lot of people, especially on social media where YouTubers will make new videos every week with titles like "How this game died" or "Why everyone hates this game now!!!" and it gets millions of views with everyone just falling for it and instantly dislike it just because they saw some post or YT video. Sadly, it feels like today a game is only good for people if it has millions of players every day and is a new Fortnite or whatever.

I wish people would just try games out for themselves instead of watching things about it online and just not play it because another person told you, so. I love Guild Wars 2 but if I would watch Asmongold, for example, he constantly says how bad the game is and that everyone hates it and that the only people who like it are feminists or whatever he comes up with.. So I'm glad I just played it on my own and didn't listen to a YouTuber or streamer
deekds: dead game? GW2 is one of only two MMO's out there that the population base is actually growing over the past few years. That's one of the many reasons I got into it in 2023. While there is no guaranteed numbers, there are a number of sources which have good estimates when comparing different MMO populations.
garethwilkins6744: "There are no cat-girls."

Excuse me? We have THE ORIGINAL mmo cat-girls.
Divoria: WoW Player: Trading money for gold? You are p2w!
Also WoW Player: Oh my gold count is low, lets buy a wow-coin and sell it on the auctionhouse
casketclubmerch: I started playing Guild War 2 in about 2014-15 and quickly burnt out on it after maxing numerous characters. I recently came back after seeing the expansions on sale and hearing good things and it's like playing a completely different game. Mounts are amazing to ride, Masteries give you something to work towards, you can even fish now! It really is a game that values your time. If you want a grind, you can find it (unlocking mounts, levelling crafting, getting ascended/legendary gear), if you want easier or harder group content you can find it (Meta/world event trains, Strikes, guild puzzles, Fractals), if you just want a casual MMO experience where you explore the world and be rewarded for it (jumping puzzles and hidden loot caches), you can find it.
Dragoreth: "Hellooooooo, where ist everyone" We have to kill the Lich King!"
Kantharr: For the pay-to-win misconception: there is "technically" pay-to-win by being able to buy gen 1 legendary weapons with gems to gold conversion but to that argument I usually tell people that the combat in GW2 is very skill based so buying the best gear wouldn't automatically be able to help you be better than other players.

Aug 11 2024

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