I'm already addicted enough to this game I am in.
Apparently there are three different chat programs players use. The guild I am in uses the most updated tech, apparently Skype is SOO last decade.
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My kid really likes the fast past action part, I'm too old for that. I like the strategy, the chat, the community, the crafting. .. And, well, the evolving story. Oh hell, there is just too much and something for everyone.
This review was made six years ago when you had to pay for it, like I said, the base game is free now. . .
I like strategy games like this, isn't there Guild Wars 3 and 4 out now? And I agree on the fast paced online RTS games they leave little to enjoy between frantic building and attacking/defending. Age of Empires was like that and various people always had some special hack they did where they'd cheat the system. After a while it's like ok you don't really want to play the game you want to semi-cheat with people that haven't played 1000 hours like you have.
No, just expansions to number 2. New versions would separate and spread out the player base. Instead, they focus on the current version, creating new story and new content.
I also think the reason is, in order to get the most players on-line and playing, they want to limit the specs of the PC that is needed to Play.
I remember when GW2 was first released, we could not even play it, our machines were too slow, we played GW for several years before our machines died and we bought new ones.
And then, like you, we were searching for a multi-player communal game.
STEAM has pretty much cornered the market in PC gaming, except for MMO gaming.
That left us with a few choices. Did we want to have an RPG flavor, or an RTS flavor? It really came down to World of War craft (monthly sub. . no thanks,) Starcraft, or Guild Wars 2, and there are a few other smaller ones. We had played Runescape many many years ago. . but meh, we had much more powerful machines now.
When you are gaming, and you want community, you pretty much have to go where the people, (the young) are.
I searched for a long time on STEAM to see what was the most popular and we weren't really into the FPS type games. . . those just get repetitive and dull. If you are into the call of duty or Fall Out type, there are plenty out there to choose from, not much time for cooperation and community with that type though, IMO. I like to form community to play against the game, not others. . . but you can get the PvP with GW2 as well.
I have heard of folks trying to cheat on GW2, but there is a moderation team that will find out, and they have banned folks for it, and players are aware, they don't like it, and thus, they don't do it.
I've played less than a year. Most of the time I play in player vs. environment. Occasionally I will enter world vs. world where one server battles another server, that is hella fun. My guild isn't really active in that aspect, not yet really. That really requires Teamspeak, skype, or that other app I was talking about. The server I am playing on,
Eredon Terrace, is currently ranked forth from the bottom. I don't care about it that much, since I am not competitive. (The upside is, I have less problems with logging in than the more busy and popular servers, which is why I am there.) However, since I have played so much Civ 5, I have SO many ideas to help out the guild I am in when I am ready to focus more on that aspect. I will contact my guild leader when I am ready. I think what it will take is communication between guilds, currently, I don't think there is any. The folks in WvW are great at hack and slash, but I see no overall strategy.
I really do like the WvW, which incorporates elements of high strategy warfare, with large, and I mean sometimes groups of 30 or 40 players vs another 30 or 40 other players, with siege craft. It really is quite exciting trying to hold or siege a castle against another group. Or joining an elite group of spies or harassers trying to cut off the supply to a castle. . . .
I probably won't start it for a while, because I have so many games to play. I'm playing the first Dead Space at the moment, it was free through Origin. Steam may be the biggest game launching app, but I also use Origin, Uplay, and GOG, and all sometimes offer free games.
