After finally slowing down on FFXIV during a content lull, I have decided to give Guild Wars 2 a try. It’s time for a new adventure!
Hilarity ensues.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Intro and character creation
00:12:14 – Leveling and exploration
00:43:18 – Big head airplane mode exploration
00:54:08 – Post-big head exploration
01:05:02 – lvl 10 Personal story
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🎵 Intro music:
Track: ROY KNOX – Lost In Sound
Music Provided By: Magic Records
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Welcome back to GW2!
On the movement thing, where you go slower when strafing sideways, and even slower while going backwards, GW2 is big on movement feeling realistic (with the exception of being able to change direction while jumping/falling etc). When you think about it, a person can't run sideways or backwards as fast as they can going fowards 😀
And oh lol at the people in stream coming at you with all the weird and wonderful stuff among the novelty tonics and toys in the game xD
AHAHAHAHAHAA! Your reaction to the Aviator box and Bobblehead tonic was priceless! Make sure to log in this April 1st to see what the Anet prank is this year (Bobblehead and Aviator mode are both April fools pranks from earlier years they brought back in with toys you can place for people to use), last year's was GIANT INVISIBLE CATS looming over the 6 major cities, and if you put on the special tonic you got, you could see them and you were also followed everywhere by normal size cats that blinked in and out of nowhere.
When you eventually reach a worldboss called "Drakkar" (it's during Icebrood Saga stuff) ask someone to put down the Bobblehead tonic because it's flipping HILLARIOUS! (Or at least fight it normally first time, then 2nd time ask for the bobblehead) xD
Cool! You came across one of the Devs! You'll see them around the game (though obviously they don't stick their Anet guild and special tag on all the time). There's some hidden achievements for raiding with one, smushing one in sPvP, or smushing one of them in WvW 😀
If you like chocobos, there's a raptor skin "Roadrunner" that you can literally dye to look like a chocobo. I know there's at least one player ingame (and probably more) who has made an Asura with armor that dyed right makes them look like a FF Black Mage, and has that raptor skin dyed to look like a chocobo.
"Jump down" oh lol you fell for that.. literally!
Regarding the pile of people who jumped off and went splat deliberately for people to res them, that's a common thing to see especially when someone is asking for help with part of the collections to unlock the Skyscale Mount, as one of them requires reviving a player/npc 100 times or so.
You're not boring people with your exploration, because we all remember the time when we were you and we were the ones gawking at everything. Nostalgia! 🙂
The overall style of the game remains the same, the graphics don't increase in realism or anything like that, but the scenery effects/skyboxes improve hugely once you start going through the expansions, and improve with each one. Once you're past the core game story and Living Story season 2 the side-by-side cutscene convos are replaced by the actual npcs walking around and talking in front of you. (honestly, get the living story seasons, 3, 4, and Icebrood are like mini expansions, and you need Season 4 if you want the rollerbeetle and skyscale mounts, which belong to that season. Season 3 has a mastery which includes a powerful 5th downed state skill along. Season 4 of course has the 2 mounts, but also has a mastery track that gives you additional skills to use to boost your mount, and Icebrood Saga has a mastery in it where you can unlock a stealth skill to use while mounted. Bascially they're completely worth getting) 🙂
Yup, you're recognised as a local hero at this stage, but not a global one yet 😀
Thanks for the vid! Was super fun to watch. Also, if you think the map area you've seen is big, ummmm.. Next time you play, open your map and zoom all the way out.
Welcome back to Tyria.
I get that you already got a lot of tips from your stream viewers and you already got overwhelmed, so I don't dive into all the stuff. There is tons of stuff to learn, just take your own pace and don't rush.
But on commanders and Mentors: These tags are usually used to organize map wide meta events or to highlight areas relevant for dailies or other achievements. For example your dailies displayed on the right side usually include finishing 4 events in an area or doing a jumping puzzle (among other things). These tags are used in these cases to display where the dynamic events happen or the location of the jumping puzzle, often with a friendly mesmer to allow you to skip tha actual jumping puzzle (you don't need to take their offer though if you like to tackle it yourself). On some maps (especially level 80 maps) there are meta events, which sometimes require coordination between players on different parts of the map (like killing several bosses at almost the same time). It is not uncommon to see three or four groups of 40+ players each working together on this – so really massive stuff going on there you rarely see in any other MMO.
FF14 and GW2 are working great together as alternatives while you wait for new content. You might want to look up Xandrii here on youtube ("Xanblast Productions"), another FF14 who started GW2 just last year and is balancing both games.
Oh, an that avaiator and big heads are april fools day things. Arenanet is great at this, with the super adventure box being a whole game mode they introduced and expanded upon. You should definetelly check it out this year.
Just came back to the game myself. I had a hard time getting into it before but I am LOVING it now. Working on my 2nd character to 80. I think it's one of if not the best mmo's out right now. Great video!
playing it for 9 years now, love this game so much, welcome to Guild Wars 2, i hope you enjoy it ✌🏾😀
The average player when trying out GW2: starts off normally, progressing in a chill and casual way
A streamer when trying out GW2: starts off normally, gets streamsniped, progresses with a group of passionate veterans playing as walking beacons of blinding light in order to get overwhelmed with silly stuff like airplane mode and bobbleheads, and totally obliterates any supposed challenge along the way.
Best community 10/10
Try Lost Ark, i'm sure you going to like it too. Lost Ark & GW2 are my fav mmos.
Welcome back to gw2, very nice to have more people love the game. Try all characters and classes, the one you think might fit your personality might not and it will surprise you. Maybe other MMo games you pick a specific, that might suit and it might not. So try them all. Have fun!!
Welcome to gw2 🙂
I find myself following npcs after events to see what they do after. Sometimes it's worth it
I went with GW2 back in the day as it suits a casual player better IMO. Less grind, more co-op community…