Xandaresch.5138

If you want to enjoy dungeons with cut scenes and everything join a guild. To my experience guildies are better for a "leasure stroll" through the dungeons than rnd groups. Dailies give a broad variety for core and expansion content but if you have the major expansions and lvl 80 your will be given dailies across all content not only the one you have explored so far. May be a bummer in the beginning but especially with access to mounts you should be able to get there fairly quickly if you invest a little bit of time to get at least access to the maps (e.g. for HoT ressource collecting Bloodstone Fen (LW3) would be an easy option, especially since you can teleport you there with a permanent buyable scroll. Same for PoF - Domain Istan/Kourna or Sandswept Isle). Fashion War is tempting but as you pointed out Transmutaion Charges are limited. But you get some in the 20 day login rewards for free! Also a lot of skins can be applied once for free after you have acquired them. Raids/Fractals/Strikes: yes a meta build helps a lot with them but the build has also to suit your playstyle and getting the equipment for the builds can be tiresome in some cases. But take a look at the meta builds from Snow Crows, Meta Battle or similar sites and give them a go (the gear does not has to be ascended or even legendary (for convenience only!) in the beginning) Take your time and enjoy the game!

I'd like to take the number 111. Xandaresch.5138

I think with DRMs ANet tries to avoid the mistake of season 1: creating new content on existing maps but keep it replayable. A point which is often raised with season 1: it cannot be replayed with some small exceptions. With DRMs the game designers do not have to create new map material to further the story, especially since Kryta seems home to Primordus.So DRMs are no replacement for strikes or whatever but just a way to reuse parts of the map anew and to keep these parts playable without cluttering the old maps further with more content like the aftermath of Joko, Ley-Anomaly, etc.

Of course, the game is very dated now and Funcom is a terrible company but it's still a solid game in terms of having build variety and having ways to deal with group content. It also avoids the annoying thing where developers artificically kitten Tank/Healer DPS for reasons, so that even Enforcers/Soldiers/Medics can deal decent damage if built right (With Soldiers being highest DPS in the game if you manage to build them for it, though it's crazy expensive to do so) Every class could deal decent damage in AO if the build was right. But it is still one of the most complex MMOs I have played over the years: easy entry, very steep learning curve regarding character development and really nice group/raid content (mastering the Alien Commander raid on DNW server was a nice experience). And yes when played with a minimum requirement of players some classes were mandatory. Going in there without them resulted in a fail - that means everyone of the ca. 40 players had a specific role to play. Trinity has its pros (e.g. fixed roles for everybody - no effort into micromanaging skills, etc.) and cons (e.g. longer downtime on group content, since one role is missing). If someone likes it (s)he may play like it in GW2, but should not expect others to follow her/his lead. Even with the meta builds GW2 has a lot more to offer regarding character building.Imo the Trinity can only be replaced by systems like AO and GW2 (both have their downsides and are far from perfect - if that is even possible due to a very complex balancing issues), that allow players to test and optimize their builds, if they want to. Otherwise playing the game is possible but may be restricted in some aspects due to content designed to be challenging. But that should be ok in a game that mostly tries to avoid Trinity in a classical sense from the beginning.

Before you try it further on your own and only for the tokens: you will need it twice for Aurora as well. Sometimes a helpful Mesmer ports others through the different sections.

I guess only one week, since the text says before the release of the new episode next week on Tuesday.