Selwynn.2758

I started playing GW2 in beta. Yup, all that time ago. I played consistently for years, but over the stretch of almost a decade I eventually did break from the game from time to time. I'm back playing now again, even though I've "been there, done that" through the whole thing. Why? Because its the best MMORPG I've every played, relative to what I was seeking through the scores of MMORPGs I've tried. But it also a very late-stage game, being almost a decade old. So it means I really focus on what the things I like to do in the game most happen to be, then I do some research on the servers that have the most people doing that same thing during the times of day that I play. Did that, transferred to a server that matched, and find the chosen things I like to do to be well populated all the time. GW2, just numbers wise, is one of the few remaining long-term successful MMORPGs around. It's one of the big four, alongside WOW, FFXIV and ESO (Truthfully, I feel like Eve Online should probably get a shoutout, just for going strong and having a passionate community for over 15 years strong). It is also the most "casual" of them all. It's not considered a problem for people to take breaks from the game from time to time. I suggest you do that, without needing to be melodramatic about how the game is dead, which people have said literally since the first year of its release. This many years in, I think its time to accept that there's a reason why GW2 has been so praised. It's not really a debate anymore. All games eventually fade, and nearly a decade into GW2's, maybe its OK that the game doesn't entertain you 24/7 /365. It does enough that it brought me back, again, to check up on new things and revisit the old funs. I'll probably play for another couple months, then do other things again, until an expansion or something else draws me back. That's not a problem. Its amazing that an MMORPG this old has any draw at all. Few do, but those that do, like GW2 do because they are getting way more right than they are getting wrong.

Hi all,I played GW2 since beta and its hands-down my favorite MMORPG of all time. I played so much over the years that eventually I took a break. But I miss it so much that I'd like to come back, but its been a couple of years. I've started watching videos and trying to read some guides to figure out what's new and changed, but its still a little unclear. My main questions are this:(1) WvW is life. I'm on Jade Quarry. How does WvW matching work now? Did they implement that thing where the servers don't matter? I guess what I'm asking is, what server(s) are the ones with the most thriving WvW activity. I need to figure out if I need to transfer.(2) I'm trying to get an understanding of all the content that's been added over time. They're are Raids now? I've read mention of something called Strike Missions but I have no idea what those are. Does anyone have reference to a well-organized guide to current GW2 content, maybe something aimed at returning players. I've found that many of the videos I've tried to watch are not organized all that well, or only partially answer questions. I'll keep looking but I would appreciate any feedback from the community as well. Cheers!

Sounds absolutely awful, and caters to pve and spvpers who think everything should be an artifically maintained esport rather than a living breathing world where imbalance happens and you deal with it and bond over it. You talk about lack of server pride, but that's Exactly what I had, on Jade Quarry, the server I ever played on since literally beta. My friends extend beyond my guild. It includes many people who have been on the server forever. Some times individual people, not even part of a guild but connected just the same. And it includes people from all over the world, even speaking different languages. Trying to preserve those connections in a 500-1000 person alliance will never happen. Perhaps this will be a great new thing for people who don't already have a deep connection to a core community, but for me it means the final death of everything I loved in the game. WvW was life to me and server pride was the only thing that distinguished this from anything else. So, so long.

I've been Jade Quarry since beta, and wvw is 100% of my game time. This change takes all the love and pride had for JQ and all the joy, pain sweat tears and success I've shared with a community that maintained world pride even through the dark time... And took a fat dump right in its mouth.