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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
People still playing this? I was always semi interested but not enough to install their launcher.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Hmm. I may have to reactivate my old ass account.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Trogdor1123
Member
The ritualist from gw1 being so broken I think, especially when run with necro heroes
Ceadeus
Gold Member
I don't think so, wow is natively compatible and the M1 struggles to run it 1080p60fps on low setting.
March Climber
Member
It's still a top 10 MMO. Silent majority and all that.
If they weren't so stubborn about not putting it on consoles then they could have been a serious contender to ESO. They've finally changed their mind about Steam though so there's still hope.
SirKicksalot
Member
>old accounts cannot be linked to Steam 
manfestival
Member
That is so interesting seeing all of that stuff I have seen pop up on social media as of late. Maybe it was some sorta marketing push or whatever. The game does seem to have a pretty healthy sized community and it does garner quite a bit of love. I only played the game till about like level 30 back when it first came out but that was ages ago. I might give it a go again just to try it out with all of the praise I have seen about it.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
In 2022, how?
Why don't they just have Steam boot the launcher like The Old Republic?
Revolutionary
Member
I always wanted to give this a shot, but that crazy Twitter lady being a lead designer for the game made me stay far away. But I heard she was fired (finally) so maybe I'll give the Steam client a go.
She never was lead and neither at GW2. She worked on a cancelled project. Hope you don’t consume any other product crazy people involved, like smartphones produced in autocratic countries or fuel from shitty companies fucking up our environment. In comparison we can agree that a bitchy employee is less a problem?
As GW2 has more dynamic battle than most other MMOs. It took people a while to get used to it. Since the first expansion there is more or less a role system with damage, support and heal but it‘s far more dynamic and fluid than other MMOs as same ad the battles are. Wont say that there is a holy (who declared this shit holy?) trinity but sort of such a system. Focus is more on movement, timing and mechanics. For most of the endgame you basically dont need any primary heal if people know their shit.
Horizontal progression system is still king. You can drop out and come back a year later without worry about gear. Simoly focus on gameplay and new content. They always struggled a bit with regular content for core player base but as new player you get a shitload to do. Game is in very good shape.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I’ve met several people who played this game religiously. I tried getting into it, but I couldn’t do it. For me personally the aesthetics of WoW/FF are far more important. Guild Wars fans are no joke. I knew one guy who read the novels. I couldn’t get into it and then their writer was crazy, right? I always felt like this was someone else’s WoW since it didn’t cost anything to play. I played the beta and a couple months after it launched. I’ve seen people with maxed character screens.
LectureMaster
Member
Had a great time with the game 2013 - 2015. I think my gameplay time clocked like 1200+ hours, crafted 4 legendary weapons, made bunch of online friends that we still talk to each other nowadays.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Not being able to use my old account (and characters) on Steam is a deal breaker. Although, who am I kidding, the lack of trinity roles killed my interest in this long ago.
Revolutionary
Member
Knowing she had nothing to do with GW2 is even better news, so thanks for clearing that up. Still, she was an outspoken psycho employed at ArenaNet (who falsely accused innocent folks at least twice), and if it actually upsets you that I decided not to support them because of that reason then... okay, I guess?
Pejo
Member
I was pretty much going to make this exact post. I can't believe this game has survived as long as it has without the trinity though, that's impressive in and of itself. I remember like half a decade or more ago doing the stupid jumping puzzles in this game. I'd try it out again on Steam if I could use my old account. But actually, I don't even know which email address I had it tied to anymore.
Stamps1646
Member
Forced to re-buy the expansions again and start fresh if you use the Steam version is a huge turn off for me.
I wanted to move away from the NCSoft/ArenaNet Launcher
This is such a backwards way of supporting the PC market ArenaNet, this only benefits new players.
Yes. The game and experience between the two different types of accounts will be exactly the same. Players who have an account registered through the website or through Steam will be able to play together as the game is identical and use the same servers. The only difference is how players login.
No, you cannot transfer a Guild Wars 2 account created through the Guild Wars 2 website to Steam and vice versa.
I wanted to move away from the NCSoft/ArenaNet Launcher
This is such a backwards way of supporting the PC market ArenaNet, this only benefits new players.
Will I be able to play with my friends if they have a Steam account and I don't?
Yes. The game and experience between the two different types of accounts will be exactly the same. Players who have an account registered through the website or through Steam will be able to play together as the game is identical and use the same servers. The only difference is how players login.
Can I transfer my current Guild Wars 2 account to Steam?
No, you cannot transfer a Guild Wars 2 account created through the Guild Wars 2 website to Steam and vice versa.
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Dang I remember I was a major fan of the first one and actually bought this thing one. Unfortunately due to my circumstances it was the wrong time and I never put a lot of time into this but assuming it runs well enough on the steam deck I may go back and forth between PC and affordable. On a side note I get my steam deck tomorrow!
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Welp, that decides it for me. Haven't played in about a year, but definitely not going to Steam if I lose my characters.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
This definitely has to be something contractual. Square Enix does the same thing with Final Fantasy XIV, and it drives me up the wall.
I guess maybe Valve doesn't want people to have an option of playing the game on Steam for free and having a way for people to buy the expansions outside of Steam where they don't get a cut.
It doesn't upset me. My point was that there are hundreds of people working in these studios and you are unlikely to agree with everyone's attitude (after all, she was sacked for her behaviour). On the other hand, there are companies that follow even more questionable philosophies - at the executive level. Sounded harsher than it was meant to be.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Not a dealbreaker for me, I'll just go back to ignoring this game like I always have for the past decade. This game and I have a weird relationship where I think "I'd love to get into an MMO, but I hate the monthly subscriptions" - so I end up going back to Guild Wars 2. Sometimes I'll play for a few weeks and think "I should pick up the latest expansion" - then I do, and get tired of the game a week later before even starting (or barely starting) that one. And the cycle continues.
So I own the game and all of it's expansions already. Would have been nice to just easily download the client from Steam and log in, is all. If I had it on Steam I could see it next to all my other games that I'm currently playing, making it easy to install and play - instead of going to their website, signing in, clicking on the confirmation email, downloading the client, finding out the download only downloads the program that downloads the game, running that to download the actual game, logging into the game itself (and going through 2FA), and then playing.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
I remember the release of this, was super hyped as I was a huge fan of the original, had all these promised rewards due to the Hall of Monuments in GW1...
But in the end it just wasn't for me... something was just wrong with GW2, and I naturally moved on very quickly.
Forgot all about it until now.
But in the end it just wasn't for me... something was just wrong with GW2, and I naturally moved on very quickly.
Forgot all about it until now.
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Valve let publishers generate Steam key for free to sell with 0% cut so that's unlikely the case.
Tams
Member
I've played a bit. The world is decent and very big but very cliché. The gameplay is pretty solid. The weapons, abilities, and roles are all interesting. And I love the concept art.
But the stories are cringey shit. The character models are low res and cringey fanservice. The dialogue is dire, anime dub level. It put me off completely in the end.
It's a shame, as I pre-ordered it. I supported it because I prefer that payment model, even for MMOs (unless it is a really cheap subscription, I'm not going to play).
But the stories are cringey shit. The character models are low res and cringey fanservice. The dialogue is dire, anime dub level. It put me off completely in the end.
It's a shame, as I pre-ordered it. I supported it because I prefer that payment model, even for MMOs (unless it is a really cheap subscription, I'm not going to play).
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The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
I have the same problem.
I really want to like the game, but the closed skill system just kills it for me.
I pop in once in a while, find some fun, find something that ruins it, pop off.
Getting it on steam wouldn't change a thing though. Still the same
