[_Puma_]

Desolation. [IRON] have recently left our server (Might be a good thing) and we have seen a drastic drop in cover in WvW, leading to us being stomped in most the other servers borderlands. We can still hold our own in EB and our own BL during primetime but just cant compete anymore with the superior cover and zergs.

Actually played a good bit last night and had some great battles running around in small groups. Again once we hit the zerg we get wiped.

[Ceiteach]

Originally Posted by _Puma_

Desolation. [IRON] have recently left our server (Might be a good thing) and we have seen a drastic drop in cover in WvW, leading to us being stomped in most the other servers borderlands. We can still hold our own in EB and our own BL during primetime but just cant compete anymore with the superior cover and zergs.

Actually played a good bit last night and had some great battles running around in small groups. Again once we hit the zerg we get wiped.

The smaller battles are always more fun.

Yeah we lost a couple of bigger guilds too. Viz are just absolutely everywhere and in their droves. Looks like you'll be joining us then!

[Sephiroth_dude]

Any new content being released?

[shootermacg]

Rift is going FTP. Do yourself a favor and play it. The classes are much better, it has end game content, mounts, open world pvp etc.

I'll probably fire it up again soon myself.

[Dcully]

Originally Posted by shootermacg

Rift is going FTP. Do yourself a favor and play it. The classes are much better, it has end game content, mounts, open world pvp etc.

I'll probably fire it up again soon myself.

Agreed, GW2 is just a snoozefest.
Tried to get into it may times,last week being the latest but its useless after max level.

[shootermacg]

Yeah, well I was pretty vocal about my fears when this game was in beta, but i was told I was a party pooper etc.

I think GW 1 hit a home run with the first version. I liked the instanced environments. You had a crazy amount of possible builds and things to do.
The dungeons were great fun. Running for money was brilliant as was soloing FoW and UW for ecto.

I started with ranger barrage partys in tombs, which changed to ritualist barrage partys etc. The game was constently evolving and the add ons were brilliant. They gave you really great bots to party with.

The pvp was also excellent, heroes had titles and emotes to show off.
All of this is gone and been replaced with...well...nothing. I spent almost everyday in RA making new builds and having a blast.

If you compare GW1 with GW2 there can only be one winner. I don't really know how many years I spent on GW1, quite a few whereas I spent a few months on GW2 and never went back.

For a company that gave us the 55 hp monk/necro/mez, the 120hp derv? boon prot monks, n/rt healers? Earth tanks etc to now give us this crap is kind of insulting.

Well no matter rift is quite a good game and does have the class variety I require. I've tanked as a cleric, assassin and warrior in rift and its bloody fun. Although don't bother picking a bard, they are great for parties but boring as hell to play.

[_Puma_]

Having played both extensively,GW1 from Factions and GW2 since release I cannot understand how you can compare GW1 and GW2 and come to a conclusion that one is better than the other, they are very different games(GW1=build wars, GW2=Directional combat system in an open world). You are comparing them by the time spent by you on each (Which is fair enough but entirely subjective). I could argue that I will spend far more time playing Gw2 than I did in Gw1 for the first 8 months I owned both but it doesn't prove that one is better than the other.

Some people that came from Guild wars 1 have left Guild wars 2 because it is not the squeal that they wanted, which is fair enough. The only common ground between the two is the lore. I agree that the end game content could be expanded more quickly in guild wars 2 but you have to remember that it has only been out for 9 months, and recent leaks indicate that the expansion is already being worked on.

The actual content being released monthly for the game is fairly substantial but it's problem is that it doesn't keep people logging in like say the gear treadmill in WoW. While the monthly update content are good, I would like to see more WvW and Lvl 80 content , like new zones(Southson cove being one recently updated) and objectives in WvW.

I am almost certain that the expansion for Guild wars 2 will focus on expanding content for current level 80 characters by maybe introducing new skillbars, high level zones, PvP etc.. and new content like classes and probably a new race with new zones.

For the time being I would be happy with how the game turned out. It is not a game that will keep you playing constantly for 9 months straight but it is not like you have to. Traditional MMO's would need the subscription revenue to survive, whereas GW2 has a different P2P model. I would look at it like this, do you think you have got value for your euro in comparison to other games. For me I easily have.

[_Puma_]

For those still interested in Guild wars 2, new content update (2 weeks after the last one) will be introducing better WvW rewards and PvE content.