Guild Wars 2 is an online RPG developed by ArenaNet, and continues the subscriptionless business model of the original Guild Wars. The game is set about 250 years after the events of its predecessor in a world devastated by the ancient elder dragons resurfacing after millennia of slumber.
Finally got around to getting my Warrior (Roar Wrathmane) to lvl 80... ...and getting a cool looking armor skin. It's Galrath's Armor (Condition Dmg, Toughness, Precision), legs transmuted with Racial Tier 2, chest Abyssal Armor skin from Fractals... ...Mightnight Red and Mudmetal dyes. Mudmetal matches the Lionguard Shield's shade of gold. I absolutely love the playstyle I've developed for my warrior. Shield-centric specc including reflecting projectiles and gaining might on block. 00/30/20/00/20 traits, switching weapons pretty much on cooldown. Fighting in a giant ass firefield from the Bow Burst, with 2 leap finishers on my Sword and Shield weapon skills. With over 1600 condition dmg (including the standard 3 stacks of might from "For Great Justice", excluding all other buffs), and a high crit rate, I'll stack up to the full 25 stacks of bleeds on a target, while it's on fire, both from the firefield, and from the fireshield I get from self-comboing with leap finishers. Outstandingly sexy in playstyle and look!
On the happy occassion of getting out from under the compulsion and self-imposed nightmare, that was the Legendary grind, I present to you my likely last GW2-screenies ever.
Minor Firey Footsteps. Cuffs on Fire. A severed-off Dragon's Maw in Hand. The spoils of a Legendary Trivial Pursuit.
@seppli: Congrats! Don't see too many legendary torches around, Rodgort looks pretty sick. Also the wiki pointed out to me that Rodgort is Trogdor spelled backwards; that alone has me wanting it despite not having a character that uses torches regularly.
You know you like the compulsion and self-imposed nightmare, which legendary is next on the list? Kudzu? Twilight? Kamohoali'i Kotaki?
@seppli: Congrats! Don't see too many legendary torches around, Rodgort looks pretty sick. Also the wiki pointed out to me that Rodgort is Trogdor spelled backwards; that alone has me wanting it despite not having a character that uses torches regularly.
You know you like the compulsion and self-imposed nightmare, which legendary is next on the list? Kudzu? Twilight? Kamohoali'i Kotaki?
Speaking of legendaries...
T'was a pretty stupid undertaking to begin with, and I will certainly not entertain any further legendary ambitions (if I did, I'd team-up Rodgort with a Frostfang as seen here). I only did it to have a reason to stick with the game for a decent chunk of playtime really, to know Guild Wars 2 for what it is. That has definitely been done.
It's quite enjoyable alongside a podcast, but its PvE-group gameplay is way too weak and hampered by many core designs & mechanics, and hence GW2 fails to really excite me beyond sporadic casual solo PvE play. I'm getting my fill of PvP in *real* games like Battlefield or Need for Speed or Street Fighter - so that's that for GW2 really.
Every now and then I'll log in for an hour of podcast listening while doing a daily, or a fractal or something. And I'll likely enjoy checking out new content and unique events, but as soon as another MMO comes around, I'll depart for good. Hell - overall, I'd be much happier playing WoW, but that's just the same old well-fitting, but ultimately worn-out pair of boots, and I've really walked my seven miles in them and seen beyond the horizon - I'm done with WoW and WoW-alikes for good.
I'm looking forward to trying out Elder Scrolls Online and maybe Wildstar this year, both of which seem to borrow heavily from the paradigms GW2 introduced to MMO-design. I think GW2 is as influental as Everquest, but it's not its generation of MMOs World of Warcraft.
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