I've had a lot of people ask me when the next sale was, as they didn't want to switch from f2p to HoT at it's full price (HoT is too expensive IMO)
So I figure I'd just post it in the forums I visit.
This is an official sale at the main site. Comes with one level 80 character boost. To skip straight to the HoT content if you wish.
Hope that is okay.
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Currently playing: GW2
Going cardboard starter kit: Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Carcassonne, Dominion, 7 Wonders
It's a decent game, nothing to rave about but it's worth the price tag.
It was short but it was fun.
Just to say that is a very casual game, but it is well designed and fun to play.
I still play it from time to time for a couple of weeks at a time, not really my kind of game, way too easy.
But if you are a Casual, I strongly suggest it.
Gw2 is a game of goals. Getting decent gear isn't difficult. Its min-maxing that usually will cost you a lot of time and gold, but it is not required for you to enjoy the entire experience which is why a lot of people usually call GW2 a causal game.
However funny enough, if your talking about this game from a PVP perspective and in some cases high end PVE; a causal player who doesn't fully understand the capabilities of his/her chosen class including an understanding of the "meta," you will get left be hide. And I'm not just talking about gear, I'm talking about Skill.
I swear, one of the number one problems I see and hear from PVP players are; "Why do I have this scrub teammates on my team who clearly have no idea what they are doing?" "How can X class lose to Z class? Its such an easy matchup!" "Its a 3v1 and they all lost? How can my team members be so useless?" I like to think the reason why its like this for "the most part" is not totally because the match making may not be the best, but also its people who rush the game and don't take the time to learn it.
Believe me, if you learn about the game, and figure out why things are they way that they are you will either love the game, have a better appreciation for it, or completely hate it. Its really up to you.
From a PVE perspective, some people will say that PVE is very easy. And for the most part they are correct. But then again what MMO has hard PVE? At least in GW2 you can challenge yourself and put your skills to the test. Such as: Soloing group content, fighting legendary mobs, solo speed running dungeons and fractals, raid content with a group. However, don't get this twisted. Soloing group content is not easy. Requires a lot of understanding of class capabilities and knowledge of said content.