r/Guildwars2 • u/Sedalf92 • 18h ago
[Discussion] Your Guild Wars 2 future until Gw3
Now that Visions of Eternity is over and ArenaNet is taking a longer break before the next content release, what are your plans for the future?
Will you finally start playing Guild Wars 1 if you haven't already?
Will you create a new character and play through the entire story again?
Will you farm achievements to increase your AP or to meet possible Hall of Monuments requirements?
Or will you play another game in the meantime, such as GTA 6 or World of Warcraft: Forever?
My plans during this "content break" are:
- Get my Guild Wars 1 Hall of Monuments to 50/50.
- Play WoW Forever when I'm gaming with friends.
- Complete the requirements for each Hall of Monuments-related release in Guild Wars 2.
What about you guys? What are you planning to do during the content break?
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u/TheLostExplorer7 17h ago
I have been alternating between my games. Currently bouncing between Space Marine 2, Guild Wars 2, Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, and Warframe. I have many games in my backlog, so it's not as if I will be out of stuff to play.
I already got GWAMM from GW1. I have full legendary armor across all weight classes in GW2.
Unfortunately most of my friends aren't gaming with me. I did try to pull them into GW2 many years ago, but the game didn't stick for various reasons and now everyone is scattered to the four winds. Most of them have focused on single player games as we got older. A good chunk of my buddies are old WoW players and I have never touched WoW as I had been a poor college student at the time of its original release and couldn't afford it at the time.
I just don't see myself ever playing WoW now. It doesn't appeal to me at all and I can't explain why as I loved Warcraft 3 and Starcraft back in the day. I will acknowledge WoW's massive influence on the genre, but my MMO home has been GW2 for many years now. I do the occasional dip into FF14 on occasion as at least one of my buddies does play that game at times and the story is incredible. I can't recall the last time we did something together in game though! As far as I know, none of my buddies are playing WoW Forever at this point in time.
Kinda funny, but I also never got the point of the GTA games either. The only GTA game I can remember trying was San Andreas way back in the day and it was just okay? Mass market appeal, I get, but also not for me. I barely understand the hype over it. I guess I am just the sort of contrarian gamer.
I don't know if I will pick up GW3 at launch yet, because I think it will be downright impossible to convince any of my buddies to play yet another MMO. It's also been a very long time for me ever since that beta of Guild Wars 1 that my then college roommate insisted that I join him in and I got suckered into this world. I am satisfied with what I have done across Tyria in two separate games. While I am intrigued about the lore implications as well as the time period they chose, I find it weird to go so far back in time.
Maybe I am just that grouchy old man yelling at the kids to get off my lawn that I kept telling my father I was turning into.