WoW but its easier to get into and the community are friendly, already had 2 people come check to see if i needed help and mailed me gold.

Guild Wars 2 is *probably* the most Free-to-play and casual friendly MMO currently available on the market and is by far the easiest MMO to get into and play.

By far the easiest way to explain why GW2 is so much better(in my opinion) than other MMO's is to just compare them and see what GW2 does differently and better.


*The entire base game of GW2 is entirely Free-to-play, outside of a few QOL features like being able to mail money, there is no base game restrictions for New/F2P players. You have access to the entire OG story, you can get to max level, you have access to the ENTIRE base game map, etc.

*There is no class role restrictions or really any dedicated class role, there is no such thing as a Dedicated Tank, Healer, or DPS in GW2. Every class can do everything and while some classes are better at those things, you don't NEED to play say, a Heavy Armor class to tank; infact one of the beefiest classes is the Necromancer, a LIGHT armor class.

*GW2 has a Horizontal Progression compared to Vertical Progression other MMO's employ, what this basically means is that NO OLD CONTENT/GEAR/EQUIPMENT/ABILITIES BECOMES OBSOLETE. There is no such thing as a "Gear Treadmill" in Guild Wars 2, you can get to level 80(max level) buy an exotic armor set(the 3rd highest level armor) off the in-game market and that gear is and will ALWAYS be valid FOREVER. While there is armor levels above exotic(Ascended and Legendary), they are in NO-WAY required to do 95% of the games late game content, including expansion content. Ascended armors only purpose is 1 type of content and Legendary armors only purpose is Drip and a QoL improvement since you can alter the armors stat line whenever you want. Also armor stats stop improving at Ascended, Legendary is the same exact armor in terms of stats as Ascended and the difference between Exotic and Ascended armor is minimal, around a 12.5% stat increase.

(TLDR: There is no reason to grind armor/weapons once you have level 80 Exotic armor outside of a small numbers boost, ability to do a single late game activity, and drip; and that Exotic armor will ALWAYS be usable for new content.)

*Guild Wars 2 is DIRT CHEAP compared to other MMO's(that I will not name directly), outside of the entire base game being free, all of Guild Wars 2 expansions(as of the time of this review) only cost $100. While $100 may seem like a big number, if you compare this price to the average yearly subscription of other MMO's + new expansions it is, like I said, dirt cheap; which leads into the next reasoning.

*GUILD WARS 2 HAS NO SUBSCRIPTION OR SUBSCRIPTION REQUIREMENT. There is no monthly or yearly subscription in order to play Guild Wars 2, you play the base game for 100% free, and the expansions are a 1 time purchase for ALL CONTENT THEY CONTAIN. Which is the primary reason why GW2 is so cheap and new player friendly, there is no $12 or $15 monthly payment you have to cough up in order to just ACCESS the full game. At $12.99(the average for most year long subscriptions) a month it adds up to $155 a year, this is NOT including the purchase of new expansions which average around $40. There is no potential worry about not getting your monthly moneys worth out of GW2, if you decide you're bored and leave for a few months you can just come back and pick it up whenever you want with no worries you're burning cash or having to cancel a subscription.


All of these reasons is still only scratching the tip of the iceberg when it comes to GW2 compared to other MMO's, these are only the the big reasons I can remember off the top of my head.

If an MMO with a entirely F2P base game with no level locking, no subscription requirement, no "Gear Treadmill", and all new content only requiring a single one time purchase of $30 to access the ENTIRE expansion doesn't sound like an enticing MMO, then frankly nothing will.

Guild Wars 2 has been around for a long time and has come a long way, and I've never heard anything bad about it.

As a gamer, you just have to love the slightly different visual style, which is very refreshing compared to other well-known MMORPGs.

The player numbers are still good, I think they did everything right here. Other publishers were too greedy, offered too little and are therefore no longer in the running.