It’s here! And it’s almost better than Christmas!
Since I preordered, I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2 starting
8/25. Last night, I hit level 17 and tonight I plan on getting to at least
18.5. I’d shoot for more, but real life calls – I need to stop by a going away
party for a friend.
Everything in this onlineMMORPG has been really thought through, and it really shows. Leveling isn’t
boring like some other games. There isn’t much in the way of grinding. You
complete your story quests as well as heart quests (localized quests marked on
your map in the form of hearts). You also find all interest points on the map
as well as vistas – which you have to reach climbing a somewhat unorthodox
path. Completion of zones on the map gives you additional XP, as well as the
traditional XP generator: killing monsters.
The first person to actually level cap (which is at 80, by
the way) is a French man who got there by crafting. How, you ask? His guild
continually farmed the resources he need and sent them to his account so he
could continuously craft. Not the most traditional way to level cap the
fastest, but hey – it worked. Personally, I am choosing to savor leveling and
am working my way to completing every zone I encounter.
The quests are pretty interesting and I haven’t yet dabbled
in structured PvP. But what really sets this game apart is World v World
combat. It was such an impressively massive scale. And I died a lot. But it was
still totally awesome.
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