It’s a Sunday morning, and I had a bit of time to game before life got started. I noticed someone named Older Than Time Too who was running a boss train. Basically you just follow this person around while they complete world bosses. There were 50/50 in the squad, and bosses were dropping in record time. It’s been a long time since I participated in this sort of event in GW2 but I was instantly reminded about how much I LOVE how this system is implemented. There was almost zero down time, everyone was able to participate and receive the rewards, and the event themselves felt larger than life.
The chatter in squad was positive and uplifting, everyone greeting one another, saying good morning (or evening, depending on time zones) and the community was top notch. It was a stark reminder to me about the differences in game communities. in Warcraft there is no way you’d get a 50+ team of people to bounce through older content the same week that a new expansion dropped. Of course GW2 also does a fantastic job of keeping these fights and zones relevant, no matter how old / new of a character you’re playing.
It’s been quite some time since I dedicated myself to just one MMO, and even longer since that MMO was GW2 (has it ever been? I’m not sure that it has) but over the past 12 years GW2 has always lacked the staying power that other games like WoW / Wurm have had over me. Could this time be different?
Probably not, but at least I’m having fun.