#SORRY THIS GOT LONG WHDNDO

[lunod]

hii I've been watching you post about guild wars 2 a bit and it's making me want to try it out! thanks for the introduction. :)

before this I've only heard that there were a lot of builds possible and it was free, but it's nice to see that it's (somewhat?) accessible too <- keeps playing MMOs and being bad at them for reaction skills reasons

!!!!!!! :D

A lot of the classes are not super difficult, because the classes are flexible in play style and pretty well rounded, meaning you can kind of just pick based on whatever you think sounds coolest. But depending on how much you're affected by reaction time, you may also like to look for LI (low intensity) builds, which are what I use. There are a lot that you can do pressing very minimal buttons. There's a site that collects LI builds here: https://accessibilitywars.com/tags/ but these are not the only ones that exist--if you search for LI builds you'll find a ton where they have a category for LI builds like here: https://mukluklabs.com/gw2-builds or discussions on the GW2 subreddit/Discord server about it. Oh and one big thing if you have slow reaction time: So when an enemy attacks there's a little red circle on the floor before it hits and you can either literally walk away from it or if you noticed it late you can dodge. But depending on how slow your reaction time is there is another trick, which is to stand basically right on top of a high levelled player or a group of players because they usually have a bunch of stuff that lowers the damage or heals you for the damage.

Also people are in general nicer and not as reactive as in other MMOs, like to the point that it's become somewhat of a joke between me and my friend who still plays other MMOs. So even if your reaction is slow and you miss stuff, other players will just help you. :3 In maps if you see someone with an apple above their head, they're a mentor and will guide new players through events for easier levelling and they expect you to mess up/need stuff explained. Players get exp for reviving you if you die too, so it's really no trouble--though if you're doing a big boss you may want to just teleport and come back to the boss since people are busy! It's very new player friendly, the official Discord has a channel for new player questions, there are new player tips on YouTube and so forth.

And yes, base game is free and you can get all the way to max level (80)! If you end up really liking it and want more of the story that happens after level 80, you can pay for the expansion packs but it's a one time cost instead of a subscription and comparable to buying a triple A game (esp during sales). The plot spans over 10 years and is a ton of hours of playtime, like even just the dungeons which are more of a side quest situation is still I think 2 hrs of just cutscenes. Everything is also fully voice acted, including random NPCs in the cities, and has subtitles!

I hope you have fun trying it out and if you end up liking it let's play together!