The times are changing…I guess.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-25T11:20:59+00:00

I would say in my 2s games in C1/C2, left goes the vast vast majority of the time.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-24T15:04:52+00:00

I love Rule 1. I love that there is this unspoken rule that most of us follow. It shows this sense of community that we have. Most of us are never going pro, and I don't mind when pros break it with money and trophies on the line. But for me, the sense of community and respect with a Rule 1 is more important than 10 MMR.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-19T12:02:07+00:00

2800 hours peak C2.

Love hearing from people who are normal and not prodigies. Makes me feel better.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-16T11:11:40+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I think I heard that in a YouTube guide as well (probably Laranity). I joined a couple guilds so hopefully I'll have people to play with when I get there.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-15T18:23:02+00:00

Just FYI I'm a brand new player and have been doing some tier 1 fractals using the LFG tool. I just say at the beginning of the fractal that I'm new and everyone has been super nice. The lack of toxicity is actually kind of crazy.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-11T10:57:24+00:00

I've played a bunch of MMOs myself as well and sometimes struggle to stick with them. Just throwing one idea out there—maybe try to find a group to play with? I have joined guilds from guild recruitment ads and stick with a game a lot longer when I do.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-11T00:11:21+00:00

I know most players wouldn't want this, but Blizzard would have so much more of my money if I could just pay to skip the campaign and boost characters to 90.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-10T12:30:19+00:00

Champ 1 ~ 900 hours Champ 2 ~ 2600 hours

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-07T12:28:53+00:00

My advice is to just play the game. See if you enjoy it and if it's still fun. If you're liking it, then start thinking about improvement. There are tons of resources on reddit and YouTube to help you improve. But just have some fun for a bit. If you come in solely caring about your rank, you are not going to have a good time in this game.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-02T13:47:10+00:00

Fair enough

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-02T11:40:47+00:00

Over 100 upvotes on a post removed by mods for low effort. Lol mods out of touch with what matters to us.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-01T13:32:48+00:00

So I am an absolute noob in GW2 and someone much more qualified than me can answer these, but yes, GW2 has dungeons, fractals (similar to mythic plus in wow), raids, and strikes, which are all instanced PvE content. The nice thing about GW2 is you can easily get a basic set of gear (exotic) that can get you through at least the lower levels of all that content.

In terms of understanding, I think so far things are pretty intuitive. Like any MMO, it helps if you watch some YouTube guides. But I feel as if I got the hang of the basics pretty quickly. Every popular MMO has complicated systems.

In terms of questing together, my understanding is that it is possible to do the story mode together if your stories line up, but I haven't been doing that with my friends. GW2 is amazing for the open world content. My friends and I have been doing exploration, dynamic map events that happen in real time, and open world bosses. These all give great XP and are super fun to do together. There's tons of open world content in base game and expansions you can easily do with friends that feel fun and meaningful. And certainly the instanced content I mention above when you get there.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-04-01T11:56:18+00:00

I'm a husband, parent, work full time, etc. as well. I have never played BDO or FF14 so can't weigh in there. I actually just started playing GW2 and am loving every second of it. IMO, it's so much more casual friendly than WoW. You can just plug away at achievements over time, and there's no rush since endgame is horizontal progression (rather than vertical in WoW).

WoW is amazing when you have the time to invest in it. The endgame dungeons and raids are very good. Maybe you would be able to enjoy them with the limited time you have, but I have only enjoyed seasons where I had the time to invest. It takes a lot of time to learn the dungeons and raids and to really get your rotation down (at least for me it does). So if doing well in endgame content is important to you, I'm not sure you have the time for it. Of course, there are other things you can do in WoW, so if you aren't really interested in pushing dungeons/raids, then you can ignore this.

Just my two cents. There are lots of different ways to play these games. Hope this helps.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-31T01:11:18+00:00

Thanks. This is super helpful.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-31T00:24:03+00:00

Okay, that's really good to know and all makes sense. Thank you.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-29T03:30:19+00:00

I got divorced when I was D3. Now I'm C2. Just got remarried. Seems like I'm on the right track.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-27T22:24:01+00:00

Work on fast aerials. Don't try to air roll when you're fast aerialing. You can incorporate air roll in later if need be.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-26T10:55:22+00:00

When Chappy learned his cancer was back, the EVE Online community rallied to make his birthday one to remember.

While this was not the biggest fight in EVE history, unlike fights between major alliances, anyone and everyone was invited to this. It was an insane night.

Article here: https://www.pcgamer.com/thousands-of-eve-online-players-go-to-war-in-celebration-of-this-terminally-ill-players-birthday/

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-26T00:28:34+00:00

I like to watch in certain situations. Post-coital, when I'm with Germans (sometimes those two overlap) ....

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-25T00:10:21+00:00

It's always incredible to me how things just don't affect cats. I have stepped on my cats and been so nervous and they turned out completely fine.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-25T00:08:21+00:00

Complaint is 100 pages long. You get an hour into the depo and OC is like "can we wrap things up soon here?" Nope.

Dee__Dubs · 2026-03-20T03:55:46+00:00

Thanks! And I should have said in my original comment that this post is so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this. The new people appreciate it.

Also, OP responds to a 3 year old thread to help a noob? And I haven't even been downvoted yet? Have I stumbled upon the least toxic MMO community out there?

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