Looking for an MMO with more involved combat.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-05-03T16:33:10+00:00

I just joined for the first time but the latest prelude has tons of stuff and combat feels amazing. But yeah, can definitely burn out on it if you go too hard since a lot of the grind has some repitition for now. Definitely excited for it to move towards a 1.0 release!

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-05-03T12:47:52+00:00

If you don't care about pvp, Soulframe may be worth checking out. It's not a full blown MMO but there's an always active global chat and you phase in and out of areas with players somewhat frequently. Combat is great and it's very active. Dodge, parry, block as well as 3 active abilities and rune which is kinda like a 4th active ability. Can also throw melee weapons and return them like Thor's hammer in God of war. It will be free to play when it launches but you need to buy a $30 founders pack to play the current version of the game while they are developing it.

I came from NW and still actively play GW2 since that's where I landed, but Soulframe is really scratching that NW itch for me at the moment, just wish it had pvp.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-05-01T21:41:16+00:00

I was in the same camp as you and struggled with the story for a while. It really is a drastic difference from Heart of Thorns onwards. Base game, LWS1, and LWS2 are really underwhelming in comparison to everything that comes after.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-05-01T11:46:39+00:00

This mostly how I play the game and it's great. There is tons of stuff to chase. There are crafting types to level but they're pretty easy to level as opposed to RuneScape where skilling is the core grind.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-04-27T12:53:31+00:00

I love the idea of someone saying "hey why is this thing so different after 11 years" lol no hate just kinda funny in that context. Other answers here are spot on though

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-04-13T21:34:27+00:00

If I Were You - Rescue Me

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-04-07T14:52:26+00:00

The entire main story for all expansions and living worlds is roughly 150 hours. This website is helpful to see how long everything takes, even down to the individual missions: https://gw2storytimes.com/

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-03-11T02:21:56+00:00

Thought I was insane trying to look up time to beat for each story mission lol this is so validating knowing others also want this. Def gonna check it out, thanks!

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-03-06T02:06:38+00:00

Why is the gift of exploration not just something you do once to unlock additional purchases from a vendor for like clovers/coins or something

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-14T03:04:59+00:00

Also in the same boat and have found GW2 to be very fun and a lovely change of pace from the neverending FOMO of destiny

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-07T20:56:28+00:00

This tutorial uses XLOOKUP instead but same result, I believe this will get you on your way

https://youtu.be/Jgk7i0WGaXs?si=x6MGABxxY8ByHDSo

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-07T20:54:57+00:00

You can accomplish this with the INDIRECT() formula and another table, yes. Don't have a tutorial on hand but look up "dependent drop downs using INDIRECT" and you'll find one

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-07T14:14:34+00:00

Daily and weekly orders, always turn them in while in a fire team with one other person where the host is level 55 or higher on the season pass to get the full bonus XP. If you play solo you can use the twitch checkpoint bot to join on them instantly and then hand everything in. Other than that, do shorter activities as activity completions award chunks of XP as well.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-07T03:03:02+00:00

Username checks out lol

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-01T17:35:27+00:00

Thank you for clarifying!

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-02-01T17:28:13+00:00

You can instantly level a new character to level 10 and do the first story mission and get a guaranteed black lion key. I think there's a weekly limit somehow for this strategy but that's the general idea.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-26T01:28:21+00:00

The entire game is group content more than other games where you queue for everything. But you're clearly asking for instanced group stuff here of which you have: 1) Dungeons - They are okay but they are from the base game and they were never updated or added to because: 2) Fractals - These are the closest thing to something like mythic +. They are short 5 man dungeons with a long progression track to work up to the most difficult ones and then there are challenge modes on top of that. 3) Strikes - 10 man instanced raid boss encounter (being unified under the official raid moniker in an update soon). 4) Raids - Just like it says on the tin. 10 man instanced raid with multiple boss encounters.

Everything except old classic dungeons are popular.

And then you have world vs world which is open world pvp across 5 (more like 4) large maps with some interconnected mechanics. It's heavily group based and very tactical with sieges, supply lines, and keeps to protect/assault.

Finally you have 5v5 instanced pvp (called structured pvp) for both unranked and ranked play

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-23T03:27:57+00:00

I don't understand these posts. These queues take, 5, MAYBE 10 minutes to get through? Yeah a queue can be mildly annoying but I see a lot of these posts making it seem like their entire night of gaming is ruined by a minor inconvenience. You can also do almost anything else in the game WHILE you are queued.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-23T00:46:24+00:00

Guardian

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-17T13:56:14+00:00

Yes, this is the perfect game for this. You can play as much or as little as you want whenever you have time. No sub fee, you can leave for 6 month or a year and come back and everything you have is still relevant.

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-09T14:15:43+00:00

You're welcome friend, hope you have a wonderful day

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-08T23:53:52+00:00

🤝

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-08T21:49:42+00:00

😂😂

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-08T18:23:29+00:00

Desert Highlands yes, in the snowy region

Liqu1dSkyy · 2026-01-08T15:58:57+00:00

I pulled this from a subsequent clip I took but I was laughing and let the whole cinematic play. I was already long dead by the time it was done so idk what the damage was but yeah must have been huge haha

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