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I don't know about nowadays, but back in 2007 when I got bored with Runescape I switched to Guild Wars. Great MMO. Kind of dead playerwise now, but the servers are still up and it is soloable.
Did the Legendary Defender of Ascalon during Corona.
I should do some other titles with that character too…
Man, spent so many hours in it. Recently installed it again and it still runs perfectly fine too.
I miss the heyday of both RuneScape and Guild Wars 1. Those were fantastic times.
You just reminded me, I should see if I can get City of Heroes Homecoming running on my computer.
Guild wars 2 is a very good game, but very different than guild wars 1.
They both avoid the endless gear and level grind, but gw2 is generally easier and less tactical. You can solo most of it. Builds are a little more limited, but it's also harder to make a useless character.
They addressed the most common problems with early mmos: other players are never a bad thing. there's no kill stealing. If you're doing some event to fight off demons that have invaded the town, and other people show up, the game silently scales up a to accommodate more players, and everyone gets credit. it's great.
I really like it. I don't play it every day, but I go back to it all the time.
I've tried getting into GW2, but just couldn't really get into it.
Doesn't help that I fell of contact with all of my old guild mates who were supposed to be switching over.
Recovered my account a couple years ago with support and providing my og serials. Can't believe it worked but it punched me in the face nostalgia-wise when I got into it.
I still occasionally fire it up and just walk around some of the hub cities.
I still remember hanging out in a few of them around this time of year when stuff was decked out Halloween themed. Never did beat the expansions. Crazy how little detail the game seems to have by today's standards 🤣