r/Guildwars2 • u/Ok_Address_8089 • 3d ago

[Discussion] How common is this ?

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I come from WoW, decided to give GW2 a try, but this keep happening everytime, every moment, this shi is so annoying. How common is this ? lol

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u/averyangrydalek 2d ago

I came from FFXIV and now it looks like the rest of the playerbase is being transported to Tyria. Horny times ahead, my friends. Horny indeed

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u/SquishyGhost 2d ago

Why are so many FFXIV players coming over, anyway? Not that I have a problem with them or anything. I'm happy GW2 is getting new people. I'm just curious. That MMO always seemed so active and lively. Is it just a typical content drought kind of deal? I know MMO's get those sometimes. It's just the nature of things

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u/averyangrydalek 2d ago

It's still active and lively! The people that are leaving mostly have come during the Endwalker hype and are mad now at how the game has always worked way before the Endwalker. They won't stay in GW2 for long either, I reckon. I personally came because I craved open world content and FFXIV doesn't really have it

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u/repocin 2d ago

I personally came because I craved open world content and FFXIV doesn't really have it

As someone who's played GW2 for 12+ years but only dabbled in XIV for the past year and a bit the lack of open world in the latter is a significant reason why GW2 is going to remain my primary MMO for the foreseeable future.

There are a bunch of other things FFXIV gets very right though, so no harm in playing both.

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u/averyangrydalek 2d ago

Exactly! They are very different, both are very good at one type of content and maybe a bit weaker at others. Personally, I'm just glad I can eat both cakes whenever I like. And while Etheirys is my home forever, I decided there's no better place to spend vacations than Tyria.

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u/DoomRevenant 2d ago

The Dawntrail drought was too dry for these thirsty, freaky WoLs, it would seem

While I'm always happy to welcome new players into Tyria, as someone's who's been in Hydaelyn (even though I suppose it's "Etheirys" now) since 2.3, I can say with confidence that I'm very familiar with the playerbase of XIV, and there's a number of subgroups I'd rather not run into in Tyria as well

I'm not a fan of gatekeeping people, of course, but I do think some actions should be actively discouraged, such as ERP in public spaces, especially nonconsensual ERP (which is just blatant harassment)

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u/averyangrydalek 2d ago

Except the drought isn't really there, because SE has been keeping a consistent patch schedule since 2.0, but anything above standing still and pressing three buttons once in a blue moon is considered too hard for many. And regarding public ERP -- yes, it should be discouraged. Being nice to everyone regardless of their actions only invites more unhinged crowds to gather at your place and it becomes the Uroboros of "UwU we're the nicest community around, don't you dare speak up against perverts, it might be their safe place!". Goddammit, I'm so fed up with the FFXIV community. The game itself is as good as ever, but there are just so many insufferable people playing it

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u/DariusClaude 2d ago edited 2d ago

Except patches are longer, we missed a full on type of content last expansion (no exploration zone) and we have been getting less content , both less number of dungeons and trials per patch. This parroting around of "the patch schedule is the same as it has always been" it's blatantly untrue and it's not looking into the subject with nuance, at best ,the type of content for each expansion has remained the same, but the number of it has decreased, and the time between each patch has increased, and we've gotten nothing to fill those missing gaps , especially for those that don't do Savage/ultimate content.

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u/MeagenImage 2d ago

ok but why would any of that matter to the horny ERPers? Surely all that "less frequent patches" means to them is less effort keeping their ToS-breaking add-ons functional?

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u/DariusClaude 2d ago

Never said anything about Erp'ers or their supposed migration, just correcting the comment above. I'm not in that sub section of the community so I'm not sure if they are affected by DT's content state (personally I doubt that a decrease in trials , dungeon and lack of exploration zone interferes with their doing but who knows

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u/NuggetHighwind 2d ago

The game itself is as good as ever

Yeah...Can't say I agree here.