Worst MMO Ever? - Guild Wars

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New Channel - Josh Strife Plays

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I came looking for copper, and I found gold.

Guild Wars 2 is a better MMO
Guild Wars 1 is a better RPG

After 8 hours of playing guild wars, I don't think I'm going to stop, and you may be forced to watch me twitch stream this for a while because its juts a fantastic game.

Thank you to the supporters on Patreon and Twitch who keep the channel alive :D

GW was a game from the era where you bought a game, and you got a huge physical how-to book next to it that you could read in the car while your parents were divorcing, that's why it's hard for new players

[perchetuvali]

I was fortunate enough to play this game at its peak, and it was wonderful. Thousands of guilds, players all around (The city hubs), no heroes, mercs were pretty bad, so you had to group, the dreadful Rurik mission, the hall of heroes, the incredibly complex guild vs guild. Anet created some amazing memories for thousands of players that will never be celebrated enough.

[DakanMisty]

My dad was one of the top players in GW1 and would completely agree with you on the GW1 vs GW2 comment, it was so vastly different in terms of mechanics and playstyle.. He passed away a few years ago and this video brought up all the old memories of being a kid sitting on a dining room chair, eagerly watching everything he did and waiting for the moment when he would go back to the Character Select Screen, select my Mesmer and tell me it was time my story continued...

(Anybody remember the CandyCaneMan??)

[janussft]

this game was an experience, that after 20 years later, none other game has made me feel again, simply amazing

[blippedyblop]

"I'm going with Necromancer, because I'm hoping to raise an army of minions"

-Laughs in remembering when there was no cap on minions.

[tempestwinterstar]

I remember spending hours upon hours exploring every little bit of the pre-Searing map, growing fond of the NPCs and the idyllic environment, and naively thinking the "you can't return" warning just meant I'd wave all my friends goodbye and skip off on an adventure. The Searing was downright traumatic.

[templargfx]

Ill never forget GW1. I played on release day, moving through the story with players from all over the world at the same time. no one knew what was coming, no one knew what the best builds were etc. It was a magical experience Ive never had replicated since then. A truly amazing game

[silasgs]

I jumped into this game in 4th grade… about 17 years ago…. God… no idea what i was doing, or going. Just in awe at this beautiful world and enjoying playing at my pace. Always in amazement everytime i arrived somewhere new.

Being horribly bullied at school, neglected by my family i honestly was so thankful for this game.

[Calley]

For anyone wanting to get into GW and seeing how the main hub being completely empty of players. You need to change the district to "America - English - 1" this is the main hub that everyone uses ever since the population went down. If you make sure you change district you will find plenty of players who are keeping the game alive.

[jamiewilkinson]

This was my first mmo since it was the only one my parents wouldn't have to pay 15 a month for and I was there for every new story line as it dropped and then hopped into gw2 when it dropped. Read the books, have all the lore books - love this series

[ferrifs]

I put over 7000 hours into this game, including top 100 GvG and playing through all stories including getting God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals. This game has always been incredible and because of the henchmen / hero system the pve story is replayable too. Absolutely the best game I've ever played.

[wesir]

True pain in GW1 was playing a necromancer minion master and watching as all your minions die before a boss fight because one person in your party wanted to watch the cutscene and they continued to lose health during the entire thing.

[caramelconundrum]

My favorite game of all time. Most hours put in a game for me. It makes me so happy that I can log in and play my characters from 2007 right now.

[redsnabba]

A couple of things for any new player interested in the game:

-Skipping the pre-Searing stuff is not a big deal and probably how most people will play the game if starting with that campaign. Contrary to what Josh said you do not lose out permanently on skill points. There's only one thing you can permanently lose out on:
A title obtained by reaching max level in pre-Searing Ascalon.
It's relevant for "full completion" but most people won't do that and even if you choose to go for it you do have 8 character slots and i would recommend not starting with this as it's a long process and you won't see much past the tutorial for multiple months that way. Instead play the game normally and make another character dedicated to earn the title which while you can't display account-wide you can use it account wide for the sake of completion.

-The game is kinda dead but slightly less dead than Josh seems to think. At the top right of his screen there's a little box saying "Europe - English - District 1" meaning he's playing on the European server. Most players have moved to America when doing anything so if you switch there you'll still encounter a decent number of people.

-UI elements are moveable and there are quite a few options most noticeably the option to always show names so you don't have to press alt all the time

-The game is pretty difficult. Get ready to die a lot. Don't get too demoralized by getting your face mashed against the floor. We've all been there.

Good luck with the game!

[tschichpich]

Funfact: In the tutorial area you can get to level 20. But the enemies are too low level to give you xp so you die to them so they get xp and level up and then you kill them to get xp

[MerlinDeLyon]

it breaks my heart to walk around in the now empty major cities of this game

[marzatplay]

Use tab to find the healer then ctrl + space to ping him so your henchmen attack them. That's how you prioritize targets. Applies to PVP as well so your team hits T and the target you selected is targeted by all members...damn, how do I remember this so many years later LOL

[dylanisonfireOG]

12:46 Yes, yes you did. That whole map is explorable, and doing all the quests are 1.) Just pretty fun and interactive, and 2.) You really feel the impact even more when you participate in the destruction of Ascalon and everything changes... forever.

20:53 Did you try dropping them in the trash bin that's kind of obviously located to the right of the bags? Dropping is used to give other players loot, so if you want to get rid of something because of space, you use the trash can primarily.

21:43 You can find the majority of quests/main missions just by following the quests you were given. Was able to play the whole game without looking stuff up basically, which was nice, being completely involved without having to look up everything 24/7.

[Sir_Gallant]

Fun to log on every couple of years and see all the players in the Pre-Searing Ascalon area. Real OGs still there showing off their pets from the birthday presents.

[magusonline]

I got so scared when I saw this on the "Worst MMO Ever?" series. but after watching it, I'm glad my time playing GW1 back in the days were validated