To top all of this off, the game is subscription free! THANK YOU ARENANET, you're the smart ones in this industry keep up the good work. True, there are still some static quests, but the vast majority happen in real time and are completely indiscriminate of one another (you can be doing a quest to deliver a message only to be caught in the middle of a massive undead invasion), and if you fail one of these massive public events (numbers are no guarantee of success, as I found out the hard way), the game shows the results of failure and opens the door to more events that would be unavailable otherwise. What's more: The pregame character custimozation actually does have an effect on character progression-by influencing the entire story! Quests? Sorry, the WoW,TOR, and TSW reviews are two pages away. Each class also has access to a wide variety of skills that are almost completely dependent on what kind of weapon you're using (utility skills, as they're called, can only be unlocked by skill points).

ArenaNet has officially ended the need and use for Tanks, DPS, and Healers altogether! All classes have self-heal, tank, and damage skills built right in, and when downed, can still fight and revive themselves, so wipes are almost completely eliminated. To say that all professions (as the game's classes are called) can do all three is abit of a misnomer. Tank, DPS, and Healer are no longer specializations, just positions. For once in an MMO, the illusion of choice is no longer an illusion.

It's not just the gameplay, it's the choice. This time around the differences are noticeable and long-overdue for the genre. The original Guild Wars, which I still say is better tham WoW, should have set the standard for MMOs, but instead was marketed into obscurity not this time. The original Guild Wars, which I still say is better tham WoW, should From the ashes of the long burned-out MMO genre emerges Guild Wars 2. From the ashes of the long burned-out MMO genre emerges Guild Wars 2.

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