Needing help picking which one. MoP, Rift, or GW2

Juaks

You can't go wrong with GW2.

It's a new and fresh experience, the game is very well done, great PvE, excellent PvP and engrossing crafting. The game is FUN. And of the 3 it's the one with no monthly fee.

Serin101

I am currently in the same position as you and am getting married next June. As such I have only played WoW and tbh, I've come to the point where WoW no longer brings any entertainment value to me personally. My fianc

Elikal

I don't know about how MoP will be.

Rift... I tried it out the free first 20 levels, and at least the German server was dead and empty. There weren't many people. At least in the first half year GW2 will be crammed full with people. It's fresh, it's new and makes some things really better. So my personal advise would go to GW2, especially since it's F2P so only buy the box and save the money.

JimmyYO

I hate to say it but Wow is the safe choice. They are all WoW clones so mine as well stick with the original. WoW is also consistent, GW2 is likely to have little to no endgame. It's really between Gw2 and WoW because Rift is just a worse WoW imo. If you aren't bored of WoW yet the choice is easy, if you are it's still a big gamble to go GW2. The PvP in GW2 is likely to be much better then WoW though. So I guess my advice is:

If you want a safe choice where you can PvE and PvP pick MoP.

If you want something semi fresh and only like PvP pick GW2.

Justsomenoob

GW2 is probably the best MMO released in terms of being able to just go do something with the least preparation or planning possible.

 

If you want to do DEs, you don't need to start contacting people to do DEs, just go out and do them...people are there and you'll play with them.   Of course if you want to play with people you know you can certainly contact them and do so, but it is not necessary.

 

sPVP, well about the same as WoW.   You click a button and go play them.   Nothing new there.   Of note though is the fact that any character you create is ready for sPVP immediately.   If you want to play multiple classes in PVP, you don't need to take time out gearing each one out/grinding currency etc to make them viable.   Just make a character, go through the tutorial, then join sPVP and have all the best gear/levels/traits etc right there for you to get immediately, instantly competitve power wise.

 

For WvWvW, well a lot of people are there.   Again, no real organization on your end required if you don't want to be.  Click a button to join it, and go play with everyone there.   Go off on your own, join the zerg, anywhere in between, you can do it by just logging in and playing alone without knowing anyone if you choose to do so.

 

Perfect game for a couple I would think.   You can just pop in and do stuff.   No scheduling needed for anything.  

 

 

 

 

Graey

Originally posted by cdblue

So me and my fiance are saving money so we can get married. The obvious answer to the question I am about to ask is try them all. With money being so tight though that is pretty much impossible. I am on temporary disability due to back surgery that came out of the blue. So I have decided post this on the games we are interested in. Those games are Rift, WoW, and GW2. All of which have expansions coming out. We have to buy two copies of each game and that is beyond our expenses for the moment. We can basically afford one, hence the forum post. 

Right now we are playing WoW. We only been back maybe two months. WoW is great game but there is some problems running into. She works midnights and it is impossible for her to raid. PuGs have really gotten bad socially. She decided to make disc priest and honestly wasn’t so hot starting off when it came to instancing. She would tell the group before hand that she had never healed said instance before. Didn’t matter (we only ran three). The last one the tank called her the big “C” word and my fiance got so upset she just dropped group. She is yet to do another. She hardly is playing. Looking for Raid is completely out. She played LoTRO for years so I know she is decent player. Even I who played since Vanilla till mid WoTLK dread PUGS now because it seems if I am not getting cursed out someone else is. I am more thick skinned but she is not.

Out of the three I must say GW2 is the one that raises my eyebrows the most. I know there is no raiding and it seems like the dynamic world is going to be superior to that of Rift. Also I know the gear grind isn't involved as much as the other two. From what I read GW2 seems to be the winner at least to me but I do have some concerns. On WoW there is other things to do other than quest and PvP. I like to do things like archeology, fishing, professions, collect pets/mounts, and farm transmog items. I am not sure if GW2 going to have anything like that. Another big selling point to me is also (perhaps?) a turn off. I missed out on DAoC and really think the idea of server vs server vs server pvp is splendid idea. Yet, I fear its going to become extremely competitive and that guilds are going to require scheduling which is hard for us to do. We hardly have time together as it is. Also I have a worry about the community due to it being a buy it once and never pay sub fee again. I want to stay out of a bad community at all cost but I am already on WoW and far as I am concerned its bad community central anyway. As said though from everything I read GW2 seems great. Sometimes though what you read is a lot different than you get... Example Warhammer....

So I hoping some of you beta GW2 players could help us out here. To those who played GW2 beta, Rift and MOP perhaps could get some comparisons and maybe suggestions which one would be better for us?

BTW she is more PvE player, and likes to solo/duo. Me, I do a little bit of everything as I said.

Again trying them all out is going to be impossible. 60 X 2=120$, 40X2=80$, and 40X2=80 more. 280 dollars is simply out of our range for the moment so do want to hopefully pick the best.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Good Evening. I have beta'd MOP, and GW2. Playing Rift currently. Was subbed to WOW but it's done now.
 So let's get down to business shall we.

 

Firstly they are all good games...from what limited time I had playing GW2 I could tell it's the game for me. I won't stop playing Rift and will get the expansion. However based on what you have written I would probably go with GW2 with Rift at a close second.

The major factor for this is simple. If you are saving for a wedding then if you can play one game it might be best to play the game with out the sub. Especially considering the fact that you are paying for two people. So for the short version GW2.

 

However if paying for the games and the sub is not an Issue I would Say Trion's Rift. For one the community is better on the forums and in the game. I have not personally had the issue where I dread doing dungeons or raids because of the owe I haven't healed it before mentality. I have a chloromancer and a rogue at 50. I off heal with my chloro. I loved rogue so much that I switched to that so that is my main. I have not tanked any Raids with him but I have dungeons. I was doing Hammerknell with my guild as a bard but then I fell off due to RL issues and lost track of it. Also around that same time I started hearing about GW2.

 

WOW: I would agree with your assessement of how the community is in WOW. It is really freaking bad and its in the game and the forums. Diablo 3 is the same way. I remember days when people would just talk bad about people not even caring how that would make them feel...myself included. I'm a grown ass man, but getting talked down to...let's just say I have anonymity sometimes. With that being said I would put WOW at the end for only that one reason and that is enough.

 

So you already know how WOW is, I wish you could at least test GW2 and Rift..I think actually you can test Rift until like lvl 10 or 20. Something like that.

 

I'm going to remain subbed to Rift but I'm going to play that and GW2 as the latter has no sub fee. I think personally you would really like the game from having read your post. It's a different playstyle that alleviates a lot of the competition problems you see in WOW and Rift.

However If you don't do GW2, please do not go back to WOW, and I think WOW is a great game. Just that the community itself is sour from the inside out.

If you do decide to get GW2 and you need someone else to run around with just PM me here and I'll look you up.

Good Luck.

Unknown

First off congrats on your upcoming marriage!

 

I won't comment on WoW - haven't played more than 4 months of it.  Only beta'd Rift so I won't comment on it.

 

You mentioned LOTRO in your OP so I thought I'd give you perspective on GW2  from a LOTRO lifetimer on the off chance that it is helpful for your fiance:

1.  GW2 world is created with as much love if not more than LOTRO's.  Bree is a crossroads village compared to Divinity's Reach.  Each of the cities is very different in feel with tons to explore and mini games to play.

2.  Combat is more active than LOTRO but not hard to learn.

3.  There is tons of content in the game some of it hidden away to reward exploration.  There are also a ton of achievements which are very similar to LOTRO's deeds and titles.  Though I haven't run across anything as painful or majorly time consuming in GW2 like World Renowned is in LOTRO.

4.  Crafting is better in GW2 than in LOTRO.

5.  The GW2 devs have included more cute and humurous stuff than LOTRO has (though LOTRO has some of this).

6.  You get downleveled automatically and earn xp and loot in all PVE zones - no running skirmishes when you can't find content on level that you want to do that day.

7.  There is no quest list to keep track of - you have one quest - your personal story quest.  Everything else appears when you are near it and disappears when it's complete or you've moved away.  For DEs when you move away any participation is rewarded when others complete the event.  For Renown Hearts when you move away your progress is saved and you can just go back later and finish it.

Hope this helps!

P.S.  On WvW - it is easy to get into - me and hubby spent one stress test in it.  We started out escorting supply caravans and got involved in many skirmishes ending with assaulting a keep.  I was surprised at how much fun I had considering I hate PvP normally.  So far thoughout the game whether PvE or WvW it's been very easy to just jump in and participate in all of the content.  And EVERYONE can REZ and does - it's amazing how many TY appear in chat.