Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire

1. Latorn

   Oct 1, 2017

   10

   TL;DR: Amazing expansion!
   
   Pros: Mount exploration and mounts themselves are incredibly well done! Amazing maps! Story isTL;DR: Amazing expansion!
   
   Pros:
   
   Mount exploration and mounts themselves are incredibly well done!
   
   Amazing maps!
   
   Story is fantastic!
   
   Minor Cons:
   
   Replayability of story and other things (Why isn't the sous chef minigame a replayable adventure? Why does the campaign award all skins on one playthrough, leaving limited rewards for multiple playthroughs- unlike HoT which was great with rewarding Auric/Chak weps, etc.).
   
   While there are plenty of events, there is a lack of event chains and event achievements.
   
   Mastery exp is too easily gained (Down from 13.5mil to complete a track in HoT, to 2.5mil to complete a track in PoF? Need a happy medium).
   
   Once again, I overall loved this expansion and highly recommend it!… Expand

   • 7 of 16 users found this helpful
2. Delekon

   Sep 27, 2017

   10

   Many things were worked on since the last expansion, but what i like most is:
   
   1. Huge improvements to the skill system. Now, most kills areMany things were worked on since the last expansion, but what i like most is:
   
   1. Huge improvements to the skill system. Now, most kills are multi-faceted bringing 3-4 RPG - style effects into one animation. This makes the combat in modern GW2 the best i have seen in an mmo,
   2. Small but vital tweaks to encounter design. The enemy and the setting of each fight has been tweaked, making every one fell epic and memorable.
   
   Now, all those core improvements and the features of HOT are unleashed in the desert, such that the game finally has enough endgame content. Best expansion ever.
   
   The -1 point is for the lack of new clases. Also, the PvP content could have used more love.… Expand

   • 10 of 20 users found this helpful
4. TehOwn

   Sep 22, 2017

   10

   Path of Fire reminds us of what MMORPGs are all about. Exploration, discovery and joy. It takes us out of the dungeons and into a diverse,Path of Fire reminds us of what MMORPGs are all about. Exploration, discovery and joy. It takes us out of the dungeons and into a diverse, exciting and challenging world.
   
   Mounts are designed to be the main feature and it shows. Each mount is unique and maps are designed specifically with their strengths and weaknesses in mind. Swapping between them is a joy and as you unlock their abilities, you discover new places you can reach.
   
   The maps are filled to the brim with locations to explore and enemies to fight. Diverse combinations of enemies can pose varying risks depending on your skill choices and some are their own little puzzle.
   
   Path of Fire unlocks the joy within a game that was already vastly improved under new design direction and marks what I can only hope is a golden age ahead. Now is the time to dive headlong into the world of Tyria. TO VABBI!
   
   12/10… Expand

   • 26 of 42 users found this helpful
5. yugas42

   Sep 29, 2017

   9

   Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire provides a more coherent story than Heart of Thorns, and shows a greater amount of development time going towardsGuild Wars 2: Path of Fire provides a more coherent story than Heart of Thorns, and shows a greater amount of development time going towards narrative than engine upgrades and new game infrastructure. The expansion is a throwback to Guild Wars: Nightfall, having the player return to Elona for the first time in over 200 years. For any original Guild Wars players, this expansion is something you should definitely own. The new content is appealing to players of more traditional MMO's as well, with the long speculated introduction of a mount system that can be used in vanilla maps as well.
   
   Further new content includes 9 new elite specializations for the existing 9 classes, which can be unlocked through the new maps, or with skill point currency the player already owns. This makes character progression quick and much more enjoyable than most games. There are numerous new collections available which grant items and achievement points, many more than Heart of Thorns launched with. Arenanet has also introduced the bounty board system, which is an open-world group content system with repeatable contracts that allow you to hunt down a specific enemy for rewards greater than those you would find just by running through the maps blindly. These bounty targets have randomized effects attached to them akin to Diablo 3 elite prefixes. Because of this each bounty target has to be fought in a slightly different way.
   
   With Living World Season 4 launching in about 3 months, players can expect more content to come soon, with at least 4 major content patches scheduled next year, provided Arenanet can keep their 3 month release cadence. With the base game just passing two years of free-to-play status, Guild Wars 2 is still one of the best western MMO's on the market, and has much more content scheduled into the coming years.… Expand

   • 6 of 14 users found this helpful
6. Brainstrain

   Sep 27, 2017

   8

   Path of Fire is the best GW2 has been since it first launched. It's taken a long time for the game to find its footing, and there's stillPath of Fire is the best GW2 has been since it first launched. It's taken a long time for the game to find its footing, and there's still issues, but this is a seriously good MMO expansion.
   
   Mounts are fantastic. They handle well, have cool abilities, and are gorgeously animated. ANet has wisely moved away from multi-million xp mastery tracks, and you instead unlock most mount abilities fairly quickly. The difference is huge.
   
   There are no new dungeons. ANet appears to be wary of that type of content, after many failed attempts to balance rewards of its existing dungeons. They are focusing instead on Raids, which is a strange choice for a game with such enduringly poor profession balance. In a game like WoW, dps differences of 5% are seen as huge. Some GW2 professions can differ by more than 25% - it's a total farce.
   
   The new zones are expansive, and an absolute joy to explore. Exploration has always been what GW2 does best, and they fully committed to it in Path of Fire.
   
   The new elite specs are fun, although balance (of course) varies wildly.
   
   I haven't finished the story, but it's been great so far. At this point, Heart of Thorns was wrapping up, but Path of Fire is only in its second act. Much more satisfying.
   
   All around, it's the best MMO without a subscription you'll find.… Expand

   • 9 of 18 users found this helpful
7. breddy_gud

   Apr 21, 2019

   5

   The world, the story at least in parts, the amount of content in general is nothing to be overly critical about.
   The content itself, however,The world, the story at least in parts, the amount of content in general is nothing to be overly critical about.
   The content itself, however, the pacing, the balance, is completely in shambles. It's recycled, regurgitated, it's built around making you run circles to stretch it thin and thinner. The only big thing are mounts and they're just used to gate content.
   The boss fights are an atrocity that ANet should answer before a court for.… Expand

   • 5 of 8 users found this helpful
8. Drakis

   Dec 12, 2019

   0

   story missions are the most boring and buggiest thing in the worlddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

   • 0 of 2 users found this helpful

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