Elder Scrolls Online & Guild Wars 2 Side-by-Side – Should You Play Them?
760UPDATE: ESO has gotten a quality of life improvement called "curated drops" that always give you an item in dungeons and trials that you dont already have. This eliminates the biggest itemization issue (randomness in loot tables) that i have with the game, so there's that. The poor RNG in antiquity leads remains the same though.
I decided to make this video to give people an honest review of both MMOs that I currently play on a regular basis. So if you’re looking for a new game to play, this video is for you!
Timestamps:
0:00 Cinematics
0:42 Introduction
2:08 Combat & Playstyles
8:34 Classes & Specializations
11:57 Open World PvE
19:36 Instanced PvE
36:48 Itemization
53:20 Character Progression
1:05:37 PvP
1:13:44 Summary
A lot of the knowledge on GW2 and ESO can be found on their respective wikis:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Main_Page - official wiki for GW2
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page - unoffical wiki on ESO (also includes other ES-series titles)
Shoutout to the other content creators who helped me gain a deeper understanding of the two games, contributed indirectly to the video or are mentioned in its:
Alcast (builds & sets for beginners in ESO)– https://eso-hub.com/
Skinny Cheeks (builds for PvE in ESO: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9DsGeMufUbCTYQT0dPFZhA
NefasQS and everyone at ESO-University (hub of combat knowledge on ESO)– https://eso-u.com/
Liko.gg – Hub for endgame-builds for PvE in ESO: https://liko.gg/
Mukluk (all kinds of GW2 guides)– https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljITSrMiVX3kOarzYrR8VQ
The folks at Metabattle (builds and guides for all combat-related aspects of GW2): https://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki
Snowcrows (raid builds for GW2: https://snowcrows.com/
Discretize (fractal builds for GW2): https://discretize.eu/
ESO-UI (addon-hub for ESO): https://www.esoui.com/addons.php
KristoferESO (PvP builds for ESO – helped me to not suck as much): https://www.kristofereso.com/
Tekkit’s Workshop (Nicely made guides for GW2, e.g. collections and mounts): http://tekkitsworkshop.net/
ArcDPS addon for GW2: https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/
Music:
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Gaslamp Funworks of Kevin MacLeod underlies the Creative-Commons-License "4.0". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100826
Künstler: http://incompetech.com/
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