
Rare gear (yellow) sits between Masterwork and Exotic. Legendary gear is max level only, and you won’t see any Exotic gear until your 60s. Purple gear is Legendary, and the best of all gear you can get, even better than orange (Exotic). Green (Masterwork) gear is better than blue (Fine). Guild Wars 2 uses colors differently from World of Warcraft. Which aspects of GW2 are a little different from WoW? Gearing You’ll find five player Dungeons and a second five player mode called Fractals, which has increasing difficulty levels somewhat reminiscent of Torghast. You’ll gain levels, open up talent trees and assign Hero Points to specialize in certain aspects of your class. Once you have your chosen race and class, you venture forth into the world where you’ll defeat bad guys using skills and spells from various hot keys on your bar. Mages are most closely associated with Mesmers in GW2, but it’s the most stretched of the analogs. Warlocks are Necromancers, and Shamans are Elementalists. Paladins in GW2 are Guardians, and Rogues are Thieves. GW2 Warriors are like their World of Warcraft counterparts. Engineer is one of the few Professions without a World of Warcraft analog, despite the similar WoW profession name.Įach Profession has a slight twist on the trope, but the general ‘class fantasy’ is the same. With their turrets, mines, and guns, they play like what I had always envisioned my Tinker to be. My interest in Guild Wars 2 was centered on playing an Engineer. GW2 uses the term Professions instead of Classes.

The game also features the Elf-like Sylvari, the Tauren-like Charr, and the Vyrkul-like Norn.

The gnome-like Asura seemed a good fit for my Engineer. To begin your GW2 experience, you’ll run a standard character creation process choosing from a wide selection of races and classes. Which aspects of GW2 are very similar to WoW? If you’re a WoW veteran planning on doing the same, here are some tips and things to know as you begin your adventures in Guild Wars 2. During one of WoW‘s content droughts, I checked out Guild Wars 2, and I’ve been playing it casually ever since.

Entrenched in World of Warcraft, I skipped the game at launch, but a friend heard me pining for Tinker Gnomes/Goblins and told me about the GW2 Engineer class. I remember the refrain “GW2FL” filling the comments section of nearly every article in the days leading up to the release of Guild Wars 2.
