2022 Will Be INSANE For MMOs... (What's Next) 

Guild Wars 2, the legendary weapons aren't just crystalline, they're going to have mini-quests to unlock appearances based on all the Elder Dragons.

Honestly one of the best things about GW2 is its horizontal progression, The fact even after 8+ years I can come back and still use all my gear to do whatever, feel so much better than having to grind out gear knowing next patch it's just all vendor loot.

GW2 to me is a "Completionist-MMO". Map completion related things, legendary weapons, achievements, collectables etc. That's the GW2 endgame to me.

I honestly feel like a child again. I remember having so many different MMORPGs to play back in highschool and it was amazing. This genre has an extremely special place in my heart.

In my opinion GW2 also has by far the best Combatsystem for PvP. It’s insanely skillbased yet the principles are simple. Sadly ArenaNet did a horrible job balancing PvP but with EoD they plan to improve on that

I'm so pumped for the end of Dragons expansion. I came back to gw2 about a year ago and have been loving it

11:38 A streamer described GW2 as "Might not able to be everyone's first game but can be everyone's second game". And I think it quite fits its special niche :D

I've been playing GW2 again and the think that makes me want to play is the grind. I know I can spend months grinding a legendary weapon and that weapon will stay relevant for the ENTIRE LIFESPAWN OF THE GAME. That's crazy! This is how grinds should work, if I'm gonna spend a lot of time grinding something, the reward better last a long time! Same thing with mounts, I grinded them all besides Skyscale (in the process right now) and they are just amazing. GW2 is a pretty grindy game, but as I said before, the rewards are relevant forever. About the mount monetization, I just think the skins are too expensive. They have a deal where you can buy a random skin for 5 bucks which is neat because besides it being random, the list of possible skins you can get by "type of lootbox" is small, so you kind of know more or less what you are going to get. But if you want a new specific mount, then it is expensive as fuck unfortunately.

Guild Wars 2 in the thumbnail let's gooooo!

If you have limited free time, GW2 is like the perfect fit for you. No sub to make you feel like you're losing out if not playing and whatever progress you do it stays relevant. Also, it might not shine over other MMOs, but it basically has a bit of everything. And the combat makes it all much more fun.

Loved this vid. I hadn’t considered GW2 but will try it. I’m glad the rule no longer that you have to play one game or you fall too far behind. Dabbling is so much fun and rewarding

I'd never thought to be playing an MMO but now owning a decent gaming laptop I decided to check out Guild Wars 2. To say I've definitely had a good time since I started last year. I've been a player of Warframe for the past 7 years now and I know their not the same games but I do appreciate a game that does its own thing despite highs and lows. It's definitely not flawless but it's become a casual game for me. I am looking forward to the expansion next month.

So pumped for End of Dragons to come out, I've dropped all other mmo's for years and GW2 is the only one that respects my time enough to make me want to come back.

I'm sure others below have probably mentioned this already but, there are more than 16 new legendaries in EoD. The Crystalline Aurene set is the base and then there's a variant set for each Elder Dragon we've encountered in the game so far. Which, if I'm remembering right, is 5-6 other sets which all have their own unique look and animations so there's actually 96'ish if you count each variation. I'm actually really excited to work on making all of them (which will take a long time).

I never expect that MMO as a genre got a renaissance and even less so the cause of it was due to the state WoW is in now. I'm just glad that most people are okay to try out other MMO compared 5-10 years ago where WoW is the only accepted MMO to play. Times like this I really wish I have time to play or make clones of myself to try them all out. From replaying story mode on SWTOR on a new character, trying the mounts of GW2 and explore it's world and just to see how Lost Ark works (even though I hate the censorship they did to that game) and at the same time continue my glamour hunts on FFXIV. I feel like I'm spoiled for choice on what to play now.

GW2 has been my main MMO for the past few years. Always something to do, always something that feels rewarding. The worst part about the game is how far a fat wallet can really get you... But the most fun I have had in the game has been things you can't pay for. So I'm sure something is there to be said about that.

Ah gw2, I don’t play you a lot, but when I do, I just run around on my mounts and it’s the most fun I could have in a game

Tbh the best part of the End of Dragons for me will be the maps , exploring them , finding their events and generally learning the story the map tries to tell is what i like about GW2.

I really hope GW2 does well with this expansion. I've worried about them going away for a while, so even if I don't get to it in the near future, I hope they do well with it.

I was worried about the legendaries as well for GW2, but after a post on the site, it looks like you can earn different skins based on each defeated Elder Dragon that can change the "Crystal" legendary into a "Death" or "Volcanic" or "Icy", etc legendary! It makes 1 "set" of legendary turn into 5 more! Likely the 6th unlockable version may be the one for the Deep Sea dragon - likely the one featured in this expack. Though, I imagine it might be post-launch stuff. I'm generally looking forward to EoD like crazy, I just wish they'd share the release date so I could call off work a bit.

You've got the respect the predictability of FFXIV's patch cadence. As a GW2 player I didn't even know if expansions were going to happen anymore for the longest time. That said I'm still looking forward to EoD even if I'll be harder to impress after the past couple of years.

Man, as much as I loved SWTOR, it's a game that really REALLY needs an "A Realm Reborn" treatment and revamp the whole game. It's not understandable that the engine is still so horrible that the game lags when 20 people are in the same area, it still has, 10 years after, the same classes it had at launch and too many useless or redundant skills just for the sake of having more buttons to mash (sometimes less = more). It had so many great ideas but it feels so outdated even if you compare it with wow that has almost 20 years. A nice face wash, some new classes (come ON why we can't be a Zakuul Knight with a shield and a lightsaber spear?? or wield lightsabers in reverse like Ahsoka? Or even be a damn Wookie warrior? We are talking Star Wars, the possibilities are infinite).

Dabbling is definitely something I've learnt to do as my gaming strategm. For me, it's a combination of Destiny 2, FFXIV, Dyson Sphere Programme, Stardew for my new gamer friend, and whatever GamePass comes out. Gives a nice variety to my gaming.

End of dragons was planned all the way back in warcraft 3

I'm sorry did I just see Gamera with fel' cannons on his back in GW2? I had seen a quick footage of it before but did not get the full picture. I WANT this in every game please!😍

Ever since heavensward, I have played every expansion of ffxiv and fall in love more and more as time goes by. I know I want to give End of Dragons a try, but man it'll be tough to tear myself from ffxiv this year xD.

Love all the new graphics and stuff. And, the new Patreon art is amazing.

Guild Wars 2 has the "most involved" mount system. That doesn't automatically make it the best. A mount system is good if it complements the gameplay loop. For a game like GW2 that has a heavy emphasis on open world exploration and navigation, the system it has is great. If you took the same system and plonked it into say, WoW or FFXIV, without changing what they are on a whole, those games wouldn't be improved by that mount system.

Fractals in GW2 are dungeons, more like Mythic+ in WoW: they scale in difficulty the higher level you get. They are nothing like FF14s trials.

Endwalker 6.1-6.5

My plan is Ff14 for the story and Lost Ark for PVP and BOTH for Raiding. I couldn't be happier. Hopefully, WoW can bring me back one day, but if not, I can be happy with these two.

Please do a gw2 video with wooden potatoes

It's nice to see a shoutout to WoodenPotatoes from a content creator who doesn't only play GW2. He's an amazing content creator for an underrated game.

I would really like more content on GW2 and Lost Ark. really interested in both of those games and would love y’all to take a look

Love ur content bell! keep it up :3

I like how WoW always gets free advertising next to Bellular's face every video lol

SWTOR is great if you're a Star Wars fan. There's tons of hours of great star war storytelling for free. Combat is basically WoW with a coat of Star Wars paint but the companion system is what separates it from other MMOs. It also looks as old as WoW lol if you can get past that, it's a great game.

Gw2 is like a huge lobby, like the middle of Shattrath, you jump around endlessly, but get nowhere, but it is fun who knows why, while Wow is just a lfg, and everything else you can do in it feels like effort, while getting nothing back.

Zenith: The Last City is a new VR MMORPG releasing on 27th. From what I've heard the player base is praising it and its available for both Quest 2 standalone and PCVR via Steam. I'm looking forward to its release and hopping into it.

BLACK DESERT ONLINE !! They have that snowy region releasing soon (which is the BDO equivalent of expansions). Also, cute baby Alpacas ! It apparently has the third largest active player base right now (behind WOW and FF14), according to this one dude from "MMOByte" Also also would love to see Bellular do a first impressions series of new and popular MMOs.

Damn the Bellular video machine is on the loose!

Not mmo but I’m getting excited for pokemon arceus coming in little more than a week. That will keep me occupied in between ff14.

Does anyone know the name of the song during the ff14 part of the video?

Out of these I think GW2 definitely needs a deeper look. The devs/publisher are doing quite an awful job of exposing what makes this game great and enjoyable. Also, as said in this video the game went on its own path, away from the traditional MMORPG formula and a deeper look would benefit traditional MMO players from understanding where enjoyment comes from and how their horizontal progression philosophy holds up against the traditional vertical progression system we see in most MMOs. I think it's a good topic to explore and gain understanding upon.

Hahahaha WoodenPotatoes would be so chuffed that you namedropped him

13:29 Master: **slowly doing an attack move** Player: **SMASHING HIS HEAD**

The Imperial Agent has the best intro story of SWTOR, even years later I remember how much I enjoyed that story. I am still baffled such a good story is in an MMO.

love that Gw2 EoD ost at the beginning.

I'll certainly be playing GW2, been playing in Tyria since the Guildwars1 beta and I've been wanting to go back to Cantha since GW2 launched.

I'd imagine, with the purchase by Microsquash, all Blizards plans are on hold until the next step. Generally, when companies are purchased, they suspend all large scale cost incurring activities until the buyer can be involved in future scheduling.

What I love most about gw2 (outside of the story, mounts and achievements) is that your gear isn't invalidated when a new xpacs releases. I love ff14 but I just don't like that I've to grind for new gear every 2 years. That why I stick with gw2.

Wasn't the "Pandaemonium: its all greek to me" used in the previous video?

Wildstar and Pantheon rise of the fallen. Someone needs to buy the Wildstar ip and bring it back to life.

Real talk , love it

WOW will be in better hands soon we can then breath a sigh of relief and return.

I'm keeping an eye on Corepunk too. Looks pretty cool but I'm not sure if it will be released this year.

great breakdown! not like other channels that just share a few clips and that's it

I did some Ops in SWTOR when the game first came out. They aren't bad, actually. Not worth playing the game for, but they were decent. The Imperial Agent story was really quite good, imo.

11:27 Does.. does he not know that there are raids in Guild Wars 2..

There's gonna be an extra live letter discussing 7.0 in FF14 in February so might be quicker than you think.

Archeage has the best mount system in mmos, all the mounts have different skills to fit your situation, they are all used in combat, and they all have health pools and have a cooldown if they die. they have ones for flight, one for speed, ones for swimming, ones for tanking, they have ones that can stealth, bleed, stun, knockdown, tons of crazy stuff, and there is a lot of mounts, more than 40 different mounts i would say. If you have lots of mounts, even if some share skills, you will want to hold on to quite a few incase they die in combat, so then you can pop onto a different one, so usually you dont have 1 mount you use a lot, you have like 5-10 that you use a lot. oh and you also can equip gear on them and also gem that gear for speed and stuff. And the same thing applies to gliders, combat functional gliders and using different ones for different scenarios. all equipment can be swapped anytime, which brings rise to multi gearing sets for different things, different weapons, different tactics on the fly. very very deep combat

Odin Valhalla Rising is from Korean Company called Lionheart Studio. and it's mobile centric

And this is just the MMOs there's loads of single player games coming too honestly feels like a wet dream.

Wow has had more chances than they deserve to prove themselves and failed at every turn. It's no longer the great game it used to be and the likes of BfA & Shadowlands are at best laughable attempts. So many have lost trust and confidence in wow and moved on months ago, it's in a bad place and not even the 9.2 currently reveal looks enough to got people back. They've gotten lazy inept and have lost their creativity. Wow is yesterday's news and the sooner Activision/Blizzard realise that, the sooner they can have a huge purge of the deadwood hierarchy and get people in with fresh ideas and creativity, and just maybe Wow may actually shine again. 9.2 won't do that and looking at the alleged leaks, neither will the next xpac. There's literally better games out there and Wow has a ginormous job to do to actually pull their fingers out and actually do something, or just keep falling down the MMo ranks.

I really like SWTOR but they need to update their UI and Settings. Every PC I try to play it on, the camera sensitivity is insanely fast on the lowest setting. When I look around that fast it always makes me feel in a rush when it’s a game I want to take at a slower pace and look around the environments cinematically. Great video as always, brother! 👌🏼

GW2 is out Feb 22nd. This was announced a couple of months ago

Lost Ark it's my next mmorpg, thou I only played on CBT but it seemed pretty interesting, has the best skill animations I haven't seen for a long time in a mmorpg. And it's... F2P.

Can you please look more into Project Gorgon. I have over 4k hours in the game and it is my all time favorite MMO of all time. I would love to see you make an in depth video on it.

New ultimate raid is also supposedly coming in 6.1 for FFXIV.

Glad you mentioned DDO, it’s very under-rated.

Corepunk is the most exciting new MMO that will most likely come out in 2022, if it's not delayed until 2023. The games beta has been delayed a few times, but it seems the studio making it is learning from other MMO launches (cough, New World) and are wanting the game to be very polished, even for the first public beta. The game looks like a really interesting mix between MOBA style combat and a full fleshed out theme park style MMO.

I'm trying out GW2. Seem fun once get past the character create. I'm thinking of trying Swtor again.. I tried ESO but couldn't get into it... and I'm thinking of playing (a month at less) of 9.2 WoW. That great as I love Mmos but... job. lol. No time to play. I'm also leveling RdM in FF14.

I dunno how good 2022 will be for gw2 . All i know is no one even know when the expansion will come out in feb. It says a lot when all you know is no one even knows.

I always say that swtor is not for people who like traditional mmos, it’s for people people who like story driven rpgs or simply Star Wars. It’s a great game.

A swtor video series would be awesome!

Hey guys, there IS an mmo you may not have heard of in dev. It's still pre alpha, but checout out Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen! It doesn't seem like anything ground breaking, but who knows? It could surprise us. Just wanted to get it on your radar.

cant wait to hopefully "learn" more about riots MMO :D

I tried to reinstall Swtor last night. It couldn't install because of a newer gen PC.

I personally am excited for archage 2, personally i think its the best mmo on the market, mechanically that is. the issues i have with it is: pay to win, absolutely disgusting time grinds for practically anything and everything (they are pretty fun to do, just extensive), very limited instanced pve, very limited end game pve in general (specially if you are looking for difficulty), and power funnels created by players via factioning and politics. But it does really well at: crafting, leveling, pvp (small, large, monumental) is really deep, completing anything feels extremely rewarding, travel system is amazing, sense of community, trade, ocean warfare, exploration, tactical fast paced combat, creating music, housing (for an mmo its pretty good, since the houses are in the open world and can be combat zones from time to time), classes are super rich since its a 3 combo of 11 trees, and the politics. there is a lot more, but in the end the cons out way the pros, the biggest thing is the p2w, its unforgivable, if the p2w wasn't there and they did better with the end game pve, it would be one of the best mmos.

Maybe I'm just dumb, but my actual life feels complicated enough that I can't really imagine playing more than one MMMORPG at a time. I just don't have the mental bandwidth to dedicate to more than one game. Cheers to all of you who do, though!

Can't wait for lost ark global release. Been playing on korea for years now and don't even might starting all over again cause it's so good! Edit: that gold you can get from either buying with real money or buy selling things on the auction house here in korea, so sure, it's a bit pay 2 go faster but I'm sure they can change this in global.

I started playing D&D Online recently and it's actually just a MAGNIFICENT game. highly recommend checking it out, it's got a shitty monetization model but the gameplay is just so much fun, especially the dungeon design that has much more stuff than just "kill your way through a linear hallway"

Blue Protocol 👀

I loved GW2, but missed the trinity for specific roles. Re picked up Rift, is fun but sad for graphics and lack of player base. Really looking forward to Lost Ark!

How about a mention of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. Not 100% sure, but I think they are coming out of Pre Alpha 5 and going into Beta soon with a release possibly this year, more like 2023.

I am most certainly hyped for Ashes, if they manage to pull it off it will be top mmo.

I barely consider SWTOR an MMO but I love going through the story so I'm excited for this expac! I'll grab a month sub and run through everything. As far as WoW goes, I bought Shadowlands and have yet to touch it :/

i really hope we're getting more news about Blue Protocol and maybe Palia and that LoL MMO.. only few things i'm really excited about, besides FFXIV and hopefully an uphill turn for WoW with.. 10.0 or later :I

Did you change your shirt for each MMO ? 😄

Have you heard or seen about Broken Ranks? An MMO successor to Pride of Taern due out next week? looks interesting... 🙂

Conquest of Azeroth beta has been hella fun

No one talks about Lord of The Rings Online. Josh Strife Hayes turned the video into a installer how not too instead.

"The combat bangs!" *Shows clip of a guy stabbing a spider with the same move over and over while the spider stands there.*

Well, not many people sees it as an mmo, but there's Destiny 2 The Witch Queen in the mad february too. That could be fun.

There's no problem with Gw2's monetization and by that I mean the devs aren't being greedy at all. The game uses a different gear system. Gear doesn't really get better over time so rewards for completing content are gold and things you can sell to other players for gold. Gold is then converted into premium currency and with that you can buy things like mog and mount skins on the store. This is the endgame in Gw2, raids and all of that are optional content. The game might look like a cashgrab at first, but it's surprisingly free and probably the cheapest big mmo out there. All of the story patch content after an expansion is permanently unlocked for free if you log in when it's released and they barely release any new expansions, so you would only have to spend maybe $30 every 2-3 years, no sub. Typing all of this makes me question how the game even manages to stay afloat.

12:55 In 2016, when Orsinium dropped, ZOS released a publishing schedule, which they have stuck to fairly religiously, so timing-wise, it's all been confirmed...

Also this year is the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy 11! I'd love for you guys to do a video on it. I played it in 2020 after I caught up with FF14 and I was surprised how much I liked it.

Albion Online is probably the most underestimated MMO currently on the market.

I believe corepunk will have beta soon - I call it warcraft 3 mmorpg mod. Might be worth checking out. Also Palia

Are GW2 mounts monetized? I thought that only the skins to look different cost gems (that you can still get with in-game gold)! Is there something I don't know of???