[2021] I fucking love this game now

Jesus Christ the information barrier to entry in this game is nuts. I've owned the game since around release. I was a guild wars 1 player. Bought this near release and leveled an engie to ~50 or so but got confused/jaded and didn't touch it again until last year. Leveled a mesmer to 80, really enjoyed my time with it, but again once I hit 80 I was just so confused what to do so I didn't touch it again until a few weeks ago when my buddy who's hardcore into it convinced me to try a 3rd time since EoD was coming out. This time I tried Thief because I always wanted to get into WvW (and general open world) and it looks like with alliances that might be more viable now and ...my god. This profession is so fun.

Damn this game is so good now that things are starting to make sense and really click. It seems you REALLY have to have someone walk you through how things work and do a ton of research yourself in order for this game to click. How map currencies work was so confusing at first. None of this is obvious. None of what you need or even should want to do is obvious. From what I can tell that's the single biggest flaw in this game and why it's not THE top MMO in my opinion, along with the image problem it seems to have. The combat mechanics, the build system, cracked WvW duels, the mounts, the community, the WvW montages, the story, the sheer amount of things to grind towards makes this game unironically one of the best games I've played in like a decade.

Anyway just ranting cause I love this game now. Hopefully I am here to stay :D. As a 'new player', I can confirm the information barrier to entry is just ridiculous, but a good couple weeks of research and it's really paid off. If anyone is questioning if they should get into or back into this game, I can't recommend it enough.

EDIT: I keep editing this post because I think if things I love about the game. I didn't even mention how great Elite Specs are and how they change the class and build styles. I didn't even mention fashion and skins which has become one of my favorite things as well. I spent far too much time grinding for a pants skin for my thief cause I thought they looked dope. The amount of customization available makes every single player look so different.