History YMMV / GuildWars2

** Rozgar the Forge in the Citadel of Flame main quest is easily the hardest boss, due to the fact that he starts out with a greatsword and two floating greatsword adds. All three of them can use a whirlwind attack that is fast, covers a large area, hits multiple times, and does about 2000+ damage PER HIT. Fortunately, he stops using this once his health gets low enough and becomes a GoddamnedBoss with TeleportSpam.

* Anti-ClimaxBoss: In GuildWars2 The hyped out end-game boss Zhaitan, one of the Elder Dragons, one of the most powerful beings in the GW 2 universe, practically an Eldritch God, ended up as this. You don't get to fight him at all, you board a gunship, defeat waves of monsters while Zhaitan flies above you. Once all the waves of monsters are down, a cutscene shows Zhaitan getting shot, you and your group boards a bunch of cannons, and basically shoot him while he stands there staring, for 5 minutes. For such a hyped up boss, and considering he's the {{BigBad}} of the entire game, his fight is extremely disappointing.

** The Sylvari aren't much better; they look very human, but some of their plant features thrown them right into this, whether it be growths on their heads or the different analogs for ears, or some of the different colorations over otherwise normal looking faces, they just look ''off''. Then again, this is deliberate on the artists' part - the sylvari ''mimic'' the appearance of humans, but are still fundamentally plants that only resemble humans. If you give your salad a coloration that too-strongly mimics human skin, then they can heavily resemble [[{{Fallout}} ghouls]] with certain face styles and body patterns.

** The Sylvari aren't much better; they look very human, but some of their plant features thrown them right into this, whether it be growths on their heads or the different analogs for ears, or some of the different colorations over otherwise normal looking faces, they just look ''off''. Then again, this is deliberate on the artists' part - the sylvari ''mimic'' the appearance of humans, but are still fundamentally plants that only resemble humans.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Lots, but the big one is probably the Nightmare Court. Cases can be made for BlueAndOrangeMorality, NecessaryEvil, ObvliviouslyEvil, and even ForTheEvuls. It really comes down to which version of their back story and motivation you believe and the credibility of who's telling it. That being said, they do have some very literal KickTheDog moments.

* FanDumb: Perhaps unsurprisingly this is already popping up, right now the biggest complaints are [[RealMoneyTrade gems]] being a way to buy to win [[hottip:*:[[DidNotDoTheResearch despite that they've explicitly said you can't use gems to get anything that gives you an edge over other players.]], complaints about dyes being switched from account-based to character-based, and the lack of arenas, there's also the E-sport crowd versus those who want to play the game for its PVE.

** The Sylvari aren't much better; they look very human, but some of their plant features thrown them right into this, whether it be growths on their heads or the different analogs for ears, or some of the different colorations over otherwise normal looking faces, they just look ''off''.

* AlternateCharacterInterpetation: Lots, but the big one is probably the Nightmare Court. Cases can be made for BlueAndOrangeMorality, NecessaryEvil, ObvliviouslyEvil, and even ForTheEvuls. It really comes down to which version of their back story and motivation you believe and the credibility of who's telling it. That being said, they do have some very literal KickTheDog moments.

* UncannyValley: The Asura were given a rehash in between ''GuildWars Eye of the North'' and Guild Wars 2. The results make them look like some kind of cross between a hairless troll doll and a [[LeagueOfLegends Yordle]]. And in a more realistically rendered game? The results are less than unsettling...

* HateDumb: ''Holy Dwayna'' do not mention this game on the TOR's forums. The nicest thing they will do is claim you're being paid off by ArenaNet to tout a terrible game in the hopes of hurting TOR, [[{{Hypocrite}} while talking about how TOR is the greatest MMO of all time and will crush GW2 mercilessly beneath its heel.]] WoW players are generally nicer about the whole thing, probably because WoW isn't going anywhere and GW2 lacks a subscription fee, so they can play both games if they so choose. Why TOR's community in particular displays such hatred for GW2 is beyond this troper's understanding.
* FanDumb: Perhaps unsurprisingly this is already popping up, right now the biggest complaints are [[RealMoneyTrade gems]] being a way to buy to win [[hottip:*:[[DidNotDoTheResearch despite that they've explicitly said you can't use gems to get anything that gives you an edge over other players.]], complaints about dyes being switched from account-based to character-based, and the lack of arenas, there's also the E-sport crowd versus those who want to play the game for its PVE.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-CB0hheQRg The release date is here.]]

* FanDumb: Perhaps unsurprisingly this is already popping up, right now the biggest complaints are [[RealMoneyTrade gems]] being a way to buy to win [[hottip:*:[[DidNotDoTheResearch despite that they've explicitly said you can't use gems to get anything that gives you an edge over other players.]] and the lack of arenas, there's also the E-sport crowd versus those who want to play the game for its PVE.

* '''Griefer''': Averted ''hard''. ArenaNet has made significant efforts to eliminate things like "kill-stealing" in the game mechanics. For instance, kills now give full experience and drops to all players who participated in the combat, and players earn experience points by healing other players or NPC's. The objective is to promote cooperation between players in such things as random events and boss fights.

* HateDumb: ''Holy Dwayna'' do not mention this game on the TOR's forums. The nicest thing they will do is claim you're being paid off by ArenaNet to tout a terrible game in the hopes of hurting TOR, [[{{Hypocrite}} while talking about how TOR is the greatest MMO of all time and will crush GW2 mercilessly beneath its heel.]] WoW players are generally nicer about the whole thing, probably because WoW isn't going anywhere and GW2 lacks a subscription fee, so they can play both games if they so choose. Why TOR's community in particular displays such hatred for GW2 is beyond this troper's understanding.

** The banner ads that went up when prepurchases started continue this fine tradition, with such catchy phrases as "Lead the Rebellion," "These are dangerous days to be different..." and "Rise Up!" none of which seem to have anything to do with the game.

* ClicheStorm: The trailers. Cool visuals, cool screenshots, "Now is the time! Claim your destiny! Forge your legend! ".

* Cliche Storm: The trailers. Cool visuals, cool screenshots, "Now is the time! Claim your destiny! Forge your legend! ".