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The Daily Insight

Is GW2 still popular 2021?

Author

Rachel Ross

Updated on May 07, 2026

Is GW2 still popular 2021?

Is Guild Wars Still Active In 2021? Yes, very much so. In fact, there are nearly 14 million unique players with a daily active player count of nearly 500,000 on average.

Is Guild Wars 2 shutting down?

“In 2018, Apple ended support for the OpenGL graphics technology that Guild Wars 2 uses on the Mac,” explains the brief update. …

Is Guild Wars 2 pay to win?

No, Guild Wars 2 is not pay to win. Real money cannot buy directly buy better equipment and the in game Gem Store is almost strictly cosmetic, with some emphasis on out of combat utility for convenience.

Is Guild War 2 dead?

No it’s not dead, still very active and nearly all events/raids/fractals/wvw are filled with the needed population.

Why is GW2 better than WoW?

WoW is way ahead in terms of playable races. It has 13 races, 7 of which are available to each faction. GW2, on the other hand, has only 5 races, although more could be added in the future. WoW has 11 playable classes, although not all classes can be played by all races.

Can you have a house in Guild Wars 2?

I’ve always considered it a damn shame that Guild Wars 2 doesn’t have proper housing, just home instances that have always seem underdeveloped and cash-shop oriented to me.

Can Mac run Guild Wars 2?

This is a sad day for Mac gaming. ArenaNet, Guild Wars 2’s developer has officially announced they will discontinue the Mac version of the game on February 18, 2021. Starting February 18, we will be discontinuing support for the Mac OS version of Guild Wars 2. …

Is Guild Wars 2 pay to win 2021?

if fashion wars is your endgame, then yes GW2 is pay-to-win. you buy the best skins and cosmetics on the cash shop rather than farming then ingame.

Is Guild Wars 2 really free?

If you don’t want to purchase Guild Wars 2 right away, you can play the entire core version of the game entirely for free. The caveat is that free accounts come with restrictions on certain features that could be used to disrupt the game experience of other users.