ElSword: First Impressions and GamePlay

nice video, i like your commentary. i have been playing this game for 7 years with its ups and downs. while i liked it better in the past, it still holds up for me in its current iteration. playing lvl 1 to 99 is still very fun for me all the way to getting your third job change. after that though, you will have to accept grinding the same dungeons over and over again many dozens times. to get access to new dungeons and win in pvp, you need to increase your combat power by mainly upgrading your weapon and equipment. that however is very RNG and you can easily spend a few hundred million ED (ingame currency) or dozens of dollars without achieving any upgrade later on, which kind of feels like gambling.

but i think it's still very fun to find a nice guild in this game and talk with people while you are running the dungeons together and play pvp against each other. playing with friends or guildies makes it a much more enjoyable experience and brings in a lot of life for all the grinding later on.

for solo players i believe it could get very repetitive to play elsword after lvl 99. i can't imagine playing this game without a guild or friends because the grind gets unbearable alone for me. it's hard to make friends via dungeon matching because everyone is trying to clear the dungeon and in pvp you are fighting each other. so guilds or discord servers are what i would recommend to find new friends to play with. in my opinion you can still have a great time playing elsword in 2019 if you don't mind the many RNG and gambling parts of the game because playing with your guildmates and friends can be a lot of fun.

if you are gonna keep playing, dont read the story is garbage

The game is very grind heavy