Sorry about your health by the way man. Really sucks to hear that.
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Guild Wars 2 Press Beta [Prepurchase Is Live]
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Sorry about your health by the way man. Really sucks to hear that.
Get well soon man.
Well, I was referring to the guy creating the new guild straight from the "Manage Guild" interface without having to visit a vendor or something first.
By the way, when does your article go live? Rpgsite.net, right?
It goes up when my editor is finished editing. It's should be up soon if not a bit later today. Don't expect something too grand. It's a lot more basic than you think, however, unlike a lot of non-big journalism sites, I tend to have a better grasp of the game despite me going into media blackout.
Meh, an article by someone in the beta is better than no article at all, I'm sure yours will be an excellent read. And in terms of journalists having a poor grasp of things.. if you have any grasp at all you're probably leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else.
You're also on GAF so we can pick your brain more.
Meh, an article by someone in the beta is better than no article at all, I'm sure yours will be an excellent read. And in terms of journalists having a poor grasp of things.. if you have any grasp at all you're probably leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else.
You're also on GAF so we can pick your brain more.
From what I'm seeing, and I understand why, is we're getting details about the game rather than analyzing how it works and why it works. I explain mechanics I encountered in the game and how they work, if they're good, why it's good, what it means for the game. Really formal press like IGN, Gamespot, and Kotaku are going to have less detailed and more broad stuff essentially generalizing. I understand why. On the other hand, "low prestige" sites just won't have the MMO knowledge and Guild Wars knowledge to really substantiate their experience or formulate a "good" opinion. That's how I see it. However, I'm not saying I'm the exception, there are others too.
Uh.... that's breaking Press NDA. Just so you know.
Well then better they erase it fast :V
I'm not reporting it. However, once people find out they'll mostly likely be dealt with. I'm surprised. Anyway, I'll be abiding by all the press related NDA so... yeah. Rofl.
Hahaha that was fast anyway, was going to erase it but then i saw they put it in private
This video is private.
Sorry about that.
Maybe it slipped in the upload.
edit: Oh well, the website killed the article and all the videos, even the one that don't break the NDA, it had awesome ingame music tho
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BrettWeir
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought you were getting better? Damn man, so sorry to hear. Hope the Dr. visit goes well. Get better soon man!!!
Music is phenomenal. And that's understating it by the way.
Yeah, Jeremy Soule's work in the past has been amazing and from the bits we've heard GW2 may be his finest yet. I dunno if I know how to handle an MMO with music I don't shut off after an hour.
I think the longest I listened to an MMO score was Vanguard.
That lightning hammer is the best thing I've seen so far.
Elementalists, please cast it everytime you see me.
GasProblem
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JCeTG7zWqs
Char's Hidden Strawberry Garden. Shit like this is going to make it so much fun to just explore everywhere and jump onto everything and try to get into every nook and cranny.
Char's Hidden Strawberry Garden. Shit like this is going to make it so much fun to just explore everywhere and jump onto everything and try to get into every nook and cranny.
RepairmanJack
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In that TB video you can really see the hangups on things when using dodge. Hope they fix that. I don't think I have seen him use it once and actually move much at all. Not too worried though. Besides that Thief is really starting to overtake Elementalist as my first character. Just looks lik so much fun.
Kill Ten Rats has a nice little article up about the weekend, crafting and personal story write-ups are later this week:
http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/03/26/gw2-the-opening-crush-of-closed-beta/#more-9874
Favorite part:
Mmm.... so nice. I can remember getting home from work and queuing up World of Warcraft so I'd be on by the time I finished changing/eating. Rift too, I'd get up early, log in, then run a few errands and be back in time to keep waiting.
http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/03/26/gw2-the-opening-crush-of-closed-beta/#more-9874
Favorite part:
Kill Ten Rats said:
Mmm.... so nice. I can remember getting home from work and queuing up World of Warcraft so I'd be on by the time I finished changing/eating. Rift too, I'd get up early, log in, then run a few errands and be back in time to keep waiting.
RepairmanJack
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The thing I am taking away from these write ups the most is that people are having fun. I'm seeing it said in some way or another in every article or video, it was in the TB video quite a bit and that killtenrats quote he says it in a kind of side note. Everyone will have their hangups and issues, but overall it seems like people are finding it fun. This to me is huge. I can't remember the last time I had fun playing WoW.*
*Not knocking on wow at all I have had tons of fun over the years, I just mean it as I haven't had fun in a while and it is nice to look forward to again.
*Not knocking on wow at all I have had tons of fun over the years, I just mean it as I haven't had fun in a while and it is nice to look forward to again.
Isn't his latest video of the previous build though? I've heard that the closed beta for both the press and other people weren't similiar. The press had a newer build and TB still has footage of 1 month(or so) ago.
RepairmanJack
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From his commentary it really seems like he is the one playing. You could be right, he could just have a better grasp of the game after playing it. But it really seems lik he is the on playing. The other videos didn't have as much movement or switching weapons or dodging as this video. Not sure, would be nice to find out though.
Edit:Yeah he says it's a live commentary. So he is playing while he's actually talking.
That's awesome but I hope they add better stuff to these than a strawberry garden... like a super hard enemy or something.
I think we're facing some kind of delay due to Maxrpg not being around. Still trying to work out how we'll handle this.
We're also missing a few people...
Depends on how rare strawberries are and how valuable they are to the cooking profession. If Strawberry Pie is an amazing consumable, knowing where to get the key ingredient is going to come in handy.
Yeah. With Max being ill, if we don't have enough people show, we may just have to put it off until later in the week.
Loved the video. It really showed how the dynamic events chain together. From the sound of what he was saying at the end there's probably going to be a second video showing even more of the event chain he started in this one.
Yep. I read the books beforehand so I knew all of this was coming and I was still blown away by how good it was. Really looking forward to season 2, it basically takes everything you like about Season 1 and adds more of it.
It's not really spoiling anything that wasn't mentioned in S1, but Tyrion in the middle of all the politics (instead of out in the world where he's just a dwarf, though certainly a clever, rich dwarf) is going to be a definite highlight. He's in his element, without a doubt. It's definitely gonna make the wait for GW2 easier with Game of Thrones to look forward to every weekend.
theMrCravens
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New Yogcast up that shows some elite skills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdEvtzdVl8U&feature=plcp&context=C4d66e0eVDvjVQa1PpcFMc28lyYkGpjdbvX3AVLob_Ft5DjSEN5Ak=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdEvtzdVl8U&feature=plcp&context=C4d66e0eVDvjVQa1PpcFMc28lyYkGpjdbvX3AVLob_Ft5DjSEN5Ak=
I haven't read the books, so I'm going in with a clean slate, so it's a bit fun that way, but I realize the main thread has book spoilers, so I feel a bit left out
Tyrion is definitely a great character, someone you hate sometimes, and care about the other half, so it's definitely a strong point in character building when you have that dynamic.
As is the case with any marathon viewing, it'll be a bit annoying to go back to just seeing one episode a week
But I guess half the fun is the discussion throughout the week. Like you said, it is something neat to look forward too each and every week.GasProblem
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http://www.gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1589&pk=65424
Some awesome new events I've never seen before. That blizzard boss looks awesome
Some awesome new events I've never seen before. That blizzard boss looks awesome
theMrCravens
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Was about to post that.http://www.gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1589&pk=65424
Some awesome new events I've never seen before. That blizzard boss looks awesome
I like the DE at 1:18 :
"Collect armor scraps and bring them to Rani so he can build a snowmen army to scare the grawl."
Follow-up chain must be awesome.
dat Charzooka
Charrzooka is making a very strong case for a race that I had placed firmly at the lower end of my list. Bringing one of those bad boys out on a Charr Engineer is going to give the impression of a hunching armory loaded to the teeth with firearms. I was thinking Asura engineer, we'll have to see what their racials are.
There actually aren't a lot of characters in the series you can actually put into one category or the other, because as the series goes along you get to see how they came to be the way they are. The 'good guys' make mistakes, the 'bad guys' didn't start off that way. There's no character in the series that is deserves the hate... okay, there's one.
Yes, there's not much UI customization (but really, so far I'm impressed with how well everything is set up), but you can definitely scale it.
Heh, the minute I saw that scene I remembered how often I've seen that gif, and what a great scene it was. The little son of a bitch!
edit: on the topic of GW2, RockPaperShotgun have their opinions posted of this latest beta weekend.
This is great news, thanks for clarifying.
I always like the UI in my MMO's as small as possible.
This is oustanding. My buddy who plays SWTOR every day got in to the weekend beta, I was so jealous.
01DragonFly
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http://www.gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1589&pk=65424
Some awesome new events I've never seen before. That blizzard boss looks awesome
wow this was impressive , I love that there is so much to explore
Also the elite skill in the yogcast video are awesome loved the rocket launcher
theMrCravens
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So any confirmation if there's going to be another beta event before pre-purchasing starts ?
RepairmanJack
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I think on their twitter or on the beta forums someone said this was the last one until the pre-purchase beta. It was talked about in this thread a page or two back I think. I will keep hope that there is another one though!
This article brings up a point I brought up before, that the dynamic events seem to rely on a steady flow of people. I'm a little worried about this, but at the same time I can't see ANet not thinking of this potential problem. It kind of interests me to find out what they do to get people to go back to these areas. Maybe daily and weekly achievements? Not sure, I hope they do it in an interesting way.
Kill Ten Rats actually just linked a video on the UI, which appears to be from MMORPG.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ySRxt1xJs
Honestly, I'm looking forward to going to empty areas of the game to see what happens when events were going on but there were no players to defend areas, so I can see what it's like when events fail. When you're in an area with other people doing events it's not very likely you'll see many that people failed to complete them in time, or failed to defend them. The requirements for completing random, normal events are generally pretty easy from what I've seen. Almost so much that you would have to actually try to fail it on purpose in order for the event to fail.
They have daily/monthly quests/achievements for you to do which gives you the incentive to come back.
I was lucky enough to play it & yeah, this game EASILY lives up to the hype... it's amazingly polished & from what I've managed to play it's everything I've wanted in an MMO.
The only small issue I have is the way ranger pets function... they don't always attack your target when you tell them too but I'm hoping that'll be fixed. Other than that, yeah. I just wish I could play Sylvari too.
The only small issue I have is the way ranger pets function... they don't always attack your target when you tell them too but I'm hoping that'll be fixed. Other than that, yeah. I just wish I could play Sylvari too.
RepairmanJack
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This also makes me wonder what if events fail at different points? Say there is a group of people invading a city and you defend the city. Say that chain leads to you fighting some boss in their home territory. Will the failing the event result in different outcomes? Then not only would we have a different outcome if it's failed or if its won, but what if it's failed at a different point and that leads to a different event. Does the system go that deep? Man, I hope.
This is what I figured, but I'm hoping they have something else to also get you back in the areas for other reasons. Just don't know how they could do it really. I just think some people simply won't care about achievements, so I hope they thought past that also.
Them and Necro both seem behind compared to the other professions. I think in large part this has to do with AI.
Nice to hear!
I noticed the pet thing in the Yogscast video covering epic skills. As I said above it's the reason I think Mesmer and Necro seem behind compared to the other professions. With Ranger it seems like they have enough other stuff going on to where it doesn't seem as impactful.
I hope so too. I really wish ANet or someone would do a nice walkthrough showing events failing at certain points to see what happens, but we probably won't find out how deep it goes until release and we get our hands on it ourselves.
Beating skill point challenges gets you into other areas too. You'll actually need the skill points, though I'm not sure if there is a cap on them or not.
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