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Lol. I still don't believe in an August release. For me the earliest would be September.
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Guild Wars 2 public Beta is here for pre-purchases! [Stress Test June 27th]
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Lol. I still don't believe in an August release. For me the earliest would be September.
Actually no, Q3 ends in September. Q4 is Oct, Nov, Dec. They use a calender fiscal year so it ends Dec 31st of every year.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
God, I'm sick of GW1.
Why the hell does one campaign specifically have dungeons with no res points?
Why the hell does one campaign specifically have dungeons with no res points?
Oh, are we talking about Fiscal? I thought we were talking about just normal calendar timing. If it's fiscal then you're right. Regular fiscal ends in February/March for many of the companies by the way.
Which dungeon?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I think all of Nightfall don't have res points.
That's only some companies. EA is an example of one that uses March. They pretty much create their own time frames for investors.
aramanKain
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Then uhh... I know this is crazy but stay with me here... don't play it?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I need that free GW2 stuff!
Guy has been keeping track of what files have been updated since BWE2 and since then they've updated over 10,000 textures.
https://sites.google.com/site/jumptovictory/guild-wars-2-update-tracking
https://sites.google.com/site/jumptovictory/guild-wars-2-update-tracking
Do you mean the missions? Yeah, don't die in any missions outside of EoTN.
LumpOfCole
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Two new beautiful screens.
Titled 'Town of Nolan secret area'. Perhaps a secret town?
'Ashford at Night'
I require this second one (or both of them, actually) in glorious high resolution.
At least high enough for Photoshop CS6's oil paint feature to do the rest for a neato background.
Liferebooted
Banned
Are there anymore beta tests coming up besides the stress test wed? I'm wondering if this will run well for me on an e8400, ati 6750, 4gb ram
There will be a BWE3 for sure. When it is going to be is anyone's guess, but I'd wager a bet that it'll be the weekend of the 13th.
aramanKain
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I thought the same thing (especially since I'm likely playing a Ranger at release and those pets are awesome) but in the end realized that those items will likely be yesterday's news in less than a year. Plus I have 2 kids and no time to power through an old game like that right now... and really that's the main reason.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I'm takin it easy. Few steps at a time.
It's just infuriating seeing this kind of shoddy game design coupled with rubber banding, attacking through walls, invisible aggro, and all this junk that makes me wonder how this game got made like this.
The items you can get (weapons/armor), the skins can be applied to any other gear in the game and so you can have any stats you want. Then the Ranger pets, mini-pets and those titles can only be obtained through the HoM so they'll always be relevant. You can get 30 points in about 2 weeks played time with no prior experience.
You see the bubble on your minimap? That's your aggro raidus. After you play long enough you'll stop needing to ever look at it to see when you'll aggro anything. Though do beware that you can aggro mobs above you or below you. The rubberbanding only really happens if you get stuck on something so try not to. Which mission are you doing?
aramanKain
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Damn, that is one badass Asura Engi.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
The 2nd last Nightfall mission.
I can do it. Just a pain in the ass. I just have to wait at the very edge of every mob path and kill them.
Can't afford to not kill them in case my dumb party runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, or some patrol decides to walk in from miles away. Also, I'm rubber banding because I alt-tab, because waiting around is so boring. But when I rubber band after alt-tabbing, I'm dead. It's unplayable. Especially when Shiro and that Undead Lich is at the end of the mission.
Damn, that is one badass Asura Engi.
Anyone else feel that certain races just 'go' with some classes
I cant imagine an engineer Not being Asura or Charr. Going to be hard deciding which one to play...
Oh damn man yeah that can be rage inducing, just wait till the final NF mission. Those two missions are the hardest in the game, hands down. Yeah, don't alt tab in GW1, the rubberbanding will fix itself if you give it 10-15 sec. Maybe run in windowed? Try to actually get a group for the last two NF missions, I don't really think Heroes are going to cut it. If you can't do it, go do a different campaign and take a break from NF.
Shining Sunshine
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Alister_McCalister
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Heh, that is one rage inducing mission.
Get all the way to the end to fight shiro and the lich, manage to pull shiro while the lich resets, kill shiro and then go try to kill the lich and what happens?
He is untargetable! Holy shit I nearly trashed my keyboard.
I agree.
Here's the easiest way to make guaranteed money with minimal effort, it's just grindy:
http://www.reddit.com/r/GuildWars/comments/rwmg3/you_yes_you_you_can_make_money_regardless_of_your/
Note that you'll need to have finished EOTN to start the War on Kryta stuff. Also, do know that the Beyond content is a lot harder than 99% of the actual campaigns.
Hmm, so I noticed something interesting in the released asset kit.
Note the header text and then look at #4 & 5. They may have released this in order to give websites/magazines time to organize/write new articles for BWE3. This could mean Sylvari is playable in BWE3 because if they don't add anything else into BWE3 I'm not sure what new content these sites could come up with.
Note the header text and then look at #4 & 5. They may have released this in order to give websites/magazines time to organize/write new articles for BWE3. This could mean Sylvari is playable in BWE3 because if they don't add anything else into BWE3 I'm not sure what new content these sites could come up with.
aramanKain
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Or it's for another Press Beta event. Though those have been preceding the same content that seems to be getting added to the BWE as well (ala Gendarran Fields), so seems legit that we might see the last 2 races in the mix next time.
Watch this space.
What has happened in the past is they do a press event and the next BWE consists of what the press got to play. So if the press event does have the Sylvari, there's a high probability that we will get to play them in the next BWE...assuming there is a press event at all.
Jira, sorry to burst your bubble, but the press got to play with the Sylvari months ago by being allowed into the closed beta. I was in Barns&Noble a few weeks ago and last month's PC Gamer or some magazine was doing a preview article on GW2, and they wrote about and posted a ton of screenshots of the Caeldon Forest. And considering that print articles need to be written two months before they make it to stores...
aramanKain
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That's exactly what I was trying to say
You honestly don't think I don't know that? This media kit was released today, some of the screens are old, but quite a lot are new as well. What I'm getting at is they have a header called Beta Event Screenshots and specifically mention the Sylvari starting zone. When Game Informer got to play the Sylvari starting zone for their article many months ago, it was at ANet's office and had nothing to do with a Beta Weekend, same for PC Gamer and the Asura. I don't think ANet would make that kind of mistake in their press kit and name something Beta Weekend screenshots if this had anything to do with those 2 magazine articles from many months back.
Edit: I'm not trying to come off as an ass here, so don't think that I am with that first line.
Nah, my first line came off a little too strong too. My main point is that I think it's just a reused image, so I think it's just to prepare for another wave of articles from people who played in some closed event. Possibly this past or upcoming weekend while the rest of the masses get the stress test to tide them over.
They already said the third event is the same as second.
Also, the Asset kit doesn't correlate to what is actually in the beta. For my press kit they gave me assets and screenshots to use for our coverage. So yeah. Don't take that post for what's actually in the beta. Also, as for press betas, there isn't really any that exists for all press from what I've seen. If any non-public beta stuff goes out, it's not so much beta but press-specific exclusive coverage. So yeah.
Wasn't the tweet a while back commenting on the BWE3? I stand corrected if that's wrong.
Quadrophenic
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in the last AMA one of the devs said that there would be at least one more BWE after BWE2. I think thats the only place they have "confirmed" BWE3.
BWE3 will not be the same as BWE2, they said they have new stuff coming.
They said that they've done some stuff to make pets more responsive but aren't done and want us to continue to let them know if there's any issues. They said they'll have pets fixed before launch.
Nemesis121
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GoM is not hard just requires smart play..
First off your warrior needs to have Wild Blow skill to strip Shiro of all his stances, otherwise he will rip you a new asshole, as long as you can strip Shiro of his stances he's a complete push over, also you can pull Lich away from Shiro, kill him, then attune the shrines and kill Shiro with ease....
PS:If Shiro comes with Lich when you try and pull, only attack Lich if you attack Shiro you are dead, if you have minions let Shiro play with them while you attune the shrines..
Guy cracked the Asuran alphabet and made a cipher:
link to his post here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/vmfnu/ive_cracked_the_asuran_alphabet/
link to his post here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/vmfnu/ive_cracked_the_asuran_alphabet/
Kos Luftar
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Releasing in 2 days?
Release date announcement is what most people are expecting. Personally, i don't think we'll see an announcement til after BWE3 if things go according to plan for them.
Yes. I want a Ranger without a pet.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Haven't been following this at all but it's my favorite genre... Diablo-ish. How are you guys liking it compared to D3? I'd like opinion from someone who really enjoys D3 because I'd relate more. Thanks
is the combat fluid and smooth like D3 or is it dreadful like an MMO? (WoW, SWTOR)
is the combat fluid and smooth like D3 or is it dreadful like an MMO? (WoW, SWTOR)
Kos Luftar
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Oh, I see.
There will be utter silence that day. Where is this June 28th announcement date coming from? Just a random guess? Or just because it is the day after the stress test?
I agree with you totally.
Haven't played Diablo 3, but if it's anything like Diablo 2 (i.e. Clickfest) then no, it's no where near as boring as Diablo.
Compared to standard MMO fare GW2 is quite different. There aren't a billion action bars to manage; there are only 5 attacks (pre-determined by your weapon), the first with no cooldown and the other 4 more utilitarian with short cooldowns. Then you have 1 heal, 3 utility skills and 1 'elite' skill set to 6-0 slots.
Learning to dodge, swap weapons and keep tabs on enemy telegraphs / environmental hazards / what other players are doing is essential to success. Running up to an enemy and spamming attack will get you killed quick, even in the starting areas.
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