Cold blooded.
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Guild Wars 2 Launch Date announced: August 28th, 2012
- Thread starter Mr. Luchador
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Cold blooded.
The main issue here is last-ability. The issue with weapon based tactics and smaller build flexibility is that it moves towards being an action game. This is great but also problematic. Only a few action games in history have depth beyond macros that people can put in the back of their minds. I explored a lot of the mechanics in the last BWE and I'm not overly impressed. It was well made and fun... But I could sense a point of diminishing returns.
This is why I stressed that GW2 will be more heavily centered on team play then its predecessor. For competitive players, I don't see the system itself being a draw as much as game modes themselves. And the game modes are currently limited and weak for sPvP. WvW is another story that has some allusion to this topic but I'd have to address that with a bit more care. But much like WvW, sPvP will be very reliant on the people around you for fun.
Complistic
Member
my semester starts the day after the head start begins. Oh well, I probably would have burned my eyes out on the game if I didn't have something to do.
BrettWeir
Member
Haha. Maybe, but I've waited patiently (for far to long) for this (as most of us have).
Unfortunately, I believe there is a queue if the WvW maps get to congested. I believe its 500 per side? I've seen some complaints about having to wait for over an hour to get into WvW. Also seen complaints about AFKers in Stonemist taking up space for people that want to be in WvW.
**Edit:
From the Wiki:
Players who attempt to join a map that is full can queue for a space while joining one of the other maps in the meantime.
Then the more middle population servers matched up to each other will be perfect - there won't be a queue hardly on either side.
BrettWeir
Member
Completely agree.
Now, stay away from that Diablo, Max!
Oh man I haven't touched it in like a week. Too busy trying to actually get a better job.
aramanKain
Member
Yep, that's exactly what I was getting at. There's suggestions in the community thread that we should join one of the high pop "Sorrows" servers, I think that's a bad idea and med pop would be great. My vote is still for Gate of Madness.
theMrCravens
Member
Nah, you have to think long terms with MMOs.
Better to start right of with a high pop one.
It's one of those things you don't want to screw up, or we'll have to wait for server merge or pay transfer.
I don't think so - with a game like Guild Wars 2, we will always be matched up against a server that is near ours - meaning no matter the population we will have a lot of fun.
I just figure since GAF is not some raging hardcore guild like GoonSquad or something similar we would want something more our speed.
I just figure since GAF is not some raging hardcore guild like GoonSquad or something similar we would want something more our speed.
Complistic
Member
yeah, I'd rather not join a super high pop server.
theMrCravens
Member
I still think we should be part of a world that fills up the WvW every day/night for months to come.
If we join low/med, few weeks down the road we'll only have tiny skirmishes in WvW since people will be quitting or taking a break from game.
thetrin
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Goonsquad sure is fun to play with, though.
As much as I love the game, that's just wrong - there are Boosts of all kinds, and if a decent XP boost isn't an advantage (at least in terms of vertical progress, but since most horizontal things will probably be available at max level, it would be both), I wouldn't know what isSame with the instarevive thingie, that might be very relevant come high level dungeons.
And as I said in the f2p thread, I'm almost sure Arenanet will add more vital Items to the shop over time. You really can't judge that on launch day (see: Lord of the Rings F2P conversion, they had only nice-to-have-stuff in there too and recently began to rail in the first stat items and other stuff).
Just to clarify, those XP boosts only work on kills. Now with that in mind, someone did the math in BWE1 and if you wanted to use a boost from 1-80 at every possible moment that you'd need one to hit 80, you'd be spending nearly $200 and saving about 8 hours. That's not exactly an advantage and hell if you want to buy it then use gold.
Just so this is clear, THIS IS VERY OLD, this is from Alpha.
Alister_McCalister
Neo Member
I could have swore that when I listened to it, they referenced BWE 2 a number of times....
Well, I take that back then. I just don't understand why people are referring to them as Alpha testers considering the game hasn't been in Alpha for nearly 7 months now.
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aramanKain
Member
That's gotta be an homage to Twister
BrettWeir
Member
I wonder how much the crafting buff helps. That's the one I'm most interested in.
$200 for 8 hours (XP). Wow. And doesn't it only register PvE kills, not PvP/WvW?
Alister_McCalister
Neo Member
I'm just stabbing wildly here, but didn't people refer to Rift's internal testing team as alpha testers?
Maybe that just stuck. I agree, it's dumb and needs to stop.
Complistic
Member
Anet hates the bovine
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Just wondering. Are guardians the only ones who have the pull enemy ability?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Guh, Ele MH dagger skill.
Ah it seems he linked you to all the Pull skills, nm.
Also golems.
SaltyDoughnut
Member
hey, so are there any GAF guilds out there that are large enough to help with HoM?
Discussing GW2 with a friend this morning, trying to explain why it's so good and what's different from other MMO's. He was getting excited with what I was saying so I linked him to Jira's post on mmo-champions.
Needless to say, after reading through that post, he immediately pre-purchased the game and couldn't stop talking about it after.
Needless to say, after reading through that post, he immediately pre-purchased the game and couldn't stop talking about it after.
Discussing GW2 with a friend this morning, trying to explain why it's so good and what's different from other MMO's. He was getting excited with what I was saying so I linked him to Jira's post on mmo-champions.
Needless to say, after reading through that post, he immediately pre-purchased the game and couldn't stop talking about it after.
Yesss yeeeeeeeeessss....another soul captured.
Congratulations. Save it for the soul feast on August 28th.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Discussing GW2 with a friend this morning, trying to explain why it's so good and what's different from other MMO's. He was getting excited with what I was saying so I linked him to Jira's post on mmo-champions.
Needless to say, after reading through that post, he immediately pre-purchased the game and couldn't stop talking about it after.
Can you PM the link to Jiras post? I can't seem to find it.
BrettWeir
Member
Godlike.
Hope you get one soon!
What the? Well that was....interesting.
I believe that's correct. Speaking of Rift, I had no idea that they implemented 3 realm warfare. I used to love the game, but grew tired of the Warfronts over and over. Watched ... well, attempted to watch ... how the new 3 realm wars worked. My god it looks awful. Instanced Stillmoor and beating on globe statues does not look fun at all. Sucks, because I like Scott Harsmann. He's very enthusiastic and you can tell he loves what he does. He reminds me of Colin in some ways. All I can say, is thank GOD that GW2 isn't adding a PvP stat like Valor.
My sentences are jumbled and convoluted this morning.
Oh well. /looks at percocet. Stupid pulled muscles in my back!
There is one, but your best bet is to just ask in here if you need help with something. Some of these guys are awesome (Ok, MOST of these guys are awesome) and will jump in for a bit to help some on a mission or two.
My god this. I just got Witcher 2 to play through, so hopefully that will help. And resorting back to Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 just to build rollercoasters that crash into a pit of mascots. But that will only last so long.
Disclaimer: Sorry Retro. I stole your multi-post response copyrighted idea!
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FutureZombie
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Question about warrior chain skills: Do you have to use skill 1 three times in a row to activate all the chain abilities? Also, is there a cooldown on these abilities?
Teknopathetic
Member
"Question about warrior chain skills: Do you have to use skill 1 three times in a row to activate all the chain abilities? Also, is there a cooldown on these abilities?"
1) I don't remember offhand if using other abilities resets the chain or not, but you can't get to the 3rd attack in the chain without doing the second, etc. That said, it's basically an auto attack. While in combat, you don't even need to continue pressing it, it'll go through the chain automatically. As such...
2) No.
1) I don't remember offhand if using other abilities resets the chain or not, but you can't get to the 3rd attack in the chain without doing the second, etc. That said, it's basically an auto attack. While in combat, you don't even need to continue pressing it, it'll go through the chain automatically. As such...
2) No.
Yes and no.
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Deleted member 10571
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Holy shit at the store prices:
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/41380-black-lion-trading-post-items-rough-prices-in-euros/
Honestly, I didn't expect stuff to be THAT expensive. I planned to use the shop a lot, but now I'm pretty sure I won't :/
From the same thread:
Man. Oh, and before people start a "That's 15 $ per month, if you see it as a sub game" thing: Yeah, but in a sub game, I also get everthing else in the store for "free". Yes, I'm a bit annoyed right now, even if this probably was common knowledge up to this point, I didn't expect the pricing to be THAT harsh.
Also remember, the prices are per character, not per account.
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/41380-black-lion-trading-post-items-rough-prices-in-euros/
Honestly, I didn't expect stuff to be THAT expensive. I planned to use the shop a lot, but now I'm pretty sure I won't :/
From the same thread:
Now counting in the bullshit 1$ =1Euro rule, and woo, I'm in it for roughly 210$. And that's just the relevant stuff, nothing of all the stuff I wanted to buy originally, like clothing, transmogrosnogaion stones and stuff. My Lotro lifetime sub was cheaper
Man. Oh, and before people start a "That's 15 $ per month, if you see it as a sub game" thing: Yeah, but in a sub game, I also get everthing else in the store for "free". Yes, I'm a bit annoyed right now, even if this probably was common knowledge up to this point, I didn't expect the pricing to be THAT harsh.
Also remember, the prices are per character, not per account.
Hey- if you're out there, I was hoping I could compel Thanasis Deitus to post his gamepad configuration for all to see in here, as I know he modified his in some ways from my original and the Xpadder one Welltall's been using. It'd be great for people to see all the different methods you can use to play the game in this most enjoyable of ways.