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[Retro]

So if I did install it into program files? Am I fucked lol

Yeah, but the files are organized simple enough that you can just move them somewhere else.

I'd be all for it. Just this late in the game it's impossible but later on when optimization has been sorted out, I can see it being added in a content patch.

Portal had a "Director's Cut" where you'd get audio commentary by interacting with icons scattered throughout the game. I would love love love love love it if ArenaNet had all of their talent write up a bunch of little short descriptions of things they did, saw, or love and scattered these little things all over the game. Completely optional, maybe they unlock once you complete a zone so there's a reason to go back (and so they aren't there to distract you when you're playing)

Has a Gaf server been picked yet? I don't have any friends playing so I'll be mostly with you folks.

Beta: Henge of Denravi, Jade Sea for EU
Launch: Gates of Madness

EU server is undecided for launch. Actually, we talked about this in the podcast which GRIZZNKEV HAS NOT UPLOADED YET. HINT HINT. Watch the community thread for updates on the EU situation.

What was the reason for the change anyways? The only real difference seems to be that Gates of Madness is a much cooler name considering that both are medium pop servers

As others have said, it's a cooler name and actually starts with "G" as we had originally planned. In addition, Henge has a stigma now as one of the worst servers. I know it's Beta and that doesn't matter at launch, but people aren't that rational.

Would we though? I played some WoW on high pop servers and there were times where it was just miserable. Queues up the ass and zones just full to bursting.

We've discussed this in previous threads (and the community thread) and the best approach is to go with a Medium population server where we're preferably one of the larger communities. On a high pop server we'd be dealing with queues for WvW and getting overshadowed by larger groups.

Does anyone know if accounts are bound to region right now? I managed to get my friend in the UK a US key on the site but EU keys are out.

Pretty sure keys are region bound, but they want to have a way for players to switch their region, for those who travel a lot. Last I heard they were 'working on it'.

can anyone point me towards how endgame armor sets will look?

Only a few examples from the dungeons; http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/forum/general-guild-wars-2-discussion/dungeon-armor/

I was going to make a male Asura, but this female Asura face is so amazing and sinister that I might change that plan

I was surprised to see how similar the Asura genders are, so you may not have to roll a female to get that exact look. Try during the BWE and see if you can get that look on a male.

 

[Weltall Zero]

Anyways, here's a link to some dungeon armor:

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/34155-dungeons-dungeon-armor-pictures/

He may also not know about the Ascalonian weapons. XEROWUN, these are weapons obtained from the very first dungeon (~lv35 IIRC). What do they have that's special? They change appearance at night:

I've seen an screenshot of one of the swords in-game, and the effect is amazing.

 

[theMrCravens]

I refuse to play an asura in the next beta (as to not spoil anything) which poses a problem. I'm going to spend the whole weekend watching people play the race that I want to play, it will be so tantalizing Thinking I will just skip this beta weekend, i've waited a long time so i'm sure I can wait abit longer

Bah, you'll only be really spoiling the starting area, which you'll still quickly get past at retail.

I think trying out all the races classes should be priority, you'd want something fun for first run through the game.

 

[Retro]

I'm definitely rolling asura at launch, don't know which class though (guardian or thief are the only ones which appeal to me).

I refuse to play an asura in the next beta (as to not spoil anything) which poses a problem. I'm going to spend the whole weekend watching people play the race that I want to play, it will be so tantalizing Thinking I will just skip this beta weekend, i've waited a long time so i'm sure I can wait abit longer

You can level in any race's starting area. Roll an Asura (make sure you screencap your settings during creation to expedite the process during launch!), find the Asura gates to Lion's Arch in their capitol, then head for whatever starting zone you want. No spoilers beyond the tutorial instance.

 

[Vinci]

Technically speaking I'd have to show you every armor in the game.

Stop thinking in the terms of there's a set of armor I HAVE to wear and start asking yourself what do I want to wear? If you find a look you like at level 5 you can keep it for the entire life of your character by transmuting the stats of other higher level items onto it.

Do note that say you're a profession that wears Heavy armor, you can only transmute Heavy armor to Heavy armor and it has to be say a chest piece and a chest piece. You can't cross match armor weight classes.

Anyways, here's a link to some dungeon armor:

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/34155-dungeons-dungeon-armor-pictures/

Let me say just how much I appreciate ANet allowing the transmute option. 'Cause holy crap, some armor sets in MMOs look hideous to me. I hate how overly complex they are. Sort of ruins the adventurous feel I crave.

 

[theMrCravens]

You can level in any race's starting area. Roll an Asura (make sure you screencap your settings during creation to expedite the process during launch!), find the Asura gates to Lion's Arch in their capitol, then head for whatever starting zone you want. No spoilers beyond the tutorial instance.

This is smart thinking.
I approve.

Also, I was thinking of rolling Norn at retail and running the Asura starting zone so I'd tower over them.

 

[Retro]

Let me say just how much I appreciate ANet allowing the transmute option. 'Cause holy crap, some armor sets in MMOs look hideous to me. I hate how overly complex they are. Sort of ruins the adventurous feel I crave.

I agree. World of Warcraft really started to get annoying with GIGANTIC glowing shoulders with chains and trees and orbs and paper airplanes flying loops around otters juggling torches while riding a unicycle. Barf. I'm also not a fan of skimpy chain mail bras or 'armor' that provides less coverage than two postage stamps and a shoelace. Aion and TERA seemed especially bad in that department.

I'm looking forward to turning off the Helm and dying this shit blue and white for my Guardian:

Or maybe green since there's all of those little embossed vines and tree shapes. We'll have to see. I found that awesome "Sour Apple" color in the BWE; http://i.imgur.com/vzJzg.jpg

This is smart thinking.
I approve.

Also, I was thinking of rolling Norn at retail and running the Asura starting zone so I'd tower over them.

Yep, I'm staying out of the Groove since I intend to level my character there. I like foresty zones and if I have a choice I'll definitely head there. I was one of the few people running TO Teldrassil in WoW.

Also, Norn in Asuraland is hilarious.

 

[Vinci]

That's the Nightmare set, right? Yeah, it's pretty much the only one out of the lot Jira posted to that I immediately connected with. I'd even keep the helm, honestly. Reminds me of the Death Dealer.

 

[Piecake]

I agree. World of Warcraft really started to get annoying with GIGANTIC glowing shoulders with chains and trees and orbs and paper airplanes flying loops around otters juggling torches while riding a unicycle. Barf. I'm also not a fan of skimpy chain mail bras or 'armor' that provides less coverage than two postage stamps and a shoelace. Aion and TERA seemed especially bad in that department.

I'm looking forward to turning off the Helm and dying this shit blue and white for my Guardian:

That sword looks really stupid to me. Id transmute that in a second. Armor is pretty awesome though

 

[hythloday]

I agree. World of Warcraft really started to get annoying with GIGANTIC glowing shoulders with chains and trees and orbs and paper airplanes flying loops around otters juggling torches while riding a unicycle. Barf. I'm also not a fan of skimpy chain mail bras or 'armor' that provides less coverage than two postage stamps and a shoelace. Aion and TERA seemed especially bad in that department.

Also, Norn in Asuraland is hilarious.

But I was so excited when I got my Shoulders of Otter-cycling! Don't belittle my dreams.

 

[Jira]

I was thinking about the new Vistas and I think I know why they put them in. I think they put them in as a part of map completion for those people who think getting 100% on the zone means they've seen everything there is. I think they're going to purposely put Vistas away from Hearts so those people actually explore and run into more events and potentially understand that Hearts are supplementary.

 

[spk]

can anyone point me towards how endgame armor sets will look?

If there's one thing that disappoints me about GW2 it's the human character and armor designs :/

 

[Retro]

That's the Nightmare set, right? Yeah, it's pretty much the only one out of the lot Jira posted to that I immediately connected with. I'd even keep the helm, honestly. Reminds me of the Death Dealer.

Yeah, that's the Heavy armor from the Twilight Arbor dungeon. I'd turn off the helm because I always like to see my characters face/hair, and because my Guardian will probably fall into the Paladin archetype and that helm just looks evil. On a warrior though, especially a Norn? I'd definitely would keep the helm on.

Runner up is definitely the set from Caudecus's Manor;

I could see my Female Human Guardian in either of those. If you look through the visor, you can see that's a female under there too, so you can wear proper armor instead of a chainmail bikini.

That sword looks really stupid to me. Id transmute that in a second. Armor is pretty awesome though

Yeah, it's from the Sylvari-themed dungeon so a lot of the stuff is going to have an evil plant motif. I'm not crazy about it either, honestly.

But I was so excited when I got my Shoulders of Otter-cycling! Don't belittle my dreams.

You otter know better than to have such awful dreams in the first place.

I was thinking about the new Vistas and I think I know why they put them in. I think they put them in as a part of map completion for those people who think getting 100% on the zone means they've seen everything there is. I think they're going to purposely put Vistas away from Hearts so those people actually explore and run into more events and potentially understand that Hearts are supplementary.

Brilliant if that's what they're doing. Give people a breadcrumb that leads them to places where Dynamic Events lie off the beaten path? That should shut up the "OMG, I ran out of content, dis game iz broken, I am cancelling my sub" morons.

 

[theMrCravens]

I was thinking about the new Vistas and I think I know why they put them in. I think they put them in as a part of map completion for those people who think getting 100% on the zone means they've seen everything there is. I think they're going to purposely put Vistas away from Hearts so those people actually explore and run into more events and potentially understand that Hearts are supplementary.

They might have added them for the lack of EXP per heart people were complaining about.

 

[Piecake]

You otter know better than to have such awful dreams in the first place.

I demand that Retro no longer be an officer in the guild after that horrible horrible pun

 

[kayos90]

I demand that Retro no longer be an officer in the guild after that horrible horrible pun

But I love puns. They're so punny.

 

[Retro]

I demand that Retro no longer be an officer in the guild after that horrible horrible pun

Heh, I'm always the asshole in guild chat making terrible puns. My record is 45 minutes straight of nautical puns (I swear to cod, once you get hooked it's a roughie halibut to break)

I'm an officer because of the puns. I'm the Punmaster General.

But I love puns. They're so punny.

Kayos gets it.

 

[kayos90]

Heh, I'm always the asshole in guild chat making terrible puns. My record is 45 minutes straight of nautical puns (I swear to cod, once you get hooked it's a terrible halibut to break)

I'm an officer because of the puns. I'm the Punmaster General.



Kayos gets it.

You're also Funmaster General. Generally. Behind the irony. Made of iron. And not crayons. like the bullets. In my gun. Which are filled with bullets. and not crayons.

 

[Jira]

They might have added them for the lack of EXP per heart people were complaining about.

I'll say this again, Hearts are not meant to give tons of XP. They're meant to supplement DEs if there happens to be no DEs running. Hearts give 1/5th the amount of XP that a single DE completion does and there's over 5x as many events than Hearts in the game. It would be like trying to leveling in another MMO off of the exploration XP and wondering why you weren't high enough level to go to another zone but yet you ignored all the quests around you.

 

[spk]

He may also not know about the Ascalonian weapons. XEROWUN, these are weapons obtained from the very first dungeon (~lv35 IIRC). What do they have that's special? They change appearance at night:

I've seen an screenshot of one of the swords in-game, and the effect is amazing.

Do we know if there are more weapons/armor like this in the game? I hope it's not just one weapon/armor set..

 

[Retro]

You're also Funmaster General. Generally. Behind the irony. Made of iron. And not crayons. like the bullets. In my gun. Which are filled with bullets. and not crayons.

The Kangaroo Marmalade sails at midnight. Ring the second flower shop on the north.

Do we know if there are more weapons/armor like this in the game? I hope it's not just one weapon/armor set..

I would imagine we'll get lots of things like this. A large part of Guild Wars 2 is going to be getting cosmetic items to transmute.

 

[Vinci]

I was thinking about the new Vistas and I think I know why they put them in. I think they put them in as a part of map completion for those people who think getting 100% on the zone means they've seen everything there is. I think they're going to purposely put Vistas away from Hearts so those people actually explore and run into more events and potentially understand that Hearts are supplementary.

This is absolutely why they put them in. Frankly, they've gone above and beyond if all they're trying to do is get people to run around more.

....


I cannot believe I'm getting jazzed about jumping puzzles in a fucking MMO.

 

[BrettWeir]

EU server is undecided for launch. Actually, we talked about this in the podcast which GRIZZNKEV HAS NOT UPLOADED YET. HINT HINT. Watch the community thread for updates on the EU situation.

WTH happened to Grizznkev? Haven't seen him post much...but then again, it may be because of a change in avatar? Took me awhile to figure out that was Retro posting.

As for the armor/weapons, to think we have barely seen anything that is in game is awesome. I can't wait to see the higher crafted armors.

Seeing some players armor/weapons that hit 60+ in the beta looked awesome. I believe all I have seen were drops, and very few from dungeons (obviously, with limited dungeon access).

 

[Retro]

WTH happened to Grizznkev? Haven't seen him post much...but then again, it may be because of a change in avatar? Took me awhile to figure out that was Retro posting.

Yeah, I'm back to the Kid Dracula avatar in August. I make it a point to never change my avatar, but I wanted to get in on RealGAF July.

As for Grizz, last I heard he was working over the summer, so he may be busy with that.

 

[Einbroch]

Umm...so apparently Amazon's preorders are pre-purchases? Just got off the phone with the support team and they said I have a PRE-PURCHASE with 3-day account head start and hero's band.

Except it's a pre-order. And I cancelled it a few days ago. So...free Guild Wars 2!

 

[Piecake]

http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/exclusive-interview-colin-johanson-part-one

Not sure if its been posted yet, but its an interview with Colin Johanson

 

[Phazon]

I'm looking forward to turning off the Helm and dying this shit blue and white for my Guardian:

It reminds me a bit of the Soul Edge blade from Soul Calibur

 

[aramanKain]

Well, back from work. WARNING! Wall of text incoming...



Thanks a lot! Is that FFIV's Kain with a bow in your avatar?

Nope, it's actually from some excellent GW2 fan art. Now that you mention it though, that Ranger does have a bit of a Dragoon look to it...

 

[BrettWeir]

Yeah, I'm back to the Kid Dracula avatar in August. I make it a point to never change my avatar, but I wanted to get in on RealGAF July.

As for Grizz, last I heard he was working over the summer, so he may be busy with that.

He got a job at Foxconn?

http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/exclusive-interview-colin-johanson-part-one

Not sure if its been posted yet, but its an interview with Colin Johanson

It has, but thanks for posting it again. I'm sure a lot of people missed it with how fast this thread moves.

 

[Panda Rin]

I'm sorry if this was answered before, but considering BWE3 and the launch client will be the same, does that mean that the client that we have at this current moment being used for BWE3? I don't have to re-download everything for BWE3 is I guess what I'm asking.

 

[aramanKain]

I'm sorry if this was answered before, but considering BWE3 and the launch client will be the same, does that mean that the client that we have at this current moment being used for BWE3? I don't have to re-download everything for BWE3 is I guess what I'm asking.

You are correct sir. The client you have right now will be updated for both BWE3 and release.

 

[Retro]

I'm sorry if this was answered before, but considering BWE3 and the launch client will be the same, does that mean that the client that we have at this current moment being used for BWE3? I don't have to re-download everything for BWE3 is I guess what I'm asking.

The client you have now will work for both BWE3 and launch (patched, of course).

 

[Hawkian]

Man I really need to beat Diablo 3 on Normal before this comes out.
'

He may also not know about the Ascalonian weapons. XEROWUN, these are weapons obtained from the very first dungeon (~lv35 IIRC). What do they have that's special? They change appearance at night:

I've seen an screenshot of one of the swords in-game, and the effect is amazing.

DO WANT

 

[Retro]

Man I really need to beat Diablo 3 on Normal before this comes out.

No you don't.

And stop staring at my post.

 

[Hawkian]

But they're so interesting

 

[zulfate]

so who here lives in southern california? i was thinking of doing a LAN party for this game sometime in the future.

 

[BrettWeir]

Man I really need to beat Diablo 3 on Normal before this comes out.

Someone help this man!!!!

 

[Snapshot King]

I just hope they put a little more in the way of the tutorials in the final game. I made it to level 14 in the last beta weekend and I was still baffled by all the transmutation and vanity options as well as how crafting works. I also tried WvWvW for about 10 minutes and couldn't figure out where to go.

Unless I'm just stupid then, =\

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Man I really need to beat Diablo 3 on Normal before this comes out.

Watch then cinematics and call it done. It's the only good part.

 

[Ghizz]

Will most of GAF participate in WvW after tutorial to level or level to 80 in PvE?

 

[FutureZombie]

Will most of GAF participate in WvW after tutorial to level or level to 80 in PvE?

I'll be jumping back and forth. My initial time in WvW will depend on how my server is doing. If we're dominating, I will spend most of my time in PVE. If we're losing or it's close, I'll be in WvW more.

 

[Snapshot King]

Will most of GAF participate in WvW after tutorial to level or level to 80 in PvE?

I don't know, had trouble getting my head around WvW. I'll probably drop in for the odd fight, but most of my time'll be spent PVEing.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Will most of GAF participate in WvW after tutorial to level or level to 80 in PvE?

I will go with the flow as MMOs are about the grouping and hanging out with guildies. Plus they need to teach me how to play lol. I will enjoy the PVE for the first week or so but PVP is going to be my focus.

In all the MMOs i have played the ones that lasted were the ones that i had tons of guild interaction with.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

I just hope they put a little more in the way of the tutorials in the final game. I made it to level 14 in the last beta weekend and I was still baffled by all the transmutation and vanity options as well as how crafting works. I also tried WvWvW for about 10 minutes and couldn't figure out where to go.

Unless I'm just stupid then, =\

WvW's tutorial is terrible. I actually learned more about WvW in the SPvP place about combat and siege weapons since they let you test all that stuff out.

Also, it's pretty terrible with the way travel works in WvW. They don't have "instant action" that puts you in a place that has battle, and respawn distance is just terrible.

 

[Jira]

WvW's tutorial is terrible. I actually learned more about WvW in the SPvP place about combat and siege weapons since they let you test all that stuff out.

Also, it's pretty terrible with the way travel works in WvW. They don't have "instant action" that puts you in a place that has battle, and respawn distance is just terrible.

You don't understand WvW balance AT ALL.

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Also, it's pretty terrible with the way travel works in WvW. They don't have "instant action" that puts you in a place that has battle, and respawn distance is just terrible."


Yes, that's because an instant action respawn point would be *really terrible* and nothing would ever get accomplished by any side.

 

[Snapshot King]

WvW's tutorial is terrible. I actually learned more about WvW in the SPvP place about combat and siege weapons since they let you test all that stuff out.

Also, it's pretty terrible with the way travel works in WvW. They don't have "instant action" that puts you in a place that has battle, and respawn distance is just terrible.

SPvP?

 

[Quadrophenic]

WvW's tutorial is terrible. I actually learned more about WvW in the SPvP place about combat and siege weapons since they let you test all that stuff out.

Also, it's pretty terrible with the way travel works in WvW. They don't have "instant action" that puts you in a place that has battle, and respawn distance is just terrible.

That "sPvP place" is the tutorial area for WvW's siege weapons. IIRC, in BWE1 to get to WvW you first had to go there.

 

[Snapshot King]

That "sPvP place" is the tutorial area for WvW's siege weapons. IIRC, in BWE1 to get to WvW you first had to go there.

Uhh. I'll probably just beg you guys for help with all this stuff.

 

[Deitus]

SPvP?

Structured PVP. Its basically 5v5 matches with matchmaking and a ranking system.

Currently the only game type is Conquest, which is basically a capture point style match up where you capture and hold points to accure score, and first team to hit 500 wins.