Shining Sunshine
Banned
They just need to look at Mortal Kombat for finishers.
Guild Wars 2 Launch Date announced: August 28th, 2012
- Thread starter Mr. Luchador
- Start date
Look at what I found in the gem store:
Will gladly pay for some awesome finishers.
No its for launch. I just want to get everything done so all the officers can have access and start using it right away.
No thanks...
Shining Sunshine
Banned
LumpOfCole
Member
I'll be sad for my wallet if they add in Pony Finishers. They already have a Pony Legendary bow so it's possible.
NeededSleep
Member
Woooo just finished my list of names... always the worst part of mmos for me. Though with my luck they are already gone or will be by the time i get around to it on the 25th. Only going with first names, don't really care for last names..
Also you think they will leave up the forums till launch this time around, or end them a few days after beta weekend
Also you think they will leave up the forums till launch this time around, or end them a few days after beta weekend
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Anyone getting a strategy guide?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0744014174/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0744013828/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0744014174/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0744013828/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Titan Alliance headed to Gates of Madness for BWE3
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/wqjx4/titan_alliance_heads_to_gate_of_madness_for_bwe3/
Here's who the titan alliance is:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/vvzs5/introducing_the_titan_alliance/–
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/wqjx4/titan_alliance_heads_to_gate_of_madness_for_bwe3/
Here's who the titan alliance is:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/vvzs5/introducing_the_titan_alliance/–
aramanKain
Member
Unless you're getting one as a collector's item, I wouldn't bother. Especially considering ANet can add, modify things like DE's on the fly.
Edit: Aaaaand Jira beat me
By the way, something to keep in mind in case it wasn't mentioned. I don't know much about these guys, but there's a chance they could end up on Gate of Madness for release too... http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/wqjx4/titan_alliance_heads_to_gate_of_madness_for_bwe3/
Unless you're getting one as a collector's item, I wouldn't bother. Especially considering ANet can add, modify things like DE's on the fly.
Edit: Aaaaand Jira beat me
By the way, something to keep in mind in case it wasn't mentioned. I don't know much about these guys, but there's a chance they could end up on Gate of Madness for release too... http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/wqjx4/titan_alliance_heads_to_gate_of_madness_for_bwe3/
As long as Reddit, 4Chan, and Something Awful are also not on Gates of Madness for release...
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Any HoM Go Getters needing a rare pet for a point?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
More ponies! MORE PONIES!
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Jira gave me this. It really is unstoppable on normal.
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Team_-_7_Hero_Player_Support
Since that takes care of Spirit Spamming, my Rit runs a DwG build with arcane echo for massive aoe damage.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Just hit 20 on HoM. Probably going to work on getting oppressor weapon next. I really need to work on modifying my hero's builds because I got destroyed trying to do a quest in War in Kryta."
So it wasn't just me? Like, I had no problems H/Hing Prophecies and the Ebon Vanguard/Norn tracks in EotN but the Asuran shit is absolutely fucking me. Like getting absolutely crushed in explorable areas and this Shards of Orr dungeon. Some of the Hero builds mentioned on various build websites are too annoying to get because I'd have to go through a bunch of campaigns/missions to get the proper hero, I'm not even trying to play through a gazillion Factions/Nightfall missions when I just want to do War in Kryta/EotN.
So it wasn't just me? Like, I had no problems H/Hing Prophecies and the Ebon Vanguard/Norn tracks in EotN but the Asuran shit is absolutely fucking me. Like getting absolutely crushed in explorable areas and this Shards of Orr dungeon. Some of the Hero builds mentioned on various build websites are too annoying to get because I'd have to go through a bunch of campaigns/missions to get the proper hero, I'm not even trying to play through a gazillion Factions/Nightfall missions when I just want to do War in Kryta/EotN.
I am at the same point, a lot of the build have Razah and on my guy I don't have him. I also have to get a lot of elites to just use most of the builds. I may try getting the skills that Shining just posted and see if that helps.
Really bizarre: I logged into a character I hadn't used in over a year. Find out that he has rank 9 Asuran. My main doesn't even have 5. How that happened, I may never know.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
It's a pain to get, but I was a man on a mission.
If you nab everything except for elite skills, it's already pretty decent. If you finished all the campaigns, you can easily hunt down all the elite skills you need.
It's still a pain, but if you are dedicated to free stuff, do it!
Also, getting those skills really helped me figure out how to make myself a PVP build. I went on a 10+ JQ winning spree.
If it's still available, I could really use that mini. Currently going at a snail's pace, so that would really help. IGN: Gabriel Dyrnwyn
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I'm a big fan of GameSpot so here's their latest playthrough of the Sylvari.
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_guild_wars_2_sylvari20120717
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_guild_wars_2_sylvari20120717
aramanKain
Member
Nevermind, I should really read all the posts before I reply
Years of PVPing pretty much unlocked every skill I ever needed for hero builds. I mostly used the discord-way build with my Dervish running a Melandru tank build. Got me through War in Kryta. I did change up my build for two parts of it though. The final assault bit required tweaks, and that annoying section where you have to run through two or three entire zones meant carrying paragons, group heals and one sacrificial trap spammer.
So, in light of the news that Titan's Alliance is rolling on Gate of Madness, both GMs and all of the officers that could be reached (Maxrpg and I) got together and decided to talk things through.
We have decided that we're going to roll on Gate of Madness for the next Beta Weekend event.
We realize this is very short notice, and I'd like to ask a mod to change the thread title to reflect this change (Something like "Guild Wars 2 | BWE 7/20-22 on Gate of Madness").
Our reasoning for this last-minute change is simple;
1. We want to test how bad it gets when a huge alliance of 8 guilds rolls onto a server. There has been a lot of discussion in this thread about wanting to roll on a higher population server, and we want to prove once and for all that it is a very bad thing to be stuck queuing up for WvW. This means that during BWE3, we'll be testing those queues. Titan Alliance's goal is to dominate WvW, and fielding 8 guilds at once means the WvW maps are going to be filled to capacity very quickly.
2. We also want to see just how dominant they are. Some may disagree, but being on a server that always wins is actually a boring prospect, especially if we're never able to take part in it.
So, once again, for BWE3, anyone planning to roll on Henge of Denravi should be on GATE OF MADNESS now. We'll see just how bad things can get and make our decision then. I would like to add that Titan Alliance is only rolling on Gate during the BWE and may not actually play there during the actual launch. Our launch plan is still tentatively to stay on Gate until we see how things go.
We have decided that we're going to roll on Gate of Madness for the next Beta Weekend event.
We realize this is very short notice, and I'd like to ask a mod to change the thread title to reflect this change (Something like "Guild Wars 2 | BWE 7/20-22 on Gate of Madness").
Our reasoning for this last-minute change is simple;
1. We want to test how bad it gets when a huge alliance of 8 guilds rolls onto a server. There has been a lot of discussion in this thread about wanting to roll on a higher population server, and we want to prove once and for all that it is a very bad thing to be stuck queuing up for WvW. This means that during BWE3, we'll be testing those queues. Titan Alliance's goal is to dominate WvW, and fielding 8 guilds at once means the WvW maps are going to be filled to capacity very quickly.
2. We also want to see just how dominant they are. Some may disagree, but being on a server that always wins is actually a boring prospect, especially if we're never able to take part in it.
So, once again, for BWE3, anyone planning to roll on Henge of Denravi should be on GATE OF MADNESS now. We'll see just how bad things can get and make our decision then. I would like to add that Titan Alliance is only rolling on Gate during the BWE and may not actually play there during the actual launch. Our launch plan is still tentatively to stay on Gate until we see how things go.
LumpOfCole
Member
Glad to hear this. If the server population is too full, it won't ever be fun for the server to keep being split into standard and overflow.
Really that has nothing to do with this decision and is entirely based on WvW to show what will quite literally be the ultimate example of why you don't want to play on a full server for WvW nor do you want to play on a server that is going to destroy every other server.
Besides, overflow isn't just your server, it's every person who is in a queue from every server within your region. It's actually a way so you can make friends on other servers.
So we're sticking with Gates of Madness at release regardless right?
Also what's with the "we gotta show people how bad it is" thing using the most extreme example? I don't think anyone was clamoring to go with huge top guilds. Ya go where there's a healthy community, but that's a big difference between this example.
Also I bet queues won't be that bad.
Also what's with the "we gotta show people how bad it is" thing using the most extreme example? I don't think anyone was clamoring to go with huge top guilds. Ya go where there's a healthy community, but that's a big difference between this example.
Also I bet queues won't be that bad.
Quadrophenic
Member
is sPvP cross server? I thought I read that it was, but sometimes I see people talking like the hotjoinable games are just from people within your server.
Also, if you buy cosmetic outfits from the store (like cook's outfit, and pirates outfit) can only one character on your account wear them?
Also, if you buy cosmetic outfits from the store (like cook's outfit, and pirates outfit) can only one character on your account wear them?
EatinOlives
Member
Guys, if I pre-order the game on Amazon right now, will I be able to participate in the final beta this weekend? Does it take several days for me to get a code or something?
Nope that can change depending on how this BWE goes as well as if the Titan Alliance or whatever decides they wanna stay on GoM.
For now, yes. We'll see how bad things are and what Titan Alliance pans to do and go from there.
Yes, sPvP is cross-server.
Not sure on cosmetic items.
Should get it instantly, I believe.
Well as long as you guys are willing to change based on information on who's going where instead of just plopping down somewhere just because of server name.
I wonder how many alliances there are out there and if GAF is planning to join one or not.
So far I've heard of the Acension Alliance with team legacy and others, and Titans, as well as a roleplayer alliance on the tarnished coast (US), Alliance War Council or something.
I wonder how big a roll these alliances will play in PvP, presumably a huge part. Acension has multiple guilds (~6-10) and also consist of EU/NA/Oceanic all on the same server so they'll always have atleast a guild participating in WvWvW. '
Anyways, shall see you all on Gates during BWE 3! Only a few days left to go!
So far I've heard of the Acension Alliance with team legacy and others, and Titans, as well as a roleplayer alliance on the tarnished coast (US), Alliance War Council or something.
I wonder how big a roll these alliances will play in PvP, presumably a huge part. Acension has multiple guilds (~6-10) and also consist of EU/NA/Oceanic all on the same server so they'll always have atleast a guild participating in WvWvW. '
Anyways, shall see you all on Gates during BWE 3! Only a few days left to go!
Figure each guild has the current cap of 100 players, even though we know they will be larger than that AND are still recruiting. Times 8 guilds in their alliance, 800. Figure half of them don't log in. 400 people. Each WvW map supports 100-150 players per server last we had any official word on the subject.
So right there, even at 50% capacity of the lowest estimate, they have already occupied all four maps. Plus random people who just happen to be on the same server.
Queues are gonna be bad.
The G-named policy was just to make sure everyone landed on the right server. One server is more or less equal that way. But it has
always been our plan to steer clear of mega-communities.
Teknopathetic
Member
How do I always end up on the same server as GAF, even when I'm not trying to? I suppose it's just for BWE though!
Retro's back of the napkin calculations actually took that into account. Frankly, I'd be amazed if we don't get queues like crazy.
Yes, there's 4 maps, but they hold ~100-150 people from each server which limits the amount of people from any given server who can WvW at any given time. This alliance is a massive amount of people across 8 guilds and their ENTIRE focus in GW2 is to play WvW. If you're on the same server as them you will not be playing WvW when you want to if at all. Their alliance is large enough to take up every single spot in WvW for their server.
As we mentioned before, there are pluses and minuses to any population outcome short of utter collapse. If GoM overruns the other servers, people from there will simply not do WvW. That happened in BWE2 at one point when one of the servers competing against us basically sat on its hands for three days straight and let the other server pound the hell out of us.
EDIT: Honestly, I'm glad I'm focusing on other parts of the game than WvW this BWE.
EatinOlives
Member
All righty! I preordered, got the code, and downloading now.
I want to join you guys for the this BWE but I know next to nothing about how the game handles this stuff or what to do to make this joining-you thing happen. Will any of you kind souls get into a PM convo with me? I don't want to shit up the thread with a thousand noob questions.
I want to join you guys for the this BWE but I know next to nothing about how the game handles this stuff or what to do to make this joining-you thing happen. Will any of you kind souls get into a PM convo with me? I don't want to shit up the thread with a thousand noob questions.
I think its a good decision to test it out next BWE. If there are a ton of queues, i really dont want to be on that server, but if there isnt, then I have no problem sticking with it, especially if the WvW battles end up fun, competitive and organized, not just a massive zergfest