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Guild Wars 2 Launch Date announced: August 28th, 2012
- Thread starter Mr. Luchador
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Really? I'm all for stress testing but not while i'm at work. =)
We can try and see how we can combine our builds to compliment a solid team.
Booooo only an hour!
They are restricting the time so tight that they hope everyone in north america that has access is going to pound the login screen at 11:59.
Hey, I'm sure me and Easy are going to be doing a fuckload of sPVP once things get rolling and I get over my wanderlust (so like a month from release or something). Here's the build I'll probably be running on my Engineer for both heavy condition damage and team condition removal, with the assumption that I'll have Easy on Elementalist for regular fire fields:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fcA...0D9iX+KSR+p8nCsF;TsAAzCpoay0koJbTumkNNq4UxsCA
I expect the metagame to be extremely offense heavy out of the gate, both glass cannon direct damage builds and condition damage w/ utility builds. I feel like it accounts for most of the dangers of those two archetypes fairly well for a support build that still has good damage.
LumpOfCole
Member
I really like how you're focusing on burning as I am. Will really help with traits that compliment it with duration/damage.
theMrCravens
Member
We're basically getting a BWE4 right now.
Less time, but still.
Less time, but still.
I actually sacrificed a significant chunk of Burning dropping the Flamethrower for Elixir Gun, but I still think it's a good investment because I still have my own source on top of fields coming from Easy. In a 1v1 it's going to be more about Poison and Bleed, with Burning just kind of being a bonus source since I have no controllable Burning sources. I'd run Pistol OH but I think it makes the build too weak in terms of control, especially in stopping a friendly stomp (I'd pretty much only have elite stun which doesn't cut it).
Hahahah. Yes, awesome.
Complistic
Member
I don't think I'll be available to play right then. No big deal though, it's only an hour.
I am down for doing some team spvp. I can roll Mesmer or Engy, since most of my experience is in those two classes.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fgA...SB25dkKoalUUb4GA;TsAA2CuosxYjwGrNObk2sAZoxsEA
If you want a build that I'll be toying with.
Cool. As long as I can get the odd hour to mess about as a Mesmer, then I'm all good.
Mesmer is AWESOME. I forgot that you could have two weapon sets with them...
The skill "The Prestige" is so much fun it barely seems fair.
Also: You guys are the biggest crackwhores.
GIMME MOAR
Would make sense that that's the reasoning behind it, but for that to be more effective they should've announced it earlier
but yeah, pretty sure that's what they're hoping for, to get a sense of what release day will be like.I'm down, I'm rolling as a Venom build Thief right now unless things change at launch.
LumpOfCole
Member
I feel bad for all the Anet employees driving to work on a Sunday just to open up servers for an hour 
I feel bad for all the Anet employees driving to work on a Sunday just to open up servers for an hour
I'm sure they're working weekends anyways. This crunch time. They've probably been away from their families for a while now.
I feel bad for all the Anet employees driving to work on a Sunday just to open up servers for an hour
They're working 7 days a week at this point so it makes no difference.
8h 45m roughly.
GoofsterStud
Member
Stupid question of the day. If I download the GW2 client now, will it be the official one so I'm ready to play, or should I wait for now. 
Stupid question of the day. If I download the GW2 client now, will it be the official one so I'm ready to play, or should I wait for now.
Yeah this client will carry on past release. No reason to wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=461n9aHi62E&feature=plcp
Holy shit this Jumping Puzzle looks AMAZING.
Holy shit this Jumping Puzzle looks AMAZING.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
Haha, just watched the same thing
Stupid Potatoes spoilering all over me, and I love it! Gah!Wow! The wait is killing me.
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Deleted member 10571
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc2o5VknWE8
The sound of bullet casings hitting the floor is different depending on the floor's surface. Wow.
edit: Also, if you get mail, a little pidgeon flies by and hands you the freaking mail. This Game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AqH4XFfbM
The sound of bullet casings hitting the floor is different depending on the floor's surface. Wow.
edit: Also, if you get mail, a little pidgeon flies by and hands you the freaking mail. This Game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AqH4XFfbM
Way to make a guy feel guilty about playing a game for an hour on a Sunday!
Audioboxer
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Has the Thief's survivability been buffed a bit at all for PVE during each stress test? (not really interested in PVP) After trying out the warrior last time I found it a bit boring, I think I'll now go with a Ranger of Thief.
razgriz417
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Weltall Zero
Member
You might want to have a look at this:
http://gamingmusings.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/how-to-play-guild-wars-2-with-controller.html
And this:
http://www.gafguild.com/index.php?threads/controller-gaf-configs.52
By the way, my next project is a program to let you easily create playlists for the music replacement function of Guild Wars 2. The idea would be to allow you to select from several soundtrack folders (clicking checkboxes next to each), which each would have to have subfolders for each of the music ambiences (I'll explain it better if I release it to the public). That way, you could, say, select "I want to hear Chrono Cross and Xenoblade music today" with a couple of clicks.
It's actually mostly done for my purposes (in Java; perhaps should have used C++ but I don't have Qt framework installed here and didn't feel like doing it right now). By which I mean that stuff is hardcoded to where I have my folders and such. Would there be demand for such a program in general?
I actually like it's the same binding, but I'm biased as I use a controller and it feels more natural that way.
It's very appreciated actually. This is one of the reasons I'm having such a hard time "selling" this game to friends; most of the decisions make no particular sense or are unremarkable taken in a vacuum, or, worse yet, applied to a preexisting framework such as that of WoW. It's only taking them together and thinking about their interactions that you begin seeing it as a whole and why each one enhances the rest in such subtle ways.
To add to all you said, the recent change about allowing players to access their banks from trading stations reduce the need for travelling back to the cities even more, if you manage to find one in the town you're in. The ironic thing is that city-visiting is such a minor investment in GW2 compared to games like WoW!
I don't, but then again I've probably spent upwards to 30-40 hours in the game and, if anything, it gets better. In fact my problem currently is that I find it hard to decide what I want to do, even in betas. Five characters x PvP, PvE, WvW + multiple directions of exploration in each (not counting "mini"games like Keg Brawl)... game of the forever indeed.
Just put this together, it is the setup I use - pretty sure other people are using something different but this is absolutely smooth for me.
Perfect for Couch Potato Computing!
Isn't having to let go of the left analog stick for using utility skills a bit awkward, though?
Didn't know you used mine, Piecake! That's awesome!
Isn't that pretty much Second Life? The more freedom given to players in an online game, the less directorial control and therefore the uglier it gets.
I'm having trouble deciding on a profession and wanted to ask about traits, unless gafguild.com is a better place to do so.
Basically, do we have any idea just how much the trait line stat bonuses will make a difference? A durable thief focusing on Shadow Arts and Acrobatics (with some of the power line) sounds very appealing but with no "heal ally" skills the compassion stat seems a bit wasted, unless it's on self heals.
Basically, do we have any idea just how much the trait line stat bonuses will make a difference? A durable thief focusing on Shadow Arts and Acrobatics (with some of the power line) sounds very appealing but with no "heal ally" skills the compassion stat seems a bit wasted, unless it's on self heals.
Weltall Zero
Member
There's also this:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Refuge
And these two Shadow Arts traits:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Leeching_Venoms
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cowardly
If you're not taking any of those traits, however, then Thief is probably one of the classes that benefits less from +healing indeed.
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Deleted member 10571
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Still not sure about civil clothes. I loved how Lotro did it (yeah, I kinda always refer to that game :/ ) and I'm not really digging the GW2 way.
a) Civil clothes can't (or shouldn't) be equipped outside of cities. Makes the whole "bragging"/styling part pretty much obsolete, 'cause no one will ever notice what I'm wearing.
b) Civil clothing seems not to be craftable, just buyable from the item store. That's.. dunno. I don't see a lot of reasons to buy it, together with point a)
c) there's sooo much opportunity for awesome racial civil clothing, and all the shop got was a pirate and chef outfit. Wat. I know, they will probably go all out with this after launch, but still.
I had a d), but forgot it
edit oh right: d) Civil clothing appearantly can't be used for transmorphing. Another point of having it in wasted. Really, I don't see any incentive to spend cash for this, and usually I'm a huge sucker for these kinds of things.
a) Civil clothes can't (or shouldn't) be equipped outside of cities. Makes the whole "bragging"/styling part pretty much obsolete, 'cause no one will ever notice what I'm wearing.
b) Civil clothing seems not to be craftable, just buyable from the item store. That's.. dunno. I don't see a lot of reasons to buy it, together with point a)
c) there's sooo much opportunity for awesome racial civil clothing, and all the shop got was a pirate and chef outfit. Wat. I know, they will probably go all out with this after launch, but still.
I had a d), but forgot it
edit oh right: d) Civil clothing appearantly can't be used for transmorphing. Another point of having it in wasted. Really, I don't see any incentive to spend cash for this, and usually I'm a huge sucker for these kinds of things.
Spazznid
Member
Still not sure about civil clothes. I loved how Lotro did it (yeah, I kinda always refer to that game :/ ) and I'm not really digging the GW2 way.
a) Civil clothes can't (or shouldn't) be equipped outside of cities. Makes the whole "bragging"/styling part pretty much obsolete, 'cause no one will ever notice what I'm wearing.
b) Civil clothing seems not to be craftable, just buyable from the item store. That's.. dunno. I don't see a lot of reasons to buy it, together with point a)
c) there's sooo much opportunity for awesome racial civil clothing, and all the shop got was a pirate and chef outfit. Wat. I know, they will probably go all out with this after launch, but still.
I had a d), but forgot it
edit oh right: d) Civil clothing appearantly can't be used for transmorphing. Another point of having it in wasted. Really, I don't see any incentive to spend cash for this, and usually I'm a huge sucker for these kinds of things.
If you played as a Sylvari, the chef outfit was a Sylvari version. Was pretty cool.
Spazznid
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I forget what it's called, (Not Second Life), but there is this game that's out now and EVERYTHING in it is player generated. they started out with blank land and planted trees, built houses, etc. Seemed cool, but when I played it, it was still way early.
Ah! found it.
Wurm Online.