aramanKain
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That should be enough for a EotN armor set.I don't think I ever bought anything through playing all the campaigns and ended up with about 70k. Probably enough for one armour set
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Guild Wars 2 Launch Date announced: August 28th, 2012
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flyinpiranha
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Went ahead and ordered the G13, decided to save a few bucks and go for free shipping so might not get it by launch. Every place around me had it for $10-20 more than Amazon.
Read a few reviews about it with GW2 and it sounds like it's more comfortable than a regular KB and that's all I'm looking for.
Read a few reviews about it with GW2 and it sounds like it's more comfortable than a regular KB and that's all I'm looking for.
Stupid question time... I don't necessarily need to delete the character immediately after he's been created to keep its name for 24 hours, right? I mean, if I create the character, come back a week later and then erase him, would I still have 24 hours to create another one with the same name?
ComputerMKII
Banned
Could you give more details, please? I can't afford new peripherals anyway and I just got my first mechanical keyboard but I'd like to know the advantages of playing with a G13.
Holy shit, that Profane light skin, looks like from an Anime. Bought.
BrettWeir
Member
Great choice. You won't regret it.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I would kill for armors like these:
I hate spikes, demonic helms or fuckhuge armors that look like they're made for bears. I want my Guardians or Warriors to look like fucking knights. Same for the weapons, most of them look too baroque in my opinion.
Quadrophenic
Member
Its 24 hours from the moment you delete him.
For me - it simply allows freedom of movement and unties 3 fingers from movement. I map WASD to my thumb - since - hey - thumb is for JUMP? Why not let my thumb do all the moving for me? That's 1 analog stick and 8 directions my thumb now controls instead of my 3 fingers.
For me it was always rough using my ring, middle and index finger to move/activate abilities in MMOs - now I have 4 fingers laying across anything I want.
So say I want to move up/right and activate "5" at the same time with a standard keyboard... my middle finger and index were tied up moving WD - or perhaps I'd have to re-adjust my fingers just to hit "5" - or perhaps not readjust and stop strafing with D and just hit 5.
With a gaming keypad like G13/(the lesser)Nostromo - I can move any direction I want and activate any skill I want at the same time.
Not to mention macros. So for my Ele, for example, I can macro specific keys to swap attunements and activate an ability directly after with one keystroke instead of 2. Makes for faster swapping/activation of abilities. Same for weapon swaps.
Lots of possibilities - the G13 allows for your own custom scripting, as well, not just macros. Powerful device.
Thank you!
ComputerMKII
Banned
I hadn't noticed that thumb stick. Looks neat! I do have problems moving and using skills with the keyboard. By the way, I'm not left-handed, but, out of curiosity, can you reattach it to the G13's left side?
flyinpiranha
Member
I wouldn't really say there are any 'advantages' from the most part of what I read. I mean, if you're good, you're good and as long as the tool you're using is decent that will be true no matter what.
It's more of a comfort thing for me. I tried the two out at Fry's (by tried I laid my hand on them and looked like a weirdo massaging something on a shelf) and the G13 felt more comfortable to me.
My main thing is that I am terrible with modifiers like SHIFT+, CTRL+, etc ... while there isn't that many keybinds in GW2 I want to be able to kind of sit back and relax while playing and adjusting the KB was awkward to get a really comfortable playing position.
Advantages may be that keys are closer to your hand but most KB have the same layout or you can alter where your WSAD are. I knew a few people in WoW that used ESDF to have more available keys around the hand.
I'd suggest to just try one out, give it a nice sensual massage at the store to see if it works for you. It will take a bit to get used to so just be aware.
If you're not left handed you probably won't have to. It's meant to take the place of your keyboard and you still have a mouse in your right hand. So moving the thumbstick to the left side would mean you'd control it with your pinky ... unless I'm missing something here!
(plus I don't think you can change sides for the stick)
Here's the armor skins from the BLTP, from a video Dontain released today. GW1 represent.
I see WoW, Darksiders, and Too Human respectively. Not impressed.
Absolutely this. There do seem to be plenty of great armors in this game at least. Still, I wish they would have completely steered clear of giant shoulder pads and the like.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Is it right that when you find an armor skin you like you can somehow swap higher stats onto it?
aramanKain
Member
Can someone here provide me the link that was originally in this post to the web version of the BLTP? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind, found it.
AppleSmack
Banned
Best decision of your life.
You've made a good decision you won't soon regret. Unless you get addicted and it ruins your life (protip: don't do that). But hey, at least there's no sub fee, so when your life falls apart and you lose your job, you won't have to resort to turning tricks to keep your subscription active.
Disclaimer: This game, unlike most MMOs, is designed not to be a giant timesuck. So ruining your life over it is unlikely. However, it is a very good game, so no guarantees can be made that you won't have difficulty stopping playing in order to do important things like eating and sleeping.
Yeah. There are transmutation stones that allow you to transfer the stats of one item onto another. By doing this, you can continually use the same armor appearance from 1-80 if you so choose, assuming you have enough trans stones.
Quadrophenic
Member
Yes, but you need to use an item to do it. The item (transmutation stone) can be bought from the cashshop (Black Lion Trading Company) or earned through some gameplay. I think I heard of people receiving the transmutation stones from zone completion and daily achievement chests randomly.
The only exception seems to be the HoM rewards, which you can transmute for free, without the use of a t-stone, afaik. Not sure if the cashshop armors work like the HoM rewards (if they don't, they really should).
Kos Luftar
Member
Compare that Primeval with the GW1...
I think they both are ugly, but GW1 looks slightly better.
I think they both are ugly, but GW1 looks slightly better.
Quadrophenic
Member
I think the GW1 version looks a lot better. Still gaudy, impractical, and pretty silly....but not as bad as the GW2 version. The colors look a lot better in the GW1 version as well. I think if the GW2's shoulders were scaled wayyyyyy down it would be a lot better.
Hopefully its a display bug...cause those shoulders look horrible in the GW2 primeval armor.
Hopefully its a display bug...cause those shoulders look horrible in the GW2 primeval armor.
Rapture
Member
It looks pretty much exactly the same to me. It could be because its on a Norn, making the shoulder pads look oversized.
Kos Luftar
Member
Yea, the shoulders look weird and it also looks like the pants, are tights not pants.
Nemesis121
Member
Sunspear one of the better Warrior armors in GW...
aramanKain
Member
Remember, it's being modeled on a Norn Male - everything is a bit more larger proportion-wise, on those characters. I bet on a human, it's not quite as overbearing.
So I get an email today from Arenanet titled 5 Days Left until Guild Wars 2 Headstart Begins! Last Chance to Buy to get in the Game Early. Shouldn't they stop sending me emails like this once I've registered? I pre-purchased the game at GMG on July 25, registered my code, and got a confirmation email.
It doesn't help that their account page is really light on information. I can log in, but there's nothing saying that I have access to headstart or that I've pre-purchased the game at all. It's a little frustrating.
It doesn't help that their account page is really light on information. I can log in, but there's nothing saying that I have access to headstart or that I've pre-purchased the game at all. It's a little frustrating.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Hmm, suddenly interested in building a kiting Engineer build. Seems like you can get swiftness boon to pop almost all the time.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I just want their forums to be fully implemented.
AppleSmack
Banned
Kos Luftar
Member
If you played in any BETA or Stress Test then you know that you will have early access.
Hooray at winning IGN. My vote was not wasted
Neither were my 3 votes (PC, Laptop & Iphone)...had to make sure lol!
It's posts like these that make me remember why I was a console gamer for so long. The keyboard just isn't the best button set up out there. Consoles moving towards dual-analog and FPS made them gain the same PC problem of not being able to move, turn, and hit buttons at the same time.
aramanKain
Member
ComputerMKII
Banned
I don't intend to do that (when I do buy a G13), I just wanted to know if it was lefties-friendly. Since the device looks almost symmetrical, it'd be stupid to have to make a dedicated model for left-handed people.
Weltall Zero
Member
Many if not most lefties use mice with their left hand. I'm not even a lefty and I'm doing that right now, to avoid stress injuries. A lefty would use the G13 on his/her right hand and mouse with left hand, therefore changing the thumbstick position is critical.
Aren't you forgetting about something?
I was going to post for everyone to keep in mind these are kind of low-res pics with no dyes applied; armor always looks bad in these colors.Aye - hitting face buttons while trying to use the right analog is cumbersome.
ComputerMKII
Banned
Should we make a new thread about GW2 winning that award?Hooray at winning IGN. My vote was not wasted
Rapture
Member
There's a vague vibe of Mayan/Aztec patterns in Asuran armor and clothes. I'm really digging it.
I played in the Beta before I bought the game, but you're right; I did indeed log into one of those stress tests for a few minutes. So I guess I'm all good for early access.
I still think it'd be nice if they had some kind of account status info on their site when you log in.
aramanKain
Member
That's what gets me too. If you look hard enough at Asuran architecture in general in Rata Sum and the surrounding areas, you'll notice that they are definitely going for the "Techno-Mayan" look, which really speaks to me.
no not really - who cares about website awards.
Treasure Maps confirmed.
New Boon icons and colors as well as Minor Traits match the profession now:
http://imgur.com/a/21lRN#0
Weltall Zero
Member
Yep, it's rather obvious. They're even probably in a jungle to enhance the effect further.
Quadrophenic
Member
Aren't you forgetting about something?
I thought about the dyes, but I figured since the armor is partly sold on nostalgia, it should at least come in the default colors of the original armor. Especially since black/gold are both rare dyes.