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He's right in his opinions most of the time.
Mr. Luchador
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Retro has failed.
Will this game come with guest passes to try it? I'd like to beg now.
Nope.
Interfectum
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I'm almost ready to buy it... but for people who've played it. Lets go negative for a second. Give me the bad / worry spots for this game. Is there anything that sticks out for you? Or is it all "OMG OMG 10/10"?
awesome thanks!
for me it is this. I guess the only negative at all for me is not having mounts or any way to view the beauty of the game from flying above it.
Mr. Luchador
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Explore and mountaineer your way to new heights!
flyinpiranha
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thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I would say the worst part of the game is that it doesn't properly communicate "how" to play the game. If you approach the game like WoW, or attempt to just grind, you'll end up severely underleveled for content, and everything becomes far far harder.
You really have to step out of the MMO paradigm, and explore the game. You need to walk around and just...do stuff. Go mine some ore. Go do some platforming. Go in search of adventure. Jump into a lake and see what's down there.
All of that will contribute to your leveling far more than just going from renown heart to renown heart mechanically.
For more info, check out Hawkian's great post on the GAF Guild site, entitled "Seriously all these things get you XP"
I don't have any worry spots for the game as you put it, mine are more nitpicks like:
- No 5v5 Hot Join servers.
- A lack of a return to the front page button to the Trading Post. You have to make an extra click to get back.
- The loot items icon overlaps the minimap a bit
- No AoE looting.
Yeah that's about it, they already fixed any true gameplay issues I had in previous betas. For me personally it is one of the best designed games I've ever played or ever will play. Just buy the damn thing because you won't find anything better designed this year.
Don't think that's something they will even announce. It will just be up if it is early.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Actually, I'm not a big fan of the Trading Post in general, but it's a small gripe, since it does possess the ability to request items that are not available, which is a great feature.
fluffydelusions
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Client is like 14gb I think....good luck!
Interfectum
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aight guys, thanks for the replies. now the question is where do I buy it. I can get it for cheap on GMG but it looks like no early access. :\
ComputerMKII
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Less-than-perfect optimization.
Really? You actually WANT to sit in a city and spam crap to trade with people? GW1 is your game then.
fluffydelusions
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Basically this but it's gotten better and will probably continue to get optimized. Runs great on my laptop btw (Asus g74). Steady 60fps
BattleMonkey
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The dynamic content really is not that dynamic, nor itself really interesting, it's just chains of generic MMO like quests for the most part.
ComputerMKII
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What for?
fluffydelusions
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But couldn't this change at release? I mean maybe these dynamic events were toned down just for testing and such.
Really bad optimization as of the last stress test a week ago. We'll see how much better it gets today.
Only ground mounts and only if they can implement a mounted combat system.
How do you know this? I really like the game but the performance has been really bringing it down for me.
Maybe he means from the time between the last ST and the one before that?
Got the Shakes
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I have never played WoW, GW1, or any other MMO for that matter, but I will be buying this.
RepairmanJack
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Here is a few concerns of mine just to throw in there.
-Some areas events and hearts are just too spread out where they force you to go around aimlessly and roam for random things to happen when they should be rewarding this activity and not requiring to advance in some cases.
-Downed state. I just hate it, but many love it. Meh
-PvP needs more gametypes, it just seems very bland and short with the current conquest mode. PvP itself is great, the gametype just needs help.
-Over time weapon skills seemed to get more similar and seem like they have less distinctness. Each weapon seems to have a knockback, some type of condition builder, etc. I don't know if it was just overbalancing or what, but the weapons just seem too similar now.
-Social aspect. Even though it's easier than ever to play with random people, it seems less social. You just do the same things and help and never really say anything to eachother.
-WvW can be VERY confusing and overwhelming when jumping in and I still don't think they do a very good job of it being very new player friendly.
This all being said I still love the game and have tons of fun, these are just some complaints that have been building over the BWE's and stress tests. There is probably more small annoyances, but these just jump to mind.
fluffydelusions
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throwawayname
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Where can I buy this now to be able to be in the stress test without using a credit card? My amazon only has the normal edition without the beta access.
The game only ran buttery smooth @ 60 fps once for me, and it was during BWE2 I think, when I logged in about 1 hour before it officially started. Optimization is indeed a problem, as is the CPU-boundness of the game. I don't have the best of cards out there (560 ti) but I know it is capable of a lot more than it was giving me.
I agree with most of the complaints here: no easing you into all the stuff you can do and how to do it, DEs aren't all that they could be, limited PvP modes, etc. And on top of that, awful cosmetics... there, I said it. I know that I sound like a broken record by now, but they seriously irk more than anything else in the game.
None of that has me a little bit worried though. I love this game and would recommend it 10 times over anything else in the same market right now.
I agree with most of the complaints here: no easing you into all the stuff you can do and how to do it, DEs aren't all that they could be, limited PvP modes, etc. And on top of that, awful cosmetics... there, I said it. I know that I sound like a broken record by now, but they seriously irk more than anything else in the game.
None of that has me a little bit worried though. I love this game and would recommend it 10 times over anything else in the same market right now.
Well the world map is huge, how I will explore the whole map? by foot? how I will travel from one city to another?
Waypoints, there's over 500 of them and they're everywhere. You simply bring up your map and click on what one you want to go to as long as you've uncovered it before. Generally speaking you really only use them if you're going somewhere for a specific reason. Otherwise get out there and explore.
fluffydelusions
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Anet website probably...not sure if they are still doing the headstart though
Littlegator
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Signed artbook. Still Felicia Day?
Shalashaska161
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Great OT. Pretty excited for the 25th. Quick question, can I just update my currently existing beta client or do I have to redownload the game again?
fluffydelusions
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Just update it.
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