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Guild Wars 2 |OT| Buy Once, Sub Never, Fun Forever
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TheContact
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What lvl do you have to be to start pvping? And does it give you xp?
LumpOfCole
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sPVP gives no xp - it's its own ranking system.
WvW gives XP - actually quite a bit of XP and karma. It's a great way to level.
They drop from monsters sometimes. You can also buy them from vendors.
Alex
Member
Turrets seem underpowered, to me. They should either do more damage/healing or be way more sturdy/usable.
chickdigger802
Banned
So what classes are hot right now, and what are not so hot?
As in popularity.
As in popularity.
Hot: Guardian, Warrior, Elementalist.
Not: Everything else.
I think the flame turret is decently sturdy. Rifle turret sucks balls and blows up way too quick. Havent tried out the rocket turret yet. But yea, Flame turret is the only constant on my bar
Vincent Alexander
Member
Yep. Took me a while to find out.
Alex
Member
I like the grenade kit a lot, on the missions where you get swarmed with a lot. Toggle on the quick drop aoe in your interface options and you can go to town.
My flame turret was blowing up a lot for me, last night, I dunno, I dont understand why they pull so much threat, its annoying.
My flame turret was blowing up a lot for me, last night, I dunno, I dont understand why they pull so much threat, its annoying.
I actually like that they do that. Keeps me alive, haha. Usually my turret can stay up with 1 or 2 guys pounding on it, but i use the shield, so I keep it alive longer by knocking the mobs back and stunning them, etc
Psychoward
Banned
I'm really liking warrior so far.
I love sPvP. You can jump into it as soon as you finish the first mission, and it has all skills/traits/weapons unlocked. It's great fun! To go there, hit H, bottom tab, then go to the Mists
For WvWvW, you can go there just as soon (hit B, then queue up). You keep all the skills/slots you have from PvE, though, so I'd recommend lvl 7 as a good starting point for WvWvW. By then, you should have most if not all weapon skills, 1 utility skill, and weapon swap. This should give you a lot more options in combat, so that you won't feel too restricted.
Vincent Alexander
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I keep seeing people recruiting for guilds in the chats. They know something we don't?
Noisy Ninj4
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Or you can craft them. Which gives you XP.
You can probably force it with your video card's software suite.
Yeah that's my problem with them, that's why I don't have any equipped.
I would like to know this as well.
Escape Goat
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Is it challenging to group? Or does it scale in a way where once you group you just steamroll everything in your way?
I like how the game has a Crackdown sandbox vibe. I'm having more fun/healthy aggravation trying to 100% areas than I am actually doing the hearts.
Although some of the Vistas have made me rage the fuck out. I feel like I'm trying to complete an Uncharted level with shitty MMO controls.
Although some of the Vistas have made me rage the fuck out. I feel like I'm trying to complete an Uncharted level with shitty MMO controls.
Noisy Ninj4
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Random mobs don't seem to scale, so you'll steamroll random mobs. Events and world bosses do scale, though, so they provide some measure of challenge. There is a limit, however, so if your mob of players is big enough (40+ players) you will steamroll everything.
Decided to give gim another whirl - love him! Possibly a main for me.
Tatooine from the looks of it.
Tell me about it!
CornBurrito
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Yeah, turrets seem really REALLY bad right now. I'm guessing its more of a PVP thing where they can give minor advantage, while not being focused on.
I really like the Engineer with double pistols thus far.
Elementalist seems crazy hard, with having to change attunements on the fly.
I really like the Engineer with double pistols thus far.
Elementalist seems crazy hard, with having to change attunements on the fly.
My man. My sylvari is going to be a rotten log of a creature.
Noisy Ninj4
Member
Not that hard. It just takes knowing all your skills well. Granted, there are twenty per weapon set. I've managed to keep changing attunements while on the move and firing off spell after spell thanks to cycling the recharge times.
Work with the facial feature sliders, you should get something good out of it. At the very least, my Female Norn has several facial scars that are not terribly pretty.
CornBurrito
Member
I dont have enough buttons to be able to spam spells and strafe. Or my hands aren't big enough.
Also I want one of those engineer weapons that sprays fire. Which one is that
Unrelated: Cooking is actually pretty fun. I just wish it was cheaper. The payoff doesn't seem particularly great. Though I've only crafted low level foodstuffs.
Noisy Ninj4
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I changed a lot of the keyboard bindings, although I do have pretty big hands, so that helps. (If I stretch, I can touch the backspace with my thumb while touching the 1 key with my pinky)
You mean the flamethrower? It's a utility skill.
Mostly it's just temporary buffs but you can also make dyes with it. You also need cooking to make some of the legendary weapons.
Arksy here. Clocking off to get some much needed sleep. See you in hell gaffers.
Hell yea Charr Engineers with a blue/brown color scheme.
I've got a long way to go, though.
People gravitate towards physically perfect characters in MMOs all the time. Shit sucks.
chickdigger802
Banned
Will i need to dust off my naga for this game?
Big Papa Husker
Member
Is this thing on sale for under $60 anywhere?
Elementalist took more time to get used to than the other classes. In early PVE I rarely switched attunements within the span of a battle, but in PVP your situation changes much more often. Also, the skills afforded to you by each attunement fit roughly into various situations. (Earth = space control, support and D. Fire = AOE pew pew. Air = Single-target pew / mobility. Water = Heals / slows. At least for staff.)
I think Engineers have a similar thing going on, with their grenades.
Piercedveil
Member
$48 at Greenman Gaming if you use the 20% off code. I think I'm going to do that tomorrow.
CornBurrito
Member
Nah, this was shooting out jets of flame every second, like an auto attack.
Noisy Ninj4
Member
The skill gives you a flamethrower that replaces your current weapon. Which means, yes, you can auto attack with jets of fire.
ComputerMKII
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I have no idea how you guys level up that fast. I'm only at level 21 right now.
That guy is beast. Fuck all the characters with corny looking catalogue faces.
It's all about the Liam Neeson:
Ohhh guuuurrrlll.
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