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Guild Wars 2 |OT| Buy Once, Sub Never, Fun Forever
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you're playin with me, bub
Goodacre0081
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did the 1day headstarters get in last night at 12?
DeliciousDoc
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I got the client link from a friend. I'll pm you the link. You can also torrent it but this way was much faster.
Snapshot King
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I dunno, I get random drops from 60 to 30 fps, based on...I have no idea. Groups of players firing off spells isn't it, that's for sure, it's just annoying.
Ya, just killed a giant in Diessa. Took a huge group like 15-20 minutes. He had an aoe that'd one hit everyone... you had to dodge at the right time or you were SOL.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
It's improved in leaps and bounds since beta, and they intend to improve it further.
Same, but to be honest.. it was kind of unintuitive to figure out. I was following the main story basically following quest markers and I got to a point there it was recommended level 11 and I was 6. I was getting OWNED time and time again ... not fun. So I had to sit back and think.. wtf do I do to level? Then I saw the all the viewpoints, the help quests, skill quests on each map and I thought .. "huh, I'll just explore I guess."
I've leveled many times since, so I think thats what I'm supposed to do? How else do you level up between the main story quests?
Haven't touched PvP or WvW .. I just want to do PvE for a long while.
Noisy Ninj4
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Yeah, did this last night. I started out fighting this guy alone and it was a bitch. By the time he was dead, a dozen people had joined in the fight.
Dynamic events and crafting stuff gets you good XP.
Snapshot King
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Huray. That's really all I needed to hear. And yeah, it was unplayable for me in the first two BWEs.
FormallyMegadrive
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Seriously, people need to explore more.
I think people are just so use to the WoW model. I never actually played WoW, but I did play DCUO and SWTOR and the way to progress in those games is so obvious it's insulting. It just makes everything feel so pointless. Why do anything when the game is just going to funnel you down the right path and make sure you are always well equipped and at the appropriate level for everything?
Lumination
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I really just treat them as meat shields. I use the blood fiend and the ranged one. Monsters seem to always aggro them first, so I can usually set off some aoes and come out pretty much at full health against 3 monsters at a time by the time my 2 minions die.
Noisy Ninj4
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This. Minions are intended to be sacrificed and abused to their fullest extent.
I'm level 21 and the next story mission for me is 24 in Kessex Hills.
Tomorrow I plan on exploring Kessex Hills and 100% it before doing the next mission. (So far, I have 100% Caledon Forest, Queensdale, LA, Grove and DR)
and if that doesn't get me to a level I need, I might craft some more or something.
I'm finding GW2 really hard to put down though >_<
Tomorrow I plan on exploring Kessex Hills and 100% it before doing the next mission. (So far, I have 100% Caledon Forest, Queensdale, LA, Grove and DR)
and if that doesn't get me to a level I need, I might craft some more or something.
I'm finding GW2 really hard to put down though >_<
AppleSmack
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Do you guys just salvage all the items you find or do you try to sell them to players/NPC?
I salvage all the white/blue stuff I get. I've sold a couple of greens to players, though.
yggdrasill
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How do I get rid of a discipline? I can't seem to pick two for my Sylari Necromancer. I have a choice of Tailor, Artificer and Jeweler.
out0v0rder
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very good thread title. reminds me of evony.
Go to the trainer for what you want and they'll ask you which discipline you want to switch out
also I'm finding leveling to be pretty easy too. I'm almost level 13 at about 6 hours played without any WvW and minimal crafting and I haven't 100%ed any zones yet
Noisy Ninj4
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Pick up another disciple like normal, you get a dialogue to remove one of your old ones. Btw, tailor and artificer are probably your best bets.
EDIT: Ninja got Ninja'd
Steam would take a cut of the money from the Gem store. The Steam UI still works with GW2 though.
I salvage almost everything I get my hands on, including old equipment I replace with new stuff. Sometimes I'll keep greens, though.
3.5 hours to go.Got my keys from GMG just now. Downloading the game. Go to login and "no account permissions"Guess i'm waiting until tomorrow like all the other peons.
This is the exact same thing that happened to me and I'm sure a lot of others. I was doing the typical MMO grind, sticking to an area killing mobs. Big Mistake! The game is completely designed around exploring the entire map, helping out the "heart guys" in the area, gathering and doing events. Ever since I've stuck to that play style I haven't had any issues with the zone getting ahead of me. Game doesn't feel like a grind at all.
Plus I just found the DW - Sword / Axe combo on my Warrior. Mmmmmm whirlwind.
Perfect Cha0s
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I kind of figured people were doing this. I find myself leveling rather quickly, while other people complain about it slowing down - turns out, what made me a slow leveler in other MMOs (wandering aimlessly, essentially) made me level pretty quickly in this game.
Noisy Ninj4
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Off-hand axe will always give you whirlwind. You'd probably like greatsword btw.
Exploration is a big XP source in GW2. Dynamic events help too, and those really scratch my ADD itch. It's like being a bird surrounded by shiny objects, I can't help but go to each new event and/or chain.
It does. Game really starts getting interesting around level 20 and shit gets real about level 30 when you get your first elite. By level 70, you should be getting involved in the Orr area, where dynamic events are pretty much constantly occuring.
I tried doing that but it's honestly just not that fun. The low levels don't have any really interesting mobs or events/hearts since they're designed to introduce the players to the game
Hero_of_the_Day
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That's all I've done so far. Ran around in mine and my brothers starting areas last night, then a friend started today who was a different character so I ran around with him in his starting area. So good.
This excites me. I've been having tons of fun, so if it gets better from here... fuck yeah!
Yeah, I'm a human, but 100%ed the Charr and Asura starting area as well. Will probably leave the Sylvari and Norn ones for later, as I'm interested in how the higher level human zones look.
the doombass
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WvWvW is loads of fun. Siege weapons seem really powerful. Kinda confused about supply though. How much supply does a dolyak carry and how much supply does a camp hold? Overall though, WvWvW has got me hooked on this game for a while.
That's what i've been doing. I'll most likely start doing the higher level norn areas though.
chickdigger802
Banned
so with actual release coming around...
What classes/weapon combos y'all been enjoying so far?
Digging dual dagger thieves and hammer warriors so far.
What classes/weapon combos y'all been enjoying so far?
Digging dual dagger thieves and hammer warriors so far.
Staff elementalist all the way. I've got all weapon skills unlocked, but rarely switch.
Dead Prince
Banned
Bronze for the fire elementalist. it's like... i want to try until i get gold. i just got 2 set piece head and shoulder. and a blue spear.
How do you travel to a different race's area?
Yeah I've been taking my time trying to complete each map I come across and exploring, and I get a lot of experience from it. I almost want to say they throw too much xp at you, but I guess that's why the level scaling is there.
It's getting a little awkward being ahead of some people (and the 30-ish zones are lacking in players right now, can't imagine what's it's like for people who are running around in the 60-80 zones), so I've stopped wandering around and started working on my professions. I still end up getting a lot of xp, but it's at a slower pace so eh.
Walk? Sylvari and the Asura starting zones are right next to each other, at least. Asura Gates via LA are also super quick.
Guess I'm the weird one, I go for 100% completion, every event I come upon, some more times, gathering, crafting, jumping puzzles, personal story and I still end up being underleveled somehow Oo
I do avoid all fights I dont need for event or anything like that so I might differ that way.
I do avoid all fights I dont need for event or anything like that so I might differ that way.
RaySpencer
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Is anyone playing a male human Ranger with the standard body type? I chose the 3rd body type on my guy (the second buffest body type) and my legs clip through my long coats all the time, its really fucking annoying! I will reroll my guy if it means I can get rid of the clipping.
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