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Guild Wars 2 |OT| Buy Once, Sub Never, Fun Forever
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ComputerMKII
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Audioboxer
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So I need to get up/stay up until 4am, done. Well I think the official time is 7am for the UK, but with the servers potentially opening up to 3 hours early, 4am it is.
People on Reddit seem to be concerned with how easy the content is in this video of a fairly high level zone: http://m.ign.com/videos/2012/08/23/guild-wars-2-bloodtide-coast-commentary
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
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Deleted member 10571
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they're autoleveled down and overgeared. I'm not worried, it's supposed to be a bit easier like that.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Crap...I wasn't interested in this till today. I played the hell out of the first one....so the best way to go is to grab it on their offical site? So I can have the access this weekend?
Audioboxer
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Pretty positive it's 7am UK time.
Teknopathetic
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"they're autoleveled down and overgeared. I'm not worried, it's supposed to be a bit easier like that."
The stats from your gear get scaled down as well. You are roughly no better than someone of the same level you're scaled down to.
That said, there's a Guardian there and they do very well in the non-dungeon PvE.
The stats from your gear get scaled down as well. You are roughly no better than someone of the same level you're scaled down to.
That said, there's a Guardian there and they do very well in the non-dungeon PvE.
Audίoboxer;41359880 said:
UK time is BST (which is GMT+1) and UK time is also 8 hours ahead of PDT
so 12 PDT is 8 BST (UK time)
anyway yeah, Just woke up there. Going to bed about 7 - 8pm so I can wake up at 4am for my guilds pre-launch party in GW1
can't wait, pre-launch party and then GW2. Going to be awesome.
Audioboxer
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You are right, I fail. 5am is a bit easier, I'll have a sleep before it.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I haven't slept in 20 hours (and one or two stress tests). Should I go to bed right now? Will I be in good shape for the headstart?
some stuffs
Audioboxer
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Nah just snort some coffee.
BrettWeir
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Not really.
I watched a video of five people doing the explorable Catacombs dungeon and dying over and over again, only to finally succeed by careful positioning and quick revives. I accidentally pulled a troll boss in the Sylvari starting zone that aggroed into some Giant Mosshearts, and that was a pain in the butt.
I've experienced difficulty early on. I imagine it will continue.
I think this is the one time where Oceanic players haven't been screwed around for an MMO launch. Official local time will be 5pm Saturday afternoon, but it can happen from 2pm onwards. It's nice to be able to play the launch of an MMO all evening on a weekend.
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Deleted member 10571
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I don't really want to start a discussion, but didn't Arenanet say pretty clearly that while you won't be "overleveled" at any point, most areas you revisit while being downleveled will be noticably easier? As far as I understood, you still can die if you don't pay attention, but you will notice an increase in stats, gear and skills.
That said, I didn't watch the video further and if they're really just facerolling through every encounter then yes, I might be a bit worried
Edit: I'm not worried about standard PvE zones though, while there have to be a few hard or hard-ish areas, if you're frustrated most of the time 'cause every single enemy in every zone will kill you in seconds, it probably won't be that enjoyable either. I guess I'll just see for myself wooooooo
Audioboxer
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I simply need to play a profession that can use greatswords, they just look badass.
Ranger, Warrior or Guardian like I've said many times! I like that the ranger has good ranged and the greatsword up close, I'm just worried about gimpy pets ruining everything.
Is the Guardian greatsword build offensive or defensive?
Ranger, Warrior or Guardian like I've said many times! I like that the ranger has good ranged and the greatsword up close, I'm just worried about gimpy pets ruining everything.
Is the Guardian greatsword build offensive or defensive?
flyinpiranha
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Class/Race can be figured out whenever, it's the names you need to worry about.
Legolas
Batman
Tyria
I hope my names aren't taken.
Legolas
Batman
Tyria
I hope my names aren't taken.
Teknopathetic
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"I don't really want to start a discussion, but didn't Arenanet say pretty clearly that while you won't be "overleveled" at any point, most areas you revisit while being downleveled will be noticably easier? As far as I understood, you still can die if you don't pay attention, but you will notice an increase in stats, gear and skills."
I dunno what ANet's said with regards to it, but when I went back to level 15-20 areas as a level 30 in the BWEs, things didn't seem significantly different. Considering that guy's only level 50 in a level 47 area, I doubt he's seeing any noticeable difference in difficulty.
I dunno what ANet's said with regards to it, but when I went back to level 15-20 areas as a level 30 in the BWEs, things didn't seem significantly different. Considering that guy's only level 50 in a level 47 area, I doubt he's seeing any noticeable difference in difficulty.
Audίoboxer;41360192 said:
Guardian greatsword set is very offensive. They get a PBAoE that allows you to pull any hit targets directly onto you like a vortex, a PBAoE whirl that tosses projectiles, a leap gap closer, and a ground symbol that applies Burning (or Retaliation for you and yours).
AppleSmack
Banned
Today is the day! This will be me throughout the day:
I love Artosis! Thanks for that GIF
I have finally decided to roll a warrior.
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
Well I haven't played any of this yet but have it pre-bought and installed.
From what I have seen on their site and some racials I'll probably roll a Norm Ranger.
Hopefully there are some cool pets to train. I just like the idea of a hunter in games but hopefully there is not "Huntard" stigma in this game. For me I always liked taming/farming exotic/rare pets, it was like a game within a game.
From what I have seen on their site and some racials I'll probably roll a Norm Ranger.
Hopefully there are some cool pets to train. I just like the idea of a hunter in games but hopefully there is not "Huntard" stigma in this game. For me I always liked taming/farming exotic/rare pets, it was like a game within a game.
flyinpiranha
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I love Artosis! Thanks for that GIF
I have finally decided to roll a warrior.
*high five*
What race? I'll be going Charr because I liked what I saw of the starter story and zone. Plus they just make a badass looking Warrior. I reeeeeaaaaally hope that weapons/armor clipping won't be an issue but I've seen that all armor has been specifically designed for races so hopefully it won't be an issue.
It's just how he rolls. Kinda wish he'd finally make the switch now that we've got those nice post links in quotes, but, whatever.
AppleSmack
Banned
Char or human. I think I'll roll human to be honest, I really like how they look and divinity's reach. Char has better lore though, it feels much more badass playing them so I'm not decided yet.
I'm almost certain I'll roll a Guardian as my "main", but to be honest I kinda just want to pick some class that I normally wouldn't play. When I created a good-looking Norn Guardian in the stress test earlier this week I felt like I was creating the same sort of character I always create in almost every game: big burly tank/support for a human-like race. Maybe just creating some Asura clothie caster would be a little more adventurous.
AppleSmack
Banned
If you want a really unique class try the Mesmer. There was a cool video of the devs playing one and commentating along. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXpLDcfkdY
He's been doing it since the beginning of time through the many incarnations of GAF. He works in many mysterious ways.
flyinpiranha
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Did you see the Charr main city? I actually enjoyed that more than DR. I played a Human the first BWE. Either choice is great though, the only starting zone I really didn't enjoy much was Asura, but I will eventually play through it either way.
Heh, it always throws me off to as I have a browser add-on that changes the background color of my posts and my quoted posts so it's easy to see where I last typed and who I need to respond to in faster moving threads.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Has anyone put any amount of time into WvWvW with a necro? Just curious how they fare in large scale pvp, what weapon loadouts seem to be useful.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I think I'm going to go with the the grenade engineer. Always love using grenades in games.
To those of you who replied to my question last night about which class is the most fun to play and the best combat, which of those you mentioned doesn't require the mastery of like 10 hotkeys and juggling all kinds of skills super fast? I'm kind of new to MMOs, the only one I played for more than a few days is Secret World. So juggling a full array of hotkeys is prob not a good idea for my first char.
BrettWeir
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So guys I thought maybe I'd watch an Adam Sandler movie and call it an early night tonight since there's really nothing going on.
That Veronica Vaughn is one piece of ace, I know from experience dude. If you know what I mean.
Audioboxer
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What ATI drivers are people using? 12.8 WHQL?
Yes..! Im picking up my new Zoiwe mouse today after work...and now Im ready.
Just let it be Saturday night and please make my 8m pregnant wife support my urge to play GW2
Oh man, I feel your pain! My wife is 6 months pregnant lol. I've been telling her about this day for months though. So I atleast have "tentative" support!
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