Yeah, if they're going to do anything it's gonna be at Prime. A dev even tweeted that they had a bunch of PAX East passes last week but that it was a shame they weren't going to use them. I would imagine between NCSoft pushing Wildstar so hard and the China launch for GW2 coming so quickly, there wasn't much point in having a presence on the other side of the country at what is, let's be honest, not as big a show as PAX Prime.
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Wildstar is getting the same amount of promotion GW2 got when it was coming out, probably less.That's NCSoft's game to promote right now. Wasting any money on GW2 which is a pretty solid hit that's making money on its own would kind of weird. If they were doing expansions, that would give them a talking point, but as it is it's understandably muted.
Also, some of the problem is in the agencies covering the two games. NCSoft isn't using the same advertising agency for both games. Ayzenberg is handling GW2, and they're a more CPA performance based agency. Tangible Media is handling Wildstar and they're a little more proactive.
At least in digital that is. No idea who's handling non-digital.
Also, some of the problem is in the agencies covering the two games. NCSoft isn't using the same advertising agency for both games. Ayzenberg is handling GW2, and they're a more CPA performance based agency. Tangible Media is handling Wildstar and they're a little more proactive.
At least in digital that is. No idea who's handling non-digital.
maybe we are better without new blood. i am afraid of the new blood to be sincere, i mean, with the new blood come some risks of something like, the cancerbase, the dwellers of crapchat and stuff like that to come in numbers and fuck up with the image of the game entirely;
i did read plenty of bad stuff about guild wars before buying, but the video content i found around.
you can say that wooden potatoes and dontain made me realize that there was a good community ingame, indeed they were not wrong, and the material that Anet already has an always had in their side sells stuff.
dude, the manifesto was that made me really buy this game.
i did read plenty of bad stuff about guild wars before buying, but the video content i found around.
you can say that wooden potatoes and dontain made me realize that there was a good community ingame, indeed they were not wrong, and the material that Anet already has an always had in their side sells stuff.
dude, the manifesto was that made me really buy this game.
LumpOfCole
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I would say it's hard to advertise GW2 at a convention now without a big event like an expansion or living story season title (with bullet points of big features like new zones, etc).
However, I do miss when Anet would have two exclusive pins for every convention for collectors.
However, I do miss when Anet would have two exclusive pins for every convention for collectors.
shysaursoft
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Marketing doesn't always have to be about specifically bringing in new people or advertising new things: just about maintaining public awareness. Coca Cola doesn't advertise because it *needs* to, or to punt new products - 90% of its ads are just to keep the name *alive* in the zeitgeist of the population. And I think that may be what GW2 lacks somewhat, but that's just me thinking out loud.
The game feels "dead" on the outside among people who don't *actively* play it, far moreso than any other game series I can think of. It's enough to make it stand out to me, as an oddity, an outlier, from the usual feeling a game has on the outside, even among the disinterested.
But again, if Anet is comfortable with how things are, then all is fine. I'm just talking about what I'm noticing. This isn't "doom and gloom" or anything asinine like that.
Could just be me, but I feel it's actually the reverse. Feels like WildStar is getting almost double the budget that GW2 got, but it could be because WildStar is a new IP, whereas GW2 was riding on the GW1 bandwagon, so they didn't need to PR as hard. Their booth was almost three times the size this year compared to last, though granted, it's launching in a few months.
I would say it's hard to advertise GW2 at a convention now without a big event like an expansion or living story season title (with bullet points of big features like new zones, etc).
However, I do miss when Anet would have two exclusive pins for every convention for collectors.
aw, if i lived in the US i would love to have one of those.
Coriolanus
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This is exceedingly true. Coming into the game only recently, i was quite surprised by the sheer quantity of high pop servers, especially since the game generates close to zero noise in most places. I was expecting a game close to dead, outside of one or two servers.
Nowadays i just chalk it up to GW2 truly being unique, which results in it attracting massive quantities of salt from those that expected yet another slightly different mmo.
LumpOfCole
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Dye Refund Policy lowering the price of my investment Pyre Dye, noooo
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Customer-Support-and-the-Feature-Pack
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Customer-Support-and-the-Feature-Pack
I just picked up the game to play super causally. I just came back from PAX my self, still recovering from the whole weekend. Still super exhausted from this year more so than normal because I ported my whole VR project from UDK to Unreal engine 4 in 2.5 weeks.
Is there anything I should keep a eye for when starting up GW2 fresh?
Is there anything I should keep a eye for when starting up GW2 fresh?
Astral/H3X
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I'm unfortunately going to be using the clothing item refund bit there. It's a shame -- I really like my town clothes.
To add to the Guild chat from earlier, the Caladbolg's name may be simple in etymology, but it is a legendary sword that was said to have the power to cut the tops off of three hills. Also it's Celtic.
To add to the Guild chat from earlier, the Caladbolg's name may be simple in etymology, but it is a legendary sword that was said to have the power to cut the tops off of three hills. Also it's Celtic.
Beginner's tips in the OT should help with the basics, otherwise just explore the land doing good and kicking ass and you'll be fine. A GAFGuild invite always helps too, you can post your username (name.####) in the thread and we'll get you hooked up straight away.
Would this one work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYYxszK0koQ
I just put in "gw2 wvw" and then scrolled a bit.
LiveSpartan235
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Arenanet put an embargo on all previews of the feature pack that were played at PAX and outside of it by media and press.
BogOtter, MattVisual, MMORPG.com got to play it so expect them to put up videos.
BogOtter, MattVisual, MMORPG.com got to play it so expect them to put up videos.
Kos Luftar
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Last pax prime they didn't do anything at the show they again had the event at the hotel next door I think but at least they advertised that more.
Coriolanus
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Eve.
I also fins it quite interesting how every time Eve hits the news, its due to some display of sociopathy on a humongous scale.
I'd rather read stories about EVE than play it. I mean, I already own Excel, so...
UltimateIke
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I finally beat the "Not So Secret" jumping puzzle and accompanying dive spot. I hate it so much. I tried it once back in January with Emitan, and we both ended up falling and dying dozens of times and giving up.
I still fell and died a bunch of times (the worst being twice while nearly at the top trying to get the goggles and once WHILE WEARING THE GOGGLES AND MISSING THE JUMP), but I am happy to have it out of the way so that I never have to think about it again.
I still fell and died a bunch of times (the worst being twice while nearly at the top trying to get the goggles and once WHILE WEARING THE GOGGLES AND MISSING THE JUMP), but I am happy to have it out of the way so that I never have to think about it again.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Is that the one where you need to defeat guardians first before actually seeing the puzzle main?
shysaursoft
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I'm constantly seeing ink about Eve, LOTRO, Allods Online, The Secret World, Defiance, Neverwinter Online, Runescape, Mabinogi and a few others. Granted, not a heck of a lot about half of them, but I'm talking just casual mentions in my newsfeeds or by people I know, etc. I read about 30 - 40 gaming sites a week (part of the job, blech), and to say that GW2 is silent in this cacophony really is an understatement. Again, not saying that's a bad thing - it just stands out enough to me that I think it worth mentioning.
I mean, it was this quiet *during* the peak of the Living World. The only blip ended up being the destruction of Lion's Arch.
Apparently TOR is doing better than Guild Wars 2, heh.
Also where will one be able to get dyes from, post update?
Just the hue specific dye kits, mystic forging dyes from said kits, and ???
MMORPG's Interview with Colin Johanson and Jon Peters
It's an hour long. Doesn't appear to have anything about Season 2 of the Living Story, at least as far as the article goes, but I haven't watched it all yet.
It's an hour long. Doesn't appear to have anything about Season 2 of the Living Story, at least as far as the article goes, but I haven't watched it all yet.
Plus laurel vendor I think is staying.
Ccrrrrrrafting!
shysaursoft
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Do you think once the patch drops, we should post about it over in in the Gaming thread made for it?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796199
I mean, people posted in the D3 patch thread in Gaming for a long time, in spite of the D3 community thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796199
I mean, people posted in the D3 patch thread in Gaming for a long time, in spite of the D3 community thread.
shysaursoft
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Oh man, the sheer amount of grey boxes in the Wardrobe indicating skins you don't have, is going to drive the collectors insane.
Though: seems to unlock skins for your wardrobe, you have to right click an item and select 'Unlock Skin'. It's not done automatically.
Though: seems to unlock skins for your wardrobe, you have to right click an item and select 'Unlock Skin'. It's not done automatically.
Vigilant Walrus
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I am in Europe. I don't understand your uncivilized timezones. How many hours from right now til we start new characters and go crazy Metrica Province?
Also.. I don't know if I should make a Thief or a Mesmer.
Here is my character standing as of 15-04:
Frezu, Warrior Greatsword/Longbow got his first Ascended weapon a few weeks back. He is ready for a gear overhaul in the next few days. He is fully ascended outside of armor.
Koreu, Guardian is now lvl 80 and is full exotic. He is totally condition removal/AOE healing and he is awesome. Only for WvW. He is great. It feels almost like playing some Priest in WoW. The support is very very good.
I like the mobile classes that move fast and give support. Thief has a lot of escape and swiftness skills, but little class support to help allies.
On the other hand mesmer has little swiftness capabillities if you don't want to use focus (I am Staff / GS or Staff/Sword+pistol) but of course has good support. My lvl 15 mesmer has been laying Null fields in WvW to great effects, but moving around is a tedious pain.
Ranger is 42, not feeling it. Get sick of the pet. I want the ranged/melee combo and the swiftness increase, but.. gah.
What I roll mates?
Looking for the group support / swiftness enabled class. Is there any good thief group support builds?
Also.. I don't know if I should make a Thief or a Mesmer.
Here is my character standing as of 15-04:
Frezu, Warrior Greatsword/Longbow got his first Ascended weapon a few weeks back. He is ready for a gear overhaul in the next few days. He is fully ascended outside of armor.
Koreu, Guardian is now lvl 80 and is full exotic. He is totally condition removal/AOE healing and he is awesome. Only for WvW. He is great. It feels almost like playing some Priest in WoW. The support is very very good.
I like the mobile classes that move fast and give support. Thief has a lot of escape and swiftness skills, but little class support to help allies.
On the other hand mesmer has little swiftness capabillities if you don't want to use focus (I am Staff / GS or Staff/Sword+pistol) but of course has good support. My lvl 15 mesmer has been laying Null fields in WvW to great effects, but moving around is a tedious pain.
Ranger is 42, not feeling it. Get sick of the pet. I want the ranged/melee combo and the swiftness increase, but.. gah.
What I roll mates?
Looking for the group support / swiftness enabled class. Is there any good thief group support builds?
Update should hit in the next 2-3 hours, unless there's a delay.
Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr8WVVOKGYM
You can look through that channel's video history for more short clips.
There are a bunch I can look up that I've watched just this week, but is it just this type of stuff you want? What I usually do is find some channel that represents a guild and skim through its videos. Like DeanyKong's vids for PYRO, a bunch of old Red Guard vids are still around on one or two channels, etc.
Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr8WVVOKGYM
You can look through that channel's video history for more short clips.
There are a bunch I can look up that I've watched just this week, but is it just this type of stuff you want? What I usually do is find some channel that represents a guild and skim through its videos. Like DeanyKong's vids for PYRO, a bunch of old Red Guard vids are still around on one or two channels, etc.
shysaursoft
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Hey, is it just me, or is this tooltip that popped up in the MMORPG.com video new? I don't recall having seen it before.
I don't know that there's a lot of thief support builds. They're usually used for high offensive solo builds more so that group support. When I run into thieves in zergs they're usually the ones straying to far from the zerg to try to gank people. You can trait to provide some boons but I think its similar to ranger where other classes already provide that but better.
Personally, I would say try necro. They can offer an offensive support build with boon stripping and blinds. I run a warhorn offhand for the speed but usually there's enough guardians/warriors in a group to keep constant speed buffs going.
Ele is pretty much the biggest true group support/swiftness class. Run staff and use Air S5 for others to blast area swiftness or S4 for aoe swiftness (which will also cure crippled, immobilized, and chilled conditions). They're also the major supplier of water fields for area healing.
That top 10 you are referring to isn't really reliable. I don't get why their figures are being posted all over the place, they are clearly pulling a lot of figures out of their ass.
Edit: I agree, roll an Ele. I've been levelling one in WvW off hours and you can support well even at low levels.
Kos Luftar
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Wtf are you even talking about?
Nemesis121
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Hey, is it just me, or is this tooltip that popped up in the MMORPG.com video new? I don't recall having seen it before.
After watching that video i will be hunting traits today, and story mode dungeons..
shysaursoft
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Damn, hard to believe it's almost been a year since I made this video, which was made a year after launch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8khN3HE8UU
Astral/H3X
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I know right?
When is the patch hitting, do we know yet?
When is the patch hitting, do we know yet?
sackboy2197
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Where is the patch? D:
Vigilant Walrus
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cool cool cool.
Vigilant Walrus
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I think there was some pane that showed SWTOR makes a lot of money of its Digital store. They sell the bundle packs.
But I don't know if those numbers include income for boxed sales?
I never kid about cleric warrior, and I will never try another warrior stat profile again*. Shake it for great justice!
*in WvW**
**Seriously though, who doesn't want to try a Killshot build with the new trait?
I saw this video on gw2wvw.net and I thought it was pretty funny. It's about the 2vs1 on BG.
http://captiongenerator.com/15374/Super-Secret-BG-War-Council-Meeting
http://captiongenerator.com/15374/Super-Secret-BG-War-Council-Meeting
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