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Kos Luftar
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Hopefully they give a lot of interviews where they can share a bit more info, ie what is happening from now till the release? Just Dragon Bash and skill balance?
So... Anyone care to invite me to the guild? Name is Nightcleaver
Gotcha nabbis!
Man that was good, through would have been nice to get a general idea of its release. New areas looks amazing, and I really interested in the Revenant class. I think when this comes out I probably want to focus on engi (hammer engi with flying turrets?!), guard, and this new class first.
Also Guild Halls, finally! Not much depth on WvW at the moment, and not really sure about EotM 2.0.
New areas looks amazing, and I really interested in the Revenant class. I think when this comes out I probably want to focus on engi (hammer engi with flying turrets?!), guard, and this new class first.Also Guild Halls, finally! Not much depth on WvW at the moment, and not really sure about EotM 2.0.
I'm unimpressed with the presentation, but the content is about what I expected. Though I am worried that some things (gliding) will be limited to expansion zones and that the old zones, in general, will feel dated compared to the new stuff.
They need to work on their presentation skills a lot. A lot of what was announced would leave a lot more impact if they had video examples or what they were talking about, when they talked about it. Their presentation of the taco revamp was great because we could actually see what they were talking about when they and the crowd played it.
I wanna hide here from the gaming side thread. All the unimpressed people are coming in
With the way they made their presentation, they brought it upon themselves.
The whole thing was a massive tease.
They didn't show enough to really impress.
Nemesis121
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The Temporary stupidity by per-cursor sellers is over, they realize HoT is far away, Dusk is back up in price..
theMrCravens
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They announced enough new stuff, but they should've known the presentation needed more than concept art for each new features.
Yeah, considering we just finished the story, coming out with a bunch of concept art felt really, really awkward.
The stuff they announced sounds cool, but it was so conceptually vague that it felt too far away for me to get super interested yet.
Even weirder was the fact that a lot of the concept art was actually old concept art from earlier GW2 days, and even some GW1 stuff. Most of it was unrelated to anything they were talking about.
Anywho, the trailer was cool, and the area designs are outrageously awesome in typical Anet fashion. It wasn't a total bummer.
The stuff they announced sounds cool, but it was so conceptually vague that it felt too far away for me to get super interested yet.
Even weirder was the fact that a lot of the concept art was actually old concept art from earlier GW2 days, and even some GW1 stuff. Most of it was unrelated to anything they were talking about.
Anywho, the trailer was cool, and the area designs are outrageously awesome in typical Anet fashion. It wasn't a total bummer.
Yeah I kinda agree. 80% of the time they had the camera on Colin or Mike just standing there. They could have used a power point or shown some videos of flying through the jungle (but not for long, I don't want them spoiling anything
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I was hoping they would show the new world map and how it looks like with the magumma area.
Really want more information.
I hope we get more info before next PAX. (next one is in Boston, in march)
Really want more information.
I hope we get more info before next PAX. (next one is in Boston, in march)
Called it:
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/105801626-Guild-Wars-2-Heart-of-Thorns-FAQ
Q: Is the expansion buy to play?
A: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is a paid expansion to Guild Wars 2, but once you buy it, there are no subscription fees. This means that you can continue playing and access future updates for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with no subscription fee.
Q: Do I have to own Guild Wars 2 to play the expansion?
A: Yes. Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is an expansion to Guild Wars 2 and not a stand-alone campaign, and therefore it requires the base game to play.
Q: Will this expansion only be available digitally, or will there be a boxed edition as well?
A: Both. Once Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is available, youll be able to buy it digitally or get boxed editions at retail stores.
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/105801626-Guild-Wars-2-Heart-of-Thorns-FAQ
Q: Is the expansion buy to play?
A: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is a paid expansion to Guild Wars 2, but once you buy it, there are no subscription fees. This means that you can continue playing and access future updates for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with no subscription fee.
Q: Do I have to own Guild Wars 2 to play the expansion?
A: Yes. Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is an expansion to Guild Wars 2 and not a stand-alone campaign, and therefore it requires the base game to play.
Q: Will this expansion only be available digitally, or will there be a boxed edition as well?
A: Both. Once Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is available, youll be able to buy it digitally or get boxed editions at retail stores.
Kos Luftar
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https://help.guildwars2.com/home
Some more info.
Bolded part seems very weird. Thought they would do something totally different from traditional idea of the way an expansion is sold.
Some more info.
Bolded part seems very weird. Thought they would do something totally different from traditional idea of the way an expansion is sold.
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Old ones.
I doubt they would say that at the reveal. It'll probably happen over time.
Kos Luftar
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Looks like all these areas are level 80 zones, if it is that type of expansion.
Are they allowing Revenants to auto-level to 80?
Are they allowing Revenants to auto-level to 80?
Nemesis121
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Speaking of levels, think it time to save up on those tome of knowledges.
I got 30 so far, and I have a bunch of instant level 20 scrolls if they let us use them on Revenant i think by the time HoT launches I will have an instant level 80 Rev..
I hope not.
Kos Luftar
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Died after announcement of GW2:HoT.
silvermember
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I don't remember anything implying they would do anything different from the way expansions would be sold.
I'd imagine second accounts would be on hold for invites to keep room open for new or returning players. Especially since they just did a culling to make more room.
But I'm not an officer.
Sorry dude, i did say i was going to quote your post. As i said there is nothing wrong with traditional expansion.
Kos Luftar
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No you are right, just a lot of us speculated they might give it away for free and it would not require new people to own the original game because they would get it buy buying GW2:HoT.
It is fine, more guild wars is what I want, and that is what I am getting.
This guy doing the interview knows nothing about Guild Wars 2.
That's why I asked.I'd imagine second accounts would be on hold for invites to keep room open for new or returning players. Especially since they just did a culling to make more room.
But I'm not an officer.
silvermember
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I mean Ncsoft would be stupid to get it out for free, especially since a lot of player place more value on bought items than free items.
I mean what you said sound nothing more than bundling guild wars 2 and the expansion into a more reasonably price box, which technically could be done a a later point.
Kos Luftar
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To me this is like "how do we get all the people who left the game, come back".
appletoasty
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Not related to the expansion at all, but this is what my WvW experience has looked like for the last *six weeks* now:
(I'm Isle of Janthir, blue team.) This matchmaking is garbage.
(I'm Isle of Janthir, blue team.) This matchmaking is garbage.
Nemesis121
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Damn your server must not have people, because TC face rolls Dragonband, we once held there keep in EBG for 4 days straight, fully pimped out, we made them quit..
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ecided to check out the rankings, your server is t3 but you not on the same level as DB..plus DB is still in the gold league by the rankings..even the shit tier gold league server will walk over a silver league server..Kos Luftar
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GW2:HoT playable at PAX EAST, just announced. (6 weeks from now)
I think a lot of GAFGuild regulars all agreed that they would never splinter the players between expansion owners and base game owners only but it looks like they are doing just that.
I think a lot of GAFGuild regulars all agreed that they would never splinter the players between expansion owners and base game owners only but it looks like they are doing just that.
appletoasty
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It's not just Dragonbrand, it's whatever server was Tier 2 the week before. Before them it was SoS, and then Fort Aspenwood, and then Yak's Bend... I think our server is just so demoralized at this point that nobody bothers even trying anymore. Unfortunate for me, because I need map completion
All I need are the green borderlands and *one* vista in the EB green keep... but it seems like whichever server gets knocked down gets green side, so we've just been swapping between red and blue for the last billion years.Also FUCK YES PAX East. I already have 3 day passes. If anyone else is going we should hang out.
Vigilant Walrus
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I'll say this here, because they won't get it in the other thread.
As weird as this sounds, I think my favorite moment of this entire thing is Mike O'Brien going on stage and sticking to their guns. No more levels, no more tiers of gear. They stuck to their guns. They naysayers, the doomsday sayers "Ascended is just the beginning. its over. This is now WoW".
It is so incredible that they have stuck their guns in all these years. It's not only all the MMORPG conditioning, but also the RPG conditioning. This is exactly the opposite of how games like Diablo and Divinity does it.
It takes massive balls to stick with it. And it seems so hard to communicate. I just appreciate it, because that is why I started following the first game in 2003-2004, before even that came out.
It's one of the core things that separate it. I also really liked how they emphasized friendly community. I am glad that they realize that this is an important reason why a lot of are here. I feel they where on the ball. That they are on the ball.
This is so much more important to me than getting Cantha or Quaggans or anything like that.
But what I want to know is this; If I don't want my Ranger to be a Druid, will there be anything else? Because if you change your Ranger into a Druid, the idea of the medium ranged pet Archer goes out the window. Will there be something else? Something else, for you to remain a Ranger?
As weird as this sounds, I think my favorite moment of this entire thing is Mike O'Brien going on stage and sticking to their guns. No more levels, no more tiers of gear. They stuck to their guns. They naysayers, the doomsday sayers "Ascended is just the beginning. its over. This is now WoW".
It is so incredible that they have stuck their guns in all these years. It's not only all the MMORPG conditioning, but also the RPG conditioning. This is exactly the opposite of how games like Diablo and Divinity does it.
It takes massive balls to stick with it. And it seems so hard to communicate. I just appreciate it, because that is why I started following the first game in 2003-2004, before even that came out.
It's one of the core things that separate it. I also really liked how they emphasized friendly community. I am glad that they realize that this is an important reason why a lot of are here. I feel they where on the ball. That they are on the ball.
This is so much more important to me than getting Cantha or Quaggans or anything like that.
But what I want to know is this; If I don't want my Ranger to be a Druid, will there be anything else? Because if you change your Ranger into a Druid, the idea of the medium ranged pet Archer goes out the window. Will there be something else? Something else, for you to remain a Ranger?
Nemesis121
Member
It's not just Dragonbrand, it's whatever server was Tier 2 the week before. Before them it was SoS, and then Fort Aspenwood, and then Yak's Bend... I think our server is just so demoralized at this point that nobody bothers even trying anymore.
Also FUCK YES PAX East. I already have 3 day passes. If anyone else is going we should hang out.
I know what you saying the match ups are trash, TC has faced JQ/BG for like 3 months straight, Anet is doing a poor job at looking at the numbers of each server and seeing if this server can handle this server, it's been like this from day one, too many horrible match ups instead of carefully studying each week to week match up, they just let the system handle it and you get face roll for 6 weeks straight while they fucking ignore you...
LumpOfCole
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I want to go to PAX East now
silvermember
Banned
Well not really, some of us have instant level 20 scrolls. Others have lots of tomes in their storage. If the expac comes out after queen's gauntlet people will have more tomes.
show me your skeleton
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so i just bought the game and tried changing the email address of my old guild wars 1 account and now i can't seem to verify/authenticate the change. could this be because of increased server use right now?
We don't know how things will be handled. Seems like Specialization and Revenants will be Expansion-only content, but that doesn't splinter the player base. The new WvW map is going to be free, I imagine, though I'm not sure if the Stronghold gametype will be. Guild Halls will probably be free, but actually building them might be tied to the expansion.
So, if the new regions and mastery system aren't expansion-only, then there's nothing to split the community at all.
Hard to imagine you'd be able to visit the new regions without owning the expansion.
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