Guild Wars 2 Hype Thread - GS score 9.0 (Hype met)

sunday, august 12, there will be an hour-long stress test. it starts at 11am pacific time, and ends at noon pacific time.BrunoBRS

0_o Did something happen in the last stress test?

So, what race/class is everyone going with for their main/first character? Charr Warrior for me. I was going to go with Charr Engineer, but it was quite frankly boring and underpowered. Warrior and Guardian were the only two I had fun with of the classes I tried (Engineer, Ranger, Guardian, and Warrior). I didn't really care for the Ranger either.Zero5000X

I planning on going with a human guardian and a charr engineer as my mains.

I still have no idea who i am going to pick as my race/class. Still researching.

I can't wait for this game.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]sunday, august 12, there will be an hour-long stress test. it starts at 11am pacific time, and ends at noon pacific time.Wanderer5

0_o Did something happen in the last stress test?

[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]So, what race/class is everyone going with for their main/first character? Charr Warrior for me. I was going to go with Charr Engineer, but it was quite frankly boring and underpowered. Warrior and Guardian were the only two I had fun with of the classes I tried (Engineer, Ranger, Guardian, and Warrior). I didn't really care for the Ranger either.Wanderer5

I planning on going with a human guardian and a charr engineer as my mains.

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]So, what race/class is everyone going with for their main/first character? Charr Warrior for me. I was going to go with Charr Engineer, but it was quite frankly boring and underpowered. Warrior and Guardian were the only two I had fun with of the classes I tried (Engineer, Ranger, Guardian, and Warrior). I didn't really care for the Ranger either.BrunoBRS

I planning on going with a human guardian and a charr engineer as my mains.

Nah since that class was created from the Charr I think it will be more interesting to follow a story from there, plus I like that race. I might make a sylvari character later.

So was this the last one, or should we expect a 30 minute stress test soon?:P Performance has definitely been improve.

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

So was this the last one, or should we expect a 30 minute stress test soon?:P Performance has definitely been improve.

Wanderer5

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

Dead-Memories

[QUOTE="Wanderer5"]

So was this the last one, or should we expect a 30 minute stress test soon?:P Performance has definitely been improve.

BrunoBRS

So anyone got some nice new screenshots that puts other MMO's to shame? I got one worthy of uploading, the rest aren't too great:

Oh and yes it's a screenshot, I had to back into a dead tree so the camera would go into me and make me transparent to get the picture without my ugly a** ruining it.

[QUOTE="Dead-Memories"]

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

BrunoBRS

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Dead-Memories"]

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

Dead-Memories

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Dead-Memories"]

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

Dead-Memories

We cannot really judge it's depth yet, way too early to judge. But they are aiming it for the E-Sport crowd.

With GW1 it took a long time to discover the effectiveness of certain skills and builds. I am sure with GW2 it will be the same. Going by the competitiveness of GW1 though, I am sure GW2 will be competitive as well.

As for your question. It is closer to WoW than GW1. At least in terms of movement. Game itself is a mix between action and hotkey combat.

Ok, so I'm pretty excited about this game, haven't looked at many videos I want it to be fresh when I play the game.

Is this game likely to be the second coming in mmo terms? I'm reinstalling Rift as I type this as I'm eager to play a mmo again, will gw2 stop me renewing my rift sub or subbing to another mmo? I guess I'm asking to the beta testers, will gw2 make me cancel all my current mmo subscriptions?

Thanks.

Ok, so I'm pretty excited about this game, haven't looked at many videos I want it to be fresh when I play the game.

Is this game likely to be the second coming in mmo terms? I'm reinstalling Rift as I type this as I'm eager to play a mmo again, will gw2 stop me renewing my rift sub or subbing to another mmo? I guess I'm asking to the beta testers, will gw2 make me cancel all my current mmo subscriptions?

Thanks.

crashdown86

At least you actually completed it, I got to the top and died in like 3 seconds, tried again this time blew every ability I had and died in about 10 seconds, gave up after that.

JohnF111

well it's a level 10 area and my character was level 15, so i was able to take the golems down more easily, despite the downscaling. that, and when i got there a mesmer had killed all but one golem :P

Ok, so I'm pretty excited about this game, haven't looked at many videos I want it to be fresh when I play the game.

Is this game likely to be the second coming in mmo terms? I'm reinstalling Rift as I type this as I'm eager to play a mmo again, will gw2 stop me renewing my rift sub or subbing to another mmo? I guess I'm asking to the beta testers, will gw2 make me cancel all my current mmo subscriptions?

Thanks.

crashdown86

This game wont be the second coming, but it will be fun and may very well be the best mmo I have played in a long while, a huge step up from a genre that has been going downhill for a long while.

As for if it will make you unsub for rift, not really, for 2 reasons

1. Guild Wars 2 has no monthly fee
2. Guild Wars 2 doesnt have as many time sinks as other mmos and supports very casual play, Guild Wars 2 can complement your RIFT experience.

I am seriously out of the loop with this game, can anyone give me some quick hands-on gameplay experience in the competitive aspects of this game?

I was a serious WoW arena player 2200+ last year, and recently quit The old republic out of lack of replay value, how does this game measure as far as competitive depth?

Dead-Memories

you will see ionusx at the headstart and thats the bottom line. cause ionusx said so!

Ok, so I'm pretty excited about this game, haven't looked at many videos I want it to be fresh when I play the game.

Is this game likely to be the second coming in mmo terms? I'm reinstalling Rift as I type this as I'm eager to play a mmo again, will gw2 stop me renewing my rift sub or subbing to another mmo? I guess I'm asking to the beta testers, will gw2 make me cancel all my current mmo subscriptions?

Thanks.

crashdown86

[QUOTE="illmatic87"][QUOTE="Vaasman"]You sure spend a lot of time dead for a guardian. :PBrunoBRS

[QUOTE="Dead-Memories"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] they're aiming it at the e-sport crowd. structured PvP (sPvP) makes use of standardized gear, and everyone is at max level with access to all traits and skills. there's hot joinable ones (up to 10v10 i think), and tournaments (teams of 5). game mode is conquest (3 bases, keep it under your team's power to earn points, first to reach 500 points wins). each map has a unique mechanic, like trebuchets or boss mobs that can be killed to grant your team a stat bonus. as far as balance goes, it's very, very balanced as far as i've played. haven't really seen anyone that i'd call "OP", just good players. engineer used to be underpowered, but they've been balancing him. ANet takes balance very seriously, each beta event has seen balance changes between them, and even between stress tests.Maroxad

We cannot really judge it's depth yet, way too early to judge. But they are aiming it for the E-Sport crowd.

With GW1 it took a long time to discover the effectiveness of certain skills and builds. I am sure with GW2 it will be the same. Going by the competitiveness of GW1 though, I am sure GW2 will be competitive as well.

As for your question. It is closer to WoW than GW1. At least in terms of movement. Game itself is a mix between action and hotkey combat.

[QUOTE="Dead-Memories"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] they're aiming it at the e-sport crowd. structured PvP (sPvP) makes use of standardized gear, and everyone is at max level with access to all traits and skills. there's hot joinable ones (up to 10v10 i think), and tournaments (teams of 5). game mode is conquest (3 bases, keep it under your team's power to earn points, first to reach 500 points wins). each map has a unique mechanic, like trebuchets or boss mobs that can be killed to grant your team a stat bonus. as far as balance goes, it's very, very balanced as far as i've played. haven't really seen anyone that i'd call "OP", just good players. engineer used to be underpowered, but they've been balancing him. ANet takes balance very seriously, each beta event has seen balance changes between them, and even between stress tests.BrunoBRS

[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

[QUOTE="Dead-Memories"] Interesting, so would you say the game plays more akin to guild wars or more recent mmo's like WoW or TOR? It actually is sounding pretty deep for a non-monthly fee game. Dead-Memories

We cannot really judge it's depth yet, way too early to judge. But they are aiming it for the E-Sport crowd.

With GW1 it took a long time to discover the effectiveness of certain skills and builds. I am sure with GW2 it will be the same. Going by the competitiveness of GW1 though, I am sure GW2 will be competitive as well.

As for your question. It is closer to WoW than GW1. At least in terms of movement. Game itself is a mix between action and hotkey combat.

As far as the soundtrack goes.

This and this stand out quite alot. From what I have played, I am finding the OST rather inconsistent, in both positive and negative ways.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Dead-Memories"] Interesting, so would you say the game plays more akin to guild wars or more recent mmo's like WoW or TOR? It actually is sounding pretty deep for a non-monthly fee game. Dead-Memories

Thieves have some stealth skills, but none of them last long and stealth and not all thieves have stealth capabilities.

It is sPvP so every skill and every ability is unlocked, he has the best gear as well so he is never at a disadvantage to anyone statwise because he played less.

I got to play in the stress test yesterday, but I'm having trouble figuring something out (spent too much time in Character creation). What is the primary attack button? 1 or Leftclick or right click? I.e. What is the button to START (or resume) attacking?

I got to play in the stress test yesterday, but I'm having trouble figuring something out (spent too much time in Character creation). What is the primary attack button? 1 or Leftclick or right click? I.e. What is the button to START (or resume) attacking?

th3warr1or

I got to play in the stress test yesterday, but I'm having trouble figuring something out (spent too much time in Character creation). What is the primary attack button? 1 or Leftclick or right click? I.e. What is the button to START (or resume) attacking?

th3warr1or

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Dead-Memories"] Interesting, so would you say the game plays more akin to guild wars or more recent mmo's like WoW or TOR? It actually is sounding pretty deep for a non-monthly fee game. Dead-Memories

The rabbit population in Queensdale FEAR ME.illmatic87

As far as the soundtrack goes.

This and this stand out quite alot. From what I have played, I am finding the OST rather inconsistent, in both positive and negative ways.

illmatic87

Wow that charr environment music sounds amazing. Probably my favorite now from what I been hearing.

just remembered the second reason i desperately need to play an asura:

GOLEM BATTLE SUIT.

[QUOTE="th3warr1or"]

I got to play in the stress test yesterday, but I'm having trouble figuring something out (spent too much time in Character creation). What is the primary attack button? 1 or Leftclick or right click? I.e. What is the button to START (or resume) attacking?

MBirdy88

Looks like the poll did a disappearing act.:P

Looks like the poll did a disappearing act.:P

Wanderer5

after reading a lot of discussion about the mesmer, i decided to give it another shot, like i did with the guardian. so i spent some time on the build maker and came up with this.

the idea of the build is that the mesmer is the one in charge of dealing the damage, and illusions serve as a defense mechanism, fooling the foe and punishing them for falling for it. i also use a lot of confusion and retaliation to fight back physical damage, and distortion is probably the shatter i'll use the most.

I've been playing LOTR online to try out an MMO and I'm not a fan of hot key combat. I'll keep playing it and maybe it will grow on me. Heil68

really cool theory regarding the sylvaris, also gives a lot of lore exposition for those that want to know more.BrunoBRS

what a tweest

really cool theory regarding the sylvaris, also gives a lot of lore exposition for those that want to know more.BrunoBRS