Guild Wars 2 - The Thread

Arcanum · 04-10-2012, 03:22 AM

Creative title, eh? Well who cares about the title of the thread since we're talking about Guild Wars, i.e. holy fuck I can barely contain my fangasm over this game.

Anyway, the game is now available for pre-purchase, which you can do so here or at certain retailers. Pre-purchasing gives you some items once the game comes out, access to the game 3 days before it's officially out, and most importantly access to all of the beta events.

And really the true purpose of this thread is to find out who among all of you are as excited for this game as I am, and if you will be in the beta, and which server we shall play on (but even then, home servers are more for World versus World and Guilds, since players can visit other servers at a whim).

If, for some reason, you aren't hyped about this game then it's probably because you live under a rock. Have no fear, for the internet holds all you could ever want to know about this game. But sifting through a wiki can be boring, so there's more!

To start us off, the Yogscast (and I don't normally watch these guys, I just stumbled onto their coverage) has 32 videos about the game including descriptions and demonstrations of the weapons skills of each profession.

Here's the elementalist one, just to get you started

But what's that? You want to read the skill descriptions at your leisure, as well as examine the Trait system? Well then help yourself to this character builder.

This is the elementalist build I threw together, and feel free to share your own builds.

Anyway, who's going to prepurchase and get into the beta events? What profession are you excited to play? Have you seen some of the World vs. World videos out there? Discuss! Fangasm! Be pessimistic (because I'm sure there are a few of you :P)!

Amake · 04-10-2012, 04:57 AM

Guild Wars always seemed like a decent game except for the part where they expect you to play with other people. Any chance that's changed? (Yeah right.)

Toast · 04-10-2012, 05:37 AM

Well, I would have pre-purchased by now, but I keep getting an error message, so I'll try again later.

Definitely looking forward to the game. While I do want to try out all the classes, I'm most excited about playing guardian, ranger, and necromancer.

Although that is a good character builder, and the one I've used several times, I would like to mention that all skills and traits are subject to change between each beta.

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Originally Posted by Amake

Guild Wars always seemed like a decent game except for the part where they expect you to play with other people. Any chance that's changed? (Yeah right.)

Grouping has changed significantly. Compared to the original gw, you don't have to group for any content except for explorable mode dungeons.

Compared to other mmos, you won't be competing with other players over kills, material spawns, quests, etc. Dynamic events scale to the number of players available. There's no kill stealing, everyone gets rewarded based on their contribution. There's no ally-targeting skills, everything is based on positioning. There's no dedicated healers or tanks, so you are responsible for your own survival.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 04-10-2012, 05:57 AM

I loved Factions and Nightfall and I've been loving everything I've seen of GW2, but like most pc games I just won't be able to rn it, meaning this is yet another amazing game that I'll never get to play.

Doc ock rokc · 04-10-2012, 12:49 PM

MESMESERS ARE SO BOSS. Literally how they made them is so freaking interesting.

Aldurin · 04-10-2012, 01:22 PM

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meh, I might look at the videos later but I don't see what the big deal is.

CABAL49 · 04-10-2012, 04:43 PM

I never bought the expansions and my game suffered for it.

Aldurin · 04-10-2012, 04:54 PM

Just watched the vids and . . . wow. Just preordered it and I can't wait to kill people with . . . whatever the fuck I decide to use.

Ryong · 04-10-2012, 05:03 PM

Going Guardian, not sure on the specifics, though.

...As soon as they answer me how does region locking work. ( since I'm Brazilian and I don't think they have any Brazilian servers and I want to play on the NA ones and shit )

Toast · 04-10-2012, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

Going Guardian, not sure on the specifics, though.

...As soon as they answer me how does region locking work. ( since I'm Brazilian and I don't think they have any Brazilian servers and I want to play on the NA ones and shit )

So far as I know, if you buy direct from Anet, you're automatically sorted. Region only counts for login purposes. Once you're logged in, you can choose any server to play on.

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Originally Posted by Aldurin

meh, I might look at the videos later but I don't see what the big deal is.

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Originally Posted by Aldurin

Just watched the vids and . . . wow. Just preordered it and I can't wait to kill people with . . . whatever the fuck I decide to use.

That was fast.

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Originally Posted by Hawk

I loved Factions and Nightfall and I've been loving everything I've seen of GW2, but like most pc games I just won't be able to rn it, meaning this is yet another amazing game that I'll never get to play.

The current system requirements posted here (although of course subject to change) aren't all that high. I don't know what your system is like, just wanted to point out that there is an estimate of the system reqs available.

04-10-2012, 03:22 AM	#1
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	Guild Wars 2 - The Thread Creative title, eh? Well who cares about the title of the thread since we're talking about Guild Wars, i.e. holy fuck I can barely contain my fangasm over this game. Anyway, the game is now available for pre-purchase, which you can do so here or at certain retailers. Pre-purchasing gives you some items once the game comes out, access to the game 3 days before it's officially out, and most importantly access to all of the beta events. And really the true purpose of this thread is to find out who among all of you are as excited for this game as I am, and if you will be in the beta, and which server we shall play on (but even then, home servers are more for World versus World and Guilds, since players can visit other servers at a whim). If, for some reason, you aren't hyped about this game then it's probably because you live under a rock. Have no fear, for the internet holds all you could ever want to know about this game. But sifting through a wiki can be boring, so there's more! To start us off, the Yogscast (and I don't normally watch these guys, I just stumbled onto their coverage) has 32 videos about the game including descriptions and demonstrations of the weapons skills of each profession. Here's the elementalist one, just to get you started But what's that? You want to read the skill descriptions at your leisure, as well as examine the Trait system? Well then help yourself to this character builder. This is the elementalist build I threw together, and feel free to share your own builds. Anyway, who's going to prepurchase and get into the beta events? What profession are you excited to play? Have you seen some of the World vs. World videos out there? Discuss! Fangasm! Be pessimistic (because I'm sure there are a few of you :P)! __________________ POS Almighty has spoken.

04-10-2012, 04:57 AM	#2
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Guild Wars always seemed like a decent game except for the part where they expect you to play with other people. Any chance that's changed? (Yeah right.) __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

04-10-2012, 12:49 PM	#5
Doc ock rokc ...Really? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in Theory. Everything works here Posts: 3,961	MESMESERS ARE SO BOSS. Literally how they made them is so freaking interesting. __________________ I have a Pesterchum its DangerousDoc I am ether fading out of Time, Space, or Reality...Or Simply my Typewriter is running out of ink

04-10-2012, 04:43 PM	#7
CABAL49 Not bad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Senatus Populusque Americanus Posts: 1,584	I never bought the expansions and my game suffered for it.

04-10-2012, 04:54 PM	#8
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Just watched the vids and . . . wow. Just preordered it and I can't wait to kill people with . . . whatever the fuck I decide to use.

04-10-2012, 05:03 PM	#9
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Going Guardian, not sure on the specifics, though. ...As soon as they answer me how does region locking work. ( since I'm Brazilian and I don't think they have any Brazilian servers and I want to play on the NA ones and shit )