Re: Guild Wars 2

**NexusMav** · 01-30-2012, 01:52 PM

I'd so be down. I'm pretty burned out of playing FPS at the moment. I miss the community way more than the game, so this would be a great way for me to keep things interesting while staying active in the community. At the moment, I bounce between BF3 and UMvC3, but I'd gladly substitute UMvC3 for something like GW2.

**Phoenix.** · 01-31-2012, 03:29 AM

Can't wait for GW2. I heard open beta is coming in March-April, though some say it's completely open some say it's not. I'll be playing a lot,...with everyone...lol

**TomDaSlaya** · 02-22-2012, 08:56 PM

BETA SIGNUPS ARE HERE!!!!

Open for about two days, so don't delay if you are interested.

Godspeed.

**MacLeod** · 02-22-2012, 10:00 PM

Applied earlier this afternoon, now its time to pray.

**FLIPmode** · 02-22-2012, 10:44 PM

I've signed up as well.

**Bisclaveret** · 02-23-2012, 06:11 AM

After seeing the announcement that a console version is confirmed, I've pretty much bailed on this game anymore. I suffered through FF11 for a while, then cackled madly in the FF14 beta when the only way to efficiently move through menus and your character was to plug my PS2 controller back into my PC. I can't imagine how THIS game will work, unless they keep the gw1 formula of never being able to move on a Z-axis, etc.

**QuantumQrack** · 02-23-2012, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Bisclaveret

After seeing the announcement that a console version is confirmed, I've pretty much bailed on this game anymore. I suffered through FF11 for a while, then cackled madly in the FF14 beta when the only way to efficiently move through menus and your character was to plug my PS2 controller back into my PC. I can't imagine how THIS game will work, unless they keep the gw1 formula of never being able to move on a Z-axis, etc.

I read that their focus is still on a kick-ass pc game, with the console version an afterthought I think. I signed up for beta, I love to try new MMO's out. In 2009 I went to PAX and got a majority of the devs there to sign the hardback version of the GW2 art book. Pretty cool. Hopefully the PvP will be enjoyable.

**Phoenix.** · 02-23-2012, 07:23 PM

I know what you mean but I've read that the console version is being handled by a seperate small team, their focus is on PC. That said I cannot imagine a mmorpg on console lol. I have very high hopes for this game, if all turns out as it should this should be the 1 game I have always dreamed playing. Always been a mmorpg player at heart.

**MacLeod** · 02-23-2012, 09:17 PM

I am normally not a big MMO fan but I practically grew up on GW. I will most likely be playing a lot with old friends but I hope to see you all in game as well.

**sc1ence** · 02-23-2012, 09:48 PM

The PvP in this looks fantastic.

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**WhiskeySix** · 03-15-2012, 10:27 AM

I've never played MMO's before, but the boss convinced me to play GW with her ("the family that slays together slays together"). Been on it for about a week now - with her help (she's got 39HOM points), I just reached lvl20 w/ a Ranger/Rit...

Last night was my first foray into PvP - played a few JQ rounds (as luxen), and one as kurzik in FA. I really like the 8vs8 format with the objective-based play - I'm still very disoriented and don't fully understand the modes/maps yet, but it's easy to imagine the kind of squad-comms/coordination we used in BFx translating well!

What guilds/alliances are you guys in?

(I'll probably get suckered into GW2 too... glad to see some TGers playing it.)

**MacLeod** · 03-15-2012, 04:16 PM

W6 sadly you came a little late to the game, but you would have loved 12v12 Alliance Battles back when they were popular. Think BF Conquest + Guild Wars, with you winning points for owning control points (usually around 7 on a map) and forcing opponents to wait for a respawn once you kill them. It took quite a bit of team-wide tactics to win and was a ton of fun. AB is probably the reason why I really started playing 2142 and got into this community in the first place.

Also, while JQ, FA, and AB can be considered soft-PvP, you should give RA, HA, or GvG a try sometime; those get extremely competitive and require a ton of coordination and teamwork to win.

**DaViking** · 03-15-2012, 07:18 PM

RA, HA, and GvG is where GW really shines (or did, I haven't played in years).

**TomDaSlaya** · 05-01-2012, 03:52 PM

So, did anyone play in the beta on the 27-29th weekend? Thoughts?

I was able to watch a friend play trough a bit with an ele. The play is very different from GW1 (in a good way, I think). The elementalist is able to quickly change elemental atunement in battle between the four elements (once he/she has played enough to unlock them all) which adds a bit of depth compared to the setup of the ele in GW1.

I am also a fan of your skills being dependent on your on and off-hand weapons. I was not sure if I was going to like it, but I think it works well, and it makes perfect sense they way they have it set up. For instance, having a wand or staff equipped gives you more long range attacks, while having something like a dagger equipped gives you higher damage but close range attacks. Playing around with these skill-sets will be fun.

I did not get quite as much exposure as I wanted over the beta weekend, but I have now per-ordered and will get my hands dirty with the next beta event.
Get excited, everyone. This is gonna be a good one.