Guild Wars 2

[Omega 354]

God, isn't it? I've no idea how they managed to make it so amazing without it lagging the crap out of the game.

[etz 78]

Yeah, and it's still only DX9... Arena.net are boss at that shit, seriously.

[Omega 354]

The stroy line quest is pretty well rounded at the moment and most of the events are interesting and pop up regularly enough to not feel like you're queing to experience anything. PlusI think there's plenty of replay value with the race/class/backstory combinations.

[Guest Jamster26]

All sounds promising from what you've put on here and what I've read elsewhere.

 

Do we think it's going to be the bigger than all of the other MMO's? WOW etc?

[Omega 354]

I think it might be bigger than SW:TOR. I think die-hard WoW players will find it difficult to adjust certain aspects of their game-play and may not take to it. You can't faceroll GW2, the dodge mechanic means you aren't simply playing a "rotation" and in a way every mob plays a bit like a mini-boss fight. The sheer epicness of the environment is what wins for me. I've not played an MMO that is as good looking as this. So many wow-heads complain that WoW looks outdated with cartoony graphics. GW2 feels like a grown up MMO. I think it could be very big but they'll need to update tutorials and stuff as it's a little impenetrable for those who don't know GW1 or didn't read up about GW2 from the NDS beta.

 

The Personal Storyline also makes you care about your character more without being a total diversion from exploring the world. the transportaion sites are useful witout feeling like they are taking away from actually getting to places, the dynamic events happen at a frequency that means you aren't sat at the edge of an area waiting for stuff to happen all you do is run around exploring.

 

It's epic and now I want to be playing it again! :(

[Guest Jamster26]

I finally managed to pre-order myself a copy of this. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/tiya-chan/smiley/phew.gif

[Omega 354]

You won't be dissapointed.

[etz 78]

I finally managed to pre-order myself a copy of this. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/tiya-chan/smiley/phew.gif

 

pre-order or pre-purchase? Only pre-purchase have access to the Beta Weekends.

[Guest Jamster26]

Pre-Order unfortunately.

 

Seriously though.

 

I.Can.Not.Wait.For.This.

[Omega 354]

Wha... why not pre-purchase?

[Guest Jamster26]

I didn't have any money on me at the time, and I desperately didn't want a "Sorry, the stock is now empty!" scenario.

[Omega 354]

How much did you pre-order for? I got the basic package for pre-purchase for 49 quid plus that means I get the digital download before the physical release anyway.

[Guest Jamster26]

£10.

 

I still get a one day head start mind you!

 

Sounds like you got a decent deal.

[Omega 354]

Meh, I guess for the money that's a good deal. Where did you pre-order from?

[Guest Jamster26]

Gamestation. :)

 

I'm in the mood to return to the original Guild Wars. I've joined a new Guild and and about to do todays Zaishen Mission; A Gate Too Fart.

[Guest Jamster26]

Etz / Omega; the GW2 beta weekend is next week and there are some free keys up for grabs if you don't have one already.

 

You just need to sign up to these, put your name down and hope your name gets drawn out of the hat. You'll then receive an email with your key which you register the GW beta event with.

 

1) http://www.tentonhammer.com/giveaways/gw2/bwe2

 

2)

[etz 78]

Pre-purchased GW2 on the day it became available, so I'm in all the BWE, though I'm less keen on them now than I was after CB2, since the merchants weren't working in the first BWE. I'll give it a go this time, but if the trade system ain't working and I have to create my characters from scratch again, then I'm about done with GW2 till it goes live. Doing the same content again doesn't really appeal to me, at all.

 

Plus, I've decided I might go for a triple GWAMM spike (3 accounts at once), which means I have a shitload of work to do to get accounts 2 and 3 up to speed.

Edited June 2, 2012 by etz

[Omega 354]

characters are being kept over from last time apparently so not all bad. might go and check out some WvWvW pvp this time around which is pretty rare for me since i generally despise PVP but the system looks kind of cool.

[Guest Jamster26]

Can I ask guys, how long did it take for you to download the beta? It's something like 11GB and my currently download speed is 295KB / Sec.

 

I take it that's bad / slow? (Does anyone know how to increase the speed?)

 

I don't know allot about computer stuff.

[etz 78]

300kb/sec isn't bad, it's pretty average. If you're with BT or virgin, it'll slow down after the 1st GB if you download during the day, since you'll trip their traffic shaping fair usage thingamabob. I just opened my client at night before I go to bed and leave it downloading until I get up. Took about 3 nights.