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Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 24 February 2012, 09:12:35
Anyone planning on playing?

You can sign-up for their beta right now:  https://beta.guildwars2.com/

I haven't really found a replacement ever for Final Fantasy XI.  I spent a good amount of my life playing this game (roughly 8 years) and just haven't found the right MMO to replace it.  Guild Wars 2 seems somewhat promising, but I'm not sure that I have as much time as I used to.  But we'll see!


Salutations from Cerberus on FFXI
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/4314_605618004721_22012505_35751405_5592487_n.jpg)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Quarzac on Fri, 24 February 2012, 10:42:26
I THINK I played on Cerberus during my brief stint with FFXI. I didn't like the lack of soloability in that game. Also, I REALLY wanted to be a dragoon, but didn't have the time to invest in the game to get it. I plan on picking up GW2, since I spent a while with GW, and I am a huge fan of the no-subscription model without the constant need to shove a cash store down our throats.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 24 February 2012, 13:14:31
Quote from: Quarzac;524293
I THINK I played on Cerberus during my brief stint with FFXI. I didn't like the lack of soloability in that game. Also, I REALLY wanted to be a dragoon, but didn't have the time to invest in the game to get it. I plan on picking up GW2, since I spent a while with GW, and I am a huge fan of the no-subscription model without the constant need to shove a cash store down our throats.

Considering it was my first MMO, I didn't really have any expectations as far as solo or team play went.  I just played the game, and thought it was pretty fun since all my other friends were playing...then I got addicted and well, that's how I ruined my life for 8 years.

I agree, I'm looking forward to a no-subscription MMO!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 24 February 2012, 13:17:48
Ragnarok Online!!!!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Quarzac on Fri, 24 February 2012, 16:33:26
Quote from: tsangan;524444
Ragnarok Online!!!!
I've played RO pretty heavily on a private server. I jump back into it every now and then. Rates are just too low on the legitimate servers.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sun, 26 February 2012, 12:39:02
All I know is, when GW2 goes into Production, we should all join the same server and start a guild and be really cool right off the bat.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Quarzac on Sun, 26 February 2012, 21:29:55
Sounds like a solid plan.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 03 March 2012, 17:05:40
Quote from: Quarzac;524629
I've played RO pretty heavily on a private server. I jump back into it every now and then. Rates are just too low on the legitimate servers.

Definitely private server, legitimate servers the rates are ridiculous I don't want to spend 2 months hunting for a pair of slotted shoes :P
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: litster on Sat, 03 March 2012, 17:30:55
Oops, the beta sign up is closed.  Too late...
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: ekw808 on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:33:26
MAPLE STORY :behindsofa:
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Bilbin on Mon, 19 March 2012, 08:21:32
Let me pick the server ;)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Mon, 19 March 2012, 09:01:19
I'll definitely play GW2 when it comes out. (Pre ordering on April 10). Back on GW1, my guild used to GvG everyday.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Tue, 10 April 2012, 07:38:04
https://buy.guildwars2.com/

Prepurchase is live! Lets do it
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: funxion on Tue, 10 April 2012, 08:21:02
Who all is planning on playing? Will consider getting it if there's a nice size group.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 10 April 2012, 09:43:11
Just bought it!  I've got about 6-7 other friends who are also going to be playing :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 10 April 2012, 15:30:51
Waiting for my CE box... looks like I'm gonna need a bigger shelf
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Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 11 April 2012, 20:21:48
http://i.imgur.com/Rxgj1.png

Looks like beta weekend is gonna start on 4/20. Awww yeah
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 12 April 2012, 11:04:14
Quote from: Sifo;573379
http://i.imgur.com/Rxgj1.png

Looks like beta weekend is gonna start on 4/20. Awww yeah

Perfect timing :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Djuzuh on Thu, 12 April 2012, 11:18:07
You just broke the NDA*!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: ekw808 on Thu, 12 April 2012, 15:48:02
Congratulations! You've been accepted into an upcoming Guild Wars 2 Stress Test!

Starting this Friday, April 13, between the hours of 12PM – 6PM Pacific, we would like to invite you to join us in the game for our first Guild Wars 2 Stress Test.

Got this in my email last NIGHT. WASSUP BRAH
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 12 April 2012, 19:07:51
Quote from: Djuzuh;573778
You just broke the NDA*!

I didn't break it I'm not in beta :(
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 12 April 2012, 19:15:27
Quote from: ekw808;574010
Congratulations! You've been accepted into an upcoming Guild Wars 2 Stress Test!

Starting this Friday, April 13, between the hours of 12PM – 6PM Pacific, we would like to invite you to join us in the game for our first Guild Wars 2 Stress Test.

Got this in my email last NIGHT. WASSUP BRAH

Nice bro!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 23 April 2012, 16:19:36
Ugh this stupid rollback.

Was playing D3 Beta and Tera if anyone is interested =)  PM me if you wanna run through some stuff...
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 23 April 2012, 16:36:59
Pre-ordered GW2. RvRvR sounds amazing.

Debating on dropping the $ for Tera. Is there an open beta soon?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 23 April 2012, 16:47:15
Yeah, I preordered GW2 also.  What does R stand for?  Realm?  Or are you referring to Server vs. Server?

Tera was pretty fun.  It's a cross-hair based 3rd person RPG, similar to WoW plus the crosshair actions.  Very clicky game.  I think open beta started on 4/20 :)  But they might be taking it down today.  I think the characters you play on the beta get transferred over to the live version, but I stand corrected on that.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 23 April 2012, 17:36:13
Yeah... realm/server... point is that it is 3-way contention. Should be a nice added dimension to the politics involved in large-scale pvp which is a major source of enjoyment for me. I'd be happy to hang with some Geekhackers when it comes out.

"Pretty fun" isn't enough of an endorsement for me to shell out cash for Tera just yet! Warhammer was the last MMORPG I jumped into fully and really had fun (even though everyone beat the devs to finishing endgame and loot was dropping from classes that didn't exist yet), and everything since has just been wasted money.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 23 April 2012, 20:05:24
I thought it was WvWvW... but yeah large scale PvP sounds crazy I might just chill there all day if I'm not pwning kids in arena.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 23 April 2012, 20:12:27
Quote from: Sifo;580399
I thought it was WvWvW...

WvWvW it is... just because the text looks better. You win.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Mon, 23 April 2012, 20:14:01
This game will save my wallet from Geek Hack!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 23 April 2012, 20:16:31
Quote from: rainb1ood;580407
This game will save my wallet from Geek Hack!

It didn't exactly help my wallet, I dropped $170 for CE :(
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Mon, 23 April 2012, 21:15:26
I'm pretty psyched for GW2, D3 should be fun to play while I'm waiting for GW2 to come out :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 24 April 2012, 17:40:21
installing the game right now :) it's almost 25gbs... slow internet people better get on it
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 24 April 2012, 17:47:54
Quote from: Sifo;581135
installing the game right now :) it's almost 25gbs... slow internet people better get on it

Where do we download the game at?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:07:25
http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/client/Gw2.exe

The website is down but this is the official dload link
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: fstop on Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:15:16
I'm psyched about GW2 but too broke to put down $60 for a game with no release date.

Hope you guys enjoy the beta. Please post feedback, I'll be checking back on this thread for it :).
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 24 April 2012, 19:33:41
Well, my estimate was way off. The beta is roughly 13gb~

EDIT: Picture of login screen ^^ beautiful. Music is really good too

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Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 24 April 2012, 19:38:29
I'm about 10GB downloaded =)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 25 April 2012, 09:14:54
Quote from: fstop;581190
Hope you guys enjoy the beta. Please post feedback, I'll be checking back on this thread for it :).

Yes, please! I want to hear from real people and not biased sites or guilds trying to recruit mass amounts of players at launch by fake-hyping the game.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Wed, 25 April 2012, 09:27:06
I will do my best to share some info, but we are somewhat bound by the NDC :)  I just can't wait for this.  I really can't, so excited.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 25 April 2012, 09:30:46
Same. Really dying to get back into an MMO as I haven't seriously gamed in a very long time.

I will try to "unbind" you from the NDA when you are overly intoxicated. :censored: -> :hippie:
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Wed, 25 April 2012, 09:49:43
http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/QRC/GW2_QRC_NA_Digital.jpg

Hoping we get a key set like the one they did in the GG/MOBA set.

OR

I might just mix match all those sets I've acquired here at GH :)

wasdkeyboard.com's upcoming PBT keys might be a good choice too.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Wed, 25 April 2012, 10:36:42
Quote from: rainb1ood;581766
http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/QRC/GW2_QRC_NA_Digital.jpg

Hoping we get a key set like the one they did in the GG/MOBA set.

OR

I might just mix match all those sets I've acquired here at GH :)

wasdkeyboard.com's upcoming PBT keys might be a good choice too.

Good call.  If this game turns out to be amazing and I get serious with it, I may look into running a GB through SP, imsto or WASD Keyboards.  And well, if I don't get serious, I hope someone else does!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: kidchunks on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:17:12
I have it downloaded and ready for Friday. Shame I won't have my 2600k in time. The x4 965 will do fine for now.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:27:18
Quote from: kidchunks;581840
I have it downloaded and ready for Friday. Shame I won't have my 2600k in time. The x4 965 will do fine for now.

The GW team is like Blizzard. They are smart enough to find that perfect balance between the game looking good and it being playable on a wide range of systems. I'm sure the 965 will handle it more than "fine". Enjoy your beta!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 25 April 2012, 11:51:25
I'm looking at possibly streaming it if anyone wants to see anything specific, NDA is much less serious this time around.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Wed, 25 April 2012, 12:21:14
Having never played GW1, is there anything I should know before playing GW2?  I know that's a very vague question, but I really just don't want to read through a million pages of wiki.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Wed, 25 April 2012, 12:25:42
Everything is here:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1058358-Guild-Wars-2-Mass-info-for-the-uninitiated.-READ-ME

Long read but worth it. This is the link I've been giving to my friends who have not played GW1 and asking about it.

EDIT: All in one page, just have to scroll that wheel. :P
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: sherryton on Wed, 25 April 2012, 21:30:30
I plan to play.  Maybe you guys can tell me which server you guys plan to play in or vice versa?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 25 April 2012, 21:30:48
Quote from: DanGWanG;581806
Good call.  If this game turns out to be amazing and I get serious with it, I may look into running a GB through SP, imsto or WASD Keyboards.  And well, if I don't get serious, I hope someone else does!

I'll gladly run or help run a GB (if I've got enough reputation around here :P) since I'd absolutely love a set. Also because I'm the biggest GW fanboy ever zzz. Someone else would have to deal with shipping though since I'm Canadian
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Thu, 26 April 2012, 11:37:14
Ugh. The digital collector's edition is lame for $20 extra unless ALL your guild members get it and REALLY want that Tome boost. $20 goes a long way towards a GW2 keycap set. :D
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: kidchunks on Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:48:04
http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/digital-edition-sold-out/ :twitch:

Good luck to those who still haven't bought. I heard game stop still has copies available and I believe they come with the beta access.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Bilbin on Fri, 27 April 2012, 09:21:32
Sea of Sorrows server in 4 hours and 39 minutes! :D Human Elementalist!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 27 April 2012, 09:37:49
How did you choose your server already?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:40:32
20 minutes to go :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:43:30
Sea of Sorrows here I come!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Fri, 27 April 2012, 22:36:31
Im in Sea of Sorrows as well. They are owning in WvW lol
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: fstop on Sat, 28 April 2012, 16:16:02
How are you guys liking it so far? I heard there were so many people on in the beginning that you couldn't do much...
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sat, 28 April 2012, 16:55:41
Its pretty freaking awesome.  Dodge system makes the game a lot more interactive.  Once you passed the first hour of the game, lag isn't really an issue.  Pvp is really really fun.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Sun, 29 April 2012, 13:03:39
I've only been doing PvP lol
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sun, 29 April 2012, 13:18:17
Got to level 18 :)  Hoping to get to 20 before the deadline tonight.

Does anyone know if they will be carrying characters over?  Or saving anything out of beta?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 30 April 2012, 14:45:38
Aren't carrying characters over is what I understand.

And only thing you'll get bonus on launch is that 1 day head start, I believe.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 30 April 2012, 15:33:33
Ah that's lame.  Well I bought the special edition, so I get to play 3 days in advance...I think?

Anyway, here's my take on the game.  First and foremost, I'll start off with my experience as an MMORPG player.  I started played Final Fantasy XI for roughly 8 years, took a long break from MMOs but was considering coming back for a bunch of games (i.e. Aion, Rift, Star Wars, Tera, Warhammer, WoW, and etc.) but nothing sounded as exhilarating as GW2 did.  Closest I got was Rift for a few months.  So with that being said, my perspective on MMO's isn't very versatile but I think I can speak well on it.

So what did I think of the game?  Well, I think the game is fantastic and somewhat technologically advanced in comparison.  First of all, the world is masterfully created.  Just from what I saw in the beta, there were at least 5-6 VERY LARGE towns.  Transition towns, starter towns, high level towns, you name it, they existed and were fully available for exploration IN THE BETA.  Betas also usually have some negative connotations attached to it such as (but definitely not limited to):  lag, lag, lag, lag, server disruptions in connectivity, quest/NPC errors, and the list goes on.  But what I'll say about this beta is that, I really didn't experience anything that inconvenienced me to a point where I cared.  Usually, I'm very nit picky about this.  There was only a period of a few hours when the game was down, probably due to server overload.

The second thing I'd like to point out is the flexibility they have in server management.  They use an 'overflow' system that allows users to play on a temporary server during high traffic moments, and all events that take place on the temporary server carry over once it's ready.  Considering this is going to be a big game, it's a relief to know that when it goes live, we don't have lines to worry about.  But I think the biggest thing that I was happy about was the WvWvW PvP.  This is taking server flexibility to the next level, accommodating up to 2000 players in a full out battle.  There's also other little things I like, quick server transfers for characters and cross server guild, party and friend chat.  Makes e-hanging out a lot easier.

Finally, the game play.  I won't lie, my favorite person to play video games with is Mary Jane.  She and I, we go way back, so it's only natural that she assist me.  The interactive nature of this game is what truly makes it more amazing.  As an avid player of action based games, dodging is the essence of it all.  In a lot of the RPG's I've played, when you spin around a mob the only way they miss is if you are truely out of range or you evaded an attack with your evasive stats.  In this game, anyone can evade an attack using dodge and true kiting methods.  If the effect or projectile or weapon doesn't physically touch you in the game, then you've successfully dodged it.  This means, it actually involves some skills instead of just standing there hoping the mob misses because your evasion stat is so high.

So that's my take on it for now.  There's a lot of stuff I want to talk about, but I can't collectively gather 3 days of intense gaming, especially when Mary's around me, always nagging me and **** =)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Quarzac on Mon, 30 April 2012, 22:02:16
I really do think I played some FFXI with you during the brief time I played. I went by Enyu in those days though.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 01 May 2012, 18:01:47
With a beta that fun, I'm ready to for a GW2 keycaps set lol
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Tue, 01 May 2012, 19:29:13
GW2 beta was short and sweet for me, I was very busy with work so I only got to make a warrior to 13 and an engineer to 5. I got to explore some areas and wish I could have got more PvP time. Dynamic event questing is much cooler than other MMO quest style (like picking up 5 different quests for one area then running around looking for seashells or killing animals for quest items).

I've played many MMO's: DAoc, WoW, Warhammer Online, Ultima, Age of Conan, APB, Rift, Aion, CoH, Star Wars - ToR + Galaxies, since 1998 and most MMO style games only last about two months on average in my opinion (besides WoW). I think that GW2 has the staying power in classes and races, as well as keeping you interested whether you PvP or PvE. It was a very fluid beta in all matters of game-play. I've seen MMO releases that lagged and had TONS of issues, while the few issues did arise, ArenaNet had them fixed ASAP. So in short, I am overwhelmingly excited for GW2 to be released, and mix in a little Diablo 3\League of Legends for flavor :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 01 May 2012, 19:32:09
It's funny... I very much enjoyed the MMOs I did play until PvP became the in thing... can't stand it, so haven't gone near anything that has it as a major feature.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 01 May 2012, 20:42:45
Quote from: alaricljs;587685
It's funny... I very much enjoyed the MMOs I did play until PvP became the in thing... can't stand it, so haven't gone near anything that has it as a major feature.

The pve was what I.mostly played.  The world is enormous and pretty really fun...I think this game still favors pve
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 01 May 2012, 21:02:04
Quote from: DanGWanG;587736
The pve was what I.mostly played.  The world is enormous and pretty really fun...I think this game still favors pve

Not trying to put him off here or anything. The PvE is heavily focused on, with the personal story and what not. They spent a really good amount of time and did great work on the PvE. However they have noted that they're trying to bring it into eSports. In the end, as a PvPer I'd definitely recommend the game if you're only looking for PvE content. PvP is completely avoidable and they're not solely focused on it.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 02 May 2012, 08:39:56
The beauty of the first GW was the solo content and henchman/heroes so you could pve all you wanted and it didn't require waiting on 40 "friends" to do harder content (ie WoW). This was probably it's largest draw other than no monthly fees.

GW2 promised to bring that same appeal but also give the option of more PvP in an ever-changing open world.

I wouldn't be concerned at all about lack of PvE content.

EDIT: Oh... and great mini-review DanGWanG. And your Mary Jane henchman sounds hot.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: kaen on Wed, 02 May 2012, 09:06:03
played it, enjoyed it.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: onesie on Wed, 02 May 2012, 09:15:15
Thought it was pretty awesome minus a few little hiccups which im sure theyll iron out by the time the actual release it out.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 02 May 2012, 16:03:53
Quote from: onesie;588076
Thought it was pretty awesome minus a few little hiccups which im sure theyll iron out by the time the actual release it out.

Of course, it's a beta. There's no way they could have prepared the servers for the amount of people playing. It'll only get better and better.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 03 May 2012, 15:00:18
Anyone know when the next beta is?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: fstop on Thu, 03 May 2012, 16:18:40
Thanks for the impressions, for those of you that played the beta. I'm excited for it, but a part of me doesn't want it to come out too soon. I won't have time to enjoy D3 if I know GW2 is right around the corner. And I seriously won't have time for both!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 03 May 2012, 17:09:18
Quote from: fstop;589367
Thanks for the impressions, for those of you that played the beta. I'm excited for it, but a part of me doesn't want it to come out too soon. I won't have time to enjoy D3 if I know GW2 is right around the corner. And I seriously won't have time for both!

It's a serious dilemma for all of my friends.  We're split pretty evenly on GW2 and D3.  We all plan to play D3 until GW2 comes, but some people might not make the switch to GW2 and then my band breaks up =/
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: fstop on Thu, 03 May 2012, 17:29:33
Quote from: DanGWanG;589408
It's a serious dilemma for all of my friends.  We're split pretty evenly on GW2 and D3.  We all plan to play D3 until GW2 comes, but some people might not make the switch to GW2 and then my band breaks up =/

Yeah, my plan is to get D3 and play it until GW2 comes out. I'm not convinced that I will be into D3 as much as I was D2 - gaming has evolved so much since the last game and I feel like they didn't make enough changes to add replay value. MF'ing will still be addicting as hell, and I'm sure that PvP will be entertaining as well, but running dungeons over and over again doesn't have the same appeal with the new character building system. Plus, I had hoped for raid-style content. I know the Diablo franchise was never meant to emulate an MMO but how awesome would it be to see 25 man dungeons? I always thought D3 would include this, but instead they went backwards with limiting games to 4 players only...
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Thu, 03 May 2012, 17:43:01
I'm skipping D3 for now. I'll get my multiplayer dungeon-crawling out of Torchlight II for $20.

I'm down to split my time in GW2 and play half with my crew and half with GHers if we can get a group going.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 03 May 2012, 19:37:01
Quote from: fstop;589418
Yeah, my plan is to get D3 and play it until GW2 comes out. I'm not convinced that I will be into D3 as much as I was D2 - gaming has evolved so much since the last game and I feel like they didn't make enough changes to add replay value. MF'ing will still be addicting as hell, and I'm sure that PvP will be entertaining as well, but running dungeons over and over again doesn't have the same appeal with the new character building system. Plus, I had hoped for raid-style content. I know the Diablo franchise was never meant to emulate an MMO but how awesome would it be to see 25 man dungeons? I always thought D3 would include this, but instead they went backwards with limiting games to 4 players only...

This is what I thought it would be like for starcraft 2.  But it wasn't what I thought.  Sc2 is incredibly fun still
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: onesie on Thu, 03 May 2012, 21:11:49
i was split between d3 and gw2 as well but after all the things ive heard/seen about d3 like cash shop etc i think ill stick with gw2.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Sat, 12 May 2012, 07:41:51
HEY GUYS! still psyched for Guild Wars 2 Beta this Monday!? :rofl:

"Stress Test on Monday May 14th to test some changes we’ve implemented. This 7-hour test event, which runs from 11 AM to 6 PM PDT (-7 GMT) is open to all players who have per-purchased Guild Wars 2. The good news is that we’re not wiping characters for this test; we’re using the same build that we used in the first Beta Weekend Event, so you’ll be able to pick up right where you left off. For more information about the Stress Test, log in to the Beta Forums. Please join us on May 14 if you can."

http://www.arena.net/blog/mike-obrien-on-the-guild-wars-2-beta
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: type_dancer on Sun, 13 May 2012, 14:51:02
We will be playing. Got to level 12 in the weekend beta. Tarnished Coast.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sun, 13 May 2012, 14:57:40
I will be on as well!  Got to level 19 (I think...) before the beta last ended =/

Server:  Sea of Sorrows
Character: DanGWanG.2176
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Sun, 13 May 2012, 18:22:07
Quote from: DanGWanG;591781
I will be on as well!  Got to level 19 (I think...) before the beta last ended =/

Server:  Sea of Sorrows
Character: DanGWanG.2176

Cool, I'll try to add you tomorrow
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: WhiteRice on Sun, 13 May 2012, 18:27:30
My guild will be on Darkhaven :D
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 14 May 2012, 12:50:24
T-minus 10 minutes!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 17 May 2012, 16:14:50
Although it was a stress test I had a lot of fun doing the WvW jump quest thingy. SPvP was unplayable with the lag so I couldn't get any good practice in.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 08 June 2012, 13:41:38
Too many games to play all of a sudden.  BETA weekend starts in 19 minutes =)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Fri, 08 June 2012, 13:45:32
Up already :)
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: MMB on Fri, 08 June 2012, 21:07:45
Quote from: DanGWanG;609837
Too many games to play all of a sudden.  BETA weekend starts in 19 minutes =)

Yeah man, I know what you mean. So far I am still playing:

Tera
WoW
D3
ME3
GTA4
etc....

So many games.... so little time =/
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: qtan5370 on Fri, 08 June 2012, 21:50:26
Well, I am thinking if I can run it on my laptop.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:30:20
Quote from: qtan5370;610092
Well, I am thinking if I can run it on my laptop.

This is my sager laptop that I got this winter:

Processor:  IntelŽ Core™ i5-2410M, 3MB L3 Cache, 2.3GHz
Memory:  (8GB) 8192MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
Graphics Card:  NVIDIAŽ GeForceŽ GTX 560M 1.5GB GDDR5

I run Guild Wars 2 on medium detail setting at 1600x900 resolution -- Beta Weekend 1 in April was a bit choppier in frame-rate. Beta Weekend 2 last weekend had some optimizations from BW1, it was quite a bit smoother in WvWvW fights of 70++ people.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:40:09
The optimization was the best part of this Beta Weekend #2.  Everything was so smooth, and interface was a lot better.  I'm really like where GW2 is heading...
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Zamorph on Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:55:46
I want to play this game so bad! Can one still get into the beta?
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:59:07
I think beta recruitment is now over, but if you join their Facebook group (Guild Wars 2), you can get updates on when they have BETA giveaways.  They also post when their affiliates are having BETA key giveaways.

You may also be able to pre-purchase the game and still be able to receive a BETA key...but that might have been limited.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Zamorph on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:00:59
Quote from: DanGWanG;613357
I think beta recruitment is now over, but if you join their Facebook group (Guild Wars 2), you can get updates on when they have BETA giveaways.  They also post when their affiliates are having BETA key giveaways.

You may also be able to pre-purchase the game and still be able to receive a BETA key...but that might have been limited.
To facebook!
Thanks.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:04:51
Quote from: Zamorph;613355
I want to play this game so bad! Can one still get into the beta?

Also keep up to date on http://www.reddit.com/r/guildwars2

As soon as a giveaway for beta keys is around, they are in it within seconds -- :bounce:
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:08:36
Quote from: Zamorph;613355
I want to play this game so bad! Can one still get into the beta?

Also keep up to date on http://www.reddit.com/r/guildwars2

As soon as a giveaway for beta keys are posted, reddit users post it within seconds. Even the guy who plays "Hodor" from Game of Thrones is a huge MMO fanatic and ArenaNet(GW2 Developer) gave him 50 beta keys to hand out on his twitter a week ago :bounce:
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Zamorph on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:10:18
Quote from: Lukasevic;613365
Also keep up to date on http://www.reddit.com/r/guildwars2

As soon as a giveaway for beta keys are posted, reddit users post it within seconds. Even the guy who plays "Hodor" from Game of Thrones is a huge MMO fanatic and ArenaNet(GW2 Developer) gave him 50 beta keys to hand out on his twitter a week ago :bounce:

I love game of thrones.  I just finished watching the first two seasons.  Cant wait for the third!!!!
Fav char- Imp!!!
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Lukasevic on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:22:11
Quote from: Zamorph;613367
I love game of thrones.  I just finished watching the first two seasons.  Cant wait for the third!!!!
Fav char- Imp!!!


Haha, nice! The story is truly great, I'm a sucker for Eddard Stark, he reminds me of my father in almost every way.  Another note: I found there are many "fakes" of the Hodor twitter. The actors name:Kristian Nairn - It sounded like he might get some more beta keys because of the last response he got. http://twitter.com/#!/KristianNairn is his official.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:28:52
I'm still a John Snow fanboy.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Zamorph on Thu, 14 June 2012, 14:27:12
Quote from: Lukasevic;613373
Haha, nice! The story is truly great, I'm a sucker for Eddard Stark, he reminds me of my father in almost every way.  Another note: I found there are many "fakes" of the Hodor twitter. The actors name:Kristian Nairn - It sounded like he might get some more beta keys because of the last response he got. http://twitter.com/#!/KristianNairn is his official.

SPOILER WARNING!!!!



I liked edd too! I was so upset when they killed him off.  =[

Quote from: DanGWanG;613378
I'm still a John Snow fanboy.
I like his character.  I wish he was a bit more of a ladies man though :P or at least get tempted a little bit.  I am honestly most excited to see what happens to him more than anything else in the show at the moment.
Title: Guild Wars 2
Post by: suprsmo on Tue, 19 June 2012, 05:56:16
Hot Tip Zamorph, get the books!! They rule..

The show is good.. but the books...!

You even have time now.. next season not out til next year! :(
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Sat, 11 August 2012, 17:39:59
So... who is actually going to still play this?

After the D3 debacle, I'm pretty turned off to gaming.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sat, 11 August 2012, 19:01:26
I will 100% be playing.  I bought the game so, it won't be going to waste =)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 24 August 2012, 11:13:00
People who pre-ordered will be allowed to play 3 days earlier, starting tomorrow =)  I'm getting excited for this!
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Sat, 25 August 2012, 11:30:58
I still didn't order. Back is killing me. Hopefully I can play catch-up once my swelling dies down; I hate being the lone lowbie behind at launch while I see all my buddies flying through the game.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: demik on Sat, 25 August 2012, 12:59:21
Never played this nor any mmorpg

Would it be hard to pick up?
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: MMB on Sat, 25 August 2012, 13:01:24
It's pretty easy to get the hang of. I just got it lastnight and started playing for a bit. Really nice UI and graphics. Pretty easy learning curve. But I have been playing MMO's for years, so I can't look at it from a newbie perspective.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sat, 25 August 2012, 13:27:25
I think playing as a newbie would be awesome to feel again....those were the days
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: MMB on Sat, 25 August 2012, 13:33:08
I remember the first day I played WoW. I played a Mage, and was using melee dps weapons for the longest time... lol
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: demik on Sat, 25 August 2012, 16:21:07
I tried to play WoW once. Too much going on.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Sat, 25 August 2012, 19:17:01
Check me out :) HoM stuff from GW1 :D

(http://i.imgur.com/yoUNI.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/6468y.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/XKN3N.jpg)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: MMB on Sat, 25 August 2012, 19:21:04
I tried to play WoW once. Too much going on.

I think that describes pretty much every MMO LOL
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:23:03
http://imgur.com/a/3JRbo album of my collection :) very proud of this.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:34:01
Oh damn, you got hardcore!

What server are you on sifo?  And where can I go to get some good builds for Guardian?  In fact, what is the best forum? lol
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:41:10
Oh damn, you got hardcore!

What server are you on sifo?  And where can I go to get some good builds for Guardian?  In fact, what is the best forum? lol

Well... GW2 Guru is the #1 fan forum. Guild Wars 2 has their own official forums now, good builds for guardian idk I'm not good with guardian, and I'm on Stormbluff Isles :)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:41:33
Can I just pick this up and play solo casual with some fun henchmen building like the first one? Very limited play-time atm.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:45:11
You can play solo forever.  All instanced storylines have henchmen, but not like the original GW1 (from my understanding).  There's also classes that specialize in pets and henchman...

So I'd say, definitely you can play =)

@Sifo, I'm on Sea of Sorrows....add me!  Dangwang is my character name =)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Tue, 28 August 2012, 15:56:23
I'd ask you to be my henchman, but I require a UT for all my employees.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: rainb1ood on Fri, 31 August 2012, 08:36:15
Hey guys add me if you're playing. my Anet display name is eternalpyre.2538

I rolled a character in Isle of Janthir world. See you on WvW!
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Acanthophis on Sun, 02 September 2012, 23:43:52
I just got GW2 5 days ago and it now devours my life!
Luckily I am on summer break. I fear for my next semester :D
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 05 September 2012, 11:02:39
Why do they keep stopping selling digital editions? Servers crowded beyond their ability to handle it?
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: WRXChris on Mon, 10 September 2012, 13:17:57
Picked GW2 up yesterday; got to L5 doing PvE stuff, and it seems like a lot of fun! My first true MMO (tried FFXI when it came out and it made me completely anti-MMO for years).

I'm on the Tarnished Coast server, and WRXChris is my account name.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 10 September 2012, 19:58:37
DanGWanG @Sea of Sorrows

(http://i.imgur.com/n5f7K.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/K1FEJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: MMB on Mon, 10 September 2012, 19:59:45
hahahah perv.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: demik on Mon, 10 September 2012, 20:08:00
dat gap
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: DanGWanG on Sat, 20 October 2012, 11:03:25
There's gotta be more GW2 players
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Seltox on Sat, 20 October 2012, 11:59:16
I play GW2.  I'm on Sea of Sorrows.  Been so busy lately though :(

Main's name is Seltox.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: thegunner100 on Sat, 20 October 2012, 12:07:11
Droodzorz @ Fort Aspenwood
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: vun on Sat, 20 October 2012, 13:21:41
Playing on Underworld, haven't played in a few weeks though, lost interest after I played 2 chars to 80.
Nowadays I'm more likely to play the first GW instead.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: m00nshake on Sat, 20 October 2012, 13:52:57
I'm playing right now. I'm still trying to figure out the excitement about wvw. It seemed kind of boring to me. I like spvp though, I wish they had some different types of bg though, like capture the flag
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: The_Beast on Sat, 20 October 2012, 15:43:37
Dan you have nice tits ^___^
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: smoke070 on Mon, 29 October 2012, 14:40:34
Playing on Underworld, haven't played in a few weeks though, lost interest after I played 2 chars to 80.
Nowadays I'm more likely to play the first GW instead.

Same unfortunately, I could go on forever about how unique and brilliant GW's original design was. This game doesn't seem to stick with hardcore GW1 vets like me or even the casual MMO gamer of today.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: winzds on Fri, 02 November 2012, 13:56:29
good game.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: tcv on Sun, 04 November 2012, 14:18:14
I tried playing this game but I just couldn't get in to it.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Bry on Mon, 05 November 2012, 12:15:28
Anyone on Fort Aspenwood?

Revelatus.6149

I got a mid 50's thief that I kind of gave up on because theif PVE is boring.. and I'm currently working on leveling a warrior (lvl~50ish) which has been a lot of fun.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: m00nshake on Tue, 13 November 2012, 14:25:38
I really wanted to like GW2 but it got boring to me really fast. I think it's because I'm bored with MMORPG in general. I liked the structured PVP but there really isn't much strategy to anything, everybody just runs as a group, captures a point, then off to the next point. At least in Wow we'd try to stand at the flags and protect them. And I found myself getting bored with repeating the same capture point maps over and over. I tried WVW but it didn't appeal to me. Too long and drawn out. Questing was okay, the graphics were really nice for the different areas I visited. My favorite part of the game were the jumping games to get to the vista points. I liked those.

I'm going to take a break from MMORPG for awhile. I'm going to finish up Batman: AC, I'm having fun playing Hotline Miami, and also Borderlands 2.

One of the great things about GW2 is since there's no sub fee, I can always go back to it in the future and give it a second chance.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: wiredPANDA on Tue, 13 November 2012, 14:32:16
I haven't played in around a month or so.  Got my Guardian to around level 55 and then just got bored.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 13 November 2012, 15:26:44
I quit because my esport team wasn't working out... was top a player in the world man
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 13 November 2012, 15:30:20
I bought the limited edition of this prerelease, and have only played it once... money not well spent.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Citna on Sat, 24 November 2012, 22:52:42
Yea I wish this game didn't flop so hard I was a big fan of GW1 and was hoping that this one would be good :(
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Octane on Sun, 25 November 2012, 00:32:52
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Gupgup on Sun, 09 December 2012, 22:03:42
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.

Same exact thing with me. Was really excited to play GW2 after watching trailers and gameplay, got the game and wasn't very entertained. Went back to the usual WoW, never fails.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Rumudiez on Sun, 09 December 2012, 23:34:48
Everyone knows Blackgate is where it's at. WvW easy!
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: tjcaustin on Sun, 09 December 2012, 23:38:33
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.

Same exact thing with me. Was really excited to play GW2 after watching trailers and gameplay, got the game and wasn't very entertained. Went back to the usual WoW, never fails.

As with me.  I got to 80 quick with my engineer and completely lost interest.  I just finished updating WoW to start MoP
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 09 December 2012, 23:46:55
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.

Same exact thing with me. Was really excited to play GW2 after watching trailers and gameplay, got the game and wasn't very entertained. Went back to the usual WoW, never fails.

As with me.  I got to 80 quick with my engineer and completely lost interest.  I just finished updating WoW to start MoP

COME PET BATTLE ME! RAWR...im actually playing pokemons right now...soooo boring...err wowkemons I guess
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: vun on Mon, 10 December 2012, 08:41:37
Screw GW2, Wintersday in GW1 soon. Anyone here wanna join me in snowy Ascalon?
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: Gupgup on Mon, 10 December 2012, 10:21:50
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.

Same exact thing with me. Was really excited to play GW2 after watching trailers and gameplay, got the game and wasn't very entertained. Went back to the usual WoW, never fails.

As with me.  I got to 80 quick with my engineer and completely lost interest.  I just finished updating WoW to start MoP

Come on over to Darkspear :)
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: KangarooZombies on Thu, 03 January 2013, 18:58:45
Oh hey Dan! I'm on your server! Name is KangarooZomb. Although im still leveling.
Title: Re: Guild Wars 2
Post by: KangarooZombies on Thu, 03 January 2013, 19:06:50
I really wanted to like GW2. I bought the game the day it was released but couldn't really get into it - same with SWTOR and Rift actually. I played WOW for years and think I am just burned out from MMORPG's. They all feel like I've been there, done that. I play FPS mostly now.

BTW, I think SWTOR is F2P now if anyone wanted to try it.

Same exact thing with me. Was really excited to play GW2 after watching trailers and gameplay, got the game and wasn't very entertained. Went back to the usual WoW, never fails.

As with me.  I got to 80 quick with my engineer and completely lost interest.  I just finished updating WoW to start MoP

Come on over to Darkspear :)

OOH also, wow thread? I play WoW occasionally, used to be quite the addict, but quit when i started working 40 hrs a week. Now i try and play casually as its much easier to play for 10 hours a week and still have top teir gear.