Poll: So, Guild Wars 2 will soon be upon us.

[kortin]

I'm probably going to play a Charr Ranger or Thief. I can't decide. I don't like the thought of using pistols on the Thief, though.

 

[bliebblob]

I'm stuck I don't know whether to play a human mesmer or sylvari ranger Everything just looks so cool.

gah!

We should totally make an escapist guild :3

An escapist guild?
Count me in if you form one when the game launches for pre-purchases on the 25th.

+1 for escapist guild. I've been thinking about making one myself but I just don't have the time or skills. There will probably have to be one for EU and one for USA though. And than there's still the issue of picking a realm etc.

OT: I really can't decide. For the first time ever in an mmo I could easily see myself play any class. Same for the races. Except asura obviously /flameshield.

Spoiler: full details, spoilered for length

Elementalist
pro: effing meteors and stuff
con: glass cannon-ish

Warrior
pro: badass, easy to learn hard to master, survivability
con: may get dull quickly

Guardian
pro: rare, countering projectiles is extremely satisfying (ask any tf2 pyro that can airblast)
con: pretty meh otherwise

Ranger
pro: raising pets is fun
con: micromanaging pets in combat isn't

Engineer
pro: steampunk-ish
con: turrets may have the same problems as pets

Necromancer
pro: badass, played a warlock in WoW too
con: pets again

Thief
pro: I love stealth gameplay
con: seems to be mostly about dodging rather than actual stealth

Mesmer
pro: stylish
con: illusions have same problems as pets


Charr
pro: badass, awesome city
con: military fetish, none of the backstory options really speak to me, some of the class specific items (thief cowl, warrior helmets) look rediculous on them

Human
pro: background story options really speak to me
con: after being one in WoW I swore to play a more interesting race next time
neutral: visually they never look rediculous but never really stand out either

Norn
pro: badass, possibly animal form(s)
con: I'd have to be female because the males look rediculously hulky

Asura
pro: cool city
con: short, poor social skills

Sylvari
pro: beautiful aesthetics, fairly unique concept, glow in the dark skin(!)
con: background story options don't really speak to me, males are a little too dainty for my taste

If this was WoW I'd just ask my friends what class they'd like to add to their friends roster but that won't even work here since there's no real holy trinity.

 

[Korten12]

I AM GOING TO BE SOOOO ORIGINAL!!!

Human Warrior.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Is server information available yet?

How do you mean? There's a list of servers if that's what you're after.

 

[Fappy]

Is server information available yet?

How do you mean? There's a list of servers if that's what you're after.

Yeah, that's exactly what I am after!

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Yeah, that's exactly what I am after!

You lazy bastard. Good thing for you your avatar is so charming.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World

 

[suitepee7]

preordered and awaiting release here ^^

i played the beta as a necromancer, but i always play that kind of class, so i'm going to try out the thief to start with. the fact that thief can be a viable range class appeals to me

 

[Fappy]

Yeah, that's exactly what I am after!

You lazy bastard. Good thing for you your avatar is so charming.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World

To be fair I have been emailing back and forth with my bosses, so I haven't really had the energy time to look it up myself. I mean I knew I could sucker you into getting the info for me count on you.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

To be fair I have been emailing back and forth with my bosses, so I haven't really had the energy time to look it up myself. I mean I knew I could sucker you into getting the info for me count on you.

Tarnished Coast is the unofficial RP server, if that sort of thing matters to you. I have no idea what the European equivalent is. If you're a Euro you'll have to find out for yourself, if you can take a break from afternoon kippers or playing cricket or whatever the hell it is you guys do over there.

 

[9thRequiem]

To be fair I have been emailing back and forth with my bosses, so I haven't really had the energy time to look it up myself. I mean I knew I could sucker you into getting the info for me count on you.

Tarnished Coast is the unofficial RP server, if that sort of thing matters to you. I have no idea what the European equivalent is. If you're a Euro you'll have to find out for yourself, if you can take a break from afternoon kippers or playing cricket or whatever the hell it is you guys do over there.

Piken Square for EU RP

 

[FallenTraveler]

List of the characters I will make in order and play at random.

1. Charr Guardian - because I really like the paladin without all the paladin.

2. Asura - Engineer or Necromancer not sure which yet.

3. Sylvari Ranger because it makes way too much sense

4 Human elementalist - because my original GW character was an elementalist.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Is server information available yet?

How do you mean? There's a list of servers if that's what you're after.

Yeah, that's exactly what I am after!

This could be handy for you http://www.gw2guilds.org/

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

For my primary i'm gonna go for a thief haven't decided on a race yet maybe asura for giggles or human my secondary i may roll an engi or ranger again no decision on race.

Though i may just change my mind and go ranger primary it was my profession of choice in GW.

 

[Skyy High]

There's a couple of bottlenecks in particular. I can't remember the names of the areas, but after the first hold you get to you end up repeating this one escort quest a number of times. The next lowest event is where the champion troll sometimes spawns (there's a bandit quest as well), and that's usually a fair bit higher level by the time you can get there. I've always ended up farming random Drakes in the river for 1-2 levels as there's nothing else to do. A bit later on there's the one town where you have to clear up the graffiti, and south of that is an event chain with centaurs taking various places; each time I've gone through that bit I've had to repeat that chain a few times before going further. Like I said, last time I went through the lot and ended up as level 12 in the swamp (I'd done most of the story quests too). Next after that would be Kessex Hills which is 15+. Just my experience, but in the Asura start zone there always seemed to be something level appropriate.

You need to explore more. You absolutely should not be stuck repeating any event, at any level. I certainly never had to.

 

[Norrdicus]

I want to be a mesmer. Messing with minds, making clones of myself, it all sounds pretty boss.

The Mesmer is a pretty fun class. I don't even mean that as "fun to play as", but "fun to play against"!

One of my more memorable fights was against a mesmer. She was fighting 1v2 and losing, sure, but even though a Shortbow Ranger is pretty much the master of chasing, the chase took for a whole god damn minute after the Warrior had quit. For a good Mesmer, there are no dead ends or disadvantageous low ground, there are only new oppoturnities to confuse people. The teleports, the clones, the invisibility spells, they kept me one stp behind her for a long god damn time even though my build was mostly made of snares, cripples and stuns.

That session turned into a battle of wits, I only caught her because my River Drake was well-positioned enough for his lightning breath to deal full damage

G-****ing-G

 

[Benni88]

Can't wait! Going to Mesmer it up with my housemates who're also playing

 

[kasperbbs]

Either a human Mesmer (Because his attacks with 2 handed sword look friggin awesome) or a Ranger, not sure what race tho. And now i'm pissed that i'm missing a few dollars in my bank account for a pre-purchase, i wonder if it's even possible to get access on 25th with only 4 days left until launch.

 

[gewata]

Charr Engineer.

Charr because I like their city, looks, and the fact they are going to be the least popular race, and I like underdogs (undercats?).

Engineer because explosions.

 

[drisky]

I wanted to be a guardian. It's nice to know I'm the minority in that, makes me feel special. I don't know what the races are like other than appearance but I liked Sylvari, might just stick to human for the Guardian it depends.

 

[BigOrteil]

I intended to do a Human Guardian first but then I tried a Norn warrior in PvP and PvE... Fell in love with the Norn's lore and playstyle of the warrior (I'm always a warrior in every damn fantasy game, don't know why I still try anything else).

My alts probably gonna be a Human Elementalist, Charr Engineer, Sylvari Mesmer and maybe a human thief or necro. I don't like the look of the Asuras so I won't make one of them.