I know nothing about this game or it's races, but judging from the pictures I think I'd like the Sylvari the best.
Poll: What race will you be in Guild Wars 2?
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But it will be the same thing everytime. You see an event happening, you clear the mobs and the event is over.Feriluce said:
But the change is in a loop. The same thing over and over again. Does it not get tiresome after a while? The first time it's exciting, the second time it's boring.Feriluce said:
Again, the questing mechanics were revamped in Burning Crusade, more so in the Wrath of the Lich King and will do so even more in Cataclysm. Blizzard has improved questing in every expansion and will not stop now.Feriluce said:
But neither is there a change in the world you're describing. It's essentially a loop. What you're describing is exactly what Blizzard has done with Wintergrasp. You can access vendors who sell valuable items or do an instance with bosses who can drop valuable items. Every hour you have to fight the opposing faction, either the Horde or the Alliance, for control of the fortress. Just replace the opposing faction with NPC's and there you have it. It gets tiresome after a while giving that it's just a loop. Nothing interesting happens afterwards and the same will occur in Guild Wars only on a much bigger scale in the sense that these "events" will occur more often.Feriluce said:
But how varied can they be? You can only think of so many events giving that they're planing on incorporating them into the process of leveling and making them common. You can only so many times liberate a town from cruel oppressors or assist a person in need. But as you said, we'll have to wait and see what Guild Wars offers the same way we'll have to wait and see what Cataclysm offers.Feriluce said:
"The Personal story will function a bit like the storyline in GW in that some of it will be instanced. " - You.Feriluce said:
So, are you saying that there will be a "personal" leveling system and a common leveling system where you can level alongside other people?
Let's assume we have a World of Warcraft player currently playing an level 80 Druid. He has experimentated with the druids abilities during the leveling process and the moment he reaches level 80 he is on par with the majority of players who play battlegrounds (Arena is a much more complex environment to PvP in and as such I will exclude it).Feriluce said:
Now, giving that he is at least somewhat experienced with his high level abilities he knows the gist of what to do in order to help his team. What now matters is doing a few battlegrounds to gain access to better gear.
If we look at Guild Wars, you'll have a low level player engaging in organised PvP with high level abilities. It will take time for him to master all of his abilities and assuming that there are new abilities every few levels he will have a hard time adapting to his over-evolved character.
World of Warcraft aleviated the above by putting brackets in the PvP system. 1 to 19, 20 to 29 etc. This way, each player will have familiar abilities and be able to fight against other players using the same abilities. It's as fare as it gets and it does not confuse the player by giving him abilities he has not experienced yet right away.
I should have been more specific. When I said race, I referred to everything that comes with the particular race(cities, lore, starting areas). The Goblin and Worgen leveling areas will be more complex essentially being made with the Phasing system in mind. The other leveling will get a revamp, but not to the extent of the Worgen or Goblin ones.Feriluce said:
How do you know they will be using the same quest mechanics?Feriluce said:
It's true that I've only started playing World of Warcraft extensively with the release of Wrath of the Lich King but the only "recycled" instance I can remember was Naxxramas.Feriluce said:
While yes, the dynamic events will loop eventually, it'll take a while for them to loop, meaning you most likely will not be in the area anymore. Furthermore there will apparantly be quite a few different ones types, so its not all "go kill the bandits". There will also be different ways to trigger them etc.AndyFromMonday said:
Its not like these dynamic events are all the game is about. The endgame will of course feature dungeons etc. as well.
You're also forgetting that you dont have access to all your skills at a time when you're in a pvp match.
You will have a max of 10 skills in your bar. 5 of them will be dictated by your weapons and you can have 2 sets, so it will be 15 skills total.
Its not like a new player will be overwhelmed by the amount of buttons he has to press all at once. I also dont see whats wrong with new players getting thrown right into the fray. Isn't it the same with every single other genre?
read these:AndyFromMonday said:
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/dynamic-events/dynamic-events-overview/
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/part-one/
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/part-two/
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/traits-overview/
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/personal-stories/personal-story-overview/
http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto
Thinking of going Charr... possibly Human. Definitely leaning towards a Charr that has a negative attitude towards every other race, already have my derogatory names picked out for every single race.
I even have a name for the Charr if I so choose to be Human.
I even have a name for the Charr if I so choose to be Human.
I'll probably be recreating my trusty old Human Ranger/Elementalist first thing. After that probably Asura or Charr. The new race (Sylvari) really doesn't interest me from what I've seen so far, but if they've got a cool background story I'll certainly check them out.
I was talking more about the character itself, but... damn, no dual-classing? GW2 just went down a notch on my must-have list.Korten12 said:
Have they given any specific reason as to why they removed that excellent feature? Did it prove to be too hard to balance or something?
I dont believe they have said specificly why, they might have said in the combat article they made...Hurr Durr Derp said:I was talking more about the character itself, but... damn, no dual-classing? GW2 just went down a notch on my must-have list.Korten12 said:
Have they given any specific reason as to why they removed that excellent feature? Did it prove to be too hard to balance or something?
I've been reading those articles for a bit, and the more I read the less I like it.
So they've got ten skills. Cool, ten was enough for the first game, so it'll be enough now. But then five of those are fixed. You can't change them because they are simply a part of your profession and/or weapon. Whut, that leaves only 5 skills to customize. But wait, it gets worse. In those remaining 5 slots, one slot is reserved for a healing skill and one for an elite skills. What the fuck? So all in all, you're only left with THREE skill slots you can customize any way you want. That's bullshit. Say goodbye to the endless experimentation with different builds, since 70% of your character is pretty much fixed from the moment you pick up a weapon.
As if the death of dual-classing wasn't bad enough, now there wouldn't even be a point in dual-classing anymore since you wouldn't have enough room for the extra skills anyway. I really like the first GW, but suddenly I'm no longer interested in GW2.
So they've got ten skills. Cool, ten was enough for the first game, so it'll be enough now. But then five of those are fixed. You can't change them because they are simply a part of your profession and/or weapon. Whut, that leaves only 5 skills to customize. But wait, it gets worse. In those remaining 5 slots, one slot is reserved for a healing skill and one for an elite skills. What the fuck? So all in all, you're only left with THREE skill slots you can customize any way you want. That's bullshit. Say goodbye to the endless experimentation with different builds, since 70% of your character is pretty much fixed from the moment you pick up a weapon.
As if the death of dual-classing wasn't bad enough, now there wouldn't even be a point in dual-classing anymore since you wouldn't have enough room for the extra skills anyway. I really like the first GW, but suddenly I'm no longer interested in GW2.
That is pretty much what I though initially. However, the trait system seems to pretty much make up for it imo. There is apparantly around 100 traits for each profession, and you can slot possibly 5 at a time. It adds a lot of complexity back that the skillbar took out.Hurr Durr Derp said:I've been reading those articles for a bit, and the more I read the less I like it.
So they've got ten skills. Cool, ten was enough for the first game, so it'll be enough now. But then five of those are fixed. You can't change them because they are simply a part of your profession and/or weapon. Whut, that leaves only 5 skills to customize. But wait, it gets worse. In those remaining 5 slots, one slot is reserved for a healing skill and one for an elite skills. What the fuck? So all in all, you're only left with THREE skill slots you can customize any way you want. That's bullshit. Say goodbye to the endless experimentation with different builds, since 70% of your character is pretty much fixed from the moment you pick up a weapon.
As if the death of dual-classing wasn't bad enough, now there wouldn't even be a point in dual-classing anymore since you wouldn't have enough room for the extra skills anyway. I really like the first GW, but suddenly I'm no longer interested in GW2.
Norns pretty much look like humans. (Granted, Scandinavian humans, much like where I inherit some of my genes) So if I were going to play I'd pick them.