Guild Wars 2 : Random Question Thread

[Arelian]

While there are Racial specific armors at 35, 60 and 80 which look pretty damn awesome (especially the Asura) all other armors are pretty much the same on all races. This is not Tera or Aion where different race meant completely different look. This is not even WoW where armor had a slightly different look depending on your race. Stuff is the same for everyone.

The last part isn't necessarily true. It has the same type of armor variations between races that WoW has. The only real variations that occured in WoW were because of not having feet/being hunched over and it mostly had to do with boots. GW2 does something fairly similar with Charr. Each race does look different in the armors, really.

Edit: It should also be noted that I don't think the Sylvari armor/weapons are fully implented yet. You can usually start finding unique weapon/armor skins around level 10-15 but I'm not seeing that for Sylvari. I want my plant weapons!

[niwaar]

Edit: It should also be noted that I don't think the Sylvari armor/weapons are fully implented yet. You can usually start finding unique weapon/armor skins around level 10-15 but I'm not seeing that for Sylvari. I want my plant weapons!

Well they do have the 35/60/80 Sylvari only armore vendors there, they just arent labeled as "Cultural" vendors. I couldnt find the Cultural Weapon Vendor though ;;

If what you say is true, Ill be quite happy.

[Arelian]

Yeah, I meant stuff from karma vendors and the like. I'm sure you've noticed the Asuran greatswords and stuff that can drop. Well, there's a skin for each of the races more or less, and it looks like Sylvari weapon/armor skins just aren't implemented yet. At least not from a dropping perspective.

[Oreth]

Am i missing a trick or is it supposed to take a good long while to get to level 10? Iv got about 4hours play time at least now and im only level 6. Been pretty much doing everything i can as i ccome across it. Events, Hearts etc!

[solracht]

Pets feel really weak/useless at low levels. Does this change later on? Having to raise your pet every other fight gets really old.

[LidenbokValour]

Am i missing a trick or is it supposed to take a good long while to get to level 10? Iv got about 4hours play time at least now and im only level 6. Been pretty much doing everything i can as i ccome across it. Events, Hearts etc!

Hearts and Dynamic Events are really only sweet bonuses, your main source of experience will be personal story, which is the green swirl/star on your map, they are broken down into level brackets so what I did was... do the personal story until I was too low level (it warns you when you try and progress) then fill in the gaps doing hearts, DE's, exploring or maybe a spot of crafting.

[Syntex]

What are Vistas and Skilpoints specifically. I got one but didn't really see what the skill point did.

Also the jumping puzzles. Are those on the map or do I have to find them? I really want to go do them.

[vrumpt]

What are Vistas and Skilpoints specifically. I got one but didn't really see what the skill point did.

Also the jumping puzzles. Are those on the map or do I have to find them? I really want to go do them.

Vistas are new, and they don't do anything really other than give you a nice scene of the surrounding area with a small bit of xp. Those are market with the red triangles on your map, and most of them that i've found so far require you to do a bit of jumping on buildings or something to get up to them. A little bit of looking around should reveal the path to get up to where they are, which are marked in game as a floating map.

Skill points give you additional skill points to use to unlock skills. Once you reach level 5 you'll unlock a utility skill slot. If you open up your character panel and go to the skills and traits tab > slot skills, you can see all the skills that you can buy with the skill points you have.

[Alderaan]

For the people asking about armor; you can head over to Lions Arch and there are 7-8 npc's that'll allow you to preview them along with weapons.

[arus2001]

The AH borked? I can search for stuff, but can't seem to buy anything when I double/right-click stuff. Available numbers aren't 0, either.

[Kachiko]

Vistas are new, and they don't do anything really other than give you a nice scene of the surrounding area with a small bit of xp. Those are market with the red triangles on your map, and most of them that i've found so far require you to do a bit of jumping on buildings or something to get up to them. A little bit of looking around should reveal the path to get up to where they are, which are marked in game as a floating map.

Skill points give you additional skill points to use to unlock skills. Once you reach level 5 you'll unlock a utility skill slot. If you open up your character panel and go to the skills and traits tab > slot skills, you can see all the skills that you can buy with the skill points you have.

Also, if you 100% complete a map, you'll get some nice rewards. I got a mysic key chest, exp, coin, and some other stuff, for finishing the Sylvari capital.

[niwaar]

Pets feel really weak/useless at low levels. Does this change later on? Having to raise your pet every other fight gets really old.

You also need to remember that pets can be swapped while dead. Unless they changed it from BWE2 you are able to tame another juvenile pet and then hot swap them when they die. Swapping back should "raise" your pet again. Its actually quite broken imo.

I spoke to a dev about the state of pets a while back and they pretty much confirmed they are working on making Ranger pets work and play better. They also confirmed the team's feelings on Necro minions as needing to be squishy and "minion-like". They are supposed to work in numbers and not in terms of a "real" pet. I still think they need to work a little more on Ranger pets, but I can see where they are coming from. Unlike WoW where the strength of the Hunter is directly tied to their pet, Rangers seem to be designed in a way that the pet is "flavor" and is as much as a cosmetic choice as they are for their specials. Thus the class is designed to be tough with their pet and just as tough without them.

[solracht]

You also need to remember that pets can be swapped while dead. Unless they changed it from BWE2 you are able to tame another juvenile pet and then hot swap them when they die. Swapping back should "raise" your pet again. Its actually quite broken imo.

That's good to know, lol. It does seem broken/unintended though, makes me wonder how long it'll last.

I spoke to a dev about the state of pets a while back and they pretty much confirmed they are working on making Ranger pets work and play better. They also confirmed the team's feelings on Necro minions as needing to be squishy and "minion-like". They are supposed to work in numbers and not in terms of a "real" pet. I still think they need to work a little more on Ranger pets, but I can see where they are coming from. Unlike WoW where the strength of the Hunter is directly tied to their pet, Rangers seem to be designed in a way that the pet is "flavor" and is as much as a cosmetic choice as they are for their specials. Thus the class is designed to be tough with their pet and just as tough without them.

I should've clarified but yea, I was only referring to ranger pets. I can see how ranger can function fine without pets (I understand they shouldn't be as strong as in other games) but personally I'd prefer if the pet was a lot more durable and just did pathetic damage, rather than having pets do ok damage but dying all the time.

Having a pet that keeps on running back to you because he got one shot'd is just not fun, that's all. Will definitely use the pet swapping trick for as long as it works.

[Rhyis.]

Pets feel really weak/useless at low levels. Does this change later on? Having to raise your pet every other fight gets really old.

If you're using the hound space out the roar and heal. Remember, your heal goes towards your pet as well... Pets are actually really overpowered pve wise atm. I think they are anyway.

[Lucavi]

Use a tank pet while PVEing; the offensive ones fare a bit better in PVP, but I find that tank pets are the best as they can still do good damage while being able to actually stay alive.

Bears are very, very good in this game, but yes, they need to do a lot more work with the Ranger pets. They're as squishy as they were in the last beta, and there still aren't enough juvenile mobs laying around for the average Ranger to be able to find and tame them.

[D44kpunk]

Random question unrelated to gameplay/the game really but I'm curious as to what people think.

How can you buy this game/pour hours/days into it knowing NCsoft will pump out 6 more mmos in the next 5 years? Don't you feel betrayed as a player/customer knowing that they aren't trying to perfect the game you're buying. How will you feel about the time you've put in it when in 3 years they announce production of guild wars 3?

[Alderaan]

Random question unrelated to gameplay/the game really but I'm curious as to what people think.

How can you buy this game/pour hours/days into it knowing NCsoft will pump out 6 more mmos in the next 5 years? Don't you feel betrayed as a player/customer knowing that they aren't trying to perfect the game you're buying. How will you feel about the time you've put in it when in 3 years they announce production of guild wars 3?

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[Syntex]

So anyone here have complaints/gripes about a class or care to share what they love about it? I still don't know what I'm going to roll yet and I've not got much play time fri or sat and I don't think I'll get too much sunday to really play every class for 2 hours at least before the beta ends.

I tried ranger and don't think I want to deal with a pet and all the bullshit that comes with managing it.

I like elementalist but that is the only other class I played and only to level 6(and the ranger to level 3) so it's not much of a trial.

Anyone else got some insight on the other classes so I can kinda narrow my choice for launch day. I would really like to start leveling my class then spend a few days trying them all out ya know.

[D44kpunk]

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Guild Wars
Genres MMORPG
Developers ArenaNet
Publishers NCsoft
Original release April 2005

Guild wars 2
Developer(s) ArenaNet
Publisher(s) NCsoft
Release date(s) August 28, 2012[1]
Genre(s) MMORPG

don't really see how you addressed anything that I said at all?

[Alderaan]

I think you answered your own question, but then you knew that before you asked.