Guild Wars 2 Video/Media

[GoggleHead]

Photorealism is overrated. If I wanted that I'd watch a movie or go just go take a walk outside.

[Takiwaki]

Didnt know about this when it was live but it happened about 2hrs ago I think. new zone that isnt playable by the public, shows UI changes, trait system changes etc of the new build.

http://www.twitch.tv/pcgamer/b/320044809

[Alderaan]

Not liking the tiered system at all.

[Takiwaki]

Well I think its just gonna depend on if the higher tiers are actually more powerful or more versatile than the lower tiers, if thats the case then it would make sense. If its just about gaining access then yea I do not like it much either. We will have to wait and see how the traits have changed and also the way they spread out the tiered utility skills too.

[Zerocool]

Well, on one hand it makes it easier to balance. Which if they're serious about getting GW2 into the esport scene is crucial and just for PvP in general. Some stuff did seem a bit too good to get for an easy 10 points. I think it's a good alternative to actually nerfing the traits themselves.

[Alderaan]

If you look at it from a balancing and progression standpoint then it makes sense. I'm just not a fan of having to purchase skills i might normally not, in order to unlock other ones. Away with skill trees!

I guess it all depends on where skills are actually located so it may not be so bad.

[Zerocool]

http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code shows the numbers on the traits which can be used in each tier. Apparently they moved some of the traits around though so some might not be accurate. New tiers are as follows:

Tier 1 - 1-6
Tier 2 - 1-10
Tier 3 - 1-12

[Arelian]

I think the point of the tiered system is to try and have you unlock skills you might not have otherwise, actually. There were quite a number of Thief skills in BWE 1 that I didn't bother unlocking until I was just like, "Eh, whatever" and it turns out they were incredibly useful. A lot of the skills don't sound fantastic, but in practice they're really good. I think the tiered system is trying to show off more of their skills.

[Solace]

I think I lost my ground targetable placement of turrets triat for my engineer. :\

I hope they reset trait points for the change.

[Imitarate]

Mostly posting it for a few still shots of new things for BWE2; he also talks about overflow and some other stuff they've posted in various previews.

[Alderaan]

Normally i wouldn't feel bad but we got new servers put against us.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1339271244

[vrumpt]

Normally i wouldn't feel bad but we got new servers put against us.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1339271244

are you on yak's bend? we're ehmry bay.

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We've been fighting tooth and nail to hold whatever we can, but our third server is just completely inactive and we can't gain footing against these guys.

[Alderaan]

Yes Yak's Bend.

[vrumpt]

Hey folks,
So obviously we’re in a situation right now where there are some serious mismatches in many of the current WvW battles.
We are resetting matches every 24 hours during this BWE (at 12:00am PDT) because we knew there would be at least a few matchups where worlds would just be drastically outnumbered or outplayed and we want to have those worlds move on to different matches so they can hopefully get placed against more similarly matched opponents.
However, I know at least a few worlds got placed into the same matchup even though the previous match wasn’t close so something seems to have gone a little funky with the matchmaking system last night.
We’ll definitely be looking into that whole rematching system and figuring out what went wrong so we can fix it for future events and for launch, but for now all I can do is apologize for the vast disparity many of you are seeing in your matchups and ask for your patience.
There will be another rematch tonight, so hopefully things will go a little smoother and we’ll end up with some better matches tomorrow.
I am incredibly sorry all for the issues we’re seeing this time around, but it is better for this to happen now so we can identify the problems and get solutions in place before ship. I know it’s really frustrating right now, but things like this will help us make the game better in the long run.

yeah not fun at all

[Alderaan]

Yeah controlling every single point and rolling the new servers was not fun. Now we're up against Darkhaven and it's been pretty back and forth all day.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...8-47-56-52.jpg

[Takiwaki]

so pretty

[Purrrfect]

I'm really digging their art style after having a chance to really spend some time in the game yesterday. I think my only complaint is that sometimes (a lot of times in WvW) I lose track of my mouse and its hard to find it on screen. Wish they had an option to bind it to the window and have an escape key sorta like tera does.

[Solace]

This was my server at the end of the beta also. Total Domination!

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http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws....nal/593725.jpg

And this is just because I love my Char Guardian

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http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws....nal/593727.jpg

[Tonka]

That is a sweet looking sword. O_o

[Purrrfect]

I can't stand this guy's voice, but more importantly, I can't stand people saying that Guild Wars 2 has "bad graphics." Throw some ambient occlusion at it and you have graphics better and smoother than Skyrim ffs. Even more importantly, how can you not LOVE the hand-painted feel of the world? HOW!? Noooo, we much prefer seeing checkerboard tiles everywhere! >_>

Those large ice sculptures and the ice floors/grounds had an amazing look/detail to them.^^ I did love the Norn environment the most out that region.