Guild Wars 2: Pre-Release Discussion

[Koul]

Never played Guild Wars 1 so my thoughts

It's pretty freaking awesome. I got my Guardian guy up to lvl 11 almost 12 and I'm having a blast. I knew about the combos and such already but seeing em in action was so sweet. I did that shield bubble move thing and this archer guy was shooting shit through it and gave bubble buffs to people close to me. Was so awesome lol

Just like one of the developers videos I want to come across other people in this game lol it's pretty exciting to be killing shit alone and then see a group of people and just all gather up and mow mobs down together.

[Takiwaki]

Hating the control scheme too. No automove to target on even talking to NPCs or looting? Why is this a good feature? It's awful. -_-

Cus its takes more skill to judge distance correctly

I hated it too at first though, just got used to it. =/

[Arelian]

I guess the no automove thing is just a preference, because I find automoving to NPCs godawful. Never had a problem looting, either. So... *Shrug* Servers just went down for a 30 minute maintenance. Hoping they fix the lag, since that's my primary complaint right now.

[Takiwaki]

I hope they fix the trasfers

[Kuishen]

I hope they fix the trasfers

Me too, I want to be on a less populated server just for less server lag. >_> Been on and off all day.

[Lucavi]

This lv9 Champion Wasp was owning fools.

That wasp hits harder than AV, and faster too.

Shit's tuned for like, 40 hunters with bear tanks and a few plate warriors soaking up hits.

[vrumpt]

So far i have severely misjudged how squishy I am in relation to mobs of any level. Judging from a lot of vids i've seen I figured I would be more durable than I actually am. Need to adjust to that.

[Takiwaki]

they buffed the champions harrrd, was fighting flame leigion shaman for like 20 minutes with like 20+ people, it was level 7 we were getting one shotted soo much with his special move, was pretty epic, we finally won after people realized what was laying waste to everyone and I am glad they increased the difficulty.

They videos you saw were old, They increased the difficulty scaling due to people complaining the game was too easy last rounds. lol

[Alderaan]

Automove makes PVP lame.

Also, Divinity's Reach is the greatest city i've ever seen in an MMO. Too bad Yak's Bend has had 5 second delay lag all day since it's so full, i haven't been able to PVP much.

[Zzsark]

Anyone been to Lions Arch yet?

[Takiwaki]

Anyone been to Lions Arch yet?

Yes you can take the asura gate there anytime, unfortunately its just the city that's accessible, all of the surrounding areas are locked off or redirected, its really huge.

[Celeras]

Anyone can say if they improved performance?

They haven't done anything different since last time if you played, and it will probably be a while until actual optimization sweeps.

People who can't run with a lot of people around should avoid the events closest to the starter area. I didn't even start right when the servers came up, and I was still in an overflow with at least 100 people at the kick-out spot. Crazyness! I don't know how people are lagging in PvP though (unless theyre talking about a WvW zerg), as that's actually where I went to AVOID the lag/masses while people spread themselves out.

[bluefan]

My favorite quote from one of the NPCs so far:

Ran into an Asura. She called me a bookah. I think she was hitting on me.

[Kuishen]

Sweet titty jesus fuck the PvP sections of the forums are causing me brain damage faster than if I just jammed an icepick through my temple.

"THEY WON'T LET YOU QUEUE PVP WITH YOUR FRIENDS!? WORST GAME EVER WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Jesus fuck do people not realize this game is not finished? Also holy shit at the "avid elitist blah blah" topic in the structured pvp section. Some of the most asinine shit I've ever seen going on in that thread. There were some legitimate complaints but jesus fuck were they drowned amongst the idiocy that was evaluating the skill ceiling of a game that's not even out yet.

[Fairy-Killer]

So... Finishing up for the day. I'm absolutely loving it. Found a funny little glitch that I reported and finished all the skill points in the starting Charr area. My only complaint so far is no locking on to a mob. Like... When everything gets hectic and I know which one I want to attack, it's a little stressful. Not really a big issue but sometimes I like to run 3-4 mobs behind my warrior with my rifle and pick them off, one-by-one. Hard to do when I keep swapping targets.

[Celeras]

So... Finishing up for the day. I'm absolutely loving it. Found a funny little glitch that I reported and finished all the skill points in the starting Charr area. My only complaint so far is no locking on to a mob. Like... When everything gets hectic and I know which one I want to attack, it's a little stressful. Not really a big issue but sometimes I like to run 3-4 mobs behind my warrior with my rifle and pick them off, one-by-one. Hard to do when I keep swapping targets.

You do realize that targets are not even required to hit things, right? Especially for ranged, its typically easier just to point yourself in the right direction and fire.

[XalienLevi]

For the first time in a long time, I'm not concerned with racing to the end in an MMO. I can't remember the last time I had fun in an MMO by just exploring. I spent a good 5-6 hours running around Queensdale doing random shit and I'm only level 10. So far I'm impressed. Oh yea, double dagger Elementalist is fun as hell.

[Imitarate]

Funny enough, so is double dagger necromancer. Unlocked most necromancer weapons and all guardian weapons, and I am glad I decided to wait til live to play an elementalist... Unlocking each element for each weapon? I only want to do that ONCE. Really amazing thus far how much I enjoy weapons I didnt think I would care for. My favorite guardian combination thus far is sword and torch. Fwoosh!! Mace and shield is surprisingly robust, as well. Also, norns in the human starter area apparently make good rallying points... I kept finding people following me for fighting champions, and when we tried to take that one fort in the south back from centaurs. Failed that so bad though, bar kept resetting. Ah well!

[Isiolia]

So... Finishing up for the day. I'm absolutely loving it. Found a funny little glitch that I reported and finished all the skill points in the starting Charr area. My only complaint so far is no locking on to a mob. Like... When everything gets hectic and I know which one I want to attack, it's a little stressful. Not really a big issue but sometimes I like to run 3-4 mobs behind my warrior with my rifle and pick them off, one-by-one. Hard to do when I keep swapping targets.

There's an option to turn skill targets into regular targets, does that change the behavior to what you want?

[Fairy-Killer]

You do realize that targets are not even required to hit things, right? Especially for ranged, its typically easier just to point yourself in the right direction and fire.

Yes, I realize this, but there is a certain amount of aiming that goes on when you attack. And that usually happens to the mob closest to you. And, Isiolia, I'll try that out when I log on in a few. Thanks.