[Dcully]

Originally Posted by Kiith

I have to say, this is fast becomming my most anticipated mmo in the near future. Even The Old Republic doesnt appeal to me as much as this. It looks bloody amazing.

Im with you on that, however like yourself ive been let down so many times by new MMO`s.

[Kiith]

Originally Posted by Dcully

Im with you on that, however like yourself ive been let down so many times by new MMO`s.

Ya, and i'm sick of it One of our anticipated games has to be good. Surely, by the law of averages, we are owed a good one at this stage? I mean come on!!

/rant

[Dcully]

Well i have my hopes pinned on GW2 and Old Republic.
Ill probably get the wow expansion meanwhile.

[Bobzer77]

You can check what your achievements in GW1 will get you in 2:

http://hom.guildwars2.com/#page=welcome

Btw anyone interested in helping each other get through the rewards?

If so add Bobzer Notsa

I never managed to kill Glint and that missing sword is a black stain on my prophesies map

[Gunmonkey]

Thought it best to dredge this thread up than start a whole new one.

Arenanet have confirmed the Guardian as the next class after it was leaked in a "Best of 2011" article on PCGamer, with a full reveal set for Thursday.

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...&postcount=140

Glad you’re excited. :-) We’re excited as well. No need to kill your F5 keys over the weekend. We will have a full reveal of the guardian, along with all the goodies (pics, videos), next Thursday. :-)

Looks to be a sword and board warrior with buffs and such, as Guardian classes usually are.

[delta36]

Originally Posted by Gunmonkey

Thought it best to dredge this thread up than start a whole new one.

Arenanet have confirmed the Guardian as the next class after it was leaked in a "Best of 2011" article on PCGamer, with a full reveal set for Thursday.

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...&postcount=140




Looks to be a sword and board warrior with buffs and such, as Guardian classes usually are.

Nice! About time they released more info about the game!

[Gunmonkey]

Well they were gonna announce the 5th class around this time, a lot of bets were on the Mesmer as concept art has been floating around showing them.

Hopefully the next piece of news also announces a release date....next week....because I want it now.......and not late Autumn like a lot of sites have speculated at.......

[delta36]

Originally Posted by Gunmonkey

Well they were gonna announce the 5th class around this time, a lot of bets were on the Mesmer as concept art has been floating around showing them.

Hopefully the next piece of news also announces a release date....next week....because I want it now.......and not late Autumn like a lot of sites have speculated at.......

Late Autumn is the speculation?? Ah *expletive*. So much for summer plans of playing it.. Considering they keep saying It'll be finished when it's finished, I'd be surprised if a release date is announced any time soon. Maybe they're keeping it for the 6th anniversary celebrations.. because that would be awesome.

[Gunmonkey]

Heres the write up on the Guardian, sounds a bit like a Paladin.

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-gam...ions/guardian/

Also, seems there will be 8 classes so Mesmer could still be in, and Arenanet have hinted that anyone who likes stealthy assassin type classes should keep an ear out for their 6th class reveal. Maybe a return of the Assassin from GW: Factions.

[Dohnny Jepp]

Really hope the mesmer is still in it. Was easily my favourite class

[bnt]

There's a new post from Arenanet designer Jon Peters about the Combat system in GW2. The part that interests me most is the change in MP philosophy:

We’ve said this a few times in a few places but I can’t reiterate it enough: We built this game so that the professions act as play styles, not as roles. Each profession can support, control, and do damage. We believe that this creates more dynamic combat and more distinct professions because there are more play styles than roles.

One of the best ways to explain this is with an analogy. In a first person shooter there can be a variety of weapons, from sniper rifles to rocket launchers to machine guns and shotguns. No one looks at these weapons and says, “They’re all the same, they all just do DPS.” Why should an MMO be any different?

That is why we want to eliminate things that we felt were burdens on the game such as:

• Group LF Healer/Tank…
• Party wipes when you lose the wrong person.
• Watching the interface instead of the world.
• Playing with people because you have to, not because you want to.
• Being stuck in the same combat patterns over and over again.

Anyway, I hope this gives everyone a little bit of insight into the combat of Guild Wars 2, the removal of the Holy Trinity, and profession roles.

The idea of fixed roles is why I've had terrible trouble doing MP in GW: I tried going in to a battle as a Healer, but before that I did much more single player mode in GW as a Healer who got stuck in. No-one ever explained to me that a Healer is supposed to sit back and watch everyone else doing battle!

[Gunmonkey]

Ok so theres gonna be a week long reveal of the Norn race next week, so excited as I am gonna play a Norn off the bat.

They did a rundown of the Humans two weeks ago in a similar outlay, most of the stuff (like some more excellent Arenanet concept art, samples of the voices, backstory for the factions inside the race) are still up on the Arenanet Blog http://www.arena.net/blog/

[delta36]

Originally Posted by Gunmonkey

Ok so theres gonna be a week long reveal of the Norn race next week, so excited as I am gonna play a Norn off the bat.

They did a rundown of the Humans two weeks ago in a similar outlay, most of the stuff (like some more excellent Arenanet concept art, samples of the voices, backstory for the factions inside the race) are still up on the Arenanet Blog http://www.arena.net/blog/

Sounds interesting.. any updates about Guild Wars 2 are good updates! Where did you hear this? Can't find mention of it on guildwars2.com or the Arenanet blog.

[Gunmonkey]

Was posted on MMORPG, still a bit of speculation on whether its real or not but the wording seemed legit.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...Next-Week.html

[delta36]

Originally Posted by Gunmonkey

Was posted on MMORPG, still a bit of speculation on whether its real or not but the wording seemed legit.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...Next-Week.html

Ah right. Thanks for the link!