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Guild Wars 2

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    #122
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Great to see that the press are getting such a free reign on releasing info regarding the beta.


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    #123
    Omphin
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭Omphin


    cant wait for it:)


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    #124
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Kiith wrote: »
    Great to see that the press are getting such a free reign on releasing info regarding the beta.

    Unlike swtor, it was as tight as a ducks ass tbh, i knew it wasnt a good sign.


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    #125
    Omphin
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭Omphin


    well we got to organise and try get all the irish on the one realm for sure with this. I'll be playing this and swtor.


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    #126
    IRL_Sinister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭IRL_Sinister


    I like the look of the new UI


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    #127
    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    PC Gamer has an article with some insanely ambitions PvP info:
    PC Gamer wrote:
    Armies of a hundred players will get the chance to fight for their server in Guild Wars 2′s massive three-way PvP battles. Each army will fight for control of The Mists, an enormous zone packed full of vast NPC controlled fortresses that you’ll have to take and hold using trebuchets, catapults and siege golems.

    It’s going to be massive. Literally massive. “We use as much space as we possibly can in order to accommodate over a hundred people from each server fighting on every map,” explains Mike Ferguson in the latest Guild Wars 2 developer diary entry. “These are the largest maps we can make in Guild Wars 2.”

    Taking the castles of The Mists will earn your army supply that can be used upgrade your defences, or you can spend it on war machines that can be used to attack enemy walls. Smaller groups can take minor townships and camp sites to earn more resources, and you can even persuade groups of NPC to join your cause by completing impromptu quests for them in the field.

    Ferguson gives an example of how this will work. “You might help a group of ogres protect their camp against constant harpy assaults. In return, your new ogre allies will go rampaging toward the nearest enemy objective or send out patrols to help you hold on to your territory. These factions won’t fight for you indefinitely, but they can help turn the tide of battle.”



    You can jump into The Mists at any level. Your character will be boosted to level 80, but when you kill other players they’ll drop loot appropriate to your PvE build. “Any gear that is dropped for you will be level appropriate,” says Ferguson. “The player that was killed doesn’t lose any of their own equipment—that would suck—so you’ll never need to worry about losing your favorite rare weapon if you are defeated.” You’ll also earn experience that’ll help you level outside of PvP.

    The really neat part is that we’ll be able to take specific forts in The Mists for our guilds. Each guild can only hold one keep at a time, but the keep can be upgraded to give bonuses to team members within a certain area. So, the PC Gamer guild could take a castle, rename it PC Gamer towers and choose a buff to apply to nearby server members, helping out the team. “These bonuses can increase stats, give allies more health, or even increase the maximum amount of supply that players can take from the supply depot at that location,” says Ferguson. “If you want to help your realm build siege weapons faster, that supply increase will be a must.”

    It sounds exciting, but extremely ambitious. Ferguson says that ArenaNet “didn’t want to build anything less than the best large-scale PvP combat ever.” Have they succeeded? We’ll have to wait and see. Guild Wars 2 should be out later this year.


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    #128
    Kiith
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    It really does sound amazing. If they can get it working the way they've been talking about, it will be great fun.


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    #129
    Dcully
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    Im hoping it will have enough PVE to keep me entertained, ive never taken to pvp in any mmo.


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    #130
    IRL_Sinister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭IRL_Sinister


    humanji wrote: »
    PC Gamer has an article with some insanely ambitions PvP info:

    Can. Not. Wait.


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    #131
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Dcully wrote: »
    Im hoping it will have enough PVE to keep me entertained, ive never taken to pvp in any mmo.

    Same with me but, the server vs server pvp sounds interesting.


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    #132
    Eoin247
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭Eoin247


    What I'm really wondering is how are they going to create these huge pvp battles without uber lag even high end pcs can't handle.


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    #133
    KilOit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭KilOit


    Can't wait for this! and TB's coverage will be superb if going by his WoW coverage


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    #134
    bardinworld
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭bardinworld


    ive already decided on races and their corresponding professions! :D its gonna be ****in epic!


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    #135
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YKm20rPQY


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    #136
    Dcully
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V6Ckj6--Z0


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    #137
    Stev_o
    Registered Users Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭Stev_o


    Having looked Yogcast go through the starting zone for the Norse I feel completely underwhelmed. I know it's PVE but still it looked very average and very generic.


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    #138
    Dcully
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    Stev_o wrote: »
    Having looked Yogcast go through the starting zone for the Norse I feel completely underwhelmed. I know it's PVE but still it looked very average and very generic.


    Looked incredibly similar to rift to me.


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    #139
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    Well it's still early. It's not out for a while yet. We should hold of on judgement until its ready for launch imo.

    Hopefully we wont end up in a molyneux situation where alot was promised and yet not delivered.


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    #140
    Stev_o
    Registered Users Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭Stev_o


    Dcully wrote: »
    Looked incredibly similar to rift to me.

    That's the thing, I was watching it thinking "That was pretty much everyones experience in Rift 30 minutes into the game".


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    #141
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Stev_o wrote: »
    That's the thing, I was watching it thinking "That was pretty much everyones experience in Rift 30 minutes into the game".

    Exactly!


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    #142
    jonneymendoza
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭jonneymendoza


    This game looks incredible. i was a avid gW1 fan and played it when it first came out. Loved the storyline and gamplay of GW1 and this looks like it could be a masterpiece


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    #143
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    jonneymendoza wrote: »
    This game looks incredible. i was a avid gW1 fan and played it when it first came out. Loved the storyline and gamplay of GW1 and this looks like it could be a masterpiece

    Pretty early to claim a masterpiece, did you register just to tell us this ? :P


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    #144
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    More and more like rift the more videos i watch, this vid is exactly the same as rifts instant adventure option.

    http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/guild-wars-2/1219083p1.html


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    #145
    jonneymendoza
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭jonneymendoza


    Dcully wrote: »
    Pretty early to claim a masterpiece, did you register just to tell us this ? :P

    lol no. dont worry i am no spam. check my other posts. im legit :) a mate recommend me this forum.

    Anyways back on topic, the reason why i think this may be a mastepriece is because i feel that this mmo is doing some unique refreshing things!


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    #146
    Stemtrex
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Stemtrex


    Iv'e been really excited about this game for a while now. Not to impressed with all the press beta videos. I can't really judge yet though. I'd like to see more high level content and all class videos are of mesmers, engineers and thieves. Mesmer looks blehhhh. Want to see some more classes!


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    #147
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Dcully wrote: »
    Looked incredibly similar to rift to me.
    Stev_o wrote: »
    That's the thing, I was watching it thinking "That was pretty much everyones experience in Rift 30 minutes into the game".

    Is this a good or bad thing in your opinion though?

    I love the idea of the 2 week long world pvp battles. Really sounds like something i could get stuck into on a regular basis. Having three different realms against each other is also great, to avoid one side steam rolling the other.


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    #148
    jonneymendoza
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭jonneymendoza


    If this game is as stable and bug free as rift when its released plus all the unique features implemented and working a sit should, i can see this being a strong contender against WOW.

    With it being free to play is also a great thing imo.


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    #149
    Stev_o
    Registered Users Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭Stev_o


    Kiith wrote: »
    Is this a good or bad thing in your opinion though?

    I love the idea of the 2 week long world pvp battles. Really sounds like something i could get stuck into on a regular basis. Having three different realms against each other is also great, to avoid one side steam rolling the other.

    Im unsure, Rift had a special place in my memory for really nailing those sort of dynamic events and I don't know how exactly GW2 can live up to that when it's PVE combat on paper looks quite easy? There doesn't seem to be much of "epicness" going on so far in those videos which get my attention.


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    #150
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,684 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Stev_o wrote: »
    Im unsure, Rift had a special place in my memory for really nailing those sort of dynamic events and I don't know how exactly GW2 can live up to that when it's PVE combat on paper looks quite easy? There doesn't seem to be much of "epicness" going on so far in those videos which get my attention.

    My thought exactly, how can they improve upon what is already well done in rift?


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    #151
    bombs away
    Closed Accounts Posts: 291 ✭✭bombs away


    Dcully wrote: »
    My thought exactly, how can they improve upon what is already well done in rift?

    Having never played Rift I'm finding the vid's pretty amazing considering I was a big fan of the first GW which was my very first MMO. Slightly biased I guess but watching them brings back some good memories.

    Really looking forward to this.


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