Guild Wars 2

[RizZy]

I played the 1st & liked it alot, sign ups for beta has gone live, sites open for 48 hours only.

https://beta.guildwars2.com/

took me a few times to get onto it as I guess its getting hammered.

[TE_owner]

Done and done cheers for the hint

[BrotherTobious]

Let us know what it is like guys if you get on it

[Twyst]

I decided to pre-purchase this game. I like a lot of the new ideas it brings to the table (didn't play GW1, so it's all new to me) but I am concerned it won't be as good as operations/raiding in SWTOR/WOW, but on the other hand if your guild fails to turn out it looks very easy to join others. But time will tell.
I don't know if there is enough interest in DMW to form a guild, and it seems like you can server transfer for free once a week. But it strikes me that if there's a group of us we might as well play on the same server.

[Sneakytiger]

i've heard a rumor that swtors going ftp by the end of the year, any 1 else heard anything?

[Twyst]

i've heard a rumor that swtors going ftp by the end of the year, any 1 else heard anything?

Lol m8. SWTOR announced F2P yesterday, launching probably November. However the F2P model doesn't include operations or from what I've read allow access to it via mini transactions either. Subscriber or no operations which is one reason why I'm now actively pursuing an alternative if it causes our SWTOR guild to close.

Linky: http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?36399-SWTOR-Free-2-Play-later-this-year!

[Gorion]

Me and my missus already have pre-purchases of digital deluxe, we'll be playing it seriously on a daily basis.  We also have two rigs coming over next week and should be set-up and ready by the pre-launch.

There is also a 99.99% possibility that we'll be running a guild together.

[Khrispykhicken]

Getting this on day 1 cannot wait to play an mmo which is changing the tables a little bit >.> should be fun playing with you guys

[DrunkenZombiee]

I have heard a lot about this game over the past few months.

As I am a not too experienced with MMO's whats the difference between this and WoW or SWOTOR? (Apart from the monthly see wavered)

DZ

[Twyst]

List of worlds at launch (you can change your world at launch for free for a short wile until things settle down and then change your world once a week for small fee via gems)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-worlds-of-guild-wars-2/
I'll probably be playing on Gandara to start with.

As I am a not too experienced with MMO's whats the difference between this and WoW or SWOTOR? (Apart from the monthly see wavered)

In GW2 there is no Holy Trinity of MMO's. Tanks, healers no longer exist. Instead you're 100% self sufficient. Each class has melee, ranged and support skills although some more than others.
For example, the ranger has more ranged weapons available than say a warrior. The guardian has more support skills - however each classes self heal is more powerful than any support healing.
Abilities based off weapons, and switching mid combat. In GW2, you have an 5 attack keys in total. But as, as a thief you can start off with dual pistols and your abilities are ranged based, then swap to dual daggers and replace those 5 with melee based skills.
You don't have to talk to people to get quests, just close enough to be in shouting range.
You actively help other people to do quests in your vicinity because everyone works towards a shared goal. As such it's impossible to ninja a kill. Unsure about the loot, but I think everyone gets share.
Achievements are account bound. So for alt-a-holics like myself, you only have to do the achievement once on your main and not on your alts.
Dynamic events. This basically means a Boss will be designed around say 5 people to defeat him. But if 20 people turn up then the boss gains more health, more minions and sometimes more abilities.
Also, Dynamic events are often chained together. In GW2, a dungeon is basically an instanced chained dynamic event.
No gear progression. There is a tiny upgrade to be gained from grinding dungeon found gear from tokens, but you can also buy it with $$$ from the shop or in game money from crafters.
No grind. Well, that's not strictly true but it's account bound.
World Vs World Vs World PvP.
Loads of jumping puzzles if Mario is your thing which normally award Vistas (a cut scene of a breath-taking panoramic of where you are on the map).
Loads of mini games.

NO RAIDING.
Instead, some Dynamic Events have a designed minimum group requirement AND require tactics and planning to progress.
Remember, no tanks or healers so it would be something like "Twisted and DZ, you take care of the adds right side".
This is the only real concern for me as I *love* raiding. Either this will be the best thing since sliced bread or it will be the worst. Don't know till I try it.

Here's something else that's different.
GW1 had a total of 32 hours downtime, over 6 years. WoW and SWTOR normally get that in one month.
ArenaNET aim to match that with GW2.

That's the differences I'm interested in. There maybe a lot others, for example I've not touched on character skills as I've not researched that yet.
I've per-purchased the game and am taking part in tonight Stress Test just so I can play around.

GW2 is so far the most innovative MMO I've seen for a long while. While I continue to raid in SWTOR, I suspect I'll put more play time into GW2.

[Gorion]

Twisted, are you sure you can change worlds for free?  I thought it was via gems?

[Twyst]

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/49312-switching-servers-at-no-cost-on-release/

With the game just around the corner, I'm sure there are a few questions and concerns out there. For one, I know several people learned too late that simply trying to create a character on a server locks you into that server, and deleting your character won't fix that. This was very frustrating for my friends, guildmates, and allies during the first two beta weekends, but ArenaNet understands the situation.

First of all, players will be able to move servers at will for a while after release so that they can play with their friends. Since the game is launching with the ability to switch servers, it should come as no surprise that, in the event that ANet needs to open new servers, players will immediately be able to transfer servers (for free if you're coming from select crowded realms). People also have the option to "guest" on servers, allowing them to play with friends from other servers (unless you want to enter WvWvW with them, in which case, you will need to switch servers). That still doesn't fix the "Oops! I created on the wrong server and have to pay for a transfer" situation, so Mike said that ArenaNet will have a warning up after release so that new players will understand what might lock them into a server. However, people playing the beta test will notice that the warning has already been implemented!

"We know that players are normally required to pay to switch servers, but the Massively interview with game designer Mike Zadorojny mentions the ability to switch servers at NO COST (for a period of time) after release ..."

"Yes, unless there is a change between now and the official launch of Guild Wars 2, the information in the article that you have linked is true and correct."

I edited my other post to indicate you can change servers for free for a limited time only until things settle down.

[Gorion]

Aha, wasn't aware of the temporary free transfers.

Thanks

[valdeko]

Its going to be an awesome game.

Just cant wait for next weekend for the head-launch and to start playing it with ppl from GW1.

Going to play on EU realm called Whiteside Ridge.

[Gorion]

Going to play on EU realm called Whiteside Ridge.

Is there a list of realms available already?