The Guild Wars 2 Thread

If someone feels an irresistible urge to talk to each other (handy since party members don't appear to show up on the minimap atm), I'll take this oppertunity to remind people that there's a mostly empty ventrilo server available to codexians and whoever they drag along. Guest password is still newfag.
http://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/rpgcodex-ventrilo-server.71676/

The guild gets influence from players logging ing, doing pvp/pve etc. We can then spend it as a whole on a bunch of cosmetic upgrades anf minor buffs and boosts for everyone. It can be things such as a temporary boost to finding magic items, shared guild storeage we can fill up with junk, fancy guild emblems, XP boost in WvW etc. But mostly it allows you to represent the Kodex Kool Krew, which is of course great in itself.

 

Guys, I think I figured out the key to a good RPG. We all know that RPGs that scale to your level are a big no-no. However, after the momentous release of GW2, I can safely say that RPGs that scale you to the game's level are revolutionary and amazing.

 

In Soviet Russia...

 

You can whisper Ulminati.6219 for a KKK invite on Seaferer's rest. I'll be running around with my retribution paladin guardian Nessa Vess for a couple of hours yet.

 

Why would i over some "T" (Teen) game?

C'mon, they dont even try to hide its target group. Small teens or big idiots (in greek meaning = simple people).

 

So where's the problem?

 

If it makes content remain challenging in an MMO rather than make the game piss-easy in single-player, yes.

 

So I was short some jute to craft and realized I was only 3 vistas short of 100% completion in the Norn starter area

 

But what's the point of crafting if everyone gets the same items anyway, since GW2 isn't about level caps or itemization? Is crafting the only way to get pretty spikes on your shoulder pads or something?

EDIT: also, Ulminati, is Guardian fun? I always have a soft spot for Paladins.

 

Ive been wondering what the point of the whole pve thing is in the first place seeing that the gist of the game seems to be in pvp.
I would understand if pve was where you got items and levels for pvp but... :-/

Ive been hoping i just misunderstand something.

 

I've been having decent fun with my paladin. 2 handed sword, sigils to give passive boosts, spin2win.
they seem to have some pretty decent things going with mace+shield too. 2h sword is definately quite simple. Also, I barely ever activate the virtues. the passive boosts seem better than the active when you consider the boost goes on cooldown after you use it. Except the burning one. I spam that during events to get as many buffs out on people as possible.

 

Traits improve the active ones.

 

Well there's itemization for PvE, though gear distinctions aren't as heavy as in say WoW. Crafting is there because some people like to craft, and it's a pretty good way to level, too, I think I got around 1,5 levels' worth of XP so far levelling LW. It also doesn't take time, since the more shit you have to process, the faster the progress bar will move. It makes for some nice stuff like gems and various other item augments, as well as bags and of course gear. Crafting me some 8-slotters made life a lot easier right away.

Guardians are great. I'm playing my Thief right now, since that was my alt in the alt pair with my GF, who coincidentally is running a Guardian and is completely awed by it. I keep trying to suppress jellyness as I want to be playing a pally too, but I guess I'll wait til she feels like Elementalist at last. Generally, good skills, good survivability, great support, AND some ranged capability via scepter/staff. 2H sword is fun, 2H hammer is pretty good, 1handers are also pretty damn enjoyable. Good class.

 

Buying keys to get your loot. SWEET GAME BROS. Maple Story weeaboo ass piecemeal in-game DLC nabber ponzi fuckshit. This is as bad as Diablo 3 RMAH if not worse.

 

Fucking retards. Never lock your user base out of content. Sure way to fail. Lolololol.

F2P only works when it allows you to a) skip the grind or b) is cosmetic in nature. Locking you out of content, content you're seeing right in front of you? Content you discovered? OMG lol.

 

Locked out of what? You can get keys in game without spending money.

The rewards aren't that exciting anyway - just consumables: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Black_Lion_Chest&cd=1&hl=zh-CN&ct=clnk&source=goog.le

Well, it only scales you down but not up.

Skip to end?

 

Do you remember how many times that person had to repeat the same exact content to reach max level in Diablo 3?
Iit rhymes with Diablo 3.

 

Jebuz, I'm only at 31% don't think I'll get it for august. Especially since I'm not PvPing yet.

Guardians are goddamn powerhouses. On my elementalist, I had to be really careful if an enemy was 2 levels higher than me or I'd splat. My guardian takes on groups of lv +3/+4s without breaking a sweat. Probably gonna main this. They're probably not nearly as good in WvW since melee.

[/quote]
The chests contain novelty items that turn you into a cow. also, the keys are obtainable from normal quests. I've opened 9 chests so far with keys I got from world events.

Lotts people are butthurt about GW2 ITT. I suspect they're upset they can't play pandas in wow yet.

I'm going Promethium Paladin. Zeal/Radiance. First trrait in zeal makes my aegis do burning when triggered, second lets me do +10% damage to burning enemies. On top of that, I have my virtur of justice that applies burn every 5th attack, judges intervention that is a teleport + AoE burn and Purging flames that's a circle of burn. Most of the time I'm better off keeping my virtues untapped for more burn procs.

In radiance I'm grabbing the boost that makes virtur of justice blind when activated and the trait that makes my blinds deal vilnerability as well, followed by searing flames for a chance to remove boons whenever I do burning.

I imagine the final build will look a lot like this

BY THE EMPRAH, I WILL CLEANSE YOU WITH HOLY PROMETHIUM!

 

Been out of the gw2 loop for some time, how bad is it? Has damage control begun? I see there already are some characters with max level.

 

Black
It's nothing revolutionary. People are split into 2 camps atm: Those who are runnign around having fun and enjoying it for what it is, and a bunch of jealous wow kiddies who yell insults at the sidelines while secretly wishing pandas could be as cool as Charr. Brewfest has nothing on Meatoberfest.

 

Black take Ulminati opinion with a bucket of salt as he is known to have laid pipe to some GW2 devbroadz.

But you'll need to buy a key to unlock further information.

 

Menckenstein -- shouldn't you be raging about TF2 instead. I mean, the crates there actually give you weapons that can impact the game. GW2 just gives you silly tonics that transform you into an animal for a few minutes outside combat.

 

But TF2 has already taken its lashings from Codex. It's GW2's turn. Besides it's a lot more than silly animal transformation tonics in the chests.

ArenaNet have distilled the power of Korean MMO Kekeke blackmajic, truly.