[Official] Guild Wars 2 Discussion, Video & Screenshot Thread - Page 386

Might mean they're on a different server?

Funny, that is exactly how I felt about WoW and why I couldn't bring myself to commit to it. I always felt like it was too cartoony whereas I felt that GW was more like a graphic novel.

I am feeling the same kind of anxiety about the skills in general. I think that the inability to fully customize all the skill slots is going to make this game boring in a hurry. In all I have played in 3 of the BWE and have yet to come to like the non-customizable weapon based skills. I have only leveled any of my toon as high as level 16 or so and find that I am bored with the first 5 slots by level 6 or 8.

Maybe.

 

GW2 really need a manual even it is digital format as PDF.... some UI I still don't get it.

Ok, notice a few things playing sPvP all weekend:

They SERIOUSLY need to remove "downed state" and "finish them punch ground" mechanic from all PvP. Worst PvP mechanic I've ever seen put into an MMORPG. A kill should be a kill, not spend your time running around trying to "punch the ground" on some teleporting/self resurrecting, knock back throwing silliness.

If your AFK in a sPvP game and don't move for 30 seconds you get KICKED. This one doesn't need much explanation does it? What is with all the morons that join matches to sit there AFK taking up a valuable slot?

Need a way to tone down the particle effects. Been saying this since the first GW2 movie came out. Seriously over-done, distracting and makes it hard to see what's going on in larger fights.

Asura story = Invention of Patent Trolls.

The Ele has 4 attunements. That gives you 20 weapon skills. The engineer has kits. The classes are balanced around damage and options. If you have a ton of ways to deal with threats, you can't have a lot of damage. If you do lots of damage, then it would be crazy to also be able to do lots of damage. It would be insane if the ele could also weapon swap, they would have 40 skills!

I'll go ahead and say this will NEVER happen. The game is heavily balanced around the downed state and people are going to have to learn to deal with downed threats appropriately. There are a lot of skills that alter/modify/counter the downed state in PVE and PVP so messing with the downed state will be one heck of a task. Stop running around and punching the ground, GRAB THE CAPTURE POINT. sPVP isn't just about kills so don't worry about it. If you can keep a guy stuck in the downed state you are doing an amazing job. He can do much less downed than he can do alive. Just make sure you have the capture point and let him teleport around all he wants. It is almost in your best interest to NOT kill them. Just tap them whenever they start healing and keep your distance.

Both types of PVP will have an auto-kick timer added. There is dev confirmation that this is implemented but it did not make it into BWE3. I don't have a link though, so you might have to google it if you don't believe me.

Ele's cannot swap weapons because they can already swap types of magic. Imagine being able to swap types of magic AND weapons. That would be way too unfair

Can someone point where to research the races and classes..

Trying to figure out what I want to play and I cant really figure out what earch race offers as stat bonuses..

Much appreciated!

Oh and professions and stuff would be great too

 

It would be the master class jack of all trade... I agree. It would steamroll everyone.

Pick a race you like and then pick a class you like! There are no racial stat bonuses so no class is better a profession than any other. This game doesn't have tank/healer/DPS in the same way more MMO's do, so you have a lot of research to do. Skills are more based on weapon loadout than class, so each class has a lot of options for playstyle.

This really isn't your typical MMO.