Guild Wars 2

[Diemenz]

Blackgate is super laggy for me, switching to yaks im thinking

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Diemenz

Blackgate is super laggy for me, switching to yaks im thinking

I played an hour tonight and it was pretty laggy too.

[Diemenz]

Yeah i switched over and yaks is considerably better

[RedMileDJ]

Anyone know if you can still pre-purchase, right now, and get access now?

[Muffins]

When I first fired it up I thought the launcher was downloading the whole friggen game again. Thankfully its just updating a bunch of the files.

On my way to Yak's Bend!

[PowerPlayoffs06]

Log-in servers aren't working. >=(

[GreenLantern]

Taking me forever to patch, but when I do look out world..

[PowerPlayoffs06]

Was finally able to log in. Seems every name in the world is already taken... >_<

[Thor]

How about dirkdiggler?

[RedMileDJ]

Finally got my character made on Yaks.

Anyone got a guild going on there? I won't be back online until Sunday. Going out of town.

Later.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

Was finally able to log in. Seems every name in the world is already taken... >_<

Every name is taken because those that had GW1 could save their name in GW2

[GreenLantern]

So far I have had fun on my Elementalist. I went out to the Borderlands for a little, but we are getting destroyed out there.

I find the leveling to be tedious, like any game. The events are pretty fun but just like RIFT and WAR they are just a big clusterfudge and I find it hard to target enemy bars. I don't like the overhead name system in this game, I wonder if there is a way to make it look more like DAoC's.

I have a lot to learn still.. which is cool.

[Ashasx]

There is something about the combat in this game that just feels off to me. It's slow and muggy. I do one thing and then I have to wait 2 seconds for that thing to happen.

I realize they're trying to use the collision detection system, not auto target... but man, I don't know if this game is for me. Maybe it's just my profession.

I also hate the lack of class roles in the game.

[Diemenz]

What is your profession? I feel compared to wow this combat system is years ahead.

[Ashasx]

I'm a thief. I really just feel like I'm doing nothing. I'll use my elite skill and get a kill, but then I'm useless until it cools down.

I'm just not seeing enough from my character.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

I'm a thief. I really just feel like I'm doing nothing. I'll use my elite skill and get a kill, but then I'm useless until it cools down.

I'm just not seeing enough from my character.

In the beta events I didn't like the thief. If you like melee toons roll a guardian for pure pwnage.

[Esoteric]

Yeah, I didn't really enjoy the thief when I tried it in the beta events.

I played a few classes until at least level 6 this weekend, and now I don't know what ones to continue (11 Guardian, 10 Necro, 8 Ele, 8 Ranger, 6 Eng). I think I might have to level them all up - no monthly fee means I'm in no rush!

[GreenLantern]

The lack of class roles is a bit annoying, I also find this healing system annoying as well.

I am used to playing healing classes, it is a role I enjoy.. also my comp must be classified as "wooden" now because I lag really bad in the frontiers. Game froze for me last night after about 20 minutes at a tower battle. It was fun while it lasted though. Might need to update my memory.

I also am not sure what to do, I have done all of the hearts in my area that I can and my personal quest is too high level/difficult.

So I have nothing left for good EXP.. this game is starting to lose my interest.

[Muffins]

I've found myself really enjoying the WvW so far (minus the butt load of running).

Been enjoying my Ele so far but I may try out a Necro soon (anyone whose played one got any insight?).

The lack of class roles does throw me a bit as in other games I would usually go for the healers first. Now I just throw out my aoe's and try and burn down anyone who gets close.

So I guess the friends list works with account names so here's mine: muffins.1064

[CaramonLS]

Playing a "pure healer" class is almost impossible in GW2. Honestly, they've focused on damage mitigation moreso than pure healing.

For example, there are Earth Spells which provide 66% less damage reduction and 4 seconds of invulernability.

The Guardian would probably be the closest to damage reduction / healer type class. One of their elite skills has a spell that heals 5 people to 100%. They also have a lot of aura types to mitigate damage.

Thevies are meant to be played as assassins. Get in, Kill, get out. They also have one of the best Crowd Control skills in Scorpion Wire (yes, just like Scorpion) as it pulls a foe to you and can pull people off walls. Repositioning is power, which enables your group to kill them. Thevies are probably the one class above all else that will benefit from having a full build with items, enabling you to spec high burst damage and your elite. Most other classes won't be stacking burst potential.

Elementalists are your utility casters - they have very long range, have a couple decent damage AoEs and lots of CC.

For example, when chasing a fleeing group, you want an Ele with you. Basically you get a rotation going of your Water spells (Frozen Ground - 66% slow), Air Spells (Swiftness boost and 1.5 second stun), Earth Spells (Cripple - 50% slow, and and Immobilize).

Just keep in mind that the PvP is different from your normal MMO - a good, organized group can take on a PUG group 2-3x its size. Our guild did it a couple times where 30 people took over 80.

There is a point where numbers can overwhelm, but with the right compositions, you can stand your ground.

A couple things they need to fix is load times. One of the things we've used to our advantage is mesmer portaling into the middle of a group and wrecking them. Partly because the load times aren't that good and sometimes, a person can be right up on you before they appear on your screen. It works both ways though, as when you portal in, you need to blindly drop AoEs because you can't see anyone.

I think they'll fix this eventually. I know the WvW wait times were crazy last night too - they should be working at fixing that I hope, considering this is the prepurchase portion. I can't imagine how crazy it will be once it goes live to retail.