I don’t really know what you mean with “these style of controls” - if it’s WASD movement and clicking opponents with the mouse or whatever - okay, but in general the controls differ fundamentally. Also, if you enjoyed Gw2 chances are you won’t enjoy Gw1 because they’re entirely different games with completely opposing design philosophies. The literally only thing the games have in common are parts of the world and the name.
GW1 is fundamentally different than GW2. GW1 is a mix of Magic The Gathering (Skills), Diablo 3 (instanced dungeon crawling with lobbies), and a traditional mmo pve content (gated missions). THe GW1 completely game of the year edition is super cheap, but don’t be surprised of the game is somewhat dead. It’s more of a Co-op RPG than an MMORPG. Control wise, it’s a different game entirely:
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[]No jumping (lack of proper z-axis.)
[]skill-oriented gameplay
[]entirely team based (you+customizable heroes+default henchman, not counting npc escorts or pets)
[]max level is 20
[]Armor stats are congruous across the board. (A max level, un-runed, generic set of armor for a warrior is statistically the same as a un-runed, elite-set of armor.)
[]end-game content is pvp, but that’s also pretty dead unless you join a pvp guild.
[*]later mission areas get super tough, and with the lack of players around you will have to play solo with CPU controlled members.
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So yeah, you won’t really learn much by playing GW1 other than lore, honestly. Even playing in the GW2 Beta events was a bit of a shock for me, and i’ve been playing guild war since it was released.
Well taking from that post, a number of the things are the same.
GW2 still doesn’t have a MMO style gear progression (which makes play also more based on your skill loadout), and it still has PVP as it’s main endgame. Those are the significant features of the game, really.
Yeah, there’s not really any reason to have a discreet gear progression when you do not have to maintain a subscriber base. :tup:
When is the release date for this?
They wont release one, they keep doing like monthly open betas for the people who have pre-ordered. They keep saying “When its done, its done”.
I’m sure this year. They started on it in 07 but the whole original team is gone, so they basiclly started over somewhere in the end of 08 I think.
This game is on another level, i been playing mmos since UO, and this shit cray. Very interesting and from open betas i can tell it’ll be my last before i give up the time vortex genre of gaming.
Yea I pre-ordered hoping to get into the “final” event, but I forgot about time zones and i dl’d a little late. I should have been on this from day 1, but RMAH 3 got most of my time unfortunately.
So this past stress test was the final event? or do they just say that?
Scratch what i said they just released a release date today 8.29.12.
I was like son of a bitch after i just posted they are refusing to give a date…anyways at least my this year guess was good…lol
And yesterday was a stress test actually, I think beta weekends will continue till launch and are announced on the main page but there FB and Twitters are the best ways to find out information.
yeah final beta weekend is announced for July 20-22. really stoked
http://www.arena.net/blog/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-launch-date
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Try http://www.systemrequirementslab.com scroll to guild wars 2 install plug in and it will let you know what you need.
If all is good it will look like this…
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/Yajuu17/Systemrequirementslabshitforgw2.png
Even better news for those who pre-purchased we get early access on August 25th
What the fuck…
So now that the release date is set in stone we should make a guild for srk. Idk if they even have that in this mmo, im just assuming since it is the title of the game. I haven’t played GW1.
yeah they have guilds, you can even be in multiple guilds and switch who you’re representing.
August 28, 2012. If you pre-order, you get it 3 days in advance on August 25th.
Final BWE is next weekend and I read you can play as the Asura and Sylvari races. Will def be rolling one of each to try. GW2 will be a welcome change from the monotony of Diablo 3. I especially like how the game’s designed so you can still progress even if you can only manage to play for <1 hr a day. Also like how Anet said they’re focusing on improving performance leading up to launch. Not sure which server to join, will prob just random select one, but you get 5 character slots so I’ll create one for each race. Gonna name my characters after dead rappers.
This feels me with sadness, last BWE, and my computer decides its time to start falling apart, so I’ll probably have to miss it.
Better now than in a month though, I guess.
I’m stoked for this weekend. I’m gonna try out the 2 new races and probably the last couple professions I haven’t tried yet. Though I will probably just play a shitload of PVP and save PVE for release.
Ser if asura have a meaningful visibility advantage in pvp
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im excited to try out asura. kinda sad they gonna wipe our accounts before this coming beta tho, i kind of wanted to get my ele to 30, she was lvl24.