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Queen of Hunting
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Main problem i have is the cool looking shit is tied to the caah shop
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Guild Wars 2 now Free to Play, Expansion releases Oct. 23rd
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Kos Luftar
Member
Don't even bother, Miktar.
shysaursoft
Member
Eh, I've yet to find anything personally on the cash shop that looks nice to me (it's all rather guady), except for the Explorer Outfit. So I made some in-game gold, and bought it with that. At least you *can* avoid spending any real money, by just converting gold to gems.
Yeah, I'm probably not going to play this game again. It's unique feature was that it was B2P and wasn't pay2win. With those changes to gem conversions a while ago and now this, I see where there heads are at and I want no part in it.
ShemhazaiX
Member
Unless you enjoy gear "grind" (which once people hit raiding in most mmos isn't a grind any more, instead it's basically an evening playing games with friends) in which case the game is pretty awful.
I don't play mmos for their story. I don't want to be one of these thousands of special snowflake people who have all saved the world simultaneously. If developers want to make a story focused game they should make a single player game. In my opinion, Guild wars 2s only saving grace was it's incredible combat and pvp.
shysaursoft
Member
It's still not pay2win, and I have no idea what "changes to gem conversions" you're talking about. If you're talking about gold to gem having been locked into specific amounts of gems, that was changed back a week later.
I do not enjoy gear grind. Thus, I enjoy GW2. If GW2 had gear grind, it'd be like every other MMO, and I wouldn't enjoy it. I see your point though - people who like that endless treadmill thing won't find that enjoyment in GW2. I might recommend FFXIV for them then (great game, too).
I don't play MMOs for their story either. I play GW2 as "an evening playing games with friends", doing the content, etc. I don't need a constant carrot on a stick to get me to play it, playing it is fun enough for its own sake for me.
If you already own the game, you get a new outfit within the next week, but that's about it. They seem to be walking a very careful line between letting F2P players get a genuine taste for the game (instead of limiting them to, say, level 20) and treating them like a second class of players.
Well, they did just announce raids, as well as an end game progression system ("Masteries") in the expansion. Not to mention that the Living World basically adds new content every two weeks when it's live (usually months at a time with a month or two break in between).
Apart from that, there's PVP, World vs. World, Alts (since each class plays differently, it's worth trying each one, and the game is very alt-friendly), lots of little PvE things like skin collecting, achievements (doing all of the jumping puzzles is one of the best ones), etc.
Finally, you can stop playing (yes, really). You can play other games, do something non-gaming, whatever. For people who want to play an MMO but don't want to be forced to constantly play it to keep up with everyone, this is one of the few options available since there's no gear grind, level cap increase or subscription to manage. For some people, the absence of a special, specific thing that you do over and over again forever until the end of time is a good thing. If that's something you want though, you're in luck; there's a ton of other MMOs out there.
Not sure yet, still looking for info on that. Probably something to prevent free players from buying high-end crafting materials and such. Will add it to the first post when I find something.
Pretty big news! Arena Net already made many strides to make the game world feel alive no matter what your server's population is (instancing players from all servers into low population world regions so there are always players for events and whatnot). Going F2P is going to really boost the player population which is great because this game greatly benefits from having many players running around the world.
For anyone remotely interested, GW2, to me, feels like an action-RPG MMO with platformer elements. If you enjoy filling bars and being a completionist, you will love this game. Can't say I love the end-game but there is always plenty to do.
Anyway - F2P announcement is great news for newcomers and veterans alike.
For anyone remotely interested, GW2, to me, feels like an action-RPG MMO with platformer elements. If you enjoy filling bars and being a completionist, you will love this game. Can't say I love the end-game but there is always plenty to do.
Anyway - F2P announcement is great news for newcomers and veterans alike.
I'm going to +1 Miktar. Some people have posted meltdowns over stuff in the gem/cash shop. I personally see all of it as, at best, okay, and at worst, incredibly tacky and terrible looking. There are still hundreds of skins in the game that you have to go digging for, but most don't seem to know or care about them. There's also the fact that they advertise the new gem/cash shop clothes way more often than they highlight the stuff in game you have to look for or work to unlock.
This was one thing that annoyed me when I got back into the game last April, seeing that every new full armor skin in the game so far at the time was only available in the gem store, but the thing is they started making changes in that regard.
There won't be any full set of armor in the gem store anymore, they will all be obtainable in-game like the armor they introduced with Living Story season 2.
They will instead focus on outfits, that are (usually silly) full body costumes that you can't mix and match like armor, and specific skin pieces.
Black Lion weapons aren't an issue since you can get them on the trading post for in game gold.
The rest, is absolutely and completely optional.
Server only really matters for World vs. World. You can join any player in any map regardless of what server they're on with one exception; North America and Europe are on different data centers, so you won't be able to play with folks on NA servers if you're on a Euro one and vice-versa.
Otherwise, you can right-click a party member's portrait and select "Join in..." and you can jump to whatever copy of the zone they're in. Eventually the game's Megaserver system will weigh who your friends / guildmates are and start putting you in maps with them automatically. Guilds are cross-server as well (and you can belong to up to 5 at once too). If all of that fails, you can also manually pick which server you're playing on temporarily by selecting the "Guest" option from the character select screen. No transfer fees or anything.
Having said all of that, the GAF Guild plays on Stormbluff Isle (NA), but we have people scattered all over due to their WvW preferences. For what it's worth, SBI is a middle tier server when it comes to WvW; neither ultra competitive nor inactive.
DraganBlack
Neo Member
whole game is 20-25 gb. but they use a streaming client so you can start after about 5gb (or even less)
Post your account name in the community thread for a guild invite.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=987332
Bry0
Member
If you don't go in with an open mind, yeah it is.
That said, I have hundreds of hours of Tier 1 WvW under my belt.
Best endgame I ever played.
Don't freak-out if you're swarmed by people when you get out of the little bit of story when you create your character, there are 'welcome parties' in every starting zone right now
Oh yeah, I swung by Queensdale and there's a shitload of people dropping buff banners and answering questions. Don't be overwhelmed if you exit the short introduction instance and you're surrounded by people.
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Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
Its good they have finally headed that direction but for many at time the damage was done.
irfaanator
Banned
would like to see how raids turn out.
is there a list/explanation of specializations or have they not announced/talked about them all yet
is there a list/explanation of specializations or have they not announced/talked about them all yet
There's a basic list of the Elite Specializations announced here. We are only missing the druid and engineer ones.
It would've been nice for those us who played before to get maybe a $10 credit on the store. I kinda wanted to buy some character outfits in the store, but after seeing a single outfit cost $7-$10, I had to nope out of there.
You get a free exclusive outfit if you had a paid account before today's announcement.
Certain races (charr and norn) feel "slower" than other races, despite moving at the same pace. Try playing an asura, or use Movement Speed boosts (like signets that improve it, available on classes like thief and elementalist).
Death by BB Gun
Neo Member
This is pretty cool. I've always wanted to try Guild Wars, and now I've got my shot.
So anyone can join up - even if you're fresh out of the box?
So anyone can join up - even if you're fresh out of the box?
As far as looks goes, any heavy class wil fit the 'warrior' look, and you can make it look angelic with armor pieces and dyes if you want.
For the class, Guardian is the one that will fit this role best, as it's kind of the closest to a paladin.
Race has no influence at all so pick what you like best.
If you're playing a Norn or Charr, they feel slower because of their larger size (similar to how Taurens felt slow in WoW if you're familiar with that). Everyone's movement speed is normalized, but the bigger races have to animate slower as a result. At the other end of the scale, Asurans feel like they're flying.
Most professions have access to passive speed buffs, either through Signet skills or traits. Most professions also have access to the Swiftness buff which gives a 33% speed increase. Between those options every profession can get around faster.
Optionally, there are also armor runes that grant a passive movement speed increase, though that tends to be a more expensive option.
Yup, everyone is welcome!
Guardian is the closest to what you are looking for. It's a class that resembles a Paladin in other MMOS, but it's not a tank in any sense (you offer support in the form of boons and stuff).
I wonder how bad the refunds hurt them. I bought the game earlier in the year, and got to about level 50 (I think?) and just burnt out before the end game.
I'm not going to lie, I jumped at the chance to get my £12 refunded back to me when they offered it when the expansion was announced
I'm not going to lie, I jumped at the chance to get my £12 refunded back to me when they offered it when the expansion was announced
I feel the idea is that people eventually buy the game. That said, this is bigger than a demo but smaller than a real F2P game
But it's the full game you're getting for free, there's no level cap or limit on where you can go or what you can do content wise (except for some level restrictions very early on). They probably won't get access to the Living Story chapters either since that requires the expansion, I don't see anything official on that but it seems likely.
The only restrictions are to prevent free players from being disruptive (mostly a bot / gold spammer issue) or make having a ton of free mules prohibitive (the character / bag restrictions).
Guardian it is, thank you!
Don't worry, gem store items surely have covered those losses more than enough ..... those damn wing backpack skins ..... damn wings everywhere .....
Pick guardian or warrior and some of this armor
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/White_Feather_Wings_Backpack
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Radiant_armor_(heavy)
And use white dyes, in game there is wardrobe and u can preview any armor on your char, there are tons of options, these were just first that came on my mind, whit angelic/ holy type
Yep, GW2 brings in over $100m a year, majority of which is from the gem store. That's why they went F2P because the more people coming into the game increases the chance that someone will buy something. No barrier of entry means more people will try it, even $10 may deter some people. If they like it enough then they'll drop the $50 on HoT and there's no split playerbase.
You could also just try making your character shorter during character creation. Personally, I can't play a tall Charr or Norn because they feel like they're running too slow. The height for both races needs to be set within the first quarter of the slider to feel decent for me, the shorter the better.
Rilasciare
Member
Fantastic announcements! Although a lot was already hinted/spoiled.
Legendary Armor is a surprise though. My guild being only 6-deep will be an issue with raiding content. But looking forward to the newness of it all.
Legendary Armor is a surprise though. My guild being only 6-deep will be an issue with raiding content. But looking forward to the newness of it all.