Did you play WoW at all? I've always been interested in Guild Wars 2. It's an mmorpg, correct? What's it like in comparison?
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walksalone
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I used to play WoW before Cata came out and Texas everything up...
It's a bit like WoW, more like an improved EQ if you ever played that...
The one cool thing is, you scale down, so you can go back and do areas that may be lower level than you, just alot of things I think WoW wished they'd have come up with...
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EbylHusker
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GW2 is, at its core, a combination of what many consider the best ideas in MMO gaming across the last decade.
There are no set quests that you pick up and then go do like a traditional MMO (the exception being the personal story quests for your character). Instead, PvE areas have places indicated on the map by Hearts, which will provide you with a goal once you get close enough to the spot. The goal is a bar that fills up the more you help out whatever NPC(s) require aid. Usually there are a couple ways to help, which might include driving off pests, harvesting meat from something, rounding up cows, etc. Similar to the range of things you might do on a standard quest in another MMO.
In addition, all around the map, dynamic events spawn that you can help complete if you want. These are often combat oriented, but not always, and the events scale depending on how many people are there participating. It's kind of like the rifts in Rift, except you'll usually find yourself defending an outpost, raiding a bandit lair, or killing a boss, etc. Some of the dynamic events are chains and completing one will spawn another. Every area has an overall boss that, when the chain is completed to get to it, spawns and offers a large fight for those interested. You can ignore any of these things, including the Hearts, by just not doing them - but it's how you gain exp and level.
PvE also includes exploration, and you get rewards for finding all the points of interest, waypoints, etc on a map (and doing all the Hearts). Most areas have at least one jump puzzle, and some of them are seriously long and have some thought put into them. Some of them are easier to find than others.
Each class can use certain types of weapons, and what weapon you're using determines your attack skills (number keys 1-4). You have to acquire each type of weapon and use them to unlock those skills, but it doesn't take long to do it. This allows you to switch up your role pretty easily (not once in combat, though). So one might allow you to be more a ranged support, while another a melee combat, and another a ranged dps, etc.
There is no dedicated trinity (tank, dps, healer) in GW2. Every class can do a bit of everything, and every class has some healing they can do to support themselves. Certain classes can switch into more of a healing/support mode, though. You're able to unlock and slot other abilities based on your class as you level up, and these help customize your current roles. They have a wide variety of uses, and can include summon pets to help you fight, turrets to kill stuff, healing circles, damaging skills, debuffing things, buffs, traps, snares, etc. Through your weapon and what types of skills you have slotted, you can setup your character to do what you want.
Combat tends to be more fluid than something like WoW. Dodging plays an important role. I've seen people say dodging is useless except for avoiding major, telegraphed attacks. To some extent that's true, as you do absolutely need to avoid the huge attacks, but dodging other smaller attacks when you're able will still make you more effective in combat. I approach PvE combat in GW2 more like PvP combat...always moving, always dodging.
PvP auto scales you UP to level cap, and takes place in large areas with a lot going on. There's a lot to do if you want, other than just standing around trying to kill other people. It's a WvWvW setup, so it's like a competition between servers. And then of course there are dungeons starting at lvl 30. Without the trinity, they work a little differently than normal dungeons are often a bit more chaotic rather than controlled. To do some of them on the harder difficulty, though, you need to sort through some of the chaos and manage the fights, just like any other MMO.
It's one of the better MMO's out there, at least to me. But even though it's not everyone's cup of tea, it's one of the few MMO's I'd recommend everyone at least try.
There are no set quests that you pick up and then go do like a traditional MMO (the exception being the personal story quests for your character). Instead, PvE areas have places indicated on the map by Hearts, which will provide you with a goal once you get close enough to the spot. The goal is a bar that fills up the more you help out whatever NPC(s) require aid. Usually there are a couple ways to help, which might include driving off pests, harvesting meat from something, rounding up cows, etc. Similar to the range of things you might do on a standard quest in another MMO.
In addition, all around the map, dynamic events spawn that you can help complete if you want. These are often combat oriented, but not always, and the events scale depending on how many people are there participating. It's kind of like the rifts in Rift, except you'll usually find yourself defending an outpost, raiding a bandit lair, or killing a boss, etc. Some of the dynamic events are chains and completing one will spawn another. Every area has an overall boss that, when the chain is completed to get to it, spawns and offers a large fight for those interested. You can ignore any of these things, including the Hearts, by just not doing them - but it's how you gain exp and level.
PvE also includes exploration, and you get rewards for finding all the points of interest, waypoints, etc on a map (and doing all the Hearts). Most areas have at least one jump puzzle, and some of them are seriously long and have some thought put into them. Some of them are easier to find than others.
Each class can use certain types of weapons, and what weapon you're using determines your attack skills (number keys 1-4). You have to acquire each type of weapon and use them to unlock those skills, but it doesn't take long to do it. This allows you to switch up your role pretty easily (not once in combat, though). So one might allow you to be more a ranged support, while another a melee combat, and another a ranged dps, etc.
There is no dedicated trinity (tank, dps, healer) in GW2. Every class can do a bit of everything, and every class has some healing they can do to support themselves. Certain classes can switch into more of a healing/support mode, though. You're able to unlock and slot other abilities based on your class as you level up, and these help customize your current roles. They have a wide variety of uses, and can include summon pets to help you fight, turrets to kill stuff, healing circles, damaging skills, debuffing things, buffs, traps, snares, etc. Through your weapon and what types of skills you have slotted, you can setup your character to do what you want.
Combat tends to be more fluid than something like WoW. Dodging plays an important role. I've seen people say dodging is useless except for avoiding major, telegraphed attacks. To some extent that's true, as you do absolutely need to avoid the huge attacks, but dodging other smaller attacks when you're able will still make you more effective in combat. I approach PvE combat in GW2 more like PvP combat...always moving, always dodging.
PvP auto scales you UP to level cap, and takes place in large areas with a lot going on. There's a lot to do if you want, other than just standing around trying to kill other people. It's a WvWvW setup, so it's like a competition between servers. And then of course there are dungeons starting at lvl 30. Without the trinity, they work a little differently than normal dungeons are often a bit more chaotic rather than controlled. To do some of them on the harder difficulty, though, you need to sort through some of the chaos and manage the fights, just like any other MMO.
It's one of the better MMO's out there, at least to me. But even though it's not everyone's cup of tea, it's one of the few MMO's I'd recommend everyone at least try.
strigori
All-American
Seems like a handful of things are fixed, but chests and drops seem mostly random. And new weapons are few and far between, you will want to Enhance them at the weapon shop in the main city. Armor has more options, and it doesn't hurt to keep a variety of gear in the bank for when changing classes. And given how money seems to have limited uses, bank almost everything, and save it for enhancements, both the items and the money.
Make sure to keep Pawns about your level, which means if you always take the 0RC ones, you will be grabbing new ones every couple tips to town.
Make sure to keep Pawns about your level, which means if you always take the 0RC ones, you will be grabbing new ones every couple tips to town.
My only problem with WoW, Guild Wars 2, and other PC-like RPG's - my PC broke last fall and the repairs were far too expensive to justify repairing. And because of work, I purchased a Mac, which can't support PC games.
It's time like these I wish I was a spoiled brat with filthy rich parents who would happily buy me a customized alienware or other such device, but said life is non-existent. And at 23 years old with a job, I've passed the point of asking for expensive things from them.
Damn it.
It's time like these I wish I was a spoiled brat with filthy rich parents who would happily buy me a customized alienware or other such device, but said life is non-existent. And at 23 years old with a job, I've passed the point of asking for expensive things from them.
Damn it.
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Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
VectorVictor
Heisman Trophy Winner
Or Steam it?...
...as in put Steam on your new Mac. Not actually use a steamer on your Mac computer. That would be bad.
Plus, you can build a gaming PC for cheap--nothing top of the line, but you'll get better 1080p performance out of it than current gen consoles.
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walksalone
Heisman Trophy Winner
strigori
All-American
Yeah, Steam is the best bet for any PC or Mac gaming. Hell, very few titles are even available in stores anymore.
Blackshirts007
All-American
Probably going to pick up "the last of us" tonight for PS3!
iowahuskers
Five-Star Recruit
has any one played a spiderman game? I've always wanted to play but wasn't sure if it would be good or not
Apathy
All-American
I've been seeing a lot of people tweeting and facebook statuses about this game.
One guy that I follow on twitter even said there is one part of the game where he had man tears going......I might have to Redbox this game