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Migrashin · Fri, 20th-Jul-2012, 11:09 AM

Looking forward to the beta tomorrow!! Will be nice to check out the two other races.

TACeeSerps · Sat, 21st-Jul-2012, 1:50 PM

What server is everyone on for this weekend??

TACeeSerps · Sat, 21st-Jul-2012, 5:55 PM

Never mind, It is unplayable with 10s Lag.. I'll wait for the full release next month.

faithHunter · Sat, 21st-Jul-2012, 6:41 PM

I've tried out this game with my bro's account for a while, I just reached level 2 as an elementalist and I didn't know what to do lol.

Really, I don't think that this game is for me. Though I'm tempted to give the game another try.

(Also I have no intention to bash the fans of this game, just want to share my first impressions of this game.)

ZiggyD · Sat, 21st-Jul-2012, 7:43 PM

Looks like Kripparian is considering this game as his next big bash. I don't think he had a very good first day on it though so we will have to see.

Jaywalk · Fri, 27th-Jul-2012, 8:02 PM

had a really good time playing the asura in the most recent beta. happy to say im excited about this game again!

TACeeSerps · Fri, 27th-Jul-2012, 9:40 PM

I tried a sylvara ranger this time around. Definitely a good starting area, and interesting starting quests. I am very keen for launch now. I have even gone back to the original in the mean time.

Delraich · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 8:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ToREchoFive

had a really good time playing the asura in the most recent beta. happy to say im excited about this game again!

Please can you confirm the Sea of Sorrows server and we should come up with a guild name. Are you going to be GM (or whatever the equivilent is)?

Jaywalk · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 1:02 PM

still not even sure if that is going to be a real server name, but we should be able to work it out fairly quickly. I wont be able to GM any guild but if anyone is interested maybe they could do it.

Delraich · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 1:19 PM

I am keen to be involved with running a guild but I doubt I will have the time to be the GM. Off the top of my head, the guild will probably need:

GM(s)

Human Resources/ Recruitment
IT
Marketing/ Communications
Overall Profession Manager
Finance (banking/ money/ items)

Specific profession/ class leaders for each catagory
General and specific administrators

Group leaders (e.g. skilled players who are particulary good at the game!)

Players

Anyone keen to signup for any of the above?

DUCKVILLELOL · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 6:21 AM

Well I'm definitely interested, I'm going to cancel WoW for now (for the 3rd time...) and see how this goes! Might do some more reading first though, so I'm not exactly sure what race/style I'll play. Really happy to see that there are no 'specific' roles though, that will make it a lot of fun.

Meatex · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 11:24 AM

its interesting that each individual is responsible for keeping themselves alive in terms of healing with no real healer class
seems more emphasis on conditions etc
Not sure what class I will main first when I play. Tried necro and mesmer the most and can't decide. I prefer my minion build from gw1 and it seems gw2 will not let me have 10 undead dudes running around helping me at same time :P

Sea of Sorrows going to be unofficial SEA server then?

DUCKVILLELOL · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 5:56 PM

After reading through this thread a bit more thoroughly; did you guys that got to play it ealier in the year get to play it again later? Some of you expressed some negative opinions, I'm just wondering if you got a chance to have another go to see if any has changed - or has it been closed since that time?

JoFritzMD · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 8:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DUCKVILLELOL

After reading through this thread a bit more thoroughly; did you guys that got to play it ealier in the year get to play it again later? Some of you expressed some negative opinions, I'm just wondering if you got a chance to have another go to see if any has changed - or has it been closed since that time?

I played the last beta weekend and enjoyed it a lot more than the previous one i played. I'm not sure why though, I think it was just a lot more polished and the world was pretty and there was so much more to explore. It could just be that the starting area I tried out this time was more fun than the previous one but I'm not sure.

I didn't do any PvP this time as I was focusing more on crafting (which still confuses me a bit because of how you have to discover recipes) and just exploring the world. There were these really cool things called vistas (i think) and you had to do a bunch of jumping up cliffs and get through obstacles to get there and they were really fun.

I think the key differences were that there was a lot more to do this time and the game felt way more polished.

DUCKVILLELOL · Tue, 31st-Jul-2012, 6:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JoFritzMD

I played the last beta weekend and enjoyed it a lot more than the previous one i played. I'm not sure why though, I think it was just a lot more polished and the world was pretty and there was so much more to explore. It could just be that the starting area I tried out this time was more fun than the previous one but I'm not sure.

I didn't do any PvP this time as I was focusing more on crafting (which still confuses me a bit because of how you have to discover recipes) and just exploring the world. There were these really cool things called vistas (i think) and you had to do a bunch of jumping up cliffs and get through obstacles to get there and they were really fun.

I think the key differences were that there was a lot more to do this time and the game felt way more polished.

Great, sounds good

I was just a bit worried but hopefully if all is going well it should be great fun, just gotta get me a copy and wait until the release!

If anyone else has further impressions from the latest beta testing weekend please post, I'd really like to see some more thoughts on how it went.

Meatex · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 5:59 PM

i played in the 2 most recent beta weekends and liked it
even though it has some kind of unique gameplay elements like skills linked to weapons and dodging its still very much your fantasy MMO
If you don't like other MMO games this one won't change your mind. If you burned out on WoW and similar you probably won't last long on this either

AssyrianKing · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 6:29 PM

Is the game good?
How does it compare to WoW?

Jaywalk · Thu, 2nd-Aug-2012, 11:18 AM

The most recent beta was a lot more fun for me too, like sharn said, it seemed a lot more polished, the addition on vistas really promoted just exploring the maps rather than just running through them as quick as possible.

I found that the different starting areas made a HUGE difference in my experience of the game.

Human - had by far the most conversation "avenues" (where you chose what is going to happen) and probably the most developed story line. Human was by far the best I tried, almost every conversation you have to change depending on what you want to do, and huge pieces of content are determined by these choices, the starting area is polished and really interesting.

Char - didnt really try but the little i did looked interesting.

Norn - TERRIBLE. So many quests are just walking between NPCs, very slow, decent landscape though and some cool bosses. I also found i was way under leveled when finishing my main quests which made it really hard as I went on.

Asura- really good, just like human but with a lot less conversation points. good story, a bit more fun and playful.

Slyvari - fairly serious and a little boring, but not too bad. didnt play that much through.

So I think depending on what your looking for you might want to pick a different starting race, I think personality really comes into play here. If you want a serious, scary boss killing opening, look at char or sylvari. If you want more of a conversation chose your own adventure maybe human, and if you are just looking for fun asura. Norn just was very bad comparitively, i wouldn't recommend it at all.

In saying this im sure it will all change by release, If it could all be the standard of the Human stream, it will be an epic game.

Bash · Fri, 3rd-Aug-2012, 8:39 AM

Played about 20 minutes of Asura this morning in the stress test. HOLY SHIT i was impressed.
Barely levelled, only did a few quests. But i loved every bit of it. (Even dat Neji VA)

Everything was so.... pretty. Anything i was disappointed in on the Human end was 10x better in the asura start zone (I keep almost saying asari >.<) Played a Guardian, reminds me of my W/mo from GW1, think i'll go with that and a charr/human Ele as a secondary.

Also played 5 minutes of the Sylvari, looked alright, but not as cool as the other 3 i've played. (Played all but norn so far, never liked norn)

Games looking daaaaaaamn good ^_^

Quick Comments

Jaywalk:

i agree that Asura starting zone is really top notch!

Delraich · Fri, 3rd-Aug-2012, 10:05 AM

I found this article to be an interesting read. It talks about how other games such as Guildwars 2 may impact on WoW and Activision Blizzard share prices.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afonteve...achilles-heel/