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On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite!
In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities.
On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 06:22 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:13 OuchyDathurts wrote:On August 20 2012 05:49 rotinegg wrote:I just preordered the game and im looking to start with the most unpopular profession, which seems to be one of necro/mesmer/engineer. I am leaning towards mesmer atm. I'll be playing semi-seriously (as in I'll spend most of my time outside of my job playing GW2), and focus on getting to 80 asap. I havent played any of the betas, though, and buying the game was sort of an impulse decision, so I've just started looking into the GW wiki and stuff. Anybody have any protips for newcomers? They can be specific to the professions I am looking into, the opening quests, the general gameplay, or just the "if there's one thing I can tell you from playing during the beta weekends.." sort of tips. Much appreciated  As he said rushing 80, not sure how worth it it is. I mean I'll probably be leveling pretty fast, but thats because everything gives legit XP and I'll probably bounce around doing some of this and that between PvPing, but I'm in no rush to get to 80 as some magical holy grail with this game. It seems mobs have been toned down since BWE1 when they'd just facerape with little to no warning. Even so mobs can actually 1 shot you, so pay attention and learn to dodge. The combat is going to be different than your standard MMO, it'll take some getting used to and IMO be a nightmare to master. So my advice is don't go into it with your standard MMO derp face watch TV while mashing 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2 mindset or you'll be dead. Also just have fun with it. It's not like recent MMOs where you're forced into doing stuff you don't really want to do because you NEED to for X. It was a little awkward but in BWE2 I just let myself go, I did whatever I wanted to do when the thought popped in my head. That sounds like fun! I'd go do it. An MMO hasn't been this good since DAoC in what, 2001? Over a decade ago. It's quite different just doing things because you're having fun doing them. Also I leveled like crazy just doing whatever the fuck I felt like. It's almost like having your cake and eating it too. God I still remember BWE1. Horrible XP rates, and mobs that would two shot you at level 5 lol ;_; Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D
Upped big time. :D
On August 20 2012 07:12 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
Is it true that the Engineer//Elementalist can't switch to a second weapon set, and if it is true, are they the only two professions?
Yes this is true. The reason being:
1) Engineers have kits that take up utility slots. They can get for instance an Elixir Gun Kit that gives them 5 new main abilities, or a grenade kit, or a mine kit (that lets you have up to 5 detonatable mines) and a flamethrower and the likes. They even have a kit for their healing slot that lets them throw out med kits and shit.
2) Elementalists have 4 attunements. So one weapon setup gives them TWENTY spells. Two weapon sets would be absolutely broken.
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On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite!
As the other guy said if you go into battlegrounds everyone is 80 with the same gear. The gear has slots for gems you can swap around for free so you can alter things around. More crit, more HP, etc to tweak a build. You also get all your traits and skills to make a build. But the gear is all the same as to make it as even and skill based as possible.
WvW you're there with your gear whether it sucks or not. Generally I didn't notice a problem there equipment wise and it's not like I was min/maxing my gear for beta WvW =P
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On August 20 2012 05:49 rotinegg wrote:I just preordered the game and im looking to start with the most unpopular profession, which seems to be one of necro/mesmer/engineer. I am leaning towards mesmer atm. I'll be playing semi-seriously (as in I'll spend most of my time outside of my job playing GW2), and focus on getting to 80 asap. I havent played any of the betas, though, and buying the game was sort of an impulse decision, so I've just started looking into the GW wiki and stuff. Anybody have any protips for newcomers? They can be specific to the professions I am looking into, the opening quests, the general gameplay, or just the "if there's one thing I can tell you from playing during the beta weekends.." sort of tips. Much appreciated
Look at DontainLIVE's videos :
http://en.twitch.tv/dontainlive
(and on his youtube linked there)
He's an alpha tester. Obviously with the NDA he can't reveal everything but he does a good job just going around explaining things (especially the older videos on twitch and youtube) and being newbie friendly. He also is just fun to listen too.
Much more fun than scouring the wiki for info IMO, even if you're not going to get everything with his videos.
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On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D
Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL)
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On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL)
Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th?
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On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th?
Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does.
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My guild's really looking forward to release as well. I'm gonna Spvp the shit out of this game.
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On August 20 2012 08:42 Br33zyy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th? Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does.
I thought all pre-orders had 3 day early access? Should I be worried?
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On August 20 2012 11:42 trainRiderJ wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:42 Br33zyy wrote:On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th? Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does. I thought all pre-orders had 3 day early access? Should I be worried?
the head start officialy start the 25th but they may open the server 3 hour prior so at 10 pm pdt the day bfr
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On August 20 2012 11:42 trainRiderJ wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:42 Br33zyy wrote:On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th? Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does. I thought all pre-orders had 3 day early access? Should I be worried?
Pre-purchases get 3 days, Pre-orders get 1.
I'm not really sure what the difference is aside from that. Check your e-mail receipt for whether it says "pre-order" or "pre-purchase". I also heard if you log in to the main GW2 site and go to the home page, the days remaining until launch will be based on whether you pre-purchased/ordered or not.
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On August 20 2012 11:42 trainRiderJ wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:42 Br33zyy wrote:On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th? Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does. I thought all pre-orders had 3 day early access? Should I be worried?
Prepurchases from guild wars 2 main website are all 3 days headstart. Other websites that sell guild wars may be 1 or none from what I know.
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On August 20 2012 11:58 GGTeMpLaR wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 11:42 trainRiderJ wrote:On August 20 2012 08:42 Br33zyy wrote:On August 20 2012 08:38 city42 wrote:On August 20 2012 08:30 blade55555 wrote:On August 20 2012 07:40 Candadar wrote:On August 20 2012 06:38 bearbuddy wrote:
Pretty much the same boat as rotinegg, except more casual for me. This might have been answered, but by directly jumping into pvp, won't there be a problem with gear? I'm also looking for a guild in US. Stragglers unite! In sPvP (basically ranked, structured, and the one that matters) everyone is put to max level, max stats, with max abilities and max trait points for you to distribute how you wish and max gear. Please note gear is very quickly standardized at level 80, so it's not like a true level 80 will get better gear than other people. It's all cosmetic. In WvWvW PvP, which you can level in, you are given max level stats but not gear and abilities. On August 20 2012 07:09 blade55555 wrote:
Wait have they upped experience gain or something? I only played in BWE1 (been waiting patiently for release since then) and I remember it being a bit annoying to level up fastish and had to redo quests to level up. If it has increased that will be awesome :D Upped big time. :D Oh baby that is awesome, I am super glad to hear that ^_^. Can't wait till thursday night when I can play :D (I can't believe I was able to remain patient for this long after first BWE LOL) Wait, doesn't early access start on the 25th? Depends on whether your not you have the 3 day early access or the 1 day.. But either way yes it does. I thought all pre-orders had 3 day early access? Should I be worried? Pre-purchases get 3 days, Pre-orders get 1. I'm not really sure what the difference is aside from that. Check your e-mail receipt for whether it says "pre-order" or "pre-purchase". I also heard if you log in to the main GW2 site and go to the home page, the days remaining until launch will be based on whether you pre-purchased/ordered or not.
Pre-purchase means you've fully bought the game and just waiting on them to ship it to the stores and pick it up. Pre-order means you paid a minimal amount to reserve a copy on said day and will pay for it when you pick it up.
Only the GW2 website store and select retailers like BestBuy and Gamestop are allowed to sells pre-purchases if you wanted a physical box.
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Does pvp gear give any bonus stats or it doesn't matter if you are level 1 playing sPvP or level 80 that has farmed for some time and bought gear with the pvp currency?
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There isn't a difference for SPvP, it does make a difference for WvW.
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How big is the total download?
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On August 20 2012 07:12 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
Is it true that the Engineer//Elementalist can't switch to a second weapon set, and if it is true, are they the only two professions?
yeah its true, but elementalists have 4 attunements to switch. so u get basicly 20 skills with the weapon/weaponset
for engineers its only one weapon/weaponset with 5 skills, but there u get some kits to switch in the utility bar. e.g bombkit,minekit,... witch generate 5 new skills in your skillbar
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Any place where I can preorder this as cheap as possible and also get 3 days early access guaranteed? (meaning they actually deliver the key early enough).
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On August 21 2012 01:48 heishe wrote:
Any place where I can preorder this as cheap as possible and also get 3 days early access guaranteed? (meaning they actually deliver the key early enough).
https://buy.guildwars2.com/en/retailers
3 days early access is only for prepurchase (aka pay game before launch), preorders get 1 day and regular copies open on the 28th.
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