PC Power Play (Australia) #138

fRag_Doll

fRag_Doll

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia

Prid of Ankh Morpork [Prid]

W/E

Pretty much the same news as we've already got, but I did find a couple items of interest.
  • Hall of Monuments will be acquired in the early portions of GW:EN.
  • Each accomplishment will be recorded in the HoM as physical monument. (statues I guess)
  • GW2 characters who "inherit" items from your current GW characters will gain an early advantage in GW2. (sounds like 'inherited' armor will have some AC)
  • Companions: Customisable NPCs (similar to Heros) that do not take up a party slot. Each player can bring a single Companion while questing. Players that do not use Companions will have Buffs available.
  • GW2 is being specifically designed to work well for both solo and group play.
All of the points outlined above were taken from direct quotes of Jeff Strain himself.

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

It's on sale!!!
Gimme!

But that early advantage is interesting.

Lyonette

Lyonette

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

[PiG]

E/

is it on sale or is fRag_Doll a subscriber?

fRag_Doll

fRag_Doll

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia

Prid of Ankh Morpork [Prid]

W/E

On stands, picked up mine about 2 hours ago.

Lyonette

Lyonette

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

[PiG]

E/

sweet, thanks fRag_Doll

i won't have to hope of getting a copy of PC Gamer now; since my local agent doesn't order in mags anymore....

ca_aok

ca_aok

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Xen of Onslaught

E/Me

Quote:
GW2 characters who "inherit" items from your current GW characters will gain an early advantage in GW2. (sounds like 'inherited' armor will have some AC)
Looks like ANET caved in to the whiners.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
Looks like ANET caved in to the whiners.
It doesn't say what can be inherited, though.

As to the OP: This is some awesome information, even if it's very little. I'm loving the choices available for solo/group play...Something I've always wanted from Guild Wars. Thanks for the info, Frag.

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

I'm pretty pissed that we just got a 2 page spread and the US got a 12-page feature article. Was interesting though.

Knightsaber Sith

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
Looks like ANET caved in to the whiners.
The whiners about wanting an advantage, may haps. But it still doesn't say it'll transfer items

MirageMaster

MirageMaster

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2007

EU

I dont care or need advantage i just want my stuff.

Alex Weekes

Alex Weekes

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Join Date: Mar 2005

Brighton, UK

Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
Looks like ANET caved in to the whiners.
It's a bit hard to cave in to anything when the interview was completed before PC Gamer reached subscribers in the US . It simply represents slight differences in the information provided to each partner we work with, and differences in interpretation by individual journalists quite often.

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

Anyone know if it's possible to get PC Gamer from the US?

fRag_Doll

fRag_Doll

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Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia

Prid of Ankh Morpork [Prid]

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Bowman, I know a newsagent in Aspley, Brisbane that usually gets it.
I wouldn't expect them to have it for at least another week, but I'll pay them a visit tomorrow.

Lyonette

Lyonette

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

[PiG]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowman Artemis
I'm pretty pissed that we just got a 2 page spread and the US got a 12-page feature article. Was interesting though.
.............

*orders PC Gamer*

I had a feeling we'd be jipped on the length of the article.
Sorry to be materialistic, but does the PC Powerplay issue come with an Minipet Asursa key?

T-D-C

T-D-C

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Join Date: Feb 2006

I think the MiniPet key is in Issue 139. I remember seen a post by Alex saying something like that.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

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Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
Looks like ANET caved in to the whiners.
Not ture, this still can me having X = Unlocks Y in GW 2 for your character.

With armor and weapons potential being on a different system, it may be impossible to do a direct transfer but unlock an "equivalent" item. It may not even be related to the same item. Example Fow could unlock "Fow" looking armor but may have starting stats for example.

The thing is we don't know at this time.

clawofcrimson

clawofcrimson

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Crimson Claw

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fRag_Doll
[*]Each accomplishment will be recorded in the HoM as physical monument. (statues I guess)
probably refering to the 'display box for a weapon' ....discussed in another thread...

'not' a box to put all your weapons in.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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Can you please post the exact quote from Jeff Strain about point 3:

'GW2 characters who "inherit" items from your current GW characters will gain an early advantage in GW2. (sounds like 'inherited' armor will have some AC)'

I'd like to know exactly what he said.

Thanks!

Zorglubb

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by fRag_Doll
Customisable NPCs (similar to Heros) that do not take up a party slot
Now *that* sounds good. Just went back for masters in Nightfall and after forming up a full group, had to kick someone to make room for a hero...

fRag_Doll

fRag_Doll

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Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia

Prid of Ankh Morpork [Prid]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
Can you please post the exact quote from Jeff Strain about point 3:

'GW2 characters who "inherit" items from your current GW characters will gain an early advantage in GW2. (sounds like 'inherited' armor will have some AC)'

I'd like to know exactly what he said.

Thanks!
Sure, here ya go.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Strain
When creating a new Guild Wars 2 character, a player can choose one if his original Guild Wars characters as an ancestor to "inherit" that characters legacy. Each monument in the ancestor's Hall of Monuments grants a specific "inheitance" to the new character, such as a companion (Hero or pet), weapon, outfit, or minature (minipet). All items accquired this way are unique: there is no other way within Guild Wars 2 to accquire them. So players who play Guild Wars today both gain an early advantage in Guild Wars 2 and also gain a way to uniquely differentiate themselves in Guild Wars 2.

Meat Axe

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Strain
When creating a new Guild Wars 2 character, a player can choose one if his original Guild Wars characters as an ancestor to "inherit" that characters legacy. Each monument in the ancestor's Hall of Monuments grants a specific "inheitance" to the new character, such as a companion (Hero or pet), weapon, outfit, or minature (minipet). All items accquired this way are unique: there is no other way within Guild Wars 2 to accquire them. So players who play Guild Wars today both gain an early advantage in Guild Wars 2 and also gain a way to uniquely differentiate themselves in Guild Wars 2.
I'm hoping that you can more than one GW2 character can inherit stuff from an old one. I'm assuming this would be possible, since I can't see any reason to not allow this. But yeah, I have one main character (my ranger) that will have all my titles, all my best armours, etc, and I don't really wanna do all that for all my other chars.

Quote:
Originally Posted by fRag_Doll
Hall of Monuments will be acquired in the early portions of GW:EN.
I'm also hoping that you can add to the Hall later on in the game if this is the case. Wasn't there supposed to be some announcement containing more info on how the Hall will work sometime this week? Or was it next week? Or was I just imagining Gaile saying there would be?