PC Gamer GW2 PvP News??

d1sc0rd

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

08 Oct 2007 at 11:58 - 1
Hey there,
I have been trying to find a copy of the PC Gamer article but no on has it in stock anywhere I look. Perhaps I missed a post on the forums, but has anyone read the article/posted what it has to say about GW2. All I am personally interested in is news on the structured PvP.
Thanks in advance.

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

08 Oct 2007 at 14:07 - 2
Not much PvP news except that the Battle Isles was moved to the ruined Lion's Arch. Guilds are still around and folks from all races are part of the battles.

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

08 Oct 2007 at 14:08 - 3
It says nothing about world battles and structured PvP. Yes, zero.

You did not miss anything.

But I rather fear you are mistaken when you think GW is going to be more of a PvP game just because they promised to unlock all skills for pvp chars from the start. So far it seems they try to create another pve grinder with the name "Guild Wars" but the spirit of title hunt that GW:EN enforced more than ever before.

How they want to revitalize PvP and if they really put priority on it, which I highly doubt - I do not see anything about this in the PC Gamer US article nor in the German special issue.

immortius

immortius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Black Cats

E/Mo

08 Oct 2007 at 14:29 - 4
UAX is a requirement for great PvP. The rest is down to gameplay and balance. No idea what they're doing about gameplay, but by starting afresh they can get the balance back into control by not flooding the game with a thousand skills, and the move away from the chapter-based model suggests they will avoid that.

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

08 Oct 2007 at 14:50 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by immortius
and the move away from the chapter-based model suggests they will avoid that.
Who told you this?

They are still planning a chapter based system, however they have learned from previous mistakes and it will happen differently, but it will still happen

Bankai

Bankai

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bubblegum Dragons

Mo/E

08 Oct 2007 at 14:54 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by immortius
UAX is a requirement for great PvP. The rest is down to gameplay and balance. No idea what they're doing about gameplay, but by starting afresh they can get the balance back into control by not flooding the game with a thousand skills, and the move away from the chapter-based model suggests they will avoid that.
The first PCGamer article mentioned there would be UAX for the Gvg-type pvp.

If ANet could keep this promise, it would be awesome.