Interview with Jeff Strain in German Magazine

You all can say that this information is all old, but the aspect of equipment playing a significant role in this game is very new to me.

In fact, much of what I've read in your bad translation simply is turning me away from this game.

World PvP for the casual gamer, non-profession'd armor, and equipment playing a substantial role?

Sweet jesus, please no.

I'll probably be the only person to say this, but from what I was able to understand and comprehend, I dislike over 75% of the information I now know. The only thing that is going through my head is now I can be called a newb/noob everywhere I go by people who happen to be "godly"...

There's a strong chance I'll only be getting GW2 when it's Friday the 13th, a full moon and a solar eclipse all in the same day. Simple and originality doesn't exist anymore in gaming...

I can also add one thing. If PvP somehow finds a way to get me to play, do well and discover I'm a lot better than I thought... then PvP will be a breeding ground for QQ.

^ Sounds like the action is going to be sweet!

WOOT bout effign time we got some of that, even though they are generic.

Well I'll be sure to steer clear of the Zittergipfelgebirge when the Norn are around.

The translation freakin killed me, but good info. I'm still not happy about no click to move just so I can jump.

I store some of my own character DNA in a simular place in real life, if ya know what I mean.

Although I understand your point, there are a few sets of armor that are restricted only to certain classes. A lot can be seen in HotU.

But I was referring to the races and how it can be less of a hassle designing one set of armor for 5 different races.

Sig please.

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Well, my only comfort I can hope to gain in all of this info is that GW is steering more of an RPG direction than an MMO one. But at this stage and with only this info, it's hard to tell between the two.

Where's Balan when ya need him? Wish I could hear his thoughts on this, heh heh.

dose anyone have links to info on the city of heroes side kick system. that is brought up a lot and i have never played that game so i would love to hear/ see what its about.

Go to city of heroes forums?

the mentioning of a 'new combat system' intrigues/excites me. I thought the old system was severely lacking...lock on targets should be a thing of the past.

here is a better translation on the wiki that someone {Props to them} did http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild...The_Status_Quo

I loled at point #4:

"4th Huge Events"

The same dragon and the bridge example was given when GW1 was about to come out. They said they could do these kind of changes to the world dynamically.... It turned out they actually couldn't do it. I wonder how 'dynamic' those events with dragons and bridges are going to be.

NO NO NO!!!

gw2 is going to be one giant pug. How am i supposed to grind mobs with random people running around I ddint invite? Common anet, no ones wants to pug, if they want to group up they group up with friends, not the public!!

NO PLEASE NO!! I cant play a game where im forced to group with the random public. Sorry but thats a deal breaker for me.

more gear dependency might not be a bad thing, as long as those gear are readily available like GW1.

what we can potentially see is more variety of gear that can be tailored to different builds and situations.

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I hope that was translated wrong...

thanks for posting that

liking the sound of it myself

Please say this is a horribly bad mistranslation and that PvP-only characters WILL be included

oh god that is frighting. i hated this in Diablo2. let me rephrase that,what i will hate is if i need to grind and find my armor. i don't care if i can craft it along with other professions armor (aka mix and match pices). but i will mind if i cant craft it.

No,sorry but you will actually have to play the whole game to get a "top" level toon this time

Ooookay so they lost the pvp-only players now. And people that enjoy possibility to create new character and go to GvG/HA/RA/TA/AB/HB with it.

I like when ppl cant read

"To keep this fair, all participating players will be taken to the same level. So you get all abilities, skills and equipment items, to be able to match the own team and the enemies."

No, they won't... but instead, your roleplaying character basically functions as a "PvP-only" in esport GvG-type environment. They have a fixed level, and can pick from all skills and equipment at that fixed level. (Auto-UAX)