Lessons from Guild Wars

Wish Swiftdeath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/W

26 Apr 2009 at 14:42 - 121
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Originally Posted by moriz View Post
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Proof that Anet has clearly learnt their lesson from GW1.

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

26 Apr 2009 at 16:27 - 122
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Originally Posted by FoxBat View Post
I expect the fundamentals of GW2 to be so different that this kind of comparison is meaningless. There will be completely new mechanics to work with that will be built around.
Yeah. It all depends on if we get GW 2.0, with new and revamped skills and somewhat changed mechanics OR something really new.

Their ideas with more open instances and so on make me even wonder if we retain the 8 skills bar or not. What they were babbling in the early interviews sounded like a totally new kind of game to me.

Gigashadow

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

W/

07 May 2009 at 02:07 - 123
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Originally Posted by DreamWind View Post
Are you sure about that? How do you know its not like half UAX (or just the skills) and you have to purchase the weapons/armors etc? We don't know this, especially considering Anet's recently found source of income that is microtransactions.
It says it on the faq on the main site http://www.guildwars.com/products/guildwars2/gw2faq/

"We're applying this same philosophy to competitive play. Players will be able to engage in organized, balanced PvP (similar to GvG in the original Guild Wars) without needing to first level up characters, find equipment, or unlock skills. While inside the organized PvP area, all characters will be the same power level and will have access to the same equipment."


I'm curious what's going to happen with races. Presumably racial abilities (which they said will exist) will just be disabled in competitive PvP formats, but is my Charr warrior going to also appear as a human during GvG? If not, is everyone then going to have to roll Asura monks to be less visible and smaller to click on, and Norn or Charr warriors for body blocking/hiding the monks purposes?

Also, separately, I hope they stick to something like the original set of 6 classes. In particular, I don't want to see ritualists or assassins.