April's Fools has long since been a tradition even before my existence as the Internet's last Warrior. How are we to know whether something is real or not? Everything seems uncertain in the air as if suddenly a foul rancid darkness will descend upon us.
OOC: So does anyone think the Commando character's mechanics are an actual class, they just reskinned or gave it a graphical update it so it would be obvious it was a joke? For an April Fools they really did spend a lot of effort, it was great!
Commando is real
DoopDoop
Grover
One quest and a skinned character is not a lot of effort at all. In fact its no effort to them.
Spiritz
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Originally Posted by Grover
One quest and a skinned character is not a lot of effort at all. In fact its no effort to them.
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ruk1a
i don't quite get you point, but : No.
,listen to this song tho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM
btw no it is purely for april fools commando will not be in gw2 if that's what you meant lol?
,listen to this song tho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM
btw no it is purely for april fools commando will not be in gw2 if that's what you meant lol?
Icecream
since it's announced it was a joke there's really no need to open this thread.
gremlin
It did cross my mind that something of the commando might survive.
We are due one more adventuring class and one caster class.
And perhaps more playable races.
But no I never seriously considered the commando was in any way real.
Though some class that makes alchemical potions that can be thrown and is a specialist in guns could well be within the realms of possibility.
Almost certainly an Asura class.
Its been bugging me working out just what these two classes might be.
I am hoping something Mesmer like might make it into gw2 but what they will put to go with the already announced Ranger and Thief I haven't a clue.
Guess we will have to wait.
We are due one more adventuring class and one caster class.
And perhaps more playable races.
But no I never seriously considered the commando was in any way real.
Though some class that makes alchemical potions that can be thrown and is a specialist in guns could well be within the realms of possibility.
Almost certainly an Asura class.
Its been bugging me working out just what these two classes might be.
I am hoping something Mesmer like might make it into gw2 but what they will put to go with the already announced Ranger and Thief I haven't a clue.
Guess we will have to wait.
Brian the Gladiator
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One quest and a skinned character is not a lot of effort at all. In fact its no effort to them.
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Its been bugging me working out just what these two classes might be.
I am hoping something Mesmer like might make it into gw2 but what they will put to go with the already announced Ranger and Thief I haven't a clue. Guess we will have to wait. |
Iuris
The Commando is a joke, that's for certain.
The gameplay mechanics, however, remind me of the GW2 paradigm. Just like the skills used by Keiran Thackeray in his solo missions.
Skills 1-2: defined by weapon 1 (baton), Skills 3-5: defined by weapon 2 (grenade), Skills 6-7 utility, 8 Self heal.
Additionally, we can see, just like with Keiran's skills, that energy is once again a long term resource, with skill recharge being the primary limit. Spike at the right time to combine effects and achieve something, don't use a skill early or you won't be able to make skill 2 work right, hardly ever look at the energy display.
I wonder if we'll see the same in the Canthan content.
The gameplay mechanics, however, remind me of the GW2 paradigm. Just like the skills used by Keiran Thackeray in his solo missions.
Skills 1-2: defined by weapon 1 (baton), Skills 3-5: defined by weapon 2 (grenade), Skills 6-7 utility, 8 Self heal.
Additionally, we can see, just like with Keiran's skills, that energy is once again a long term resource, with skill recharge being the primary limit. Spike at the right time to combine effects and achieve something, don't use a skill early or you won't be able to make skill 2 work right, hardly ever look at the energy display.
I wonder if we'll see the same in the Canthan content.
Silmar Alech
Keep in mind that the announcement that the commando class is a joke may be a joke as well.
Edit: and don't believe everything you read.
Edit: and don't believe everything you read.
Fate Crusher
Proof that the Commando was a prank: http://www.arena.net/blog/goin-comma...th-horia-dociu
The website is under scheduled maintenance but I read the blog last night. It was a side project a bunch of them spent their free time on. It never took up actual working time.
The skill videos were also motion capture so there were no implementations of Commandos in the GW2 coding.
EDIT: Just to mention to the OP, nobody has signatures on this forum for a reason, unless you've paid contributions towards the website or you're a moderator.
The website is under scheduled maintenance but I read the blog last night. It was a side project a bunch of them spent their free time on. It never took up actual working time.
The skill videos were also motion capture so there were no implementations of Commandos in the GW2 coding.
EDIT: Just to mention to the OP, nobody has signatures on this forum for a reason, unless you've paid contributions towards the website or you're a moderator.
shambolica
This post might be an April Fool's Aftershock. First we're down, then we're out.
Expherious
Anet is pretty famous for theyre WTF?! April fools jokes. There is no doubt in my mind that the commando is a joke. Wishful thinking hopes otherswise though 
Tom Swift
No, the commando class is not real.
But I'm wondering if maybe "riot shield" would have been a good way to handle shadow form - invulnerable to melee and spells (make it maintainable at high shadow arts) only as long as you don't move.
Probably dumb idea - but it might have been interesting to have to get all the mobs and yourself where you want them to be before being able to become an invulnerable tank (and of course you would still be vulnerable to traps, aoe and things like touch skills)
I really enjoyed having to time it right to get up next to the golem, hit him as hard as I could and then get out before rs failed.
But I'm wondering if maybe "riot shield" would have been a good way to handle shadow form - invulnerable to melee and spells (make it maintainable at high shadow arts) only as long as you don't move.
Probably dumb idea - but it might have been interesting to have to get all the mobs and yourself where you want them to be before being able to become an invulnerable tank (and of course you would still be vulnerable to traps, aoe and things like touch skills)
I really enjoyed having to time it right to get up next to the golem, hit him as hard as I could and then get out before rs failed.
Aeon221
Man just look at those videos. I demand they scrap the game and restart with a modern military invading Tyria, burninating everything in its path!
BURNINATING THE COUNTRY SIDE.
BURNINATING THE COUNTRY SIDE.
majoho
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OOC: So does anyone think the Commando character's mechanics are an actual class, they just reskinned or gave it a graphical update it so it would be obvious it was a joke?
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shadeblade47
It's already off the gw2 main page with thief back in its place, so I'd say yes it was certainly a joke. If anything, the reason they put so much effort into it was to once again make a title easier before gw2 (vanguard), following the trend set by the survivor and drunkard updates. This also served as some publicity, getting people thinking more about gw2 and talking about it since Bane saying "time travel isn't invented for another 250 years", putting this into the period of gw2. We're talking about it now, aren't we? Mission accomplished.
jcegt87
quote from arena net webpage
"As the dust settles from our explosive April Fools’ Day prank, Cinematics Lead Horia Dociu, the mastermind behind the totally-not-real commando profession'
"As the dust settles from our explosive April Fools’ Day prank, Cinematics Lead Horia Dociu, the mastermind behind the totally-not-real commando profession'
Reformed
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There are no interrupts, hexes, or enchantment removals in GW2.
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Verene
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Man just look at those videos. I demand they scrap the game and restart with a modern military invading Tyria, burninating everything in its path!
BURNINATING THE COUNTRY SIDE. |
That would be kind of hilarious.
But seriously, how are people still thinking the Commando is real?
Kityn
It's kinda like saying that the Junundu Wurm or the Siege Devourer are real professions. Commando is not a profession in any way shape or form.
aga
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Then explain the entire Eye of the North expansion? I guess that was no effort at all to them too... by applying the same logic.
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chuckles79
A "gunslinger" character with some similar characteristics [I]could[I] be a possibility for the last adventurer profession, but I highly doubt it. There would be unnecessary overlap with the ranger.
All in all I think it was an awesome AFD plan. It was well thought out and well executed.
All in all I think it was an awesome AFD plan. It was well thought out and well executed.
DoopDoop
Gentlemen I have battled alongside the finest Ascalon survivors and tasted the Charr's foul unnatural blood with my righteous QUIVERING VEINY BLADE OF STEEL! I have engaged in more skirmishes than Devona could count in guerilla warfare. Believe me when I say that nothing is wasted, everything serves its use that is limited to the feebleness of mind.
OOC: Interesting replies! To clarify it's obvious Commando is a joke. But I was wondering if there the mechanics of the joke was somehow implemented as a new class or skill subset of an existing class, and only the Commando skin was joke content made for April's Fools.
OOC: Interesting replies! To clarify it's obvious Commando is a joke. But I was wondering if there the mechanics of the joke was somehow implemented as a new class or skill subset of an existing class, and only the Commando skin was joke content made for April's Fools.
MithranArkanere
You can 'skin' every skill and profession into something else.
Many games have mods that do such things.
If you change the grenades into some kind of explosive potion, the commando rifle into a normal GW2 rifle, the nightvision googles into some kind of magic googles...
You can skin anything from any theme into other theme.
But I don't think this is the case.
Many games have mods that do such things.
If you change the grenades into some kind of explosive potion, the commando rifle into a normal GW2 rifle, the nightvision googles into some kind of magic googles...
You can skin anything from any theme into other theme.
But I don't think this is the case.
Aba
na·ive
–adjective
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—Synonyms
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—Antonyms
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-Use naive in a Sentence
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–adjective
-Origin:1645–55; < French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif natural, instinctive < Latin nātīvus native
—Synonyms
1. simple, unaffected, unsuspecting, artless, guileless, candid, open, plain.
—Antonyms
1. sophisticated, artful.
-Use naive in a Sentence
1. She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
BenjZee
Youll be surprised even the simplist of quests and features take alot of time to impliment...
but then again it was just a normal terrain and a few text bubbles in terms of actual gameplay. Alot of the game would be made on a homemade quest making system which probably has many models etc that are just testing (either not implimented or just practise models from the devs).
but then again it was just a normal terrain and a few text bubbles in terms of actual gameplay. Alot of the game would be made on a homemade quest making system which probably has many models etc that are just testing (either not implimented or just practise models from the devs).
gremlin
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Burninating all the peasants!
That would be kind of hilarious. But seriously, how are people still thinking the Commando is real? |
People believed them.
Another time the Guardian newspaper published an article on the floating Island of San Serrife with all the names made from fonts.
Some people will believe anything
Lortext
A real Ascalonian Hero
Commando Joe is there.
It's Commando Joe against Primordial Dragons
Fighting to save the day.
He never gives up.
He's always there,
Fighting for freedom over land and air
Commando Joe is there.
It's Commando Joe against Primordial Dragons
Fighting to save the day.
He never gives up.
He's always there,
Fighting for freedom over land and air
EchoDelta
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Originally Posted by DoopDoop
April's Fools has long since been a tradition even before my existence as the Internet's last Warrior. How are we to know whether something is real or not? Everything seems uncertain in the air as if suddenly a foul rancid darkness will descend upon us.
OOC: So does anyone think the Commando character's mechanics are an actual class, they just reskinned or gave it a graphical update it so it would be obvious it was a joke? For an April Fools they really did spend a lot of effort, it was great! |
DoopDoop
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So is Santa ... oh wait, no he's not ...
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Aba
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Just to make sure your not still reading to much into this LEET new class for GW2...
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/
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Goin’ Commando with Horia Dociu As the dust settles from our explosive April Fools’ Day prank, Cinematics Lead Horia Dociu, the mastermind behind the totally-not-real commando profession, reveals the inspiration and planning for this elaborate ruse: Military shooters...Read more |
DoopDoop
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Someones touchy cause Anet owned em on a April fools Joke.
Just to make sure your not still reading to much into this LEET new class for GW2... http://www.guildwars2.com/en/ Perhaps close your eyes and click your heels and maybe Commando class will become real... |
