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24 Jun 2011 at 13:50 - 1

Izari has posted in the GW2guru thread on ArenaNet's FanDay that the invitees will be previewing Winds of Change today. (post #360)
This ArenaNet FanDay is an invite-only visit by media and some GW/GW2 fansite members to the new ArenaNet offices in Bellevue, Washington. The invitees include some guru members and a couple of Official Wiki members.

As requested:

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By Izari, Head Writer & Art Director, TalkTyria.net

From what I gather, today we'll be doing: a dungeon run (Catacombs), preview of Winds of Change, and some voice acting (which should be shenanigans). Underwater combat is available.

Need to confirm if we're allowed to copy screenshots; I've got my fingers crossed on that one.

So excite!

The Live Team presentation has begun, FINALLY!

pics from Elixabeth: http://lockerz.com/s/113808687 , http://lockerz.com/s/113814477

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Originally Posted by Verene

Here's some WoC stuff from Izari (izziebot):

"Winds of change will be in 3 parts, first part will have 42 quests including hardmode"

"Each part will have a conclusion, not feel like you have to wait"

Sounds ambitious.

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Originally Posted by Verene

Here's from Ravious of Kill Ten Rats:

"Played Winds of Change. This chapter of #GuildWars Beyond is going to be great. Cleansing the realmbw Ministry of Purity in the sewers."

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

Well, what we did was get into two teams of 8 for the quest we were about to do. Basically, we were working for the Ministry of Purity to clear out the sewers beneath Kaineng of the Afflicted. It wasn't some huge line of quests that we got to play for hours on end. What we got was a small taste of the upcoming content. I do have to say though, that the Ministry of Purity NPCs had some amazing armor designs (that I unfortunately do not have a picture of :/ ).

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Originally Posted by melissa b

Found some new info about winds of change....

"Oh, and to answer a point I keep seeing come up - the number of quests I threw out includes their Hard Mode versions. But the quests aren't just things like the bounty quests (go here and kill a boss, that's it.) They're all pretty fleshed out experiences, and a lot of them have an impact on the world (changing base spawns for zones after their completion, in some cases more than once.) There's also (non-mandatory) scenes hidden all over Cantha that come up after the completion of quests to help fill out the world, to make it feel more alive and reactive to the things you're doing. It's also something for the explorer types, without necessitating that you need to go to obscure locations to advance. I really want it to feel like we're putting out a significant piece of content, one that has its own story arc, and gets people really invested for the two parts to follow.

That's basically it for now, I wanted to make sure I'd expressed a proper appreciation to our fans. These are hectic times for me, in trying to coordinate the projects we're working on, supporting my team, and planning a wedding at the same time. I am thankful for every break and bit of sanity/fun that I can get. The big day is coming up on July 9th, and after that I'll be gone for two weeks - in someplace far, far sunnier than Washington. Over that honeymoon, I'll also be hitting my 6 year anniversary with ArenaNet - and I'm looking forward to many more. Maybe by then, we'll have fixed Shadowform! " http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:John_Stumme

Here is a link to Ravious' blog on Kill Ten Rats: http://www.killtenrats.com/2011/06/2...nds-of-change/

And GuildMag has come through with an article on WoC http://www.guildmag.com/guild-wars-w...-the-live-team

Iuris

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24 Jun 2011 at 14:06 - 2

So it's not going to out for this weekend...

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24 Jun 2011 at 14:14 - 3

Come on Anet beta test it with us....use the gamers as your test subjects...

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24 Jun 2011 at 14:19 - 4

Any chance of a copy and paste for those that cant access GW2Guru?

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24 Jun 2011 at 14:51 - 5

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Originally Posted by Iuris

So it's not going to out for this weekend...

Didn't they say it would be out in June? That leaves next Thursday for it but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Verene

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24 Jun 2011 at 15:00 - 6

Most of what they're doing for GW2 Fanday is, gasp, GW2-related. Hence why most of the info is on GW2G.

I'm following both that thread and several of the people there on twitter, so I can post info over here, if people like.

-Vodka-

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24 Jun 2011 at 15:42 - 7

Yes, thanks for the heads-up; would have likely missed it otherwise as I don't browse GW2 Guru often.

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24 Jun 2011 at 15:44 - 8

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Originally Posted by Verene

I'm following both that thread and several of the people there on twitter, so I can post info over here, if people like.

Please do post up some WoC info, I would like to know whats coming

Verene

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24 Jun 2011 at 15:53 - 9

As soon as I start seeing the tweets about it roll in, then, I shall post it here ^^

http://twitter.com/#!/GuildWars2/gw2fanday This link contains all of the twitter accounts for people who are attending, so if you can't or usually don't follow GW2G, you can at least follow that (no need for a twitter account yourself).

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24 Jun 2011 at 18:28 - 10

I can't wait to see the WoC stuff, but if it is going to be incrementally implemented as WiK was, I am going to wait for the whole release before I play it. I want to play it all at once. I think it will feel more cohesive that way.

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24 Jun 2011 at 18:38 - 11

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Originally Posted by jazilla

I can't wait to see the WoC stuff, but if it is going to be incrementally implemented as WiK was, I am going to wait for the whole release before I play it. I want to play it all at once. I think it will feel more cohesive that way.

my thoughts exactly

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24 Jun 2011 at 19:00 - 12

ah well, thought they might not get around to doing something for the CURRENT game in favor of a game not yet on the market----
but we still have one more week of june left for them to get out 'some exciting stuff' (though they did do that strongbox thing--and the envoy weapons which were a bit exciting).
guess will be skill capping with my leg survivor candidate.

(and yeah I dont read the gw2 site--I find it confusing, and I dont tweet, blog or facebook either....so I EXPECT gw1 stuff to be announced on a gw1 fansite--I dont go to say aion guru to read about gw2!)

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24 Jun 2011 at 21:50 - 13

Alright more exclusivity and fan segregation, just like War in Kryta.

This is so cool.

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24 Jun 2011 at 21:57 - 14

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They are also allegedly pretty challenging and will require communication and tactics from players (which is great news for everybody who's worried it's going to be "too casual").

GO RED ENGINE!

Seriously, the last thing I want is to GET FRUSTRATED OVER ANYTHING regarding missions, quests or anything, but that phrase "pretty challenging" immediately makes me step away.

Who in the GO RED ENGINEing hell worried about things being too casual! I want to enjoy Guild Wars, go at my own pace and appreciate everything, but from that quote up there, it only means WoC is going to be a hardcore player's fantasy land, forcing gimmick builds and gimmick groups to spread like Arizona wildfires.

Honestly, I've never been this displeased over anything till now.

With that said, I wholeheartedly hope I'm proven wrong and I'm not going to expect WoC to be "Ghost & Goblins" difficult.

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24 Jun 2011 at 22:06 - 15

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Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

GO RED ENGINE!

Seriously, the last thing I want is to GET FRUSTRATED OVER ANYTHING regarding missions, quests or anything, but that phrase "pretty challenging" immediately makes me step away.

Who in the GO RED ENGINEing hell worried about things being too casual! I want to enjoy Guild Wars, go at my own pace and appreciate everything, but from that quote up there, it only means WoC is going to be a hardcore player's fantasy land, forcing gimmick builds and gimmick groups to spread like Arizona wildfires.

Honestly, I've never been this displeased over anything till now.

With that said, I wholeheartedly hope I'm proven wrong and I'm not going to expect WoC to be "Ghost & Goblins" difficult.

I believe they were talking about Guild Wars 2 Dungeons. oO

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24 Jun 2011 at 22:06 - 16

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Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

GO RED ENGINE!
something

Chill doodio! It's about GW2.
I don't think they got to play WoC yet.

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24 Jun 2011 at 22:27 - 17

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Originally Posted by Aycee

I believe they were talking about Guild Wars 2 Dungeons. oO

The wording confused me a little at first as well. But yes, it looks like the only news on WOC is that it will be previewed soon - everything else is GW2 related.

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24 Jun 2011 at 23:00 - 18

im to confused as to why they would post it to the other guru. sure it might connect the two games but its still inside gw1 not gw2! i cant wait to play it and i so hope it comes out this month like they said it would. D:

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24 Jun 2011 at 23:30 - 19

I've tried to lessen the confusion by explaining who Izari is in relation to GW (1 or 2) and shortening the quote to include just the sentence involving WoC.

This ArenaNet FanDay is an invite-only visit by media and some GW/GW2 fansite members to the new ArenaNet offices in Bellevue, Washington. The invitees include some guru members.

Charlie Dayman

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:05 - 20

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Originally Posted by Darcy

I've tried to lessen the confusion by explaining who Izari is in relation to GW (1 or 2) and shortening the quote to include just the sentence involving WoC.

Heh, thanks Darcy. I literally read the first post in saying that 32 dungeons, underwater combat, and increased difficulty would all be part of the WoC content.

That gave me a big "HUH!?" reaction.

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:09 - 21

Here's some WoC stuff from Izari (izziebot):

"Winds of change will be in 3 parts, first part will have 42 quests including hardmode"

"Each part will have a conclusion, not feel like you have to wait"

Sounds ambitious.

Aycee

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:19 - 22

Holy smokes.... Looks like i'll have to something to fill my time with.

-Vodka-

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:24 - 23

42 :O

/excited

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:25 - 24

first part having 42 quests, and a hardmode variant? looks like my time is spent

3 parts too....he wasn't kidding when he said it would be like a small expansion....really nice^.^

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:44 - 25

According to NeoNugget and Izari, they are starting to play it now.

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25 Jun 2011 at 00:48 - 26

Yup, they're starting to play. So we'll have some more info soon.

~ Dan ~

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Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

ranting

As someone else put, it seems that was about GW2 dungeons. However if it wasn't, good.

The standard of "casual" players in GW is so shockingly bad that adding content aimed at them makes it boring for those that are actually good at the game. Maybe the hard mode options in WoC will be challenging.

And 42 quests (for 1 part) was a hell of a lot more than I was expecting.

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25 Jun 2011 at 01:15 - 28

Here's from Ravious of Kill Ten Rats:

"Played Winds of Change. This chapter of #GuildWars Beyond is going to be great. Cleansing the realmbw Ministry of Purity in the sewers."

cosyfiep

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25 Jun 2011 at 01:17 - 29

wow 42---sounds as impressive as John said it would (though they DID say they were going to release it all at once--oh well).

cant wait!!

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Originally Posted by cosyfiep

wow 42---sounds as impressive as John said it would (though they DID say they were going to release it all at once--oh well).

cant wait!!

Perhaps he meant that each part would be released all at once? That would make sense...

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25 Jun 2011 at 01:30 - 31

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Originally Posted by Half

wow you're a prick. Its only discrimination if it discriminates against you huh?

You don't know the reason why the person thought that. His or her post don't mention any difficulty with WiK and the only thing I can find was wanting a return of people/team play. WiK had PUGs for quite some time after it ended though...

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25 Jun 2011 at 01:43 - 32

Bah, they are heading out to eat supper. Hopefully more info will be available tomorrow. If so, I will add it to the OP.

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25 Jun 2011 at 02:15 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verene

Here's from Ravious of Kill Ten Rats:

"Played Winds of Change. This chapter of #GuildWars Beyond is going to be great. Cleansing the realmbw Ministry of Purity in the sewers."

The sewers? Really!?? 33 explorable areas and 13 missions at thier disposal and the sewers is the highlight? I'm not complaining, just seems... odd. Then again, if they can make me enjoy a battle in the sewers, I cant wait to see the rest of it.

I really liked WiK. As long as they take the best from that, I'm sure I will be one happy gamer. I'm already sold on the 42 quests in one package, HM included. Already a HUGE improvement from WiK. The first chapter alone should keep my alts busy for a while. I'm definately going to be on the lookout for a more detailed review!

I must say I am envious of those who got a chance to play it and frustrated that I have to wait....even...longer, but in a good way.

Verene

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Originally Posted by NerfHerder

The sewers? Really!?? 33 explorable areas and 13 missions at thier disposal and the sewers is the highlight? I'm not complaining, just seems... odd. Then again, if they can make me enjoy a battle in the sewers, I cant wait to see the rest of it.

Judging by tweet times, they only spent a little bit of time trying out WoC. Probably just a minor part they played.

Ximvotn

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25 Jun 2011 at 02:38 - 35

There isn't a whole lot going on in the sewers. They might add a little bit of new map, a few outposts, who really knows.

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25 Jun 2011 at 04:32 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verene

Here's some WoC stuff from Izari (izziebot):

"Winds of change will be in 3 parts, first part will have 42 quests including hardmode"

"Each part will have a conclusion, not feel like you have to wait"

Sounds ambitious.

So it's like what they did with Starcraft 2 with the three races to an extent?

I also might as well throw out the redundant "more titles?" statement if Hard Mode gets involved.

Nonetheless, I think the biggest question we should be asking is "Is everything an 8-team party, or will we see 4, 6 or possibly 12-team quests?"

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25 Jun 2011 at 12:34 - 37

uh oh......

"Winds of change will be in 3 parts, first part will have 42 quests including hardmode"

just uh oh....

i hope its normal done on NM, not hard on NM and harder on HM, like parts of WiK

but it seems the casual players are not important on the forums or ingame....
sure hope its doable for me on NM, as i dont care about HM, and cuz i couldnt get any help anymore ingame, i play perfect world

i'll see if i return to GW for WoC, hope so....

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ayuhmii Shanbwa

uh oh......

"Winds of change will be in 3 parts, first part will have 42 quests including hardmode"

just uh oh....

i hope its normal done on NM, not hard on NM and harder on HM, like parts of WiK

but it seems the casual players are not important on the forums or ingame....
sure hope its doable for me on NM, as i dont care about HM, and cuz i couldnt get any help anymore ingame, i play perfect world

i'll see if i return to GW for WoC, hope so....

All of cantha pretty much allows 8 hero play. Just load up 3x nec, 2x mes and 2x rits and faceroll your way to casual glory just like the vast majority of players.

But saying you won't come back cause the content is too hard for ya (hard content on GW, "el oh el") is pathetic at best

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25 Jun 2011 at 15:04 - 39

You all do realize that the 42 quest thing could just be 42 bounty-like quests right?

Basically, I expect a few zones to have new mobs, plus a few storyline missions like in WiK (which will apparently be released all at once).

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25 Jun 2011 at 16:41 - 40

i think the question is now is their are people playing woc it should be ready to ship out right? and if yes then when? o.o