Sign here if you like what you've seen so far....

I have read a few different posts about how nothing is different, or not different enough. From face choices to armor looks, load times to not enough variety.

And I guess that it started to bum me out a little. I checked out the preview event today and yes you had to download some stuff to update it, but all in all It took me around 2-5 mins total depending on where I was going. But it was totally worth the wait. I got to check out some cool new spells and characters. I got to use some cool new henchmen. Explore a cool new continent. All for free.

I liked the faces of the character I built (Ritualist, Female). I thought it was cool that they went a little further with the face expressions (open mouths) and overall was impressed in general. Just good art, for me.

I haven't got to try the PvP stuff yet, but if it's half of what they said it was going to be then it should be good too.

I like the new dances. Really good job with them.

From a development standpoint Anet is getting better, more thought out design. And they were great before.

And for all the people that are upset cause they are only getting part of a game to play for the preview, well... What did you expect. How many other big name games have you downloaded a demo for that let you do everything? Personally I have always only gotten a couple levels or so per demo. That's what it's all about, something to entice you to purchase the game. Maybe if they called it a demo day instead of a preview it would make more sense to some people. hehe.

There will probably be some posts about this, if not already, but...There will most definately be some balancing issues to iron out. That's what comes with any PvP game, RPG or FPS or anything in between. It will be worked out.

The biggest bummer is that the majority of people that enjoy it are either playing it right now or don't usually come to the forums to report "good" experiences. I wouldn't be here either if I didn't catch a thread title that caught my eye on the main page. Hell, if I didn't have to work or travel to night I would be geeking out on the game right now. hehe.

Hope the ones that are disapointed right now will give it some more time before they make a decision. If not, well I hope you find what you're looking for. GW never has been and never will be for everyone. Niether will any other game.

Well, I like it. I can't wait to spend some real time with the new options for a character, I love what I have seen so far. I am excited to get into more of the story line. I can't wait to choose a side for faction Anet took it up a notch here and I can't wait to see what is to come.

/signed
-Cym

Beautiful work on Anet's part, across the board, for Factions.

/signed.

So I guess in the last hour not one single person that has viewed this has thought to say anything positive. hehe. Well I guess that's only 13 people anyways. hehe.

Well I guess I can't sign again. Hope we get some more positive stuff on here. Bump it if you want to keep this thread up here for others to post some positives even if you don't have some right now Helps anyways.

Thanks
-Cym

Edit: hehe. Ok, while I was typing this someone did post hehe. Thanks for the /sign

Blown away by the new scenery- What fun to have new places to explore and new pets! And who can't enjoy fighting Yeti? I was just ambushed by Luxons rappelling or dropping down a cliff edge!

The Kurzick territory is a little dark for my tastes, so far I prefer the wide open seas, but have not gone too far yet. Going to work now, so I'll be back tonight and free for the weekend. I'm thinking my sleep is going to suffer.

I especially like the walk on water part. And the turtles are cool.For the most part have enjoyed my time in factions. Don't like the idea that it is so bias to PvP. I think we are in an area equal to Droks. It is a bit undaunting dealing with skills we haven't had any time to learn. I understand why they gave us this area but would liked a beginning area better. I'm looking forward to playing it.

New enemies, Amazing. New scenery, Amazing. new Skins, amazing. New henchies, amazing. This game feels like GW, but its just so different. i love.

/signed

Yes, I like what I saw. I posted a few nits, but that's all they are: nits. I'm impressed with how smoothly the event seems to be running, and I'm looking forward to the official release.

/signed a 1000 times.

Loving it so far. Earning faction through PvE is perfect for me since I don't want to PvP The game is beautiful so far and I can not wait for the full version.

I agree with You 100% and i feel the same.

only down so far if any its that the damn Mage still casts Firestorm when they are all dead or about to die.

But i know its a preview, but maybe one of the best demos i ever played.

Thanks ANET

Good posts. Thanks for contributing

Like the content of the posts. Good stuff. And some small nitpicks in there or "nits" (as felinette calls them, like it), which is good to get a little prospective from the other side.

Thanks again all

-cym

brilliant

good work

I like what I've seen of the new area and the henchies, weapons etc but after an hour or so and 4 quests I couln't see any point continuing with the preview stuff - I can't keep anything I find, have to re-do the quests anyway when Faction's comes out and most disappointingly anything I unlock/faction I gain, is totally useless to me as I couldn't use the account Faction's will be linked to (ie my main account) as no spare slot to try the new area out (got 4 PvE characters and no intention of deleting any of them).

good work, make us more happy and thank you

Well, I didn't sign earlier, because I only was able to play for a few minutes this morning.

But looking at the screenshots posted, it's looking really nice, love the new weapons and pets posted.

About the face thing: Gaile Grey confirmed that the faces are not final, so expect more / better looking faces in final product.

I can definately see Pompeyfan's point. A lot of people might be missing out on the head start you could get this weekend cause they don't want to loose thier characters. I completely understand. My situation is a little tighter, as I also am sharing my account with a friend to give him a preview of the game right now. So I am one character slot less than most , but I really want to play the game from the start like most of you I'm sure. Again, I think this preview is just to wet our apetites. And for the more hardcore, I guess you could unlock a lot of stuff and get a jump start.

Thanks for the update on the Faces thing Mordakai, good to know

Good stuff, again Keep it up

-Cym

Two thumbs up

Awesome scenery! I'm loving the new skills for the base classes! Love the new dances LOL. I can't wait until the real release! This game is gonna be so fantastic!

/signed

PS- I think it's funny as hell that you can create an emo necro! lol

I like everything except the clone skills. Those I tolerate because I think I can carry both the factions version and the prophecies version of a skill at the same time. Dont know what I'd do with two Dodges or Point Blank Shots though

signed. been playing it for over 8 hours now maybe more

More good stuff. Thanks.

As far as the clone skills go, well.... I know it kinda seems lame, but if you think about it there are only so many things/spells/skills/hexes/etc. possible in a game with this many options for character class. And one thing I've noticed about the skill lists/trees for each class is that often you will find more than one way to "skin a cat" with each class. As in there are very similar, if not clone, spells/skills in each class pre-factions. Most of the time it is in a different tree. But mainly I think that it is this way not because they are running out of options for spells/skills, but more likely that they are giving you more options with each class. So if you're strength lies in a different attribute at least now you can have that other spell/skill that wasn't available before. So I guess I'm saying you get more options without having to be as diverse as before.

And if this isn't the intent or they are running out of new skill/spell options, then all I can say is hope it changes. But untill then as least there are a couple hundred skills/spells that aren't clones, and that still makes for a huge amount of possible variations

Thanks for all the input. I really like it It's good for us all

-Cym

/signed in my own blood
I fell in love with Factions the moment the Marketplace finished loading. It has the feel of a sequel that you like, if that makes sense. There are good sequels, and there are bad sequels, and there are sequels that are only good because of what they're sequels to. This is a good sequel.
My mesmer's going to be jealous of my new assassin before Monday. >_>;

(Note: First person to call them 'sins'? Yea, Black Mantis->Fox Fangs->Twisting Fangs->Moebius Strike.)

/signed

I haven't even got out of town yet and I already love it! <grin>

Cymrix

thank you for a positive thread.

/signed and glad to do it

Like I was saying before, wanted to get a positive thread going Thanks for the support. I might have a little trouble keeping it alive over the weekend, but I'll give it my best shot. Going to visit the Girlfriend this weekend. She is about an hour away, and doesn't have an internet connection, let alone a comp Which is one of the reasons I dig her. Anyways, If you believe in the thread I would love help over the weekend to keep it alive for all the prospective peeps out there as well as the devs If they don't know what they are doing right then how can they do more of it Vice Versa too

Thanks again,
-Cym

Only thing I don't like is how dark the petrified Forest is. makes it really had to see all the DETAIL Anet has put into the graphics. I like most of the skills I see; even if they're repeats, it makes for backup potential (I LOVE Health Sheath!) The quests are farmiliar but the Luxon Mission was TOUGH! And i think I understand why the Border conflict missions are RA style: it prevents 1 uber guild or build from dominating an area, which means neither side will ever have a clear advantage, so the lines will shift, but no crushing defeats.

/signed

Loving it!!!!!!!!!!

Love Assassin soo much, looks cool, good dance (female) and the shadow stepping is class, can't wait till i start factions at lvl 1 with my assasin,

Graphics are GREAT, well done Anet!
Love the Green eyed White Tiger pet ^^ i might even trade my spider in for that!!

Monsters: Not the same but simliar! some of the designs are the same, but mostly unique, and they smarter, patrols always around, makes you have to think more!

Stil undecided with which Faction, leaning towards Luxon, But Kurzick are cool........................hmmmm

on the whole 10/10 again!

/signed

/signed
I just made a zillion Minions and a GOLEM! In an Alliance Battle!! Hell yes this is signed!

am still trying the game there is alot I like and love as well don't like lol.
I have to say the graphics is really good.

Bad note the rpg is still lackingin the quest, I am trying to find the pve aera. I guess 12 man pvp was ok LOL, I am still trying to figure things out. LOL

I love it i've played all 5+ hours and can't wait for the real game to come out.

I like what I've seen. Though I will admit, the time to fix the Kurzick mission bug (must be level 0 to 0 to play) has been somewhat long

It's going to be hard to get a real feel for the RPGing in the preview cause they are only letting out 2 quests for the storyline . Guess they want you to really pay for the rest of those. hehe.

And I hope the bug fixes are checked and fixed soon as well. It will definately help if you post all you can about the bugs on the Offical Bug Report thread here... http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=142817.

Anyways, hope you all are still enjoying yourselves.
-Cym

I know it might sound kind of lame, but I really would like this thread to stay alive. Not cause of any other reason than to just get a lot of people on a positive note about the game, especially since there is a lot of the other.

I imagine that once people take a break from the preview they will see thread and post, but it has to stay up here for them to see it.

So, anyways, just give it a little bump or a nudge to keep it up here for them if you would like to help I'll do my best to get to a comp this weekend and give it an update as well

Thanks for all the support. Hope you all have a good weekend And have fun with the preview

Wish I was there
-Cym

/SIGNED ..WELL DONE A.NET...the shocking thing is that..none of my guild mates knew what the FPE was until i told them...they were completely clueless....
anywayz..i love the graphics and the quests...omg...have they gotten tougher...i took 2 hours to complete the beak of darkness....it was hell i tell ya...
btw...anybody got info on the new skills?

EDIT: LOL...i typed /sighed...

/signed^signed^signed^signed^signed
(...wonder what is the value of signed...anything over 1 is pretty big ^^)

I love the new henchies. Great thinking on them! Haven't checked out their skills yet, but seems like PUGs might not be needed anymore ^^.

The skills are great! I'm just disappointed that there are so many new skills...o well! Viper's Nest sounds so good...as does Maruader's Shot too...you can probably tell I like Rangers ^^.

The Elite Swordsmanship skills are better than Hundred Blades!...I think...haven't checked them at max attributes but they sound great from the description in the skill. However, there seem to be too many attacks that cost 2 adrenaline with a lot of damage...seems a little imbalanced...but again, haven't checked at max attributes.

Anyways...WAY TO GO!

ArenaNet FTW!

love it so far...want more...

The fact that i'm still at work for another hour (and only got to play about 30-45 mins last night) is aggrivating me to no end >_<

It's aggrivating, because the time I played late last night was absolutely wonderful! Whoever is doing ANet's graphics work is a bloody genius!

/signed

I'll just say it's not quite as bad as I feared. That's about as positive as I can get I'm afraid.

Let me start by saying that I haven't posted to the threads in alomst a year ... but for all the people who are bashing C2 ...

This update is going to be fantastic! I wanted to sign on and say something earlier in the day but I figured I'd be impartial and wait until I had finished work ... tried it out for myself ...

The game looks fantastic ... I personally like the new armors ... I was committed to picking up Factions prior to this preview, and I'm now dying to get in and go through the FULL content this is going to offer ...

/signed

The weird thing for me is that on my old computer, the Factions content just FLIES. It's as if I installed more memory or a faster processor. I'm guessing it's the new DX9 routines, but everybody else seems to be reporting slowdowns

I'm running an Athlon 1800XP with half a Gig of old DDR and an ATI X800 Pro.

Thought it was because I was in early (08:01 GMT on the dot), but when I checked there were 12 Euro English districts!

Anyway, it looks fantastic and the new content is truly awesome.

Great job Anet. I think you guys brought out the asian theme even better than Jade Empire. Being an Asian myself, I appericate some of the nice looking Asian looking face rather than those generic slant eyed ones you see in most games. thanks for the great game and keep up the good work!

/Signed