great post. I'm going to take a shot at this game, well done.

this is just a copypasta of the old Neo GAF thread, but this link has less value since it goes to GW2Guru.

Originally posted by stealthbr
Jesus, I wouldn't be surprised if you told me you worked for ArenaNet.

Sadly, I do not.

Chelmo, thank you for saving me the time from having to do this! I've been way too busy and haven't had time to post the compiled info so, thanks man this is great :) I'll read over it when I have a few minutes.

Cheers!

Originally posted by DutchSmurf

Originally posted by thekid1

I assume she was a bit overselling the point and she was actually referring to dynamic events?

So the changes made in the world are not permanent but only a few weeks or months.

It means the changes are permanent, until someone comes along and does something about it. The bridge used in the example can be blown up by monsters. Unless players come along and rebuild the bridge, it will stay down. And it will be down for everyone in that server. Events don't reset by default. Players have to actually push them back into the previous state

If that's true then that's pretty fricking awsome.

Originally posted by fony

this is just a copypasta of the old Neo GAF thread, but this link has less value since it goes to GW2Guru.

Anywhere you've seen it has been done by me (chelmo/jira/omlech).

Originally posted by thekid1

Originally posted by DutchSmurf

Originally posted by thekid1

I assume she was a bit overselling the point and she was actually referring to dynamic events?

So the changes made in the world are not permanent but only a few weeks or months.

It means the changes are permanent, until someone comes along and does something about it. The bridge used in the example can be blown up by monsters. Unless players come along and rebuild the bridge, it will stay down. And it will be down for everyone in that server. Events don't reset by default. Players have to actually push them back into the previous state

If that's true then that's pretty fricking awsome.

 

 It's very true, it's what they've been trying to get people to understand. Things don't reset every X amount of minutes, events go in different directions based on the outcome whether you succeed or fail, the event goes in a new direction based on that and only when you or some other player intervenes does something change. Beyond that, enemy factions won't just sit there, if they take over a town they'll fortify it, they'll send out war parties into the zone to take over more areas, they'll send out snipers to asssassinate merchants. It's all up to the players to stop these things from happening and restore order, these things will happen with or without player intervention, the world will always be changing.

Between GW2 and SWTOR, I won t even look at another MMO for a long time.

Originally posted by thekid1

Originally posted by DutchSmurf

Originally posted by thekid1

I assume she was a bit overselling the point and she was actually referring to dynamic events?

So the changes made in the world are not permanent but only a few weeks or months.

It means the changes are permanent, until someone comes along and does something about it. The bridge used in the example can be blown up by monsters. Unless players come along and rebuild the bridge, it will stay down. And it will be down for everyone in that server. Events don't reset by default. Players have to actually push them back into the previous state

If that's true then that's pretty fricking awsome.

 

That was sort of what I meant when I tried to explain it, though he obviously explained it better ;p..

Originally posted by Maggon

Originally posted by KonyakZero

Originally posted by thekid1

First of all, thank you op and a very nice job you did.

 

In the video on of the designers (the woman) speaks about how a single player can change the world and then they show footage about a big bridge being blown.

 

I assume she was a bit overselling the point and she was actually referring to dynamic events?

So the changes made in the world are not permanent but only a few weeks or months.

 

 

No, she was talking about single player instances.

She was indeed refering to dynamic events as these things can and will happen.

 Actual she was out after that video was released stating that it was about player instances, not DE she was claiming thesse things about.  

Originally posted by Leucent

Between GW2 and SWTOR, I won t even look at another MMO for a long time.

I feel the same about GW2 and possibly The Secret World.  I'm kind of tired of the traditional MMORPG.

Very good info, that kept me busy for a bit.

2 questions

1. You said there are 1600 events, how is an event defined?  The example you gave was of an army moving out, is that classed as an event, then the army setting up a base if not stopped event 2 and spreading to take over a village event 3 or is the army moving out and everything involved with it classed as 1 event?

2. You said that one class would have to learn all 139 skills, this kind of set alarm bells ringing for me. I struggle with SWTOR 30 plus, I like the idea of 10 skills but not if ive got to memorise over a hundred that need to be switched in and out.

I originally had no interest in this game but the more I see of it the more it's looking like a surefire buy.

Thanks for the write up.

Originally posted by brindleburn

Very good info, that kept me busy for a bit.

2 questions

1. You said there are 1600 events, how is an event defined?  The example you gave was of an army moving out, is that classed as an event, then the army setting up a base if not stopped event 2 and spreading to take over a village event 3 or is the army moving out and everything involved with it classed as 1 event?

2. You said that one class would have to learn all 139 skills, this kind of set alarm bells ringing for me. I struggle with SWTOR 30 plus, I like the idea of 10 skills but not if ive got to memorise over a hundred that need to be switched in and out.

I originally had no interest in this game but the more I see of it the more it's looking like a surefire buy.

Thanks for the write up.

1. Based on the quote from an interview I got that example from, they said that all of those things stemmed from one single event, which was the Dredge army marching from their base. Though all of those things aren't ONE SINGLE event. So if you fail in protecting a village, that spawns a new event(s) and from there what happens spawns new event(s). It's kinda like a track where you're pusing a cart in different directions based on success/failure, though the track isn't just a linear one way path and has many different path. At least that's how I gather it works.

2. Well the Elementalist is quite the exception in this case, you won't really need to know 139 skills at once, but over time through using every weapon combination you will come across that many. So you'll need to know what they all do when you DO use them to be effective. As the Elementalist you'll have 25 skills at any given moment, so you'll have to learn those for sure, other classes you'll have 15 and their class mechanics.

Originally posted by brindleburn

Very good info, that kept me busy for a bit.

2 questions

1. You said there are 1600 events, how is an event defined?  The example you gave was of an army moving out, is that classed as an event, then the army setting up a base if not stopped event 2 and spreading to take over a village event 3 or is the army moving out and everything involved with it classed as 1 event?

2. You said that one class would have to learn all 139 skills, this kind of set alarm bells ringing for me. I struggle with SWTOR 30 plus, I like the idea of 10 skills but not if ive got to memorise over a hundred that need to be switched in and out.

I originally had no interest in this game but the more I see of it the more it's looking like a surefire buy.

Thanks for the write up.

If you look on the first map linked in the post, you see things like N3/4 Destroy/Hold.  This is indicating North side, two different events at this location.  There are 25 maps in the game and each of these maps has approximately 60 individual numbers on it.  25*60=1500, which is their initial estimate for the number of DEs they'd need.

The game rewards players each time an event ends, which allows them to drop in or out any time really.  You don't need to stay until the entire chain reaches its endpoint.

The elementalist is kind of a bad example because he has more skills than most and he puts them on the bar in a different way than normal.  Most classes have 5 skills from one weapon, 5 from another, 5 skills on the right side of the bar (1 heal, 3 utility, 1 elite) and then some additional skills from F1 through possibly F4 (adrenaline, stealing, virtues).  So 15+ at a time.

The Elementalist only uses one weapon at a time, but they have four attunements, so 5 fire, 5 water, 5 air, 5 earth, and 5 on the right side of the bar.  The F1-F4 switches these attunements.  Elementalist has 25 skills at a time.

You don't HAVE to memorize all these skills (though it will certainly help in PVP).  Start off slow, learn one weapon and one set of utility skills.  Slowly branch out into using more weapons whenever you feel comfortable.  By the time you reach the first dungeon (at level 35), you'll probably find you're a pro at all your different options and will be able to adapt new tactics to new boss fights as you need.

Cool thanks for the answers,

one more question.. whens the release date :p

Originally posted by brindleburn

Cool thanks for the answers,

one more question.. whens the release date :p

We'll tell you what ArenaNet keeps telling the rest of us. 

When it's ready.

The best info collection so far!

Mods pls make this sticky!

As much as I would love it to release tomorrow  we still await the big detailed reveals on W v W v W and more guild stuff!

I hope they take the time to make those few remaining (and elusive) features as great as the rest of the game.

Wow! Amazing post. good work. Will definitely link this post to all my friends looking for guild wars 2 info!

Edit: And yea, please sticky this post :)

OP, could you pls resize the pictures so their width can fit the page, otherwise good job!. Thanks!