Originally posted by dinams

The score system will probably fix the "PvE fest" problem of warhammer

If you dont fight against players, your server will not have a high score

Major difference... in GW2 you have to hold the structures, not simply capture them. If you cap one and lose it before the counter runs you won't get credit for it.

Originally posted by ProfRed

Can we find out exactly how viable it would be to level a character here from 1-80 during the press interviews???

You can't. You'll have to go through the tutorial at the beginning of the game before your new character can get into WvW. So basically, you'll be able to go from  2 - 80.

Originally posted by Volkon

Originally posted by dinams

The score system will probably fix the "PvE fest" problem of warhammer

If you dont fight against players, your server will not have a high score

Major difference... in GW2 you have to hold the structures, not simply capture them. If you cap one and lose it before the counter runs you won't get credit for it.

yes. once you capture a keep you need to defend it for a while to claim it for your server.

here's hoping they will be beta testing WvW this weekend and get more first hand info (and vids) from people outside arenanet

cant wait for the March beta weekends!

This is the kind of game that I had a small and sweet taste of in classic Alterac Valley years ago. And then Blizzard destroyed classic AV ant turned it into a boring rushfest. Then I had a small taste of it again in Warhammer, but that taste quickly turned sour as the game was lacking in many key elements.

If this can be done right, then make no mistake, that would be the perfect game to me. This is what I wanted more of when I played my Old AV's but which no game company gave me more of. If this is really gonna happen just as is described in the article, then that is proof that there is a god out there and he listens to me. 

Can they get on with it and give me the game already?

I am very excited about the WvWvW, more than any other aspect.

I hope all the side stuff is 'worth it', meaning that if they do not balance these things out, people will not do it.

I like that they are trying to add a lot of different things to do in the open world WvWvW areas, I hope they expand the number of maps though, its nice that the home world zones are not all the same, but it would add a lot, if they designed even more home maps, then it would make it so that you have a lot more 'exploring' to do in the enemy home realms.  It would make going into the enemy lands more exciting for a longer time, with the additional maps.

The home maps in DAoC were some of the nicest parts, the different mobs, landscapes and such.  So I am glad not every home area is the same, but it would be a nice addition imo.

I can't wait, just unsubbed from the shortest mmo I have ever played (we can all guess which one that is), and waiting on TSW/GW2 now.

MOTHER OF MMO!

looking forward for the game and the console version too!

I want it now damn it!

It's official. After GW2 no MMORPG company can possibly be justified in charging a $15 monthly fee.  This will definitely usher in the era of the B2P MMORPG.

I know that full individual guild halls won't be present atthe  release of the game but I'm kinda hoping that when they do get added in each guild hall has like a giant map on a wall depicting the WvW maps in real time (as in which servers own which locations and which are currently being contested).  That'd be really epic imo.

i just hope all npc's say something about an arrow to the knee.

Almost hard to believe that a Free to Play game with a fraction of the funding is putting AAA P2P MMOs the shame (I'm looking at you SWTOR)

Originally posted by Jason2444

Almost hard to believe that a Free to Play game with a fraction of the funding

Source?

I imagine they have plenty of funding from NCSoft. And Free to Play is a bit of a misnomer in this case.

Anyway, it all sounds fantastic, hopefully it plays that way too.

STRONG NPC GUARDS?!?!?! has this concept ever worked, Aion plus another faction is just that.  Aion plus another faction.

Dont fool yourself GW2 is no indie project with a 30 mill bucket

I would guess about 80-100 million, not every developer is a bunch of inefficient monkeys that needs 3 times the budget for the same quality an average budget mmo need tho