Originally posted by Purgatus

Indeed, anyone who took part in  the Fire Shaman fight on a large scale can tell you how tough it ould be. Part of it was the natural bottleneck it took place in, part of it was the extra spawns, but damn. That was gloriously hard, and at level 4!

GW2 has gotten scuh good reaction from both press and customers, calling it anything else is just desperate slander. Ignore it.

That fight was harder than some raids in WoW. At level freaking 4.

Originally posted by Purgatus

Originally posted by palulalula

I understand  that excitement from gw fans but cmon it is Warhammer clone!  Every aspect in this game is screaming--Warhammer!  I can bet that Mighty EA is behind that, they just want to push Warhammer idea in to mmorpg

I would LOVE to hear the logic behind this........or lack of same.

Agree. I played WAR and I didn't feel like I was playing WAR at all during the GW2 beta. I understand that the DEs are essentially an evolution of WAR's PQs but that still doesn't make it a clone.

I had not participated in previous rounds of beta but it is interesting to see a perspective of how it has improved. My opinion is that GW2 has all of the right building blocks in place and all the potential to be a huge success over time.

Imagine a game whose success CAN'T be judged by its subscription count? I guess we will have to go back to using XFire...... ;)

Originally posted by Betaguy

*yawn* Feels like Warhammer I played it, game is not that great. Nice writing though.

 

troll. just because your name has beta in it doesn't mean you know what the fu** you're talking about. go back to farmville.

It's so true. I logged in early in the weeee hours of the morning and was doing the Human area event where the bandits were trying to poison the water supply. It was just me and like 2 other people, and we were owning. Then suddenly a whole army of others showed up to help and the mobs wiped the floor with me. I couldn't just rush in and kill groups of things, I could barely solo one because now they came in swarms. I had to fight with the people around me, or lure enemies into groups then dodge until they broke aggro. 

It was fun, but still needs some tweaking. I like how it got challenging, but for a few events, that didn't seem to be the case. The Shadow boss in the swamp for instance, he didn't seem to change much when more people appeared, if anything his health just disappeared that much faster. I'd like for him to be a tad more epic when more people appear.

as much as warhammer sucked, it did invent public events, had RvR type stuff, etc.  It's almost as if GW2 is what warhammer should have been.

The start of this article is a laugh. Stating many people were complaining is just like saying fire in a theather. One person can blow up a whole room with lies and scare..Most of the "freakouts" were from people who bought copies and didn't set up accounts untill the last moment and QQ when they didn't properly read the email for the link or wondering where there codes are at before they left gametop or BB...My view on this is like the old saying" you can lead a horse to water but not make him drink it"I had minimal connection issues and the graphic errors weren't an issue at all since Im not running a laptop off car battery from 1999.......

Facebook was full of morons who made comments about taking 2-3 days downloading..This is just me but if it took me 3 days to download something I wouldn't try for the beta..I prob wouldn't play the game if my connection was so terrible..The comments of " I bought a G2 off Amazon and it was a U.S copy can I use it here in a middle of nowheres country where running water just became a part of life a week ago?" Um no... Yet my favorite ones was when people said..I went to Gamestop left without a code What the hell Anet?...Well (insert vulgar name) It isn't Anet you need to talk to but Gamestop..I purchased the CE for my fiancee and we made sure before left we had the code..

My experience in the beta was great. I hit max level for the beta engaged in tons of DyEv's and home world PvP and loved every minute of it..Yes the game needs to be tweaked. It's a "BETA" and let me say the most refined beta and honestly better then most games @ launch. I agree that the AI for some of the events needs to be tweaked along with some overflow issues but other then that my experience was amazing..When DAOC launched it was insane issues..When WoW launched my server was down the first 3 days more then up. Yet I only experienced a total of 1.5 hours of complete server downtime in the BWE and Anet also did a patch.....

As one person stated gamers are more focused on being negative and trying to compare it to other failed games while the games there defending are failing or have failed. I dislike Tera myself yet I say that's your cake and if you enjoy it eat..I find many many issues with the game but I don't go and blaze it..Grow up kids...G2 is what is it is..and if you can't see it for what it is..A great inovated game that could and can lead gamers into a new direction without charging out the butt each month for (patches and updates that should be free) and to show that a game like G2  can be polished better then anything we have seeing the likes of is a bright future for gamers who truly care and understand..Yet for all the negative one do those who plan on playing G2 stay away the game is truly a Social game based on it's collective ability to gather all to complete one great goal...If you can't handle that please stay away.

Originally posted by 4bsolute

Originally posted by Suzie_Ford

The last beta event presented an even better portrait of Guild Wars 2 than in the previous ones. Find out why we think so in our latest Guild Wars 2 column before leaving us your thoughts in the comments.

First off the main difference in the last Beta was that the number of players was increased, by a lot! I can’t give a number but I saw players everywhere, and it was awesome. Due to the high number of players running around, I got to really experience one of the game’s features in full force. We’ve all heard and read about Dynamic Events. Some of us have gotten the chance to actually see them in action. The dynamic events are designed so that as more players participate in the event, or leave the event, its difficulty changes accordingly. This means enemies have more health and more abilities to use. But I saw something I hadn’t seen previousl: the AI on enemies got better.

 

Read more of David North's Guild Wars 2: It Just Keeps Getting Better.

Things go from just angry looking, to you’re worst nightmare.

In the last Beta it was presented BETTER than in the previous ones?

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That would mean the previous ones were a desaster! Everywhere I look, other people who played GW2 mirror my experience: Over 50% are not pleased what they got served in the First Open-Beta WE.

Over 50%! Can you imagine who much that is? Inconceivable!

 

as far  iknow there wasnt any open beta yet  if you mean closed beta than i understand and weekend beta .

Originally posted by BadSpock

Where the heck are you looking to find 50% of people who disliked the BWE?

Seriously man, the interwebs in general and every MMO site is just beaming with praise for this game.

You don't like it? Fine, to each their own, but please for the love of God can we stop with the lies and slander?

I'm sorry someone pissed in your cheerios, I really hope ya'll find a game you can get excited about too.

 

Let us have ours.

 

Here's a hint: Being excited and happy is a GOOD THING! I'm tired of all the negativity and disappointment.

Go watch some "Debby Downer" skits from SNL and then look in a mirror.

 

GW2 does just keep getting better, the more I go back and analyze what I really enjoyed and questioned in the game etc. post-BWE the more I want to play more and the more I realize how different things really are done in GW2 and especially how different it feels.

 

^^ This!  It is amazing how many people are negative on this forum because they do not like a particular game.  They feel the need to spread it...its like a crackhead who can't stand being miserable alone and has to try and hook others to be miserable with. 

I am usually pretty level headed about games, but this game is seriously fun and they have done ALOT of things right.  Sure, there are areas that need work, but that is what beta is all about. 

Shoo troll!

I can't wait for the next beta weekend event! AAARGH! I've been so bored lately that I thought of actually play Tera again. The only reason I don't is that I have a feeling it will be either May 18-20 or June 1-3.

Come on Arenanet, I need my fix. (Tapping my arm..)  No other game can hold a candle to it, even in beta format.

It's too bad that they can't give public access to the test server while they work on it. Hmm, that brings up a good question, why not? There is nothing left to hide. We already paid for the service, so it's not like we need NDAs. We all know what a "test server" means, right? Aren't we mature enough to handle that and help them out, while having a load of fun?

Originally posted by telexx

It's too bad that they can't give public access to the test server while they work on it. Hmm, that brings up a good question, why not? There is nothing left to hide. We already paid for the service, so it's not like we need NDAs. We all know what a "test server" means, right? Aren't we mature enough to handle that and help them out, while having a load of fun?

Because it cost money (server maintance, forum moderation, etc). You have not payed for that you payed for a release product. Second is that they get more then enough feedback from one weekend to keep them occupied for a while, pushing out some new release and test again in a weekend.

Well, I would say forum access is not needed yet. The servers have to be up for them to work on patches off and on, so I don't see why additional maintenance costs would be needed.

They may have a lot to work on, but I still don't see why we can't help them in tandem providing feedback. At least make it an option is all I say. I guess a lot of people would sign up, but maybe they could invite some experienced testers in via resume or something. I wish I saw the closed beta forms earlier *kicking self*.

I'm looking forward to GW2. I like what I've been hearing, and hope that its gameplay can meet the high expectations.

What I don't like is all the bashing of WAR. WAR was and is a fine game, and made some innovative additions to the MMO genre. Yes, the population is way down, but when I played it was a lot of fun, and I see that GW2 has picked up on some of its better features. I have no problem with that. I'm all for new games iterating on the successful features of the games that came before it.

But let's not bash WAR to prop up GW2. WAR doesn't deserve that, and GW2 doesn't need it.

Originally posted by 4bsolute

Originally posted by Suzie_Ford

The last beta event presented an even better portrait of Guild Wars 2 than in the previous ones. Find out why we think so in our latest Guild Wars 2 column before leaving us your thoughts in the comments.

First off the main difference in the last Beta was that the number of players was increased, by a lot! I can’t give a number but I saw players everywhere, and it was awesome. Due to the high number of players running around, I got to really experience one of the game’s features in full force. We’ve all heard and read about Dynamic Events. Some of us have gotten the chance to actually see them in action. The dynamic events are designed so that as more players participate in the event, or leave the event, its difficulty changes accordingly. This means enemies have more health and more abilities to use. But I saw something I hadn’t seen previousl: the AI on enemies got better.

 

Read more of David North's Guild Wars 2: It Just Keeps Getting Better.

Things go from just angry looking, to you’re worst nightmare.

In the last Beta it was presented BETTER than in the previous ones?

O

M

G

That would mean the previous ones were a desaster! Everywhere I look, other people who played GW2 mirror my experience: Over 50% are not pleased what they got served in the First Open-Beta WE.

Over 50%! Can you imagine who much that is? Inconceivable!

 

The Reddit guys dissagree with you. The internets have spoken.

The tone of this article is so far from objective it's ridiculous. He "attacked again in a fit of rage" because a bandit dodged his attack? Being impressed is one thing, overexaggerating is another (unless he really did start raging, in which case this guy is way too easily excited and impressed).

Oh, and the reason no one was talking about other games in the beta was because the majority of the people in the beta were pre-purchasers who essentially knew they would love the game anyway. Open the floodgates and offer an open beta and I guarantee there will be people who think GW2 is terrible and who will compare it to other games.

Originally posted by palulalula

I understand  that excitement from gw fans but cmon it is Warhammer clone!  Every aspect in this game is screaming--Warhammer!  I can bet that Mighty EA is behind that, they just want to push Warhammer idea in to mmorpg

 

It doesn't matter how many times people say this, it's not going to magically make it true.

ford trucks have tires. i guess chevy copied ford because they have tires too.

Originally posted by Boardwalker

I'm looking forward to GW2. I like what I've been hearing, and hope that its gameplay can meet the high expectations.

What I don't like is all the bashing of WAR. WAR was and is a fine game, and made some innovative additions to the MMO genre. Yes, the population is way down, but when I played it was a lot of fun, and I see that GW2 has picked up on some of its better features. I have no problem with that. I'm all for new games iterating on the successful features of the games that came before it.

But let's not bash WAR to prop up GW2. WAR doesn't deserve that, and GW2 doesn't need it.

A+ I agree 110%

MMORPG fans Unite, don't FIGHT!

Originally posted by werewood

Its a great game, and I wonder how many pre-purchase they have already. But the lack of communication is not that exciting, and knowing when the next beta weekend and release time frame would have been better. Meanwhile lots of new games out, and people will get commited elsewhere.

This is why I think it won't release until around November just in time for Christmas. After a few weeks they will become detached from what they are playing and want something new! :)