This past weekend in Guild Wars 2's final beta event, we had the chance to try out its latest Structured PVP Map: Legacy of the Foefire. Check out what Bill Murphy thought of it, even though he spent more time dead than alive in the included video.

I've never been all that great at PVP, but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying it over the years. Guild Wars 2 seeks to offer up plenty of choices for the PVP enthusiast to get their jollies with, and this past beta weekend gave us our first taste of a new map: Legacy of the Foefire.  I put a little time into experiencing it over the final weekend event, and this is what I've learned. Capturing points against well-organized teams hurts, and I'm thankful that the respawn timer is quick. Oh, and it's still a lot of fun even if you die a lot. I'd just suggest you bring some friends you can coordinate with if you ever want a shot at winning.

Read the rest of Bill Murphy's Guild Wars 2: Legacy of the Foefire PVP.

This map was a blast to play! Great GW1 feeling with the guild lords there! :D

Playing this map in the tournament mode with 5v5 teams really shows the stategy and quick thinking you need on this one! Should be an interesting eSport map to watch I'd think.

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Didn't like this map at all (still need to understand why) and on sunday it was the only one available for hours on end on my server - well, when the spvp lobby was working at all that is. 

Add in the new 8vs8 zergs in hot join (plenty of posts in official forums asking for 5vs5 option in hot join) and I must say that unfortunately BWE3 was the least fun I had in spvp out of the three.

Edit: quoted by accident

ur bad

Bill you need more confidence broham. Sucking is the first step to being really good at something.

Originally posted by andre369

ur bad

I know! :)

At Skully, thanks man. I'll get better when I actually get to PLAY my profession in the live game over time. I'm the kind of PVP-er that takes a lot of time to learn what I'm good at in the game and with my chosen class. I'm still drawn to the Ranger, because I love the versatility of its ranged and melee damage. But I'm also leaning towards the more trickster-style Engineer (with bombs, mines, and a lot of CC).

Hey look its me, in a video! :O

Is the lag as bad as it looks? From the video that pvp seems almost unplayable.

You can use racial skills in pvp ? i thought you couldnt.. but.. i saw bears O: would be awesome if we could!

ye i solo'd the lord :P isnt that hard if you play your class properly