Originally posted by VirgoThree

Originally posted by DrunkWolf

Originally posted by Masa1
GW2 already has the standard MMO A.K.A WoW combat so this topic is pointless. 1 dodge mechanic and downed state crap won't make the difference.

 i have to agree with this guy, im looking forward to playing the game but come on the combat is nothing new. its the same tab target and everything hits, hell in the stress test i was getting shot threw a wall by arrows just like what happens in wow.

I dunno downed state, dodges, weapon switching, no dedicated roles, tab targeting not required for all skills, skill combos, and probably something else i'm missing doesn't sound like WoW combat at all.

It's like saying Battlefield combat is the same as Call of Duty combat which it isn't at all :)

I agree...

I wonder what it would take for these folks who think that GW2 combat is the same as WoW's to consider the combat different.  Would it have to be a full-on FPS?

I feel like people who think GW2's combat is the same as WoW's really have a poor understanding of MMORPG combat, so they can't distinguish between two things that are glaringly different to anyone that is experienced.

It's kind of like how an artist would look at a "blue" object in a painting, but see 20 different colors, while the untrained eye would simply think "blue."

Originally posted by Enigmatus
If I wanted normal MMO combat, I would just play WoW to get my fix; let the combat be different for each game!

TERA has nice, fun, and different combat system, but I played it only 2 weeks because the world was completely shit and boring. Just saying, people have different priorities.

I have no issues with tab target combat, what I do have issues with are multiple layers and rows of hotkeys with tens and hundreds of combat abilities which only 25-35% of get used in every combat encounter.  Heres a rule for WoW combat or any other tab target combat game.  If I dont use an ability at least every other fight (discounting silencing, crowd control and interrupt effts), then role it into another skill or cut it completely.  Things like Firebolts and Arcane Barrage on a Frost mage, Tracking mechanics or multiple forms of traps on the hunter, or multiple forms of Auras that do the same thing on Paladins.

With that being said I voted yes I would play but it would make the game worse off IMO, the rest of the game is enough to carry a subpar game design like hotbar combat.

I voted bananas because this poll is asking whether we would play the game if it was completely different.

Would you still eat fruit if they were salty, not sweet?  It is the same question.  change a part and you change the whole.

If I played a game for combat and nothing else I would be playing Tera...because it has nothing else.

Combat makes up a small portion of an MMORPG.

If I played a game for combat and nothing else I would be playing Tera...because it has nothing else.

Combat makes up a small portion of an MMORPG.

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Originally posted by AvsRock21

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Originally posted by DrunkWolf

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Originally posted by Masa1 GW2 already has the standard MMO A.K.A WoW combat so this topic is pointless. 1 dodge mechanic and downed state crap won't make the difference.

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 i have to agree with this guy, im looking forward to playing the game but come on the combat is nothing new. its the same tab target and everything hits, hell in the stress test i was getting shot threw a wall by arrows just like what happens in wow.

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I agree too. Just because ranged attacks don't heat-seak you, doesn't make the combat way different than traditional. 

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yep .. feels like im taking crazy pills! its just misdirected wow hate. they find a new game to champion and it is thus by default superior to wow in every way. i mean it has to be right, otherwise they wouldnt like it.

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Originally posted by The_Korrigan Yes I would, because it still would have the amazing, living and dynamic world, but I'm very happy it doesn't... having to healers and no gear dependency will make it so that GW2 will have superior PvP.

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This

Originally posted by SuperXero89
GW2's combat system is not that much different to justify such a thread.

IMO, GW2's combat is as different from WoW's, as WoW's combat is different from EQ's.

Now, if you think that WoW and EQ had the same combat...then I think you're just being too broad in your judgment.  But if you think that WoW and EQ had different combat...then you should really believe that GW2 is different from WoW's combat.

The mere fact that I can swing my sword and just hit stuff without targeting is a pretty big difference in and of itself...but really, it goes way beyond that.  GW2's combat just plays so differently from WoW's in practice...but it's difficult to put exactly why in words.  It's just something you have to experience.

Talking about the GW2 Combat System is pretty much relevant since its a PVP bases game.

Sure everyone cloak behind ITS ALSO LORE AND DYNAMIC QUESTS and after they RAID and LORE ( to be honest you do this once and never again in your life) the basepoint and endgame will be the PVP and the 8 doungens GW2 offers, no raids yet.

If we talk about PVP combat is the gamebreaker, guess people wouldnt play it with another combat system, even though its nothing new and is already experienced in another games. Only this lieing on ground attack when u died-.-(feeling like call of duty last man standing xD)