From our Russian testers. Looks pretty standard but fun for a 3 man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WieNn91QxnU

Interesting....I must say Im a bit biased by new combat in mmos which have more movement to them, it was a bit sad seeing the casters just sit there and cast spells for the most part.

Animations need work but I love the medieval style they are going for.

When the heck are they going to get rid of those horrible looking health bars?!

Originally posted by Grotar89
Another tank and spank MMO just what we need. Combat rly looks static, even WoW is more dynamic than this.

you do realize that this is one small part of the game ?   This is a sand box mmo, where you can build ships, houses, battle in the seas, on land , siege fortresses etc.  Though I will agree the combat could be improved but its still on 1 of many parts of a whole game.

The first boss is fairly lackluster, but the second boss seems pretty decent.

The overall animations are really nice, environments too - though the characters looked a little displaced, overall seemed fairly standard but with some nice twists.

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Originally posted by LachyFTW
These are level 20 bosses, just look at the low level bosses in other games they dont do shit either.

Umm that isn't the right attitude. "Just because all games don't do good boss battles at low levels doesn't mean we have to either"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09IPQdMz49Q&feature=player_detailpage#t=229s

Level 1 boss battle :)

Originally posted by yaoming36

Originally posted by LachyFTW
These are level 20 bosses, just look at the low level bosses in other games they dont do shit either.

Umm that isn't the right attitude. "Just because all games don't do good boss battles at low levels doesn't mean we have to either"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09IPQdMz49Q&feature=player_detailpage#t=229s

 

Level 1 boss battle :)

When a game is ALL about combat and nothing else, having good combat isn't that impressive.

AA is a different kind of MMO, im ok with standard MMO combat if that means having a virtual world with more things to do than just kill stuff.

IMO most of the GW2 battles will end up like unorganized zergfests with soft grouping anyway.

Originally posted by Grotar89
Another tank and spank MMO just what we need. Combat rly looks static, even WoW is more dynamic than this.

And GW2 is the savior, the best, the uber, the hip etc.

Archeage looks really interesting, especially with the crafting (not to mention the stunning visuals). Instead of taking the boat from Ratchet to Booty Bay, I actually get to build the boat in this game.

Originally posted by Treekodar

Originally posted by Grotar89
Another tank and spank MMO just what we need. Combat rly looks static, even WoW is more dynamic than this.

And GW2 is the savior, the best, the uber, the hip etc.

Archeage looks really interesting, especially with the crafting (not to mention the stunning visuals). Instead of taking the boat from Ratchet to Booty Bay, I actually get to build the boat in this game.

lol. he did not even mention GW2 yet it seems to be  on your mind.  Thats pretty sad.

Originally posted by cyress8
lol. he did not even mention GW2 yet it seems to be  on your mind.  Thats pretty sad.

Is GW2 not on everybody's mind, what with the release so close? But hey, feel free to twist my words to justify whatever point you were trying to make.

Originally posted by Eir_S
On first impulse, I thought "Ew, not a fan", but as someone pointed out, they're early level bosses.  Still not much of an excuse (and yes, GW2 bosses are far cooler at even lower levels, deny it if you want to), but I can't judge a game on its first dungeon either.

I do not think that the combat and boss fights will be getting much better at higher levels. People who care about these aspects a lot will probably not be interested in AA. In GW, combat is a key aspect or at least one of the key aspects, so that it has to be really good.

I doubt that anyone would be interested in AA for its combat or instances. I do not claim that they are not important, but the level of importance varies based on the type of game.