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Originally posted by aesperus

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Originally posted by GeezerGamer I finally broke down and bought the game. Once my biggest concern was confirmed not to be an issue in the last stress test, there I no longer had any reason not to purchase, so I did. GL all. See you in 5.

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Welcome to the game!

I hope you have a server / first character picked out, otherwise you're going to have a very interesting starting week. (sooo many choices, so little time).

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I have not started any research.

I don't care about being on a realm that dominates Wv...well, maybe a little, but I do want a healthy population.

Originally posted by pacov

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

 

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Originally posted by heartless
You're going to have a good time, it's a pretty fun game. I've played it for over 60 hours between all of the BWEs and the stress tests and I barely scratched the surface.

 

For $59, I already got more out of this game than I did out of most other games I payed the same amount for.

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I've paid more money for less than 60 hrs of entertainment

Diablo III didn't even last 20 hours for me... sold it to a friend for only 10 bucks... he wouldn't even take 15 because of how bad the reviews are

why would a "friend" not even give u 5$ more, some good! friend u got.

Originally posted by OldManFunk
It's a great game. It won't be the last game that you ever buy but you also won't be sorry that you bought GW2. It's well worth the $60 even if you stop playing in 3 months.

The beauty of it is that because there is no subscription fee, you can just come back to it a few months or even years from now. You bought it, it's yours. Play it how you want and for how long you want. You don't feel obligated to log in all the time because you're paying a fee, you come and go as you please. I love it.

Originally posted by Epic1oots

Originally posted by pacov

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

 

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Originally posted by heartless
You're going to have a good time, it's a pretty fun game. I've played it for over 60 hours between all of the BWEs and the stress tests and I barely scratched the surface.

 

For $59, I already got more out of this game than I did out of most other games I payed the same amount for.

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I've paid more money for less than 60 hrs of entertainment

Diablo III didn't even last 20 hours for me... sold it to a friend for only 10 bucks... he wouldn't even take 15 because of how bad the reviews are

why would a "friend" not even give u 5$ more, some good! friend u got.

umm thanks?

So now I'm on guildwars2guru trying to figure out what to roll, Leaning to Engineer... (How's the Steampunk Factor in GW2?....Light, Medium, Heavy?)

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

So now I'm on the forums trying to figure out what to roll, Leaning to Engineer... (How's the Steampunk Factor in GW2?....Light, Medium, Heavy?)

search for dredge armor... all three sets are steampunky

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

So now I'm on the forums trying to figure out what to roll, Leaning to Engineer... (How's the Steampunk Factor in GW2?....Light, Medium, Heavy?)

After 3 BWE's I still can't say that I have a fraction of what the game world offers but felt like their was a good medium dose of steam punk. You definitely will want to lean on picking either Asura or Char. 

Originally posted by pacov

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

 I've paid more money for less than 60 hrs of entertainment

Diablo III didn't even last 20 hours for me... sold it to a friend for only 10 bucks... he wouldn't even take 15 because of how bad the reviews are

Bah, consider yourself lucky.  I tried to pay a friend 20 dollars to take D3 off of my hands and he insisted I give him at least 40 or keep it myself.

Originally posted by Badaboom

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

So now I'm on the forums trying to figure out what to roll, Leaning to Engineer... (How's the Steampunk Factor in GW2?....Light, Medium, Heavy?)

After 3 BWE's I still can't say that I have a fraction of what the game world offers but felt like their was a good medium dose of steam punk. You definitely will want to lean on picking either Asura or Char. 

I would say char for the Black Citidal feels very steam punk the Asura feel techy and there fun to play more tech involed with them. I played a char in BWE1 and that felt very very steam punk with all the moving parts in there town.

Pick charr, they have tank's and stuff being built in the black citadel. :D

Originally posted by Jagarid

Originally posted by pacov

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

 I've paid more money for less than 60 hrs of entertainment

Diablo III didn't even last 20 hours for me... sold it to a friend for only 10 bucks... he wouldn't even take 15 because of how bad the reviews are

Bah, consider yourself lucky.  I tried to pay a friend 20 dollars to take D3 off of my hands and he insisted I give him at least 40 or keep it myself.

you guys are crazy d3 was a ton of fun but has definetly passed its experation date for me.  my d3 bought me and my brother gw2 digi deluxe with about 1k left in my paypal from d3 sales.  Was fun and made me good money, money I can now spend in the gem store while I have me some gw2 fun :P

cya in 5

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

So now I'm on guildwars2guru trying to figure out what to roll, Leaning to Engineer... (How's the Steampunk Factor in GW2?....Light, Medium, Heavy?)

Charr area is steampunky.

Asura area is techie.

I would recommend trying out several professions with as many different weapons and utilities as possible.  I am going with two professions at launch that in other games I would not play but for some reason they fit me in GW2.  If you are into guns Engineers get pistols and rifles, Warriors get rifles, Thieves get pistols, and Mesmers can offhand a pistol.  But racial choice also effects things as Charr have access to a Charzooka and Asuran have access to Golems.

Welcome to the game and after you create that first character and do the kid in the candy store thing (the game is gorgeous) take a deep breath and sloooow down.  I was shocked to discover that I missed over half of the area I started in with my first character just because I was in such a hurry to complete hearts.

Originally posted by Derpybird

 

It was only a matter of time.

lol love it ^_^

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

You have to maintain a proper ratio of adults to children.

But I doubt there will be enough adults to keep us kids in line. LOL

 

 

I have not started any research.

I don't care about being on a realm that dominates Wv...well, maybe a little, but I do want a healthy population.

WOOHOO more fun for us then

as for the research might I suggest my article http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/swordmark45/072012/23485_Guild-Wars-2-Planning-your-characters-personal-stories

as for server population you could look at  http://www.gw2guilds.org/ and see if this is any help also

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Originally posted by swordmark45

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Originally posted by GeezerGamer You have to maintain a proper ratio of adults to children. But I doubt there will be enough adults to keep us kids in line. LOL     I have not started any research. I don't care about being on a realm that dominates Wv...well, maybe a little, but I do want a healthy population.

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WOOHOO more fun for us then

 

as for the research might I suggest my article http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/swordmark45/072012/23485_Guild-Wars-2-Planning-your-characters-personal-stories

as for server population you could look at  http://www.gw2guilds.org/ and see if this is any help also

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Hey! Thanks for the site references.
I'm pretty well set on a Charr Engineer at this point.

As far as a server, I'm researching guilds now, I've always had a better time in guilds that were run by people my own age who aren't afraid to deal with drama swiftly.

incidentally, I noticed:
http://www.gw2guilds.org/view-guild/191
The focus on hardcore RP makes me laugh. I wonder what their definition of hardcore RP is.