Originally posted by jdnyc

Originally posted by Aerowyn

Originally posted by jdnyc

 

I play plenty of games besides TSW.  I will be playing GW2 and love the WvW, but it is instanced.  It's separated from the rest of the persistent PvE world.  Love how you keep  going after me and researched all my posts here and on TSW official forums.  Love how my distaste for the PvE in GW2 translates into a 'bash.'  Most of my posts you will find I back up my comments.

Your white knight defense is laughable.

if you got time could you check out this post and watch the videos.. i'm curious after you watch them what your feelings on PVE are

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/5224017/The-Dynamic-World-of-Tyria-your-thoughts-on-DEs.html#5224017

I will absolutely look into this.  My dislike has nothing to do with the DEs.  I'm talking about the actual story that goes on, but I will absolutely look into your thread when I have more time.  Thanks:)

appreciate it

Originally posted by Kraylor

I have some preconceived notions about this game and am looking to see if maybe I'm just being to closed minded.  I have watched a few videos and the search function on this site returns 0 results in both basic and advanced search for me.

 

1.  Are craftable weapons and armor better or equal to what you find in dungeons?

2.  Would you say crafting is closer to WoW, or closer to SWG or Vanguard?

3.  Is all PvP instanced?

4.  Are all zones separated by a loading screen?

5.  Would you classify this as an instanced themepark?

6.  Does it take weeks to hit max level, or does it take months?

All answered... so not much point..... but eeeeh :P

1. Crafting can assuredly make Exotic weapons, that is the max level for stats. I do not recall if crafting can also make Legendaries, that have same stats but looks more... outlandish. Stat-wise, every exotic has the same total stat points, but of course the crafting recipes will be limited in what kind of weapons/armor they can make, so the optimal weapon for YOU might not come from crafting.

2. Closer to WoW. It does not have any of the depth of SWG nor the mini game aspect of Vanguard. It is a step up from WoW though ;) The discovery system is just a nice way to get more recipes, it has nothing to do with SWG system.

3. Do you think a persistent Tol Barad from WoW as instanced? if yes, YES. if no, NO. Details: sPvP is always instanced. the WvWvW is a persistent region (composed of 4 maps) with a population cap.I do not define that as instanced, but your mileage may vary.

4. Yes.

5. No. It is same as EQ and EQ2

6. Who can really answer this? As levelling is linear instead of exponential, I guess sooner rather than later. But levelling speed in beta might have been accelerated for testing purposes, who knows?

Originally posted by Pitrocelli

I have several questions of my own.

2A: I understand level cap is easy to hit, item grind is generally non-existent (compared to L2) and you are autoleveled to 80 when entering Mist . How will you stand out from crowd ? I am not looking for visuals or achievements only PvP power. Then GW2 is not your game. It is not power-based PvP but skill-based PvP. Your high end gear will have a bit more power but not enough to accomplish what you are looking for

3A: In addition to previous question. Seems to me that leading personalities of top clans able to organize massive number of equal ppl will be most important in order to win WvWvW. I am afraid choosing the right server with right clans will be wastly superior to individual contribution that I as player can provide in battle. If i understand it correctly servers will be autobalanced so if your server sux you will play against equally bad servers ? It is enought to be 1-eyed amongst blind ? Do you believe you can pull out your whole server from underperforming somehow or top server will rarely be changed. This has yet to be determined. Once we see how people respond to the big dictator guilds, and in turn how the smaller alliances work together or not has yet to be truly seen and may not be till the cycle actually switches over to the 2 week time period. (It will be a on 24 hour cycle at first till it settles.)

 

 

 

hehe.. I respond and he deletes as I do