Originally posted by V-L-A-D

Originally posted by tazarconan

Originally posted by V-L-A-D

Originally posted by Marchosias13

 

 

 

Wierdly enough u r the only one answered to the more serious part of the OP's thread which is combat and mechanics.

Just so the rest ppl that have not tested it so far, which combat style it reminds u more? Oblivion ,M&B ,Skyrim,Tera,Ddo? Which of the above combat systems is closer in similarities so we understand better the way combat works?

Well, to be honest I didn't play any of these games so I can't compare the games, but I can explain you with details the combat mechanics.

So in GW2 the combat is based on action. I'll start with the targeting. So you press TAB to change targets or select them with mouse, left click = select target, right click = select target + auto attack when in range. Once you've selected a target you don't need to move the camera with the mouse all the time, the character is automatically directed to target when you use a skill but the camera is not moving automatically. If you use a skill, but you're not in range with target, the skill is going to be used as noramally and the cooldown will count as usual. You can see if you're in range with target from the key bindings under the skill, they are white if you are in range and red if not.

In GW2 we have dodging ability. With this ability you can dodge any skill, from simple player's skills to boss massive destruction skills. But dodging uses energy from the energy bar at the right of your health, every dodge uses about 2/5 of the bar capacity so you can use dodging 2 times in a row. The bar needs about 5 seconds or so to refill.

Movement is very important in the cobat. If you move too much you can dodge attacks and be out of range for some enemies without doing much. Professions with melee combat style usualy have skills with fast movement so there isn't any advantage to be a caster because any warrior / guardian / thief (I don't mention mesmer because he combines melee and casting) can get near a caster very fast from long distance. In GW2 there is no any profession with advantage so you choose the profession you like more.

I hope that helped you, if you have anymore questions you can ask here.

Ok,thnks man for the detailed briefing.Hmm 1 small notification . I think maybe the energy bar that lets u dodge should require lot more time than 5 secs only, to refill so we wont see many ppl rolling all around, but to use dodge carefully and when needed.

Originally posted by Marchosias13

Originally posted by Blackwater56

Originally posted by Marchosias13

 

And make no mistake fans, we are PAYING TO TEST this game.

Is THAT why it's called a Beta TEST?

 

Well fuck me, PRE-ORDER CANCELLED 

The issue is PAYING TO TEST.......Have an opinion on that????

you aren't paying to test, you are pre-paying (or prepurchasing) for an end product but because you want it out sooner you are helping with the debugging so they don't have to pay other people to test. and so there is more thourough stress and mechanic testing.

it is no different than a developer offering prepurchases forum support and then because someone on the forums wants a major feature added the devs say "write a program to do that in language-X, post it on the forums and if it works, we will incorperate it"

you by no means have to participate in the ironing out of bugs and glitches. like myself you can wait until general release to buy it. but if you are passionate about the product and want to help find and report errors (which is more easy that debugging and mechanic crafting) that is what you are allowed to do before everything has the final code of polish... that is what the BETA is (both open and closed beta).

the issue with TERA's beta (when i was in it) wasn't that you were testing, but that the devs didn't acknolage the issues the game had. which also is likely why their beta had much lower demand/hype compared to GW2; smaller starting population, less retention. if they had a game of equal hype and their servers couldn't quite host the people who have prepurchased the game alone, then they might also have set up a similar styled closed beta.

Originally posted by Marchosias13

Originally posted by Blackwater56

Originally posted by Marchosias13

 

And make no mistake fans, we are PAYING TO TEST this game.

Is THAT why it's called a Beta TEST?

 

Well fuck me, PRE-ORDER CANCELLED 

The issue is PAYING TO TEST.......Have an opinion on that????

Why did you choose to pay to test - you could have chosen to wait and paid to play instead paid to test. Yet I guess somehow the GW2 devs are responsible for the choices you make. Funny - I don't let companies do that.

They advertised, pay early and test beta, and you decided, that meant, pay early and play. And now you are mad because it was as advertised rather than as you assumed.

If you can't tell, I hate the 'pay to test' argument. Like your hands were tied. Like they advertised it as early playtime rather than a beta test. Give me a break. You are the one to blame if you thought paying to enter a beta test wouldn't result in a test.

Originally posted by synn

Originally posted by Marchosias13

Originally posted by Blackwater56

Originally posted by Marchosias13

 

And make no mistake fans, we are PAYING TO TEST this game.

Is THAT why it's called a Beta TEST?

 

Well fuck me, PRE-ORDER CANCELLED 

The issue is PAYING TO TEST.......Have an opinion on that????

 i do...its called personal decision :p

I don't like the practice of companies dangling beta access on pre orders, I (and many of you) have dissed other games for doing this so shame on those of you who have clowned other companies while being dismissive when ANET does it.  But honestly if the market exists and these people are willing to pay in fine what I would hope to avoid is having to hear them whine if this game ends up taking a year or more to launch.