Originally posted by lilHeala

Originally posted by raykor

It sure does sound like they’re setting us up to be disappointed.  Oh well.

 

They should just release the darn thing with three races and a level 30 cap.  Based on my experiences in the last BWE, this portion of the game seems pretty much done.  They could add the final two races and increase the level cap over the next few months and it wouldn’t bother me at all.

haha although I have the same sentiment that I want to play the game NOW and I was already blown away by the BWE state of the game, that what you suggest would backfire because folks will be whining they got nothing to do, within a couple of days.

I’m very shallow and the only reason I am buying this game is for the WvW.  I only ever play humans so for me the game is pretty much done right now.

Thanks for posting the videos.  The color coordination reminded me of a clan that also ran around all purple in an old game called Neocron.  I forget their name.

Originally posted by Crake_1

I'm playing the TERA beta right now. I suppose I'm technically not allowed to say whether or not I have played GW2 hands-on yet...

 

It's true that TERA is an "action" RPG because of the mouse-bound skills and crosshair aiming. However, in my opinion it still feels clunky. Your character still has to stop moving in order to use skills, and the mobility aspects of combat are skills unto themselves. For example, right now I have a skill that makes me jump backward bound to right-click. It's nice to have, but at the same time I wish that I didn't have to take up a skill slot with something that does nothing but make me move.

In GW2, combat mobility is more engrained. You can use almost every skill while moving, no stopping. So that makes it very fluid, and the enemies are tough enough that you definitely do want to keep moving around. There is also the dodge function built right into the WASD controls (double tap a direction to dodge roll in that direction.) And many skills incorporate movement in their functionality, rather than devoting a skill slot to something that only moves you. For example, Burning Speed on the elementalist that launch you forward and leaves a trail of fire behind. Or the ranger mainhand sword attack that reposition you around your enemy to avoid damage. There are lots of examples, since it's a very mobile game.

 

My levelling experience in TERA is rather uninteresting. It's a standard "kill 10 rats" grind, so far. Tons of running between NPCs who have question marks over their head, tons of skipping over quest dialogue, tons of faceroll grind. That's the early-game levelling experience. 

By contrast, GW2 kicks you into the world and says "Here's your weapon, have fun!" The dynamic events are SO much more engaging. Even when, at the end of the day, killing enemies in a dynamic event is the same task as kill 10 rats questing...it's the context that matters. In a dynamic event, there is the aspect of a time crunch. You are presented with a win/fail scenario, and you know that the event will not still be there five minutes from now. So you choose to participate or not, and once you're in, you're engaged in the action. It's not like regular questing where you can play as I am at this moment...I'm supposed to be killing sick deer creatures, but I'm typing on a forum instead because I know those creatures will still be there an hour from now. They will jus respawn forever regardless of my actions. With a dynamic event, if you pass on the event, then you don't know exactly when it will happen again. 

Great post.

Originally posted by Zeroxin

Originally posted by raykor

I’ll be playing GW2 primarily for their WvW content so I will be very curious to see how an expansion adds to that aspect of the game.

New Zone.... in the Desolation Elona where you can gain the favour of the Junundus to ride safely across the wastes and siege castles from a different entrance or maybe the Jade sea, that's always a good place to punch people in the face. Actually.... Jade sea has got me thinking... SIEGE TURTLES!!! It would be cool to see Siege Turtles in GW2 graphics.

Originally posted by Shroom_Mage

 

You can only participate in WvW on your homeserver, and there is a fee (probably gems) to change your homeserver.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of a fee associated with changing homeservers.  Regardless, I plan to spend 80% of my time in the WvWvW zone and if the server I am on does not have a whole lot of activity in this area then I will most likely pay the fee.

Originally posted by evilastro

No, you wont. GW2 PvE is too dependant on players working together on the fly, world PvP would just complicate that.

You can however head straight to the Mists and level up there in World vs World PvP or using Battlegrounds.

Thanks for the quick replies.

Originally posted by Ingvar

if you have or had a PS1 sub than you will get an auto-invite to the beta btw

I think they are only giving beta access to ACTIVE subscribers of PS1 and not to anyone that has ever had an account.

PC Gamer US April issue: PlanetSide 2 hands-on, with beta key!

Crap.  I wasn't expecting to get in this early...don't have the game downloaded yet!  

Originally posted by niceguy3978

I refuse to ever buy a game based off of "potential."  Even the thought makes me cringe considering in order to pay for something that may be put in later, I have to pony up 60$ right now.  Now 60 dollars isn't alot to spend on a good game that I enjoy, it is however alot of money to waste.  So I only buy games that I've tried and I believe will get me my dollars worth out of the purchase as is.  And yes, I will be purchasing the game because I enjoy it how it is now.  It has flaws but there's nothing on the horizon that looks as fun for me, so I'm biting the bullet on the first game I've ever pre-ordered.

I've played several MMOGs which I quit in the first month or two and never felt that I wasted my money.  I had plenty of fun for my $60 even if it turned out not to be the game for me.