Guild Wars 2: The One Thread

[Sunseeker]

It will work exactly like Oblivion, aside from the calculating how much ingame time has passed because in a MMO, that would just be silly.

I suppose, though it would be kind of cool to have an MMO actually have time in it.

If it makes you feel any better, I'd be satisfied with an early game quest to obtain said "Magic Map." Or a ring of teleportation, or any of those. I'm just not a fan of blithe in game assumptions about gameplay. I feel the same way about introducing skills. I felt that WoW was terrible at introducing skills, while GW1 (Pre-Searing) was great. You "bought" skills, and couldn't have everything at once, forced to make legitimate choices, and very early on, you sometimes had to go to specific people to teach you to do things, and do quests related to earning that skill.

For me, the hearthstone, the portal, or a stated magic map is enough immersion to accept teleportation, but that's just me.

I can agree with that, though quests for skills and trainers for them should be within your logical leveling progression. Of course this really only applies if you're starting in a "town" that has fewer resources and trainers than a larger settlement otherwise would. If you're starting out in the equivalent of Stormwind, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to find the best trainer right away.

[Sunseeker]

Edit: Only ingame $$$ though. But they've mentioned that it's a nice way to drain the economy a bit.

It's not really though ya know? It's like a hearthstone. Is anyone going to argue that a hearthstone drains the economy? What if it was 100g? Would that do better? Not really, it's still a one-time expenditure that is either going to be cost-ineffective for most players to have, in which case it's implementation is questionable, or it's going to be so cheap as to have no effect.

If they want to drain the economy then they need to see an item or service that players will demand on a regular basis, such as armor dyeing or customization.

[Blznsmri]

Not when only prophecies was around, back then most people did them - obviously people didn't bother if they already just got them from other campaigns.

Yeah, when I started out I was just a dumb kid that didn't like going outside of towns if I didn't have to. Or if it didn't involve Fast Faction Farming.

[Deleted]

How is this "map-porting" explained lorewise btw? Never played Guild Wars 1 honestly.

They don't explain. Just like they don't have any lore for login/logout or lore why your character can change gear in one click from mouse. It's just for your convenience.

You still need to explore and travel to these outposts yourself first time before you can go back there with map travel and you don't just start new char that have all outposts discovered, but instead you explore these while you level. In my opinion its lot better than flying mounts as flying mounts allows you to fly over dangerous areas in zone.

[KiLLi4N]

Check this out guys:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...wars-2-quests/

[gotpriest]

Check this out guys:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...wars-2-quests/

That was a nice piece. His misspelling of shared broke the immersion for me though

[Sunseeker]

Check this out guys:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...wars-2-quests/

Not much really new information, but still a good affirmation of what people are looking forward to.

[Digglett]

Anyone have what race they'll be playing picked out? Norn for me.

[Valeron]

Check this out guys:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...wars-2-quests/

thanks for the link, nothing new in that interview but always nice to get the word out

[Deleted]

Anyone have what race they'll be playing picked out? Norn for me.

Norn or Human, once they reaval the racial abilitys and finalize everything, I'll pick one.

Unless the Sylvari redesign is really awesome ofcourse.

[Valeron]

Anyone have what race they'll be playing picked out? Norn for me.

All of them. But I will start out as Charr.

[Tristan Khan]

Anyone have what race they'll be playing picked out? Norn for me.

Sylvari for me.

[ZyngaFail]

Human or Sylvari, depending on the redesigned version.

Oh and an Asura alt for sure!

[Daladiesman]

my main will probably be a charr, but i seriously hate those little gremlin-freaks (forgot the name)

[Deleted]

Human or Sylvari, depending on the redesigned version.

Oh and an Asura alt for sure!

I always thought you'd say Charr due to the avatar, but it was all just a master plan of misconception.

[Digglett]

Human or Sylvari, depending on the redesigned version.

Oh and an Asura alt for sure!

No Charr? Shocks me considering the avatar. :P

[ZyngaFail]

No Charr? Shocks me considering the avatar. :P

Already played a Charr at GamesCom.

But I'll probably end up with a Charr alt as well, there'll probably be enough character slots anyway.

[Blznsmri]

Human Ranger....

Charr, Norn, Asura, Sylvarri everything else.

[Digglett]

Already played a Charr at GamesCom.

But I'll probably end up with a Charr alt as well, there'll probably be enough character slots anyway.

Lucky! I'm horribly jealous. D:

[Deleted]

Lucky! I'm horribly jealous. D:

You aren't the only one.