Guild Wars 2: The One Thread

[Aammadan]

I hope we don't see frogs as a playable race right away. Played as Froglok in EQ1 and 2, and we already have the Charr as a hunched over non-human race with animal traits. Give me something that will stand up straight. I'm with Blzn, Kodan would be a pretty fun race to play with Tengu coming in a close second.

zomg but Kodan are just a copy of Pandaren!!

Kodan are cool and all, but they haven't been a source of envy as long as Tengu have. Speaking of which...

ANET! Y U NO GIEF TENGU BLOG?

[Valeron]

There won't be Tengu in the game yet. We'll have to wait for the Cantha expansion.

[Blznsmri]

zomg but Kodan are just a copy of Pandaren!!

The totally cool thing about this is, Kodan Lore as added to Guild Wars 2 and public before Mists of Panda'mon was.

For me it's a toss up though. I love Talon Silverwing, but I was also a big fan of the His Dark Materials trilogy so war-like polar bears with armor is pretty beastly to me.

[Aammadan]

There won't be Tengu in the game yet. We'll have to wait for the Cantha expansion.

But, but... Dominion of Winds!

[Valeron]

But, but... Domain of Winds!

Ah, didn't see that. But in the notes there it says

It will not be accessible in the initial release of Guild Wars 2.

[Blznsmri]

Ah, didn't see that. But in the notes there it says

If anything it will be a staging point for our forays into Cantha.

[Alatian]

Daniel Dociu’s Art Featured in Latest National Geographic

http://www.arena.net/blog/daniel-doc...nal-geographic

Pretty cool stuff.

[Grognard]

There won't be Tengu in the game yet. We'll have to wait for the Cantha expansion.

There were several tribes of Tengu native to Kryta and the Shiverpeak Mountains prior to the existence of Factions, and they were also present in the southern areas of the Maguuma Jungle (i.e., Asuran lands) in EotN.

[Blznsmri]

There were several tribes of Tengu native to Kryta and the Shiverpeak Mountains prior to the existence of Factions, and they were also present in the southern areas of the Maguuma Jungle (i.e., Asuran lands) in EotN.

He means as a playable race I believe.

[Smitzelplix]

Daniel Dociu’s Art Featured in Latest National Geographic

http://www.arena.net/blog/daniel-doc...nal-geographic

Pretty cool stuff.

Now that's awesome.

[Ronyx]

Heads up, new blog is out:

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars...-by-jon-peters

"For example, polar bears have an icy roar that freezes enemies, while brown bears have a roar that removes conditions." Now that's cool.

EDIT: I love how the simple concept of 'setup and finisher' has such huge possibilities. This will definitely make for insanely dynamic gameplay. The real question is whether or not they can balance it all out if they wish to pursue GW2 as an active esport.

[Alatian]

Heads up, new blog is out:

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars...-by-jon-peters

"For example, polar bears have an icy roar that freezes enemies, while brown bears have a roar that removes conditions." Now that's cool.

EDIT: I love how the simple concept of 'setup and finisher' has such huge possibilities. This will definitely make for insanely dynamic gameplay. The real question is whether or not they can balance it all out if they wish to pursue GW2 as an active esport.

Called the cross profession stuff

Very cool post!

[sacrypheyes]

EDIT: I love how the simple concept of 'setup and finisher' has such huge possibilities. This will definitely make for insanely dynamic gameplay. The real question is whether or not they can balance it all out if they wish to pursue GW2 as an active esport.

wonder why people keep questioning their ability to balance the game while they did a pretty good job with GW1 (not perfect, but still way better than most games). if their numbers are off and something needs to be tweaked, there's no doubt they'll adjust it as soon as they can instead of letting it run and ruin the game balance for months like some others do (like some company which name starts with a "b" and ends with "lizzard" for instance)

[General_Typhus]

wonder why people keep questioning their ability to balance the game while they did a pretty good job with GW1 (not perfect, but still way better than most games). if their numbers are off and something needs to be tweaked, there's no doubt they'll adjust it as soon as they can instead of letting it run and ruin the game balance for months like some others do (like some company which name starts with a "b" and ends with "lizzard" for instance)

Not to mention Guild Wars 1 was an exceptionally difficult game to balance due to the dual class system. Without that additional burden to work around I have no doubt GW2 will have exceptionally fun and "powerful" classes across the board.

[Smitzelplix]

Heads up, new blog is out:

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars...-by-jon-peters

"For example, polar bears have an icy roar that freezes enemies, while brown bears have a roar that removes conditions." Now that's cool.

EDIT: I love how the simple concept of 'setup and finisher' has such huge possibilities. This will definitely make for insanely dynamic gameplay. The real question is whether or not they can balance it all out if they wish to pursue GW2 as an active esport.

A lot of good and interesting information, it really was a good read. I like the info about the engineer skills, and my razer naga is going to be getting a good amount of use with how many keys an engineer has access to at one given time.

[Muzjhath]

Engineers have access to the same amount as Rangers and Elementalits as it looks now.

[Deleted]

Heads up, new blog is out:

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars...-by-jon-peters

"For example, polar bears have an icy roar that freezes enemies, while brown bears have a roar that removes conditions." Now that's cool.

EDIT: I love how the simple concept of 'setup and finisher' has such huge possibilities. This will definitely make for insanely dynamic gameplay. The real question is whether or not they can balance it all out if they wish to pursue GW2 as an active esport.

All the stuff in the blog post was very good.

I'm even more interested in Ranger now, probably going to be my main. I love how the pets allow you to basically bring a fourth utility skill.

[Odeezee]

All the stuff in the blog post was very good.

I'm even more interested in Ranger now, probably going to be my main. I love how the pets allow you to basically bring a fourth utility skill.

yeah, the blog post was short but really packed. now to wait and see if we get any more updates next week.

Off-Topic: given your avatar i just assumed you were always going to roll a Ranger. O.o

[Alatian]

Gamebreaker TV launches their Guild Wars 2 show December 15th.

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Gamebreaker TV launches their Guild Wars 2 show December 15th.

Funny how they've gone from slagging it off, to making a show about it.