Dark Heart PTR Development Notes
Dark Heart PTR Development Notes
The War Within Alpha - Flight Switching, Portals, Warbands, UI Changes
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You will gain exp and loot during wvw so you can level up in WvW all the way to 80.Items and gold can be looted from players so if you die you will have to repair, but you will also be earning currency to offset those repair costs. You will not be looting actual items from enemy inventory, rather getting drops from a loot table like you would from a mob.The same loot you get from killing mobs. I’ve gotten quite a few rare drops from players in the beta already
When you kill someone you get gold or even sometimes items.Our goal is for the rate of XP, and loot gain to be similar in WvW and PvE. It will never be exactly the same but it should be close enough that you don’t feel disadvantaged by playing one vs the other.Is Loot Scaled To Level? Confirm or Deny…
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2012-04-19, 08:38 PM #18121Fluffy Kitten
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2012-04-19, 08:40 PM #18122Scarab Lord
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No missing out because they can always go back and participate in the content scaled down
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2012-04-19, 08:42 PM #18123The Undying
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Nah, you get cash and items in PVP roughly equal to PVE. Also if they want to do PVE DE, dungeons and so on- they can go PVE at their leisure. PVE DEs happen in WvW too. Originally Posted by Koshun
Edit: Or Grandpab already covered it. Sigh. I am sorta doing a million things at once today.
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2012-04-19, 08:45 PM #18124DeletedI love beauty (by definition?)...and I also love "the game". Originally Posted by Drakhar
I don't see what's so surprising about that? I agree, graphics are easily one of the least important things about a game for me. A shit game that looks pretty (and there are tons of examples of this) doesn't interest me in the slightest.
Sometimes they come together...sometimes they don't...if "a game" had *only* beauty then it wouldn't be "the game" - I have never bought a game because it promised to give me a beauty experience...but I do enjoy the beauty experiences of games.
If a "game" was *just* a beauty experience...would it be a game?
Depends on your definition of "game"...but I think so.
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2012-04-19, 08:53 PM #18125The Insane
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Most important part of the message imo.Is Loot Scaled To Level? Confirm or Deny…
ConfirmI hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man? He never dies.
If you give in to your impulses in this world, the price is that it changes your personality in the real world. The player and character are one and the same.
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2012-04-19, 09:25 PM #18126DeletedRogues = adventures :-) That's why they've called "rogues" :-) Originally Posted by Milanor
Ooooh, the engineer looks like fun and total mayhem!
For PvP, I love tricky and slippery...I wanna mess with your head, I wanna give you a hard time...
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Well, yeah - but...that's not missing out. Originally Posted by Koshun
I mean...if I go to a restaurant and order steak, and love it...I'm not missing out on the other things on the menu. I'm just making a decision about what I want to eat...and I enjoy my time there.
People can choose for themselves what experiences they want to have...and do what they place most value on.
If they logged on to the game and were bored - but refused to try new, recommended, things...that could be missing out - which is to say, there is an experience you could be having that agrees with you more...
Does that make sense?
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2012-04-19, 10:18 PM #18127The Unstoppable Force
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Oh my god... might just level all the way in WvWvWOur goal is for the rate of XP, and loot gain to be similar in WvW and PvE. It will never be exactly the same but it should be close enough that you don’t feel disadvantaged by playing one vs the otherPokemon FC: 4425-2708-3610
I received a day one ORAS demo code. I am a chosen one.
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2012-04-19, 10:39 PM #18128The Patient
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It's very tempting indeed... Originally Posted by zito
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2012-04-19, 10:51 PM #18129Mechagnome
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Will you be able to get skill points when you level (As in do you get like 1 point per level in addition to challenges)? that would be the only thing that stops me from leveling purely in it. I want to have all my utilities as son as possible.
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2012-04-19, 11:36 PM #18130High Overlord
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http://www.arena.net/blog/the-beta-w...vent-is-coming
As suspected no Asura or Sylvari...however Lions Arch is gonna be available =)
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2012-04-20, 12:51 AM #18131Fluffy Kitten
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Guildcast in 10 minutes woooo, and Parks and Rec is gonna be on half way through Guildcast...whyyyyy!!!
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2012-04-20, 01:03 AM #18132Deleted
What rascals!
I want to play *now*!
So it seems to me, it starts 7pm London time...and ends, I don't know, 7am Monday morning...so I need to take Monday off work...
But hang on...we're on BST not GMT....so that means replace all 7's with 8's....
Got it....
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2012-04-20, 01:08 AM #18133The Insane
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IMO, stock up on 5 hour energy, and call in late to work if your job starts too soon to get there on time after servers shut down at 8am. Originally Posted by Haggerty
Then again, I found nothing has any effect once you've been awake for a certain number of hours...I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man? He never dies.
If you give in to your impulses in this world, the price is that it changes your personality in the real world. The player and character are one and the same.
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2012-04-20, 01:39 AM #18134DeletedI'll be fine...I can kinda come and go as I please...I'll do a work-at-home or just take the day...my leave year resets in a few weeks anyway and I was saving a few for pure gaming weekends...whatever, I'm sorted. Originally Posted by DrakeWurrum
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2012-04-20, 05:21 AM #18135DeletedYes, you get one skill point each level from level 5 and onwards. Originally Posted by PonyCannon
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2012-04-20, 06:38 AM #18136Bloodsail Admiral
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I just got a reminder to register my account - which I already have. Did anyone else get this?
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2012-04-20, 06:41 AM #18137The Insane
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If it's not from noreply@guildwars2.com... Originally Posted by Umbra
Then uh... yeah, I just shouldn't have to even begin that train of thought. :SI hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man? He never dies.
If you give in to your impulses in this world, the price is that it changes your personality in the real world. The player and character are one and the same.
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2012-04-20, 07:11 AM #18138I am Murloc!
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Yeah I did a few hours ago. Originally Posted by Umbra
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2012-04-20, 07:16 AM #18139Fluffy Kitten
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So for anyone else that watched tonights Guildcast, the "open world dungeons" that Elizabeth was talking about, is that basically just like a cave with a dynamic event in it, or is it something we haven't seen before?
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2012-04-20, 07:46 AM #18140Deleted
Looks like I've missed some ratings.
Games:
Gameplay = Story > Aesthetics > Graphical quality
It's important to make a distinction between aesthetics and graphical quality. A game can look great in aesthetics even though it's not Crysis 2-realism. I could never play a game without story, and I value story and gameplay equally.
People:
Face > head > decorations (jewelry, tattoos, so on) > torso > extremities (legs and arms) > clothing.
I wear shoes. It keeps my socks from getting dirty. That, and them being comfortable, is all I care about in shoes (apart from specific situations, like using rubber boots in marshlands), so I'll wear pretty much whatever.
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