Guild Wars 2

Hey guys :)
Some of you may remember me, and may find it strange that I'm posting on this thread, seeing as I'm a hardcore (although a little softer than I like to think) WoW player.

Recently, one of my online friends started playing GW2, and after watching some gameplay videos I thought it might be a good idea to take a break from WoW, seeing as I had gotten tired of the game, not just in terms of content but with the overall community as well. I feel as if Blizzard is making it too easy; it has just become too noob friendly, and filled with idiots taking advantage of this.

I am incredibly excited to start playing this, ordered it from kalahari.com seeing as it was sold out everywhere I checked. Should be here by tomorrow :)

I used to play an arms/prot warrior on WoW, any suggestions pertaining to which profession I would enjoy most? Was kinda thinking of just straight-up playing a warrior, but a guardian seems fun as well. Anyhow, I'd appreciate some input on this matter so I can at least be informed when I make the BIGGEST DECISION OF MY LIFE!

...well, not really, but most certainly the most important one I'll be making this month.

Also, I'd like a general indication as to how bandwidth-hungry this game can get. With the recent upgrades Internet Solutions has made to their subscriber packages I've found myself at a better position to enjoy online gaming.

Really looking forward to tomorrow :cry:
 
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matchstick said:
Hey guys :)
Some of you may remember me, and may find it strange that I'm posting on this thread, seeing as I'm a hardcore (although a little softer than I like to think) WoW player.

Recently, one of my online friends started playing GW2, and after watching some gameplay videos I thought it might be a good idea to take a break from WoW, seeing as I had gotten tired of the game, not just in terms of content but with the overall community as well. I feel as if Blizzard is making it too easy; it has just become too noob friendly, and filled with idiots taking advantage of this.

I am incredibly excited to start playing this, ordered it from kalahari.com seeing as it was sold out everywhere I checked. Should be here by tomorrow :)

I used to play an arms/prot warrior on WoW, any suggestions pertaining to which profession I would enjoy most? Was kinda thinking of just straight-up playing a warrior, but a guardian seems fun as well. Anyhow, I'd appreciate some input on this matter so I can at least be informed when I make the BIGGEST DECISION OF MY LIFE!

...well, not really, but most certainly the most important one I'll be making this month.

Also, I'd like a general indication as to how bandwidth-hungry this game can get. With the recent upgrades Internet Solutions has made to their subscriber packages I've found myself at a better position to enjoy online gaming.

Really looking forward to tomorrow :cry:
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On your choice of Char i would suggest you read up on it. If still not sure test the couple you are undecided about and play them thru the early levels. It is very difficult for us to give you an indication but if you like Slashing Warrior would be your best bet. The gaurdian is also nice and can use casting when switching weapons.
 
Wyvern said:
It is about 3 - 4 gigs worth of updates.
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Could always get the .dat file from a friend, instead of downloading it.

I see a certain guild got members to donate 100g so they could have a "commander" in WvWvW...
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EU servers seem to be down?
 
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Glordit said:
Could always get the .dat file from a friend, instead of downloading it.

I see a certain guild got members to donate 100g so they could have a "commander" in WvWvW...
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EU servers seem to be down?
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100g each? wtf? eish i was happy just to get one gold

its a 463 file update, like 100mb or so ... seems to be related to the WvW
 
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Avatar said:
Yeah, 100g total to buy the commander book.
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There are a few commanders (from playing a little bit of WvW) but they are all useless, seems like they farmed gold to buy the title.
GAAAAAAAAAH~! Want to play but have to wait till this blu-ray is finished encoding.
 
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Glordit said:
Could always get the .dat file from a friend, instead of downloading it.

I see a certain guild got members to donate 100g so they could have a "commander" in WvWvW...
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EU servers seem to be down?
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That certain guild you talking about is Southern Legion [ZA] if you did not know that already :)

And i had the honour from being the first commander in the guild and we still have 2 or 3 on the way, we are working hard on tactics and going hardcore with WvW.

And the other reason i got commander was, we have Guild Events often and now people can easy track and see where i am in the WvW map and can easy join up, we normally have 50+ Attending the event from our guild so people get lost quickly, and now with the commander logo people can just see where i am and not spam Teamspeak the whole time or guild chat.

On a side note.. we now have over 900 members splitted in our 2x 500 Guilds. And got over 300 Guildies online each evening.
 
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Shirou said:
On a side note.. we now have over 900 members splitted in our 2x 500 Guilds. And got over 300 Guildies online each evening.
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I have a question... How the hell do you manage 900 members... or even the 300 that are online at any given time??? ive been in a group of ten before and was ready to pull hair out
 
panthis said:
I have a question... How the hell do you manage 900 members... or even the 300 that are online at any given time??? ive been in a group of ten before and was ready to pull hair out
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I'm in the guild and I have to say everyone in it is quite mature and the guild chat isn't some massive beehive, it's actually quite chilled in there, I love it :)
 
Magnarmalok said:
I'm in the guild and I have to say everyone in it is quite mature and the guild chat isn't some massive beehive, it's actually quite chilled in there, I love it :)
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What Magnarmalog said :) We have mature people in our guild so it's realy not hard managing the 900 member guild, and myself and Bushbaby are doing a great job from our members points of view, so we just continue like we do now.

Talking about 900 members.. i was running as commander yesterday in WvWvW, and 50 people where following me and kept asking me for orders for some reason even though we had all our guildies on Teamspeak and others joined in on the fun as well, so i just gave orders and people followed them, but we had great fun yesterday, kept me awake till 1AM this morning though.
 
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Shirou said:
What Magnarmalog said :) We have mature people in our guild so it's realy not hard managing the 900 member guild, and myself and Bushbaby are doing a great job from our members points of view, so we just continue like we do now.

Talking about 900 members.. i was running as commander yesterday in WvWvW, and 50 people where following me and kept asking me for orders for some reason even though we had all our guildies on Teamspeak and others joined in on the fun as well, so i just gave orders and people followed them, but we had great fun yesterday, kept me awake till 1AM this morning though.
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How do you manage to get that many people in when there are 3 hour long queues just to get into the borderlands?
 
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