Guild Wars 2

I just downloaded the HD trailer and I couldn't help but notice a woman dressed in the current Elementalist Geomancer armour :p

Hmmm...our first confirmed profession maybe?
 
Yes, I noticed some similarities too to professions too.

One of the Charr has a gun / bullet sling over his shoulder. Maybe a weapon / rifle of sorts? Crafting?
Of course there is a Warrior / melee character also featuring.

The Asuran wore a type of glove / gauntlet to activate the Golems, which will probably be a craft or something.

All the concept art for the Charr, Asura and Sylvari summoning was all done by the same artist - this guy has some serious skills / vision.

Man, the possibilities are endless.

They showed very little of the Norn though. :(
 
Some info from pause.com on the Events system:

I got in touch with ArenaNet head honcho Mike O’Brien & designer / writier Ree Soesbee to get some clarification on some of the new info about GW2 that’s come out of Gamescom in the last couple of days. They were kind enough to get back to us pretty quickly, despite being knee deep in the GC craziness…


pause.com: Is the events system that’s been discussed a scenario where the world “has a schedule” and NPCs have agendas or at least pre-dispositions to how they act / react in given circumstances, so almost more like how the worlds behave in RPG games like Oblivion / Fallout 3, in that an NPC or group of NPCs might, for instance, have a trade route they go on, and you could encounter them anywhere along that route. Or groups of bad guys might wander a particular region because they’re predisposed to not only fight their enemies, but take over enemy installations, and as the player, you might encounter them at any point along their “path” toward those goals.
Mike O’Brien: Events have a feeling similar to what you’re describing, but it’s not schedule-driven because we don’t want the world to have a fixed schedule. Instead, events respond to what the players are doing in the world. If the players raid the centaur camp and clear out the centaurs, then there won’t be a centaur attack on the garrison. But if the players let the centaur population get out of control, then the centaurs will become emboldened and start doing raids.
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pause.com: What types of consequences might players encounter for acting (or not acting) at a given point along the timeline of an event? For instance, one of the examples you all gave is that a group of centaurs might attack a fortress, and you could join in with the guards in defending the fortress, or the centaurs might actually take it over. As such, are there things (loot, story elements) that players might never get to experience if they take out the centaurs before they ever get to the fortress, etc.? Or, if the centaurs take over the fortress and players help take them out to return the fortress to its rightful owners, is there any kind of “hero bonus” or anything like that that players will receive?
Mike O’Brien: We structure events so that players are never punished for playing the game, killing monsters, or winning events. We don’t want players to be saying, “hey everyone, please stop killing those centaurs; I need to participate in the event where we retake the garrison from the centaurs.” So there’s nothing you can get by losing to centaurs that you can’t get by winning.
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pause.com: Finally, will NPCs such as guards at a fortress re-spawn if the centaurs have taken it over, or are NPCs just dead once they’re dead?
Mike O’Brien: If the centaurs take over the garrison, then they’ll hold it as a centaur garrison until the players can put together an attack force and successfully reclaim it. Once the players reclaim it, it becomes a human garrison again, and the NPCs move back in.
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So there you go folks…the more I hear about this system, the more fun…and immersive…it sounds.
And just FYI, I asked about a few other things that ArenaNet couldn’t comment on yet, such as whether character creation will follow GW’s formula of picking pre-rendered faces for your character based on profession (and now, race) – something I’m hoping for since GW’s characters are arguably the best looking in any MMO to date; if Jeremy Soule will be composing the music for GW2 (he is…see note below), and if there was any more info they could share on how crafting will play into the Guild Wars 2 experience.
UPDATE: Sorry, didn’t mean to lump in the Jeremy Soule comment in there since Soule himself has said that he’s working on GW2’s music. Thanks to DarkWasp over at GuildWars2Guru for reminding me of that.
No…I didn’t bother asking about a release date.
We’ll keep you posted as more info is revealed.
 
I heard there was going to be some melding of technology and magic in GW2 - obviously the tech will be coming from the Asura side :D

Me ... I'm a magic fan - and nothing in that lot seems more magical than the Sylvari - hence my primary choice.
 
I would go with whatever is generally least played, or one of the less frequently picked - it is my nature. :p

Mixing magic and technology is always the best personally speaking. I just love the whole idea, and the variety that can come from it. Concepts based on Steam Punk and the like are 'kewl'. :D
 
I played GW beta back in the day. Loved it, but chose a different mmo over it in the end before getting retail. Might check this out
 
shadowfox said:
I heard there was going to be some melding of technology and magic in GW2 - obviously the tech will be coming from the Asura side :D

Me ... I'm a magic fan - and nothing in that lot seems more magical than the Sylvari - hence my primary choice.
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In the trailer you'll notice that the Sylvari are able to summon juggernaut-like creatures using magic, whilst the Asura will be able to use Golems to fight for them (their technological advancement).
 
This game is going to be big... I can see it already.

I am very curious to see the PvP systems - the arenas and World PvP sounds awesome... they have only really showed and covered the PvE-side of things.
 
All I can say is "bring this game on already!". :D All the info coming out is making me ever more excited.
 
I give you - GUNS (and some other stuff)!

Originally Posted by Ree Soesbee, IGN interview
The charr are the conquerors of the human kingdom Ascalon, a land they claim is their homeland. They are ferocious, warmongering creatures--the foes of humanity for hundreds of years, as violent and cruel as they are cunning. They have led the revolution of physical technology--guns, explosives, and war machines. Ascalon thrives under its charr masters, and the three Legions--Ash, Iron and Blood--march inexorably onward toward their goal of conquest.
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Not sure if this has been mentioned before but will GW2 be heavily instanced like GW1? Not that i'm complaining or anything :).
 
There will still be some instancing ... but it won't be on the same scale as GW.

I think the instancing will mostly revolve around certain missions and dungeons.
 
Deceptor said:
Not sure if this has been mentioned before but will GW2 be heavily instanced like GW1? Not that i'm complaining or anything :).
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It will take place in a persistent world as with most MMO's. All "questing" (called Events in GW2) will be persistent. Important missions, however, will take place in instances, for example.

This allows for the best of both worlds.
 
Isengard said:
I'm not sure how I feel about guns. Will have to wait and see how this pans out.
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Notice this trend in gaming of now mixing magic and tech? Seeing it in so many games, this Steam Punk kind of movement.

I am a big fan, if it is done well. It however must not feel too advanced in the tech inside the universe. Also when they make a system where magic meets technology in a class / gameplay feature, I love it.
 
I agree that it has to have the right balance. I quite like World of Warcraft's implementation of it. It's technologically advanced, but you don't see every Tom, Dick and Harry running around with Uber 1337 GUNZ.
 
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