Guildwars 2 Beta Thread

[diesbudt]

You can do both, soloing is actually more fun like it lots of games . However its the same story even in wvw. Hardly anyone actually dies and has to respawn.

They will balance some things. Game hasn't even actually officially been released yet. lol

 

[Rhezuss]

LOL!!! Just realised that after spending all of yesterday mining stuff, that I didn't pick up the loot double LOL!!!!!!!!

Shame on me

 

[KidNiki1]

LOL!!! Just realised that after spending all of yesterday mining stuff, that I didn't pick up the loot double LOL!!!!!!!!

Shame on me

:O

auto looooot!

 

[zerocool84]

I hit lvl30 yesterday, playing too much lol!

Placed on Fort Aspenwood.

HOLY CRAP!!! I'm barely lvl 11

 

[Rhezuss]

HOLY CRAP!!! I'm barely lvl 11

Yeah same! Take your time, the game is more fun like that!

For once in a MMO, I don't feel the urge to level quickly. I'm enjoying this game a lot and for the first time I really like taking my time.

It's really feels like a next-gen (gameplay, mechanics and overall feeling) and unique MMO.

 

[KMFJD]

I hit lvl30 yesterday, playing too much lol!

Placed on Fort Aspenwood.

I made it to lvl 28 before i logged out last night

Anyone know why i can only spec 10 points in a trait? Do i have to wait and purchase another trainer book?

 

[diesbudt]

I made it to lvl 28 before i logged out last night

Anyone know why i can only spec 10 points in a trait? Do i have to wait and purchase another trainer book?

yes.

each book allows up to 10 in each trait.
(3 total books)

And you will have 70 trait points at level 80.

 

[VashHT]

I only got to level 4, I could only play a little bit last night. I still haven't really decided what to play yet, I started a thief but I keep thinking I want to switch to a warrior.

 

[KMFJD]

yes.

each book allows up to 10 in each trait.
(3 total books)

And you will have 70 trait points at level 80.

That's what i thought, there seems to be a lvl restriction to the books as well, think i have to hit 30 before i can buy the 2nd lvl of traits

 

[KMFJD]

So was playing some WvW, we where defending a keep, a Ranger was doing some massive aoe dmg, almost killed me, finally found him, managed to hurt him a bit, he was casting his aoe however just before he did this i cast Feedback on him, it was glorious watching him kill himself.

 

[CountZero]

How is this game for duoing? Usually play MMOs with my wife and we aren't sure we really want to return to WoW and SWTOR class stories are holding our attention now but not sure for how much longer.

 

[Genx87]

How are you guys leveling? Events, grinding, exploration, crafting, all of the above?

I find events are an easy way to get exp. But sometimes they dont pop. Especially when stuck on overflow queue.

 

[diesbudt]

How are you guys leveling? Events, grinding, exploration, crafting, all of the above?

I find events are an easy way to get exp. But sometimes they dont pop. Especially when stuck on overflow queue.

All of the above.

Events as I travel heart to heart or other exploration point. And then once I feel i have a decent amount of mats i head back to the city to craft.

 

[zinfamous]

How is this game for duoing? Usually play MMOs with my wife and we aren't sure we really want to return to WoW and SWTOR class stories are holding our attention now but not sure for how much longer.

it is great if you can stay together as a party when changing zones (currently a big problem)

as for leveling, crafting and exploring (grabbing skill challenges and waypoints, etc along the way), and gathering appear to be the best bang for your buck.

...also seems class dependent. We currently have 2 warriors that are level 35+ in the guild, who have been able to solo and tear through the first 3...now 4 zones with little impunity. Not so easy for my squishy class, and I'm "only" level 25. Of course, if grouping actually worked....this would be less of an issue. Several of us have wasted hours just trying to find and join each other when traveling instances. It's crazy. To that end, I've been traveling to the starter zones after completing my race-specific one, and exploring, grabbing skills, and secondary zones as well. Very decent XP boost.

lass quests (story--the only real quests in the game) give great XP, too....but they level pretty quickly. It's hard to do them back to back.

 

[Franz316]

I really hope they fix the partying issues soon. If we get too far apart we can't see each other on the map. We rarely can join each other in our personal story instances and getting on the same server is usually a pain. It is my only gripe at this point. There have been many moments where the game has left me saying 'wow'.

 

[Robert Munch]

Cleared through two maps and working on Kessex atm. Had a hard time at first trying to figure out where to get XP gains at level 19 kept getting murdered at the centaur bridge where catapults fire in random locations or in near proximity of your toon. Sitting @ 21 atm once I figured out where to start.

Been doing my main quest as Warrior 3-5 levels below recommended. The environment seems so different compared to GW1 esp. with the cut scenes. I can't wait to check out Shiverpeak though, had a bitch of a time trying to run through it on GW1 stupid ass worms!

Kinda lost as to what I should be focusing on for traits as Warrior. At the moment dumped 10 points into Arms. Don't know if Warrior will be Vitality based or damage towards end game.

 

[jcwagers]

My cousin linked me to this page this morning. Not sure if any of you will be interested but it's a live stream. They are going for level 80 today.

http://www.twitch.tv/kungentv

 

[Robert Munch]

My cousin linked me to this page this morning. Not sure if any of you will be interested but it's a live stream. They are going for level 80 today.

http://www.twitch.tv/kungentv

Damn that was fast. Are these power levelers just grinding on mobs?

 

[diesbudt]

Cleared through two maps and working on Kessex atm. Had a hard time at first trying to figure out where to get XP gains at level 19 kept getting murdered at the centaur bridge where catapults fire in random locations or in near proximity of your toon. Sitting @ 21 atm once I figured out where to start.

Been doing my main quest as Warrior 3-5 levels below recommended. The environment seems so different compared to GW1 esp. with the cut scenes. I can't wait to check out Shiverpeak though, had a bitch of a time trying to run through it on GW1 stupid ass worms!

Kinda lost as to what I should be focusing on for traits as Warrior. At the moment dumped 10 points into Arms. Don't know if Warrior will be Vitality based or damage towards end game.

I loved GW1 Shiverpeaks.

FYI I was listening to some music in a starter zone and it was dead on teh Ascalon music from GW1 and I was all ^_^

Also its your choice. CHoose vit if you want to be a healing and/or tank type char, choose toughness if you want to be a tank like char, choose power and/or precision for dps. That is kinda how I feel it works.

 

[Rhezuss]

Damn that was fast. Are these power levelers just grinding on mobs?

They're no life sorry asses that lost the meaning of fun...

 

[zinfamous]

They're no life sorry asses that lost the meaning of fun...

^ (but keep it on the DL, lest you hurt our warrior's feelings. )

as for picking traits--don't sweat it too much. You can readjust whenever (maybe you can only do it later, I'm not positive right now; but my understanding is that a trainer can refund all your traits for a fee).

I've noticed with Mes that there is a vast difference between how I want to play the class (illusions), vs easily leveling through mobs in the early parts of the game.

To get illusions working well (so they aren't one-hit as soon as they spawn ), it takes master level traits, I believe (available at level 40). I only discovered the fun of dual-wield sword mesmer last night and--gasp!--some semblance of damage output in this class! I might be respeccing tonight if I can, to put into increased sword damage, and perhaps mantras? to play a different style as I level. To that end, I still can't abandon chaos storm on staff, nor off-hand pistol, as I just like them too much.

Confusion also got a nice bump (after constant nerfing during betas), but for the most part, that is limited to one decent skill (3rd wand slot). And after all of that, I still see very little use in the F skills for mesmers--shatter everything at once. all of these 4 options, when exploding your max of 3 illusions, apply little to no damage to anything, and the conditions are so short I'm not sure why anyone would bother. I think they get a decent buff when you spend at least 10 trait points....but it seems like too much into a play style that just isn't viable at the moment. If you could explode them one at a time...maybe. If they actually produced some small amount of damage (pretty much at 0 for all your clones, and phantasms really are too squishy still), this would make more sense. :\

 

[Robert Munch]

^ (but keep it on the DL, lest you hurt our warrior's feelings. )

as for picking traits--don't sweat it too much. You can readjust whenever (maybe you can only do it later, I'm not positive right now; but my understanding is that a trainer can refund all your traits for a fee).

I've noticed with Mes that there is a vast difference between how I want to play the class (illusions), vs easily leveling through mobs in the early parts of the game.

To get illusions working well (so they aren't one-hit as soon as they spawn ), it takes master level traits, I believe (available at level 40). I only discovered the fun of dual-wield sword mesmer last night and--gasp!--some semblance of damage output in this class! I might be respeccing tonight if I can, to put into increased sword damage, and perhaps mantras? to play a different style as I level. To that end, I still can't abandon chaos storm on staff, nor off-hand pistol, as I just like them too much.

Confusion also got a nice bump (after constant nerfing during betas), but for the most part, that is limited to one decent skill (3rd wand slot). And after all of that, I still see very little use in the F skills for mesmers--shatter everything at once. all of these 4 options, when exploding your max of 3 illusions, apply little to no damage to anything, and the conditions are so short I'm not sure why anyone would bother. I think they get a decent buff when you spend at least 10 trait points....but it seems like too much into a play style that just isn't viable at the moment. If you could explode them one at a time...maybe. If they actually produced some small amount of damage (pretty much at 0 for all your clones, and phantasms really are too squishy still), this would make more sense. :\

I was pretty excited too last night once I found out that my War can dual wield. Mesmer seemed OP'd back in GW1 vanilla and PvP was gonna roll with one at first but, opt'd not to.

I will probably make Mes my 2nd pick depending on general thoughts and outcome during mid to end game.

 

[zinfamous]

I was pretty excited too last night once I found out that my War can dual wield. Mesmer seemed OP'd back in GW1 vanilla and PvP was gonna roll with one at first but, opt'd not to.

I will probably make Mes my 2nd pick depending on general thoughts and outcome during mid to end game.

you mean you hadn't been dual-weilding axes or sword? D:



I just wish mes could dual-wield pistol (or at least mainhand) or hell--scepter! how cool would that be? (might give some scepter some viable skills...)

 

[zerocool84]

How are you guys leveling? Events, grinding, exploration, crafting, all of the above?

I find events are an easy way to get exp. But sometimes they dont pop. Especially when stuck on overflow queue.

Yea getting stuck in overflow sucks. I'm in overflow 90% of the time. Lots of mining for ore, cutting down trees, and gathering helps get xp.

I need to find you guys while I'm playing because I'm getting my ass kicked when taking on the big boss by myself. Still getting used to switching elements only the fly so I can put up defensive and healing spells but I'm getting the hang of it. No one heals while banding together it seems when taking on the big enemy so it's making me learn quickly.

I feel retarded but how do I set-up another set of weapons to be able to switch to? I still haven't been able to figure it out. I see my main set then my underwater set but nothing else. I'm a lvl 11 Ele.

 

[dougp]

Yea getting stuck in overflow sucks. I'm in overflow 90% of the time. Lots of mining for ore, cutting down trees, and gathering helps get xp.

I need to find you guys while I'm playing because I'm getting my ass kicked when taking on the big boss by myself. Still getting used to switching elements only the fly so I can put up defensive and healing spells but I'm getting the hang of it. No one heals while banding together it seems when taking on the big enemy so it's making me learn quickly.

I feel retarded but how do I set-up another set of weapons to be able to switch to? I still haven't been able to figure it out. I see my main set then my underwater set but nothing else. I'm a lvl 11 Ele.

You can't - both Ele and Eng are restricted to one weapon set.