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.Last weekend, I heard a group forming for a dungeon speed run. “No newbs!” Ah, less than a month in and we are there already.
Playing during the head start, the evening of August 27, I heard people in the map channel discussing “the incoming horde of noob players” at midnight. Look, I have expressed annoyance with explaining things to first-timers, but at the point where you are a morula scorning a zygote, and no one is even a blastocyst yet, you have gone too far.
: Zubon
Beware! Hitherby Spoilers!
The personal story is a pretty fun chunk of Guild Wars 2. Every 10 levels there is a little self-contained story arc, and the rewards for completing the arcs are pretty good. Overall, I am pretty satisfied with the personal story, especially for the plenty of “hmmm†moments they give regarding the lore. I would say that it is solidly on par with the original Guild Wars series with the bit extra regarding branching decisions.
There is one NPC that requires some review because I’ve seen a lot of feedback regarding him. Continue reading [GW2] Order Up, Trahearne
Some of the GW2 top-tier items, particularly legendary weapons, seem like rather long-term goals. A guildmate calculated the karma needed for his goals and landed in the low seven digits. Some people will react to this with speed runs and hard work to optimize accumulation. Some will quit from frustration (or satiation, after completing all those speed runs).
Some will quit being Achievers. Like Milne’s river, we shall get there someday. Continue reading [GW2] Achievement Locked
Does anyone have any GW2 underwater content that they would actually recommend to anyone? My experience has been universally horrible, but I’m told that part of that is playing an Elementalist, where the trident has vastly worse skills than anything on land. I am at the endgame now, and there is an entire zone of sunken Orr, which means dense risen swarms in 3D. It is like they balanced the water to have the same density of enemies as the land, only in continuous layers rather than one layer and the occasional cave. (And the risen enemies do seem to be balanced for geared endgame characters, rather than what we have now. Which, hey, great, then.)
I do like quaggans.
: Zubon
If you want a little more challenge in your jumping puzzles, you can always play the race with irregularly shaped feet that may not be standing where the images of their feet are. For extra challenge, work your way around a tower at night in the rain, where the camera whips about mid-jump as you circle the tower.
: Zubon
I am obviously not reading the right sites because I have yet to find anyone really offended by Guild Wars 2. ArenaNet is not flaunting iconoclasm, and my expectations about levels of outrage are distorted by the current American election year, but GW2 is quietly doing some things about which folks have flipped out in other contexts. Continue reading [GW2] Trangressive Characterization
These past few days have been ones of healing in Guild Wars 2. Yes I have finished up most of Kryta now with the 100% completion of Bloodtide Coast, yet I went at a more relaxed pace. I got my cooking and artificing up above 200 too. It’s been much more relaxed for sure. This is a good thing.
Another good thing, so far I’ve dropped $40 on Guild Wars 2. $20 was necessary because I wanted a 6th character slot on launch day, and then $20 was on a whim because I had a neat gift card from a rebate, and why not. Regardless, ArenaNet has created only the second game ever where I have had glee in throwing money at them (another sophomore game being the other). Continue reading [GW2] Toys, Toys, Toys
Our blogging world has adopted Guild Wars 2 en masse. Orcs Must Die! 2 was an unexpected treat earlier this summer. Torchlight 2 will be out later this month, and I preferred waiting for Torchlight 2 to playing Diablo 3. Borderlands 2 is coming. Team Fortress 2 remains my go-to FPS, and it added PvE content earlier this year.
Like TF2, some games reached their defining points only in their sequels: Master of Orion 2, Diablo 2, Street Fighter 2, WarCraft 2. Second try’s a charm?
: Zubon
There seems to be a certain stereotypical perception on crafting in MMOs. I feel, right now, that Guild Wars 2 does not fit the mold. With minor adjustments a whole new economy has emerged. It has a lot of people wondering whether it’s a failure, success, or what. Conventional MMOs work on the basis that crafting is a smaller niche in gameplay. This is why I feel it is much harder for many to wrap their heads around the economy that Guild Wars 2 creates.
I would call Guild Wars 2 a gathering-based economy. Continue reading [GW2] The Gathering Economy
The lake is clearly the focal point of this landscape; it almost appears so well placed as to be artificial. I find myself easily slipping into the delusional state of ascribing purpose, deliberate motive to everything here. Was this Province formed during the moment of resurgence; when we erupted from the depths of Tyria and the chaotic energy broke through the air like a sol-plasma blade, did it first break surface then? A wonderful sight. The laboratory maintaining the distinction between the lake and the jungle. It casts a reflection across the water as if you had trampled through the order in untidy handwriting. Continue reading Dear Bookah