Guild Wars 2?

Giaddon · 2015-01-24T08:54:25.000Z

What are the new professions? Plural?

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T08:58:39.000Z

Don’t know. They just revealed hang-gliding.

It sounds like Masteries are Skill Points 2.0. They work account-wide.

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:04:35.000Z

Specializations are secondary add-ons to your Profession. Druid and Necromancer teased.

Giaddon · 2015-01-24T09:05:15.000Z

Isn’t there already a necromancer?

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:05:24.000Z

New Profession. Heavy armor. The Revenant.

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:07:42.000Z

Giaddon:

Isn’t there already a necromancer?

I may have heard him wrong. He said the Druid comes out of the Ranger Profession. I think he meant some other Specialization comes out of the Necro.

Hotfreak · 2015-01-24T09:07:57.000Z

Ranger + staff == “druid”
necromancer + greatsword == ?

Specializations sound like they add a weapon class to each prof.

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:11:27.000Z

Least hyped crowd ever. Man, the announcement that they would not be adding to the level cap really took the wind out of the room.

triggercut · 2015-01-24T09:12:29.000Z

These folks definitely do good presentation. Making all this tough to resist.

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:12:53.000Z

PvP Stronghold mode. Sounds like MOBA mode.

triggercut · 2015-01-24T09:13:27.000Z

Telefrog:

Least hyped crowd ever. Man, the announcement that they would not be adding to the level cap really took the wind out of the room.

When everyone sat on their hands when he excited announced the Elder Dragon, you knew it was a tough crowd.

Telefrog · 2015-01-24T09:14:27.000Z

Guildhalls announced.

Hotfreak · 2015-01-24T09:14:57.000Z

This actually sounds like a pretty massive xpansion.

Hotfreak · 2015-01-24T09:16:25.000Z

triggercut:

When everyone sat on their hands when he excited announced the Elder Dragon, you knew it was a tough crowd.

They were still suspecting a Season 3 announcement.

Hotfreak · 2015-01-24T09:18:04.000Z

Jennifer is frightening.

robc04 · 2015-01-24T09:18:14.000Z

I’ve played a little bit of Guild Wars 2 - my character is a level 15 Warrior. It’s a game I’m on the fence about. On the plus side, it has a rather nice world to explore. On the negative side, I’m not a huge fan of the combat and Diablo-like loot chases don’t really interest me. The combat isn’t real bad or anything, I’m just kinda neutral towards it. Combat actually seems like Dragon Age Inquisition with just 1 character.

I also only play it solo, although I did get involved in some big event. It was really too chaotic to really care about what was going on.

So, what do people consider GW2’s strengths? What might a new player have overlooked that really adds to the game?

Thanks

Fishbreath · 2015-01-24T09:24:14.000Z

Telefrog:

Hmmm. No increase in level cap. They’re going for more depth. Masteries, new professions, etc.

!!!

Sounds great to me.

charmtrap · 2015-01-24T09:24:15.000Z

They clearly didn’t care about west coast watchers, so did they show any in-game footage? Release date?

A new class promises to throw WvW all out of whack!

triggercut · 2015-01-24T09:27:53.000Z

OK, talk to me. I’ve got a level 80.

Haven’t played him very much at all. His gear is likely comical by level 80 standards.

What do I do to start getting back into this? I’m almost tempted to simply empty my inventory out completely–EVERYTHING–so I don’t even have to think about it, and start that way.

Shellfishguy · 2015-01-24T09:27:54.000Z

No level increase really kills my enthusiasm for this. Nothing here really got me excited, think I’m just done with it at this point.