k-wix Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Coming from Tera the graphics are definitely a step down and I'm really REALLY missing the visceral skill-based combat from that game compared to the cooldown-cycling of this game. I'm hoping that the game picks up when I get up to some of the big multiplayer instances but ehhh, I'm pretty lukewarm about this game at the moment. Guild Wars 2 has a lot more personality built into the world and areas, some of the vistas are stunning. I think Tera is gorgeous from a graphics perspective, but its pretty much all fluff. There's a lot more meat to guild wars world. On the subject of combat, It's really a matter of preference, As someone who played a ton of Tera pvp, the combat had it's moments, but I'll be the first to say, there was a lot of downsides to the 'action' style combat of Tera. Broken classes, Bad animations on certain abilities, cookie cutter builds, its all there. Guild Wars 2 on the other hand is like a really, really good mix of Tera and WoW combat. Guild Wars 2 also has a *much* better trait system, it lends itself to better and more balanced customization. By level 50, your pretty specialized and have a good feel for how all the weapons work. Another thing to consider is that every class in Guild Wars 2 is infinitely more varied than it's Tera equivalent. lots, and lots of ways to play each class. As someone who came from Tera, by level 15 I was feeling the precise same way, but now that I am level 58.. I enjoy this games combat so much more, its really surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycepops Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/halloween-2012/ Yay, The Mad King is back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jobson Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 It's about time this brilliant thread got a bumpity bump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 btw I laugh fairly regularly at the MotD with the "please keep influence spending low" y'know, cause the guild has 0 influence edit: never mind, the guild has 0 Fort Aspenwood influence I'm an idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yeaah, but even then, most people jumped the Guild ship. I know several of us are actively in Crimethink right now; having the OCR tag is still good for events and the like, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jobson Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Seems like people generally jumped the Guild Wars 2 ship... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 naw mang, I finally got my full CM Medium armor set just last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusK Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm trying to keep myself away from the game so it doesn't suck all the productivity out of me again. XD I'll be jumping back in a lot more pretty soon. Every time I see that icon down on my dock, it's pretty tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamphibious Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I got busy with school myself, and the internet at the new house I'm renting hasn't been ideal for online games, but it works well enough at times. I need to start playing again I'm sad I missed the Halloween event, a friend of mine said it was pretty good for their first holiday event. Hopefully they do something awesome over Christmas break, cuz I'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusK Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Dude, the Halloween event was amazing. Easily the best MMO holiday event I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derrit Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 I still enjoy it when I have the time but lately that's been pretty much never It's a lot more fun when I don't have to tell myself 'okay you have 20 minutes left to go so finish up' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomba Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Mad King's Clocktower anyone? I miss it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusK Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Mad King's Clocktower anyone? I miss it already. Oh God, I nearly threw my Nostromo at the wall doing that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Mad King's Clocktower anyone? I miss it already. Spent a fun night trying to get up that thing. It was worth it. So much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I missed all the good parts because I work weekends >:C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstable Hamster Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I apologize for never being on GW2, I swear I'll get on sooner or later. DOTA 2 has been sucking my life away, even with the homework I need to do, curse my laziness. I'm sad I missed the Halloween event. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 The Lost Shores event is happening this upcoming weekend. As part of it, players will be able to invite some of their friends to play for the duration of the event for free. Players will be side-kicked for the event (which usually means everyone's effectively level 80 in stats). It may just be a grand publicity stunt, but it's also a great opportunity to give people a chance to try the game, especially if the price tag's been holding them back. And if nothing else, maybe it'll just be a fun weekend for you and your friends. More info: [Link] Also, maybe we could get a topic title change so non-players can hear about the event? I'm sure some of us will be able to send invites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 my character is more pimp than yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jobson Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Sadly I don't really play this game anymore either... I checked out the lost shores for a couple days, and made an appearance for the xmas stuff... but other than that, there's nothing in this game that keeps me playing sadly I definitely thought at the end of summer that this was going to be my new game of choice, playing casually, but it isn't so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binjovi Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I'm actually just now getting back into the game. The reason I stopped showing up was because the game was constantly crashing on me. I got new computer parts for Christmas, and not only does the game run a lot better, it hasn't crashed on me yet. I think the biggest problem with the game isn't so much not having anything to do (there's still tons of stuff I haven't explored or done) but that it's not nearly as fun when you don't have some pals to share the adventure with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jobson Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Case and point right there dude. If I knew when people were on, I'd definitely want to get back into playing. None of my IRL friends play, and no one from OCR is on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 if you guys were on FA, I'd totally go adventuring with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Jobson Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 you're in the guild so you can still do instances right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 well I mean you can party up for instances with anybody; I'm just not sure if you can do that when they're not on the same server (at least for story instances) I do know inter-server instances do work for dungeons though, since I do that all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 i would play again with people if they were online and i could talk to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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