The articles coming out today frm the weekend beta all say the same thing. World PVP is amazing. One guy breaks down everything they did one night, from attacking a defended tower to running around cutting off supply camps and ambushing supply caravans. In another article someone says it brings back the DAOC magic from 10 years ago.


I hope the beta has no problems so it can launchg soon!

 

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Nah Mid bomb group (locks aoe stun) >>> zergs

 

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Me too! Looking forward to a WvW preview weekend beta event in April after a PvE focused one in March, I hope

For any naysayers with some spare time on their hands enjoy the IGN article & videos or 45 minutes of pure World vs World vs World goodness.

There was some bits of lag out there but since it is non optimized beta I will try not to worry too much. Lag potential is the one thing left that I see as an issue for me personally after sifting thru all the details. Everything else can be adjusted as needed and I just can not get myself worried about the three sides being too similar. Communities will find another way to create an identity for themselves. After watching all these press demo videos I say we create a world full of DAoC players who know how to play Realm vs Realm style and squash some WoW or FPS loving servers.

 

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several folks have said that it's daoc 2 - a much improved version of daoc's rvr.

Where did you see this? From what I saw in the videos and from what is being said in another thread, it sounds like the WvW is pretty uninteresting. I'm really disappointed. I don't know if I'll be playing after seeing this and reading what people are saying now that the NDA is down. There wasn't a single moment in any of the videos I saw where I actually wished I was playing.

 

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This is the very end of one of the beta testers artles about this weekend. I really like what he says because i can relate it to DAOC


"It doesn't just feel like a map or a "capture the flag" situation that so many MMOs have fallen prey to. It felt like a world that was constantly at stake, and you feel obliged to protect what's yours with your friends. Any player who has been let down by some of the MMO PvP systems in recent years should be very excited. Guild Wars 2 does not disappoint: it left us dying for more action."

 

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they opened the Guild Wars board today....well made it for both 1 and 2

 

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What I get from this video:

Ok its got 3 main areas, same as daoc
its got a whole nother area which is im guessing an improved version of agramon.
UI seems to be a little DAoCish...specially the tabs...they suck.
Graphics, pretty good.
Fairly sluggish model movements, seem a bit unrealistic.
Very nice map. Probably the best MMO map I have seen tbh
They stole daoc realm colors...red green and blue. Bastards.
I'm a little turned off by the /copy & paste of the terrain. I know daoc's is pretty much the same way. But it's a new mmo I can expect something from it.
I really don't like the 'team' thing. REALLY wish they had separate realms

the overall spells and location HUD is kind of cool.

Overall...I'm impressed. I watched the first video as well. It seems really large scale. I dunno how they are going to manage that. I would guess by not having as many keeps, I can't get much from the videos on that. Did notice a bit of lag.

I have been looking at a couple of video lately. I think I am going to change my stance on the 3 month wait. Only because it won't have a sub fee though. At the very least I can log in whenever I want and just dink around. We'll see how things go as they get closer to launch.

If the PvP is good, as it looks like it will be as close to daoc as we can hope for...well maybe not that close, but seems decent. If it's good, I'll take a stab at it

tl;dr version: I like some stuff, don't like others, may try it at release. I flip flopped.

 

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You see , most the peeps that played DAOC are now 25 to 40. They all have full time jobs and shit.
So GW2 is more or less like a casual form of DAOC which will attract a good number of ex-daoc and current daoc players.