Larian Studios Forums General Chat RPG Chat Guild Wars: World Preview Event!

Well it's over now, and I noticed Lord Malis and Egin played it (they were still on my friend's list from the E3 for everyone event) but I was too busy playing with my brother and getting plate armor to say hi. Shame on me.

Well anyway, I'd like to say that this game is going to be awesome. The graphics are great and it runs well on slower computers (except on mine, for some reason it slows down over time, during combat only) The gameplay is awesome, the combats are fast paced and you almost always have something to do during those fights. The missions were fun and the objectives were varied.

It's clear that what makes characters strong is how skilled and coordinated players are. In one mission my full group (6) of human players got wiped by a few ennemies, then I tried doing that mission with my two brothers and a monk henchman (computer controlled healer) and we cleared it easily.

After that when I got the materials to craft some plate mail (it looks so nice!) I went to the tournament area where my party always got wiped by organized guilds. Someone did accuse of hacking because I used a skilled called Frenzy (Lets me hit 33% faster but all hits on me are critical hits) and I killed him in just 4 seconds.

I have only two complaints so far, the music is kind of underwhelming and the cutscenes during missions lack a lot of sounds. Hopefully the sound problem will be corrected before release, as for the music, it doesnt really matter as some people do like it.

Post your opinions on this thread if you have any.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/offtopic.gif" alt="" /> dude, please say HI to both Lord Malis & Egin. i miss them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

tell them friends await here in this forum. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

wish the game goes worldwide soon so i can join u guys.

Oy well it's too late now... Unless they pre-ordered the game and they play next weekend, if they do I'll say hi to them for all you guys!

Too much to play for the moment <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />. I'm supposed to play KOTOR. And Wizardry 8. And KOTOR 2 (if it's out). And I'm playing NWN for the moment. I havn't finnished BD yet. And now guildwars...

Übereil

The game appears to be great except I haven't heard much about character development other than you can get 150 skills but only use 8 of them which is pretty silly.

I'll probably take a greater look at it when it is actually out..

*bump*

If you wanna learn more about Guild wars, ask your questions here and I will answer them as best I can!

Okay. Do you know what is the bonus item in the Future Shop pre-order box?
Since Future Shop is Best Buy Canada, I believe it's the Best Buy item (Kanthan Targe)?

I'd love to have the Bone Idol...

I'm not sure, but it's either the best buy item or the "other store" item.

Rythok, I did have you and Malis in my friends list since E3 also.

I have seen Malis once, our paths crossed for a moment, we only could say Hi, that's it. Unfortunately, I haven't seen you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

We should definitely meet in the game after it will be released (I very much hope that I buy it) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

What's the quests like? What's char creation like? What's combat like? What's the game like?

Übereil (thinking of getting it...)

Nice ava Ybe! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

Good answers to your questions, and even more info you can get on their web site. And the main idea me posting link to their page - Check out those screenies!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xmassmiley.gif" alt="" />

Guild Wars

Allready been there Egin, but thatnks anyway!

And the graphics looks good indeed...

Übereil

Quests are called missions, you form a party in an outpost zone (either formed of other players or NPCs) and then you enter the mission and get your own instance of that zone. You get diverse objectives for each missions, and a secondary objective which are usually hard to find. In the first mission in Kryta for example, you eventually get to a town under attack by warlocks, if you save enough villagers and a specific NPC from the attack you are asked to deliver some item (don't remember what) to a specific place, and you get bonus xp for doing this. Later in the mission you have to protect someone from a constant attack of undead, which is lots of fun.

Character creation is pretty basic, you start by getting a name and last name, then you choose two professions (primary, secondary) and you can modify your characters appearance (height, gender, face, hairstyle, haircolor). As you progress through the game you earn ability points which you can use to upgrade abilities, such as swordsmanship (warrior) healing spells (monk) blood magic (Necro). You also get skill points which are used to buy some skills from NPCs in town, you are limited to 200 or so ability points for a character (which lets you specialize on about 3 different abilities) but you can have as many skill points as you want, though it takes a lot of xp to get another skill point when you're past level 20. Oh and level 20 is the max, you can have up to 150 skills total, but you can only bring 8 for a mission.

Combat is the best part of the game, it's very strategic and it asks you to think hard before a mission (to get the good skills) and think fast during a battle. Even when playing a Warrior you almost always have something to do, and not everything is good. For example, a warrior has the bull's strike ability, this skill works only against running opponents, it does more damage and knocks them down. But if you use it and the ennemy stops running it's just like a normal attack except that you used energy for it. Monks have spells that heal a character each time he's hit (usually around 20 or so hp), if the monk is good enough in healing it can make a warrior invincible for a moment, but if another monk casts scourge healing on that warrior, each time he gets healed he can take up to 70 damage. If no one does that it's a good idea to switch targets till the spell ends, or simply remove that spell from him (if you have a skill that does that). I have often seen players who didnt change targets, and half the group was fighting an invincible warrior while the elementalists killed them. So unlike most action RPGs the combat is very tactical.

The game is most easily compared to diablo 2, though I must say it'll probably end up much better. It's an online action RPG with tactical combat and great pvp, or CORPG (competitive online role-playing game) as Anet would say.

Hope that answers your questions!

Sounds nice. I'll take it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

Erm, couldn't find the answer, is it kinda released or not yet?

Nope, but it's due to April 2005.

Ahh more waiting. Ta m8 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The new beta weekend just started, and they've changed a few things. First, they changed the interface, it's quite easy to use but I feel like I get less info about my character. The inventory has changed, you now have a couple of bags to put items into, looks like we got more room for loot overall and it's easy to organize all this stuff. Second, they've added a lot more sidequests which gives players a better to reason to go out and explore. I have about 3 sidequests in my log at all times, each time I finish one a npc has a new one for me. They aren't very exciting quests but as I said, it gives you a good reason to go out of town and explore the lands. And another, less important, change is that armor no longer have level requirements.

So far I'm still having lots of fun playing the game, maybe even more than last time thanks to the new sidequests.

Oh and characters can now dance!

Is the BETA free? Also, is there anyway I can play it with firewall? Codes or something...

I would maybe like try it out ( no MMO ) xp before, so might want to try to play with some of the forum members if therein.... Might.

Well you need a code to enter the beta, and you get one by either pre-ordering the game or at "important" websites like gamespy. But I think it's too late to get them from the internet.