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• That Guild Wars 2 looks nuts! : abrasion
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  I cannot wait for more GW2 media/ the game itself. From everything they've been writing/showing, this gam... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    LET THE SHACK HYPE BEGIN! ...and then die 1 month later. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • Played GW1 for more than a year straight after launch. Then had to take a rest. Millions still play it no... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Another massive thing about GW2 no matter what everyone gets the same loot no more bullshit. The game : valcan_s
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    how is that a good thing? : wurt
    • Replaying the same dungeon 50000x is boring? : nevlos
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      Do you like raiding for 4 hours and find out there is nothing for your class, or no one wants to give you... : valcan_s
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        Well, I just don't like the idea of everyone having the same gear at max level. Never played the first on... : wurt
        • In all the mmos there is always an ultimate loot depending on what you are and what you are aiming for, t... : razlebol
  • I love that too : Godhatesfatpeople
• I could have sworn that this had 1080p a second ago. I also saw some really bad streaming... did youtube ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• A buddy of mine's son is one of the artists working on GW2 (as well as the first game). They've done com... : MacemanInTW
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  Holy shit. This makes me wonder why I'm even remotely excited for Cataclysm. : Wombat Woo
  • probably because it's coming out a few months before guild wars 2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Well once it does come out you won't care about Cataclysm that is for sure. : valcan_s
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    name a NCSoft title that was ever anymore than pre-launch hype? : mwasher
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      Guild Wars 1? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        really? after the first 6-12 months I didn't know anyone still playing it. you would think if it was ... : mwasher
        • (of course GW2 supposedly gets rid of the insane amount of instancing right? that was my major complaint... : mwasher
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          I believe the game sold 6 million copies by 2009. It did keep up in popularity throughout the whole time ... : The Grolar Bear
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            how many active accounts? regardless, my point is that Wombat Woo should not question why he should be... : mwasher
            • I don't know how many active accounts there were, probably a whole lot less than that, but you would be s... : The Grolar Bear
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          you said pre-launch hype. 6-12 months is more than pre-launch hype. Granted NCSofts publishing record suc... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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            2-6 months, whatever. i meant that it was a game that was bought, enjoyed quite a bit for awhile, but fo... : mwasher
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              Guild Wars did not die after a couple months. It maintained a very healthy community for a year or so aft... : Wisp!
              • but Nightfall and EotN are my favs 8-( I still play frequently, 5 years on.. : biofrog
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          I'm still logging in countless hours in GW1. : shyguy74
          • oh you're that guy : mwasher
    • While NCSoft along with others love their pre-launch hype, I've never succumbed to NCSoft hype in any of ... : Wombat Woo
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      i'll kill you : electroly
      • ncsoft gave me a free set of gear that literally sets on fire when i'm in combat : electroly
• The modeler is Donald Phan, if you care. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Wow that looks really really good : DonarUDL
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  Holy crap. Watch this one. http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30947 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • part 2 http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30949 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Part 1 of 9 part walk through on gametrailers :O http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-guild-wars-2/703... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Monster Hunter???? : Majuju
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  Why is everyone in there a Charr? : Rotten Deadite
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    Everyone at furnation.com got a beta invite : bipolar
    • we did not :( : GloriousCow
  • You could either play a level 1 human or a level 47 charr. Who knows why they made that decision. Charr m... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I've watched that video like 10 times now. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I've never played Guild Wars. Is this a raid or a FFA world boss? No raid bars? No tank? No healers? : DooBall
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    It's an outdoor event. There are no dedicated healers in the game. Watch the 9 Gametrailer videos here... : zigaroo
    • excellent : nevlos
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    it's not your regular mmo. : Fredrik S
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      You have to understand that there are MMO standards and if you want to make an MMO, you must follow those... : LilCrypto
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        Enchantment? : nevlos
        • Enchantment! : LilCrypto
  • it's what they're calling a "dynamic event"...it's supposed to scale up in difficulty as more players joi... : CecilPhilpot
• I'm still not sold on this game yet. Other than moving/dodging while attacking, it seems the same. : Rag and Bone Man
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  yeah, that video is super impressive, although the combat does seem a bit of a free-for-all : CecilPhilpot
  • great series of videos here that give you a better look at more typical gameplay: http://www.youtube.com... : CecilPhilpot
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  Is this going to be a monthly fee MMO? : Aperturion
  • No monthly fee's at all. :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Everything looks great, except for the UI. I think they need to ...I dunno, desaturate it some more or s... : cetra00
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    You were able to make it as transparent as you wanted in the first game. So that could help. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yeah, hopefully. The other thing is the big green selection cloud is really annoying. That's the bigges... : cetra00
  • There is no way that's the final UI. You are right. I am sure there will be a bunch of polishing between ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I have a feeling I'm going to get sick of this fight before I even play the game. : Lionel2b
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  Any crafting info? (Or is there any...? The wife likes mining) : nevlos
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    Nothing mentioned yet. Considering the first game had none, I wouldn't hold your breath for a player cra... : cetra00
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      They confirmed a crafting system ages ago. : Modica Sol Solis
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        Guild Wars style 'crafting system?' I mean you could craft stuff in the first game, but I really wouldn'... : cetra00
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          What do you define as a crafting system? They have already stated it's going to be more robust than the o : Modica Sol Solis
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            A crafting system would mean creating end products that could be traded, generally made through some kind... : cetra00
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              WoW doesn't have an interactive minigame. Unless you call clicking a single button interactive. I think t... : Modica Sol Solis
              • god, WOW's crafting system is one of the weakest in any MMO ever. I'm not a huge fan of crafting to begi... : valael
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  If you want to see how neat some of the gameplay is watch 1-5 of the game trailer's 9 parter http://www.... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Also, part 8 and 9 have a much better quality version of the dragon fight. I can't imagine how they are r... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• This looks cool. It's like someone asked "what if mmorpgs were real games instead of gurgling mounds of h... : ArB
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  to be fair, part of the reason that dragon looks so amazing (and it does look amazing compared to blizzar... : johnny rotten
  • DAMN IPHONE : johnny rotten
  • you can move the camera... the demo'er just had it there for effect i'm sure : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • That's was mainly for demo purposes. You can move the camera around in GW2. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Damn that's awesome. But let's be realistic here... nothing could actually beat that other than a fuckin'... : phipple
  • I think the Quakeworld soldier could take it. But it has to be the same low-poly dude. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They do have a number of artillery canons (how many depends on previous successful quests) on the mountai... : biofrog
• and what kind of setup would I need to run this at such a nice pretty look and high frame-rate I wonder? : VictoriouSecret
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  I HIGHLY recommend watching the Gametrailers run through the demo:
  
  http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-guild-wars-2/703344
  
  Parts 1 thru 9, and much better video/audio quality..
  

  Aug 24, 2010 2:29am PDT
  I HIGHLY recommend watching the Gametrailers run through the demo: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/g... : biofrog
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  Never got past trial account with GW1. After watching that I feel like I missed out..was there anything t... : xpogox
  • haha, I went so far as to look it up on steam : nevlos