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Old 23-07-2012   #21
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I admit it, I played this Beta Weekend and I'm hooked.

It's grindless, there is no endgame equipment chase, it's chaotic (but forgiving) in dungeons and the Events are just awesome!

There is more than enough to satisfy the collectors, the RPers and the Mario-lovers.. (yeah, those Mario levels are just annoying...)

I'll be preordering this definately.

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Old 23-07-2012   #22
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I stopped reading after this cos my collector fire alarm went off. What can you do in this game? In wow I can collect mounts, hard to find mini pets, nonsense achievement points, titles, guild activity points etc etc. What is there to collect GW?
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Mario levels?
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Old 23-07-2012   #24
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I stopped reading after this cos my collector fire alarm went off. What can you do in this game? In wow I can collect mounts, hard to find mini pets, nonsense achievement points, titles, guild activity points etc etc. What is there to collect GW?
No mounts. But minipets, gear/costumes, tons of achievements, dyes to color your gear, titles (I think...) and xp for the guild to level it up and get perks.
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Old 24-07-2012   #25
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Also, you collect Points of Interest (map uncovering), Vistas (cut scenes showing the area, and some of them are real BUGGERS to get to), Mario levels, and 'Hearts' (which are a bit like quest hubs where you don't need to collect the quest - you just rock up in an area and start doing stuff).

They have a guild levelling system to allow you to 'build' guild-related perks like guild banks, guild crafting etc.

In fact, after heavily playing for the entire weekend, my ONLY bad point was that the Asura (gnomes) can't have pink hair....

Yeah, really - that was the only bad point I came across..

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Old 24-07-2012   #26
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Explain the Mario levels please
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Old 24-07-2012   #27
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"Mario Levels" are sub-zones (like Instances) which are dedicated to testing the players agility.

This is an example of the Asura Jumping Level:

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As you can see, it's very arcade-game like, with dodging environmental challenges (like wind and lightning), combined with skill-based actions (like accurate jumping!) and some complete arse things (like having to attune yourself to portals before entering, otherwise you just get ported back to the beginning!)

Apparently, there is one of these in each starting zone.
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AHA! Looks like a nice addition, for those with jumping skills. I have laughed a lot in Blackfathom Deeps with LFRguys
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Old 26-08-2012   #29
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So, the headstart opened for those who preordered yesterday! We made our home on the Desolation server, and are having a great time even though there are some issues with guild creation, mail and karmapoints. Hopefully those will be fixed soon enough.

Anyone else playing?
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Not sure if I m going to. Still need to level my new server warrior before MoP comes out. I m also a slowpoke with little playtime
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A few friends and I rocked up on Gandara - the Mrs kindly allowed me to spend all Saturday playing :P sadly I had to go back to real world and work today, but I've got up to lvl 17 with my elementalist. All seems fun so far, look forward to taking on Desolation in WvWvW very soon!
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Old 27-08-2012   #32
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I Rolled one on desolation (prepurchased, but not really playing).

Maybe i will level up eventually, there is no subscription anyways..
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Old 29-08-2012   #33
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Well....

After four days of playing, pretty much non-stop apart from sleep, all I can say is that I'm still very impressed.

There are niggling bugs - the guild management is pretty broken at the moment, and joining dungeons as a party can be challenging as you can end up in different instances. There have been issues with the login server too. However, for the launch of a major MMO, the majority of things 'just work'.

Proto and I have been doing our trademark 'play nonstop through the content'. I'm at about L48 and Proto isn't far behind at around L43. There is SO MUCH to keep you involved in the game, it's pretty unreal.

So, it's totally recommended from this camp

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Old 31-08-2012   #34
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I'm playing a hunter of course and i actually like this game very much
But the alien like chars and the tigers not that much..I must admit playing it on dinsaner's pc made me spoiled..So much better graphics..But allas i just need to buy better upgrades:P
So many lovely pets in this game..Gotta catch them all!
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Old 01-09-2012   #35
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Heya all.

I will buy GW2 monday and join the same server as Blinky.
my name will be Minipower and i will start in Asura.

can i join your gang/guild Blinky.

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Just whisper Blinksy, Robskiwarrior, Mrs Bongo, Mohtas or Pharason to get an invite
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The dungeon crawling escapades of Phar, Proto, Robski, Tom and Tim!

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Am I right in thinking you don't need to be on the same world to be in a guild?
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I think you have too, but you have free transfers. although my toons were still low. I clicked a button and 5 minutes later I was migrated and could whisper blinky for an invite.
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You can be on different servers I think. And you can also join more than one guild. But you can only represent one at a time.
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