Update: Guild Wars just opened!!
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 - 4:57pm
Spleen posted some good links to check out in the comments section of Friday's Guild Wars game on the GameCal and I'd also like to point out two primers worth reading - Lessons from an Alpha tester, part 1 and part 2. The first part deals with PvP, while the second focuses on PvE.
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Be warned though, once you've seen how amazingly fun and beautiful Guild Wars is you'll be unable to return to your old and busted MMORPGs.
You may remember me saying that returning to CoH after the GW E3 for everyone was lackluster and went as far to say that it led to me losing interest in CoH. 
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There is no camping spawns in Guild Wars. There is no killing or loot stealing in Guild Wars. There is no lining up to wait for your turn to kill the boss for "teh phat lewt". There is no tedious grinding away in the same spot all day long in Guild Wars . All of the missions in Guild Wars are individual and unique instances. This means that when your party (or you alone; squads are a helpful in most GW missions but not required) leaves the outpost or city region and enter a mission you step out of the massively multiplayer part of the game and into a personalized part of the game. Only your party is seeing the specific monsters and bosses. It's an amazingly smooth transition, one minute you're in a town with hundreds of people trading and talking; the next minute you could be in a far away mountain pass with just your good friends ready for a personal adventure that cannot be ruined by anyone.It's pretty safe to say that everyone making MMORPGs is trying to recapture the feeling of sitting with friends playing AD&D around a table with paper and dice. Guild Wars is honestly the closest any game has come to achieving this thanks to the instancing of missions. I know it sounds like I'm blowing a tremendous amount of smoke up your ass on this one, but there's been a lot of speculation about instancing ruining the Massively-Multiplayer aspect of the game. The only Massively-Multiplayer part of the game that is missing is some random guy running by and giving you grief.
You've heard me preach about this, as well, and no I didn't write these two guides. 
So come on and get hyped about GW because it will cure cancer!
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All PvP in Guild Wars is squad based, with squads ranging from two to eight members. It is important to try to balance your character with that of your squad mates. For instance, Monks are wildly useful (and actually fun to play in GW!) but a whole squad of eight Monks is not going to be as effective as a well balanced squad that mixes capable Warriors and Wizards with the healing and protection prayers of Monks.
This is actually why I'm starting this thread. Let's discuss what classes we want to play and try to form a well rounded group.
Warrior.
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I, my friends, would like to try a Monk.
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I played a necro for the E34E and I''m thinking maybe a monk/ranger for this time around.
I''ll play some kind of supporting char, mage/healer/whatever.
I''m just so excited I''m almost ready to soil myself. Almost.
no particular interest, no particular talent
Well, it''ll depend. Our accounts from the Alpha still seem valid so if by some miracle our characters from the Alpha are still attached to the accounts I''m definitely playing my Warrior Monk. If the free item from the prebuy is accessible this weekend I''ll probably try a Ranger of some kind as I got a unique bow.
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Giving blood, keeping faith
If you had asked me about GW just 3 weeks ago, I would have been ""What?"". Now that I''m reading up on it and seeing the previews and playing this weekend it''s definately got me intrigued. Right now I''m thinking Warrior/Necro for my primary but I expect to try a bit of everything.
What''s the plan for meeting up and organizing? The GWJ TS server?
Also, has anyone been able to create an account yet?
Gamertag: RiverRatMatt
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Question: When does this start? Are we talking Friday as in tomorrow night at midnight, I''ll be able to play?
Or Friday as in I''ll have to cancel my evening plans and play?
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How does the prebuy and free item thing work? Can I still get in on it? Also, what makes the Bow unique?
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Witchlight Cycle: Sithis of the Thelis'Thale Clan, Dragonborn Paladin of Moradin
That''s right, they did open like a day early for the E34E event. Maybe they''ll do the same this time around and open tomorrow!
Sweet, I''ll be playing assuming I can create an account. But I do have to work... so I''ll be playing in m y off hours
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I''m not sure exactly how it works and ""unique"" is probably a misnomer as everyone who pre-orders from the same chain of stores gets the same items. details on the items can be found here. I''m quite certain you can still get in on it.
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Warrior/Monk again for me.
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Man, i must suck Flux. I absolutely got my ass handed to me in PVP as a Warrior/Monk in the E34E, yet you reported doing quite well. I know it wasn''t my character build to blame at any rate. Sigh...
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Maybe Mesmer/Necro or Mesmer/Ranger or Ranger/Necro
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-on L4DI enjoyed necro/ranger during the E3 event, but I''ll probably try something different this time around. Downloading the client tonight.
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Bwahahahahaha!
Yep. That''s a good ''un.
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It was just a matter of a good team. It wasn''t you, it was probably a healer in your group not taking care of business.
The new wife won''t like that.
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Hmmm... Everyone might want to run their Guild Wars client. I checked it just now (to see if the preview started early like last time) and it downloaded 73 MB worth of stuff. I had checked it fairly recently before too. I think this may start early again. When is the earliest time it''ll be Oct 29th somewhere?
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I was about to post the same thing, this baby is updating!
Update:It just finished, 85.7mbs worth of update. Let''s hope this starts tomorrow night.
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I''d like to play some sort of support character. I think I had a straight Monk and a straight Warrior during the E3 event.
So what do we need at this point? As long as I get to play this, I don''t care what class I am. =)
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I only barely remember my experience during the E3 event (which was pretty cool of them to do, just in case it hasn''t been said yet), but I do remember being bored. Very, very bored. I''ll assume it was me, not the game and try again. Do we have some sort of server choice to make?
Does anyone need some serial key? There was one that came along with the PC magazine I bought yesterday. I have no use for it since I don''t intend to play the game.
I will take it I suppose.
I guess it is like the preorder key you get with well...a preorder?
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Yes... I guess. I have no clue, never cared much about the game or how the preview event will be organized. Only saw the sticker on the DVD cover of the mag. PMed.
Got it, thanks.
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Oooh is that something shiny? Must see, must see....
I feel like a confused puppy on Xmas morning who has been given too manny chew toys at ounce. I''m all excited, drooling and running in circles.
What do I play? What do I play?
Lars
*woof*
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I just read over the E3 guide again and I will be going with Warrior/Monk or even Monk/Warrior. Monk''s are great healers, which is hard for me to get used to coming from EQ!
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Probably a Warrior, but I might swing for something else if it catches my fancy. Don''t think I''ll be taking Elementalist as a secondary profession again though.
I have about a 10 hour head start on you guys, so I''ll make a post if I spot anything
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