Sorry for the massive hiatus!
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Beta development update
I was hoping for a beta date but this is still pretty interesting. To summarise:
- The fourth ‘downed’ skill has been changed to a very slow heal in case there are no enemies around and you have to lie there gradually dying, which I can imagine would be pretty annoying.
- There is now a ‘death penalty’ mechanic which involves pieces of armour breaking and becoming useless. I hated the armour repair mechanic on Oblivion but I also didn’t like the fact that there was no death penalty in GW2. I’ll wait and see with this one.
- The compass now also has minimap mechanics which will be useful.
- Dynamic events have been improved to tell stories to describe an area.
- Many caves have been added which are filled with puzzles, dangerous enemies and hidden treasure.
- Conditions/boons have been made more important. Apparently they never affected players that much. I just hope they stay balanced.
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Finally remembered my email/password combo
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Commando - Profession!
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Guild Wars 2 features a secondary set of weapons (primary and secondary secondary set.. heh) for underwater combat. Along with all-underwater events, underwater-only pets (sharks are confirmed!), and no health bar, people can have a blast searching for lost cities.. (or more sharks!)
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I think this is concept art of ghostly weapons which change from ‘normal’-looking items in the day, to ghostly items in the night. They were seen in Gamescom 2010 in the higher level area, if I remember correctly.
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This Youtube user
has the best GW2 gameplay vids from PAX East I’ve seen so far. Take a look; there are loads of them and all in 1080p definition.
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upcoming Guild Wars 2 application. ♥
(iPod/iPhone/iPad/Android)
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Norn starter area gameplay after defeating Isormir. I’ve had a hard time coming across any footage of this seeing as everyone seems to go to the higher level area after defeating Isormir. HD might take a while to load.
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The crafting screen.
(Source: uk.kotaku.com)
