Guild Wars 2 Roll Call

[Martinus]

Guild Wars 2 List of Languishites

Martinus.1068 on Piken Square
Pete.5276 on Piken Square
sbr.8170 on Tarnished Coast
Berkut.2709 on Henge
Shade.5421
Katmai.6492
Solmyr.5301

[Arvoreen]

I will most likely be purchasing this...but probably not for a while...not enough time at the moment

[Syt]

I've pre-ordered but have no idea how much I'll be able to play.

[Martinus]

Btw, I just asked and it was confirmed that you can have a character on a EU server and play with people on a US server. So it's awesome.

Also, in case someone doesn't know, the game has no subscription fee.

[chipwich]

Pre purchased and will be on maguuma.

[frunk]

I'm in, of course.  Didn't know that you could do cross server population (US/EU) partying.  I'm on Henge of Denravi if there are any more stress tests, not sure where I'll be once the game is released.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I shall be ordering the game and will probably start playing once the autumn term starts for UK schools. I'm a little bit concerned about the idea of all the dancing around during combat, arthritis and dodgy nerves do not go well with twitchy combat........but we will see 

[Martinus]

I shall be ordering the game and will probably start playing once the autumn term starts for UK schools. I'm a little bit concerned about the idea of all the dancing around during combat, arthritis and dodgy nerves do not go well with twitchy combat........but we will see 

From my experience, this is helpful but not necessary - I am also used to rather static combat and I survived without dodging or dancing around. Just play a warrior or a guardian who have better armor.

[frunk]

In PvE you can survive without moving around too much, although it does help.  You'll definitely need to use your dodge skill, but that can be activated either by double tapping in a direction or by binding dodge to another key (I use shift).

In PvP or WvW you have to move around or else you'll be toast.  It isn't quite as frantic as an FPS though.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I usually stick to PvE anyway, exploration and immersion are far more important to me than competition, the closer it gets to living a fantasy novel the better as far as I'm concerned. Having said that one naturally wants to turn in a creditable performance and not let the group down.

Sounds like good advice about binding the dodge skill to a prominent key 

[Martinus]

Yeah, exploration and PvE is also much more fun for me (and GW2 is very heavy on exploration - for example it has a lot of "special places" you can visit and get a reward just for doing so; and a mob that has not been killed for a while gives more xp the longer it lived, to encourage people going off a beaten path). The problem with "jumping around" was also present in WoW PvP btw (which is one of the reasons I didn't like it too much).

[Jaron]

I'm in.

[frunk]

For the Jaron inclined, there are opportunities for trolling in PvE.  Despite the game encouraging cooperation at every turn, here are some of the jerk things I've seen attempted or heard about:

1.  Dragging mobs onto someone when they are fighting something else.  Doesn't work that well, most mobs have a pretty short leash.  If the person is paying attention it's unlikely to bother them at all.
2.  Giving speed boosts to players just before they attempt jumps in the jumping puzzles.  This works very well, overshooting or overcompensating is easy to do. 

[Martinus]

2.  Giving speed boosts to players just before they attempt jumps in the jumping puzzles.  This works very well, overshooting or overcompensating is easy to do.

Talk about a dick move. 

[crazy canuck]

Sounds interesting.  I will probably get it.

Are there any tips on classes to avoid/try as a first toon.