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Post by Morreion on Apr 28, 2012 8:26:15 GMT -5
At least 2 of our Far Journeys posters are in the open beta this weekend, and from what I've heard, the impressions are good. Come on ArenaNet, give us a release date! ;D
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Post by dortmunder on Apr 28, 2012 9:21:43 GMT -5
I've been playing it too. Only tried the Engineer so far, looking good. It's all pretty confusing right now. I get the basics of weapon sets and traits etc. but there's so much stuff involved in building your character  I tried a little WvW PvP, killed a couple people. I got into a keep type thing with a bunch of people attacking it but I couldn't kill anyone there. Standing up on the wall trying to shoot down, they had too much siege stuff and would hurt me before I could do any real damage. There seems to be a lot of technical issues though. From people not being able to log in, or get their account set up, to having the game restart or lock-up their computers. I had some restarting issues but found a fix. Yes, really need a release date though. I'm taking time off to play and need to schedule that >< |
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Post by Morreion on Apr 28, 2012 9:41:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the observations, Dortmunder! You mentioned WvW PvP, there's some comparisons being made between this and DAoC's RvR- it would be great to get some of that RvR realm pride and siege battles back!
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Post by Oatik on Apr 28, 2012 16:36:54 GMT -5
So far (and I can't get back in right now) I've played a human thief and a Charr necro. Both are level 7 or 8. I'm leveling pretty slow or I'm looking around a lot, or both.
I've been to the crafting stations but haven't crafted anything yet, I did buy some tools and did some gathering, nothing exciting there.
The story line quest has a lot of instances and cut scenes, I'm not crazy about it but maybe that's just because I thought my character was better looking during setup.
I do like the PvE, it's pretty easy to die or get downed so it's nice if you're in a big gang of people, they can help you back up. You get off on your own and get attacked by a couple mobs or a mob above your level and you'd better look out. So far I've been able to cast every skill while on the move so you don't need to stand in one place which is nice. The thief has a 3 second stealth which is used to pull out of a fight and heal, but this isn't a stealthy backstabbing character.
I haven't had much lag, overall I'd say things are going well at this stage of beta, maybe they just need to get that login server cooled off a bit!
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Post by Morreion on Apr 28, 2012 19:24:28 GMT -5
Excellent, Oat! Good to hear that PvE isn't too easy!
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Post by Morreion on Apr 30, 2012 9:42:58 GMT -5
I've heard a good deal from a couple of beta testers, and it sounds like the world is large and that the game is different enough from the usual MMO to make things interesting. Weapon selection and skills matter a lot over just being a particular class.
Looking forward to playing this!
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Post by dortmunder on Apr 30, 2012 18:14:33 GMT -5
You didn't pre-order Morreion? Don't have access to the beta's as they do them? If there's another one and you want to try it out, let me know. I have a second code I haven't used yet. It will be bound to my email, but I can let you use it |
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Post by Morreion on Apr 30, 2012 19:32:15 GMT -5
I stopped doing betas! I'm sort of legendary for burning out early with several alts (some people posting here can confirm this) so I'm trying to hold off until release. Thanks though!
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Post by Morreion on Jul 18, 2012 9:29:31 GMT -5
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Post by Regolyth on Jul 18, 2012 11:13:02 GMT -5
I'll be there this weekend as well. Probably Friday or Saturday night.
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