Guild Wars 2 trying to be like DAOC?
ArenaNet knows how to get my attention: drop the DAOC bomb when talking about PvP. Published a few days ago on mmorpg.com is an interview with a couple GW2 devs and in it they’re asked a very good...
View ArticleGuild Wars 2 at Gamescom looks great but I’m really worried about the PvP
GW2 has made quite a splash (underwater combat pun, see what I did there) at Gamescom. There’s a 40 minute video with a lot of gameplay (available at the bottom of this entry) for you to watch. I...
View ArticleRumor: GW2 Cash Shop could be a deal breaker
I will preface all of this by saying that I am basing this entirely off of leaked screenshots and information from places like Reddit, twitter, and other sources which are not primary sources or even...
View ArticleStances on the GW2 Cash Shop and Pre-order Q’s
I apologize for not posting in a few days. Crunch time again with five projects, five papers (totaling ~100pages), and five presentations all due within the next two weeks. Then it’s time to study...
View ArticleMight have found my favorite GW2 Class today
Center Keep of Eternal Battleground is huge and fun to siege! I managed to get some play time in Guild Wars 2 today before succumbing to the 95% load screen hang; Having to Ctrl+alt+del out of the game...
View ArticleGW2′s potentially harmful eSport aspirations
It’s no secret that ArenaNet is trying to put Guild Wars 2 on the fast track to prominent eSport status. They’ve designed sPvP to fit the model like a glove, more so than Blizzard with WoW....
View ArticleThe Consequences of Exploiting in GW2
A rather cataclysmic exploit in Guild Wars 2 was publicized today, and the results aren’t pretty. I was only moderately aware that the exploit was out there. Apparently the costly 20,000 cultural...
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