Guild Wars 2

Downloading now. ^^

Ooo, UI changed on the loader as well. Firewall popped up asking for Coherent UI. Wonder how many players will not know to OK that.

Also is anyone else getting timeouts on the forum. Started a bit before noon PDT.

Edit: Main patch NA/English – 308MB

Trying to download it…. this is gonna take a minute. 10k files…holy crap

Well due to forum timeouts I’ve given up editing my previous post.

Main patch size for NA – English is 308MB.

World ability points have been refunded also.

Behellagh.1468:

Well due to forum timeouts I’ve given up editing my previous post.

Main patch size for NA – English is 308MB.

I got error messages trying to access the forum when I started downloading the patch.

Astral Projections.7320:

World ability points have been refunded also.

I expected this. Glad to hear it confirmed

I can’t download the thing until tomorrow: is it true that if you create an alt, ore nodes and vistas are locked until you reach a certain level?

Why did I get 5 BL Claim Tickets?

Maxwell.7843:

I can’t download the thing until tomorrow: is it true that if you create an alt, ore nodes and vistas are locked until you reach a certain level?

Probably. Seems like another stupid decision Anet would make haha.

Maxwell, I just ran a test alt through the human starter quest, and yes…that appears to be true. Also, you open weapon skills by level, rather than by using weapons, so that at the end of the human starter intro, you still only have a single weapon skill.

You no longer get to choose between 3 items at the end of the quest, Anet gives you a replacement weapon for whatever one hander you start with, so instead of picking a weapon for second hand, you get a new crappy mace, or whatever your profession’s weapon is.

Personal story stops after the starter quest. Rumor has it that it returns at 10, but I can’t verify that.

Nodes were unavailable to me at lvl 2 after finishing the starter quest. POIs were locked. That easy skill point over in the norn starter area is also locked. I got annoyed and quit before checking the vista, but it’s my understanding those are locked until 10.

I’m starting the search for a new game that doesn’t assume the user base are too stupid to play it.

Astral Projections.7320:

Behellagh.1468:

Well due to forum timeouts I’ve given up editing my previous post.

Main patch size for NA – English is 308MB.

I got error messages trying to access the forum when I started downloading the patch.

But I was getting it before I started to download the patch.

My patcher is broken xD

duckideva.6358:

Maxwell, I just ran a test alt through the human starter quest, and yes…that appears to be true. Also, you open weapon skills by level, rather than by using weapons, so that at the end of the human starter intro, you still only have a single weapon skill.

You no longer get to choose between 3 items at the end of the quest, Anet gives you a replacement weapon for whatever one hander you start with, so instead of picking a weapon for second hand, you get a new crappy mace, or whatever your profession’s weapon is.

Personal story stops after the starter quest. Rumor has it that it returns at 10, but I can’t verify that.

Nodes were unavailable to me at lvl 2 after finishing the starter quest. POIs were locked. That easy skill point over in the norn starter area is also locked. I got annoyed and quit before checking the vista, but it’s my understanding those are locked until 10.

I’m starting the search for a new game that doesn’t assume the user base are too stupid to play it.

Sounds silly. Like as in hey, we heard you have fun just running around so we make you run around some more. How would you level until 10 now? Do you get a super-xp-boost from hearts and kills?

duckideva.6358:

Maxwell, I just ran a test alt through the human starter quest, and yes…that appears to be true. Also, you open weapon skills by level, rather than by using weapons, so that at the end of the human starter intro, you still only have a single weapon skill.
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Thanks!

Exploring was fun with my first character precisely because I could 100% an area in a single, fluid, experince.
I hate backtraking-style stuff, so no more exploring with new alts I guess