Guild Wars 2

I’m starting a video series of WvW roaming. There are tons of highlight reels out there that only show the player’s victories. Those are really cool and all, but they’re not really all that representative of how they play.

Link to Video 1.

The videos I’m recording show a section of my time in WvW. I’ll just randomly start recording for a while, and use that as my video. I don’t take anything out; the boring travel periods are sped up to 4x or 8x (because they’re no fun to watch), but other than that I don’t edit. I’m leaving the embarrassing failures in the video right along with the epic victories. This is what WvW really looks like for me when I’m playing.

This is actually turning out to be really good for me even if no one watches the videos. I’ve got the first video published already and I’ve got raw footage for a second, and after watching them I’ve realized that I make a lot of big mistakes that I need to work on. I have a particularly bad habit of trying to stealth by reflex when I have the “revealed” debuff or it’s blatantly obvious that it won’t hit. This wastes lots of initiative and even robs me of a kill in this video (at 5:00). I also really need to be better at focusing on one target.

Anyways…

Is there any interest in more videos like this? Would you guys like voice commentary, or would no one really care about that? Any comments on this video?

Your video is solidly mediocre play against up-leveled players and NPCs. I’m not sure that there’s much interest in that, or that anything is to be gained with a commentary. That being said, I’d definitely do a commentary.

Some music might help as well. Might I suggest…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxNT8ONn-To

I personally don’t think dagger storming a group of two bolstered 80s is very interesting. I would suggest Thieves Guild for small group/solo roaming unless you’re consistently running into zergs. And judging by you having three orbs and 600+ points potential, you didn’t have to contend with many zerg groups.

Nilgoow.1037:

solidly mediocre play

Agreed. This is far from my finest work, but that’s kind of the point. I could cherry-pick a highlight reel of times where I played really well, but in stead I took both the good and the bad.

I’ve also realized a lot of areas where I can improve just by watching these videos, and I hope to get better. I’m already a far cry from how good I was just a few weeks ago.

Feels like I’ve seen this before.

Nevron.9413:

I personally don’t think dagger storming a group of two bolstered 80s is very interesting. I would suggest Thieves Guild for small group/solo.

Yeah, Thieve’s Guild is probably better for a 1v1, but I don’t care for it. For one thing, it’s so powerful that it makes 1v1s too easy to be fun. It also has no variety in how you use it. You pop Thieve’s Guild and watch as your NPCs do crazy DPS to whatever you’re fighting.

Dagger Storm can be used as an AoE, as a 10s stability buff, or as a reflect. Few things are more fun than watching a ranger kill themselves with their own arrows. DS actually requires some thought as to when to use it and how long to channel before you cancel. And it’s crazy powerful AoE, which is fun.

Nevron.9413:

…a group of two bolstered 80s is very interesting.
…having three orbs…

Nilgoow.1037:

…up-leveled players and NPCs.

Yeah, the enemy selection for this matchup is pretty bad, but that’s hardly my fault. I clearly fight everyone I see, I just don’t see many lvl 80s. Next week, the videos will get much better as I’ll be fighting more/better enemies and I’ll actually be able to contribute to the fight by taking down supply caravans.

This game need mass Balance Patches. With Bufffood and a Dual Pistol do thiefs 20k++ Damage in two Seconds.
Totaly Overpowered – very bad gamedesign

Denta.8175:

This game need mass Balance Patches. With Bufffood and a Dual Pistol do thiefs 20k++ Damage in two Seconds.
Totaly Overpowered – very bad gamedesign

Sure… a level 80 thief in full exotic berserker set and built 100% for burst with no utility/defense and all 3 orbs might pull 20k against a level 2 player with no gear on if he crits for every attack.

But other than that, no, you’re wrong. Also, I fail to see how that’s relevant to the video, seeing as I use sword/dagger the entire time (except for shortbow to teleport). Maybe watch before you comment?