Ok So first off i managed to pre buy on the morning of the launch, unfortunately work has kept me from playing all the way through like i would of normally.
I’m absolutely loving the map, it’s a beauty to look at and great fun to charge round. loads of little hidden places to check out and needless to say i’ve fell prey to misjudging the distance between gaps and ending up falling to my death in the abyss beneath.
The Revenent is fantastic now with the weapon swapping ability and the skills/stances for it are top notch, I would of liked to try it out with sinister stats as well as the ones that are currently available, but that’s for another day.
The Chronomancer is EPIC!!!
I loved playing this profession, was a little squishy but i put that down to me picking wrong gear for it at the time but the skills and animations are sublime, such a smooth looking addition to the Mesmer’s kitten nal. The wells are beautiful when placed and are pretty solid when it comes to their job. the whole Gravity Well Levitation thing is slightly reminiscent of a decent horror film, would of expected the the enemy to be suffering knockdown with a nice “thud” sound at the end of it though for full effect.
The Dragonhunter as well is very nicely done with the traps added to their skill allocations, I was using them vigorously throughout the story part of the beta quite contentedly. Skill 5 on the bow I don’t really get the animation, looks like they’re setting up a paddock at a horse show for the victors, kitteneesy for my liking.
The Tempest I haven’t been able to play that proper yet or the the Reaper as pretty much every event on that map and also the one in the Silverwastes has bugged out and it’s impossible to even get that far yet has kinda put a downer on the one full day off I’ve had for this beta event
I love the way that npc’s react to you differently if your character is a Sylvari and the addition of audio from your character in the middle of story missions, makes it a bit more immersive and more fun.
Overall, apart from the bugged out events and some audio missing from npc’s when they’re meant to be talking, I’m really loving where you are taking this and can’t wait for it to be released, but one thing has definitely been shown to me this weekend………
I NEED A NEW PC!!!!
Good job anet
Loving it