Guild Wars 2

Definitely can’t wait to play this content on a non-demo character!

I was happy to see my previous stress test toon saved so I could continue from where I left off.

Overall, this time around was a lot more fluid and…interesting at the same time. After my other two experiences thus far, I think I have a good handle on Mirage and oh boy will this be fun to run come launch.

The main two bugs I ran into, though, were as follows:

- When I was fighting the Legendary Distressed Choya, there was a phase around 10% where it spawned Healing Coalescences. However, I am pretty sure the number of champion variants it spawned was way too much and we ended up failing that one because the healing was too crazy at that point. (Got a nice screenshot though)

- When I was engaging some of the bonus event mobs during Casino Blitz, my auto-attack stopped working and I eventually died because I couldn’t defend myself. It eventually started working again, but this is definitely something to look into.

keenedge.9675:

Anet . .

Please consider eliminating the story step to enter the city.
It wastes a bit of otherwise useful test time. Plus, I’m less inclined to bother with the chore of getting a mount again first.

^ THIS

Seriously, ANet, if you are only going to have us do stuff for two hours, might as well have it be all in the open world rather than a good chunk of it in the instance. It worked for the preview weekend and will be fine for the full release since those have less time constraints, but it is utterly counterintuitive for a stress test.

It will probably be included with the release notes for PoF most likely.

Okay, this jaunt into the desert was even briefer than anticipated, but definitely very insightful.

I think while I will probably need to get used to the feel of Mirage more over time, the positioning potential seems to be slightly off of where it probably should be to make up for the stationary dodge and it would be nice if it could have a bit of CC available for boss fights. That said, cleaving down foes with flurries of axes or barraging them with my scepter felt so great, and I definitely see my main becoming a force to be reckoned with the way I always wanted them to be.

Another minor gripe, though, and mainly bringing this up again because it was a major factor this time around in how it felt. While I understand playing through the story again made it so those who missed the previous weekend wouldn’t feel left out, it really bit into our limited time this time around. Probably would have been better for everyone involved if they were just dropped into Amnoon with a raptor in tow so they could better spend that time exploring the map rather than having to go through lore-bound tedium for around a sixth of their time. Every minute counts, and this was just not as good of a fit for this particular test.

All in all, even with the minor issues I presented, it was a nice second go into the area. And I plan to gorge on grilled Choya tonight.

Gaile Gray.6029:

maekirvilemist.1286:

If the elite specs will indeed be available, that’d be nice so I can actually have a much more accurate test for my main since they will be spending most of their time in PvE anyways.

Also a thought, maybe given the limited time of this test, we should be put directly into Amnoon with the Raptor unlocked and the two masteries that could be unlocked during the preview weekend instantly unlocked for us so we can get straight to the nitty-gritty.

While I appreciate the suggestion, and I can see what motivated it, we really need those who want to participate to go through the process as if it was release day.

I guess that is fair enough. Although, I do hope that the Lily of the Elon passes can be used by the demo characters this time around. It’d be a really nice bonus since the boat seems to already be docked in Amnoon, and it probably is just a matter of enabling it from what I understand.

If the elite specs will indeed be available, that’d be nice so I can actually have a much more accurate test for my main since they will be spending most of their time in PvE anyways.

Also a thought, maybe given the limited time of this test, we should be put directly into Amnoon with the Raptor unlocked and the two masteries that could be unlocked during the preview weekend instantly unlocked for us so we can get straight to the nitty-gritty.