Guild Wars 2

Well done Meridin! Such an awesome shot

Ok guys, I’m going to bring this weeks theme in line with the current theme in my guild so they run side by side. The theme for this week is Industry

There is industry all across Tyria from water wheels, engines, sawmills, logging camps etc. Also have a good think about what industry means to you, ie pollution, power etc.

Good luck guys and I can’t wait to see what we come up with

Ok guys so this week I’m running late again as always (the dreaded flu in our house!) but I’ve finally got five minutes sat down with a brew!

Ok so I’ve had a good look through all last weeks submissions and the winner is the following shot.

schzyaCZ.5914:

Here in Czech Republic is -15°C so accordingly…

He he brilliant, I love your idea, it’s a waterfall just frozen! No one in my guild came up with that one

Just giving this a bump, lets see them waterfalls guys!

I’ll never forget the summer I found out that a magnifying glass is a never ending heat ray… it was a bad summer for the ants in our street

Why Ele? Oh I dunno, might be the burning things.

Don’t forget guys, not all waterfalls look the same, here’s an unconventional set of waterfalls near the Manor, nice to paddle in on a sunny day

Tara.9814:

I did something similar yet not. I screen-capped the beautiful GW2 artwork that were on the interstitial pages instead. Simply marvelous stuff!

https://plus.google.com/photos/116546459125140723286/albums/5790356287633071825?authkey=CO7gzOvU7N3qSw

That’s an awesome collection there Tara

I hope you find a few other gamers for your gaming club, sounds like a good idea and could be lots of fun.

Good luck

Ok so on with a new theme, for the remainder of this week and next week the theme will be waterfalls!

I really wish I could offer a prize for the winner but alas it would be impossible to do this outside my guild. However my aim here is to get people looking around the magnificent world ArenaNet have crafted for us (and have fun in the process!).

If you would like to submit a picture here are some things to remember.

• try and keep the theme in mind
• if you submit more than one picture make it clear which one is your picture to submit
• tell us about the picture
• think outside the box, it’s always nice to see how creative people can be with a theme.
• have fun!

For some inspiration here is the winner of our internal photograph Competition submitted by Euphoria last week. Good luck everyone and I look forward to seeing what you find!

Heya guys!

Sorry for the short awol, it’s been crazy busy in the last few days, so lets get back on track. First of I just want to say I’m over the moon with a the cracking pictures you guys have added, it’s great to see such enthusiasm about something I love as well.

Also a huge thank you to Regina for tweeting a link to my competition, I really appreciate this and I hope you keep checking out what people post up.

What I’m thinking of doing is judging this weeks theme today and then running the new theme from now until next weekend. The reason is that we have just run this new theme in our guild and the breadth of the subject has only become apparent to me when having a good shifty around the game world. So back to that in a second.

Without further ado, the winner of this weeks Energy theme is Aageriana with this shot. I chose this one because I think it fitted the theme as well as looking great. I also like the way the sun is right between the two shards of ice.

Well done!

Great thread, I’ve just started an Asuran Elementalist and they are just awesome

!http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/Merlin19783/gw031_zps029ed75f.jpg!

uGW.9085:

Hey guys, as someone who just recently reached lvl 80, let me turn the question around: What are you doing with your lvl 80 characters? I am not so much interested in what is missing but what you found fun. What kept you coming back. Any hints?

I’m mainly leveling my Elementalist this week but when on my 80 Mesmer I’ve been going through my story quest. We have a few members want to get Arah done so were all trying to get there together.

On top of that I always do a few jumping puzzles, I read up on them in the day when I can’t play and then get a group together in the guild – they are always far more fun with a group.

Another thing I’ve been doing is looking for photographs for our weekly photograph competition, this week it’s Waterfalls so I’ve been trying to remember where I’ve seen some good ones.

Once I’m done with all that I’ll usually try and get into a dungeon run, I’ve still only seen half the dungeons in the game never mind all the various routes through them!

But yeah, I’m loving this Elementalist so that’s gonna keep me busy for a few weeks

First of all I have to say, Turial you made me spill my coffee I was laughing so much, one of my favourite posts of all time

In regard to what the OP is saying, I disagree. I’ve been playing this game a lot since launch and often fell like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get all the things done I want to. I think the problem your facing is (as many others have said) your coming from a game like wow with the same mind set. I accepted exactly what GW2 was and what it’s trying to do from the off.

The developers have recognised that making players run the same dungeon hundreds and hundreds of times for an infinitesimal chance to drop a piece of armour (carrot) is not the way the genre should grow. This isn’t progression, it’s insanity.

It comes down to what you find fun and entertaining. I love just cruising around. The zones and seeing what events spring up, even the ones I know sometimes surprise me with new twists. For example in beta I tried to stop the attack on the portal in Metrica Pronience, we failed and moved on. Yesterday while leveling my Asuran Elementalist I did the same event, we just managed to save the portal and were prompted to go through with a whole new hidden section to take part in.

Also I love listening to the conversations between NPCs, some are genuinely hilarious.

Another part of the game which I find very enjoyable is all the hidden jumping puzzles and dungeons. All are so well designed its amazing there are so many. There are also hundreds of various mechanics used for the events and story quests, not just kill this and kill that.

Even the story quests can vary and change depending on your choices, this in itself offers hundreds of hours of replay.

On top of all this and the many other things to do (crafting, sPVP) there is WvsW which is in essence and fully realised siege warfar system, with supply lines, structures to cap and NPC races to win over. Even for people getting bored the blueprints are there for a huge amount of fun in the future.

I guess what I’m saying is, if your only interest is dungeons that keep you pressing the bar for rewards like some kind of cyber monkey, this is not the game for you. ArenaNet are trying to push boundaries and do things differently and for the most part they have been very successful.

Just thought I’d give this a quick bump, I’ll have a look at the pictures submitted tonight and see what we have

Anchorwind did you use rewards and prizes for your competition? We have a gold prize for our photograph competition but are trying to think of something more apt.

Anchorwind.9016:

Genophix.3098:

Very simple, it’s 20s per picture, one picture per person and the winner takes the pot.

I’m a fan of un-offical events too. In GW, we ran “True Cartographer” contests. I would take a screenshot of a landmark/unique spot and post it on our website. First person to figure out where it was, get there, take a screenshot of themselves there [and send it to me as verification] would take the pot. Fun times. I’m glad to see other groups are doing fun ‘un-official’ stuff too. It should be encouraged more. Time to put my money where my mouth is

That’s a brilliant idea!

Would you mind if I tried it in our guild,? I’m sure they would love it.

Hoping to get lots more submissions before Sunday and don’t forget guys, if you post more than one picture please say which one you want to be judged.

You have some talent there

Ok guys and gals, as my guild has just finished the theme of energy then that will be the theme this week for the first competition on these forums.

Don’t forget there is energy everywhere from weapon effects, control panels, strange beasts etc. There is no right or wrong, just what you feel makes a good shot. As I’ve said before this is purely a competition for fun and to get toy to look closer at the environments of Guild Wars 2.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing any shots you come up with!

This is one I took last week for this theme.

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/Merlin19783/gw568_zps8f59a254.jpg

Fsnowzombie.4352:

there is a first person view?? oO

No I wish there was

But if you /sleep then in most angles you can’t see your toon. Like I say though, don’t worry too much, sometimes your character adds some context to the scene. As soon as I’m free of the kids I’ll sit down and post our first theme for this week.

We’ve found sleeping does help sometimes but now and again theres just nothing you can do. You can also take shots on the vista movies which a few have done with some nice results but I prefer seeing pictures taken manually

I’ve also seen some great pictures with the avatar still in the frame. This week our theme was ‘Energy’ so I’m might see what you guys can do with that. I’ll post up a few of mine when I get a sec.

Ah those are great shots I esp like the first. Ok I’ll bump this thread again and see how many people are interested. If it’s more than one I’ll set it up with a theme.

I agree, the blur effect is something the class of thief is know for. It doesn’t make sense that one race has it and another doesn’t. I noticed this in beta and I think it’s due to the flip Asurans do when they dodge.

I know if both the flip and the blur happened then they would vault over the blur but can you just make the char model disappear during the blur animation like in other races?

I’m sure this is just on the todo list but defo needs sorting.

Cheers.

Heya guys,

I think the hottest char in game has to be my Mesmer!

We’ve had this discussion in our guild many times and there are two camps. Those who fight for the carrot (loot, forts, karma etc) and those who fight for the sheer joy of fighting.

While the current maps are all now well known to most players it doesn’t really matter to the latter group, as they have a fully realised siege warfare system. It’s an amazing blueprint for lots more features and systems to be added to. I play chess and so say this to players in my guild who say they are bored – look at a chess board. A very small amount of pieces, set play area and a fairly easy list of rules. However the possibilities from this are almost unlimited.

The way I see it WvsW in this game is the same, there are still so many tactics and strategies to be found and tested. Mesmer bombs, Turtling and Golum rushes are just the start. So yes, as you can proberly tell I’m an optimist, I look to have fun with what I’m given no matter how limited.

For everyone on these forums not happy with WvsW I’d urge you to take a step back and look at what AN have given us here. Just last night I was watching the treb fire coming in from another fort and given how amazing this game looks anyway its a real treat to see such amazing fidelity in this part of the combat.

On top of all that I’ve mentioned we’re also, by the sounds of it, going to be treated to some fantastic updates and features in the coming months. As a PvP and WvsW we’re really excited to see what the teams come up with at AN and thank them for an already amazing game to play.

Wow I can’t believe these bugs are allowed to float around for so long, that’s three utility skills broken for how long?

Zeefa.3915:

There is nothing cheap or easy way out about the sylvari design. They didn’t design them just once, they did it twice because the first design was not satisfactory.
Sylvari imo is amaizing with their looks and many options.
I find their design just perfect and I adore them.

Yeah I did see the video where they discussed the second design and why it was changed. I’m not saying they have done a bad job, like I said I like the design and there are some nice options.

I just feel that for a plant race the total humanoid route was one of the easiest routes they could have taken (not that this route was easy). If you take a really close look at plants across the world they can seem very alien in colour and shape so I agree a more alien look might have worked.

GummiBear.2756:

and then comes the question, of whos timezone of new year should they do the fire works exactly?

Also i do think to remembering that there is somewhere ingame you can buy fireworks, so you could make your own fire works show already

Could they not set it up to only display for your time zone? Dunno it would be difficult, unless they set off the fireworks for each time zones count down in that server. It’s not like they would have to pay for real fireworks

I’ve seen the odd firework go off in game, where do you buy them from?

Heya, so even though we didn’t intend on being awake for the count down to New Year’s Eve I was awake and in GW2. About 30 min before he new year rolled in (in the UK) I remembered that in WoW there was always a massive fireworks display in all the major cities.

So if there was anything like this in Guild Wars 2 it would be in Lions Arch right?

So we waited and alas nothing happened. I really thought we would have seen a few fireworks go off to celebrate the end of the year for such a fantastic game.

So I suggest this for next year, I have no doubt it would look utterly amazing seeing a full fireworks set going off with all the lovely reflections in the harbour.

Cheers,
Genophix

Ok so my plan has been to go through one of every race with a different profession. So human and Char now done I’m just starting Sylvari. I’d obviously seen them out in the world but have only just now taken a good look at them.

My comment is really simple, I think there are lots of cool things they could have done with a plant race and so to make it a humanoid made out of plant shapes and textures seems a bit of a cop out. I know the lore supports this as the Pale tree was placed on human graves and also they were intended to look humanoid to better communicate with other races.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the way they look but like I’ve said. There is so many other interesting plant themed race ideas to go at. So I’m wondering was the choice to go for a more simple design brief simply down to time constraints or was it a choice born from what you actually wanted to deliver in terms of the look of the final version?

I saw the SB two days ago, I saw in map chat that it was starting. When I joined a group they were in the hills to the east. When I arrived at their location they were with a pre-event where we had to destroy three green portals.

After doing this we dived down to the swamps main body of water and sure enough the SB spawned after doing three more portals. Unfortunately we missed the achievement. Hope that helps

Hawk.3574:

From all the people whining about only being able to make 2 or 3 minis maybe they should of just had the minis be a cash shop only item instead of giving you free gifts for playing.

Everyone is quick to find problems but most completely ignore things just handed to them.

Id like to thank them for giving me my choice of 2 now 3 minis and hope in the future that all minis except the HOM become tradeable so that they become real collectables.

Thanks again and keep up the great work guys and gals =)

I think I may be this games biggest fan, I’ve promoted it across many gaming communities, told every gaming friend I have to look at it, given countless hours of feedback in various forms, reported a whole plethora of bugs and of course played it to death in every beta and launch… I absolutely adore this game and still don’t think it gets enough praise for the sheer scale of what they have done.

So please, don’t call me a whiner. I like many other gamers see a problem here and we are raising this in the only way we can. Many MMO gamers love to collect every possible bit of the game, from ranger pets, achievements and of course mini pets. I get this and am like that myself. I would really love to have these 3 minis and the rare Quaggan for my collection but like we have said – without spending a hell of a lot of money we can’t get them and that shouldn’t be the case. There should be an in game mechanism to allow me to work towards this.

As it stands as soon as this event finishes my collection will forever be incomplete, small potatoes to most but to some this really matters. Please have a think about this AN, I don’t think we’re being unreasonable in wanting to keep our in game collections complete.

Look I’ve said it on other threads, the price for these items (real world money) is way too much. If I’m goign to be forced into a situation where I’m having to gamble to get in game items then at least give me a fair shot without having to pay over the original price for the entire game, this isn’t fair.

So far Ive spent £8.50 on the mystery boxes and not one mini.. where is my incentive to buy more? Yes I know this is a free to play game but this is way too much, I’ve already spent more than half a years worth of subs (average) so they must be doing ok.

Avigrus.2871:

Cappy.2786:

Now you can make the quaggan mini pet in the mistic forge,combine 3 of any gem store minis and 250 stuffing.

Are you sure you can use the Gem store minis?

I know there are minis you can buy outright on the Gem store (plus griffon etc) and there are others that only drop in the boxes (snowman etc). I was under the impression that only the dropped minis combined with the stuffing would produce the Quaggan?

IMO – If they wanted to keep it rare, it should be a drop… not available via online gambling.

Yes this is what I’ve read as well, that only the three minis that drop from the mystery boxes with work (combined with the stuffing).

I decided to give it a go. I spent £8.50 on gems, I spent the entire lot on boxes and didn’t receive one mini, never mind three to then combine for the Quaggan

I’m sorry but this can’t be right can it? I can buy a pretty decent game for £8.50. All I can show for my money is a few tonics and a few of them jumpers. The price of gems is far too much, or the price of items is far too much – which ever way you want to put it.

I’ve supported this game from way before it was even half ready, got friends playing it and now will do as much as I can to help make it succeed as I really think ArenaNet deserve it to. However, things like this are starting to annoy me. I mean, how much actual money would I have to spend to get the Quaggan mini, £30? £50? Just put it on the Gem store and let players buy it, I don’t care if its rare or the most common pet going, I just want it for the look.

Yeah it’s been an awesome week and such a good fight. Lots of players and guilds doing some incredible things to win and for the most part I think there’s been a really good attitude about it all.

I can’t wait for this coming week

Who won? I’ve been dying to know as I couldn’t get on

I know this is a free to play game and so AN need to make some money from somewhere, I get this and have already spend a lot of real money (more than an average sub).

When I stared upgrading my main chars bag space I was really surprised to see it 400 gems to get one additional bag slot. It also feels like a bit of a hike that this applies to this one toon. So 800 gems costs £8.50 so an additional bag space on one char runs in at £4.50!

I’ve heard players say that we are meant to trade gold for gems but how? It’s taken me a painfully long time to get above 10g as I’m not a hardcore player and the exchange rate is insanely bad.

My second ask is that we see far more cosmetic stuff on the gem store, I’m sure I wouldn’t take long to get some good items on there. It seems to be the same items since launch.

So what am I asking for? Well more items on the gem store and lower prices on some basic upgrades. I know from my own perspective if it was cheaper I would spend more, sounds daft but I would.

There’s an old saying ‘all is fair in love and war’

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

Choko.6821:

It’s good to see who running the mouth here also ended up being last place. Must be funny.

You sentence proofs SFR is the biggest mouth and not us. We are merely stating facts and opinions. Wich I haven’t seen yet from SFR.

Like the fact you have 2x as much ppl then BT. Try whatever escape sentence you want, but it’s a fact.

To be honest both vizu and SFR exploit to much cheats, (door bypassing, culling abuse, 3 thief parties for obvious reasons, etc). In my opinion those things are not honest and fair play wvw. Being tire 2 as BT, i woudl be very glad, then you SFR and vizu can use you cheats on each other, and we’ll have fun fights again. This is no excuse for losing. I’ll fully admit we are losing. And i’m glad we are loosing against such ‘how can we abuse ’this’ to win, kind of players’. Put all of you in pvp matches and i’m curious if you’d win there too, because pvp glitches are almost all fixed.

Wvw should be mass pvp, without the glitches there are at the moment.

Well your kinda contradicting yourself here aren’t you? Your accusing the two other servers involved of cheating (that would be an excuse) and then you say your not making excuses. In case you didn’t know the cries of ‘cheat’ are usually emanating from a bad loser.

As it happens I am involved with one of the biggest guilds on SFR and cheating isn’t even in their vocabulary. We are just honest gamers who like WvsW, it’s a real shame you can’t accept that as your making your server look bad and I’m sure most are the same as us. Just having a laugh and being good sports.

Victory.2879:

Why?
I have my own house, I’m in it at the moment, I don’t need a to be sitting in a house in a game that I want to be doing things in. If I want to sit around in a house, I sit around in my house.
Guild bases (like in other games, with guild buffs, instances, daily quests etc) would be good to implement, but housing? No.

You will be one of the players who doesn’t want player housing then

But your logic is flawed, why on earth would players play a game in a house with their little computer people, dressing them up and watching what they get upto.. Oh wait. The Sims is one of the most popular games of all time (not my thing but we’re all different right) and its because lots of people like to do something other than hack up minators from time to time.

If it was just an instanced house where you could go and sit for a bit then yes, I would totally agree. However, if you made it have some worth and use to players then that’s a totally different ball game.

I thinking –
A) extra storage space,
B) crafting stations to build, like having your own forge or tailoring room
C) unique buffs as the OP said.
D) the ability to build it from the ground up so it’s truely unique.

I short, give people a reason to be there because there are two types of base players. The players who do for enjoyment and those who do for the reward (carrot). WvsW for example, some players play for the pure thrill of combat and new tactics etc. Some require more, better gear, perminant improvments etc. At the moment WvsW is vastly populated by the former because there isn’t really a carrot yet.

That’s what I’m saying, some people build a house, craft a piece of gear or fight a three hour siege for the pure love of the experience and that’s the kind of player who will love player housing.

Ok a daft idea but I know AN do have a sense of humour so here’s an idea. My wife asked me for a onesie this year as they are all the rage. After spending 3 hours searching for one in Manchester I’m now a bit of an expert on them!

We were having a laugh in TS last night saying how funny it would be to have Onesies on the Gem store…

So how about it AN? It’s not too late you know

I would love this as with anything you know ArenaNet would take what over people have done and improve it beyond amazing.

The best player housing I’ve ever seen was in Lotro and there’s a few reasons for this. The main one is that they made it a representation of your adventures outside the home. So all the major bosses in the game had trophies that could then be collected and added to your house. I remember there was a boss which was a squid type monster – when you killed it the trophy was a barrel which had one of its tentacles flopping around.

You could also fish in the game, catch a huge fish? You could have it mounted on wood and hang it anywhere in your house.

I think what I’m saying is a player house has to be like any other part of the game, it has to have the capacity to change and be improved. Of course like most things players housing isn’t every players cup of tea but for those who do want it I believe this is what they do want – a place that they can stamp their own mark on and it almost becomes a visual diorama for where they have been and the adventures they have been on.

The kin house was also an awesome idea which could be adapted to Guild Wars 2. Imagine every guild having their own fort? Conan tried this and it failed on some basic levels (mainly lag) but the idea is still sound.

Please AN have a look at this, you will make a lot of your loyal fans very happy

I’ve always thought that an in game tomb of knowledge would fit very well into a game like Guild Wars 2. It’s not a new idea of course and has been done in other games like WAR.

I’m thinking a very artistic look like the game, so lovely painted illustrations and little pencil sketches in the margins, almost like its a real journal of your exploits across the world.

What sections would it have?

Places of interest
Animals – with attacks, sub groups, behaviour and locations. You could even make it so the more you fight them the more information you gleen.
Factions.
Skill combos – so as you sample or trigger one you have a record.
Boss fights – location
Dungeons – you could then track which explore paths you had gone down and even how you faired.
Jumping puzzles
Mini Dungeons

I know the web has pretty much all of the above covered but imagine a beautiful leather bound book in game that you could build up like a real work of art, I’m sure the collectors among us would go nuts for the completion aspects alone.

You guys (AN) could use all the concept art you already have or even ask fans to help, I’m sure lots of people would be able to help with illustrations and drawings. I for one would give my free time.

I just think this kind of feature while not a must have would bind the truly astounding world you have created together.

Let me know what you think,

Cheers,
Genophix

I’ve always thought that an in game tomb of knowledge would fit very well into a game like Guild Wars 2. It’s not a new idea of course and has been done in other games like WAR.

I’m thinking a very artistic look like the game, so lovely painted illustrations and little pencil sketches in the margins, almost like its a real journal of your exploits across the world.

What sections would it have?

Places of interest
Animals – with attacks, sub groups, behaviour and locations. You could even make it so the more you fight them the more information you gleen.
Factions.
Skill combos – so as you sample or trigger one you have a record.
Boss fights – location
Dungeons – you could then track which explore paths you had gone down and even how you faired.
Jumping puzzles
Mini Dungeons

I know the web has pretty much all of the above covered but imagine a beautiful leather bound book in game that you could build up like a real work of art, I’m sure the collectors among us would go nuts for the completion aspects alone.

You guys (AN) could use all the concept art you already have or even ask fans to help, I’m sure lots of people would be able to help with illustrations and drawings. I for one would give my free time.

I just think this kind of feature while not a must have would bind the truly astounding world you have created together.

Let me know what you think,

Cheers,
Genophix

Not a bad idea, would allow players to get other stuff done while waiting.

Thanks for the reply, I hadn’t seen that. Don’t get me wrong, I think AN are one of the best MMO creators I’ve ever seen and seem to know what they are doing.

Cheers

As a Mesmer is my main I’m a bit gutted about this as I do use a GS build, what I am surprised about is the lack of AN input on this thread. It’s clear we’re all in the same boat, the change is way too much regardless of what happened to other classes.

A few months ago I’d would have expected AN to chime in and let us know if this was an oversight or it really was intended to reduce the damage of a class so much.

I think one small post by someone in the know would get a lot of respect from your fans AN.

I feel for everyone here, for the players who don’t have time to do these events today. For all the people getting lag through the event (everyone to my knowledge). Also for ArenaNet, why? Because they are really pushing this type of stale game into uncharted waters, I mean a real time combat event in a player hub…. That’s very ambitious and then some.

Sure it was painful seeing lag maul what could have been an epic event, but I am willing to give ArenaNet far more room to move on this one. Has anyone been in the fractals yet? I’ve never seen a dungeon like it, it’s amazing.

I think MMO gamers are the hardest crowd to please on the planet, no to mention the apathy happy younger gamers. I’m sure AN are working furiously hard to get this right so instead of camping this forum why don’t we go and enjoy the games other billion things to do and as soon as the fixes are put in come back.

Yeah I agree it should have been working first time but don’t forget this is the second huge content pack we’ve had in two months! For a free to play MMO it’s just insane.

You’ve never been to Glasgow then

I started off with just a passing interest but now I’m really gunning to do everything. I’ve never seen anything like it, so much effort has been put into this I still can’t blv it.

It took a while to do the tower but once your done it feels brilliant.

But, like everything in life you can’t cater for every person. Most people love it but some just don’t care, that’s the way it is

I’ve played most MMOS and there have been themed holidays in a good few. The better ones have been in Aion and Wow which had some nice content like quests, themed items and some nice new decor around the main game hubs. Then ArenaNet come along and do this!

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This thing emerged in real time in the centre of the main city, then was sucked back into his own realm. You could then follow the Mad King back into his arena and defeat him. Like many others I couldn’t do this for an hour because of the tech problems but to ANs credit they fixed this so quick. For all the players complaining and ranting please take a step back and see the big picture, we are being utterly spoilt here with rich and well designed content. We have to expect the odd bump as nothing like this has been done before and to have the guts to do this in the main city… yeah that’s brave and should be applauded.

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I love the way they built up tension in Lions Arch by the stone lion starting to crumble away to reveal the writhing energy below, just like the dogs in Ghostbusters.

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As for the rest of the event, I’ve been blown away by how much effort, time and love has been lavished across the world. There are pumpkins to carve everywhere, costumes with special abilities, spooky mini pets, themed weapons (like a chainsaw greatsword!) haunted doors that appear across the entire game. These doors can also transport you to a hidden estate of the Mad King which is split into four areas. One is a PvP arena where your running through very tall corn and rolling mist (so so atmospheric). Another is a jumping puzzle called the Mad Kings Clock tower where you can to race to the top while the green time goo rises below your feet, and it’s tough! (Managed to do this last night)

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There’s also a quest line which is set into four acts and takes you across the whole game world unraveling the Mad Kings story. Act three was the Mad King himself bursting into Lions Arch as seen above.

There’s just so much to do, ArenaNet are being bold and ambitious with everything they do. If this is a sign of things to come we are in for some real treats and we’re only just getting started in the world of Tyria.

So from myself and all our members at Exterminatus ArenaNet we salute you. You are really pushing the boundaries on MMOs

Thanks,
Genophix