[GW2]We're all waiting very, very patiently for class reveals. *twitch*

Enig

reVerse wrote: »

Also, hey, that Elementalist in that picture thar sure is wearing very little.

What a shock.

:^:

kevbayer

reVerse wrote: »

Also, hey, that Elementalist in that picture thar sure is wearing very little.

What a shock.

Typical Female Ele ;-)
"Hey! Let's go wandering around in the Northern Shiverpeaks amongst all this snow, and I'll wear my metal bikini and high-heeled shoes and cast Firestorm!"

Neli

Enig wrote: »

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto

Enig

Damn it. Excited as I am, of course now I just really, really want more info.

KrunkMcGrunk

The way skills interact sounds really, really cool.

I hope that it doesn't limit the amount of skills they're willing to put in.

kevbayer

Sounds like skills will be a fun thing to experiment with!

Enig

They released another image as thanks to the community for digg-ing/facebook-ing, etc.

Elementalist casting "Static Field" spell:

reVerse

There's someone there who looks vaguely assassin-ish.

Also, pretty game is pretty.

Rainfall

Nah, the non-ele is totally a ranger. Long coat and only holding a weapon in one hand... can't be an assassin.

But daamn that looks pretty. I want to play, I really miss having an all-consuming addiction like I did to GW1.

Geod

I was already excited about GW2. All this makes me further sad that it'll probably be another year or so until I'll be able to play this But seriously, they better still reveal that there's a monk in the game, or I'll be seriously pissed.

Oh well, back to GW1 in the meantime!

Enig

My guess is that the other character in the shot is some sort of bandit NPC, as it doesn't especially look like they are in the Mists (aka PvP).

Kazaka

Dissociater wrote: »

Can't wait.

Edit: On a side note, that was one of the things I was kind of hoping would become more common in MMOs and other games in the future: combination powers, either directly (like in Chronotrigger) or indirectly (shooting an arrow through a wall of fire creates a flaming arrow).

Pretty much this all day

Catastrophe_XXVI

Let me know if this is reposted, I looked through the thread, might use a different link.

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto

It's pretty cool.

Enig

Yeah I posted that yesterday (page 5), which is why everyone is jizzed-in-my-pants, etc.

Should be more info some time today!

Seidkona

Enig wrote: »

Yeah I posted that yesterday (page 5), which is why everyone is jizzed-in-my-pants, etc.

Should be more info some time today!

I hope they release a "new to GW2" class soon.

Corehealer

Catastrophe_XXVI wrote: »

Let me know if this is reposted, I looked through the thread, might use a different link.

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto

It's pretty cool.

I'm more excited for this then I am for anything else, srsly. This shit keeps getting better and better and they know it, which is why their going to keep toying with us by rationing the releases to us in bits, and we'll eat it up and give them bambi eyes for more.

Can't wait for GW2.

Link's going in the OP.

Seidkona

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/part-one/

Zzulu

Lord_Mordja

Also, a big interview over at RPS.

See I never actually bought GW1 (although I played a little of the trial not too long ago and enjoyed it), but this is quickly rising to the top of my anticipated games list.

Seidkona

Five weapon skills that are set by weapon choice, one elite skill slot, one healing/buff skills slot and 3 do what you want with slots.

I am really liking this.

Edit: and Warrior revealed as the second class.

Peccavi

Wow, they really reworked the skill system. I wonder if Rez's count as a healing skill.

Darmak

Oh man, this is sounding better and better all the time.

Seidkona

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/elementalist/

There's also this.

sidhaethe

OMG nobody told me there were class videos, too!

Edit: LOL, beaten by mere seconds!

Zzulu

looks pretty good man

[€dit] Those 5 vids of the elementalist were a nice touch. I especially like the puns

Peccavi

lol, Elementalists are going to be the most annoying profession in a party.

"I'm so stunning!"
"Here's one to remember me by!"
"...And stay down!"

Lord_Mordja

Phoenix.

Enig

Good grief those graphics look awesome.

My brain sort of froze up trying to look at every page at once. Must focus on one article at a time.

Peccavi wrote: »

lol, Elementalists are going to be the most annoying profession in a party.

"I'm so stunning!"
"Here's one to remember me by!"
"...And stay down!"

Presumably all characters will have similar quotes.

Yann

No secondary classes? That's a shame. That was one of my favorite aspects of the first one.

kevbayer

Yann wrote: »

No secondary classes? That's a shame. That was one of my favorite aspects of the first one.

I thought the same thing at first, but it sounds like race will take the place of your secondary - contributing race-specific skills and abilities.

Yann

Well, I'm assuming we won't be able to switch race on the fly like we could with secondary classes.

Enig

Yann wrote: »

No secondary classes? That's a shame. That was one of my favorite aspects of the first one.

I agree to a point, but with the changes to skills and combat inherent to the new game I expect we will have a variety of options for both offense and defense without a need for secondary class skills. Having a secondary class in GW1 more or less just expands your skill options, but they have expressly said they want to (relatively) simplify skill options.

Also.. they gave us something to look forward to this time:

Tomorrow: Weapons, Professions and Races

Darmak

Where does it say no secondary classes?

Dissociater

I wouldn't mind no secondary classes. I was probably doing it wrong, but I almost never took any secondary class skills. Just because I always found my primary class skills were so synergistic, that there was usually a better option within my primary class.

reVerse

Yeah, I never really ended up using any secondary skills either. Losing the secondary class system won't bother me in the least.

Corehealer

Enig wrote: »

Good grief those graphics look awesome.

My brain sort of froze up trying to look at every page at once. Must focus on one article at a time.

Peccavi wrote: »

lol, Elementalists are going to be the most annoying profession in a party.

"I'm so stunning!"
"Here's one to remember me by!"
"...And stay down!"

Presumably all characters will have similar quotes.

Wisecracking characters flinging watery tridents and fire pheonixes. And the centaurs getting beat up by the AoE tremor. And the story elements, the fluid visceral combat, the graphics... brain is freezing up.

I am going to buy this immediately when pre orders begin. And if they do a beta, do unspeakable things to get in it.

reVerse

It's going to be funny if you need to stand in a puddle to use water magic.

It'll be even funnier if you'll have a spell to make a puddle.

"UH OH!"

KrunkMcGrunk

Those spells look cool as hell

KrunkMcGrunk

reVerse wrote: »

It's going to be funny if you need to stand in a puddle to use water magic.

It'll be even funnier if you'll have a spell to make a puddle.

"UH OH!"

It seems that both of those things might be true

Seidkona

While there may not be secondary classes there is the ability to change your weapon and get skills specific to that weapon.

I agree, I'll miss the old system, I made some nice class combos in GW1. But I look forward to finding ways to stretch the game out and find synergies with my teammates.

Plus, in a way, with the secondaries I don't think I ever really learned the skills available to me. I was spending most of my time trying to find synergies with other professions and not finding the best uses for the ones in my classes.