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If the beta weekend passes and the game isn't released until September or so, its going to be painful D:
There will be more beta events, you know. And of course I'm streaming it all if you can't take the wait.
Damn, now the 27th seems it's more likely to be the weekend the event starts.
But still! Only two and a half weeks left.
Yep, this has been my big project for the last month or so. Our whole team says thanks!
What the hell. Sure, why not? Let's take screenshots of it while we're at it. It could be something of a "family" photo.
Edit: And yeah, thanks WaM, that site was well-designed and the process was completely painless. Much love to you and your team.
That website made it so damn easy to take my money and link my old (old, old) GW1 account.
Kudos to the web team.
Now find time to do the rest of what i wanted in GW1 to "fill" my HoM.
[edit] closed the window and used the one from the purchase email and it went through a-ok
Technically it's "awaiting stock" so no codes upon purchase.
Also @World As Myth, although the A.net pre-purchasers list includes Amazon as a viable source of pre-purchase for the UK, GW2 is not listed by them on their .co.uk site.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=guild+wars+2&x=0&y=0
They are nice little perks, but it is the Mistfire Wolf and Rytlock mini that make it worth it for me.
Steam (Ansatz) || GW2 officer (Ansatz.6498)
Whelp, I better go shower first...you have to understand finally getting to hit that "purchase" button was a pretty big release.
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That's not really any significant explanation, though. Is a Chalice of Glory equal to an hour's worth of pvp? A day's? Is the Mistfire wolf like other elites that you can't use till 30? Does it have a long cooldown? Does it suck compared to just about any other elite? Will I ever, ever use it again after I get a real elite?
I think you may be expecting too much if those are the answers you want pre-release. I think what you see in terms of clarification is as good as it's going to get.
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Doubly possible since a Necro has the biggest health pool of any class!
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This is what I'm doing, but add minion master to the mix!
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Well done on the site, WaM and crew.
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What would the build look like? I'm confused looking at the necro skills tbqh.
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A tank/healer/DPS necro build is the way to go.
As it is with every profession.
...wow, it feels great to not actually have to worry about that stuff anymore.
It's awesome that builds will be stuff like "Minion Master" or "Curses", thanks to the awesome variety. No more generic universal labels!
(One of my favorite things from the first GW is how awesome the different build names are, and the sheer number of them.)
Oh I forgot to do that. Whats weird is that it accepted my email address for a new account and I thougt it was already attached to an account.
Downside was an overall negative experience at Gamestop. The female cashier handling the transaction was fine, despite me having to spell out my first and last name. I always have to do this. Vowels are hard, I understand. But a male employer was standing behind her making mocking facial expressions, laughing, and pointing at her. It made no sense, distracted me, and pissed me off. The lady was a decent cashier, and he'd have just as much trouble spelling my name. I pulled my cashier aside afterwards to let her know that her co-worker was an ass and that kind of senseless behavior is why I dislike shopping there. Left a note in the online survey for the district manager just in case the cashier tries to mention it to anyone and needs confirmation. Maybe he's just playful. But most likely he's just an ass.
http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3837004nihlt4rh9100a0uu545n5t5u696ahr
That is a good tank/heal spec. To make it more tanking and less group heal, just replace group heals with self heals in traits and bar 6.
Edit: You could also go for a minion master spec but that is less direct tanking and you lose out on Spectral skills and Lich form. Lich form doubles health and gives a fear ability which is really good for control (a form of tanking). Spectral skills are all about tanking if you read up on what they do.
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According to a recent interview, the Necro weapon skills have been changed around since the last beta weekend.
Also, there is no such thing as a healer or tank in GW2. ( @florada34 )
The Mistfire Wolf, like any elite, can't be used til 30 (confirmed by ANet). The general implication is that it will be like a racial elite (not as "good" as profession elites), but that is not strictly confirmed.
Steam (Ansatz) || GW2 officer (Ansatz.6498)
Yeah, but I don't see a good reason to spring for it if I don't know. I may just get regular and save the $20 for other cash shop things.
Sure, there is no tanks or healers by other MMOs definitions but within GW2, there are builds that can move closer to those roles then the average player. No GW2 tank can absorb all of the time, and any GW2 healer will be limited to one group heal and possibly two trait heals which isn't much but more then a player that only self-heals. Still, the player will be a hybrid of all roles tank/heal/DPS like any other GW2 player.
The holy trinity is only gone in the area that separate players do separate roles but the roles still exist in GW2 in hybrid form; that is everyone does a little bit of everything, some more then others.
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not sure until i play with the class to find out how everything works though.
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I think the simple elevator pitch is simply 'There are no *dedicated* healers or tanks' if you need to convey it to someone as simply as possible.
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