Guild Wars 2

[Etra]

They're having a lot of issues with the AH right now. They said they're looking into the problems and updating their facebook page in regards to it. Otherwise, game is running insanely well for a head start. Wasn't around for the first few hours of release (I like sleep), so I can't comment on that bit of it.

Really enjoying my Mesmer. :]

[Takelli]

Questions...

what is everyone's PC specs that are running the game?

[cidbahamut]

GTX 460, 4MB RAM, some AMD triple core. Still running windows XP. Shit runs fine.

[Takelli]

Hmmmm... They really did do it then. XD

My computer should be able to run it fine then as well.

[Yellow Mage]

Well, as I feared I didn't get the name I wanted, so I had to compromise.

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The similarity was just too much, and I was interested in playing Mesmer, anyway. "Yuyuko Saigyouji" was taken, so I had to settle on "Princess Yuyuko" instead. ._.;

That said, the more I play Mesmer, the more and more I really like certain aspects of it, including aspects I initially thought that I would be a bit "meh" on. Example: Staff Mesmer. Turns out, Chaos is a lot more useful than I thought (and, naturally, just as fun).

On a different note, heartbreaking is almost being done with your Dailies, then going out to get the "gather materials" requirements, only to see that the Daily timer had been reset. ;_; For some reason, it feels like Daily variety is a touch more difficult in the Human areas than the Asura ones.

That said, I think I will be remaking my Asura Guardian today. Pain Inverter is just too cool.

[cidbahamut]

What are dailies? Are they those little achievement icons that keep popping up as I just roam the world and do stuff? Seriously I've not been paying attention because I've been too busy having fun just running around all over the damn place.

This game is such a nice change of pace from FFXI's "let's stand around waiting for a few hours" model of gameplay.

My current complaint with the game is that the default control scheme is kind of awkward, especially for a melee character. I suspect in my case b/c of the keyboard I use that rebinding all the keys won't be a very good fix, so I'm planning on ordering a new mouse this week.

[Yellow Mage]

What are dailies? Are they those little achievement icons that keep popping up as I just roam the world and do stuff? Seriously I've not been paying attention because I've been too busy having fun just running around all over the damn place.

Sort of. If you've been paying attention, some of those little achievement icons are in a category called "Daily" Achievements, which are a once-per-day bonus for doing various things . . . namely, killing lots of stuff, killing lots of different stuff, gathering a bunch of things, and completing events. The second and third, as you might notice, require the most conscious effort (read: any at all). Completing each tier of Daily Achievement rewards you with bonus exp (a more pronounced difference in this game from FFXI is that everything gives exp like candy from the word go), but if you complete all of them, you get additional exp on top of it, as well as a relatively decent monetary reward, and some special-looking coin item. As the name implies, they are reset every day. Be sure to click on the shaking treasure chest to claim your rewards!

There are also Monthly Achievements, and my hat goes off to anybody bothering to screw with those until September.

My current complaint with the game is that the default control scheme is kind of awkward, especially for a melee character. I suspect in my case b/c of the keyboard I use that rebinding all the keys won't be a very good fix, so I'm planning on ordering a new mouse this week.

Already changed my movement scheme, because screw WASD with a pike. My main gripe at this point is, quite frankly, the camera, and the fact that I have to mouse to pan it around (and I have to go into the settings and set it to max speed in order for it to pan at a decent rate at all).

[Mezlo]

well i couldnt download the game due to 5 kb / min, lol... I hope m preorder comes in the mail this week...

[Yellow Mage]

Is running the game at single-digit frames per second normal? Because that appears to be the case for me right now . . .

[Takelli]

Gah! I can't wait till I can purchase the game. >.<

Been broke the past few weeks due to dentists....

[Hayde]

Cid...what is your in-game name? My friends refused to roll on E. Bay (No pun intended, I just forgot the name of the server and I'm too lazy to scroll back a page >.>) so we're on Isle of Janthir. I figure I could still do that whole cross-server join thing and team up with you whenever I get the chance and such.

[cidbahamut]

Cid...what is your in-game name? My friends refused to roll on E. Bay (No pun intended, I just forgot the name of the server and I'm too lazy to scroll back a page >.>) so we're on Isle of Janthir. I figure I could still do that whole cross-server join thing and team up with you whenever I get the chance and such.

Ha, I was wondering how long it would be until I started hearing the server referred to as that.

My Charr is named Kor Iron Snout, and I forget my account name with the numbers. I'll look that up and get back to you.

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[Etra]

Is running the game at single-digit frames per second normal? Because that appears to be the case for me right now . . .

Nope. Something is going wrong there. Try updating your drivers and adjusting the video options in-game?

[Yellow Mage]

Apparently my computer doesn't meet "minimum system requirements." I'll have to look into that later . . .

By the way, just as a word of warning, GW2 already has a Brady Guide . . .

[cidbahamut]

What are your specs?