How was the Alpha?

bryanA

I want a short review from the people who played the Alpha. Like if you guys were able to do any quest and were they fun? How important was choosing the skills to go into the arena for some PvP. How cool did the armor and weapons look?
That's prolly it thanks in advance for all who share their experience.

Tiberiux

Finished all the alpha quests (except the last one they opened the last day with the gryphons)
Charmed a lynx
Was warrior/ranger

Walked all the open areas.
Did alot of the solo quest

Armour and weapons looked spectacular
Arrows worked well best of any game i've seen
Spell effects rule too

Skills very important whe you have alot and structure your fighting style a specific way.

Didn't play much PVP which was a shame.

Rate this game for a no-monthly fee game 9.5/10 from what i've seen in the alpha.

When it comes out it's a must have for any RPG lover.

Deadaye13

For a game that was still in Alpha, this had very little bugs.  The gameplay was great.  Graphics were great.  There was no level grind  .

I played a Necro Warrior.  I would steal enemy health and fight like hell.  Unstoppable was what my friends called it.

This was an amazing game and I look foward to beta testing and buying Guild Wars.

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Pillonator

Hey i was thinking of making a warrior/necro but i want the summons and i want to be able to use my spells but they tell me its hard because of the lack of mana the warrior has.  Is necro/warrior good?

There's no cooking like mama's cooking!!!!

Deadaye13

My friends and I kicked some serious arse.  My necro/warrior was amazing in my opinion.  I would "creep" up on an enemy, start bashing him.  Then, when my health started getting low, i'd start cranking out the life drains and i'd be full health very quickly.  I'd take out 3 people before they'd overwhelm me.

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2pacalypse

All i can say is that after playing the E3 event and for the first time since probably when the first FFX came out on the PS2 have i ever played a RPG and after completing a Task / Quest sat back in my chair after finishing it and just saying to myself 

WOW!!!!! What an Experience

UberX

Heh. Anybody remember prince Rurik, The Homicidal Maniac? That guy was nuts. When he was in-town, all of a sudden, on the last day, handing out an assignment to go to the North, I knew that'd be a crazy mission.

The quests were cool, and for the Solo quests (Get the Carapaces, or get the Stones, or get the Armor), if you knew where to find the creatures, you could easily complete the quest. It took me a while with the Carapaces, though. But I was one of the few walking around with the Crimson Devourer Carapace Shield. A real beauty

The missions/quests that you could do cooperatively were very fun and challenging. It says something that since E3, I've been languishing, not really finding something nearly so fun or entertaining as GW.

PvP was fun, though the offensive team usually started losing players if the first offensive assault failed, which generally lessened the chances of their getting in. The ability to request more players in-mission, to replace those lost, might be a good idea. (Also a good idea for the Co-op play, where losing just one player could sometimes be fatal. That's how challenging some of the missions could be.)

unaydon

liked the solo areas alot better now that u can take friends in there with u. pvp was alot of fun i liked the 8v8 better then the 4v4.also good story to go along with game not just hack and slash.