Ive got a question that needs a fast respone please!

DrDream

Its really stupid but i cant tell and im tierd of looking. What kinda Combat does GW2 have is it free action like tera or is it ur standard Tab/click targeting? or is it even somthing else?

pacov

There is dodging but there is also tab targeting so its a mix

fiontar

GW2 doesn't require you to keep your cursor on your target all the time, but you don't require an active target to use a skill and will hit thing in the line/cone or area of the attack. Range matters and since you can use a skill while out of range, it's your responsibility to make sure you are in range. Unlike TERA, almost all skills can be used while moving and most animations do not root you in place. All classes also have an active dodge, with an endurance resource that limits how often you can dodge. Dodging movesw you out of the way, but also makes you invulnerable for a very brief window. Positioning is also important in GW2 and you can avoid some attacks by moving out of the way with out using the dodge skill.

For me, the inability to move while using skills in TERA ruined the actiony feel of combat. Even though GW2 doesn't require constant, active cursor targeting, it actualy has a more actiony feel, imo, than TERA.

 

 

Zylaxx

Originally posted by fiontar

GW2 doesn't require you to keep your cursor on your target all the time, but you don't require an active target to use a skill and will hit thing in the line/cone or area of the attack. Range matters and since you can use a skill while out of range, it's your responsibility to make sure you are in range. Unlike TERA, almost all skills can be used while moving and most animations do not root you in place. All classes also have an active dodge, with an endurance resource that limits how often you can dodge. Dodging movesw you out of the way, but also makes you invulnerable for a very brief window. Positioning is also important in GW2 and you can avoid some attacks by moving out of the way with out using the dodge skill.

For me, the inability to move while using skills in TERA ruined the actiony feel of combat. Even though GW2 doesn't require constant, active cursor targeting, it actualy has a more actiony feel, imo, than TERA.

 

 

Agreed.

xr00t3dx

Originally posted by DrDream

Its really stupid but i cant tell and im tierd of looking. What kinda Combat does GW2 have is it free action like tera or is it ur standard Tab/click targeting? or is it even somthing else?

You didn't try very hard. find out yourself.

Volkon

It's a hybrid of tab-targetting and more action oriented. You don't have to have a target to hit something, but you can (which helps in a crowd). You can swing your axe and everything near you regrets your choice to do so. However, in one major difference from Tera, you can attack while moving. None of the stop-action Tera is boasting. (Well, a few skills are channeled, they'll root you while you do so, but the majority aren't.)

Ah, and you can also avoid damage by rolling out of the way of an attack, none of the WoW style "tracking attacks", where an arrow will chase you around corners and through trees and ground to hit you. If you go behind a tree, the tree stops things for example.

 

Addendum: There are some spells that require you to have a target, such as any mesmer spells that create clones. Clones need a specific target and are destroyed if that target dies.

cali59

Watch this video until from the start mark until at least 15:00.  Totalbiscuit shows how you can swing at nothing and can sometimes damage enemies you're not targeting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttfOuxB6Gc&feature=player_detailpage#t=808s

Distopia

Originally posted by xr00t3dx

You didn't try very hard. find out yourself.

How did this response take longer than this one?

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"Originally posted by fiontar

GW2 doesn't require you to keep your cursor on your target all the time, but you don't require an active target to use a skill and will hit thing in the line/cone or area of the attack. Range matters and since you can use a skill while out of range, it's your responsibility to make sure you are in range. Unlike TERA, almost all skills can be used while moving and most animations do not root you in place. All classes also have an active dodge, with an endurance resource that limits how often you can dodge. Dodging movesw you out of the way, but also makes you invulnerable for a very brief window. Positioning is also important in GW2 and you can avoid some attacks by moving out of the way with out using the dodge skill.

For me, the inability to move while using skills in TERA ruined the actiony feel of combat. Even though GW2 doesn't require constant, active cursor targeting, it actualy has a more actiony feel, imo, than TERA."

 

Meowhead

Not only can attacks be dodged by sidestepping them, but line of sight matters as well.  You can step behind a wall, a forcefield, or... welll... you can do this.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_zn404EpSs

Probably my favorite example of an attack being physically intercepted by another 'person'.

(Though that works with ranged attacks, than say melee, since a swing of a sword would hit anybody in the arc)

Requiamer

I think its a bit hard to explain, as it is a mix of both tab and fps. You can tab target, but a lot of skills/spell don't auto aim, and even if some does your opponent can always dodge them (dodge always ignore attack, but then there is a dodge bar so you can't spam it). All skills can be used in movement, and they use similar aoe circle and item on the ground as Tera, but imo in a better manner. So its a very dynamic, but its neither full fps neither full tab targeting. They also use the switch weapons as fps does, since each weapon set have some specific use as they do in fps, and you will probably switch weapons a lot in this game. Tera is more fps aiming but then again you are locked down when you use skills, and honestly the range for ranged combat is so short i'm not sure it is really even fps, even Tera is a mild port of fps, Darkfall is a real port of fps combat, but tbh it didn't work very well for some reasons. ANd Tera is just about fps aim, they just missed so much aspect of fps, GW2 seam to have missed a lot less of them tbh. Also skill/weapons and all the fighting panoply is just a dimension deeper in GW2 than in Tera imo, which is a pretty shallow game overall, same for pvp which is like non existent in Tera but very important with a ton of nice features in GW2, so.

fiontar

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by xr00t3dx

You didn't try very hard. find out yourself.

How did this response take longer than this one?

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"Originally posted by fiontar

GW2 doesn't require you to keep your cursor on your target all the time, but you don't require an active target to use a skill and will hit thing in the line/cone or area of the attack. Range matters and since you can use a skill while out of range, it's your responsibility to make sure you are in range. Unlike TERA, almost all skills can be used while moving and most animations do not root you in place. All classes also have an active dodge, with an endurance resource that limits how often you can dodge. Dodging movesw you out of the way, but also makes you invulnerable for a very brief window. Positioning is also important in GW2 and you can avoid some attacks by moving out of the way with out using the dodge skill.

For me, the inability to move while using skills in TERA ruined the actiony feel of combat. Even though GW2 doesn't require constant, active cursor targeting, it actualy has a more actiony feel, imo, than TERA."

 

And I'm not even a fast typist!

Distopia

Originally posted by fiontar

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by xr00t3dx

You didn't try very hard. find out yourself.

How did this response take longer than this one?

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"Originally posted by fiontar

GW2 doesn't require you to keep your cursor on your target all the time, but you don't require an active target to use a skill and will hit thing in the line/cone or area of the attack. Range matters and since you can use a skill while out of range, it's your responsibility to make sure you are in range. Unlike TERA, almost all skills can be used while moving and most animations do not root you in place. All classes also have an active dodge, with an endurance resource that limits how often you can dodge. Dodging movesw you out of the way, but also makes you invulnerable for a very brief window. Positioning is also important in GW2 and you can avoid some attacks by moving out of the way with out using the dodge skill.

For me, the inability to move while using skills in TERA ruined the actiony feel of combat. Even though GW2 doesn't require constant, active cursor targeting, it actualy has a more actiony feel, imo, than TERA."

 

And I'm not even a fast typist!

LOL

Meowhead

Originally posted by fiontar

And I'm not even a fast typist!

Well, I can explain that question easily.

Whenever you start a topic, the first thing you should assume is that if people can answer JUST the title, they often will, without even bothering to read the opening post.

If the title does not lead towards answers (I've got a question is not actually a question), then most people will just read the first post, and not bother to read anything else.

Then, there's an even smaller subset that will bother to read say... the first page before giving up and go to the first post to respond.

Hardly anybody actually reads every response in a topic.  That's too much like work!

I'll admit even I, when pressed for time, or all the responses seem to be running in the same vein, will respond to things without reading everything in a topic.

Distopia

Originally posted by Meowhead

Well, I can explain that question easily.

Whenever you start a topic, the first thing you should assume is that if people can answer JUST the title, they often will, without even bothering to read the opening post.

If the title does not lead towards answers (I've got a question is not actually a question), then most people will just read the first post, and not bother to read anything else.

Then, there's an even smaller subset that will bother to read say... the first page before giving up and go to the first post to respond.

Hardly anybody actually reads every response in a topic.  That's too much like work!

I'll admit even I, when pressed for time, or all the responses seem to be running in the same vein, will respond to things without reading everything in a topic.

While true, my point was more about a guy coming in simply to say "Screw you, I'm not going to help you"..

dontadow

REminds me of final fantasy xii, which IMO, was the best blend of RPG choice style combat with small action elements that allow maneuverability to factor into your attacks. 

Any faster and it ventures into hte realm of is this RPG combat or FPS.  

atziluth

I am curious... Why the need for a fast response?

Meowhead

Originally posted by atziluth

I am curious... Why the need for a fast response?

Finger was hovering over the prepurchase button and he wanted an answer before his credit card information timed out!

 

Distopia

Originally posted by Meowhead

Originally posted by atziluth

I am curious... Why the need for a fast response?

Finger was hovering over the prepurchase button and he wanted an answer before his credit card information timed out!

 

That was actually my guess.

DannyGlover

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Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by Meowhead

Originally posted by atziluth

I am curious... Why the need for a fast response?

Finger was hovering over the prepurchase button and he wanted an answer before his credit card information timed out!
 

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That was actually my guess.

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I was gonna guess that he was in the bathroom posting from his smartphone that was about to run out of battery life and needed the peace of mind to get through a rough situation.

Distopia

Originally posted by DannyGlover

 

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Originally posted by Distopia

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Originally posted by Meowhead

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Originally posted by atziluth



I am curious... Why the need for a fast response?

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Finger was hovering over the prepurchase button and he wanted an answer before his credit card information timed out!

 

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That was actually my guess.

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I was gonna guess that he was in the bathroom posting from his smartphone that was about to run out of battery life and needed the peace of mind to get through a rough situation.

 

ROFL

DrDream

Thanks for the Quick replys, sorry i didnt reply ealier i needed to know quick because i was leaving within a few minutes of the post and wanted to know if i wanted to Pre-order this game or not. While teras controls wernt hard they just dont feel like somthing i wanna play everytime i play an mmo. i personally like the old click and number crunch etc. so from the descriptions ive read im thinking i made a good choice and cant beat B2P(BUY2PLAY). THANKS AGAIN

Nanfoodle

You also can skip the targeting and just swing for the hills. Watch the gambreaker videos of mike b playing the first press beta. Its a good mix of fast action combat and old school targeting.