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Sadly i wasnt in BE so was waiting for stress test :) for me it was real stress test as im +13 hours so test started at 00-00 and was till 07-00
i prepared my self for wasted day at work
First of all yes i tried to start game exactly at 00 minutes and like in fairy tale it started right away ALL eu server very heavy already US were low. But still i choose "Underworld" and started
First of all Character creation i can be a bit more informative its true as while i was choosing between Skeletal mask of demon i was thinking its some sort of tatoo
so 1lvl Charr Necro ( had 1 time black screen with only mouse coursor at creatino stage reloging helped)
I read about in fight right away abd sure was expecting it
i really loved mini DE at start with holding ghost so npc can open gates and killing Ghost dyke at the end. (was kinda bugged i thing or maybe because of insane amount of ppl aroun But only after like 4-5 kill quest actually counted and i was teleported to main town )
and same time this event showed major amount of ppl how you Must play. As i saw lots of ppl were like in other MMOs with a feeling nothg bad can happen in starting zone at 1 lvl were just face sitting huge boss, for 2 seconds before they die. Game clearly said dont act like you are Rambo.
Sure i died 1 time and saw Downed bar oh i was surprised to see very helpfull abilities in it like bleeding and fear.
so ok "real" game started after first boss fight Still with only 2 skills opened and feeling from me like i was a tree while casting chanelled spell i was like 90% of time Whoot why im i standing while doing it i Can run around.
i was already inside the game i will not lie i wasnt sure about what i was doing but on map i saw Some "Hearts" and unvisited places along with "talent point" it was easy to decide as more talent point you have better )) chained quest with cannons was fun and i can easily see it can be chalenging (not with 30 ppl around as it was)
after doining 2-3 hearts and partisipating in 4-5DE i got 200+karma (if im right) some coins and no idea why i need them )
And as time was very limited choice was to go for Story line ) and i didnt regret it. i will not write about every single quest in it but i sure enjoyed fighting huge Scorpion 1vs1 it was great "tutorial" mission so you can be alone concentrate on what you was doing Which was impossible in open world with ppl all over the place. i loved how my choices while creating char really do change story (or at least it was always somethg blood legion which i took at start)
And again im not big MMO gamer i havent seen Tera Stars or never Tried TSW. so maybe im easy to amaze
Difficulty some ppl are arguing about i never noticed it. Yes some insane mobs can hit really hard and you just 1/2 hp in 1 sec (like was with be and some legion quest while i was 5lvl and npc 7lvl and i needed to fight him he just PWNED me in 1 sec) Also can be Class related exp as i found Necromancer insanly good for PvE as he had 2lifes to start with and pretty amazing downed spells. and with self healing, this part was hared as he actually dont have it and you need to summon pet to sacrifice it first (before you unlock other skills ), it was like kite mobs around with staff and if thibgs became bad F1ed run away or finish fight or atleast while CD on healing will be done. game always giving you an option being a Hero and die or to be a bit smarter and hide for 5 sec or brake LoS Come back and finish your job
Weapons i think i tried them all and LOved all ) it was exactly what i wanted from Necro after reading some articles. (haven't tried other profesions so dont know if its a deal for every1 ) but it was soo Clear with weapons choices--- Staff long range auto attack and very good CC and support marks. yes at 10 lvl the were not Very helpfull (Healing) but still i can see how later it can easily save lifes. Scepter with offhand also very good was my favorite and Daggers Who ever can imagine necromance master of melee combat ) i found daggers very fun but its for sure you need right Gear and talents for them as with cloth and only +power on items Hp was dropping equally fast on me and mobs )
by the end of my stress test at 06-00 i loged out from game with 10lvl necromancer and feeling good about the night.
bottom line game was great for me i loved music enviroment I dont really care about animations or graphic (it was also great) or some not voiced cut scenes. For me MMO is feeling about game after i loged off.
And if true i was sold right after i logged to main town at 1lvl and no CHAT with "give me some love" ppl. WIN.
and not to mention very smart "lets be 1 good community" idea to give XP for reviving fallen players. i was dead like 10 times and never was really dead as some1 was reviing me right away During downed or max 10 sec after i died.
i havent tried PVP as its more "i tried all dungeons lets see pvp" and sure it was only few hours test.
Questing: Hearts is the only "quests" i found and i can partly agree with ppl who saying its kill 10x bring 5x. but i really dont thing any game will and want to fully remove them. and in GW you dont feel like you really up for gathering somethg or killing (at least at Charr zone) as i never saw progression bar with 5x 10x because its same as for DE you starting to things its same thing and not to say you almost all the time not just gathering items but doing some DE in same zone. i found it very intertainment and if its true about leveling curve till 80 i cant see how i can be bored with such quests. if i only will do 1 time each
Crafting: only tried cooking as trainer said it was most hard one to take -- chalenge accepted--- lvl to 35 or so didnt get evet 1 eatable only ingredients but like lvling idea with XP and crits
Things i dont like about game is a fear what their over done coolness... for example for the 6 hours while i was playing i never even started to worry about Gear i still was with mostly crappy starting ones and some rewards from Story line.
the game was soo smooth i never got sweet feeling of gaining new lvl actually they could easily make it like TSW "no lvl" game still give Xp for quests lvlup rewars with skill point and just hide actuall XP bar :))
all other aspects of the game is too early to judge as all this "New" will be same old very fast and only game content will show how GW will do in a long run. as PvE for sure ^) PvP will be all over the game for looong time
Kinda long )