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Guild Wars 2: Hands On with the Charr Necro
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At the recent New York Comic Con, MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager, Garrett Fuller, had the opportunity to spend some hands on time with the Charr Necromancer. Not only does Garrett have some general thoughts about the Necromancer class, but he's got a lot to say about the Charr Necro as well. Read Garrett's hands-on look and then let us know what you think about the bad-ass Charr Necro!
The Charr Necromancer jumped into the world and I noticed right away I had a dagger and a war horn. GW 2 developer, Colin Johanson quickly leaned over to tell me what a lethal combination that was. I was excited to see it work. With a much more spell oriented approach to the necromancer I ran off in a random direction to see what I could find. One technique I have always used when demoing games, which is pick a random direction and run to see what they throw at you. Sure the quests and story line are waiting, but I want to get a feel for my character first. The zone we played in was higher level so I had a lot of skills and spells to choose from.
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Thanks for sharing your impressions of the game play. While I am trying to not get overly caught up in the hype this title continues to show promise. I was an avid GW1 player so I have been looking forward to this title since around 2006 when they first announced they were working on it. It appears from what I've seen/heard/read so far that it has been worth the wait. However, the more info that comes out the harder the waiting gets.
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Was your character level 1?
Because I am rather impressed if you were able to create a character and do all that you just stated with a brand new character. Please reply.
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can't wait for this game, great review!
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all this new info has driven me to play guild wars 1 again so i can unlock all the stuff with the hall of monuments. I never realised how fun guild wars can be because i never really bothered with all the hard stuff.
can wait to unloack everything for guild wars two.
Charr characters in the demo are level 45.
Thanks for your thoughts on your hands on time with the demo. It sounds like it is shaping up to be a great game with a big fun factor. I love the sound of many of the design ideas they are incorporating into the game, but the fun factor is what is really dragging me in(besides the fact that Im an abid GW player
The positive feedback continues to flow. I'm very interested to see what comes out of the lift of beta testing and the lifting of the NDA (whenever that might be). Thanks for the quick article.
I'm intrigued, I thought that character creation at earlier demos only allowed selection of a pre-made, did they allow access to more at Comic Con? I'd like to know more details about character customisation.
I think he mentioned skills were unlocked at a higher level (prob: Charr area 45-50?).
Also as EvilGeek mentions, anymore details on the Character Customisation, sounds like they unlocked it?
I liked the write-up and agree in several ways: First impressions and seeing if the combat feels right is good to hear. You forget to mention your thought on the Charr as well as Necromancer profession?
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014633/Classic-Game-Postmortem
Yeah I too definitely want to know more about character customization. What options did you have at comic-con?
Interesting article BUT what will make or break GW2 for me is whether the dynamic quest system works well. Will it mean that players pull together and group without thinking about it? Will it mean that the world does feel alive and vibrant and affected by what you do? Does it really take you away from that quest grind gameplay that we all know so well?
Will it work when the servers open up and it is actually put to the test?
If the answers are yes then I think GW2 will change the MMO genre. This is not to say that the content of the article is irrelevant. These things - like back from the brink skills and the feel of combat - add depth and maturity but will be somewhat wasted if the dynamic quest system does not hold together.
Awesome, thanks so much for sharing this. The more I hear, the more I like.
I was so thrilled when I heard Nerco class was gonna be in part 2 and seeing the awesome vids of the class in action has really began to seal the deal for me with this game. Not to mention all the other amazing ground breaking stuff Arena Net is promissing.
I've been a huge fan of Necros ever since Diablo 2. But for me, I haven't been able to find a Nerco class I've liked in pretty much any other game since the one in D2. Didn't even like the one in GW1. But the one in GW2 has suprised me ever since I've been keeping my eye on it. I
Can't wait.
it's all going to work out somehow. those guys know what they're doing
it's about time we start playing a new era of mmorpg.
there's no denying the truth here, as time passes, things either only get better or worse
companies that learn from their mistakes and listen to their communities will only keep getting better.
and my god. those screens look epic
Agreed, or at least that is half of it, the PvP with the mist and G vs G is the other half.
But the question about dynamic events is if they will be fun for a long time or not. I am sure they will work for a short while but how will it be in the long run?
Since it never been done before we can just guess. But it is a new idea and I am tired of having my quest log filled with loads of quests that I really don't care about, doing single thing at a single time will be a welcome change I think....
I'm looking at the dynamic events like this....
In UO we had the champion spawns and GM ran events that really made the game worth playing.
FFXI my favorite things was Besieged and Campaign (If you don't know what these are you really should check out the systems as they were a great deal of fun) which really made the game fun and it was a nice, nice break from the grind.
The World Quests that War offered were praised as the best of War, though I haven't experienced them I have heard them spoke of fondly often though the discussion usually included "they could have been better..."
CO did something similar to War and this was actually one of the better parts of CO.
These were all static minus the GM ran events in UO and these were all parts of the games that made them fun.
Taking that into consideration and taking into count what I've read about the Dynamic events in GW2 all I can conclude is that ,barring some bizarre turn of events, these dynamic events should be something that I will enjoy seeing as how they are expanding on concepts from previous devs and making them dynamic.
If Static events like this can draw praise and attention and lead to a great deal of fun for players, then I can't think of a reason that dynamic versions wouldn't.
Ahh I also forgot to mention Garrison in FFXI, that was fun as hell as well lol.
Agreed.
While it sounds like there's some great ideas going into GW2 it remains to be seen if the all of the elements of their concept can fit into a cohesive whole. I remain optimistic but then I was optimistic about WAR as well and that had some great ideas and look what happened there :P
What happened "there" is that they got bought out by EA and got rushed, using design concepts that were still fresh and sketchy and still needed lots of reworking to be fully enjoyable. A-Net delivered on their promises with Guild Wars, considering the over 6 million sold copies. I find it a good sign that they aren't giving in to people begging to know the release date, sticking with a "when it's ready" release timetable is what made WoW such a success. And the fact that the game is B2P with some cosmetic and account related utility for micro-transactions, A-Net has to release this game in a virtually perfect state, otherwise news of the suckage will spread like a wildfire, as we've seen with FFXIV recently.
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nice hands on review. First thing I've read about this game despite the hype and have to say I am slightly interested in finding out more about it now
Cannot wait for this game to finnaly come out... I'll definitely stop playing Aion for this.
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Many developers have stuck with a "When its ready" approach. Every game no matter B2P or F2P, P2P, micro-transactions etc has to be perfect nowadays. To much compitition is around as well as alternatives. If its not perfect, people will go to the other games. So this something not only A-net must get right, but also Bioware and development teams for TERA and RIFT (can't remember who is making them).
Its hard to say if Anet delivered with GW. I'm sure millions just bought it to try it out since it was a B2P. Whether or not those people stuck with the game remains to be seen.
GW2 is shaping up to be a nice game IF they can deliver. I don't however, believe it will be the second coming of jesus as some people believe.
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Anet absolutely delivered with GW1. It was innovative, fun, had some of the most unique and and competitive PvP scenes, proved that a P2P model is not absolutely necessary, etc
You don't sell 6 million copies by accident. People had to make they choice to whether to spend money on GW1 or another game.
And it doesn't matter if people didn't play it for years since, as far as profits go, Anet cares mostly about the game purchase.
I think this something people are seriously underestimating. Unlike subscription games, GW2 doesn't need to keep the same players spending countless hours in their game. They just need them to try it out, and hopefully stick around long enough to spend a few bucks here and there.
Think about it, how many of you would dish out $50-$60 bucks for a AAA MMO that you can play as much as you want, whenever you want, without EVER paying a subscription. I know I would, and so will a large part of the MMO community even if it doesn't become their "main" game.
GW1 was succsessful. 6 Million copies is good but how many played the game more than 1 minute? more than 1 hour? Anet may not care if players stay or leave as they already got their profit but players care. Not many people want to play a game that has a community size of 100 (for example).
People shell out $50-60 on AAA MMO's that they can play whenever they want, as much as they want and it DOES have a subscription. Sure sometimes people many have a bit of a financial issue and maybe have to cut back but then you shouldn't be playing MMO's if you get to this point, should be working out how you can get out of the mess your in to be honest.
GW2 will be succsessful, but i don't play MMO's because they are making a profit. I play it because its good. Sales and quality of product are not the same thing.
This game will be sooo much fun, i am replaying GW at the moment forgot how epic the game is!
EA, Where possible good games go to die. You most likely shouldn't use that as an example as crushed hopes, EA does stupid things like that quite frequently.