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[Preview] Guild Wars 2: Basking in the Shadow of the Mad King
BillMurphy
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We met up with ArenaNet in San Francisco last week to test drive some of Guild Wars 2's new Halloween themed content: Shadow of the Mad King. Read on to see what awaits you as the update goes live today.
With Shadow of the Mad King, ArenaNet is poised to update the game with a huge two-fold build that will bring the eponymous Halloween event into Tyria alongside other content and rewards for players interested in exploring the game world. We were recently invited to take a look at some of the new stuff coming down the pipe for Guild Wars 2, and I got to chat with Lead Content Designer Mike Zadorojny and Game Designer Matt Wuerffel about the game's October update.
Read the rest of Som Pourfarzaneh's Guild Wars 2: Basking in the Shadow of the Mad King.
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When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Preview by PC Gamer: http://youtu.be/u4QM57ri8fE
Looks amazing. They put so much work into this.
And this update seems massive. I'm actually legitimatly impressed
Finaly a reason to lay off WvW for a moment
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Awesome, can't wait for the event to start!
Im a bit sad to see they are planning on nerfing legendaries though. I thought it was fine to have something that seems very far away and hard to get in the game, its not like the game is catered to hardcore players so having something be "hardcore" was fresh.
Exactly.
I love really long and elaborate quest chains for special weapon and item but legendaries are pure RNG. I've seen countless threads of players that have put a lot of time and money into their precursers and end up going 0/2000. Then some casual who has no idea what they're even doing goes 1/1. There's nothing legendary about that.
I want the rarity, minus the RNG.
Kool video! the place looks amaizing. Can't wait to get home!
BTW last part was pretty funny
wtf?! the theme might be the same but that doesn't mean its a rehash. Its not like they took all of their stuff from GW1 and plastered it in this event and called it done. Read the details.
I dont see this as nerfing legendarys at all, really legendarys dont have any better stats then crafted exotics do as far as Min/Max damage, and while you can choose which stat combo exotic you want, you cant do the same with legendarys, and lets face it, the stat combo on the legendarys usualy arnt the ideal ones, turning them into just skins to be used on exotics.
Now if you look what you need to get a legendary it isnt worth the money just to use the skin, especially with alot of the legendarys not even looking good. So I say hoorah to them making them accesible to those who want the legendary skins, Anet's games have always had a huge Vanity player base and this will make alot of people happy, and those who dont care about looks like myself wont be affected at all.
Mess with the best, Die like the rest
yes_YES....AND YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OCT 22!!!!! has arrived!-not that it really needed this-the game is flawles thus far, but nice to see new events and such!
-ty Anet!
Some people cannot be pleased I guess......I hope you can enjoy some other game instead...
That's exactly how I feel.
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hasn't started yet
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That would explain why I couldn't find anything. :P Thanks for the information.
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I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/halloween/Release-time-Halloween/page/2
The email blast that went out earlier is quite correct. Due to differences with timezones the event starts past midnight (this evening) for European players, the event starts worldwide at the same time. Obviously this means that it will run until the 2nd of November (again due to timezone differences)
What happens when you log off your characters????.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQhfhnjYMk
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I agree. It looks like alts would be the only thing people can have as a long term goal with this change.ahh okay thanks... ohwell guess ill wait till tomorow after work then
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg