Guild Wars 2

[Lord_Twisted]

[Lord_Twisted]

So the guild we are in does not seem to be very social at this point, but I am assuming that this is due to everyone being so enthralled with the game. I mean the guild already has a couple of level 80 players <ack>. I am currently at level 32 on my Ranger only because I am fighting myself every step of the way to focus on just that toon for the moment. I almost started my Thief yesterday because I ran into a couple difficult parts. I fought my way through it, and was glad I did because it got me through more of my story line.
Really intrigued by where this story is going, the first little bit was kind of funny, and entertaining, then it started to drag out a bit, now it is getting kind of serious sounding, and more in depth.

Even with a bow that is a few levels lower then my toon I am doing good damage in groups, and when I am alone I usually just start out with the first few fast attacks on my bow then switch to my two handed sword to enter the fight with my Dog.

All in all I am still having a lot of fun, crafting is fun, but some components just don't drop very well for me, the totems, claws, etc...

The storage on the collectibles is great how it stores them by level of use, all of the first tier items in the first row, second tier items in the second row, etc..

I am just amazed at the creative thought process on this game and how well it was designed. I keep thinking that this is a Korean MMO which would normally count against it for me, but ArenaNet is in Bellevue Washington, and was bought by NCsoft in Korea. So more of a mix of designs I think, and it worked really well.

[Sheriff_Bullock]

So the guild we are in does not seem to be very social at this point, but I am assuming that this is due to everyone being so enthralled with the game.

They are all on Mumble, the voice chat service.

The guild leader and officers (of which I am now one) want to get some WvW/sPvP/Dungeon nights going as soon as everyone has spent some time with the game and feels comfortable enough to apply their PvE skills to something else.

All in all I am still having a lot of fun, crafting is fun, but some components just don't drop very well for me, the totems, claws, etc...

That's my problem also. I think we're supposed to be buying those components off the trading post from players who aren't crafting or have other crafting disciplines.

Except for 8 slot bags, I've yet to craft anything useful for myself.

[KAZUYA]

Some fun action from last night
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVICE
http://www.youtube.com/v/hxGUDTOux-Q

[Sheriff_Bullock]

Some fun action from last night
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVICE
http://www.youtube.com/v/hxGUDTOux-Q

Needs more glue gun.

http://www.youtube.com/v/sJo9g9La7JY

[opshn]

Ok I've officially been roped back in. I was a big Guild Wars nerd back in the day and I even still have a 4'X4' poster on my office wall of the old guild wars map. I've joined the guild and added Sheriff, Wortdog, Volkie, Ironwolf, and Kaz to my friends list. If I'm missing anyone please send me your info so I can add you as well. opshn.6492 and opshnz is my toon name. oh yeah I'm a gremlin or naked ewok.

[KAZUYA]

Ok I've officially been roped back in. I was a big Guild Wars nerd back in the day and I even still have a 4'X4' poster on my office wall of the old guild wars map. I've joined the guild and added Sheriff, Wortdog, Volkie, Ironwolf, and Kaz to my friends list. If I'm missing anyone please send me your info so I can add you as well. opshn.6492 and opshnz is my toon name. oh yeah I'm a gremlin or naked ewok.

I rather call you "The result of the Gremlins and Yoda having a PJ night out"

[Sheriff_Bullock]

Some good tips for the Ascalon Catacombs (level 30 dungeon):

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...bs_story_mode/

[Sheriff_Bullock]

Results of The Great Big Class, Race, and Gender Survey! Statistics galore!

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...ce_and_gender/

[Lord_Twisted]

Some good tips for the Ascalon Catacombs (level 30 dungeon):

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...bs_story_mode/

I tell you though. The level 30 dungeon is longer and harder then the level 40. The level 40 dungeon is great. 30 to 40 minutes. about 3 or 4 chest, and at level 45ish I was getting 20,000xp each time. Did it five times in a row before it broke on s and would not spawn the second boss.

Would be more then happy to take a group through it, unlike the level 30 one, I know this level 40 one pretty well.

You walk into the mansion during a party, you have to spread out and talk to all of the guest with the circle over their heads. Then a giant golem bot comes out, and you have to kill it. Which is considered the hardest fight of the dungeon by the way, and the group tends to die off a few times and just respawn and come back to the fight during it. The worse part are the "guided" rockets the golem launches, sometimes you can evade. After you kill him there is a chest.

Then the second fight is in the mansion and involves a guy named "door guard" pretty tough, but not bad." After you beat him the door opens and you go into a room with an ambush, we usually pull those guys back out into the bigger room we just fought the door guard in, there are several easier bandits to deal with, and typically unless one player gets all the aggro, there is few problems. This spawns another chest.

Then it's down into the basement, where you fight several other small fights and find the "secret" <glowing> switch to open the secret door. This takes you outside the mansion and you have a few more smaller fights, and spawns another chest.

Then that leave the main boss which is the bandit captain and as long as you keep moving she is not too bad, but she puts down a fire based aoe that does some good damage if you stay in it. This does not spawn another chest, but the end of the dungeon and first timers get a reward, and everyone gets the experience <for me it was 20k each time, and in five runs I gained about three levels.>