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Guild Wars 2: Unleash The Beta!

by Mizaki on Feb 15, 2012 at 06:57 PM
I don't think there could be a better email in the world on a rather grey Tuesday, than an invitation to take part in the Guild Wars 2 Beta. Though I can tell you very little (other than it begins this weekend and I've already packed off my entire family) rest assured I will be providing some in-depth coverage come Monday the 20th, so be sure to check Tap-Repeatedly.com and Mesmer.me

If you have any suggestions on what you would like me to cover during my Beta experience, please do let me know by placing your suggestions in the comments below or in a forum post. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to take part with big thanks going out to ArenaNet, but if I can also contribute something back to the Guild Wars community it will make the experience all more rewarding, so what would you all like to see?

Now, where is my video recording equipment...
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Quercus
Not so much to see, rather wanna know how long the necromancer's wells stay active. Would be nice if you could figure that out for me, since I want to built on that concept.
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Hidds
Something nice to cover could be the instanced dungeons, im interested how different they are from other mmos and how fun they could be. I hope you enjoy the beta though
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Geikamir
That is exceptional news! I told you that you'd get it! Grats. I bet you are freaking out, lol.


I personally am most interested in the new trait system (a few examples of some, how they are acquired, and your impressions of their overall effectiveness) and cash shop items (what's there, how much does it cost, and things like that).

And, any information on the Thief's elusive "support" (which might be covered in the traits request) would be very welcome!


Oh and also, maybe if you get get your hands on crafted items like weapon upgrades. I'm very curious about how much effect something like a poison or fire upgrade will actually have.


Sorry for the grocery list, lol. I'm just so curious!

I'll about to post this in the Guru thread as well just to bump it for you.
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Dalsie
Grats again Miz.

Apart from being curious about the mesmer skills which haven't been revealed, I would really like to know more about the AI behavior of clones/phantasms. Do they blindly charge an enemy, does their behavior depend on your weapon, are they simply 'pets' that look like you, how fast do they go down, how often can they be cast (taking into account there are several skills which 'drop' clones)?

Sorry, I know its alot of questions don't feel compelled to answer all or any of em!
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Mizaki
I'll get right on them My biggest concern at the moment is trying to find video capture software that actually works well. Fraps and Afterburner work excellently but even with my new PC it absolutely annihilates my FPS.
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Geikamir
You're our inside man, Lewis. You can do it!
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Haldir
I don't need anything specific. I trust you in your judgement about what is important/game breaking to cover and what not

But I would like to know as much as possible about the ingame Guild system

Have fun in the Beta!
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