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Necro News

Cryptis Midnight — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:01:23 GMT

Well today Eric and Izzy release some cool info about the game and the necromancer
Full Article its quiet good

helpful in formation for wars too

PAX 2010 Updates & Screens

JohnnyV — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:08:01 GMT

It definitely hasn't been that long since gamescom, where A-Net was showing off the first gameplay footage of Guild Wars 2. We now have another conference to be excited for, in PAX 2010. Arenanet will be in Seattle to show off the game even further.

It looks like there will be one main keynote for the game, but they'll also be demoing the title just like they did at gamescom.

Here's the main discussion they'll be having about the game:

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Saturday - 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Room 304

Guild Wars 2: Designing Dynamic Events

What does it take to create MMO content? Veteran game designers Eric Flannum and Colin Johanson, key creators behind ArenaNet�s upcoming Guild Wars 2, will give audience members a unique perspective on designing MMO content in this fascinating talk and workshop. In an informal presentation, Eric and Colin will show you how Guild Wars 2 designers create events in the dynamic, living game world and the many factors to consider when designing any kind of MMO content. Attendees will leave with a greater insight into the work of game designers and a deeper understanding of the Guild Wars 2 dynamic event system.

This session is a ticketed event with limited attendance. Please stop by the Guild Wars 2 Booth #642 to find out how you could get a ticket.

Panelists include: Eric Flannum, Colin Johanson

If you come across any news or content which relates to Guild Wars 2 at PAX Seattle 2010, then feel free to post it.

Vote For Guild Wars 2 as Best Game at gamescom

JohnnyV — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:37:56 GMT

Ok guys, here are some links to a couple of polls about the best games at gamescom.

If you find more, feel free to add them here

http://www.pcgames.de/gamescom-2010-...Wars-2-769486/ (click on Abstimmen at the end of the poll)

http://ve3d.ign.com/poll/366/GC-2010 (vote other and let them know how ridiculous it is that Guild Wars 2 isn't on the list)

Necromancer Officially Revealed

Ryuzaki — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:27:49 GMT

We've known about the necromancer since gamescom, but ArenaNet finally revealed them on the official website.

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-gam...s/necromancer/

Who guessed the right silhouette :p? Not me.

Video about Creating Cinematics for Guild Wars2

JohnnyV — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:52:51 GMT

A very interesting video. Here's the most important part from the synopsis:

"We utilize proprietary animation software that renders 2D cinematics in real time, so your player will appear inside the brilliant animated illustrations."

http://www.arena.net/blog/video-crea...s-2-cinematics

gamescom Guild Wars 2 Updates & Screens

JohnnyV — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:06:26 GMT

Ok, all official updates that occur at gamescom will be put here. The demo is now live!

OMG, these animations are like buttah.

IGN Posts First Impression of Guild Wars 2 Gameplay

JohnnyV — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:57:18 GMT

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The farmland surrounding Divinity's Reach is full of dynamic events. As you first walk down to the farms, you may have someone run over to you, begging you to help slay an invading Broodmother. In the opposite direction, you can help a farmer save his watermelons from a pack of ravenous rabbits. Participating (and completing) these events have consequences. In the instance of the rabbits, you can now buy and eat the watermelons for a passive stat-buff, while the death of the Broodmother means the fisherman can now go back to work in the river. Some of these events lead into others, which can become a pretty long chain. You can stop whenever you want, of course, and other people can join in whenever they please. It was surprising how often some sort of event was within reach simply while running through the world.

Later, I logged into a higher level Charr character in a much more arid-looking locale. Again, wherever I seemed to go, there was something to do. One particular event chain ultimately led to the summoning of an enormous, purple, glowing dragon. My allies (as in, all the other players in the area) and I were rapidly killed by the beast as we got too close.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1113687p2.html

Necormancer Profession Confirmed (Official Announcement Hopefully Coming Soon)

JohnnyV — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:51:32 GMT

Spong.com got official confirmation of the Necromancer profession being in Guild Wars 2. Unfortunately there's nothing else to discuss at this point, so hopefully we'll get more info and videos on the profession later this week.

GW2 has a release date already??

Tazer — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:06:25 GMT

Yo.

so asked becuz Gamestop has 11/2/2010 listed on its sales entry........

is this a case of them jumping the gun, or am I just late to find this out (which wouldnt be the 1st time)??

Tazer

Walking the Walk

JohnnyV — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:14:17 GMT

To coincide with the manifesto, Arenanet has released a blog post entitled 'Walking the Walk'. It's basically an outline of what they plan to show off at Gamescom. For a first time demo it appears they're going to be showing off quite a bit.

As always, the main points are listed below. Or you can go straight to the horse's mouth for the full article.

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- Arenanet reiterates how they plan to change up the "MMO formula: the same level grind and scheduled rewards; the same static, unchanging worlds; the same quest mechanics; the same �holy trinity� of class balance. We know the industry can do better."

- gamescom attendees will play through the GW2 demo first, and then PAX attendees will be able to check it out two weeks later.

- The demo will be divided into two sections. First, players can start out as a level 1 Human and check out everything you can do at the beginning of the game. And the second part will have players taking on a level 47 Charr.

- The human portion of the demo will show off the event system, with an attack from centaur on a human village. The personal storyline being alluded to so many times by A-Net will be demonstrated with the human demo.

- The Charr demo will allow players to dive deeper into the gameplay mechanics, but no storyline will be revealed due to spoilers.

- Players will have the opportunity to journey around Divinity's Reach.

- The scene of the manifesto video that shows the enormous stone hands, are from a stone elemental. The level 1 humans will be able to fight this elemental at the demo.

- This dragon which was also shown in the manifesto will be a mob. He's called The Shatterer, which is a special dragon that terrorizes the Brand (for all you Ghosts of Ascalon readers.. ;) )

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link to blog post

Gamespot Q&A with Eric Flannum

Ryuzaki — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:43:42 GMT

Full interview can be found here.

Some nice tidbits from the interview:

GameSpot: Can you give us a progress report on the game's development? What parts of the game is the team currently working on?

Eric Flannum: Our top priority is putting the finishing touches on our demo for GamesCom and PAX. We're very excited to let our fans try Guild Wars 2 hands-on for the first time. We'll be showing the starting human experience and a high-level Charr area, so that's what we're concentrating most of our efforts on at the moment.

GS: How will Guild Wars 2's player-versus-environment play better reflect what ArenaNet feels massively multiplayer games will be about? For instance, how does the game handle grouping?

EF: Grouping is handled in a manner that will be familiar to most players. You can start a group and invite anyone you see fit. We see groups primarily as ways for players to keep track of each other and to help facilitate communication. One thing that is unique to our game is that it's a perfectly viable option for multiple players to play together without grouping at all. We distribute loot and XP to any player who participated in killing a monster. This means that a player can never take XP or loot away from another player by trying to help them, and it's always a viable option to help a player who's in trouble. We want it to always be a good thing when one player runs into another in the world.

Arenanet Manifesto Video!

JohnnyV — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:50:22 GMT

And here's the Guild Wars 2 Manifesto Video!

Here's my basic thoughts when first seeing the video:

In the middle of watching it now, some drool is hitting the keyboard.

Finished watching the video. Not sure what/who that dragon is, but when it swooped down to the ground I think it's one of the coolest cinematics I've ever seen.