GameStar (DE): Interview with Jon Peters & Ben Miller (2012-04-04)

[Centaur]

The german gaming magazine/site GameStar recently did a video interview (in english) with ArenaNet developers Jon Peters and Ben Miller. Topics include "the endgame of Guild Wars 2, matchmaking, guilds, tournaments and the engineer."

You can find the interview here:

[Doomgrin]

There is no "end game" - you will enjoy all the features the whole way, no get to 80 and see a whole different gamr
WvWvW Server matching - ladder system based on 2 week battles
Guilds - talk about tournaments and it will be individual / team based. Teams need not be in the same guild.
Engineers - just some talk on how its a diff class.
GW2 skills - lots on depth in skills and traits, and combat is about positioning

[Wreck]

I really like when he talks about the tournaments. If you don't like your team, you won't lose what you have gained from winning with them if you leave.

While playing WoW Arena, I wouldn't want to lose my rating and have to start over, so I would try to never leave my team. This would result in me not playing with people I otherwise would have.