will there be collision?

[Alblaze]

Anyone knows if there will be collision in this game?

[Cryptis Midnight]

As in what? other then the 3 way battles of WvW or the unknown bits of PvP i dont quite get what you mean

[Ruse]

I think he means collision detection like AoC has -- where you can't physically move through other players.

I can't recall if they've mentioned it one way or the other though. I do know they've said you can body block projectiles.

[Mrfoot]

well it takes alot from hook shoting <-- hehe rocks xD unless Backstab moves in-case assassins req you be behind the Mob

[Venn]

I do remember reading somewhere that you cant do tank wall like you could in GW1.

[Cryptis Midnight]

well in an Q&A with Eric Flannum he said "Because of many issues with collision in a persistent world, players will not be able to collide with one another in Guild Wars 2." Though it is still very important on postioning in both PvE and PvP because of a few other things one is flak and rear dmg, some skills do more dmg/effects depending on hit area.

[Ruse]

That might be a gamebreaker for an AoC guildmate of mine (Deathcoyote for Venn). He couldn't horse-block newbs anymore. xD;

Edited because I can't type apparently.

[Cryptis Midnight]

Eric Flannum "That being said, many skills affect the movement of a target (knockbacks, knockdowns, etc…), which allows players to replicate some of the same body blocking tactics that they used in Guild Wars."

a good example of this is a Warrior with Dual Mace or Mace/Shield or even a Hammer with the utility skill Stomp this is Dam hard to get past for a newb, that being said, with it being a X Y Z field it would be a lot harder to body block