Any surprises from BWE?

1) Sylvari design - I was digging how many options they have in character creation as well as their glow and overall design. Bark, leaves, vines, etc. are all super neat to toy around with! Nice to see a unique MMO race for a change.

2) Asura animations - Everything about them rock. Running animations have plenty of momentum, holding a greatsword looks funny, popping off Cleansing Flame as a guardian makes them float in the air while they spew fire for a few seconds, and evading looks so slick. I LOVE IT.

3) Guardian class - I hated it in BWE1 and 2, but now I tried out Sword/Torch and Greatsword, found it to be my kind of playstyle. Not only can I support people with AOE buffs and clutch shielding from aegis, but I can breath fire which hurts enemies and removes conditions from buddies. Furthermore, I can SET MYSELF ON FIRE AND THEN THROW IT ON ENEMIES. Read that last sentence again. It's like a Paragon + Rituatlist from the first game, it's so freaking cool! :D:D:D:D:D:eek::D:D;):rolleyes:

4) That was a lot of smilies just now.

5) Asura/Sylvari lore and art - Really fantastic stuff. I swear, the designs for the areas and gear are amazing. Love them to bits.

6) Vista jump challenges - Neat and challenging. Decent sense of accomplishment when I finally figure them out.

7) Using Evade - Learning to use this properly has made combat so much more exciting. It's like countering an opponent in a fighting game with a crazy super move. So satisfying to evade and then get a few extra strikes in. Makes the Thief class feel super nimble. I begin to watch the enemy more for it's animation instead of damage numbers which in turn make each battle feel much more alive.
 
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The vistas were the best. It was nice to have some platform jumping for sure. The WvW was amazing, we put a good group together and we could rule the world!!!! The game Is amazing and the people in it make it even better.....thanks for the great weekend everyone.
 
Lag was the biggest enemy I had. I was so embarrassed at times! Like being in an event in the asura area, just me and another random person fighting it.. and he dies.. I actually fought off the rest and the event ended.. and I wanted to rez him. I couldn't even make it near him hardly! I kept overshooting, undershooting.. FINALLY I was able to stop near him to hit F and I wanted to crawl in a hole.. I map traveled away as fast as possible afterwards.

I tried jumping up the stairs to a vista point and had to finally tell Wiz to just leave me be and go play with someone without lag LOL very ugly game play getting stuck on walls, plants, corners...

There is no skip on cutscenes.. I would be spitting, sputtering thru the starting area.. get to the 'boss fight' and STILL be in the cutscene! GAAAAAAHHHHHHHH and it would be over without me having a chance to fight :( so embarrassing!

I must be so spoiled from GW1 being so smooth and 99.5% lag free
 
I always start with a mage/wizard type class in each MMO but was sadly disappointed in Elementalist. Maybe I didn't get the right weapon or something with a decent combo of skills.

Elhanan: Was there any specific weapon(s) that gave you a particular combo of skills that you really liked?

I found the Staff Elementalist to be good with combos, damage, and support. There's a ton of buffs/healing/damage combos you can do with the staff and one or two good utility finishers.
 
I found the Staff Elementalist to be good with combos, damage, and support. There's a ton of buffs/healing/damage combos you can do with the staff and one or two good utility finishers.

Oh man staff ele is wicked good! Even to the point of being OP. I was doing WvW and would switch to the fire attunement, lay down grasping vines (AoE Snare), snag 3-4 enemies, and then bombard them with AoE. Within 5 seconds they would be dead. It was so invigorating!
 
Wait for what Abba? Something to happen so that you can't play in the 3 day lead?
 
I will be there...I will be there...I will be there...

My mantra for the next few weeks.
 
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