Bam! Its taken care of!

Looks like TexMod saved my life!

a few solid hours and Bam! I am done.

a new title

Don't think i'll max this bad boy out (about 10% of the way there), but still thought this was an achievement worth mentioning

Playing GW2 together well... some thoughts...

So, Yes I've been thinking a fair bit about GW2, looking into a few bits and pieces, and have come up with an idea that i think will make the sweetest plan for playing together.

Just a few pieces of knowledge to throw out there to help piece it all together.

1 - Everyone gets their own personal story. This is completed by the individual and is varied by race, profession, character creation choices and other choices in game (some that branch far from each other). You can however, have others come help you on your personal story.

2 - no matter what race you are you can travel to the four other capitals after completing the tutorial.

The idea I have is that we each pick a character that we will use only for use with the guild. This may be any race or class, but it may be an idea to coordinate this, so we dont have 3 rangers or something. If these are all different races and classes it would add to an interesting experience.

The other advantage of taking this approach would be that we can each take turns to do some of our story. If I'm away one week, you guys progress and help me out a bit more the following week. If Mick needs to crash out, but others are keen to keep playing, we can - just focus on someone else's story.

If we wanted to just play when the 4 of us are on, then we could always crack out other characters when we only have 2 or 3 and do whatever...

anyways... just some ideas...

return to pre-searing

simply put

defender of ascalon can now be obtained in simpler way - still takes ages, but quests can now help you get there

so i have made a new pre-searing character

anyone wish to join me?

WRONG... start again

so, it turns out that i just make stuff up, or imagine it, or something...

here's false info i know i've told one or all of you guys

1 - you can't lock in on a target (C space)

not true... the only change is that area of effect skills need to be seperately targeted with the mouse

2 - you don't meet with other races til level 30ish

WRONG

around level 30, all storylines merge at lions arch (or something like that)

i was reading this which shows that you can travel via an asura gate to any capital... once you've done the tutorial...

so... we can all be whatever race we want, i think... we'll know closer to launch... I dont mind all being different races... then we can help each other with personal story stuff (probably) and experience 4 races at once in a way... up to everyone else really...

i'd be happy to play anything but Charr with you guys i think - its the one i'm least interested in to start. My preference order is probably Sylvari, Asura, Norn, Human, Charr...

I think I'd like to be a ragtag group of 4 separate races... i am happy to go with majority on this one though... what do you guys think??

the minuses

2 things about GW2 that i'm not entirely enthralled about... they have their pluses, but i'm not so sure i love em

1 - Farewell to Talyorca and the Moral Boost

Because everything in GW2 contains both text and audio there will no longer be the beautiful moments where we laugh at mick for mispronouncing something. Just to hear some audio this week than talked about Ebonhawk (a town), i would have pronounced it differently... This isnt the big one, but its worth mentioning.

2 - Hey! Check out that Ele... I mean Necro... I mean Mesmer...

In GW2 there are only 3 categories of armor - scholar, adventurer and soldier. So a Warrior and a Guardian can look identical (maybe different facial/body features) in what they wear. I really liked being able to see someone coming and know straight up what class it was. Especially with a persistent world i want to be able to know straight away who im fighting with. I guess i'll work it out quickly by the gun, or the shadow step or the minions... but still...

Well there you have it.

I think they are going for flexibility with the armor, and really the audio thing is quite amazing... but i thought i'd mention em...

rethinking the human option

today i was a smidge bored and was looking at stuff on gw2guru

the interesting thing is that humans are not predicted to be the least popular race

check this and this out

Charr are considered to be badass and are therefore becoming very popular. Asura, Norn and Sylvari all seem slightly less desired. Maybe we shouldnt start with humans, but go for a norn start (or something)...

the beauty of the way that game is laid out, is that it wont be boring to go thru again with a different race, as the first 30 levels or so are unique... (man its huge)

i already have a human and sylari in mind, but i'm happy to go with whatever you think... i personally think Norn is something we are all somewhat keen on... maybe would be a good start.

Totally different idea!!

Just had a totally different idea...

first the assumption...
we're happy with how many HoM points we have

if that's true...
i was thinking about what the biggest let down, or regret i've had in GW is... i think for many of us, Factions would have to be up there. So... my idea... start brand new characters in factions and work thru the game from go to woe... being thorough (maybe) and playing a class you havent perfected...
i know, we tried doing this in nightfall, but its an idea... i was thinking of finally playing ritualist successfully, or maybe monk again... not sure... just a thought... may have to go into EotN or NF as soon as we can and get some extra heroes though (Ele, warrior, monk?)

thoughts?

februarie approacheth

as the wet and warm january comes to an end (yes i ate to much curry) a new month is almost upon us. that month would be... February... it's never been a month that has held any significance to me personally... yet, due to the decision of one man and his warrior toon, it has become landmark

could this be the last year of playing gw1?

i sure !@#$ing hope so. come on arenanet you can do it...

So... the point of this post?

to get some idea of what everyone wants to do on tuesday nights... think about it... vote on it, and then we'll move forward... I propose that we go through the list i have come up with and number from 10 to 1, 10 being the best option and 1 being the worst. We'll add up the numbers and then get on with it... sound ok...?

A - Vanquish some more (starting with Elona)

B - Elite Missions - Like Urgoz Warren and Sorrow's Furnace

C - Eye of the North Dungeons

D - Missions in Hard Mode

E - Work on getting more Hero armour through various challenge missions

F - Crank up some allegiance titles - Like Norn, Ebon Vanguard etc

G - Keep going with Guild Wars: Beyond - starting by finishing the War in Kryta content

H - Have a solid crack at the underworld or fissure of woe

I - Work through some content with different characters

J - Have some runs together of Jade Quarry - competitive mission

gw fan music

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couldnt get the middle one to work...

contains swears

Putting the RP back in MMORPG

Whilst it's a little long, please stick with me and read this, as there's an important question at the end.

One of the exciting things about guild wars 2 is the renewed focus on the role playing aspect within the game. Whilst, compared to many other games like WoW, GW1 wasnt too bad in this area, GW2 is going to really focus on it.

It all starts from the beginning when we're asked a number of questions. If you dont care, you can just make it random and move on, but if you do you can shape your story the way you like. For a human you are first asked about social class. You can choose to be noble, a commoner or a street rat. Then we will be asked about our biggest regret - the options being a dead sister, growing up never knowing your parents or never joining the circus. There may be other options or questions added down the line. You are also asked some questions they are calling "racial sympathy questions", which show whether you like, hate or are indifferent about other races such as hyleks, grawl etc.

The next bit is really to do with personality. you get to divide 100% of your personality between charm, dignity and ferocity. This apparently even changes appearance slightly. As the game goes on, these points change depending on the decisions you make. They are really pushing the story - you save a village and they'll remember you, people will show up in your home base (like HoM but your home) and thank you, or give you stuff??? who knows where they'll take it...

So... one thing I was wondering about is how much you guys care about this stuff. I was looking at starting another blog to be about the story of my character(s). So, I would write as if it's a journal of their journey through gw2. Before I pick a name for the blog, I wanted to know if any of you were interested in doing this too - then we could use the same site. I'll probably just do it with one character.

Please dont put shit on me if you dont like the idea, or slam me about thinking about gw2 too much. I'm over it. Just a simple, no thanks will suffice. Thanks

I'm not really sure what I think about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJVolaC8pw&feature=related

Follow this link and check out the video.

A pretty interesting story; a girl who was big into WOW died in real life and her friends held an in game memorial for her.

During the 'funeral' another Guild rocks up and 'ganks' them all. I have to admit, they did it pretty smart arsely.

Thoughts?

I won't be back on until the start of...