[PC] Guild Wars 2

tricker · 5 jun 2010

Jorrie zei: ↑

Dat level systeem blijft volgens mij ook zo. Het is meer een 'show off' dan dat het een verschil is. Dit meende ik een keertje te lezen, dus aan dat systeem verandert het niet (dacht ik).
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Ik weet niet, ik vond een MMORPG ook vooral uitdagend om dan juist die ene level te behalen en dan vervolgens die armor te unlocken met dat wapen. En die skills erbij. Weet niet, ik zou een combinatie van wel erg waarderen, en het zou voor mij persoonlijk ook de speelduur verlengen

Sliv · 10 jun 2010

De Warrior is officieel aangekondigd! Ook is het traits system aangekondigd, iets wat een beetje te vergelijken is met de talents van WoW.

Warrior

The warrior is a master of weapons who relies on speed, strength, toughness, and heavy armor to survive in battle. A warrior can shrug off blow after blow to stay in the fight, all the while building up adrenaline to fuel his offense.

Adrenaline makes the warrior more powerful, increasing his damage output with every attack while powering up his burst skill. Each weapon set has a single designated burst skill which a warrior can trigger by spending all his built-up adrenaline to unleash a powerful attack. The warrior can use his burst skill at any time, but the more adrenaline stages he has filled, the more devastating his attack will be. Some burst skills apply more and varying conditions while others simply do more damage.

Each weapon serves a different role, allowing the warrior to customize his play style. Warriors can compliment main hand weapons like swords and maces with a shield, warhorn or dual wielded weapon, but their role is still mostly defined by the main or two-handed weapon.

A SWORD warrior is quick and mobile; he bleeds his enemies as he bounces between them with a Savage Leap.

An AXE warrior quickly builds up his adrenaline and can deliver powerful spike attacks.

A HAMMER warrior pounds his foes and the ground with area attacks that stagger groups of enemies.

A warrior with a MACE disrupts his enemies with powerful stunning attacks, and hits them where it hurts leaving them susceptible to further blows.

A warrior with a GREATSWORD uses his momentum to deliver sweeping area effect damage attacks while gliding around the battlefield.

Warriors with a LONGBOW light their arrows on fire to inflict area-of-effect damage.

The RIFLE is a single-target ranged weapon that a warrior can use to pull monsters or finish off a fleeing foe.

Warriors have a number of special skill types:

* Stances—These are toggle skills that let you turn on an enhancement at the cost of energy regeneration. For example, a warrior could hit Berserker's Stance which drains his energy, but give him adrenaline regeneration. You can easily toggle off Berserker's Stance and send the skill into recharge.
* Chains—A set of three skills that share a single skill slot, chains go off in sequence if you are hitting your target. For example, the sword chain skills Sever Artery, Gash, and Final Thrust are all on the same key, so rather than making a sword warrior spend three slots, they stack to fill only one slot. Chains effectively give a warrior two extra weapon skills on a weapon set.
* Banners—The warrior calls down banners to buff his allies with attack power. A banner can be picked up and carried around to move the buff, or it can be planted in an area to convey the buff, allowing the warrior to continue fighting. One example is Banner of Courage, which increases the melee damage of allies within its range.
* Shouts—Shouts are spells that affect a large area and give bonuses to allies or debuff enemies. A warrior could use the shout On My Mark to lower an enemy's armor and call a target out to allied party members.
* Charge Skills—Some skills can be held down to power them up for more impressive attacks. A warrior with a mace can wind up the powerful skill Obliterate and release it at four different power levels to do increasing amounts of damage.

* Sever Artery + Gash + Final Thrust
* Arcing Shot
* Shield Stance
* Stomp
* Eviscerate

Mechanics
Weapons

A warrior can use nine different weapons. He can combine any of the nine weapons available to him in 19 different ways. The warrior weapons are:

* Main Hand: Sword, Axe, Mace
* Offhand: Shield, Warhorn, Sword, Axe, Mace
* Two-Handed: Greatsword, Hammer, Longbow, Rifle

A warrior can easily switch between his two active weapon sets in combat as needed, but swapping weapons triggers a cool-down that prevents warriors from constantly flip-flopping between weapons. However, a warrior can equip the Weapon Master trait to circumvent this cool down, and opt for a more wild back-and-forth combat style with both weapon sets. Outside of combat, the warrior can reconfigure his weapon sets before entering an encounter.
Adrenaline

Warriors start a fight without adrenaline, and then build one strike of adrenaline with every attack they make. Warriors have three stages of adrenaline that take increasing amounts of strikes to fill - or they can release their stored adrenaline with a burst skill. Each stage of adrenaline also gives the warrior a direct passive damage bonus to every attack.
Burst Skills

Burst skills spend all of a warrior's adrenaline. Each weapon has one burst skill that improves at each stage of adrenaline. This improvement can be anything from doing more damage, adding additional conditions, increasing condition duration, or increased skill duration.
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Traits

Howdy! My name is Ben Miller, Game Designer on Guild Wars 2. While Eric and Colin have been busy writing blog posts and interviews, we've been working on a little system called traits. There has been some speculation and questions about traits on the forums. What are traits? How do you collect them? Does Colin Johanson secretly run a moa ranch in eastern Washington as a front for the Order of Whispers? I'm going to answer two of those three questions right now and leave the third open for future elaboration.

What are traits?

At a basic level, traits make you better at what you choose to do. You slot traits in order to modify skills and attributes. Once you have mastered a handful of traits they become a key component in creating your overall build.
Mastering Traits

So how do you get all those traits to make a build? Good question.

You acquire traits by completing profession challenges scattered throughout the world. For instance, you walk into an inn and persuade a shadowy stranger into telling you a rumor about a mysterious tome full of arcane knowledge. Or you challenge a legendary swordmaster to a duel while exploring Divinity's Reach.

Each profession focuses on different activities to develop his or her traits. Warriors train physically, bash stuff, eat stuff, and drink stuff. Elementalists, on the other hand, seek ancient knowledge locked in tomes or particularly powerful elemental locations. The different trait challenges accentuate the unique feel of that profession and really bring the experience of playing that profession to life.

Your prowess will grow as you complete challenges that develop your character's particular traits. The defeated swordmasters will teach you their age old techniques, allowing you to select the Swordmastery trait. Discovering the mysterious tome will allow you unlock the secrets of magical energy.

Building with traits

Builds are one of the things that make Guild Wars unique, and it is something we are carrying over into Guild Wars 2. For those not familiar with "builds," they are a combination of traits, skills, and attributes that mechanically work well together. With roughly 100 traits for each profession, there are way more traits in the game than you could possibly equip on a single character, so you have to make decisions and choose certain traits over others.
Traits play a large role in letting you customize the way your character plays
Traits

Each profession has its own set of trait lines. These are similar in theme to the profession specific attribute lines in the original Guild Wars. Each trait line has a number of major and minor slots. Warriors, right now, have two general lines called Power and Tactics as well as lines for each of the weapons they can wield. As you master traits, you slot them into these lines, affecting your character.

Previously we talked about the Guild Wars 2 skill system and how you can make choices about your heal skill, elite skill, and utility skills. Now it's time to introduce traits into the mix. Here's a specific example of a high level warrior creating a build.

To give this some context, let's pretend an event has started. A giant boar is marauding through the forest and your party decides to take it on. This build is meant to maximize the damage you and your teammates can deliver against a single target.

Step 1: Pick a weapon. The weapon you're currently wielding is the major determining factor for how your character will play. Let's pick a sword, a versatile weapon which comes standard with a chain of three skills (Sever Artery, Gash, and Final Thrust), a rapid-fire repeating attack that hits a small area (Flurry), and a chase skill to close the distance between you and the enemy (Savage Leap). For my offhand weapon I could take warhorn for damage buffs, but I'll cover that with my utility skills. Instead, I'll dual wield swords to maximize my own damage. In practice, you'd also decide on your alternate weapon for switching in combat - perhaps a longbow for range.

Step 2: Pick a heal skill. Let's go with a basic heal like Healing Surge, which gives you both health and adrenaline when used. Adrenaline gives you damage bonuses and allows you to use your burst skill more often, so it's perfect for our build.

Step 3: Pick your utility skills and elite skill. You choose On My Mark (which lowers an enemy's armor and calls a target out), For Great Justice (which gives allies Fury Boon and Might Boon), and Frenzy (which increases my overall adrenaline gain). For my elite skill, I'm taking the always epic Battle Standard (which puts an array of powerful buffs on your allies).

Step 4: Assign your traits. Here you can start focusing your play style and being clever with what you slot in each trait line.

Power: Let's choose to stack traits that increase your strength attribute so your individual melee attacks do more damage.
Traits

Tactics: While kiting the giant boar, switching weapons faster sure would be awesome, so you slot the Weapon Master trait that lowers the cool down on switching weapons. You also slot traits that increase the number of targets your shouts affect, and increase the duration of your banners.

Sword: You choose to slot Swordmastery to further increase the damage you do, as well as the trait that increases the chance you will score a critical strike with Final Thrust.

Longbow: Out of what is available let's keep things simple, more damage.

We want experimentation with traits to be fun and engaging, so we've made the rules for changing traits extremely flexible. With no in-game cost, you can respec at will, outside of combat. This means you are open to experiment with what works and what doesn't work on the fly, without having to go back to town or worry about if you have enough gold.

Whether it's adventuring around Tyria trying to stop dragons or fighting other players in World PvP - the trait system is there to experiment with, to have fun with, and to allow you to feel like you are actively mastering the profession you have chosen. Like Guild Wars, there are countless unique and clever combinations to be found.

To all you would-be heroes out there: go forth and adventure, and use the power of traits not for good or evil, but for awesome.

Stay tuned - in the coming weeks we'll be covering things like achievements, armor and equipment... and maybe even get Colin to talk about his secret moa ranch.[/quote]

Jorrie · 10 jun 2010

Ben wel weer benieuwd geworden! Vraag me af of ik dit spel ook weer > 1700 uur ga spelen

Corona · 10 jun 2010

Zo te zien zijn er verschillende rassen, is dit al bevestigt en loop ik hopeloos achter?

Jorrie · 10 jun 2010

Corona zei: ↑

Zo te zien zijn er verschillende rassen, is dit al bevestigt en loop ik hopeloos achter?
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Dat laatste (dat was al jaren bekend )

Je hebt de

-Charr
-Azura
-Human
-dat ras dat in beren kon veranderen

Ichigo · 10 jun 2010

je kon toch ook die plant typ kiezen ?

Sliv · 11 jun 2010

De rassen die speelbaar zijn, zijn:

- Charr (Katachtige monsters)
- Humans
- Asura (Kleinere ratachtige wezens)
- Sylvarii (Elfachtige plantenmensen)
- Norn (Reuzen)

Corona · 11 jun 2010

Jorrie zei: ↑

Dat laatste (dat was al jaren bekend )

Je hebt de

-Charr
-Azura
-Human
-dat ras dat in beren kon veranderen
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Oh, dat ik dat dan gemist heb. Maar klinkt wel leuk eigenlijk. Strijden ze samen of tegen elkaar?

Sliv · 11 jun 2010

Waarschijnlijk strijden ze aan het eind samen met elkaar, maar de Charr en de Humans hebben een redelijk grote haat jegens elkaar en de Sylvarii zijn ook wantrouwig van de Asura.

Jorrie · 11 jun 2010

Sliv zei: ↑

Waarschijnlijk strijden ze aan het eind samen met elkaar, maar de Charr en de Humans hebben een redelijk grote haat jegens elkaar en de Sylvarii zijn ook wantrouwig van de Asura.
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Mwah, met EotN streden ze toch ook al met elkaar op het einde (Human en Charr)?

Sliv · 11 jun 2010

Jorrie zei: ↑

Mwah, met EotN streden ze toch ook al met elkaar op het einde (Human en Charr)?
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Ja maar het verbondschap tussen de rassen, de groep Destiny's Edge, is uiteengevallen in de tijd tussen GW1 en 2

Jorrie · 11 jun 2010

Sliv zei: ↑

Ja maar het verbondschap tussen de rassen, de groep Destiny's Edge, is uiteengevallen in de tijd tussen GW1 en 2
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Ah oke, dat wist ik niet. Ik volg het ook niet meer echt zo

Jorrie · 23 jun 2010

Dubbelpost!

Gaat iemand dit spel spelen in Keulen?

Sliv · 9 jul 2010

Infooo

Much has been revealed over the last few months about Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet's ambitious MMORPG . From the dynamic event system which aims to ensure that players never have the same experience twice, to the story mode that allows players to take different paths in their quest to save the world of Tyria. Every time we hear more about it, we anxiously rub our hands together, and eagerly await the day we get to put the game to the test. We recently spoke to the Guild Wars 2 team about a couple more features to be thrown into the broth, but this time the focus was not on story or combat, but on relaxation.

Guild Wars 2 is set to contain activities. That is, things that players can do that have no bearing whatsoever on the game's storyline or the characters progression, and which are not altered by such either. They are there purely for fun and variety – to give players who are burnt out from monster slaying an opportunity to do something that feels different, while staying within the scope of the game world with the ability to set out with (or against!) your buddies.

One of the more exciting examples of the activities ArenaNet has planned is the bar brawl, which removes the player's weapon and pits them in a battle royale where the environment is the only thing that can give them an edge. Picking up a beer stein and smashing it over the head of another patron, for example, is an acceptable – even encouraged – course of action. As is chugging a beer and spewing its toxic contents, or waiting until the last moment to get the killing blow on a worn-down enemy. It's an activity that is far-flung from the tight, organized combat we can expect from the main game. "The nice thing about working on activities is that, where we want to, we can take the core mechanics and just toss them out," says Game Designer John Stumme.

Concept art for the carnival, where the shooting gallery likely lives.
Concept art for the carnival, where the shooting gallery likely lives.
There will also be activities that aren't as focused on combat, such as a set of instruments that players can use. A shooting gallery was also mentioned, although it was unclear how it would function. Will it use similar combat mechanics to the main game, or will it play more like a first-person-shooter? We posed this question to the team, but it went unanswered, so we may have to simply wait and find out. Also unclear was just how players can get in on these activities. We were told some could be hot-joined (joining the game while it is in progress) and some would require players to queue up, though which was which was never explained.

Fun derived from these activities should be reward enough in and of itself, but for those of you who hate having fun and enjoyment, there will also be a reward system. "We will be giving both tangible and intangible rewards from doing well in activities," Stumme told us. This would include, he said, skins for items that you might not be able to obtain elsewhere. "We also want NPCS that are reacting to you. If you just clean the floor with everybody at the bar brawl, you'd want guys saying 'Just as soon as there stops being three of you, I'm gonna knock your lights out next time.'"

It is extremely likely that these activities will also be linked to the Guild Wars 2 achievement system. Achievements will function much like they have in other games – completing or mastering something will unlock an achievement so you can have a record of it. Some may also unlock special titles for your character. Achievements are, however, bound to your account and not your character, meaning you can't gain an achievement on two different characters on a single account. The reason is due to the nature of some of the achievements (one requires you to master every weapon-type in the game, and no single character can do that), and due to the nature of the branching gameplay. There won't be any direct gameplay rewards from achievements, because if you've received an achievement, then you've mastered that aspect of the game, and won't need anything to be better at it.

...And the in-game carnival! Looks spiffy.
...And the in-game carnival! Looks spiffy.
Feats are another feature we discussed. Feats are like little daily achievements that give the player more immediately achievable goals that reward the player with experience upon completion. The feats vary depending on what you do. "One of the feats is just a simple kill-count," said Game Designer Curtis Johnson, explaining that as the player killed ten, twenty, a hundred enemies, they would complete that feat. "As that goes on and players reach each threshold, they get harder and harder to achieve." There may also be feats for slaying a certain number of different types of enemies. The idea is to both make casual players advance more efficiently in the time they are playing (like rested experience in other games) and to encourage a variety of actions. Feats run in the background regardless of what you are doing, and will reset daily.

Personality is another aspect being introduced. Previously known as diplomacy, in Guild Wars 2, it serves to establish the type of character you are playing. Over time, the way you respond to NPCs will categorize you as a certain personality archetype, and from there NPCs will act differently, and your actions towards them will change. The example we were given was the "badass" character who would use intimidation to obtain food or an experience buff from an NPC. A more honorable character might inspire the NPC to help, or talk them into it. The end result is the same, but the means are different. In that respect, personality is mostly cosmetic, but it aids players in getting into the spirit of their character. If role-playing is your thing, then personality is going to help you define and maintain your role.

Concept art for the musical activity. That's a lot of brass.
Concept art for the musical activity. That's a lot of brass.
Finally, we discussed maps. Maps may not be the most thrilling thing ever (that honor goes to high-speed dinosaur shootouts in space), but in massive open-world MMOs, they're an integral part of an enjoyable experience. "While it's not groundbreaking," admits Game Designer Ben Miller, "it's certainly a solid, core part of the overall game." For Guild Wars 2, the team looked at a lot of the newer mapping technology that has sprung up throughout the internet, and have utilized many of the same techniques as sites like Yahoo and Google Maps to make it easy to use, including the ability to click-and-slide and zoom in. Getting from one side of the map to another in the game world will likely require the use of an Asura Gate, which can be found in the main cities.

If we are to be honest, we were surprised by what we were told about the activities system. Until now, Guild Wars had been sounding extremely layered, dense, and for a lack of a better word, serious. Activities seem to provide an outlet for the developer's wackier side, and let players blow off a little steam without getting bogged down in a massive quest. We can't wait to try the game out for the first time at Gamescom this August.

What do you think about what you've heard about Guild Wars 2 so far? Spill your brains in the comment section below.
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EDIT: 9 juli: Meer zooi

Hi, I'm Jon Peters, one of the game designers on Guild Wars 2. While Colin Johanson has been busy working on a secret project involving V8 Juice and moa birds, we've been deciding how death and resurrection will work in Guild Wars 2 and what this means for the basic damage/tank/heal paradigm so familiar to MMO players.

Defeat in Guild Wars 2 is intended to be an experience, not a punishment. Let's face it: dying never feels great, even without a death penalty. As weird as it might sound, we decided to look into what would make dying a more enjoyable and memorable play experience.

Rather than being presented with immediate failure, when a player loses all of their health in Guild Wars 2, they are put into "downed mode." In this mode, the player has a number of downed skills they can use to target enemies and fight for a chance to survive. A downed player can still be attacked, which will send them into a defeated state, leaving them to either wait for an ally to resurrect them or to resurrect at a waypoint.

Downed skills are less-powerful skills that a player can use in a last-ditch effort to turn the tide. A warrior might daze an enemy by throwing a rock. An elementalist might lock down their foe with Grasping Earth. While you are downed, if you manage to kill an enemy, you will rally, returning to life to fight again. When you rally, you are thrust right back in the action. This potential to rally from the edge of defeat adds greater drama to combat and gives a player some tactical control while in a state where they normally have none.

Some professions will have special skills that will instantly rally a fallen ally. For example, when a warrior uses "I Will Avenge You," and then kills an enemy nearby his fallen allies, his allies will rally. While you are downed or defeated, any other player can come to you and interact with you to bring you back to life. We call this "reviving," and everyone, regardless of profession, can do this starting at Level 1.

If you choose not to be revived or rally, you can release to a waypoint. This brings up the world map and allows you to return through any discovered waypoint.

The cherry on top of all of this: Guild Wars 2 will have a much milder death penalty.

Players who have recently been downed several times will take longer to revive each time. If no one revives you, you can spend a small amount of gold to come back at a waypoint. It's as simple as that, and why not? Why should we debuff you, take away experience, or make you run around for five minutes as a ghost instead of letting you actually play the game? We couldn't think of a reason. Well, we did actually think of a reason--it just wasn't a good one. Death penalties make death in-game a more tense experience. It just isn't fun. We want to get you back into the action (fun) as quickly as possible. Defeat is the penalty; we don't have to penalize you a second time.

Simple systems like this, along with cross-profession combos, and the dedicated healing skill slot, help free players from the MMORPG shackles, and let us break the mold even more. We're making players more self sufficient, but are also providing appealing ways for them to effortlessly work together to create a more inspired moment-to-moment experience. That is why Guild Wars 2 does not have a dedicated healing class.

Everyone take a deep breath. It's going to be OK.

We have lots of people in our studio that enjoyed playing monks in Guild Wars and healers in other games. We examined what it was about the healer archetypes that people really enjoyed, and we took a look at what it was about those archetypes that made the game less enjoyable. Then we created professions to appeal to those types of players.

Support players want to be able to say, "Remember that one time when I saved you from certain death?" They want to stand in the line of fire and block attacks. They want to surround their allies with a swirling dome of air that keeps enemy projectiles from passing through it. It's not about clicking on a health bar and watching it go up, it's about being there for your friends when they need you.

If you have played enough Guild Wars, or any other MMO with healers, you've sat around waiting for the right mix of professions before being able to continue. Or you loaded into Random Arena and both teams had two monks (or they had a monk and you didn't), and you already knew the outcome of that game 99% of the time. But we've all had those 4v4 Random Arena battles where neither team has had a healer. Instead of not being able to kill anyone or being forced to attack the monk first, you can actually think about who to target, when to use your defensive spells, where to position yourself on the battlefield, etc. From the highest level of PvP, to the sieges of World vs World, to PvE in the far reaching corners of Tyria, that level of creativity and tactical freedom is exactly what we want combat in Guild Wars 2 to be about.

We keep hearing other MMO developers espousing the "holy trinity" of DPS/ heal/tank with such reverence, as if this is the most entertaining combat they have ever played. Frankly, we don't like sitting around spamming "looking for healer" to global chat. That feels an awful lot like preparing to have fun instead of having fun.

Instead of the traditional trinity, every Guild Wars 2 profession is self reliant--not only can they all help each other by reviving in combat, but all professions have ways to build their characters differently to make them more versatile for group play.

Ultimately, DPS/heal/tank just didn't cut it in our book...er, game. Our players demand more from Guild Wars 2 and we intend to deliver on that demand instead of delivering more of the same. Not only is the trinity very formulaic, but it leaves out a lot of gameplay elements that make many other games so much fun. Instead, we break these trinity categories down into a cooler, more versatile system:

DPS: Call it whatever you like--DPS, damage per second--we just call it DAMAGE, and when it comes to making red bars go down, you can never have enough of it. Don't trivialize it though; damage is a very versatile aspect of combat. There are so many ways that a character can do damage. Let's take a look at a few.

•Damage over time. This is the perfect way to apply some heavy damage to an enemy with little time investment upfront. Set an enemy on fire and just wait for the burning to do its magic.
•Area of effect. Making one red bar go down is nice, if that's all you can do. We prefer to spread the love among many enemies. That's what AoE spells like Fireball are for.
•Projectiles. Some attacks require you to be close to your enemy, while others let you deal damage from afar. Projectiles are somewhere in-between; you shoot an arrow at a target and if it hits, apply the damage.
Let's stop here for a moment and point out how these damage types aren't mutually exclusive in any way. There are projectiles, AoE projectiles, AoE projectiles that apply damage over time, etc. Try shooting a spread of seven arrows through a wall of fire--it works wonders for roasting up a set of attacking monsters or enemy players.

There are as many varieties of damage as there are weapons in first person shooters, and then some. We wanted to give you a chance to experience that FPS kind of variety, so we have given each profession different weapons and skill sets that let them do damage in different ways.

Heal: Don't belittle the SUPPORT role by calling it heal. Healing is the least dynamic kind of support there is. It is reactive instead of proactive. Healing is for when you are already losing. In Guild Wars 2 we prefer that you support your allies before they take a beating. Sure, there are some healing spells in Guild Wars 2, but they make up a small portion of the support lines that are spread throughout the professions. Other kinds of support include buffs, active defense, and cross-profession combinations.

For instance, an elementalist can support his allies by dropping down a ground-targeted healing rain that rejuvenates allies in an area. He might also use Windborne Speed to help them chase down a target or escape out of longbow range. A warrior might shout "On My Target" to help his allies do more damage to a marked enemy, or use his warhorn to "Call to Arms" which improves the armor of his allies for a short time.

We use our cross-profession combos to fill in the rest of our support. An elementalist can create a Firewall or Static Field to improve the ranged attacks of his allies. A warrior can carry a Banner of Wisdom around the battlefield to increase the power of his allies' magical attacks. An elementalist might cast an ice spell to freeze enemies, but that same spell might give his allies Frost Armor to protect them from incoming attacks. When you boil it down, support is just the friendly way for players to work together to accomplish a shared goal.

Tank: This is where Guild Wars 2 makes the biggest break from the traditional MMO setup. Tanking is the most rudimentary form of the most important combat fundamental, CONTROL. Every game has it, yet it always seems to get a bad name. In Guild Wars there was Knockdown, Interrupt, Weakness, Blind, and Cripple, to name a few. We wanted to build upon what we think makes control such an important part of dynamic combat.

Control is the only thing versatile enough to get away from the rock-paper-scissors gameplay of other MMOs. It's healing when you need it, its damage when you need it. It is the glue that holds together our system. From controlling movement to controlling damage, there are tons of exciting dynamic scenarios that control can set up. You can use a stun to save an ally or to finish off a fleeing enemy. Immobilize that warrior to get away from them, or use it on an elementalist to close in on them. In order to use it well, we had to understand the drawbacks of control too. How often can you do it? How excessive is the duration? How does it affect the difficulty of challenges you face?

There are a lot of different levels of control, from a simple cripple, to an immobilize, to a knockdown. Each one has its place. The more devastating control effects are, the more infrequently they need to occur, and their duration needs to be shorter. Knockdown is one of the strongest forms of control in Guild Wars 2, but you won't see a character that can just keep knocking someone down indefinitely, and you won't see a knockdown that puts an enemy out for so long that they won't be able to react. It's simply a tool that players have at their disposal to use at the right times to turn the tide of a battle.

You could say instead of DPS/heal/tank, we have our own trinity of damage, support, and control, but we prefer to think of them as the variety of elements that create a diverse and dynamic combat system that gives each player a toolbox to work with to solve any encounter we might throw their way. If that sounds like the kind of combat you are interested in, Guild Wars 2 is going to be a great place for you and your friends to fight together for many years to come.
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Sliv · 16 jul 2010

Ietwat laat, maar ik heb op mijn vakantie in Portugal niet continu internet. Ranger class officieel aangekondigd:

The ranger is a jack-of-all-trades and a master of them all as well, relying on his keen eye, steady hand, or the power of nature itself. A master of ranged combat, the ranger is capable of striking unwitting foes from a distance with his bow. With a stable of pets at his command, a ranger can adapt to his opponents' strengths and weaknesses.

A ranger is accompanied by his pet, a loyal animal companion. Rangers charm pets and then bond with them. A ranger can have up to three pets at his call, but generally speaking, only one pet can be active at any time. Pets' base health, armor, and damage are based on the level of the player that owns them.

Pets are charmed by interacting with juvenile versions of the species you want to charm. There are a variety of Tyrian species that can be charmed, including bears, moas, devourers, and sharks. As you adventure with a pet, it evolves to become more unique and eventually allows you to give it abilities that compliment your tactics.

Rather than manage a unique resource in combat, a ranger will manage his pet, assigning them a behavior from aggressive to passive. A ranger can also manage his pet by giving commands such as "attack," "heel," and "stay."

Rangers have a number of special skill types:

Traps--Traps are utility skills that can be placed at a ranger's current location. When an enemy enters a trap, it is triggered. For example, Spike Trap will cripple and bleed enemies that pass through it. A trap can remain active as long as the ranger chooses to remain close to it. A ranger can only have one of each trap type out at any given time.

Spirits--A spirit skill summons a nature spirit that influences the area around it. For example, Sun Spirit applies additional fire damage to allied attacks inside its influence. A spirit stays out for a short period of time and goes away if the ranger wanders too far away from it. Spirits can be attacked by enemies and removed from the battle. A ranger can only have one of each type of spirit out at any given time.

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A ranger is mostly a master of ranged weapons, however, he can use sword or greatsword in melee combat. The ranger weapons are:

•Main Hand: Sword, Axe
•Off Hand: Axe, Dagger, Torch, Warhorn
•Two-Handed: Greatsword, Longbow, Shortbow
Pets
A ranger has three active pet slots. Outside of combat, or through the use of utility skills, the ranger can swap their active pet. There are 12 different types of pets, including some terrestrial (spiders), some amphibious (lizards), and some aquatic (sharks). Within each type there are subtypes that can influence pets' abilities. For example, a polar bear might have an Icy Roar, while a brown bear might have a Fearsome Roar. A ranger's pet gets its level from its master, which determines their basic attack, armor, and health.

Pet Evolution
Pets have customization options. The first of these has to do with a pet's evolution level. Pets evolve up to 20 evolution levels. Each pet type receives automatic bonuses at different evolution levels. For bears, these bonuses might be increased health or increased damage. Pets gain evolution points when the player gains XP while the pet is active. At certain evolution levels, pets will unlock ability slots (up to 4 total). Ability slots can be filled from a list of active pet abilities based on pet type.

Pet Controls
In addition to managing his skills, a ranger will be able to manage his pet with limited commands and modes. This will be an interface element for the ranger class. Here are some examples:

Modes--Ongoing behavioral settings the ranger can toggle.

•Aggressive--Attack what I am attacking.
•Defensive--Attack enemies that attack me.
•Passive--Don't attack.
Commands--Specific, direct commands that execute right away.

•Attack--Attack my target.
•Heel--Come to me.
•Stay--Do not move.
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Jorrie · 16 jul 2010

Vet! Ik krijg er al helemaal zin in, deze ga ik zeker kopen! \o/

Deoxis · 16 jul 2010

Sliv zei: ↑

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Het is dus duidelijk dat ik mooi in GW2 ook een ranger blijf

KhaosFoShow · 16 jul 2010

Ik wilde een monk maar die is er niet meer.:{

Ichigo · 17 jul 2010

Ik wil ASSASIN zien

Zer0 Hiro · 3 aug 2010

Denk eerder en hoop dat ze de Necro als volgende laten zien.

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