Guild Wars 2 Features Preview|mmosite

[Dutch Sunshine]

There has been another new article on GW2 posted today, Holy crap 7 pages:

This preview is a compilation of old news(2007) and more recent ones(2009), read carefully as it contains some cancelled facts, though the site has now updated their preview which has deleted some of the wrong facts.

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009...028808,1.shtml

- another mention of the Havok Engine
- a similar system to the 8-skill system will be used
- Primary and Secondary profession system
- climbing trees?
- Rewards scaled on wether you use companion or not

Some weird mention:
- Different effects while jumping? <- I tought Anet said this wasn't in?

Edit: screenshot mentioned in this thread is deleted because it's an old one.

[Mustache Mayhem]

I'm pretty sure that's in the trailer

[Shew]

Yeah it's just summarizing the info that we know.

It also made a few mistakes (including the one you pointed out ).

Guild Wars 2 is trying to deal with that issue by using a system with a high level cap once that could be set to 100 or even boundless.

There'll be a level cap.

There will be fewer, less complex skills which may behave differently in different situations, such as if the character is jumping or is surrounded by monsters.

It's been confirmed that jumping will not have an effect on a skill.

Little is known about the newest race, the sylvari.

Wrong; as per some comments on the wiki, we know more about the sylvari than the asura & norn. (I know, this isn't a really bad mistake. :P)

[Angel Holyspear]

Nothing new...

[Naoroji]

Originally Posted by MMOSite

The skill system will be modified. There will be fewer, less complex skills which may behave differently in different situations, such as if the character is jumping or is surrounded by monsters.

Mehh. Thought ArenaNet scratched this? ;o

Originally Posted by Shew

Wrong; as per some comments on the wiki, we know more about the sylvari than the asura & norn. (I know, this isn't a really bad mistake. :P)

Come on, even ArenaNet themselves call them 'a young, mysterious race about which not a lot is known', or something like that xD.

[Dutch Sunshine]

I think this interview is just a scrapped together piece of work, meaning 2007 interviews+2009 interviews etc,

[Mordakai]

I stopped reading when it said Secondary professions is confirmed.

Unless they have info nobody else does they shouldn't be making this crap up.

And if they do have new info, maybe a citation or two would be nice?

Recommendation: DO NOT READ. With a mixture of old info proven wrong, and made up info, this is possibly the worst article on GW2 I have read.

Originally Posted by Dutch Sunshine

- possible new ingame screenshot?: http://photo.mmosite.com/picfile/200...j000grk2.shtml

Isn't that just a still from the trailer? Believed to be the Iron Citadel of the Charr.


EDIT: Gah! They took and pasted my Thread on there. Oh, well, at least I got credit.....

[Shew]

Originally Posted by Naoroji

Mehh. Thought ArenaNet scratched this? ;o
Come on, even ArenaNet themselves call them 'a young, mysterious race about which not a lot is known', or something like that xD.

lol, yeah, but we know about their season, the Nightmare Court, the Inner Dream, Pale Tree, religious views, etc.

[Mordakai]

Yes, most of the "info" is based on Movement of the World. Sigh....

I hate having my name attached to this drek.

[Feathermoore]

Originally Posted by Mordakai

Yes, most of the "info" is based on Movement of the World. Sigh....

I hate having my name attached to this drek.

tell them to remove it:P
bwahaha

[Kendil]

like the ability for your characters to do things like jump, swim, even climb trees

Don't think climbing trees has been mentioned before. Anyways it's cool we'll be able to do it

Beside from that, there wasn't anything new. However it was a lot of information taken from other interviews and put into once place. So it's good for people that are too lazy to find and read all other interviews.

There will be fewer, less complex skills which may behave differently in different situations, such as if the character is jumping or is surrounded by monster

Old info? Hasn't Anet stated that they rejected this idea because of... ehh... something, don't remember. But I think something in line with "too complex for our vision" or something.

http://photo.mmosite.com/picfile/200...j000grk2.shtml I'm pretty sure it's a screenie from the trailer.

[damkel]

Yeah, they scrapped the whole 'jumping while using skill x' etc. mechanic due to latency issues....or so someone said else where on these forums.

[Mordakai]

Originally Posted by Feathermoore

tell them to remove it:P
bwahaha

Well, it's cool to be cited at least.

Plus, if they remove that, then the article is totally worthless.....

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...aces-t104.html

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009...028808,6.shtml

[Dutch Sunshine]

I edited my first post a bit to warn the people reading the interview, I think that will help.
The interview is nice to get an idea, but you need to pay caution.

[Feathermoore]

Originally Posted by Mordakai

Well, it's cool to be cited at least.

Plus, if they remove that, then the article is totally worthless.....

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...aces-t104.html

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009...028808,6.shtml

put it in your resume :P

[domicro]

They made more mistakes then what you folks mentioned so far:

There will be a plateau of power, where each level no longer adds as much to the power of the character

Obviously not and it would be pointless since there will be a level cap anyway.

The sidekicking system, similar to that used in "City of Heroes", will be be introduced allowing high-level characters to transfer their powers to lower-level characters

Wtf should the bold even mean? You dont "transfer" your power to a lower level character if you use him as sidekick. They just contradicted themselfs. Its so obvious that they never actually played City Of Heroes.

will also reduce the overall number of game modes to reduce balancing complexity.

Devs never mentioned this anywhere. We dont know how many modes will the game have.

instanced events can have domino effects on other parts of the world, or zone.

There will be no such thing as an event in an instance in gw2.

All PvP-participants will have access to the same skills and gear

Wrong again. Only structured pvp participants will have access to the same skills and gear, NOT world pvp ones.

[ShadowedSin]

Major fail mmosite.

[aspectacle]

Originally Posted by domicro

They made more mistakes then what you folks mentioned so far:

Obviously not and it would be pointless since there will be a level cap anyway.

It hasn't been confirmed that there is a firm level cap, only inference from the community based on the language used in the FAQ and recent interviews. The FAQ is hazy at best, the solo section is a good example.

Originally Posted by domicro

Wtf should the bold even mean? You dont "transfer" your power to a lower level character if you use him as sidekick. They just contradicted themselfs. Its so obvious that they never actually played City Of Heroes.

I think you are quibbling over a nothing. The sidesick system has always been compared to the City of heroes one, and no I haven't played CoH, but the idea that there is a temporary transfer of power doesn't seem incorrect to me.

Originally Posted by domicro

Devs never mentioned this anywhere. We dont know how many modes will the game have.

Recent Kill Ten Rats Guild Wars interview. There is a thread here about it somewhere

Originally Posted by domicro

There will be no such thing as an event in an instance in gw2. All PvP-participants will have access to the same skills and gear

These ones I can agree are incorrect.

I think they got their information off wikipedia and the gww guild wars 2 page (the later of which is now a little out of date).

-- edit --
I've actually read the article now. What a messed up copy, paste and pulp of various secondhand sources. They barely even tried to group the first page of information coherently. I read the article and squirm because I'm reading stuff I've written for gw2w and wikipedia butchered and passed off as a unique take on the situation.

[McSumo]

Don't be so down on everything!! At least somebody has tried to gather the information together and present it in an easily digestible format. If more people hear about GW2 from this then great!

You guys can try to help him correct errors, like Shew and Mordakai have done without being negative.

Not everybody likes to come here and trudge through all the threads for info (possibly because of the negativity and quibbling ???). Plus it does plug GW2G, so people who become interested can come here for the latest up to date info! (Coz we never get anything wrong ...... do we? )

[domicro]

Hahahha I actualy got credited for this lololol