Guild Wars 2: What We Know

[Nox]

Hi everyone!

I've compiled everything that's been said in recent interviews and articles into one spot:
http://www.iloveguildwars.com/2009/1...-what-we-know/

A quick (lol) read through that and you'll be up-to-date and ready to speculate!

I have a mess of references for everything; if you think I'm wrong on something or want to know where it's been said, I can try to dig it up.

Yay see ya!

<3GW

[Eliz Genevieve]

Actually, the article is great!

I just thought I'd point out that we don't really know what are the racial abbilities, except for the Norn and Sylvari, iirc.

[bwcwarrior]

nice article. it really sums evrething up for people who haven't followed recent information

[Nox]

Actually it's just Norn & Asura that we know about. The phrase "all races have comparable abilities" was used with reference to the Norn shapeshifting and Asura golems.

[Aljasha]

good work. i linked a newspost on our forums to your article.

[Naoroji]

I lol'd at the 'GO RED ENGINE'. GW1G censoring ftw.

Either way, nice job =). I was thinking about making a list on this forum that links to all articles along with information about what information of the article is important, but this is better x'D.

Thanks for putting in my article as well, though ;D.

[Redfeather]

Originally Posted by Nox

Actually it's just Norn & Asura that we know about. The phrase "all races have comparable abilities" was used with reference to the Norn shapeshifting and Asura golems.

The interviewer asked something like "Do asurans use golems and Sylvari the tree thing. And do all races have such abilities?". The response was they can't reveal what role golems and the tree things will play in the game. But rest easy that races will have comparable abilities.

That response given in the interview, was tackling two questions thrown at the same time, not necessarily because golems/tree things are racial abilities. A lot of people inferred it meant golems/tree things were revealed as racial abilities. It didn't really do that. You got to get into the head of the person being interviewed to understand why he said what he said in that moment.

Regardless, very nice article. Lots of information in one place.

[McSumo]

Yeah very nice, thanks for that.

[Arghore]

There are a couple (think i noticed about 5) typos, you might wanna read it over in a few days to correct them ... otherwise, nice summary

[Lady Syve]

Great article! It got me excited about GW2 all over again :P

[Allias]

Shame. I was going to do something similar to this - a summary of all gw2 content.
But I have to admit, your article doesn't include a lot of detail in it - especially for the races.
Though, there is a fairly good amount of information presented in it. Good effort overall.

[Besath]

Nice work indeed. It makes my cry over my laziness

[Eliz Genevieve]

Originally Posted by Nox

Actually it's just Norn & Asura that we know about. The phrase "all races have comparable abilities" was used with reference to the Norn shapeshifting and Asura golems.

I know 'bout the Norns, but where do they say that the Asura's racial ability is controling the golems?

@Allias: I don't think Nox's purpose was to show lore, but a simple overview about what we know as of now.

[pumpkin pie]

this guy is in love with guild wars more then Me! how could he!

nice for reference thou thanks Nox and the blogger.

I just realise its Nox and Nox hehehehe thanks

[Malchior Devenholm]

/signed for sticky to this thread please.

Very nice article that presents just the facts of what we know for Guild Wars 2.

EDIT: For Nox...

A level cap has not been officially confirmed by Arenanet. We do know that level 20 will not be the cap, but the current unknown is what the new cap will be or if Arenanet will use a scaled leveling system to allow unlimited levels.

[C410V1370]

Well done!
btw what is this havok thing?

[Druid of Melandru]

It was nice to be able to read through and review. Reminded me of many things about the game I had forgotten. Good job, and keep it up!

[Eliz Genevieve]

Originally Posted by C410V1370

Well done!
btw what is this havok thing?

It's a physics engine.

I don't like citing wikipedia, but ... I don't really know much 'bout Havok to answer your question properly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havok_(software)

[Nox]

Originally Posted by Redfeather

That response given in the interview, was tackling two questions thrown at the same time, not necessarily because golems/tree things are racial abilities.

You are right, Eric Flannum's response doesn't directly answer the golem/druid question. But by saying "they have comparable abilities" in response to this question, and then using the Norn's shapeshifting as an example, well, that seems to link all three. To me, that makes the Norn's shapeshifting an example of an ability comparable to the golems and "druid" thing. I could be totally wrong. Thanks for getting me to double check it.

Originally Posted by Arghore

There are a couple (think i noticed about 5) typos, you might wanna read it over in a few days to correct them ... otherwise, nice summary

Thanks, I'll go through it again. I had the language set to Australian/UK English and I know I was too lazy to correct some "z" and "s".

Originally Posted by Malchior Devenholm

A level cap has not been officially confirmed by Arenanet. We do know that level 20 will not be the cap, but the current unknown is what the new cap will be or if Arenanet will use a scaled leveling system to allow unlimited levels.

From the Official Guild Wars 2 FAQ:

You will be able to advance your character to the maximum level.

Sounds confirmed to me.

[Arduin]

That's why your references should be next to each and every fact. Makes it easier for people to find the confirmations.

As it is now, it's indeed a nice summary, but with the references in place, you could make it into a the source for Guild Wars 2 information.