IGN | Guild Wars 2 Preview

[Shew]

This interview is with Eric Flannum.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1022360p1.html

There will also be no separation of PvP and so-called "roleplaying" characters.

Guild Wars 2 is going to be a fully persistent world.

More about world-vs-world:

Eric describes this as a more casual type of PvP with big open-world maps featuring castle sieges, siege weaponry and objectives for both solo players and big groups of like a hundred people.

You can gain exp. via world-vs-world PvP, but you cannot gain exp. through competitive PvP (Guild Wars 1 PvP).

Guns:

[...] you will see guns in the game, although they will be old-fashioned muskets rather than machine guns and such.

Humans:

They are now clustered around the city of Divinity's Reach and are ruled by a Queen, a descendant of the last queen of Kryta, who is at times in conflict with the elected ministers of parliament.

Norn:

They worship four animal spirits – the bear, the raven, the wolf and the snow leopard – and they are able to shapeshift into these animals.

There is no new info about the Charr and Sylvari.

Each race starts in a unique city. The human starting area is Divinity's Reach. The Asura --> Rata Sum.

[...] player housing isn't something the developers are ready to discuss.

They will "probably" release info about professions/ gameplay early next year.

[Nevin]

Lots of good information in here, and it clarifies a few things. I'd recommend reading the whole article though.

So this dudes a Norn in Raven form?


This dude must be a member of the evil Sylvari known as the Nightmare Court.

[Drago]

Originally Posted by Nevin

Lots of good information in here, and it clarifies a few things. I'd recommend reading the whole article though.

So this dudes a Norn in Raven form?

Want Want Want Want Want.

[Shew]

Originally Posted by Nevin

So this dudes a Norn in Raven form?

Possibly. (I think it is a Raven Form norn.)

No Wurm Form, though. :|

[Lord Caeliat]

Thankee, Shew Great article!

[Neo Nugget]

Ooooh Snow Leopard? Very nice indeed.

[Joiry]

I wish it was a bit more Q&A-ish, with direct quotes from Flannum, but you take what you can get. Anet needs to give an interview to one of the big kahuna's at gw2guru Like, how directly did Flannum say the Sylvari form is caused by the fact a human planted the tree?

Well, the minster part clears up something that can be partially read in one of the images that-should-not-be-mentioned.

I'm hoping the "animal" part is literal, as in, the Norn animal forms resemble the animals more than a humanoid form. That would be cool, imo.

[Sha Noran]

Again, good tidbits. A lot of information is making its way to the surface.

[Sabre Wolf]

lots of clarification info there, and a few little notes of starting points. Any new info is good info!

[markaedw]

I suspect, since 4 classes is emerging as a common occurace, I suspect the classes will be similar to the charr clans:

tech based
melee based
caster based
scout based

[Xuco]

Delicious information indeed

[admiral-zombie]

The Charr will also be a playable race. These big cat-like people were the main bad guys in GW

WTF? Did they even play the game, charr are the main bad guys? I would say there are among the lowest in terms of significant enemies.

Mursaat and undead trump them in prophecy
They don't show up in Factions, we fight shiro
They don't show up in Nightfall, we fight Abbadon.
They show up in GWEN, but are a minor enemy compared to the central destroyers.


I'm trying to continue reading, but a lot of their credibility has been destroyed.

[Squeakz]

Thanks for the great find

[PwnyRide]

Originally Posted by admiral-zombie

WTF? Did they even play the game, charr are the main bad guys? I would say there are among the lowest in terms of significant enemies.

Mursaat and undead trump them in prophecy
They don't show up in Factions, we fight shiro
They don't show up in Nightfall, we fight Abbadon.
They show up in GWEN, but are a minor enemy compared to the central destroyers.


I'm trying to continue reading, but a lot of their credibility has been destroyed.

You say this, but take note that none of the other aforementioned races in your post, besides the Charr, have appeared as major antagonists in more than one installment. Charr where key in both Prophecies and Eye of the North. I IGN is actually fairly spot-on in that regard.

[Momir]

Mmmm tasty little information

Keep these little excursions of information comming Anet it keeps me interested

[garethporlest22]

The World PvP sounds cool again, siege engines and castles, awwwwwesome.

[Razon]

They worship four animal spirits – the bear, the raven, the wolf and the snow leopard – and they are able to shapeshift into these animals.

Sounds very, very very cool! But I guess this means no polar bear.. unless you can change the bear's colour.

[Kurpitsa]

This is good. There isn't that much information, but atleast it confirms many points. Awesome, can't wait for early next year.

[Black Metal]

fully persistent? I know I've read and heard a few times that there would be instanced areas

if there are guns I want first person with mouse aiming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedStar]

Those little bit of new information make me more eager to play GW 2.