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Lonewolf · Oct 06, 2009, 12:05 PM

Thank you. Great information!

Slash Beast · Oct 06, 2009, 12:07 PM

Awesome.

Hope noone got in trouble for sharing gameplay information. This sounds really awesome.

Lord Bazaah · Oct 06, 2009, 12:08 PM

Seconded (thirded?) on the Part II

*Naoroji* · Oct 06, 2009, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knighthonor

Anybody notice the Elf (what every they called),

So you don't even know they're called Sylvari? What are you even doing here?!

Besath · Oct 06, 2009, 12:39 PM

Great interview, thanks for the link.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naoroji

So you don't even know they're called Sylvari? What are you even doing here?!

He's becoming a fan?

Photonic · Oct 06, 2009, 12:48 PM

I really love the way they are taking this game. It seems as though each race is going to have its own sub categories as well as the class (profession for GW1 players). This is going to mean many varieties of player types. I wonder if GW2 will still allow free and instantaneous change of profession/talents. If not... I am going to be putting in a LOT of hours to have one of each class. All of the races so far sound awesome.

judedeath · Oct 06, 2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omod Cerall

Woohoo! great interview

Nightmare Court sounds like a genuine 'yes we are evil but we make some sense' - evil kinda thing. Would be awesome if you'd actually be able to make a Nightmare-Court-Sylvari, no?

(& Thanks to the OP for posting it!

)

/sign That's what I though when I read this.

Silent Coyote · Oct 06, 2009, 12:57 PM

I like that they seem to be focusing more on your characters personal story this time around as well as the main epic story.

Agreed that it's a good interview.

Tree Hugger · Oct 06, 2009, 12:59 PM

Well that was a lot more interesting then most of the other interviews out there... aaahhhh 20 variations! PPPLLEEEAAASSSEEE let there be unlimited character slots *crosses fingers* (doubt it though... money talks)

Sabre Wolf · Oct 06, 2009, 01:05 PM

20 variations? More like 120 variations out there... (Race/Racial Division/Profession). If GW2 dual professions like GW1, then there will be 600 Variations! Which is 10 times more then the Orignal Guild Wars: Prophicies (60).

Edge · Oct 06, 2009, 01:22 PM

From what I understood each race will have 4 (Maybe more racial attributes)

Sylvari: [Seasons] Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Charr: [Legions] Iron, Blood, Ash, Flame (?)
Asura: [Krewes] Respective Krewes
Norn: [Totems] Bear, Snow Leopard, Raven, Wolf
Human: [Kingdom?] Ascalonian, Krytan ...

Makes sense to me anyway. It's very nice, when I first heard of racial attributes I thought how much diversity it would create having 5 different races now with their own attributes, and now it seems they will cut it down into the races themselves.

ShadowedSin · Oct 06, 2009, 01:23 PM

Racial abilities don't seem to directly tie to a skill per say. They seem to be a lot more like how Bioware has describe Origin stories in Dragon Age. Each affiliation or whatever renders a different story aspect. They add possibly to the abilities, but I like how they tie them into the story more. Means more re playability.

ShadowedSin · Oct 06, 2009, 01:25 PM

Racial abilities don't seem to directly tie to a skill per say. They seem to be a lot more like how Bioware has describe Origin stories in Dragon Age. Each affiliation or whatever renders a different story aspect. They add possibly to the abilities, but I like how they tie them into the story more. Means more re playability.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabre Wolf

20 variations? More like 120 variations out there... (Race/Racial Division/Profession). If GW2 dual professions like GW1, then there will be 600 Variations! Which is 10 times more then the Orignal Guild Wars: Prophicies (60).

Yeah it really seems that you will have classes which will give us our skills plus the secondary professions.

Then you'll have maybe some sort of thing that differentiates you via the racial affiliation. Raven Norn probably have a different storyline than a Bear Norn. Which sounds cool, encourages me to visit and see how the various subgroups see the story overall!

Joiry · Oct 06, 2009, 01:39 PM

Finally an interview with good questions that aren't totally repeats of every other interview.

Bit sad that the norn forms will indeed be your standard humanoid with fur, claws and animal head. I was really hoping to be able to run around as a giant wolf on all fours.

All these wolfman style wercreatures have gotten rather boring and over used.

I wonder where the original ice seas the Kodan are - in the northwestern "inland" sea or further north - and they will have had to sail quite a ways to the west to loop back down if the bays they are in now are those like at Droknar's and Port Sledge. Suggests to me even more the Tyria map will have some significant changes.

I'm guessing Black Citadel is the new name of the Iron Citadel. A rather uninspired name, imo.

Whisper · Oct 06, 2009, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knighthonor

Anybody notice the Elf (what every they called), has a strong similar lore to WoW's Emeral Dream, and its connection to the Nightmare of the OldGoods and Earth Dragon Flight.

Well GW Developer are WoW fans and former WoW developer, so not a big supprised. not like WoW never barrow Lore elements.
Wrath of The
"Cough" WitchKing "Cough"
oops I ment Lich King

..... Eh you don't seem to be much into mythology.
The sylvari as the so called "elfs" are called. Are based on the faeries of irish myths, and so have drawn a great part of inspiration from them.
What do you think was here first ? WoW or the book of lenister/book of invasions?

Eliz Genevieve · Oct 06, 2009, 01:42 PM

:3 can I has GW2 nau?

Great interview btw

Besath · Oct 06, 2009, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whisper

What do you think was here first ? WoW or the book of lenister/book of invasions?

How was it...? Ah, yes: "At the beginning there was the WoW and the WoW was with god and god was the WoW." something like that.

But seriously. Anet already said they don't want to copy Wow cause that's stupid and still there are lots of threads with wow-like ideas and posts with 'oh, isn't it like wow?' kind of bs. But I'm not saying that copying great working things from WoW is bad (we all want AH don't we?).

Good to have info on flying at last. I suppose it rules out flying mounts too.

Stuart444 · Oct 06, 2009, 02:11 PM

Nice interview, also good to see that there will be female charr (always wondered what a female charr would look like >_> )

Always nice to hear things on the Sylvari as well ^_^

Eliz Genevieve · Oct 06, 2009, 02:30 PM

I don't get it. Female Charr have been announced since 2007 (iirc) , why such 'oh, female charr, kewl!'-stuff? x)

Rever · Oct 06, 2009, 02:43 PM

Who is saying that the Norn forms will have any difference other than appearance and story line? Just because GW1 Norn skills were different for each transformation (even though you didn't really transform) doesn't mean that they will have the same effect in GW2. For all anyone knows you'll have Similar skills for all forms reguardless of the form you chose. Same for the Asuran Golems. Your college may dictate the look and story of your golem but the skills your golem has (or whatever purpose it ultimatly serves) may not change from college to college.

It would be interesting if it did make a difference but we have no inkling of evidence that supports that kind of claim at this time.

Oct 06, 2009, 01:22 PM	#51
Edge Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Poland	From what I understood each race will have 4 (Maybe more racial attributes) Sylvari: [Seasons] Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Charr: [Legions] Iron, Blood, Ash, Flame (?) Asura: [Krewes] Respective Krewes Norn: [Totems] Bear, Snow Leopard, Raven, Wolf Human: [Kingdom?] Ascalonian, Krytan ... Makes sense to me anyway. It's very nice, when I first heard of racial attributes I thought how much diversity it would create having 5 different races now with their own attributes, and now it seems they will cut it down into the races themselves. Last edited by Edge; Oct 06, 2009 at 01:24 PM.

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Oct 06, 2009, 12:05 PM	#41
Lonewolf Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Finland	Thank you. Great information!

Oct 06, 2009, 12:07 PM	#42
Slash Beast Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Texas	Awesome. Hope noone got in trouble for sharing gameplay information. This sounds really awesome.

Oct 06, 2009, 12:08 PM	#43
Lord Bazaah Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The dark recesses of your mind	Seconded (thirded?) on the Part II

Oct 06, 2009, 12:48 PM	#46
Photonic Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA, Texas	I really love the way they are taking this game. It seems as though each race is going to have its own sub categories as well as the class (profession for GW1 players). This is going to mean many varieties of player types. I wonder if GW2 will still allow free and instantaneous change of profession/talents. If not... I am going to be putting in a LOT of hours to have one of each class. All of the races so far sound awesome.

Oct 06, 2009, 12:57 PM	#48
Silent Coyote Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK	I like that they seem to be focusing more on your characters personal story this time around as well as the main epic story. Agreed that it's a good interview.

Oct 06, 2009, 12:59 PM	#49
Tree Hugger Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto	Well that was a lot more interesting then most of the other interviews out there... aaahhhh 20 variations! PPPLLEEEAAASSSEEE let there be unlimited character slots crosses fingers (doubt it though... money talks)

Oct 06, 2009, 01:05 PM	#50
Sabre Wolf The Lone Wolf Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA	20 variations? More like 120 variations out there... (Race/Racial Division/Profession). If GW2 dual professions like GW1, then there will be 600 Variations! Which is 10 times more then the Orignal Guild Wars: Prophicies (60).

Oct 06, 2009, 01:23 PM	#52
ShadowedSin Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Farshiverpeaks	Racial abilities don't seem to directly tie to a skill per say. They seem to be a lot more like how Bioware has describe Origin stories in Dragon Age. Each affiliation or whatever renders a different story aspect. They add possibly to the abilities, but I like how they tie them into the story more. Means more re playability.

Oct 06, 2009, 01:39 PM	#54
Joiry Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Over hill and river	Finally an interview with good questions that aren't totally repeats of every other interview. Bit sad that the norn forms will indeed be your standard humanoid with fur, claws and animal head. I was really hoping to be able to run around as a giant wolf on all fours. All these wolfman style wercreatures have gotten rather boring and over used. I wonder where the original ice seas the Kodan are - in the northwestern "inland" sea or further north - and they will have had to sail quite a ways to the west to loop back down if the bays they are in now are those like at Droknar's and Port Sledge. Suggests to me even more the Tyria map will have some significant changes. I'm guessing Black Citadel is the new name of the Iron Citadel. A rather uninspired name, imo.

Oct 06, 2009, 01:42 PM	#56
Eliz Genevieve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Portugal	:3 can I has GW2 nau? Great interview btw

Oct 06, 2009, 02:11 PM	#58
Stuart444 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alexandria, Scotland	Nice interview, also good to see that there will be female charr (always wondered what a female charr would look like >_> ) Always nice to hear things on the Sylvari as well ^_^

Oct 06, 2009, 02:30 PM	#59
Eliz Genevieve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Portugal	I don't get it. Female Charr have been announced since 2007 (iirc) , why such 'oh, female charr, kewl!'-stuff? x)

Oct 06, 2009, 02:43 PM	#60
Rever Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Apotheos	Who is saying that the Norn forms will have any difference other than appearance and story line? Just because GW1 Norn skills were different for each transformation (even though you didn't really transform) doesn't mean that they will have the same effect in GW2. For all anyone knows you'll have Similar skills for all forms reguardless of the form you chose. Same for the Asuran Golems. Your college may dictate the look and story of your golem but the skills your golem has (or whatever purpose it ultimatly serves) may not change from college to college. It would be interesting if it did make a difference but we have no inkling of evidence that supports that kind of claim at this time.