This week Tech Director Rick Ellis laid out our plan for the Guild
Wars 2 Extended Experience, a smartphone and web application that will
let you stay connected and interactive with Guild Wars 2 no matter where
buy diablo 3 gold you are. Rick’s blog post got a lot of people talking, so we took a spin around the web to see what people were saying.
“I’m actually very excited cheap d3 gold to try this out, and to see how mobile platforms can be used as a tool to enhance the social-side of the MMO experience.”
•PC Gamer notes how the Guild Wars 2 Extended Experience distinguishes diablo 3 gold
itself from other MMO apps in this article, saying, “…what sets this
technology apart is the real time connection to the game world itself,
and the fact that information can be shared both ways.”
•IGN’s guild wars 2 gold
Nick Kolan wonders if the Extended Experience is too much of a good
thing right here, but ultimately concludes, “I’m actually very excited
to try this out, and to see how mobile platforms can be used as a tool cheap guild wars 2 gold to enhance the social-side of the MMO experience.”
•In Massively’s overview of the Extended Experience, Rubi Bayer is
impressed by the “ combination of functionality and the social appeal
[…] so far they feel like they’ve hit upon a good balance.”
That’s just a sample of some of the conversations people are having
about the Extended Experience this week. We’ll be talking more about the
features and functionality of this forward-thinking application in the
coming months, so stay tuned!
2012年7月30日星期一
2012年7月26日星期四
Ghosts of Ascalon &Charr Diplomacy &Reporting for Duty
Ghosts of Ascalon
The ruins of Ascalon lie just outside the Black Citadel’s gates. This region is plagued by the ghosts of Ascalonian soldiers and citizens who died in King Adelbern’s Foefire. These tragic spirits are locked into the fear and anger they felt at the moment of their buy d3 gold deaths, doomed to hate the charr and make war upon them for all eternity. The Iron Legion’s top priority is to develop a weapon that will put these ghosts to rest permanently, for the legions cannot effectively expand into the new territory d3 gold for sale if their central base is not secure.
Ghosts of Ascalon
PlayVolume0:00 / 0:00
Charr Diplomacy
Smodur the Unflinching has a different approach to dealing with the living humans of Tyria: coexistence. Wisely, Smodur recognizes diablo 3 gold that both the human kingdom and the charr nation have enough problems without refighting old wars (especially those the charr have already won). The human Queen Jennah also has something Smodur wants: the Claw of the Khan-Ur, discovered by a team of adventurers in guild wars 2 gold her employ. After a series of diplomatic overtures, Smodur and Jennah established a tentative cease-fire between their respective peoples and are working out the details of a fully fledged peace treaty. Certain factions within both societies cannot accept the concept of peace with their ancestral buy guild wars 2 gold enemies and are determined to do everything they can to derail the treaty talks. Their actions fuel the distrust and hatred that still lingers between the two races, but human desperation and charr discipline continue to move the process forward.
Charr Diplomacy
PlayVolume0:00 / 0:00
Reporting for Duty
So, straighten your spine, sharpen your claws, and stand at attention: the officers and soldiers of the charr legions are looking for life-takers and heart-breakers to secure their next victory. Are you up to the challenge? Then fall in and get ready for action!
Reporting for Duty
PlayVolume0:00 / 0:00
2012年7月25日星期三
Titles of the Court
Titles of the Court
When a sylvari joins the Nightmare Court, they are initiated in a ritual pageant designed to awaken the nightmare within their spirit. They spend time as a courtier, learning the ways of the Nightmare Court, acting as a servant to higher-ranking members, and studying ways to break free of the tablet’s influence. They may choose to serve under a more senior member of the Court, becoming a squire or an apprentice. Once they have earned the ability to spread nightmare on their d3 gold own, they become a knight.
It is a knight’s duty to spread fear and despair in the name of the Nightmare Court, creating traumatic memories and experiences that they hope will be taken into the Pale Tree and help to turn her—and her as-yet-unawakened children—away from the lessons of Ventari’s Tablet. To further enhance the fear they hope to create, they often take a title, and are called such during their time as a knight in the court. diablo 3 gold Such titles include Knight of Decay, Knight of Blades, Knight of Lies, or Knight of the Shattered Star. The highest ranks among the Nightmare Court are known as the Retinue. Knights who have done well are elevated into the Retinue by the Grand Duchess Faolain, who rewards them with rank and position. Baron, count, countess, duke, and duchess: all bear responsibility and a great deal of respect within the hierarchy of the court. Some knights elect to retain buy d3 gold the title they chose for themselves as well, becoming the Count of Blades or the Duchess of Frozen Snow.
All of these titles are chosen to foster the legend and myth of the Nightmare Court. The members choose to associate themselves with evil things, so even the sound of their names might trigger a response in other sylvari. They prefer to leave their victims alive—if they are sylvari—to further spread the stories of terror, as that only increases their hold within the gw2 gold Dream. In the end, most Nightmare Courtiers believe they are justified in their actions. Like Cadeyrn, their founder, they seek to free the Mother Tree from the tablet and the lessons forced upon the sylvari by the shadows of the past.
The Mother mourns her errant children, knowing that they can never return from the evil they have chosen. As new sylvari go forth into the world, she reminds them to hold fast to the hero’s path of honor, courage, chivalry and compassion even as they guild wars 2 gold strive for victory over the Elder Dragons. Truly, the sylvari fight not only for their own souls, but for the spirit of Tyria itself. While that battle will be hard-fought, the Pale Tree does not fear difficulty.
Hard ground makes stronger roots.
“…we gather in nightmare. We look to the darkest part of our spirits. The covetous hand, the lying heart, the knife that betrays a friend: we call upon these, and we see their power. For what are we, in the end, if not creatures of power? It will take strength buy wow gold to defeat the dragons, and strength does not come by turning away any weapon, no matter how vicious or how cruel. We will use them all.” Cadeyrn lounged on his throne with a careless, prideful slouch. A crown of golden vine glittered on his forehead as courtiers bowed and whispered before him, hanging on Cadeyrn’s every word, their eyes as lightless as the space between the stars.
“We, the sylvari, are the future. It is our time. We must leave behind the fears of awakening. Let go the stone that weighs us down. We were born to be more than this. We were born with a darkness in our Dream and in our heart that we could embrace…if only the Mother were not so afraid of the night. It is time to show her that her children are more than even she has dreamed we could be.
“If the sylvari are to survive, we must learn from the poison thorn and the stinging nettle, the vine that crushes the very sapling which holds it to the light. We will raise the nightmare. We will see Tyria remade in our image.
“We will grow until nightmare swallows the world.”
When a sylvari joins the Nightmare Court, they are initiated in a ritual pageant designed to awaken the nightmare within their spirit. They spend time as a courtier, learning the ways of the Nightmare Court, acting as a servant to higher-ranking members, and studying ways to break free of the tablet’s influence. They may choose to serve under a more senior member of the Court, becoming a squire or an apprentice. Once they have earned the ability to spread nightmare on their d3 gold own, they become a knight.
It is a knight’s duty to spread fear and despair in the name of the Nightmare Court, creating traumatic memories and experiences that they hope will be taken into the Pale Tree and help to turn her—and her as-yet-unawakened children—away from the lessons of Ventari’s Tablet. To further enhance the fear they hope to create, they often take a title, and are called such during their time as a knight in the court. diablo 3 gold Such titles include Knight of Decay, Knight of Blades, Knight of Lies, or Knight of the Shattered Star. The highest ranks among the Nightmare Court are known as the Retinue. Knights who have done well are elevated into the Retinue by the Grand Duchess Faolain, who rewards them with rank and position. Baron, count, countess, duke, and duchess: all bear responsibility and a great deal of respect within the hierarchy of the court. Some knights elect to retain buy d3 gold the title they chose for themselves as well, becoming the Count of Blades or the Duchess of Frozen Snow.
All of these titles are chosen to foster the legend and myth of the Nightmare Court. The members choose to associate themselves with evil things, so even the sound of their names might trigger a response in other sylvari. They prefer to leave their victims alive—if they are sylvari—to further spread the stories of terror, as that only increases their hold within the gw2 gold Dream. In the end, most Nightmare Courtiers believe they are justified in their actions. Like Cadeyrn, their founder, they seek to free the Mother Tree from the tablet and the lessons forced upon the sylvari by the shadows of the past.
The Mother mourns her errant children, knowing that they can never return from the evil they have chosen. As new sylvari go forth into the world, she reminds them to hold fast to the hero’s path of honor, courage, chivalry and compassion even as they guild wars 2 gold strive for victory over the Elder Dragons. Truly, the sylvari fight not only for their own souls, but for the spirit of Tyria itself. While that battle will be hard-fought, the Pale Tree does not fear difficulty.
Hard ground makes stronger roots.
“…we gather in nightmare. We look to the darkest part of our spirits. The covetous hand, the lying heart, the knife that betrays a friend: we call upon these, and we see their power. For what are we, in the end, if not creatures of power? It will take strength buy wow gold to defeat the dragons, and strength does not come by turning away any weapon, no matter how vicious or how cruel. We will use them all.” Cadeyrn lounged on his throne with a careless, prideful slouch. A crown of golden vine glittered on his forehead as courtiers bowed and whispered before him, hanging on Cadeyrn’s every word, their eyes as lightless as the space between the stars.
“We, the sylvari, are the future. It is our time. We must leave behind the fears of awakening. Let go the stone that weighs us down. We were born to be more than this. We were born with a darkness in our Dream and in our heart that we could embrace…if only the Mother were not so afraid of the night. It is time to show her that her children are more than even she has dreamed we could be.
“If the sylvari are to survive, we must learn from the poison thorn and the stinging nettle, the vine that crushes the very sapling which holds it to the light. We will raise the nightmare. We will see Tyria remade in our image.
“We will grow until nightmare swallows the world.”
2012年7月24日星期二
Link Round-Up: Year End Awards Edition
It’s that time of year again: when fans reflect on the past year of gaming and look forward to the year ahead. That’s right: time for end of year awards! Let’s look at how Guild Wars 2 did.
PC Gamer’s Games of 2012 series shines a spotlight on Guild Wars 2. Chris Thursten explains why PC Gamer is so psyched about the game and chats with our Lead Game Developer Eric Flannum about the core Guild Wars 2 gameplay experience.
Over at Ten Ton Hammer, the fan votes have been tallied and Guild d3 gold Wars 2 has emerged as the Reader’s Choice 2012’s Most Anticipated Game. “When it comes to ‘fanticipation’ our winner took the prize handily,” they say.
Guild Wars 2 was included in IGN’s list of the top 30 most anticipated games of 2012.
G4TV’s The Feed featured Guild Wars 2 as one of the Best MMO Games of 2012, saying, “Guild Wars 2 is taking absolutely everything to the next level, and it’s hard to not be impressed by its potential […]Guild diablo 3 gold Wars 2 features a stunning art style, beautiful music, and enough story and lore to get any MMO fan hyped for what it has to offer.”
Game Informer declares Guild Wars 2 as one of the most anticipated RPGs of 2012, citing “the fast-paced combat,” the “genuinely interesting story” and the lack of a subscription fee as some of the reasons they’re excited.
Massively awarded us the Most Anticipated for 2012 in their Best of 2011 Awards, citing but buy d3 gold a few of the “hundreds of reasons we are pulling our hair out in anticipation for this game’s launch.”
We won MMORPG.com’s annual awards in the Most Anticipated MMO category. “Though we don’t know when it’s coming out, we all know one thing: we want it now.”
MMOCrunch declared Guild Wars 2 as the Most Anticipated MMO in 2012. MMOCrunch have also peered ahead into the next twelve months and have made their bold 2012 predictions. “I predict players will flock to GW2 and gw2 gold before 2012 ends, Guild Wars 2 will have a larger active player base than [unnamed MMO].”
In Beckett Massive Online Gamer’s fan poll, Guild Wars 2 was the runner-up for the Most Anticipated MMO category.
AnotherMMO.com picked Guild Wars 2 as #2 in their Top 10 Upcoming Games for 2011-2012, saying, “This amazingly artistic looking game with its awesome fighting animations is bringing you a whole new level of MMO with their revolutionary ideas and it doesn’t hurt to be free to play.
Pr0 guild wars 2 gold Gaming listed Guild Wars 2 in their Top 10 Most Anticipated Games feature, while at Shack News staffer Xav chose Guild Wars 2 for his Most Anticipated of 2012, saying, “It’s gorgeous, massive, and takes cues from lessons learned around the industry.”
We also made gamerFeed’s Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2012 list. “Guild Wars 2 could very well be the MMO of 2012.”
The European game press love to make New Year’s lists as much as everybody else. In France, Jeuxvideo.com ranked our game buy wow gold among the top 10 most anticipated games of the new year. German website PC Games.de features Guild Wars 2 in their PC Releases of 2012 video (around the 4:17 mark), while German print magazine GameStar ranks it as the #4 most anticipated PC game of 2012.
OnRPG picked Guild Wars 2 as one of their most anticipated MMORPGs of 2012 in a cool video countdown of staff favorites.
Across the channel in the UK, the print magazine PC Gamer UK rated Guild Wars 2 as the #10 best game of 2012 and GameSpot UK calls it out as in their Editors’ Most Anticipated Games of 2012.
Finally, Britain’s own Rock Paper Shotgun found a place for Guild Wars 2 on their Exciting List of PC Games for 2012. They describe the game as “one of the most promising multiplayer titles we’ve ever seen, with a vast and beautiful MMO world, an astonishing array of characters and potential customisation, and more of an open-world focus…”
Thank you to our fans and everyone who voted for us! We appreciate your confidence and continued support, and we look forward to another great year!
2012年7月23日星期一
A WvW Weekend with a Wild-Eyed Dolyak
I gave the dolyak a hearty slap on the hind quarters. The keep
wouldn’t stand against another attack without these supplies. Time was
of the essence: there was only so long the warriors of Kodash could nip
at the heels of the invaders before they over extended and had to
retreat. The castle defences need repairing before the invaders can gain
the upper hand and push us back behind the walls.
I spent the entire weekend gallivanting around the Eternal Battlegrounds. A whole weekend laying siege to keeps, escorting lonely pack animals, defending ogre tribes and mercilessly hunting down the opposing team – all in the name of journalism, of course. It’s a lot to cram into one blog-post, so, without further ado:
Step one to getting to WvW was creating my character (well, step 0.1 was getting into the game – something I didn’t achieve until the early hours of Saturday morning). I thought: who is the baddest cat in the entire world? Clint. So I made Clint.
I asked myself, do I feel lucky? The answer being a resounding yes, I jumped into Tyria and swiftly scurried through the starter quest (a necessary PvE distraction – I wanted to get as little exp from PvE as possible before jumping to WvW). Once out of the tutorial I hit H, selected the PvP option at the bottom and whisked myself away to the Mists.
I climbed to the top of the rise, a little ahead of my shaggy companion, and buy d3 gold scanned the horizon. Not much further, I hoped. We’d held out as long as we could – charr alongside human and norn, but eventually we’d used the last of our supply and the gate began to creak. Fireball after fireball rained down on the bolted steel and wood. If the detachment from Stonemist hadn’t arrived when it did, we’d have been overrun. Shouting slurs from the battlements is all very well and good, but once the gate falls and the flood of steel, lightning bolts and arrow heads washes through the breach, even the most stalwart warrior’s bowels turn to water.
The Eternal Battlegrounds and Coloured Borderlands
After a comprehensive training section (it involved “go here – rez this person, well done you’re fully trained; get out there soldier!”) I hopped through the portal to the Eternal Battlegrounds. This central zone is where the three opposing servers really grind up against each other – a maze of lakes, hills, cliffs and mountains housing castles, keeps, camps and numerous NPC encounters to keep the gameplay varied. This zone differs from the outer zones in that all three servers start relatively close to each other, so players flood into the centre of the area and duke it out (it was common to come across three-way battles, which were utter chaos).
Guerrilla warfare is not your friend in this area. Traveling cheap diablo 3 gold as a group which is smaller than about twelve but larger than three makes you noticeable enough to be a target, but not intimidating enough to retreat from. This is definitely the zergs-paradise. Moving as an amorphous blob – absorbing and destroying almost everything it comes across, the zerg-train can roll over almost everything. I say almost – and I’ll come to that in a moment.
If you are a smaller group of bandits, hoping for some quick kills and easy targets – I’d head to the Borderlands. These are more open, allowing for smaller groups of savvy players to fall upon individual players and other weak targets. Each server has its own Borderlands to defend – but it isn’t in the average gamer’s attitude to hold out in a war of attrition when they could be off attacking a keep of their own. I generally encountered smaller groups of players and individuals exploring and gathering crafting ingredients. Moving as a fast-paced smaller group you can take supply camps and kill-off caravans with ease and then disappear into the ether just as quickly (I found diving into the nearest lake to be a very good way to lose any pursuers).
As we rounded the final rocky cliff-edge, the great cacophony of war washed over us – causing the dolyak to rear and kick. The crash of warhammers, swords and maces on stone, the constant swoosh and blast of fireballs, lightning diablo 3 gold bolts and ice shards crashing against bodies and castle walls alike and, most worryingly, the twang of ropes twisted and pulled taught, the explosion of rock against wood – a great engine of war swinging a ram as big as an ox. This is what I had feared; I had come too late
Siege Engines and Castle Upgrades
I mentioned that the zerg-train can roll pretty much anything in its path. One thing it can’t just roll over is castle walls. Even a group of 50 will struggle to break down a keep’s gate within 20 minutes through normal attacks alone – and by that time it is likely they would have been picked off by defenders on the walls and on the ground.
So, even the most accomplished of attackers should carry around some siege equipment. Siege engine blueprints can be purchased from the vendors in the main castle (and from siege-masters in keeps if you have bought one), they take about one hundred supply to build once placed on the ground. Out of all the pieces of equipment I encountered, the most effective was the ram – able to make short work of gates (doing about 8000 damage with each hit), it was also one of the cheapest. It did have one downside though – the oil barrels.
Defending players are able to buy keep upgrades from the Quartermaster to further strengthen their position in the keep. From what I saw, they were surprisingly cheap, and the most difficult part guild wars 2 gold was finding the supply to build them. The most effective defense, by a long way, was the oil barrel – suspended above the castle gate, it pours burning oil on the attackers below – meaning it was the perfect counter to an enemy ram. Whenever a zerg approached a gate it was always accompanied by shouts of “destroy the oil, n0000bz!” as wave after wave of attackers charged into the gate and promptly melted.
The lesson to learn from all this is that the single most important resource in WvW is supply. You use it to build siege engines, repair walls, build cannons and oil barrels, and strengthen walls and towers. You can wear down a keep by cutting off its supply, and you can hold out for a hell of a long time if you are defending a keep with a lot of it.
Pounding hooves on cobblestone pathways, the sound of the warhorn adding pace to our flight. The invaders were so engrossed in rapping on the door that they barely noticed one ranger and a dolyak approaching from the east. One more blast of the enchanted warhorn willed the great beast into a frenzy, he reared – letting out a mighty wail – before charging through the mass of bodies, sending chainmail-clad guardians and staff-wielding elementalists flying in all directions. I hung on for dear life as he stormed through the portal and tumbled across the courtyard in a cloud of dust and fury.
Final thoughts
I thoroughly enjoyed buy gw2 gold my weekend in WvW. I managed to get my human ranger to level 10, and my charr thief to level 6 – both solely through experience gained on the battlefield. I also amassed around 25 Badges of Honor through player kills. Frankly, it is difficult to class WvW as PvP – as the little player vs player you come across is usually a swift and overwhelming zerg descending on a lone player, but it is fun nonetheless. And the dynamic of capturing and protecting supply lines adds a really nice ebb and flow to the gameplay which means that momentum is everything. If you get a real good thing going, your whole server gets stat boosts – which can further cement your dominance on the battlefield.
Six months down the line I expect siege weapons and keep upgrades to be pretty prevalent: being so cheap. I hope also, that we get some strong and tactically-minded commanders to take charge of the unruly mobs which punctuated my time in The Mists. I also anticipate people working out that the /local chat channel is cross-server, not just for your team – but that particular piece of information might take a while to sink through.
During the beta, WvW was a glorious mess – just a great swirling mass of chaos and fire. I’m not sure what it might turn into once the game begins in earnest, but I loved every single second of the terribly bloody affair.
It took three mesmers to calm the mind of the frenzied dolyak. Most of the supply had been thrown from his packs when he flew into the yard, so the workers were already hurriedly using it to repair the gate and patch the walls. “Grab a box and get up here, we are almost ready!” I heard from atop the gatehouse – the guards on the walls beckoned to me – I dragged myself out of the dirt and grabbed some supply.
At the top of the wall, the extent of the invader’s army was spread out in front of me – warriors and guardians beneath the walls operating the ram, rangers, thieves, mesmers and necromancers behind the front line; hurling arrows, spells and throwing knives at the guards on the walls. With each swing of the ram, the entire wall shook. I stood at the edge of the battlements and gaped in horror and wonderment. The workers wrenched the supply from my grasp and hurried it over to the scaffold which hung above the main gate.
The men worked with admirable fury and intense precision, fashioning the supply into a great iron cauldron which instantly filled with boiling and bubbling oil conjured out of the air by the keep necromancer. The workers stood back and admired their creation. The wall shook from the impacts below. “What do you think of that?” one said, dusting off his hands.
I was still gaping when he shook me by the arm:
“We’re doomed” I said.
The worker turned to his creation and slowly pulled the lever, releasing the torrent of boiling oil “Oh ho, We’re just getting started“.
I spent the entire weekend gallivanting around the Eternal Battlegrounds. A whole weekend laying siege to keeps, escorting lonely pack animals, defending ogre tribes and mercilessly hunting down the opposing team – all in the name of journalism, of course. It’s a lot to cram into one blog-post, so, without further ado:
Step one to getting to WvW was creating my character (well, step 0.1 was getting into the game – something I didn’t achieve until the early hours of Saturday morning). I thought: who is the baddest cat in the entire world? Clint. So I made Clint.
I asked myself, do I feel lucky? The answer being a resounding yes, I jumped into Tyria and swiftly scurried through the starter quest (a necessary PvE distraction – I wanted to get as little exp from PvE as possible before jumping to WvW). Once out of the tutorial I hit H, selected the PvP option at the bottom and whisked myself away to the Mists.
I climbed to the top of the rise, a little ahead of my shaggy companion, and buy d3 gold scanned the horizon. Not much further, I hoped. We’d held out as long as we could – charr alongside human and norn, but eventually we’d used the last of our supply and the gate began to creak. Fireball after fireball rained down on the bolted steel and wood. If the detachment from Stonemist hadn’t arrived when it did, we’d have been overrun. Shouting slurs from the battlements is all very well and good, but once the gate falls and the flood of steel, lightning bolts and arrow heads washes through the breach, even the most stalwart warrior’s bowels turn to water.
The Eternal Battlegrounds and Coloured Borderlands
After a comprehensive training section (it involved “go here – rez this person, well done you’re fully trained; get out there soldier!”) I hopped through the portal to the Eternal Battlegrounds. This central zone is where the three opposing servers really grind up against each other – a maze of lakes, hills, cliffs and mountains housing castles, keeps, camps and numerous NPC encounters to keep the gameplay varied. This zone differs from the outer zones in that all three servers start relatively close to each other, so players flood into the centre of the area and duke it out (it was common to come across three-way battles, which were utter chaos).
Guerrilla warfare is not your friend in this area. Traveling cheap diablo 3 gold as a group which is smaller than about twelve but larger than three makes you noticeable enough to be a target, but not intimidating enough to retreat from. This is definitely the zergs-paradise. Moving as an amorphous blob – absorbing and destroying almost everything it comes across, the zerg-train can roll over almost everything. I say almost – and I’ll come to that in a moment.
If you are a smaller group of bandits, hoping for some quick kills and easy targets – I’d head to the Borderlands. These are more open, allowing for smaller groups of savvy players to fall upon individual players and other weak targets. Each server has its own Borderlands to defend – but it isn’t in the average gamer’s attitude to hold out in a war of attrition when they could be off attacking a keep of their own. I generally encountered smaller groups of players and individuals exploring and gathering crafting ingredients. Moving as a fast-paced smaller group you can take supply camps and kill-off caravans with ease and then disappear into the ether just as quickly (I found diving into the nearest lake to be a very good way to lose any pursuers).
As we rounded the final rocky cliff-edge, the great cacophony of war washed over us – causing the dolyak to rear and kick. The crash of warhammers, swords and maces on stone, the constant swoosh and blast of fireballs, lightning diablo 3 gold bolts and ice shards crashing against bodies and castle walls alike and, most worryingly, the twang of ropes twisted and pulled taught, the explosion of rock against wood – a great engine of war swinging a ram as big as an ox. This is what I had feared; I had come too late
Siege Engines and Castle Upgrades
I mentioned that the zerg-train can roll pretty much anything in its path. One thing it can’t just roll over is castle walls. Even a group of 50 will struggle to break down a keep’s gate within 20 minutes through normal attacks alone – and by that time it is likely they would have been picked off by defenders on the walls and on the ground.
So, even the most accomplished of attackers should carry around some siege equipment. Siege engine blueprints can be purchased from the vendors in the main castle (and from siege-masters in keeps if you have bought one), they take about one hundred supply to build once placed on the ground. Out of all the pieces of equipment I encountered, the most effective was the ram – able to make short work of gates (doing about 8000 damage with each hit), it was also one of the cheapest. It did have one downside though – the oil barrels.
Defending players are able to buy keep upgrades from the Quartermaster to further strengthen their position in the keep. From what I saw, they were surprisingly cheap, and the most difficult part guild wars 2 gold was finding the supply to build them. The most effective defense, by a long way, was the oil barrel – suspended above the castle gate, it pours burning oil on the attackers below – meaning it was the perfect counter to an enemy ram. Whenever a zerg approached a gate it was always accompanied by shouts of “destroy the oil, n0000bz!” as wave after wave of attackers charged into the gate and promptly melted.
The lesson to learn from all this is that the single most important resource in WvW is supply. You use it to build siege engines, repair walls, build cannons and oil barrels, and strengthen walls and towers. You can wear down a keep by cutting off its supply, and you can hold out for a hell of a long time if you are defending a keep with a lot of it.
Pounding hooves on cobblestone pathways, the sound of the warhorn adding pace to our flight. The invaders were so engrossed in rapping on the door that they barely noticed one ranger and a dolyak approaching from the east. One more blast of the enchanted warhorn willed the great beast into a frenzy, he reared – letting out a mighty wail – before charging through the mass of bodies, sending chainmail-clad guardians and staff-wielding elementalists flying in all directions. I hung on for dear life as he stormed through the portal and tumbled across the courtyard in a cloud of dust and fury.
Final thoughts
I thoroughly enjoyed buy gw2 gold my weekend in WvW. I managed to get my human ranger to level 10, and my charr thief to level 6 – both solely through experience gained on the battlefield. I also amassed around 25 Badges of Honor through player kills. Frankly, it is difficult to class WvW as PvP – as the little player vs player you come across is usually a swift and overwhelming zerg descending on a lone player, but it is fun nonetheless. And the dynamic of capturing and protecting supply lines adds a really nice ebb and flow to the gameplay which means that momentum is everything. If you get a real good thing going, your whole server gets stat boosts – which can further cement your dominance on the battlefield.
Six months down the line I expect siege weapons and keep upgrades to be pretty prevalent: being so cheap. I hope also, that we get some strong and tactically-minded commanders to take charge of the unruly mobs which punctuated my time in The Mists. I also anticipate people working out that the /local chat channel is cross-server, not just for your team – but that particular piece of information might take a while to sink through.
During the beta, WvW was a glorious mess – just a great swirling mass of chaos and fire. I’m not sure what it might turn into once the game begins in earnest, but I loved every single second of the terribly bloody affair.
It took three mesmers to calm the mind of the frenzied dolyak. Most of the supply had been thrown from his packs when he flew into the yard, so the workers were already hurriedly using it to repair the gate and patch the walls. “Grab a box and get up here, we are almost ready!” I heard from atop the gatehouse – the guards on the walls beckoned to me – I dragged myself out of the dirt and grabbed some supply.
At the top of the wall, the extent of the invader’s army was spread out in front of me – warriors and guardians beneath the walls operating the ram, rangers, thieves, mesmers and necromancers behind the front line; hurling arrows, spells and throwing knives at the guards on the walls. With each swing of the ram, the entire wall shook. I stood at the edge of the battlements and gaped in horror and wonderment. The workers wrenched the supply from my grasp and hurried it over to the scaffold which hung above the main gate.
The men worked with admirable fury and intense precision, fashioning the supply into a great iron cauldron which instantly filled with boiling and bubbling oil conjured out of the air by the keep necromancer. The workers stood back and admired their creation. The wall shook from the impacts below. “What do you think of that?” one said, dusting off his hands.
I was still gaping when he shook me by the arm:
“We’re doomed” I said.
The worker turned to his creation and slowly pulled the lever, releasing the torrent of boiling oil “Oh ho, We’re just getting started“.
2012年7月20日星期五
Diablo 3 director: cash auction service worth paying players
With the diablo 3 “the official put on sale, blizzard has brought the
official for the game of the auction house, players here can use real
money to buy or sell items, but in each transaction blizzard will
extract charges. Although the surface looks this is means of profit, but
d3 gold instant delivery the game of the governor’s auction house said from the game development department, and non-commercial department.
“Diablo 3,” the director Jay Wilson said: “new auction game design, this from part I need diablo 3 gold quick delivery to clarify first, in the BBS not believe it, but all the business decision comes from the game development team, we based on the idea that these games favorable decision.”
Wilson explained to design a profitable system can be d3 gold as long as it can for the user to provide real value is not the problem. If the player had happy, blizzard has also can make money, can make for studio more games.
“I think that want to the idea of making money is not a bad thing. Bad thing is to point to want to make money but guild wars 2 gold doesn’t have good service or matching products. So we think in service for the users to make money in, we think that is the service is worth paying players.” Wilson said.
“No one doesn’t want to make money, because we want to continue making games, we want to be successful, but we also think gw2 gold instant delivery we can provide good service, this is the player needs to, can afford, players can also get part of the income.”
Therefore, the new system for the auction house design team, it was very good ideas, because the diablo 2 “appeared users remain goods economy, the player needs to through the third party channel to buy and sell properties.
Wilson said: “the diablo ii” in the trading economy is part of the game is very interesting, but the game itself couldn’t provide support. So in our view this is a pity, is the need to add place.”
So the auction house into the diablo 3 “, let players can in a safer environment to trade.
“Diablo 3,” the director Jay Wilson said: “new auction game design, this from part I need diablo 3 gold quick delivery to clarify first, in the BBS not believe it, but all the business decision comes from the game development team, we based on the idea that these games favorable decision.”
Wilson explained to design a profitable system can be d3 gold as long as it can for the user to provide real value is not the problem. If the player had happy, blizzard has also can make money, can make for studio more games.
“I think that want to the idea of making money is not a bad thing. Bad thing is to point to want to make money but guild wars 2 gold doesn’t have good service or matching products. So we think in service for the users to make money in, we think that is the service is worth paying players.” Wilson said.
“No one doesn’t want to make money, because we want to continue making games, we want to be successful, but we also think gw2 gold instant delivery we can provide good service, this is the player needs to, can afford, players can also get part of the income.”
Therefore, the new system for the auction house design team, it was very good ideas, because the diablo 2 “appeared users remain goods economy, the player needs to through the third party channel to buy and sell properties.
Wilson said: “the diablo ii” in the trading economy is part of the game is very interesting, but the game itself couldn’t provide support. So in our view this is a pity, is the need to add place.”
So the auction house into the diablo 3 “, let players can in a safer environment to trade.
2012年7月16日星期一
TowerTalk: Asura Lore Special with Jeff Grubb
The German website Wartower.de just posted the second part of their
interview series with Jeff Grubb, Lore & Continuity Designer for
Guild Wars d3 gold instant delivery 2. While the first TowerTalk special was all about the Norn and their diablo 3 gold quick delivery lore, this time they take a closer look at the Asura.
The audio interview is in English and available d3 gold on the Wartower page, as well as a transcription (excerpt below).
Elli: Hey. Welcome back! Today you couldn't say no because it's about guild wars 2 gold the Asura, isn't it?
Jeff: Yes! Yes. So last time we talked we talked about the Norn and the Asura are the flipside of the Norn to a great degree. If the gw2 gold instant delivery Norn have a strong sense of my own personality then there's also a strong sense of my personality in the Asura but the other way. Whereas the Norn are big and happy and boisterous the Asura are short and intelligent and smart and snarky. So the Asura very much have a dark side feel to it. They're the smartest kids in the room and they don't want you to forget it.
The audio interview is in English and available d3 gold on the Wartower page, as well as a transcription (excerpt below).
Elli: Hey. Welcome back! Today you couldn't say no because it's about guild wars 2 gold the Asura, isn't it?
Jeff: Yes! Yes. So last time we talked we talked about the Norn and the Asura are the flipside of the Norn to a great degree. If the gw2 gold instant delivery Norn have a strong sense of my own personality then there's also a strong sense of my personality in the Asura but the other way. Whereas the Norn are big and happy and boisterous the Asura are short and intelligent and smart and snarky. So the Asura very much have a dark side feel to it. They're the smartest kids in the room and they don't want you to forget it.
2012年7月13日星期五
men own fitness method offbeat antics bring controversy
Sunlight Guangyun arrived for health ball step simply by Wang Shuai
Sunshine Guangyun in a vehicle fall photo by way of Wang Shuai Sunrays
Guangyun sitting from the inflatable stools skip Wang Shuai was in brand
new community Pingdingshan upon November Three record (media reporter
Manjdan) Henan Pingdingshan Forty seven year-old individual sunshine
Anyun, developed the “offbeat exercise method,” creepy antics, appeal to
folks curious onlookers at the same time, furthermore diablo 3 gold buy lured lots of criticism.
November Finally day, your press reporter inside metropolis sq . to view is a exercise of the Sun’s rays Guangyun.He has been putting on deep red tank top, eco-friendly pants, wearing some sort of crimson speed limit, legs strapped attire health and fitness tennis ball gift basket weaving, each individual side have some sort of conduit assist, by using a giggle as well as go walking in the d3 gold paypal sq ..
After going for walks temporarly, Sunshine Guangyun likewise lay about the do-it-yourself container motor vehicle, material water line help, for instance marining slither rear, next, telling lies in the car running, moments later on, he / she turns structure, foot tied by using an exercise ball jumping, in a blow up silicone chair in trampoline safety jumping, pouncing higher than while education diablo 3 items unit, etc, close to couple of hours, they adjusting behaviours, experienced moves, noiseless, amusing, to seduce the public attention see.
“Interesting, I’m keen on that very much.Half inch, “that’s funny, get innovative strategy.In ., “the peculiar experience, looks like a tiny child.In ., “this might conditioning?Steps associated with indecent.”Watching men and women, in particular young children, are really superior, usually there are some locals this strange, crisis, gw2 gold measures will not be attractive.
“Look comical, but the detox could possibly get training, workout for a long period, body system sychronisation.Nevertheless in by itself exciting, straightforward to observe.”Sun Guangyun explained to your journalists, in the past, as he acquired frosty shoulder joint, started look for material for fitness system, in some cases also some How to do fitness equipment.
After many years associated with pursuit, at this moment, he made Ten teams of unique conditioning buy gw2 gold technique, the impact is superb.Assuming that the weather conditions is a good example, Sunshine Guangyun every morning and also evening hours, should come for the sq for each training training, generally in additional as compared to 2 hours.
Because the particular action is quite humorous, there are a number of us claim Sunlight Guangyun childish, but he’s got distinctive views.”I consider, just evaluate the results, really don’t think about the shape, adhere to the activity, my own wellness may be greatly much better, whatever they say, be ok with myself personally.
“In a meeting when using the writer located, conceivably caused by health, Sun Guangyun appears to be like to be substantially the younger in comparison with the colleagues.According to him, ourselves currently have enhancement and growth on this range of health, all of which will still observe workout, workout in the square, so that you can arouse people that will exercising severely, let by yourself along with the men and women surrounding you use a nutritious body.
November Finally day, your press reporter inside metropolis sq . to view is a exercise of the Sun’s rays Guangyun.He has been putting on deep red tank top, eco-friendly pants, wearing some sort of crimson speed limit, legs strapped attire health and fitness tennis ball gift basket weaving, each individual side have some sort of conduit assist, by using a giggle as well as go walking in the d3 gold paypal sq ..
After going for walks temporarly, Sunshine Guangyun likewise lay about the do-it-yourself container motor vehicle, material water line help, for instance marining slither rear, next, telling lies in the car running, moments later on, he / she turns structure, foot tied by using an exercise ball jumping, in a blow up silicone chair in trampoline safety jumping, pouncing higher than while education diablo 3 items unit, etc, close to couple of hours, they adjusting behaviours, experienced moves, noiseless, amusing, to seduce the public attention see.
“Interesting, I’m keen on that very much.Half inch, “that’s funny, get innovative strategy.In ., “the peculiar experience, looks like a tiny child.In ., “this might conditioning?Steps associated with indecent.”Watching men and women, in particular young children, are really superior, usually there are some locals this strange, crisis, gw2 gold measures will not be attractive.
“Look comical, but the detox could possibly get training, workout for a long period, body system sychronisation.Nevertheless in by itself exciting, straightforward to observe.”Sun Guangyun explained to your journalists, in the past, as he acquired frosty shoulder joint, started look for material for fitness system, in some cases also some How to do fitness equipment.
After many years associated with pursuit, at this moment, he made Ten teams of unique conditioning buy gw2 gold technique, the impact is superb.Assuming that the weather conditions is a good example, Sunshine Guangyun every morning and also evening hours, should come for the sq for each training training, generally in additional as compared to 2 hours.
Because the particular action is quite humorous, there are a number of us claim Sunlight Guangyun childish, but he’s got distinctive views.”I consider, just evaluate the results, really don’t think about the shape, adhere to the activity, my own wellness may be greatly much better, whatever they say, be ok with myself personally.
“In a meeting when using the writer located, conceivably caused by health, Sun Guangyun appears to be like to be substantially the younger in comparison with the colleagues.According to him, ourselves currently have enhancement and growth on this range of health, all of which will still observe workout, workout in the square, so that you can arouse people that will exercising severely, let by yourself along with the men and women surrounding you use a nutritious body.
2012年7月12日星期四
Latest Diablo 3 News: No PvP for you…
Blizzard Stated in their new post that PvP will not be available for release. In their own words:
“As we’re counting down the days until we’re ready to announce a release buy diablo 3 gold date for Diablo III, we’ve come to realize that the PvP game and systems aren’t yet living up to our standards. cheap d3 gold Today, we wanted to let you know that we’ve made the difficult decision to hold back the PvP Arena system and release it in a patch following diablo 3 gold the game’s launch. After a lot of consideration and discussion, we ultimately felt that delaying the whole game purely for PvP would just be punishing to everyone guild wars 2 gold who’s waiting to enjoy the campaign and core solo/co-op content, all of which is just about complete.”
Amazon has set the release date for April 17th, as well as appearances cheap guild wars 2 gold of that release dates in some other promotional material and stores around the world, so dropping the PvP aspect seems like a confirmation that Blizzard is trying hard to keep that release date.
I for one am not too worried about the PvP aspect being delayed, this will give us a chance to focus on leveling, building up gold reserves and figuring out the game before diving into the PvP aspect.
“As we’re counting down the days until we’re ready to announce a release buy diablo 3 gold date for Diablo III, we’ve come to realize that the PvP game and systems aren’t yet living up to our standards. cheap d3 gold Today, we wanted to let you know that we’ve made the difficult decision to hold back the PvP Arena system and release it in a patch following diablo 3 gold the game’s launch. After a lot of consideration and discussion, we ultimately felt that delaying the whole game purely for PvP would just be punishing to everyone guild wars 2 gold who’s waiting to enjoy the campaign and core solo/co-op content, all of which is just about complete.”
Amazon has set the release date for April 17th, as well as appearances cheap guild wars 2 gold of that release dates in some other promotional material and stores around the world, so dropping the PvP aspect seems like a confirmation that Blizzard is trying hard to keep that release date.
I for one am not too worried about the PvP aspect being delayed, this will give us a chance to focus on leveling, building up gold reserves and figuring out the game before diving into the PvP aspect.
2012年7月11日星期三
Diablo 3 Wizard Beta Overview – Wrapping it Up
So far, the Diablo 3 Wizard is an awesome class to play in the beta. It handles both single-target enemies and packs of enemies runescape gold with ease. It is a lot of fun to play the class and it seems to be great at everything, buy wow gold even with very little equipment.
Since caster classes typically work very well swtor credits even with bad gear, this is definitely a good first choice for anyone – at a bare minimum you could always gw2 gold use this class to gear up another class.
Have a Question About the Beta or Diablo 3?
If there is something you want to know rift platinum about Diablo 3 or if there is some footage from the beta you are interested in, let me know in the comments below and I will answer your question d3 gold or grab some in-game footage as soon as I can!
Related posts:
1.Diablo 3 Wizard vs Witch Doctor – The Key Differences
2.Diablo 3 Wizard Guide – Class Preview
3.Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay Guide and Beta Overview
4.Diablo 3 Barbarian Gameplay Guide & Beta Overview
5.Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Guide – Beta Overview
Since caster classes typically work very well swtor credits even with bad gear, this is definitely a good first choice for anyone – at a bare minimum you could always gw2 gold use this class to gear up another class.
Have a Question About the Beta or Diablo 3?
If there is something you want to know rift platinum about Diablo 3 or if there is some footage from the beta you are interested in, let me know in the comments below and I will answer your question d3 gold or grab some in-game footage as soon as I can!
Related posts:
1.Diablo 3 Wizard vs Witch Doctor – The Key Differences
2.Diablo 3 Wizard Guide – Class Preview
3.Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay Guide and Beta Overview
4.Diablo 3 Barbarian Gameplay Guide & Beta Overview
5.Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Guide – Beta Overview
订阅：
博文 (Atom)