So tomorrow those of us who pre-purchased GW2 will be able to start playing properly. I'm rather excited. I've played all of the beta weekend events and all but two stress tests (one clashed with a cinema trip, the other was early in the morning when I was getting ready for work) and I love it. don't get me wrong, there are things I don't like. Camera stuff needs work and it annoys me that A and D turn you and Q and E strafe by default so I've had to change it every time they're done a reset, but I've had fun while I've played and there are a number of features I really like, such as the ability to deposit crafting materials into your bank using the options in the inventory, and the "sell junk" option when talking to a merchant - it makes it a lot quicker to empty your inventory when you want to pick up cool things.
I also love the size of everything. At first I was intimidated by how utterly huge some of the cities are, but it's fun to explore and you even get exp for discovering new areas or finding points of interest, or finding a way up to a hard to reach location which has been designated as a "vista"; my favourite of these is the diving board one in Lion's Arch. Speaking of which I love that "old Lion's Arch" is underwater and to reach it you have to dive, and that other places like the canal channels around what was Duke Barradin's Estate in GW1 are still there.
I'm undecided about what to play as tomorrow. I like Ranger and in fact played as Ranger a lot on both Norn and Human characters during the BWEs, rather than trying out different professions much. I've played a bit of Elemtalist, Thief and Engineer and feel, in balance, broadly positive about all with probably engineer my favourite of the three - they're alright but I liked Ranger more. I didn't like warrior at all, but only used one weapon and feel I should give it a second chance. As for the rest, I haven't tried them at all. I really should.
The problem is I've now run out of time to test them, stupid me. And when I can start playing tomorrow what I want to do is get out of the starter areas as soon as possible and get into the higher level areas where I can get bonus exp from killing mobs that have never been killed before because I'm basically the first there (another feature I like). I already know I like human and norn best out of the races, followed by charr, though this is possibly more about their starter areas than the races themselves - I'm not fond of the enclosed forests of the sylvari and asura starter areas, I like the openness of the other regions more, and the beauty of the norn and human regions in particular (charr start area is cool because Ascalon, but rather dingy and unpleasant).
I don't really want to play ranger tomorrow because I've played it a lot already, so I'm considering either taking a gamble on mesmer or going with engineer.
So for others who have played the BWEs, what do you like about it and what do you dislike? What character are you going to roll tomorrow/tonight, and why?
I also love the size of everything. At first I was intimidated by how utterly huge some of the cities are, but it's fun to explore and you even get exp for discovering new areas or finding points of interest, or finding a way up to a hard to reach location which has been designated as a "vista"; my favourite of these is the diving board one in Lion's Arch. Speaking of which I love that "old Lion's Arch" is underwater and to reach it you have to dive, and that other places like the canal channels around what was Duke Barradin's Estate in GW1 are still there.
I'm undecided about what to play as tomorrow. I like Ranger and in fact played as Ranger a lot on both Norn and Human characters during the BWEs, rather than trying out different professions much. I've played a bit of Elemtalist, Thief and Engineer and feel, in balance, broadly positive about all with probably engineer my favourite of the three - they're alright but I liked Ranger more. I didn't like warrior at all, but only used one weapon and feel I should give it a second chance. As for the rest, I haven't tried them at all. I really should.
The problem is I've now run out of time to test them, stupid me. And when I can start playing tomorrow what I want to do is get out of the starter areas as soon as possible and get into the higher level areas where I can get bonus exp from killing mobs that have never been killed before because I'm basically the first there (another feature I like). I already know I like human and norn best out of the races, followed by charr, though this is possibly more about their starter areas than the races themselves - I'm not fond of the enclosed forests of the sylvari and asura starter areas, I like the openness of the other regions more, and the beauty of the norn and human regions in particular (charr start area is cool because Ascalon, but rather dingy and unpleasant).
I don't really want to play ranger tomorrow because I've played it a lot already, so I'm considering either taking a gamble on mesmer or going with engineer.
So for others who have played the BWEs, what do you like about it and what do you dislike? What character are you going to roll tomorrow/tonight, and why?
Archmage
Troubadour
Dreamer
