The First Day

[Shockeye]

Yay for me. I think I can resist this one.

Now, let's see how long this can last....

Me too.

Must.....  resist.....

If Schild likes it though... it's just like the Life cereal commercials.

"HE LIKES IT... HE LIKES IT!!"

schild can't resist the shiney because deep down he's like Corky from Life Goes On.

[WayAbvPar]

He is setting you guys up, just like Lucy. Don't kick the football, Charlie Brown!  :-D



I might pick it up this weekend

[Xanthippe]

Now I can't play with my beta account anymore.  Have to wait for the FedEx guy to come with my pre-order package.

[Yegolev]

Now I can't play with my beta account anymore.  Have to wait for the FedEx guy to come with my pre-order package.

Weird that I was playing last night without even opening my box, but today I installed it via client download on my corporate laptop (nyuk,nyuk) and it asked for a key.  I'll kick this monkey in his nuts once I get home.

Otherwise, I'm pretty pleased with the retail version.  I'm hopeful that I can complete 100% of the newbie content this time.  Also, I need to read the manual since I don't know how to look for my friends in-game.  If you see Twinkle Muffin or Hank Scorpio, give a wave.

[Jamiko]

Now I can't play with my beta account anymore.  Have to wait for the FedEx guy to come with my pre-order package.

Preorder/beta clients were allowed to play on the 27th and up until midnight on the 28th. I just got back from the store with the CE in my hands. Yay me.

BTW, the store (Best Buy) had a LOT of copies, both CE and regular flavored. I mean, a LOT.

[Xanthippe]

Weird that I was playing last night without even opening my box, but today I installed it via client download on my corporate laptop (nyuk,nyuk) and it asked for a key.  I'll kick this monkey in his nuts once I get home.

Weirder still that I could play this morning without a key but after logging out and in again, it asked for a key.

Otherwise, I'm pretty pleased with the retail version.  I'm hopeful that I can complete 100% of the newbie content this time.  Also, I need to read the manual since I don't know how to look for my friends in-game.  If you see Twinkle Muffin or Hank Scorpio, give a wave.

I don't know how to look for people in-game either, and I don't have any friends playing that I know of.  Either playing my W/Mo Sweet Xanthippe in old Ascalon or Ele/Mes Sugarpie Honeybunch in pre-Searing Ascalon.

Would enjoy grouping up with whoever doing whatever.

[e_bortion]

So I'd not played long enough to see the game transition from pre to post-searing Ascalon. And I have to say.

That's Really. Fucking. Cool.

Now I'm getting into this shit.

Now taking Schild attention-span bets.

[Signe]

So I'd not played long enough to see the game transition from pre to post-searing Ascalon. And I have to say.

That's Really. Fucking. Cool.

Now I'm getting into this shit.

Now taking Schild attention-span bets.

Four days and, just for a laugh, I've added you to my dead pool.

[MrHat]

What's funny is I have about 2 weeks which I have to pack house/pack bags because I'm moving.

Yet, I'm still very very very tempted to pick this game up.

I do miss gaming with you all.

[stray]

So I'd not played long enough to see the game transition from pre to post-searing Ascalon. And I have to say.

That's Really. Fucking. Cool.

Now I'm getting into this shit.

Now taking Schild attention-span bets.

Four days and, just for a laugh, I've added you to my dead pool.

Is "just for a laugh" something entirely different than "for a bit of a laugh"?

I'd love to know.

[trias_e]

What a shock, the servers are fucked.  And right after I bought it too.

[Jain Zar]

Im enjoying it enough to cancel my WoW sub for a while. 
I just need a short MMORPG fix and the no subscription costs bit sealed the deal.

Im still in the newbie zone as a level 6, doing as many quests as possible for my Fighter Monk.
Its like he is a paladin in all but name.  Was nice seeing that Holy Smite power do double damage
to the nasty skeletons in the catacombs.  Look for Sir Guido.

[Strazos]

You all need to get in touch with me schild or Haemish for invites. We have much ass to kick.

[Stephen Zepp]

You all need to get in touch with me schild or Haemish for invites. We have much ass to kick.

Are the numbers enough to make a worthwhile pvp squad? I've been out of MMOG's of any sort (intentionally!) for quite a while, but I'm allmost interested in this one...was why I was asking earlier about the loss of interest.

I can't promise cattass level dedication, but I would probably be interested if there are some folks that play reasonably regularly...

[Strazos]

Well, I know there are certain arenas that are "Constructed 4v4 Teams", so I would say Yes.

[MrHat]

I'm a weak man.

I'm Indomitable Andy, XXXXX Andy.

[Mesozoic]

Walker Treadmill, level 4 Monk/Ranger.

[Yoru]

I can be located as either Vern Freymuth, who gets reset to level 1 a lot as I swap builds around trying to find a fun one that doesn't overlap with my other character, Elhany Freymuth (L9 ranger/elementalist). I'm usually grouped with a guildmate, but I'd welcome extra intelligent hands over random server idiots any day.

[Stephen Zepp]

Well, I've gotten to a level 7 mo/me, moved on to the old Ascalon city, but at this point a bit lost!

Looking for a guild invite from whoever can do it.

Valrith Malagance

[trias_e]

Got a Mo/N and a Me/W.  Tirias Elentirmo and Trias Elentirmo respectively.  I'd like to join if at all possible.

What are the names in game of those that can invite again?

[Signe]

Veronica Zemanova (Strazos) invited me.  There is also Autoleveler Schild or something strange like that.  And Haemish Mclellan or however he spells his last name.  Maybe we need a Bat Country thingy to keep everyone straight.  (you know what I mean)

I'm sure I spelled everyone wrong but I'm feeling incorrect tonight.

[Stephen Zepp]

Man, soloing PvE sure got a hell of a lot harder, hehe. Getting equal+ mobs in 2-4 at a time pulls!

Gimmie an invite so I can actually group!

[HRose]

Man, soloing PvE sure got a hell of a lot harder, hehe. Getting equal+ mobs in 2-4 at a time pulls!

You know about henchmen, yah?

[Typhon]

I downloaded instead of buying. I get get henchmen during/post-searing. lost them after logging. Took me two days to figure out how to get them again.  I guess there is something to be said for buying the game via a store and not downloading.

If anyone could direct me to the manual pdf (or whatever), I'd be grateful.

[Xanthippe]

This is the only manual online that I know of:
http://www.guildwars.com/manual/default.html

It's pretty basic.

[raydeen]

Kyldaely Macicerath lvl 7 War/Rng. I've got a weird bug on this toon. I've been attempting to play GW on my laptop (been too busy/lazy to install on the big comp yet), and it just randomly crashes the computer. One crash occured in the first part of Ascalon Academy. When I logged back in, I was at the final part of the Academy mission, just before the Searing. I think I may have crashed out here once or twice as well, but did at some point make it into Post-Searing Ascalon. Ran some missions, crashed out. Now, every time I log in, I'm back in that final Ascalon Academy mission. I feel like I'm Bill Murrey in Groundhog Day. The upshot is, I continue to get gold and exp from that mission, and always have henchmen for when I get into Post-Searing Ascalon.

[tazelbain]

Since there is no reason to start a new, I'll add my thoughts from playing over weekend.

7+ leveling really bites.

lack of fur squares gimps warriors in the first arena.

push a broken patch was funny, but they fixed it quickly.

going back to town drops you from the group. Weak.

Traveling through places Regent's Valley is tedious with all lowbie npcs you battle trough even though you get little exp.

I suck at PvP. In the beginning, I was doing good but everyone seems to have got better or all the other bad people have given up.

PvP is so twitch.

I think what makes me bad is my inability target quickly and reliably.  Can't count the times I have ended up on a pet or a teammate.

Do you guys have a guild I can join?  Does it matter that I suck?  Not interested in joining the random guilds that invite me.

Healing in this game is crazy; chain healing creates never ending battles.


Quintox Tey, lvl 9 N/Me
Quintian Tey, lvl 9 W/Me

[Viin]

Try using the keyboard for targeting, using the mouse is hard.

'C' for closest. Or tab real fast until you get the right one. (Sometimes I just tab around to find whoever is lowest in health and help take that player out quickly).

[Nazrat]

I'm in.  Nazrat Wanderer.  Still a newbie, so Level 1 Warrior.   

[Yegolev]

lack of fur squares gimps warriors in the first arena.

Pretty sure you can get this in post-Searing Ft. Raurik or Ranik or whatever.  I'm playing El/Me so unverified.

going back to town drops you from the group. Weak.

Map travel drops you from the group, not entering a town.  The paradigm has shifted beneath your feet, you take 20 damage!

Healing in this game is crazy; chain healing creates never ending battles.

Heh, this is true.  One Charr boss's health bar was yo-yo-ing forever, but we finally wore him down.  Kinda satisfying, actually, when he went down and the tension broke.

[Strazos]

Healing in this game is crazy; chain healing creates never ending battles.

We really need to start recording some of our PvP. I'm sure some of it would be, at worst, funny to watch. Especially if you could also get in the TS conversations.

[Yoru]

lack of fur squares gimps warriors in the first arena.

Pretty sure you can get this in post-Searing Ft. Raurik or Ranik or whatever.  I'm playing El/Me so unverified.

 Fur squares drop 10% of the time when using an expert salvage kit on a Charr Hide. Note that expert salvage kits are only available from Yak's Bend onward and cost 400 gold. The other way would be to sit around in town trading, but fur squares tend to go for 300g or more.

 Not sure if this is fixed yet, but I find it really annoying how the game resets your chat filter when you close the client and resets the chat tab you're on to "world" when the party zones. This latter one has led to some, er, 'colorful' party banter accidentally getting broadcast to all of Lion's Arch.

going back to town drops you from the group. Weak.

Map travel drops you from the group, not entering a town. The paradigm has shifted beneath your feet, you take 20 damage!

 Actually, I think it's kind of weak that, if nothing else, the party leader doesn't get a "teleport whole party" option; since they can obviously 'port an entire party given party-zoning, there doesn't seem to be a technical reason not to do it, nor can I think of a gameplay reason for it.

Fortunately, you can select what district you pop into on the travel dialog box, so my group uses "the Two Protocol" - whenever there's a choice, we always go to District 2.

[Mesozoic]

My only gripe so far has been that if the leader (or maybe any party member, not sure) zones out of town, the whole group goes with him immediately without prompting.  Twice now I've been interrupted while trading, and once while swapping skills out.

[tazelbain]

Had better luck in noob PvP last night, even went 11 in a row once.  Having a group that works together helps, but still many people just run off to do their own thing.  Turned my video settings to rock-bottom and moved "target next" to better location.

One battle was, my team, 3mo/1w vs 2w/1mo/1e. it lasted 13+ mins. The match could have gone on forever if the enemy monk hadn't got bored and decided to fight instead of heal and run.  The game needs some "battle fatigue" to end to some of these battles.

[Strazos]

Sometimes, battles are really a war of attrition.