So if a player sets off an area heal, other players can make sure they are in the proper spot to get healed. This wall can be moved through freely which is used to show players where the edge of the effect is. If an area of effect ability is used, there is a translucent wall that appears around the affected area. For example the elementalist has an ability that makes them roll away from an enemy leaving a line of fire in their wake. That being said, some abilities can be used to dodge as well.
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A full gauge allows a character to roll twice before they have to wait for it to replenish. There is also a roll mechanic for dodging incoming attacks with a gauge above the hit points meter shows whether a character can roll. Once used they are placed on cooldown and when that time expires the ability can be used again. So choose wisely.Ĭombat in Guild Wars 2 feels much like a cross between Tera and World of Warcraft and characters can only use the abilities that they have equipped to attack and do damage. Abilities can also be combined between players during combat. The last two are dependent on the weapon in the off hand. The first three abilities are dependent on what is in a character’s main hand.
For example if two daggers are equipped to begin with but is switched over to a sword and dagger later, the first three abilities will change completely. Now, only ten abilities may sound kind of boring, but the first five abilities change depending on the weapon being used. These are earned by finding certain points on a map and achieving a goal at that point. Characters learn five basic abilities and five skill-point required abilities. What is pretty unique to Guild Wars 2 is the way abilities are learned. Most of the character class names are pretty straight forward, an elementalist will use abilities that surround the four elements, necromancers will deal with the dead etc. The classes are pretty diverse, ranging from warriors, and rangers to necromancers and elementalists. There is no limit on races and character classes, so any race can be any class. Once in the game and creating a character, players have 5 races and 8 character classes to choose from. But as of publication date, it is still a problem. ArenaNet has said that they are going to fix this issue. There have been times when I have tried to join groups and the game won’t let me transfer to their server, and when this happens, players must log off and log back in to try to get it to work again. This is a nice benefit to have but it is much more complicated than it should be. Once in the group, you would right-click on their portrait to join them in whatever realm they are in. In order to play with players from another server in-game you must form a group using your friends list. Guild Wars 2 does not allow this as once a home server is chosen, players are there to stay. This also gives players a large number of character slots for creating different characters. For instance, in most MMOs, if they have friends on server A and server B, they can create individual characters on those servers to play with them. The home server concept is new to MMOs and usually a player can create a new character on any server and play with that character. There are about 30-40 home servers to choose from and once one is picked, players cannot change servers unless they pay real money. In Guild Wars 2, when the game is started for the first time, players are asked to pick a home server. Once the initial cost to purchase the game is paid, players do not have to spend any more money on the game if they do not want to. Guild Wars 2 works much along these lines. This is in place of the monthly service fees which is the usual way companies pay for a game that requires constant upkeep. In the past, to cover their upkeep costs, their expansion packs came out quickly and they allowed players to use real money to purchase account upgrades. With all this competition, does Guild Wars 2 cut through the clutter?ĪrenaNet’s Guild Wars games have always been free to play.
Not to mention a little thing called Mists of Pandaria, a new World of Warcraft expansion, coming out later this month. Amid all of this, major games like Tera, the Secret World and Star Wars: The Old Republic all launch within 12 months of each other.
Star Trek Online, EverQuest, Aion and Vanguard all went free to play. In 2012 alone, Lego Universe, Earthrise, Black Prophecy and City of Heroes all closed down. In the past 2 years we have seen many MMORPGs either go free to play to retain players or just fall flat and die off.
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