[PC] Guild Wars 2 & GW:EotN

[Firefly00]

First, tossing up the Point of No Return finale cinematic... just because.

Reminds me of the outcome of the Battle at Kar Dathra's Gate - a pivotal event occurring early in the storyline of Gossett's Red Star (which has a fun PS2 game treatment - think Final Fight meets Contra - and a pen-and-paper RPG campaign sourcebook). Now, with that opener out of the way...

A certain Guns 'N Roses song seems very appropriate for this new content. Which probably has its share of nods to among other things the introduction of a certain species of spacefaring hunters to movie audiences.

[Archon_Wing]

Damn, this is what the Pact gets for leaving that twig in charge.

[Firefly00]

Specifically, the revenant, which is quite fittingly named.

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[Kyero Fox]

OooooHhh that outfit is awesome :V the armpits are a huge weakness tho D: put some chainmail there. a little knife cuts them there and they are scrrrreeeeewed.

[Archon_Wing]

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...art-10/5033684

Pretty good way of banning someone.

[Firefly00]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

Pretty good way of banning someone. :heh:

Too unprofessional for my tastes; there's no need to make a spectacle of it. Also, if you're going to do that, you have to be equally public in fessing up and eating crow if you get it wrong (i.e. false positive). Mark Jacobs, I think, had the right idea back in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning - the server-wide 'in-character' ban message (reference). An example:

"Tchar’zanek has ordered the slaughter of SpammerNameHere and all others of his kind who weaken the Raven Host by providing wealth and power to the unworthy."

[Archon_Wing]

It is questionable to make a spectacle out of it, though I am generally lacking in sympathy.

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by Firefly00

Too unprofessional for my tastes; there's no need to make a spectacle of it. Also, if you're going to do that, you have to be equally public in fessing up and eating crow if you get it wrong (i.e. false positive). Mark Jacobs, I think, had the right idea back in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning - the server-wide 'in-character' ban message (reference). An example:

"Tchar’zanek has ordered the slaughter of SpammerNameHere and all others of his kind who weaken the Raven Host by providing wealth and power to the unworthy."

Get it wrong? It was pretty obvious the person banned was a hacker from the video alone. I don't think they would make a spectacle of it without 100% certainty. He also did it to show proof that the hacker was in-fact banned, which is much better than simply taking their word for it.
Hackers deserve to be publicly humiliated on youtube.

[Firefly00]

Originally Posted by Demi.

Get it wrong? It was pretty obvious the person banned was a hacker from the video alone.

I did not say they got it wrong in this case; merely that such a thing is possible in the future, and that one should be prepared to take appropriate action should it occur. As for proof... well, one would think the above-suggested ban message would fit the bill.

Now, on to the matter of elite specialties. First announced being a blast from the past in the form of the chronomancer (ref 1; ref 2).

"Great Scott...!"

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by Firefly00

I did not say they got it wrong in this case; merely that such a thing is possible in the future, and that one should be prepared to take appropriate action should it occur. As for proof... well, one would think the above-suggested ban message would fit the bill.

Based on how many hackers/griefers I've reported and zero have been punished...I believe they don't ban without 100% certainty. It requires video evidence or they need to be on the scene while it happens. Of course, this means that report function is worthless but perhaps enough reports warrants them keeping a closer eye on on the supposed griefer/hacker. Anet doesn't do this often anyways. I imagine partly why they made a spectacle out of him is because of how blatant he was about cheating.

What they tend to do poorly though is exploit banning, since they just ban everyone who profited from said exploit regardless if the person knew what they were doing is an exploit or not...but those are generally mass bans, and Anet doesn't make a spectacle out of them. A lot of times Anet unbans them as well.

[Kyero Fox]

Heh so the first Expansion is centered on the plant people? I wonder why.

[Bonta Kun]

Anet are having a joke with HOT, besides the prices being abit on the high side there is no extra character slot for the basic add-on!

And the fact that new players buying HoT standard, get the core game as well.

I'm not keen on paying £60 for just that 1 extra chracter slot, yea it's "slot" not "slots".

[Archon_Wing]

Well, the base game was regularly going @ $10 at this point; at this point this is the game. Though a lack of a discount for existing users is different. I am simply going to delay on buying it.

Plus, they did a number on the necros. Whoever's developing them needs to be fired.

[Bonta Kun]

So been hammering at this since HoT was out and really enjoying the game again.

Plenty of new content to get stuck into and some of it is really quite good.

Hoping to get my Rev up to speed before Friday when I go on my hols for a month.
Like want I have played of Rev so far, nice class.

[Archon_Wing]

Yea, Revenant does seem like a class with some interesting mechanics that mean a deal.

And now with more chickens.

[Bonta Kun]

Announcement of next expansion and launch date is 22nd of September!

Lots to get stuck into here, new specs for each class and mounts!

We're also going to Vabbi now!

The wait is on till we get to Cantha now!

[Archon_Wing]

Gliding finally comes to WvW. Popping people out of the sky with ballistas will be worth the while.

[King Lycan]

Anybody still playing GW2 ? I just got back into it.

[Bonta Kun]

Still playing and probably won't stop playing.

At least until GW3 comes out :P

[Sacredus]

Creating new MMO is huge risk now so I don't think we will get GW3 but... that announcement that game go from LWS4 to season 5 instead of new addon was strange.

Still playing, raid wing 6 is really fun.