Long time no post for you, you might say. No, I haven’t been sent into a GW2 induced coma quite yet I have just been writing what I can only describe as an essay on open world PvP which should be incoming in a couple of days. It is a flame inducing subject but it will hopefully be informative… Maybe even enlightening. Screw that for now its time for GW2 stuff.
Release is barreling sown on us now with the power of a thousand suns, and it really is quite unbelievable, the wait over these last few months has been unbearable. I thought the monthly betas would at least satiate these urges a little bit but they have only spurned on my eagerness, in saying that I really don’t know how these stress tests fit into the experience. They are just as enticing as any of the betas and my normal wake up time getting ready for work is around then anyway but because the amount of play time is so short they leave you quite unfulfilled. Like enjoying a beautiful 5 star meal and having it yanked from under your nose only after a couple of bites, just enough that you become fixated on that urge. In that regards Arenanet is my Dealer, they control the supply and I know later this day and through the week I will be going into withdraw….. God damn you all I need my fix.
As seems the right thing to do I played around in char select with my limited time-frame. I really am not the type of person to spend much time in character select, it really doesn’t mater to me much how my character looks in the end. Sure i like creating a character that embodies my mental picture of who I want them to be but it isn’t all encompassing. Coming from a rp background in lotro (not for long though) I just can’t help but create short and concise back stories for my characters so it is nice having options in customisation and the more the better but my ultimate feeling during this time always gets to meh… That’s good enough. No hours spent for me, I flick through the options alter the sliders a little then emerge into the world.. It is only a 10 or so minute affair for me but that is enough. Here’s one I came up with today though and I love it so much, she’s going to be my guardian and I love the juxtaposition between the good protector image of the role and the I’m going to kill you while you sleep look of this Asura… Meet me in a dark alley and I’ll make you run screaming. Mwahahaha
Anyway after moving past that I really didn’t know what to do with myself, there is really no point in running around fulfilling hearts, or completing events. I don’t want to explore much and ruin the experience at release as I want to leave everything fresh and amazing. I have already explored all the major towns, and there is not enough time to explore crafting which I sadly haven’t even glanced at yet.
But I had a vision and did what any good ole red blooded pvp’er would do, ported to the mist and customized the guardian skills to my hearts content. I actually had fun playing with all the weapon skill’s and utilities and seeing the great animations, they really are quite visceral.
I must go, My people need me
Guardian seems like a class with a huge range of playstyles and deep level of customisation. I can imagine already having lots of different builds for every circumstance. They have decent damage, great area control, and what I think is the best party support in the game. It is definitely going to be the hard to master type class like the ele, but unlike the ele I thinks its depth of play comes down to timing.
So far from my limited view of customisation Guardians appear to be all about Boons Boons Boons!! A funny little meme I thought during my trait customisation was “so i heard like like boons so i added some boons to your boons so you can buff while you buff.” I am really excited to try out this class in group pvp just to see how powerful group buffing can be.
Anyway, so far it looks like Necro is my Tanky thing, Mesmer for pure stupidity and confusion, and Guardian for all out support character. I figure there will always be enough people in guild and out who focus on pure damage and ultimately that isn’t me so I needn’t worry much. I might try at a later date for a pure burst build but at the moment I’m pretty content.
Oh, and if you haven’t seen it already check out Arenanets new Guild Wars 2 signature creator, I haven’t had a chance to play around with it yet but it looks great.
Healing the masses 