In a moment of weakness I bought into the Planetside 2 beta via the Alpha Squad Benefits. I think the six month 10% XP and resource boost implant, on top of the $40 station cash were the cause — the value was there, and I wanted in. Luckily SOE gave me a second key, giving [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pvp’
GW2 WvW Tips
September 7th, 2012
19 Comments
I am by no means a pro, but I have been around the RvR block a few times. WvW is really very similar, and I’m noticing a lot of very fundamental strategies/tactics ignored. Defend! When you take something, please defend it. I don’t know where the mentality came from to take something and immediately have [...]
GW2′s potentially harmful eSport aspirations
August 20th, 2012
28 Comments
It’s no secret that ArenaNet is trying to put Guild Wars 2 on the fast track to prominent eSport status. They’ve designed sPvP to fit the model like a glove, more so than Blizzard with WoW. Announcements have been made that popular sites like Arena Junkies and the Electronic Sports League are already paving the [...]
WvW Rewards
July 23rd, 2012
15 Comments
I saw a lot of people in general chat and the official forums complaining that WvW doesn’t have enough rewards. The common complaint is: “What keeps me playing WvW when I hit 80 if I do not get a reward?” Despite a discussion delving into the concept of needing to get a cookie for doing [...]
