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Jordan Massey on the Role of the Squad in WvW
Hi, everyone. I’m Jordan Massey, a gameplay programmer on the WvW strike team. My job for the last few months has been to implement our WvW designers’ ideas. Today, I’d like to tell you a bit about the squad system. By its nature, it’s something that we’ve had to sneak in since we can only evaluate it in a live game environment, but the time has come to get the word out! Read More…
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Link Round-Up: CBT3 Edition
Character creation, WvW, exploration, crafting, epic boss battles, dungeons, and more: you name it, and it got a thorough test in last weekend’s closed beta event. The world of Tyria was crowded with many thousands of testers, and our media partners put in overtime to bring you plenty of coverage of the weekend’s festivities.
Now that the week’s drawing to a close, we’ve pulled together a roundup of some of the week’s coverage, so take a look:
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Mike O'Brien on Microtransactions in Guild Wars 2
In this month’s closed beta event, we’ll do some early testing of the Guild Wars 2 microtransactions system. Our microtransaction content isn’t nailed down yet, but we have a good framework in place to support it. So, I’d like to take a moment to explain our goals and the system we have developed to meet them. Read More…
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Building Community
Community is an essential part of every online game. As our Global Brand Manager Chris Lye likes to say, “We’re… Read More »
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It Is On Like Pong - ArenaNet Hosts Penny Arcade
Mens sana in corpore sano – when not working on developing Guild Wars 2, some of us here at ArenaNet… Read More »
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Play Your Way - Jon Peters on Traits and Attributes
Hey everybody, Jon Peters here with a look at how traits and attributes provide a deep level of customization to… Read More »
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Link Roundup - WvW and Beta
It’s been an incredibly exciting week in the ArenaNet offices, and we were thrilled to see all of you enjoying… Read More »
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Mike Ferguson Takes Your WvW Questions Here and on Reddit
Hello again, everyone! After reading tons of fan reactions to our World vs. World blog post, there were a number of… Read More »