Last weekend was another beta weekend for GW2, I had to catch up on sleep yesterday so this post is actually a day late... but hey, better late than never. ;)Unlike the first beta weekend this time the login for me went smoothly, I started playing on Friday around 7:35pm or something. But it was the same during the 7 hour stress test a couple of weeks ago, so not really that much of a big surprise.
During the stress test a couple of guild members had to transfer to an US server because we had a bug that wouldn't let us login. So the first thing I tried was transferring back to Magus falls... which didn't work because the server was full. Picture me not amused, however they upped the maximum of people for servers and on Saturday morning everyone could transfer back. Phew!
I didn't start playing with my Necro on Friday, I actually made a new character, a Charr Elementalist... and just because I was stupid, I forgot about the downscaling, so I could have played my level 11 ele... or stupid Khali could have just tried out a Mesmer or Engineer... but Friday was so not my day, I must have had my head in the clouds or something. So yeah... now I have another Ele. Memo to myself... next beta weekend try a new class!However playing in the Charr starting area wasn't so bad, I had tried it out during the first beta weekend and I found it quite boring. Wasn't so bad on Friday, even though there were a lot of people around. I did all the quests and exploring on Sunday morning with my Necro and I really liked it. I just don't like the Charr race all that much, I do love the swishy tail and the running animation but that's about it. And I was quite disappointed that the Charr females have male voices... :(
Saturday wasn't my day either, sometimes I'm just stupid or assume too much or maybe I just like to put myself down... whatever doesn't matter. I went exploring with my Necro, because for whatever reason some skill challenges and point of interests in certain areas had been reset, so I had to do/find them again. Awful task, especially some of those in Kessex hills, I must have died 10 times before finishing my task. Picture me not amused!I also briefly wandered into the new area and died instantly... once again... Khali wasn't a happy camper. So after that I switched onto my human Elementalist and pushed her to level 17 before I was so tired that I had to take a nap, which also meant no WvW for me this beta weekend, maybe next one.. we will see.
After my nap and watching the football game I logged in again, I actually wanted to level my Ele a bit more but got offered to explore the new area with my guildleader and couldn't refuse that offer. And yeah, it was a lot easier doing the zone together, man I need to learn to survive on my own again... or I will end up needing help for each and everything... can't let that happen. Must find my independent Khali who levelled all alone from 1-60 in classic WoW. But it's just sooo much fun playing in a group. ;DOn Sunday I also finally found time to look at the crafting system, not that hard once you get what it's all about and how to do certain things. The only drawback for me was, you need to carry all the mats around in your inventory, SWTOR has a much better solution for that (it's enough to have the materials in your bank).
I still haven't figured out what crafting profession my main character will have once the game is out. Cooking looks nice but so do a few other professions. Need to craft more in the next beta event, that's for sure.What else.. oh yeah, I did play pvp with my Necro this time... it was fun, a lot of fun, even though I had to play against my guildies... love how annoying my Necro can be with fearing. And the self-healing seems to be equally annoying... loved that. However coming up against a melee is awful... I feel too squishy and I still have to learn so much about my class.
I was also glad to see that the mail system still worked the way it did during the stress test. If you send something to someone, the person will receive it instantly, which is great. During the first beta weekend you had to wait quite some time before you got your mail. That was awful really.
And I think I found a new addiction... colors! I love that colors drop from mobs now, I think I got over 15 different colors with the 3 characters I played this weekend. The only thing that's a bit annoying you can't trade them, once you double click on "identify" the color is bound to your account. And I also don't see why I need to find each color with each character I have. -.- But I LOVE COLORS and I can see myself spending real money for that.
Second addiction is definitely going to be miniatures, which in other words are pets, need to have them ALL! No surprise, I was exactly the same in WoW. I didn't even know they existed until I got sent one by a guildmate. It basically accompanied me the whole weekend. And after trying out if my debit card would work as a credit card (which it did) I bought myself another miniature pack. So yeah, that will definitely be another addiction of mine and I don't care if people will roll their eyes on me for it. ;DAnother thing that also really made me happy was that I finally got some more gear for my Necro, including my awesome looking skull helmet. Doesn't fit with the SailorMoon-skirt but hey... so happy that I didn't have to run around in level 11 gear anymore.
And of course like many others I was quite disappointed that once again you could not play the Sylvari and Asura races. I'm not even sure if they will be playable in any beta events. *sniffles* So whenever I had time, I took screencaps of Sylvari whose appearance I liked.So yeah, this post isn't as long as the one I wrote after the first beta weekend but it was just as much fun as the first weekend and I want MOAR! MOAR!
