This week’s column on news, commentary, podcasts and videos from the Guild Wars 2 world is now up at GuildMag.com.
January 20, 2012
This week in Guild Wars 2
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2
January 13, 2012
This week in Guild Wars 2
My latest column (not “lastest” as I foolishly typo-ed last week) on news from the Guild Wars 2 world is now up at GuildMag.com.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2
January 6, 2012
This week in Guild Wars 2
My lastest column (in my nom-de-gaming guise as Raphia Naon) on news from the Guild Wars 2 world is now up at GuildMag.com.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2
December 30, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2
My latest round-up of Guild Wars 2 articles, blog posts, and community activities is now up at GuildMag.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2
December 23, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2
This week’s column is now online at GuildMag.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2
December 16, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’m pleased to say that this item is now live at GuildMag. This is good news for non-gamers, who won’t have to scroll past all the Guild Wars 2 stuff here once a week. I also hope it’s good news for Guild Wars 2 fans. We’ll see how well the community likes the new column.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
December 14, 2011
ArenaNet reveals the final Guild Wars 2 profession: the mesmer
The other seven professions have been rolled out over the last year-and-more, but a design change seems to have delayed the release of mesmer information until now. Here’s the official page description:
Mesmers are magical duelists who rely on deception and confusion to keep their opponents in check. Indecision is their greatest ally. Using powerful illusions to distract, they make sure they never go toe to toe with an enemy; they use their powers and tactics to set up an unfair fight. Just when you think you’ve figured out what the mesmer is doing, illusions begin to shatter, clones start to fade away, and you realize you’ve been swinging at empty air all along. It’s hard to keep your eye on the real mesmer.
The mesmer doesn’t have the brute power of the warrior, or the ranged devastation of the ranger. Instead, the mesmer weaves a web of interlaced illusions, conditions, and phantasmal sources of damage. Through skillful play, mesmers combine these pieces into a deadly puzzle to be solved by their foes, while also helping their allies.
Update: The closed alpha is complete and the closed beta program will begin on Friday the 16th of December. ArenaNet has their own internal policies for selecting closed beta participants, so there will not be a public application form.
Comments Off on ArenaNet reveals the final Guild Wars 2 profession: the mesmer
December 12, 2011
Next up for the weekly “This week in Guild Wars 2” posting
I’ve been posting a once-a-week Guild Wars/Guild Wars 2 summary for most of this year, but this week’s entry will probably be a bit different: I’ve been invited to take over the regular “Community Roundup” column at GuildMag. This will be a super-set of the information I normally provide in the “This week in Guild Wars 2” posting. I don’t know if I’ll still post a shorter version here or if I’ll just link to the new column at GuildMag (it’ll probably depend on how much extra work will be required to post in multiple places).
Comments Off on Next up for the weekly “This week in Guild Wars 2” posting
December 10, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. The game should be approaching the end of closed alpha testing, and the closed beta is scheduled to begin by the end of the year. We are expecting to get the final profession reveal sometime in the next week or two, so that should be a big outpouring of new information for us to absorb.
December 3, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. The game is still in closed alpha testing, and the closed beta is expected to begin by the end of the year. We are expecting to get the final profession reveal sometime in the next week or two, so that should be a big outpouring of new information for us to absorb.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
November 26, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. The game is still in closed alpha testing, and no substantive new information has leaked out about when the closed beta will begin. We’re still expecting it “by the end of the year”, based on the original announcement.
November 19, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
November 12, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. Third slow news week in a row. This time, the Arenanet folks have been prepping for the G*Star show in Korea, so we’ve got a few new bits from that, but nothing really major.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
November 5, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. And yet another slow week for GW2 news. The only official news was a posting late on Friday with some updates to the Engineer and Ranger pet mechanics.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
October 29, 2011
This week in Guild Wars 2 news
I’ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of Guild Wars 2 for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community. Another slow week for GW2 news. I’m hoping that this means that ArenaNet has been busy with the closed alpha and that we’re therefore closer to the beta.
Comments Off on This week in Guild Wars 2 news
