{"id":7985,"date":"2011-02-26T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2018-01-23T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:23:51","slug":"this-week-in-guild-wars-2-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/02\/26\/this-week-in-guild-wars-2-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em> news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Guild_Wars_2_icon.png\" title=\"Guild_Wars_2_icon\" width=\"73\" height=\"73\" align=\"top\" \/>I\u2019ve been accumulating news snippets about the as-yet-to-be-formally-scheduled release of <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em> for an email newsletter I send out to my friends and acquaintances in the Guild Wars community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/norn-week-begins\" target=\"_blank\">Norn Week Begins<\/a> &mdash;  The first post to kick off &#8220;Norn Week&#8221; on the ArenaNet blog.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/massively.joystiq.com\/2011\/02\/21\/flameseeker-chronicles-guild-wars-players-respond-to-the-dervis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Player reactions to the Dervish update<\/a> in Guild Wars. I&#8217;ve certainly noticed a lot more Dervishes around in-game this week, especially in PvP areas.<\/li>\n<li>Next post on the Norn: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/legend-and-legacy-of-the-norn\" target=\"_blank\">Legend and Legacy<\/a>. The voices of the Norn, with some insight into why they act the way they do. (I find the samples to be a bit too modern, but perhaps that&#8217;s just my personal preference.)<\/li>\n<li>Norn Week post 3: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/norn-week-go-big-or-go-home\" target=\"_blank\">Go Big or Go Home<\/a>. The sheer scale of the Norn and their works.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2011-02-23-mesmer-and-assassin-in-guild-wars-2\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer speculates on Mesmers and Assassins in Guild Wars 2<\/a>. My own take: Mesmers are explicitly mentioned in the 2nd Guild Wars 2 novel, so they&#8217;re in. Assassins are not mentioned, but one of the key characters in the novel has a set of skills that seem remarkably similar to GW assassins.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thatnerdygirl.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/23\/and-now-guild-wars-talk-or-my-thoughts-on-the-dervish-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">A player&#8217;s response to the GW Dervish updates<\/a> and how they&#8217;ve changed the playing experience.<\/li>\n<li>Norn Week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/norn-week-designing-and-redesigning-events\" target=\"_blank\">Designing and Redesigning Events<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/pax-east-ahead\" target=\"_blank\">ArenaNet&#8217;s plans for PAX East<\/a>, including a new demo featuring the Norn starting area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guildwars2.com\/en\/the-game\/races\/norn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Updates and additions to the official web site&#8217;s Norn page.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.relicsoforr.com\/?p=1203\" target=\"_blank\">Views to admire<\/a>: Relics of Orr posts the list of must-see places in Guild Wars.<\/li>\n<li>Norn Week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.net\/blog\/a-spirit-of-legend\" target=\"_blank\">A Spirit of Legend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve 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. Norn Week Begins &mdash; The first post to kick off &#8220;Norn Week&#8221; on the ArenaNet blog. Player reactions to the Dervish update in Guild Wars. 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