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I'm sad because I missed Dishonored and Last of Us :(

Apart from Demon's Souls, nah. You've got monster hunter in the sense of not forgiving mistakes during combat, but there is no leveling or exploration in it.

It was a pretty poor E3 for gamers, the only original IP announced was watch dogs. E3 is an investor's event, so I don't really have high expectations of it.

I've played in every "open" beta so far. If anyone wants my opinions on it, just ask away. The combat system is WoW's hotbar system, improved. Projectiles have collision detection, weapon swings damage everything in their path, tons of abilities you have to aim. The level experience is more fun, particularly because you're never handed a "tasklist" of "go there and kill 10 boars". You're free to explore, and you are rewarded for it in exp. For example, you can earn a ton of exp by fully exploring any town or outdoors map, and on top of that you receive cash and an item for exploring it all. Plus, you never feel like you outlevel a zone, because you can complete a lvl1-15 zone and then go to another race's zone and complete theirs, and your level will downscale to the event at hand so you still feel challenged. However, at least in the beta, if you're planning to level two characters of the same race, you'll feel a bit bored because you'll encounter some repeated events. But that's when you go to WvW, which is my favourite part of the game.

How is it an unfair advantage if everybody has access to it?

It wouldn't be overpowered, but it would strip parts of the lore from their individuality.

You're a bit late to the party. Microtransactions have been a valid business model for years now.

All the stuff they have released has said you CAN still click and wait, but you get better dps and xp by using the dynamic moves etc. I should think the only places where click and wait might be impossible will be a few bosses, but even then probably only apply topost-update releases and not current ones. Hmmm, yes, I can see that happening. They did mention that there will still be an autoattack in place, and I doubt they'll revamp enemy AI to force you into using the abilities.

It caps at ~120 damage :(

That's a shame.

Indeed. I hope it is available for f2p too, because I'm looking forward to some full rune DM's.

How much are those going for? My last two kills were lantadyme drops, so don't complain too much.

You do know that it was an NPC that was being attacked in the video, right?

That's why they are holding a beta, I'm guessing. It's just too much content for their QA team, and it'll hype people up.

Agreed. Some mage animations are a bit choppy but it looks amazing.

Is it worth it?

Didn't he ascend into godhood via the stone as seen in the WGS cutscene, which would also make him a false user? I think he only used it to heal zyliana.

Vid on that?

I managed to do it without a summon or nex gear, so yeah, a titan is very possible.

Plus, the recent "hacking" were a database exploit, not stolen accounts.

First kill, no summon, no dreadnips.

DFS seems useless against the fire attacks ,was getting hit 300+ contantly.

I'm not upset. I do have an account that has been subscribed for quite some time. But I do feel like the requirement could be expanded to include people who have maintained many months of subs in the past.

Server costs for MMOs are minimal. And the current state of the game doesn't matter when you're testing an overhaul. If somebody is subscribed 12 months in a row, chances are they'd be subscribed even without the beta. If somebody recently came back from a long hiatus, chances are they'll be more inclined to keep their subscription after trying the beta. Or less inclined to unsubscribe, depending on your point of view.