Another Guild Wars Beta Event

[SoulEdge]

P.S. It would be great to see a report(s), after everyone's limited play time, of how the game is progressing.  I would really love to know if there is any change to henchman control to help those of us who tend to not play with real folk (was gonna say solo but that isn't really true with henchman).

No direct control over henchmen/pets/minions thus far, but playing with just henchmen is possible, I have done most exploring and a couple of the earlier missions with just henchmen.

The earlier missions are easy, but surprising enough mission that I completed in the first attempt with just henchmen actually took a few attempts when I teamed with real players. Probably just play style differences, for when I am with just henchmen, I go real slow, observe and analyse the situation before I make a move, but when in a team, there is a tendency to just gogogo.

I do find henchman level a bit on the low side for later missions and explorable areas, making them not as durable when faced with hard hitting enemies that are a few levels above them. Can offset this by having own character being a few levels higher than the enemies in those areas but then the experience gain will get a hit.

All these from a perspective of an offensive spell caster with no means to heal and skills selection not aimed to be a tank or involve in melee.


I enjoy exploring the explorable areas with henchmen, just for the sake of exploring as well as to gain some items, experience and gold, and now that Arena.net has added many quests in those areas, my enjoyment has greatly increased!


EDIT: I guess it's worth pointing out that I have some sort of control over the henchmen behaviour by using different ways of combat engagement, i.e. target calling will send my henchmen charging towards the enemy, pulling with a range attack/spell (and run back to kill zone if necessary) will have the enemy come to me and the henchmen engaging when the enemy is within their awareness area.