Another Guild Wars Beta Event

[kandrathe]

I didn't try the henchmen much though from my limited experience with them, I am not very anxious to try them again, I always prefered real players over some dumb AI that seems to do all the worst possible things...

Although, henchmen are not as prone to rush in and get themselves killed, or drop out of the party after they get themselves killed to avoid the -15% death penalty, or just randomly drop out of the party during the first five minutes. But, a good party of thoughtful players is enjoyable.

I would REALLY like to have more customizations options right from the start, whether it be the player model itself, the skill or even making the NPC merchants sell dyes for low price, people just look too much alike but aside from that, the game seems to progress nicely, when playing the E3 For Everyone event I saw some skills that always made you wonder why they even exist as they were either the same skill with a different animation or simply EXTREMELY situational.

Yes, I agree. Not just visual. For example, allow warriors to select their primary weapon rather than have all warriors start with a hammer and hammer skills. If the initial skills are weighed towards hammers, then most warriors will invest in the same ways leading to more homogeneity.

The fast paced action of this game reminds a FPS very much but not in the way of simply being faster with the mouse, more like with the mind, one move can mean the death, or triumph, of the battle, much more than it was at the first beta event.

Similiar to Diablo II, although as of late (in DII) the monster AI and power has been boosted to keep up with Super Weapons of Death™. I'm finding that the tactics are similiar in that one must be careful to draw off and tackle one monster pack at a time.

Overall, the greatest progress that I have seen in the game is with the skills (and items, to an extent), the skills now all seem to have an advantage and/or a disadvantage to them that differs them from the other skills which makes deciding what skills you'll get for the next mission much harder and quite more enjoyable for me at least.

My biggest worry is that the choice of skills for some characters, (like ranger), are heavily weighted toward an attribute (like Beast Master), while the bread and butter skills (like Marksmanship, or Expertise) are slighted in variety.