[Podcast #4] Guild Wars 2 "Structured PvP" from ALTTABME.com
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Channel: Tristan Pope (Crafting Worlds) · 2012 · Gaming
The members of http://alttabme.com came together during this weekly podcast to talk about Structured PvP. You can watch our Intro Pre-Roll Outtakes here(this week they were long enough to make their own video lol): http://youtu.be/vEJTO6l1J8o The questions answered here are some of the top questions we get during our live streams at http://alttabme.com/live and these forums! We are live Mondays @ 5:15 EST : http://alttabme.com/live If you wish to submit questions for next weeks podcast for please feel free to post here: http://alttabme.com/forum/index.php?threads/podcast-4-guild-wars-2-structured-pvp.763/ If you are looking for a good guild to join once the game has released feel free to apply as we are accepting applications. Timecodes of talking points: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Final Open Beta Info - Opening Thoughts 00:02:15 - Guild Recruitment Info 00:03:40 - "Casual" sPvP Opening Thoughts 00:04:43 - Bruce's Thoughts of sPvP - Objective-based Maps 00:07:00 - Importance of Champions in sPvP 00:08:15 - Tristan's Thoughts of Champions - Tactics involving Champions 00:09:15 - Jon's Thoughts of Champions - Champion Spawn 00:10:30 - Damian's Thoughts of Champions - Champion Spawn Times 00:11:50 - 1v1 PvP in Guild Wars 2 00:15:50 - Thoughts on Dueling 00:18:25 - Abuse of Broken Skills/Glitches and Patches 00:20:25 - Glory system 00:21:10 - Thoughts of Groups of the same profession 00:22:00 - Class Balance 00:22:40 - AreaNETs Patching system 00:23:20 - Damian's Thoughts on Guild Wars 2 sPvP maps 00:25:35 - New Map - Fauxfire - Lore 00:27:35 - Capture the Flag Mode suggestion 00:29:05 - "Best" Profession combinations/partners 00:32:43 - Combo System 00:34:10 - Burst Damage(Glass Canon) & Conditions 00:38:45 - Build Variety - Offensive Vs. Defensive 00:42:02 - Rewards for PvP 00:45:29 Bruce in a Barfight 00:47:04 No Stat advantage. Skill/Player Experience matters. 00:48:24 Armor is Aesthetic 00:49:33 Lots of PvP Armor to collect for completionists 00:50:25 Take time to Experiment with weapon sets/skills in Mists 00:52:06 Elementalist/Engineer mechanics 00:57:10 Meta-gaming of sPVP 00:59:14 Freedom of swapping utility skills OOC for viability per map 01:03:07 Game Modes/Tournament levels 01:06:25 Q&A Forum Questions -ESport -Coordination vs RDM from WoW 01:10:00 Livestream Q&A -Balance PvP skills vs PvE skills -How can you 1v1 without dueling? -Racial abilities in sPvP -Elite skills in PvP instead of Racial 1:18:00 What is the Thief like? 01:22:00 Discussion on group joining mechanics in sPVP 01:31:25 Wrap up / Schedule Special thanks to Brown and Zakis for these! (If we are missing anything feel free to post below) Link to MP3 Download: http://archive.org/details/podcast4GuildWars2structuredPvpFromAlttabme.com
