Oh, snap!

At least for those of us who pre-purchased the game, Guild Wars 2 is out.   Wait.... Guild Wars 2 is OUT!  Oh snap! :)

Over the weekend I played my primary character, Human Elementalist Salena Carne.  I got 100% in Queensdale, the starter area, and there's still plenty of things left to do.  The dungeon in Beatletun needs explorin.. the Shadow beast in the swamp needs killin... and the Demongrub pits needs a puzzle... -in... completin... hah! :)

And this is just one character, one area, I have plans for 2 more characters in Sylvari and Asura.  Even though all the maps do connect with each other it generally takes 2-3 map areas before you start overlapping content with other race areas.

But still, 100% complete in Queensdale... but 4% total completion... L.O.L.  Hell yeah. :)

And then there's WvW...

And there's also crafting, which I'm trying my best to get as much done as possible, I want to try and make some money once the game goes official tomorrow, but that might not working considering issues with the auction house.

This game is just freaking awesome, I'm only level 14 but I've already had several "oh, snap!" moments when player skill becomes the catalyst instead of skills, levels, or weapons.  Here are a couple I've experienced:


Skills Coming Together:

I was in a bind as I lagged behind the main group, 5 centaur warriors chased me and started beating me up, I managed to get 3 of them down, but the final 2 were wearing out my health.  I had already used my "Panic Button" (Arcane blast + Arcane Shield) and my health skill and they were all recharging.  Just about to die Arcane Blast became active again, so I hit it and then hit a weapon skill which made me dodge backwards quickly but leave a trail of fire.  With 2 health left, they ran towards me running over the fire, Just as they were about to attack they died in the fire.  That was an adrenalin booster :)

Mammoth Monster:

Catching the end of "Secrets of the Swamp" I witnessed this massive shadow boss easily 3x larger than any starting boss, it took me a good minute in order to reach him, but everyone finished taking him down right before I got there.

I'm going to have to come back here to finish up this incredible Dynamic Event.

Took a Wrong Turn:

I was walking along where a bunch of Treants were, I'd been here before they were all passive aggressive so I had no problem walking around.  Came across a big tree but as I was admiring it I noticed a treant doing something to the side of a nearby hill.  Curious I walked over.

Then all of a sudden a Dynamic Event popped up on my radar, and this unique Treant boss crawled out of the ground.  I was all alone and I wasnt even making a dent even with my most powerful attacks, and he was slow enough that I could dodge him and keep my distance while waiting for others to join.

Soon enough, another joined and then another, and we finally saw his life start to dwindle down.  The boss started using unique attacks that rooted our characters, we couldn't use our primary skill as he lumbered towards us to rain heavy attacks on us, but I was able to use my 2nd weapon skill to set the ground ablaze to kill the roots and get us free.

Took me and about 6 others about 10 minutes to down the boss, and I was greeted with some nice loot, as well as a stone that is supposed to bring a special reward in Lion's Keep.