DeathscytheX

a lot of info on Reverent.

Floki is still my favorite character. Viking culture is portrayed pretty as brutal for women. Ragnar is a whore, Floki can't deal with love/happiness, and Bjorn is deeply in love but it will be interesting to see his evolution as Ragnar admonishes his choices Lagertha has her own agenda, but at the same time she is getting screwed by her supposedly most trusted friend. She even is interested in him, asking him why he won't offer himself for marriage. It will be interesting to see if Ragnar or Ecbert wins her over first. Ragnar clearly doesn't love Aslaug. He is only interested in having sons. His heart still loves Lagertha, but Princess Kwenthrith is obviously a horn dog like Rangar and I expect them to hook up.

I can't comment on this ep because I am a reader. Overall it was powerful how they were at their end... Aaron showing up was gold for every graphic novel fan.

Tyrese's death was less significant in the TV show than in the comic.. that is disappointing. The episode it self was masterpiece. Beth had just died so they made you think that the shoveling and preaching was for her. Only to punch you in the gut with Tyrese's death. The Hallucinations were perfect.... especially with the Governor. I knew it had been too long by the time they cut off his arm, but there was that false sense of hope, only to be crushed at the end. This season is going to be epically brutal... so many characters still alive and the cast is way too large right now.

"Stop treating us like monsters! We are not the enemy!" -Canach

I've seen he legendary hammer Juggernaut quite often. Its just not very flashy so its easy to miss. With Engineers getting hammers there will probably be a lot more down the road. Every time I start a new class, I like how different they play, and how the same weapon does vastly different things for each class.

Rangers are sort of an outcast class. I love mine, but hardcore players don't want them in their dungeon parties, and most pvpers despise them because of the unfair range advantage. They can also accidentally pull an invincible one hit kill monster into a neutral room that their pet agroed that will kill everyone as you way point outta there in a panic. *is guilty*

A quick run down. Race has little to do with what your character can do outside of an exclusive heal, condition removal, and 1-2 elite skills. No matter what class you pick you will have access to these skills for that race. That being said, they are more or less the same, just different reskins. Warrior - pure dps class. Hack and slash like a mindless brute. Has access to the most weapon types in the game. Guardian - tank support class. Can strip multiple stacks conditions on self and allies, while stacking multiple buffs at the same time. Good AoE skills, and devastating dps. Only downside is you are slow unless you take up precious skill slots for speed buffs or spend the coin on a rune set that grants you a speed boost. Ranger - shoot people from distances no other class can hit you from. The further away, the more dps you rack up with a longbow. Although you are medium armor, you have pet companions that pull agro, and can revive you and others when downed. Very little support skills. Elementalist - large amount of support and defense skills, devastating AoE attacks and condition appliers. Can drop powerful element weapons for others in party to use. Very very squishy. Apparently the hardest class to master. Theif - speed, stealth, conditions. Similar to warrior in that attack skills have no individual cool downs and rely on an initiative meter that refills fairly quick. A lot of dodge/evade attacks, can set traps. Mesmer - illusions and trickery. Support class.. I don't know enough about it outside of that. Engineer - utility class. Tons of support and offensive skills. Their coveted healing turret allows you and allies to take on more dps. Utilizes kits more than weapons. Like Elementalist it's one of the only classes that doesn't have weapon swap. Necromancer - medium armor class that can act like a heavy armor class. Summon minions, remove conditions rapidly, heavy condition stacker on enemies. Essentially has two HP bars with death shroud.. Sledge could tell you more.

I'm already in love with my elementalist now. I'm going to get her leveled to 80 before the expansion. I've lost all interest in farming world boss trains for precursors. I will enjoy new my new character and continue doing daily karka and vine wrath. Once I get the expansion, my focus will be on the precursor collection. Talk about mob tagging. An ele would be insane on Orrian Cleanse. I'll probably buy a DPS amulet for my ranger and give the magic find to my ele.

The hypetrain is real @_@ MOOOOAAAARR INFO!

There is a good chance the expansion is free to prevent a paywall division between players. Even if it is, It will probably be available via gem store like the deluxe version of the game is. The enjoyment I've gotten out of this game is worth $1000. I've put 800 hours into it and over a whole year I've spent $300 ($10 here $15 there) on stupid stuff for my personal enjoyment. . I think the most I've ever played a game before GW2 was 120hrs. Destiny originally excited me because it looked like they were copying a good bit from GW2 FPS style and it all just fell apart as I played that game. Hell with Lady and You we'd have an almost complete set for Dungeon running. After watching some WoW videos, I will say that I am not impressed with their "world bosses". Unless I am looking at the wrong videos, they seem to be lumbering idiots that can even be solo'ed? Looking at your game. FXIV, I can say that the combat is definitely no where near as complex. GW2 features a 1234567890 F1-F5 type fighting... it doesn't have 40-100 attacks/buffs/effects to choose from in battle like most MMOs... I guess its more of a diablo type system that isn't top down. Guild Wars 2 has its share of stationary world bosses that require raw DPS to take down, but it also features world bosses that require strategy, defense teams, offense teams, reflect teams, and specialists... just DPSing them will end in failure. Some of our world bosses will kick your teeth in, and one of them is impossible to beat without being in or knowing someone (like me ) in a massive organized guild. Tequatl the Sunless is by far the most popular world boss... when he got revamped last year, it took a few months to figure him out. While its hard to find a map that will lose these days, at one point, you had to arrive an hour early to ensure you got into a full map that could organize defense teams and beat this boss. He is by far the most deadly dragon in the game. Battle can last 20+ minutes unless you are in my guild or in a map with my guild that can take him down in under 11 minutes.... unlike the video below.

Well there is no monthly fee if you want to store it in your library. This is the first MMO I truly ever got into hardcore. I loved SWTOR, but only played it like a single player campaign game. I know a lot of WoW players do not like GW2 because they play completely different. GW2 survives completely off addicting micro-transactions. If you don't want to spend $300 on this game. I recommend staying away. You are given everything you need to beat the game. The micro-transactions are purely vanity and convenience based. Mostly vanity. But I've seen everyone go down the path I have and buy stuff justifying it as a "monthly fee" since you don't pay one. XD . The games economy is extremely complex. There is a trading post to sell and buy items listed by players, which is connected to the gem store where the micro-transactions take place for real money... OR, if you are a gold farmer, you can buy those things by converting a good amount of in game gold to gems, instead of real money. Anet makes a fortune off its gem store though there is no doubt. The amount of free content that comes out for this game is clearly funded by the gem store purchases. The endgame is fantastic because of it. In the game you have your own personal story quest, which ends at level 80, after that there is a ton of things to do like World Bosses, Dungeons, and something called "The Living World" which is an entirely separate story that gets released like episodes (at no charge). I'm not even including the exploratory part of the game in PvE. PvP is completely separate from PvE and is divided within a couple different groups. There is SPVP (1v1) Team PVP (2v2,3v3), and World vs. World, which pits entire servers against each other... this is my favorite, when you have a massive army of 100+ clashing against an equal sized group... its like Battlefield's Conquest with 20 flags guarded by walls and champion monsters. You have to build arrow carts, catapults, and other siege weapons to breach the fort and capture the area. Things can get crazy epic like out of some medieval film. Oh did I mention the community? Its pretty hard to find assholes... yeah the map chat is always going have smartasses, but its all in good fun. There is no greifing in this game. I rarely see trolls, and everyone is very helpful. Its a very courteous community. Someone is always there to revive you when you are down in the open world, I've partied up with randoms so many times, and only had one bad experience out of more than a thousand. (Ironically that was with Sledge when some douchebags kicked him from the party when we were seconds away from beating a dungeon ). Anet takes the community seriously. If someone harasses you, they will get banned if reported. Telling someone "fuck you" will get you banned. There is zero tolerance for toxic behavior. I often find myself helping random people with jump puzzles, or just about anything. Is pretty cool when you are struggling to get to an area and someone comes up and guides you to it. Its really one of those game communities that makes you want to give back. Lastly, the customization is lovely... I'm sure it is in every MMO, but I love how unique every character is... its taken me over a year to be able to recognize a few of the skins people use to piece their character look together. I still discover new ones every day. I can't count the many times I've received a whisper to link them my armor skins... I've done it myself. My ranger, thief, and guardian. (sadly the image quality is compressed)

Here is the trailer for the suspected Guild Wars 2 expansion: Heart of Thorns (If you have not completed Living World Season 2, there are major spoilers) This post has been promoted to an article

Here is the trailer for the second half of Season 5! This post has been promoted to an article