PAX East 2011 - Guild Wars 2 - Ranger Gameplay - Part 1

[nonstopgameplayin]

111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111 2 111111111111111111111111111111­11111111111111111111 2 3 111111111111111111111111111111­11111111111111111111 I think thats what his rotation was.

[Jonesy135790]

@nonstopgameplayin 1 is an auto attack =]

[darkblurr772]

no pet? why not have one?

[jagjagjag009]

where is his pet ?

[SomeoneWhoCanType]

@jagjagjag009 died

[watchitIrunintowalls]

Looks boring in comparison to some of the other proffessions, unless you use it in combination with other profession's moves.

[Nero5th]

@watchitIrunintowalls i think it's just the guy playing, the anet guy in some other videos makes it look more fun

[shakespearespqr]

One thing that bugs me is that i dont understand whats the point on removing the autoattacks when they are gonna use a spamable ability (1) that the player is going to be hitting every 1/4 second.

Either thats just false propaganda or this player really has no idea of how to play.

Taking into account how many hours people is going to expend fighting in this game, having to be spaming 111111231111111131111141111151­111112111113 is going to get tiresome.

[SadaXer]

@shakespearespqr There is an option to make the Number 1 Skill to auto attack. I saw it in another video. This means you can choose if you want to spam the button 1, or just set it as auto attack. No worries :)

[Ichigo1sAwesome]

@SadaXer Thank the gods for that, i really hated the idea to spam the number 1 skill! xD

[ThysiosX]

@shakespearespqr IIRC yuou can turn the first ability on auto attack so it does it automatically.

[shakespearespqr]

@ThysiosX

seems like a flawed/pure advertising design decission then...

[vinhall123]

@shakespearespqr work out those chunky fingers :)

[general2109]

@shakespearespqr I wondered about that with TOR... i mean, the only thing they did was make me manage some boring spam ability. I just feel that could be spent doing other more interesting things. The companies have like convinced people that removing auto attack is revolutionary. Unless they really come up with a better solution, just leave auto attack.

[0biggaj0]

@shakespearespqr

no its probably to make you feel that your more in control over the character, I think, I rather control my spam then let my character do it on his own. and that guy probably wasn't playing right either, you never know

[SuperEnergyAddict022]

I like theif, and all the others.. But I'm always attracted to the Ranger/Hunter types. :P

[brattisjr]

The fliming of this video..

[MarkusAndersen342]

I am going to look up everything about the ranger, lore-wise and everything, and I will be perfect with the ranger once I can PLAY THIS GAME THAT NEEDS TO RELEASE NOW =/

[MonkeyboyGWW]

what he really needs to do is press 1 again

[AnxiousFTW]

I liked the video but people really need to learn to dodge like at the start the centaur was doing a charge skill and he just stayed there also people need to read the skills

[ThatDudeJCrash]

@AnxiousFTW They are probably WoW players not used to hitting and moving.

[Deframed111]

There should be no such thins as "Out of range!" for a ranger! hehehe

[The35thNexus]

Thank you for this very very good quality video. And thanks for zooming in on the skills so we can get a better idea what they actually do.

[DrMeh3]

This game looks fun! The UI is kind of....different, though...

[Bobcraftgamechannel]

I love at at 00:50 the centaur is charging up for an attack and the player could easily dodge it, but instead they just sit there and take damage. PLEASE don't let this turn out like WoW where everyone just takes avoidable damage...At least I won't have to heal like mad to carry the group.

[rofl123mao]

12:26 Look for the epicness!

[ShuyuKoukin]

its autotarget..and wow you can dodge. i thought this would be more similar to tera. where you actually have to aim to land an attack what a let down.

[Videoboy45]

LOL he was so screwed at 7:52

good choice going to a waypoint

[MattNicholson7]

next time dont zoom in, you can see everything just fine when you are zoomed out. all i can see when he switched to torch was the skill squares

[MrGelachter]

Doesn't quite seem like hes playing this the right way. Considering he has 9 skills open and only uses the basic attack and one of the short Cooldowns.

But its to be expected of a demo.

[kimmern999]

So, where is the quiver?

[SilvD3X]

only because that dude is smashing his mouse like crazy doesn't mean that's how it's intended to be played...look at the Arenanet team's PvP...that's how you play GW2 !!

[rgringo]

tyvm for the upload... but watching 14min of someone bashing skill 1 all the time is really really boring. I had to jump the video each 2min and the guy still using the same 1 skill over and over again. WTF!?

[tsukani22]

its more along the lines of whoever is playing is bad....

[Demarchification]

What the specs of this computer,

i wonder my pc can run this game as well :/

[thelordhamza1]

did u see what i did 0_o 4:12

[Se7enEleven11]

stop clicking on your skills ;D

[scaphrax]

ummm how much arrows does he have in his quiver???

[dieislive]

i have a doubt about gw2, the combat is always against mobs? or like in wow you can kill players whitout entering in a ground combat? sorry about my eng

[KidsSayNoobALot]

@dieislive No, there is a 2 week long match with 2 other servers. You can level 1-80 just by participating in that, doing dynamic events, fighting other players. Other players even drop loot in this mode!

[MrDavidPWNER]

Where's your pet?

[Ohspaceadam]

He is just a bad player. That's why the ranger looks like shit in this viedo, nothing else.

[Spindry96]

This game looks 3D compared to Wow

[DarklinkJustin]

Person who flipped him off at 04:12 you're awesome. This guy looks like he's barely played an MMO at all... clicking the macros, shooting a bow 5 feet away from the enemy, not using ANY torch skills and spamming the 1 key. Kudos to you for shoving it in his face hater.

[rafa22rrr]

Guild wars 2 for the win :D

lol..04:12

[Claskent]

It's not the games fault that this dude sucks and can't play properly, he would probablt do tons of more dmg if he didn't just press 1212121122211111 :)

[CaseoSpace]

omg now i can move and fire?!!!!!!?!?!?! oh god... i forsee lots of deadies...... i LOVED ranger in first one... cripshot ranger ftw... and now your tellling me i am more survivalist and i can move and shoot? yall are fuxxed

[earl29045]

this dude was just showing wut it is like. its not like he knows how to play,

[upularFTW]

4:15

'Excuse me sir, but would youp lease FUCK OFF'

[TehSplazor]

Don't dis the game because some downsie doesn't know about rotation. The person playing ignores movement, rotation and close quarters weapon sets.

[ZavernKY]

I couldnt watch all of this. As a ranger, you need to move around and shoot your arrows, not stay in one area hoping he wont hit you.

[Dreamcaseal]

I have officially lost interest in this game after watching this.

[ChonsyRules]

@Dreamcaseal You shouldnt. You lost the inerest because you watched this awful gameplay showing how not to play

[HellsCloudXx]

111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111111111111111111111111­111111111112111111111111111111­112311111111111111111111111111­1111111111.....Wow a lot of uh..."different" numbers be pressed there :/

[iSimonShow]

I have always been an archer in games, this will be on different! I dont care if rotation is that varied I still think this will be the most dynamic profession in the game :) GO RANGERS!

[Nixas]

04:13 he just gave the finger. wtf?

[theseakker]

lol finger at 4:14

[Xalratul]

mohamed yes every race can be every proffesion granted the benefits of each race may not suit the prof. you want to be. but yes and race can be every proffesion.... unlike WOW where only certain races can be certain proffesion. i hope this helped you on your question.

[Mohamed636]

can every race be every proffession?

[sparsh161094]

@Mohamed636 no, atleast the last time i checked it wasnt

[ChanTheMage]

@sparsh161094

Sorry mate, you're wrong there

Any race can be any profession

[Dakattck444]

@XBLPanzerr I've seen Rangers get very close to enemies and still have the ability to fire their bows/throw their axes. Of course, they are still in development but I hope they keep it like that. I hate having to disengage all the time.

[eastmeetfist]

11112221111121111111311112...y­a but as LDNleon said we are moving PLUS the skills are at times changing to a combo so its 1 but its a different 1 than the 1 you used before

[hardcolossus]

The Animations need more love and cheese. I hope they make it better.

[MrGuso888]

sorry bud, wat was on the screen at 4:13? lol

[arihZOR]

the camera man is retarded

[Nooneslama]

typical pvp victim...

[desroyerking]

hes not playing it the way its meant to be played!!!

lol but seriously you should be dodging and mixing skills for better effects

[imZenko]

12 12 12 12 same old story not to mention point & click...

I still want to play it XD

[LDNLeon]

"In Guild Wars we're sick of pressing 1111121111311112311114"

*watches video*

1111111111111111211111111113

[LDNLeon]

@LDNLeon "We at Guild Wars are"*

[trevor18hi]

@LDNLeon i dont think he was refering to it like that i think he meant that what he meant was that

Is hitting 11112111111311112 u also have to dodge a move its not liek wow were u stand still and hit 111121113 or w/o

[nfzeta007]

@trevor18hi also not to mention he is probably playing easier content because in some content in this game even if u dodge and move unless u use ur given skills properly u find urself in trouble. (this is especially true with melee characters)

[OcoryustheBold]

@trevor18hi Where does everyone get this idea that all fights in wow are just standing still. Most fights you have to move around(I know I have to).

Still the dodge element and fluid combat looks way better

[Jacobweb9009]

@LDNLeon ofc it will be its a hotkey mmo

[gamermcgee]

@LDNLeon He meant the idea of not moving and just pressing numbers.

This one you have to be more aware of what is going on around you.

[Dubstep2802]

@LDNLeon In fact you can just right click an attack to pursue it as often as possible. So no manual spamming required :) How can you expect tactics in a quick vid where somebdoy plays the game probably for the first time? Just chill

[NagaRunFast]

@LDNLeon its 1 w 2 a aaa a23 1231 zasd F1 112334 F2

they meant your going to have to dodge attacks, move around often rather than staying still and switching weapons for different skill set depending on your situation.

[allu834]

@LDNLeon probaply more like this 1111Dodge11132Dodge running 1111 dodge heal

[haykesa]

@LDNLeon I think it's just cause this guy sucks :/ check out the ArenaNet vs. Boon Control PvP it's awesome stuff when they're handled right.

[metalownsyousucker]

@LDNLeon The constant pressing of 1 is probably because there is no auto-attack (by default). Plus look at how much is has to dodge, heal himself and look for a good position.

[dthomas19]

@LDNLeon Actually, he might not even be pressing 1. you can set it to auto-cast. meaning it will keep up his 111.2.111 w/e rotation and all he has to do is manage the dodge and other abilities. I think it's awesome, because certain abilities like shields and self-heals or w/e can be set to go off automatically, and you can focus on other things without needing to micromanage.



[cotec90]

@LDNLeon It's not the developer's fail that these guys who play GW2 for the first time suck.

[riley77689]

@LDNLeon the reason they're hitting 111111111111112211111111111111­11111 blah blah is cuz 1 is the hotkey for "autoattack" because there is no actual auto attacking.

[Konohamaru16]

@LDNLeon yes you have to press 1112221111122 what you want? click and wait?

[tommyzazzali]

@LDNLeon didn't press 4 in guild wars

[Azlaier]

@LDNLeon He wasn't pressing 1. You have an option to make one of the skills on your bar autoattack. It was the autoattack skill. Methinks you should do a little research before posting such a dumb comment.

[LDNLeon]

@Azlaier You can quite clearly see the animation on the button when it is pressed as opposed to when it is on auto-cast, he hammers the 1 button regardless of him having it on auto-cast. Methinks you should use your brain before making such a dumb comment.

Not to mention my comment being tongue-in-cheek, methinks you should get the sand out of your vagina.

[typhosa]

Really? He's clicking his skills which are binded 1-5? REALLY?!

[blackjackvne]

Pause the video at 4:12-4:13 LOL hahahahaahahhhahahahahaah

[CrazyAlkyGT]

lame he mapped out in a demo. was he going for a survior title?

[XBLPanzerr]

any word if there will be a minimum range like a hunter in wow? hard to tell in this vid.

[CookieEpicMan]

lol at 1:13 the guy flicks 33927 people off

[Duffman9696]

Is he using a shortbow? I heard you can only move and shoot like he is if you are using a shortbow

[demonic87]

Would be nice if this guy would do something but attempt to spam kick with his melee set out.

[anzekenk]

1:52 and i quote "so this guy kicks some serious ass with a ranger" haha and he is clicking all the skills with a mouse xD i found that entertaining

[11igor33]

4:12 to 4:16 what a RUDE gest

[michael1791]

Would early 2012 be a good guess for the release?

[MasterRYU01]

@michael1791 Absolutely

[chasington89]

...And why is everyone wearing thick jackets? Is it like -10 degrees in there or something? (I don't know farenheit)

[chasington89]

If you're going to be a ranger then you should use a pet. Otherwise you might as well just be a warrior and use a longbow or a thief and use a shortbow.

[Mich6961]

Question: So let’s say you’re a Human and you want to get a Snow leopard as a pet. So if you explore far enough to go to the norn area will there be wild pets roaming in the scenery and you just need to find a snow leopard and charm it for it to be your pet just like in the original GW or is there something I’ve missed?

[Molhedim]

@Mich6961 pretty much yea.I think

[commonlemme]

4:15 some guy flips off the camera lol

[JamesBrant19]

@Filnizer agreed

[CPVids4You]

i don't get it is it on a PlayStation or Xbox or a PC?

[hehe45451]

@CPVids4You pc ^_^

[CPVids4You]

@hehe45451 great:D

[hilletehnoob]

ranger looks way nicer than in GW1

[umrgay]

@godieinafreakinhole It's no WoW you can play your own style in GW, you dont have to use a sword or bring an animal with you.

[fredo20003]

6:25 there is a rabbit o.O

[Zephyrhillz]

There is no auto attack so you have to spam a main attack alot, dur dur dur....

[AlexRichani]

@Zephyrhillz

While there is no true auto attack, you can select an attack to repeat automatically (using right click I believe).

[KOSMOSTIC]

keybinds ftw :p



[KHfanz]

Where's his pet?

[MinmatarThrasher]

I'll probably be playing this game for many many years to come. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

[AndresrQuinn]

if you want ranged attacks and your playstyle doesn't involve using a pet, then make a warrior or a thief and use ranged weapons, no sense in crying about being a pet less ranger

[DiabloTheGames]

multi shot..great another rip off from diablo like so many other things.

[angrybear3]

@DiabloTheGames

Lol idiot....

[LordLaseneph]

@DiabloTheGames diablo is a piece of shit, diablo 2 for instance you just spam like left or right click for hours and hours of the same combat, go play a REAL game, for instance, Guild wars 2, oh wait you are hatin' on it, i guess you can stick to repetative games like WoW. have fun grinding daily quests day in day out!

[DiabloTheGames]

@LordLaseneph i don´t play wow( i don´t pay to play a game) I am talking about diablo 3. I wouldn´t go forward to critizising diablo 2 for being a click game, when the gw2 also seems like one. I am just saying that diablo 1-2-3 are original, whereas gw although being a good game has ripped a lot of things from blizzard

[LordLaseneph]

@DiabloTheGames and blizzard ripped a lot of things off of Dungeons and Dragons. =) every game company now a days takes bits and pieces from other companies and games, it's how the game... evolves. They take a bit from here there and everywhere, add what they have and tadaa! I'm sure in a year or two companies will be taking a slice of GW2 into their new game ;D

[DaleKamp]

@DiabloTheGames The founders of ArenaNet (creator of Guild Wars series) are ex-Blizzard employees, fyi.

[DiabloTheGames]

the bow looks so boring with a ranger..use the axe or something

[MrAllatar]

An other clicker:P THX for the great vid :D

[GakhalG]

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[LordLaseneph]

@GakhalG don't like it? go play WoW, auto attack,auto attack,auto attack,auto attack,special ability auto attack,auto attack,auto attack,auto attack,auto attack,

[GakhalG]

@LordLaseneph Your a moron, I love GW2, I was pointing out what this guy pressed the entire time, GW2 is much more complicated than spamming 1. I've never played wow, never even touched that peice of trash and i don't plan on it either. Clearly your a retard though.

[LordLaseneph]

@GakhalG I'm the moron? you're the one crying about him pressing '1' the entire time, seriously if you like the game as you say then why are you here moaning about how one person is pressing 1 a lot? If I am a moron then so be it, but at least I'm not here moaning about how one person is pressing '1'

[daymyth]

Why is the character limping?

[BloodShott22]

@daymyth he had a debuff on him called cripple.

[Ichigo1sAwesome]

Hmmm might become thief with dual daggers or ranger with broadsword as main. Hard to choose D:

[DeadBunniesGamer]

do they not have pets :s ? im confuseed mann :p i thought they did

[MrAllatar]

@DeadBunniesGamer Pets are optional for the ranger. You ll have an option of 3 generic-utility skills, u may choose a summon pet ability or just an other random ability.

[Fishmaster03]

Hahahah pro dodge at 00:33. This is gonna be fun =)

[AnG3ls1nBl4cK]

*Killing Spree*

Centaur,die. Centaur,die. Centaur,die

Hey! Let's go fuck with an Oakheart :D

[xR45MU5x]

Hm.. hope they change so you can't teleport while in combat.. that was ridiculous...

[Xennnlol]

Christ, Ranger looks even more boring than in GW1.. the Damage seems shocking compared to the other classes aswell, such as warrior, no doubt Rangers will be gimped in PvP again..

[Noxdus]

@Xennnlol FYI, the guy in the vid is going head on with a short bow. Short bows do more damage from the sides and behind. In PvP, this will be very effective if you actually know what you are doing. This guy obviously doesn't.

[Eatmybologna]

@Xennnlol really? You're commenting on a game that is probably 8 months away and not even in alpha. Not only that they have said numerious times the ranger class is getting a complete makeover before release.

Now you just look like a douche bag, especially when you use the word "Christ" when talking about a video game.

[Xennnlol]

@Eatmybologna It's called speculation, and an opinion, gtfo.

[Ks3Kevin]

dam this guys game play is hela boring y isnt he using a variety of his skill rather than just spamming 1 arrow skill it makes the game look really boring what level was this person ?

[HardcoreAznBoy]

Finally Guild Wars! We can kill more than 30 monsters easy now!

[Kawannga124]

Any idea if a no pet ranger will be viable? I love the look of the class, except I dont want a pet =|

[TheBlubbdiwubb]

@Kawannga124 why would someone want to play ranger without a pet?.... of course it will be possible, but the pet is something special, that only rangers can have, and if i were to play a ranger, i would use my pet...

[Kawannga124]

@TheBlubbdiwubb I prefer to play as just an archer more than anything. In all the games that ive played, ive always enjoyed it more if I dont have a companion that tags along. It's just my playstyle

[BloodShott22]

@Kawannga124 i agree with you, i also would definitly prefer my ranger when i roll him to not have a pet, i like the style of only having a bow in my hand, while im alone.

[jaxratch]

Do bows have unlimited arrows again?

[UndercoverCracker]

@jaxratch Im sure they do. 

[FaulconMusic]

@jaxratch Yes

[kryptick13]

i really hope that people in WvWvW aren't all going to spam 1 at me the whole time. actually, why not? just don't complain my profession is overpowered when you lose....

[chimiaxd]

you suck as a ranger.

[chimiaxd]

congratulations for the worst video ever ¬¬

[FaulconMusic]

@chimiaxd I'd rather have gameplay then no gameplay. If you like guild wars 2 then stop whinning

[soccceer17]

Where the heck is his pet?

[Combat3no]

@soccceer17 he just aint using it atm

[francesco2785]

@soccceer17 and why he is using only skill number 1?

[Hothead4000]

@soccceer17 the guy playing is probably a noob..