The Daily Grind: What was the juiciest reveal at Gamescom?

@(Unverified) Same here!

@(Unverified)

Yup!! :-D

@(Unverified)

Yup! It wasn't on my radar before, but is now after watching TB's 40 minute demo of the Char intro area. It just looked fun.

@(Unverified)

I've been a long time skeptic of GW2...lots of hype, little details. How would WvWvW work, the holy trinity model exists for a reason, will the teaser vids and art design really be applied in game etc.

Well, after all the vids I saw over the past weekend, I'm now cautiously optimistic. I'm a big fan of Rift, but Rift is an iterative improvement on the existing MMO genre; SW:TOR looks to be the same. Guild Wars 2 actually looks to innovate the MMO space in many ways...and without a subscription.

If Guild Wars 2 can deliver what they've shown us so far (and i'm inclined to beleive they will), its a game changer. Alot of MMOs will suddenly be very uncomfortable justifying their subscription fees for one thing.

@Deadalon

You do realize that Blizzard will hardly make any money off of the real money AH, right? A lot of people seem to be under the impression that Blizzard will be taking a percentage out of the price of any item sold which isn't true. They're charging a flat fee for posting items (and they will also offer players weekly waivers to remove that charge) and another flat fee when an items is sold.

Considering that players are most likely only going to be paying money for the best of the best loot, which won't be showing up on the AH too often due to its rarity, this really isn't the money grab on Blizzard's part that people like to make it out to be. Especially since they're going to let people use the money they make selling items to pay for their WoW subscriptions (heck, they may even be able to buy Blizzard games with the funds).


The rabid hate that Blizzard gets from the Blizzard Anti-fanboys on this site is hilarious sometimes.

@Ehra It's just like when someone breaks up with their girlfriend of 10 years as suddenly *everything* is wrong with the girl. "Oh she's a mean, nasty, emotional train wreck who can't keep a job, respect my space, do the dishes, get along with my cat etc... etc... etc..."

Yet, said girl was clearly good enough to date for 10 years. Basically people can't move on from something unless they demean it 6 ways from Sunday and do their absolute best to help it die in a fire. It really shows what vindictive jerks we are. We can't simply move on from something and part on amicable terms.

@Nucleon

One of the best posts I've read on this site since "Apakal" and his rantings at "Ren54".

You, sir, are alright in my book.

@Faction 3 Oh damn I missed that. Link please?

@Bladerunner83

Yep, the WoW stuff was really solid, compared to other games that are still on the drawing board.

Blizzard is light-years ahead of everyone else when it comes to releasing quality content!

@SgtBaker1234556

yeah but considering they have had 6+ years to crate something akin to the transmogrifier.

And not only do they start releasing it now.

they essentially ripped the name right off the plans GW2 had to have the stuff in at launch. Which to me doesn't really seem like they are leading the pack. Most other MMO's have had appearance choice for a long time.

They are adding things like this not because it benefits the game but because this way when things like SWTOR and GW2 launch some of the features like customised appearance won't be all shiny and new because they have headed it off

@alinos

Like you said, WoW is 6 years old - but Blizzard is still adding new stuff, fully dedicated to the game, pushing out top quality content.

GW2 may have similar features and most likely a leaf or two taken out of WoW's book (most MMO's do) and it will probably be a good game, when it launches, but it hasn't yet. So it's a bit hard to compare 6 years of WoW to something that is coming out later this year.

So therefore my vote goes to Blizzard and the WoW news. They're solid.