Guild Wars Reporter

We chat with David Brevik, President and COO of Gazillion Entertainment about Marvel Heroes, what players can expect from the game, and the upcoming closed beta! Want an audio version of the interview? Here it is: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Chris is still recovering from PAX so Celeste is joined by Ben once again to talk about their time in-game and ramble on with baby noises in the background. Listen now: What We Did This Week Ben: Zone by zone completion. Only played on one character despite having 5 and it isn’t even my main Celeste: Got my hunter to 49, my ele to 9, crafting to tier 2 on both leatherwork and jewelry, tried to kill chickens in ebonhawke   Lion’s Arch Report Reviews http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-31-guild-wars-2-interview-the-boss-obrien-on-launch-growing-pains-reviews-and-patches Game Status Update Wiki Page http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_status_updates CM's use reddit http://mashable.com/2012/08/31/guild-wars-2-community/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspensions_for_offensive_names_and_inappropriate/ Preserving the game through cessation http://techland.time.com/2012/08/29/guild-wars-2-producer-wed-turn-off-sales-to-preserve-the-game-experience/   Ask An Asuran Jumping puzzles and vistas can be increasingly frustrating and difficult especially if they’ve made a skill challenge or other essentials be located at the top of it.   Tales of Tyria Richie Procopio shares some charr statue pics https://twitter.com/RichieProcopio/status/240587189665271808 https://twitter.com/RichieProcopio/status/240587736237621248 Request for community events of the week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! Next episode we’ll be looking to give away some PAX swag so be sure to attend our live recording Monday September 10th at 730pm Pacific   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com   Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Ben: twitter.com/nebsinsane

Chris chats with Scott Hartsman about the Rift launch, the past year, and the upcoming Storm Legion Expansion. Want an audio version of the interview? Here it is: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Elrar takes time out of his busy schedule at PAX to talk some Rift community, gives us the low down on what he's excited about in the game, and also lets us know the Storm Legion release date! Want an audio version of the interview? Here it is: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Here we take a look at the upcoming MOBA Guardians of Middle Earth. Speaking to Ruth Tomandl, Executive Producer on the game, we look at the control scheme, bring Middle-earth to the MOBA space, and how much fun the game will be. Want an audio version of the interview? Here it is: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

The entire MMO Reporter crew at PAX gathers to discuss our last day at the Conference. Wil Wheaton was awesome, and Perfect World has some cool stuff coming our way this year. Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Chris and Sallennia talk about the MMO Reporter team's 2nd full day at PAX, which included visit to see Torchlight 2, Wildstar, Marvel Heroes, Razer, Mad Catz and more! Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Chris and Jason talk about their amazingly action packed first day at PAX. Everything from Lord of the Rings MOBAs to space based MMOs, Chris was kept hopping as he went from booth to booth. Focusing on the hardware, Jason spoke to Turtle Beach and Razer, and even got to look at some games! Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

For this first show of our daily PAX Prime 2012 podcast, we recorded live at the MMO Reporter Meetup. Much fun was had by all, and we even managed to get Harry Hol in on the experience. You can listen to the audio version of the podcast, or take a look after the break for the video version. Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Celeste and Chris have the jitters to log back in for some sweet Guild Wars 2 action but are waylaid long enough to go and record this week's podcast. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Ultimate betrayal of my body, lv 18 norn ranger Chris: •Leveling my Asura Warrior, and currently at level 21 (almost 22). •Rata Sum, Metrica Province, and Lion’s Arch are 100% complete. •Currently working on Caledon Forest now. •I didn’t think it would, but it feels SO different from the betas. The permanence of it. I’m really interested in getting all of the zones 100% complete, finding the puzzles. •Sharkmaw Caverns = favorite spot in game. Ran through there with a guildy - Cari Mac, and LOVED it. The humour, the jumping puzzles, and the pirate themed (level 40!) karma merchant at the end.   Lion’s Arch Report French Player attains Lv 80 through crafting http://www.mmoculture.com/2012/08/guild-wars-2-first-level-80-player-spotted/ Word on the Trading Post issues, etc? https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/240108423969112064 http://games.on.net/2012/08/guild-wars-2-launch-plagued-by-connectivity-issues-fixes-incoming/ Ravious’ first impression over the headstart http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/08/27/gw2-quick-waves-of-thought-in-a-sea-of-joy/ How to get your Hall Of Monuments Legacy https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/claiming-your-hall-of-monuments-rewards/   Ask An Asuran You may be wondering how that person made it to level 80 with just crafting... While he was using a non-traditional method, that’s now being fixed according to an update from Mike O’Brien, I’ve noticed more and more players gathering and hanging around the tables presumably crafting. Crafting is still an extremely viable way to help your levelling stay on a roll. Start off by picking up two crafting disciplines at a time and try to pick them based on their usefulness to your class so you won’t just be making for other players. For example a Ranger may focus on Huntsman and Leatherworking so they can make weapons for themselves as well as armor and bags. While an Elementalist might focus on Artificing and Tailoring for their first foray into crafting. You may be tempted to save your money and not pick up those harvesting tools. Over time the amount of money you spend on the various gathering tools will certainly come back to you threefolds in the profits you make from either selling them without processing or as a unique item. Plus you get a smidge of experience and it works toward a daily achievement every time you gather.   Tales of Tyria Quick shout to direct people to support.guildwars2.com if they are experiencing an issue that is not listed in the known problems area. Roger Oldroar Rall Memorial http://wildboarinn.net/2012/08/27/memorial-event-for-roger-oldroar-rall/ Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! MMO Reporter PAX Meetup http://mmoreporter.com/pax   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste look back on Guild Wars and talk about the Wayfarer's Reverie. We've also got information on the mobile apps, the regionalization of Guild Wars 2, and our plans for Headstart night! Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste:  The better thing to ask is what I didn’t do in game this week... halfway through tyria all of factions, including rep grind for lux and kurz cartog to 100% cantha, elona ¾ wayfarer quest, 380 marks Chris: I built a new studio! Lion’s Arch Report Mobile apps http://digitalgaudium.com/?p=10924 Regionalization Explained https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-world-of-choice-the-regions-of-guild-wars-2/ http://en.support.guildwars2.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9184 http://maleficincantations.com/2012/08/17/missing-in-action-guesting/ Misinformation http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/51308-gamescom-when-its-ready-authenticators-gvg/ Felicia Day with the FIRST CE unboxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS85KJsw2rg Wayfarer’s Reverie http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wayfarer%27s_Reverie Tales of Tyria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssb7WDSZIs Weekend Event:Stephane LoPresti will be posting the weekend event every week on their facebook and twitter accounts. Since they are releasing this information weekly and after our broadcasting times we will no longer be able to share this on the show.  Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! GW Reporter Launch Plans! https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-worlds-of-guild-wars-2/ Chris - Almazar Celeste - Ostara Ravenborn MMO Reporter PAX Meetup http://mmoreporter.com/pax Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

We've got a very special episode for you, featuring an interview with Guild Wars 2 game designer Mike Zadorojny. We touch on a lot of topics, so make sure to take a listen. Listen now:

Celeste is trying to speak English but nothing comes out right, we talk about possible origins of the Pale Tree and making emotional connections to our characters. Listen now: What we did this week Celeste: stress test hit 30 on hom helping ben get titles in the very empty world of tyria 1.9 Chris: WuvWuv for the Stress Test. So much fun! Did it on my warrior, and enjoyed it, but I’m sure that my engineer will be my WuvWuv toon.   Lion’s Arch Report Making Emotional connections in Guild Wars 2 http://www.arena.net/blog/the-emotional-connection Chris - Agree with the avatar as the first step to the connetion. That’s always where it start for me.   TAD Talk - Fantasy & RPG’s with Ree Soesbee and Jeff Grubb http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/b/327657138 Subscription gaming with Chris Lye http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/8/1/3188505/guild-wars-2-and-the-death-rattle-of-the-subscription-gaming   Ask An Asuran Ben and I came up with a theory that fills in another possible origin of the sylvari: the druids who were once humans 100 years before the guild wars ascended to reside permanently in spiritform. As they saw the threat on the dragons grow decided to help bring forth a natural creature that could be immune to the corruption of dragons as a united force of spiritual energy they brought forth the pale tree and gave it the ability to create children to combat the forces of evil. Their knowledge was passed on to the pale tree and made a part of the dream for the firstborn sylvari. Ventari’s tablet was reinforced by the spirits that had observed ventari and ronan. This may also explain why the Pale Tree (npc) is able to re-enter the dream as she was once a spirit in form. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sylvari http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Druids http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Pale_Tree   Tales of Tyria Screenshot contest https://www.guildwars2.com/en/community-news/the-envelope-please-announcing-the-winners-of-the-moment-to-moment-screenshot-contest/   Build Editor http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/   if you ordered the CE and paid the full price for the soundtrack they have a way for you to enter your coupon code once it arrives and you’ll be refunded the 5$ that you probably spent on shipping it within the US http://www.directsong.com/mobile/gw2coupon.php   Armor previews for nearly every set in-game http://thepaletree.net/2012/08/03/prepare-your-wardrobe-armor-previews/   How not to lead a guild http://huntersinsight.com/2012/08/05/lessons-from-a-failed-guild-leader/   Weekend Event: Double Luxon and Kurzick title points Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know!   MMO Reporter PAX Meetup http://mmoreporter.com/pax   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com   Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste express their love for the last beta weekend and wonder if a month has passed so they can play Guild Wars 2 again. They also speculate on playable races and expansion release dates. Listen now: What we did this week Celeste: character creator made me want to play as an asuran but I’m really not suited toward that race sylvari ele felt way too squishy jump puzzles xapp, kipff, and zoyd ranger finally clicked and felt effective optimization issues Chris: Beta Weekend was fun! A few videos up on the site from the beta weekend. I think that Asura Warrior will be my launch class, with Asura engineer as my WuvWuv class. Had a ton of fun with both for the weekend. End of beta event - fun, but somewhat lackluster. That being said, WAY better than just turning the server off at the end of the beta. Also tried necro, thief as well, but just didn’t click with me as well as warrior did.   Lion’s Arch Report http://www.thetyrianorder.com/home/m/2850070/article/876883 http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/interview-gw2-game-designer-jonathan-chap-sharp/ http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/interview-gw2-game-designer-jon-peters/ http://biobreak.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/final-thoughts-from-a-final-guild-wars-2-beta-weekend/ http://www.arena.net/blog/reserve-your-guild-wars-character-name-for-guild-wars-2-by-july-31   Ask An Asuran Tengu as a playable race expansion - well established, have their own city already, near the other “birth” places of the 2 races, influenced by destroyers, unique character models, and something very different http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Tengu   Tales of Tyria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_i2AlR89Qo&feature=player_embedded Weekend Event: Double Balthazar faction and Imperial faction from Alliance battles  (predicted) Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! MMO Reporter Meetup at PAX - mmoreporter.com/pax Help support MMO Reporter - http://mmoreporter.com/donate-to-the-mmo-reporter-network/   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris hears crickets through the duration of this week’s episode. Join us as we talk about launch dates, developers’ process, and continue our sandbox versus themepark debate. Don’t forget to swing by and like our new facebook page! What we did this week Celeste: Finally finished War In Kryta and now have 50 dedicated minipets Chris: Doing some research on my Guild Wars 2 class choices, trying to narrow the field for launch. Everything looks like so much fun. Tried to jump in to GW1, but all I kept on thinking about was GW2.   Lion’s Arch Report Release Date http://www.arena.net/blog/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-launch-date BWE - July 20-22 Asura & SYLVARI!!!!!111one http://www.arena.net/blog/play-asura-and-sylvari-in-the-july-20-22-beta-weekend-event Same Client for BWE3 and launch https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/220906085052198912 http://cloudfront.guildwars2.com/client/Gw2Setup.exe Golden Rules of Guild Wars 2 http://www.arena.net/blog/the-golden-rules-of-guild-wars-2 Lewis B interviews Colin Johanson http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/exclusive-interview-colin-johanson-part-one http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/exclusive-interview-colin-johanson-part-two Adding music to GW2 http://dwpgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/gw2-lvl50-rock-lobster-baby.html http://www.directsong.com/mobile/productdetails.php?productid=2250   Ask An Asuran http://crossingtyria.com/entry.php?39-Defining-Guild-Wars-2-Themepark-Sandbox-Beach   Tales of Tyria http://projecttyria.blogspot.com/ http://nickytwothumbs.tumblr.com/post/26074365841/tyrias-mightiest-heroes http://huntersinsight.com/2012/07/10/guild-wars-2-lore-resources/ Weekend Event: http://guildwars.com/events/ingame/wintersday_in_july/ Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know!   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar