Summary: This week on Guild Wars Reporter Chris and Celeste lament their limited game time but rejoice in the release year of the dragon. Join us as we talk about battle combos, the necessity of raids, and filling up our hearts. What we did this week Celeste: Working on Guardian/Protector of Tyria/Cantha/Elona title Chris: Got in for about 30 minutes, but have been missing it so much. RL + sallennia new job = transition time. Not as much gaming as I would like. Lion’s Arch Report Year of the Dragon - Year of the launch! http://www.arena.net/blog/dragon Clearing up beta “events” info http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/2012/01/martin-kerstein-gw2-beta-weekends/ (some clarification on “beta events”) What are hearts in GW2? http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/01/20/gw2-just-play/ Are raid needed? http://huntersinsight.com/2012/01/17/raidiation/ Who put the Multiplayer in my online game? http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/01/11/gw-alone-together/ Voice overs and their importance. http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/2012/01/voice-overs-edited/ Combo for all! http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1216828p1.html Ask an Asuran Now that betas and a soft release timetable has been revealed I need to barrel through the first game to get my points. What’s the best way to complete the PvE storylines? This week we’ll talk about Prophecies, the first campaign in Tyria, and how to complete it as quickly as possible. If you’re already 20 or well on your way and you have some Eye of the North heroes you’ll be thankful for them right away. The fact is, with the right build, heroes can be more efficient healers, minion masters or hexers. Prophecies becomes easiest if you just barrel through. It can take as little as a weekend of casual playing to get through the story since there’s no reputation gating. Going through Hard Mode you may want to get a buddy to team up with for company. The earlier missions will be breezy but the Ring of Fire Islands will definitely need some strategy. As for the followup quests in Prophecies, the Titan’s Quests, they used to be considered the hardest in the game. But this was before any expansions, heroes and skills were quite different back then. Now they even offer hard mode versions of them to retain the challenging aspect of their former lives. Really as long as you’ve got one buddy you can fly through both normal and hard mode versions of Prophecies with a little determination and some wiki-reading. Tales of Tyria Chris - http://stolendomain.webs.com/ Thief blog Celeste - Weekend Event: Canthan New Year; Codex Arena Bonus (double balth and honor) 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! Email I have recently subscribed to your podcast on iTunes. While I do enjoy the podcast I am a bit curious as to whether or not Chris is new to the game? How much GuildWars experience do you both have? Also, have you considered discussing any of the more advanced aspects of the game? Thanks, Chris IGN:Carnage Runner Cele: I’ve been playing since 5 months after launch. I did the deep when you still needed 12 people, I 55’d regularly and bonded for DoA back in the day. As we’re focusing more and more towards the launch of Guild Wars 2 I’ve been focusing more on helping people to get as many easy points as possible versus completing the more advanced areas of Guild Wars. If you’re looking for an ongoing series on completing dungeons and other advanced aspects, Rubi from Massively has you covered. Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar
