MMOsite writes: Today (August 15) I got a chance to sit down and play the stress test. I decided to try out the sylvari because I hadn't gotten the chance to play them yet. The sylvari are strange to say the least.
Wccftech talked to Guild Wars 2 Game Director Josh Davis about the learnings from the Secrets of the Obscure expansion and what's coming to the MMORPG.
The "slippery slope" debate has started, now we wait to see what ArenaNet does.
"ArenaNet and NCSOFT are today very happy and excited to announce that they have just released the "Secrets of the Obscure" expansion for their award-winning and critically acclaimed MMORPG "Guild Wars 2"." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Anet also announced the 5th expansion. "We’ve already started applying lessons from the development of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure to our fifth expansion, which we expect to be released next year." From their site, been with this game since 1st beta, and announcing the 5th expansion so soon, the game is doing very well, plus the graphics are improved a bit now that it's on DX11🙃
A stress test for 3 hours is not gonna show all of what there is for the sylvari. They actually have a nice personality, and are one of the only races that right from the starting personal quest have a grasp of the big picture, the fight against the Elder Dragons. They have their own problems with the Nightmare court, but they understand what's going on with the world and the Elder Dragons.
Also, there are 3 choices for the first personal quest and 3 choices for the 2nd, I don't think they could have completed the 2nd quest let alone all 3 of the starting choices in under 3 hours when the server is being beat to hell. Hell, they didn't even say what choice they made for their personal quests (or tell what it was about), just described it as based off arthurian legend which other sites have mentioned.