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Guild Wars 2 players looking for a way into the next Heart of Thorns expansion beta event can literally find a way in by adventuring through the Maguuma Wastes in the game. While battling monsters in Dry Top and the Silverwastes, special portals can be dropped giving access to Maguuma Wastes. Sprinkled throughout the Wastes are special trophies that, if found, will grant access to the forthcoming beta event (not yet dated).
The Guild Wars 2 Facebook page has been updated with a beautiful new image of a Mesmer using a shield. Just further confirmation that the Profession will be getting the Shield as its new weapon in Heart of Thorns.
Some more news has spilled all over the internet yesterday detailing specializations. It seems the real goal for the developers is to completely change not only how players progress their characters, but how they play them as well.
The Guild Wars 2 team has unleashed a pair of blogs to give players the inside knowledge they will need about specializations when the Heart of Thorns expansion launches. A two part series is now on the site, Part I: A Primer; and Part II: Reward Tracks & Elite Specializations.
Specializations are one of the most keenly awaited features in ArenaNet’s upcoming Guild Wars 2 expansion, Heart of Thorns. In light of today’s big blog post on Specializations, we managed to wrangle Jon Peters for a chat about the new changes to professions and what they mean for the overall game.
This week, Jason enlists the help of the Jedi Order to explain his approach to making MMOs feel more like fun and not work.
The frog-like Hylek will be the stars of this week’s Guild Wars 2 Points of Interest. Game Designer Andy McLeod and Content Designer Matthew Medina will join the show to talk about the Hylek, their design and how they will be a force in Heart of Thorns. In addition, Hugh Norfolk will be on hand for the latest lesson in the PvP 101 series.
Jason attacked the Stronghold beta and came away a few bruises and some tips that led him to victory!
The announcement of the stronghold game type was really exciting, and it was a real treat to give it a try during the beta yesterday. Twitch was also busy with several great casters showing off this brand new SPvP play type, and rightfully so! Stronghold has turned out amazing, and may be my new favorite thing to play in Guild Wars 2.
Every game, no matter how successful, will always be missing something players want. Whether it be a feature from a previous game in the franchise, or a highly demanded map on the forums. That’s what’s so special about expansions and sequels. They can expand the games experience by adding in these missing features. But we don’t always get what we want, and this seems to hold true in HoT, as 4 very popular wishes among players will once again be absent.