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BenjZee · Jun 25, 2011, 04:52 PM // 16:52

42 Quests...so that means kill 420 Rats..well thats one way to clean these Canthan sewers. Only messing, I can't wait for this! Quite excited, thats a good amount of content for one character let alone my 10.

Carboplatin · Jun 25, 2011, 06:14 PM // 18:14

42 quests, lets hope its quality and not just quantity.

**cosyfiep** · Jun 25, 2011, 06:45 PM // 18:45

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Originally Posted by BenjZee

42 Quests...so that means kill 420 Rats..well thats one way to clean these Canthan sewers. Only messing, I can't wait for this! Quite excited, thats a good amount of content for one character let alone my 10.

hey now! (see avatar)

and thanks Verene for posting the information on here (and whomever else has updated said information--and where is neo to post????)

peeps are a bit upset since it seems a LOT of gw info gets posted somehow only on the gw2 site (and we arent really allowed to post any kind of gw2 stuff here for obvious reasons--but the obverse doesnt seem to be in effect).
Hope that someone of the anet staff comes forward and gives a little more info about woc....(would really like to have a date on when its going to be released).

Verene · Jun 25, 2011, 06:50 PM // 18:50

Neo's on a plane right now

FengShuiDove · Jun 25, 2011, 07:10 PM // 19:10

WHAT?! Only 42 quests? Only 3 parts? Courtesy early information released on a SISTER site instead of THIS ONE?!?!

GW1 is dead, ANet is the worst, etc., etc.

Nothing, not one single thing John Stumme has done since taking over as lead has been disappointing. Not once has he failed to come through on a promise I was looking forward to. Until he violates my faith in him, I'm going to grant him that faith. And now, after I've said that several times, I can pretty confidently say he'll take the team and the content to great levels.

shinta_himura · Jun 25, 2011, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Ok, time to stop sensationalizing and start thinking.

The comment said 42 quests INCLUDING Hard mode.

This means 21 QUESTS WITH A HARD MODE OPTION FOR EACH.

It's not 42 quests it's 21. Twenty One.

Considering the rate of content that came out of WiK each update, you should expect each of the three parts to be a couple of large main quests, the rest are something along the lines of WiK's bounties.

*Darcy* · Jun 25, 2011, 07:56 PM // 19:56

I feel the need to apologize to ArenaNet and John Stumme for noticing the WoC mention in Izari's tweet. What a storm of angst. Not quite what I was anticipating in the way of an excited reception.

Well, until Neo reaches home and someone can wring some more details out of him, we are at a standstill for more facts as all the blogs & articles uploaded so far have not mentioned WoC. Thank you, Verene for your help with this.

(and nothing like being ignored by your immediate superior, cosy)

Verene · Jun 25, 2011, 08:01 PM // 20:01

You're welcome, and thank you, Darcy, for posting this initially - I was asleep when Izari made her post on GW2G, so I didn't see it right away. Even if the reception here probably wasn't what either of us expected, at least some people were happy to see some info about WoC!

I don't believe the press event on Thursday covered WoC at all, just GW2, so until everyone arrives back home those tweets that I posted are all we have. Neo did tweet that he's working on his writeup while on the plane, so hopefully he'll have some goodies for us soon

Reformed · Jun 25, 2011, 08:13 PM // 20:13

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Originally Posted by Darcy

I feel the need to apologize to ArenaNet and John Stumme for noticing the WoC mention in Izari's tweet. What a storm of angst. Not quite what I was anticipating in the way of an excited reception.

Last I checked John isn't part of community relations and if people weren't excited about WoC there wouldn't have been the fuss to begin with. It boils down to a ongoing lack of communication which is not the fault of the players, in this case you and Verene, or the live team.

legioncg · Jun 25, 2011, 09:11 PM // 21:11

Can't wait for this if it's as awesome as I hope it will be than, Anet will be receiving a case of Moon Pies.

*Darcy* · Jun 25, 2011, 09:15 PM // 21:15

Yesssss, another result of the ArenaNet office move is that they have posted a real address and put their name on the building.

MisterB · Jun 25, 2011, 09:50 PM // 21:50

The quarreling in this thread over information distribution is baffling. Thanks for the preview.

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Originally Posted by shinta_himura

Ok, time to stop sensationalizing and start thinking.

The comment said 42 quests INCLUDING Hard mode.

This means 21 QUESTS WITH A HARD MODE OPTION FOR EACH.

It's not 42 quests it's 21. Twenty One.

That is only a possibility and mere speculation at this point. There are many examples of quests that may be completed in either normal or hard, with additional bonus rewards if completed in hard mode, such as the Zaishen daily quests and Wanted quests. John Stumme even revealed his intention to split quests in this manner for WoCw (source), although it was unclear(to me) if the quests would be separate for NM and HM, or just single quests with multiple rewards. I'd believe the latter is more likely.

Just for comparison, WiK has more than 30 quests including Wanted and Courier Falken.

**cosyfiep** · Jun 25, 2011, 10:29 PM // 22:29

darcy sorry!! Since you were the OP I thought that I implied you as I mentioned Verene had been updating info that had been supplied---not ignoring you

(again I give the excuse of lack of sleep!)

and how rude of neo to NOT post before getting on the plane

*Darcy* · Jun 26, 2011, 02:18 AM // 02:18

In an interview with the German fansites, Colin (lead GW2 dev) talked about how actually seeing people playing their game and giving them face-to-face feedback brings new excitement to their work. They are getting this shot of excitement several times a year now with the demos at shows and the media visits.

I'm really glad that John & the Live Team grabbed some personal attention from the invitees. They don't get any attention from the media and their work isn't on display at any conventions. They have to wait until release day to see how the fans react.

Ayuhmii Shanbwa · Jun 26, 2011, 10:48 AM // 10:48

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Originally Posted by hunter

All of cantha pretty much allows 8 hero play. Just load up 3x nec, 2x mes and 2x rits and faceroll your way to casual glory just like the vast majority of players.

But saying you won't come back cause the content is too hard for ya (hard content on GW, "el oh el") is pathetic at best

you dont know my handicaps, else you could understand
i'll tell you 2:
1. absences (search on google works, and yes, its a form of epilepsy)
2. can't concentrate (no, its not the same as nr1)

and yes, i was gonna use those heroes, as i got tired of failing, and still want my few titles (first time i used pvx in those 6 years)

so if the game gets something nice now and then, i join for a while til it bores me again, but if its no fun to me, then i better leave right away again

we'll see, Anet has made me happy before
i just hope there's only a few HM quests and the rest can be done at NM, would be fun for me, who likes fun instead of only challenges....

syronj · Jun 26, 2011, 01:59 PM // 13:59

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Originally Posted by Verene

Here's from Ravious of Kill Ten Rats:

"Played Winds of Change. This chapter of #GuildWars Beyond is going to be great. Cleansing the realmbw Ministry of Purity in the sewers."

Can someone translate this for me? I assume he's saying "We're cleansing the sewers for the Ministry of Purity?"

I'm not being snarky here.

*Darcy* · Jun 26, 2011, 02:20 PM // 14:20

@syronj - We won't know until people recover from their trip and clarify things.

ruk1a · Jun 26, 2011, 02:32 PM // 14:32

I read underwater combat and was like LOLWUT. owait..

syronj · Jun 26, 2011, 04:36 PM // 16:36

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Originally Posted by Darcy

@syronj - We won't know until people recover from their trip and clarify things.

Okay. Thanks, Darcy.

GW 2 is going to be one of the very few games that I pay full price for, especially if the dynamic events/persistent world live up to their billing.

Neo Nugget · Jun 26, 2011, 05:13 PM // 17:13

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Originally Posted by syronj

Can someone translate this for me? I assume he's saying "We're cleansing the sewers for the Ministry of Purity?"

I'm not being snarky here.

Well, what we did was get into two teams of 8 for the quest we were about to do. Basically, we were working for the Ministry of Purity to clear out the sewers beneath Kaineng of the Afflicted. It wasn't some huge line of quests that we got to play for hours on end. What we got was a small taste of the upcoming content. I do have to say though, that the Ministry of Purity NPCs had some amazing armor designs (that I unfortunately do not have a picture of :/ ).