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Old Apr 02, 2011, 11:13 AM // 11:13   #381
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Loved The interviews! ;D haha Thanks anet! ;D

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Jon Peters: Not terribly. We try and make every profession overpowered. That’s one of our rules, if everyone is overpowered then no-one is overpowered, so I think it should work out pretty well.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 11:20 AM // 11:20   #382
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I thought the in-game GW part of this was just "OK." The "MMO* meets FPS" thing is kinda funny. The Terminator references were - meh. The mini-mission was worth tackling just to say "I did it," but once was enough for me.

All the stuff connected with GW2 -the interviews, videos, web pages, were pretty good. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that this whole commando prank is nothing more than a GW2 marketing ploy. Keep the interested parties interested and generate some buzz to get more people interested in GW2.

For those QQing about A-Net "wasting resources," generating buzz for their upcoming game (while at the same time throwing us GW players a bone) isn't a waste of time or resources and I'll guarentee that people on the GW2 team did a lot of the work.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 11:48 AM // 11:48   #383
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Why does it say A.R.E.N.A on the commando uniform but it's A.R.E.N.A. (notice the dot after A) on the riot shield? :P
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 12:39 PM // 12:39   #384
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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that this whole commando prank is nothing more than a GW2 marketing ploy.
It also got a lot of people back into Embark which was basically a flop.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 12:55 PM // 12:55   #385
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What does A.R.E.N.A stands for?

Assault and Recon Emergency Network... uh...

...Advance?
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 01:59 PM // 13:59   #386
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Anet....really, you're amazing. The amount of effort that was gone to here is staggering. At my job, one of our corporate brainwashing phrases is "Delight the Customer". Well, you really did that. I was 100% delighted by the AFD content. Thanks again for all the extra things you do for your fans.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 02:11 PM // 14:11   #387
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Corporal Bane will be stationed at Embark Beach until around noon PDT on Monday, so you have the whole weekend to help him save the future.
This was my first GW April Fool's day, so thanks for an enjoyable solo mission. I haven't beaten the golem yet, but I appreciate that ANet went to this much trouble.

I enjoyed the April "Skill Additions" too. One of my favorites:

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Old Apr 02, 2011, 02:34 PM // 14:34   #388
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I just have a vision of eight Bane clones mowing trough DoA.

It's called, of course, Baneway.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 02:35 PM // 14:35   #389
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What does A.R.E.N.A stands for?

Assault and Recon Emergency Network... uh...

...Advance?
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 02:56 PM // 14:56   #390
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I think the word "Armada" would fit better for the last A
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 03:01 PM // 15:01   #391
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Advanced Recon Eye of the North Assault
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 03:10 PM // 15:10   #392
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I saw that too, but there is no source for it listed. I searched every dialogue related to Bane but couldn't find anything that says what it is.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 03:15 PM // 15:15   #393
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hilarious, where did you find the interviews?
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 04:19 PM // 16:19   #394
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I thought the in-game GW part of this was just "OK." The "MMO* meets FPS" thing is kinda funny. The Terminator references were - meh. The mini-mission was worth tackling just to say "I did it," but once was enough for me.

All the stuff connected with GW2 -the interviews, videos, web pages, were pretty good. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that this whole commando prank is nothing more than a GW2 marketing ploy. Keep the interested parties interested and generate some buzz to get more people interested in GW2.

For those QQing about A-Net "wasting resources," generating buzz for their upcoming game (while at the same time throwing us GW players a bone) isn't a waste of time or resources and I'll guarentee that people on the GW2 team did a lot of the work.
People have mentioned the "this is marketing for GW2" side of it, yes.

I must say it's definitely one of the more brilliant ways to bring attention to a game - far better than most marketing schemes that I see.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 04:31 PM // 16:31   #395
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I just read all those interviews!! Comedy gold!!

ANET just pwnt 99% of their detractors.

The line about if everyone is overpowered then no one is over powered was "borrowed" from "The Incredibles".

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Old Apr 02, 2011, 05:04 PM // 17:04   #396
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I saw that too, but there is no source for it listed. I searched every dialogue related to Bane but couldn't find anything that says what it is.
Here's your source.

http://www.onlinewelten.com/games/gu...-7684/seite-3/

All these interviews are posted on GuildWars2Guru, since that's what they relate to.
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 05:19 PM // 17:19   #397
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Thanks Malchior. Good thing I held off saying something stupid to the guy who posted it on wiki.

Oh hey, Corporal_Bane has a stack of followers xD
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Thanks Malchior. Good thing I held off saying something stupid to the guy who posted it on wiki.

Oh hey, Corporal_Bane has a stack of followers xD
It's the only way we know of thus far he's gonna remain around after the event
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Old Apr 02, 2011, 05:48 PM // 17:48   #399
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According to his twitter he's been visiting towns, lol.

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Old Apr 02, 2011, 06:01 PM // 18:01   #400
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According to his twitter he's been visiting towns, lol.
He's stuck in our time period until his time-travel rift gets fixed
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