Wings Over the Pyre - Putting Out the Eye of the North

03:34 am - Putting Out the Eye of the North

Right, so the Eye of the North preview sneak-peek weekend is off with a bang and some thunder, and I’ve already burst my way in to get the new Heroes and get my characters decked out with a few new goodies.

On the right, here, you can see an in game shot of Gwen from her appearance at the Eye of the North. Various folks’ll be disappointed that Gwen is no longer a bit auburn-haired, but I think the black-with-strip-of-grey is definitely in keeping with this new, extremely pissed off Mesmer-chick she’s become. I’m a little disappointed in her actual power output, but I think I can get her revved up with a bit more work on the skill selection. In the meantime, I may end up either turning her into a multiclass or just using Vekk the Asura for his disgustingly scary air-and-water Elementalist power output. Some truly obscene stuff.

Anyway, overall Eye of the North is bringing some fun new mechanisms to the game. Aggro ranges are a little high right now and the opening “defeat the Charr patrols” mission is insane, in the sense of “Jesus, I’m expected to actually wade through this many nasties?” Difficulty is pushing upwards, which isn’t actually a terrible thing (except the Ice Elemental boss I wiped on until my party was at -60% death penalty before we took him and his boys out). There’s a lot of juicy, delicious violence to indulge in here, which is the best part of any new expansion and Guild Wars knows how to bring the intensity.

I fully expect to have the new Norn Hero by the end of the weekend, and will engage in happy, lustful thoughts. Mmmm, hot blonde Viking giantesses who can turn into savage bears.

Does life get better?

Current Mood: happy