The members of http://alttabme.com came together during this weekly podcast to talk about Structured PvP.
The questions answered here are some of the top questions we get during our live streams at http://alttabme.com/live and these forums!
We are live Mondays @ 5:15 EST : http://alttabme.com/live
If you wish to submit questions for next weeks podcast for please feel free to post here, the topic being "What do we NOT like about Guild Wars 2?!".
You can watch our Intro Pre-Roll Outtakes here(this week they were long enough to make their own video lol):
If you are looking for a good guild to join once the game has released feel free to apply as we are accepting applications.
Timecodes of talking points:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:30 - Final Open Beta Info - Opening Thoughts
00:02:15 - Guild Recruitment Info
00:03:40 - "Casual" sPvP Opening Thoughts
00:04:43 - Bruce's Thoughts of sPvP - Objective-based Maps
00:07:00 - Importance of Champions in sPvP
00:08:15 - Tristan's Thoughts of Champions - Tactics involving Champions
00:09:15 - Jon's Thoughts of Champions - Champion Spawn
00:10:30 - Damian's Thoughts of Champions - Champion Spawn Times
00:11:50 - 1v1 PvP in Guild Wars 2
00:15:50 - Thoughts on Dueling
00:18:25 - Abuse of Broken Skills/Glitches and Patches
00:20:25 - Glory system
00:21:10 - Thoughts of Groups of the same profession
00:22:00 - Class Balance
00:22:40 - AreaNETs Patching system
00:23:20 - Damian's Thoughts on Guild Wars 2 sPvP maps
00:25:35 - New Map - Fauxfire - Lore
00:27:35 - Capture the Flag Mode suggestion
00:29:05 - "Best" Profession combinations/partners
00:32:43 - Combo System
00:34:10 - Burst Damage(Glass Canon) & Conditions
00:38:45 - Build Variety - Offensive Vs. Defensive
00:42:02 - Rewards for PvP
00:45:29 Bruce in a Barfight
00:47:04 No Stat advantage. Skill/Player Experience matters.
00:48:24 Armor is Aesthetic
00:49:33 Lots of PvP Armor to collect for completionists
00:50:25 Take time to Experiment with weapon sets/skills in Mists
00:52:06 Elementalist/Engineer mechanics
00:57:10 Meta-gaming of sPVP
00:59:14 Freedom of swapping utility skills OOC for viability per map
01:03:07 Game Modes/Tournament levels
01:06:25 Q&A Forum Questions
-ESport
-Coordination vs RDM from WoW
01:10:00 Livestream Q&A
-Balance PvP skills vs PvE skills
-How can you 1v1 without dueling?
-Racial abilities in sPvP
-Elite skills in PvP instead of Racial
1:18:00 What is the Thief like?
01:22:00 Discussion on group joining mechanics in sPVP
01:31:25 Wrap up / Schedule
Special thanks to Brown and Zakis for getting these together! (If we are missing anything feel free to post below)
Link to MP3 Download can be found in the description on the Youtube page.