The Last Whiskey Bar - An Exclusive First Look at the Charr Arena Event in Guild Wars 2

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One of the defining gameplay
elements in href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/gw2">Guild
Wars 2,
dynamic events
have already begun to have a dramatic impact on how we look at MMOGs.
At href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/event/nycomiccon/2010">New
York Comic Con, Ethec was
treated to some hands-on time with one
of the numerous events found in the Dragonbrand region. While The Last
Whiskey Bar may not be on the scale of Steeleye Span or The Shatterer,
this charr arena event certainly packs a mean punch and will no doubt
become a favorite destination of mid-level players looking to blow off
some steam.

The setting is
something out of Mad Max, an open air metallic Thunderdome sans the
dome. Waves of mobs enter through either a gate or come down via a
ramp, meaning you don't want to get caught looking in one direction as
the waves begin to roll in. I stuck around for two waves, one of which
was beasty, one was branded charr. The encounters consisted of waves of
5-7 enemies each and were fairly short-lived. I was feeling pretty good
about myself until Martin noted that I was a level 47 fighting level 43
mobs.

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