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Guild Wars 2 (2012)

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GW2 came out with a new beta PvP map, The Eternal Coliseum. This video shows the gameplay from condi reaper & power revenant point of view. My initial reaction is that it's a fun map, featuring lots of brawls, 1v1 skirmishes, and the map rewards mobility.

I like that the map is mirrored, so no matter what team you are on, home is always straight out from the spawn, and left takes you to mid & far points.

There are artifacts that spawn up north & south, they act as secondary objectives. Obtaining the Sword of Reaping down south will give you 20% bonus to all damage for your team, and when you defeat a player, Avatar of Grenth will attempt to stomp the downed player for you. Shield of Life up north will give you 5,000 bonus hp & 100 toughness, when you are downed, it'll attempt to revive you in 2 seconds. It's like one get out of the jail free card.

These artifacts do not give you points, so you still need to decap/cap points and win fights in order to score. There's also a Rally the Crowd buff that you obtain when you participate in kills & cap/decaps. Clicking on it will grant your team +50 to all base stats for 90 seconds.

You'll notice that you don't have line of sight from point to point, so you often have to peek around the corner to get an idea of what's going on or who's there. There are many spots you can't jump over so the map rewards those with mobility, blinks, and teleports. Necros can use wurm teleport to get around better. Revs can use phase traversal, although there are several places it won't work such as the platforms to the side of the mid point.

Overall it's a fun map with plenty of action on and off point. The crowd mechanic is fun, makes you feel like you're fighting inside an arena. Getting around isn't an issue once you get used to the map's layout. The cap points are quite small, there's no larger mid point so aoe's & traps dominate these cap points.

Things are a bit bland in looks, I was hoping to see more spikes, blood, pillars you can fight on, more weaponry laying around, cages, fire, etc.. It's in beta stage so hopefully they'll jazz it up a bit.

Builds used:
Condi Reaper: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZ6kGRoyGszGw2GgeTsgLYQXtAwCIOL2FHjUph2Q0C-TpxFwAAeAAJOBAKOCAOLDc4QAwe/BA

Power Rev: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAsemnvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8EllNFyOgH8hqxoG9oNAH4BA-TZBFABtv/gAnAAxLDkwRAAgHBAA

As always thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed it. I've been on vacation from WvW because it has grown stale. sPvP on the other hand, at least Anet is still coming out with new maps to keep things fresh. This isn't a show of skillz or anything, I'm just showcasing the new Eternal Coliseum map. It's unranked gameplay, the only place you can play this beta map. And when in unranked, anything goes.

Music used:
1. Fall Of Envy - Wondering
2. RIOT 87 - We Are Back
3. The Qemists - New Design
4. Modestep - Snake
5. Pendulum - Crush

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