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The Official Guild Wars 2 thread

VulcaN said:
Sucks for those of us who wouldnt do that but have friends we want to play with rolling on different servers
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Then either roll on their server or they roll on yours. If you could guest for free on random servers, WvW would be a crapshoot as everyone would guest onto the "good servers" and faceroll everyone else.
 
anyword on what time the beta starts up tomorrow? I'm thinking of laying out of work after lunch :D
 
DarkCloud said:
anyword on what time the beta starts up tomorrow? I'm thinking of laying out of work after lunch :D
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from the email

festivities begin on Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT -7). The Beta Weekend Event will end Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT -7).
 
I have had high hopes for lots of MMO's after World of Warcraft's launch. Most have left my angry, disappointed, and with a slimmer wallet. I cut my teeth on MMO's such as Ultima, EQ, AC, DAOC. World of Warcraft has been a great game, was great for bringing publicity to the genre, but imho it set back MMO's in advancing. Many tried to emulate WoW's formula, some haven't, but most have.

Dear Gaming Gods, please let Guild Wars 2 not disappoint. Let the hype be justified and please keep me from suffering severe health degradation if said game does deliver on all promises.
 
Amaroth said:
I have had high hopes for lots of MMO's after World of Warcraft's launch. Most have left my angry, disappointed, and with a slimmer wallet. I cut my teeth on MMO's such as Ultima, EQ, AC, DAOC. World of Warcraft has been a great game, was great for bringing publicity to the genre, but imho it set back MMO's in advancing. Many tried to emulate WoW's formula, some haven't, but most have.

Dear Gaming Gods, please let Guild Wars 2 not disappoint. Let the hype be justified and please keep me from suffering severe health degradation if said game does deliver on all promises.
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Amen brother :D agreed

WarHammer Online and SW;ToR were two very hyped next gen MMO's that to me were less than lacking to say the least, and just sucked.
 
Zorachus said:
Amen brother :D agreed

WarHammer Online and SW;ToR were two very hyped next gen MMO's that to me were less than lacking to say the least, and just sucked.
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Warhammer Online was such a disappointment coming from DAoC....It's like they forgot every single thing that made DAoC good. So much potential wasted.
 
Zorachus said:
Amen brother :D agreed

WarHammer Online and SW;ToR were two very hyped next gen MMO's that to me were less than lacking to say the least, and just sucked.
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SWTOR has improved a lot since launch, I'm having a ball with it now and looking forward to its future.

WAR was disappointing overall, coming off the heels of DAOC with expansions :(, which was my favorite game of all time (played it for over 7 years total). It had potential but never really capitalized on it.
 
So the beta client is about 20 gigs? Glad I started that download now.

Thank you gentoo!

EDIT: Keeps getting close to that point and saying "Download failed"... When I reopen the download app it restarts.

EDIT2: Looks like it didn't actually restart, it just resets the progress bar to "0%" and continues to count down files downloaded / remaining. The progress bar is then for the remaining amount to be downloaded (so before 11GB was about 60% now 500MB is 40%). Very strange and probably unintentional choice of UI behavior.
 
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silent-circuit said:
So the beta client is about 20 gigs? Glad I started that download now.

Thank you gentoo!

EDIT: Keeps getting close to that point and saying "Download failed"... When I reopen the download app it restarts.

EDIT2: Looks like it didn't actually restart, it just resets the progress bar to "0%" and continues to count down files downloaded / remaining. The progress bar is then for the remaining amount to be downloaded (so before 11GB was about 60% now 500MB is 40%). Very strange and probably unintentional choice of UI behavior.
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Also, I randomly read last night on Twitter that AVG gives the downloader some problems. And yes, it's roughly 13GB.
 
Can't remember what I set as my password and have not found any way to check it (the NCSoft login system doesn't include GuildWars 2, just the original). This could be interesting come tomorrow.
 
There's been some minor updates to the client since it was released. One of the fixes that's noticeable is that the auto-play option in the launcher works now. Before, the option would always get selected again even if manually unchecked and would go immediately to the login screen. Now, it stays at the launcher screen until you press the play button.
 
silent-circuit said:
So the beta client is about 20 gigs? Glad I started that download now.

Thank you gentoo!

EDIT: Keeps getting close to that point and saying "Download failed"... When I reopen the download app it restarts.

EDIT2: Looks like it didn't actually restart, it just resets the progress bar to "0%" and continues to count down files downloaded / remaining. The progress bar is then for the remaining amount to be downloaded (so before 11GB was about 60% now 500MB is 40%). Very strange and probably unintentional choice of UI behavior.
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I read somewhere that the progress bar measures percentage by number of files and not by amount of data.
 
I am so psyched to play this game tomorrow (today?). I will post my impressions once I get enough playing time in.
 
Biggrich76 said:
You'll only miss the first hour. I'm sure the servers are going to be getting hammered anyway.
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Definately. Servers will be hammered especially since so many people will log in at once. If you want to avoid frustration, wait until later that evening or even late tonight. I plan on taking a long nap and playing late tonight.
 
FranklyShankly said:
They had to suspend pre-purchses for fear of server overload.
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He was being ironic. And unless I missed a twitter announcement or something, I don't think Arenanet has publicly said why they suspended sales of the digital editions - it's speculation, not confirmed fact, that the suspension was tied to the beta test. Frankly, I have my doubts that's the reason. They only suspended sales a day or two before the launch, which may stop the very last minute purchasers but that's all, and they're not going to be the tipping point between stable vs. overloaded servers. I think it's pretty clear from the beta client availability that they already passed that point and we shouldn't be surprised with a lot of server issues over the weekend. Plus, you can still pre-purchase both the digital and physical versions at retailers like Gamestop (checked the site just now). Anyone who wants to pre-purchase the game for beta access can still get it from other channels, just not direct from the company.
 
They suspended pre-purchases so they can hype the shit out of it and say it's sold out. Just IMO.
 
ddarko said:
He was being ironic. And unless I missed a twitter announcement or something, I don't think Arenanet has publicly said why they suspended sales of the digital editions - it's speculation, not confirmed fact, that the suspension was tied to the beta test. Frankly, I have my doubts that's the reason. They only suspended sales a day or two before the launch, which may stop the very last minute purchasers but that's all, and they're not going to be the tipping point between stable vs. overloaded servers. I think it's pretty clear from the beta client availability that they already passed that point and we shouldn't be surprised with a lot of server issues over the weekend. Plus, you can still pre-purchase both the digital and physical versions at retailers like Gamestop (checked the site just now). Anyone who wants to pre-purchase the game for beta access can still get it from other channels, just not direct from the company.
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From GW2 Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2/posts/10150751006819209

We have sold out of keys for digital distribution in North America. GameStop and Best Buy still have stock available.

We limit sales to ensure we have enough capacity for our customers. We're likely to have capacity available after the initial crunch at the start of the weekend. Players who purchase when we're able to resume digital sales at buy.guildwars2.com will still be able to play for the remainder of the weekend. ~RB2
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Wait if you pre purchase you can play in the beta weekend?

edit. Crap I never saw that lol!
 
Just click on the sold out button. It tells you they limited them to ensure high quality beta.


Yeah... I'm not going to be home until about 3hrs after beta opens...fml
 
A lot of the top old-school PvP guilds are going to Sea of Sorrows server, so that is where I am headed.
 
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My friend just said the beta is already live.... it's like over an hour early....
 
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