Guildwars 2 Beta Thread

[Krakn3Dfx]

This pre-purchase stuff is/can be a nightmare.

I pre-purchased a copy of the CE for my son, who has been busting his ass to finish up a lot of the stuff in Guild Wars 1 that will carry perks into Guild Wars 2. The email account tied to his Guild Wars account is a Comcast email account we don't even have access to anymore, but they won't let me change it because his account is now tied to an NCSoft master account I have that uses my Centurylink email address. So when I pre-purchased, entered the code and they asked if I had an existing Guild Wars account, I said yes and put in my Centurylink email to link it up. Later they posted an update to their FAQ saying not to link to the NCSoft Master account, but to the email address used to login to Guild Wars, which, again, I can't change that address in their system at all, but I can't access that email account anymore either.

What a pain in the ass. Hopefully they get some of this stuff straightened out before launch. It's like they don't even anticipate that people might actually change their email address at least once every half a decade.

 

[Worthington]

Dang, now I have to plan on servers. :\ But it's nice that they already have the ability to transfer servers.

You guys have a notion of which world you'd want to be on?

I'm thinking Vasburg, Eternal Grove, Maguuma, or Sorrow's Furnace.

I imagine Darkhaven will be jam-packed.


Currently at 63% DL. Preparing for weekend:

--Sick day? check.
--Beef Jerky? check
--Beer and water? pick up on Thursday
--Diapers? check.

Heh, those were the same 4 I was looking at.. just for the good memories.

 

[zokudu]

So we need to decide on a server. Anything is fine with me. I actually have a 30 slot vent I'm willing to open up to ATers so we can talk while we play. PM me for info, me and my buddy Larry will be on there most of this weekend so feel free to pop in.

I really want to play with AT members so lets try and make it known where we are rolling before friday.

 

[zinfamous]

I vote Vasburg (Because Kurzick > those typically Brit Luxons), or Maguuma (because it was one of the more gorgeous, yet completely underutilized regions of GW1)

 

[GaiaHunter]

I'm pretty torn on what class to play, all of them sound pretty cool to me except for the engineer. I think my front-runners would be either necro, guardian or mesmer though.

I'll be going necro and engineer (how cool is that you can be a real life and game life engineer - if only I could use flamethrowers in my real job...).

Myabe take a look at Guardian and Warrior.

 

[Merad]

Well still no email, but I tried to login out of curiosity and it told me my account is ready for the beta.

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Yup, no email but logging in confirms that the account is ready to go.

Also, watching Yogscast class overviews for the first time, and definitely going with Ele first...soooooo many spells :awe:

 

[zinfamous]

Well still no email, but I tried to login out of curiosity and it told me my account is ready for the beta.

did you try some of the suggestions several posts up about DL the other available client and just updating?

 

[zinfamous]

Yup, no email but logging in confirms that the account is ready to go.

Also, watching Yogscast class overviews for the first time, and definitely going with Ele first...soooooo many spells :awe:

yeah, that got me excited for ele again. It is probably my favorite class in GW1 (that or Mez), but the earlier stuff I saw for ele looked a little meh, then the videos for Mez made me forget about everything else.

But the yogscast with ele looks like it is ridiculously fun. Comparatively, the yogscast mez video makes the class look confusing.

 

[GaiaHunter]

did you try some of the suggestions several posts up about DL the other available client and just updating?

I started downloading with the old client.

When the new client appeared in the GW2 forums, I made a new folder, put the the client there and copied the gw2.dat file (I already had 8 GB). The new client resumed from there with no problems.

 

[Merad]

did you try some of the suggestions several posts up about DL the other available client and just updating?

I already have the client downloaded, that's where I was attempting to login. It basically just said, you're ready for beta but beta isn't active yet.

 

[Danimal1209]

Signed up for beta when they had it open. Tried to login in at the account management page and it wont let me. I tried to reset password and it says it failed. I never had a gw1 account so idk whats up with it.

 

[NoSoup4You]

I played a Mesmer in GW1, I believe only 5% of the GW population played Mesmer but it looks like that's all about to change in GW2.

I'll stick with Ranger in the weekend event, it's a class I won't bother with much once the game launches so by playing it in Beta I don't have to be concerned with spoiling anything class related once the game launches. I won't get upset at them potentially nerfing a useful skill that I'd gotten used to...etc.

Can't wait, both TERA and GW2 beta this weekend. Sensory overload!

 

[SLU Aequitas]

yeah, that got me excited for ele again. It is probably my favorite class in GW1 (that or Mez), but the earlier stuff I saw for ele looked a little meh, then the videos for Mez made me forget about everything else.

But the yogscast with ele looks like it is ridiculously fun. Comparatively, the yogscast mez video makes the class look confusing.

Yeah, I loved being a mez in GW, will play it again but the ele looks so complicated yet so fun imma give it a whirl.

Although the reasoning behind playing a class you wont play during the actual release also makes sense, so maybe ranger or engineer. Hmmm...maybe have my wife pick for me!



Also, are there any differences between the servers???

 

[zinfamous]

I already have the client downloaded, that's where I was attempting to login. It basically just said, you're ready for beta but beta isn't active yet.

oh, gotcha. sorry.

Just got home, had loud music playing form somewhere int he room. Turned on monitor, noticed GW2 log-in screen, waiting for account name.


Scream Like a Girl!

 

[zinfamous]

I played a Mesmer in GW1, I believe only 5% of the GW population played Mesmer but it looks like that's all about to change in GW2.

I'll stick with Ranger in the weekend event, it's a class I won't bother with much once the game launches so by playing it in Beta I don't have to be concerned with spoiling anything class related once the game launches. I won't get upset at them potentially nerfing a useful skill that I'd gotten used to...etc.

Can't wait, both TERA and GW2 beta this weekend. Sensory overload!

supposedly, mesmer became the new hotness class over the last year or so in GW1. They completely nerfed ele (though it seems to be back again with re-vamped fire skills), and made the mesmer ridiculously OP.

well, maybe not OP, but huge spike damage and upped their shutdown to basically keep entire mobs useless throughout any encounter.

 

[shurato]

Got my beta invite and it tells me to get on the site, logon and go to the forum to download the client. Yet when I go there, theres nothing. I downloaded the GW2.exe from a few response prior and it doesn't seem to do anything errors out looking for a .dat file. Anyone experiencing the same thing? Tried the link in the email under chrome and IE.

 

[zinfamous]

Got my beta invite and it tells me to get on the site, logon and go to the forum to download the client. Yet when I go there, theres nothing. I downloaded the GW2.exe from a few response prior and it doesn't seem to do anything errors out looking for a .dat file. Anyone experiencing the same thing? Tried the link in the email under chrome and IE.

I think you need to click on the "GW2 info" link or something. I had to search around a bit to find it.

that forum link is mostly useless--I don't really see any forums on there.

make sure you download the client.exe into a folder that you create--like c:/ GW2, or just onto your desktop.

Do not let it install into Program files, do not click "Run" when it has downloaded.

just create the folder, and drag the file from your downloads folder into where you want to install it. Then click on the exe.

 

[shurato]

I think you need to click on the "GW2 info" link or something. I had to search around a bit to find it.

that forum link is mostly useless--I don't really see any forums on there.

make sure you download the client.exe into a folder that you create--like c:/ GW2, or just onto your desktop.

Do not let it install into Program files, do not click "Run" when it has downloaded.

just create the folder, and drag the file from your downloads folder into where you want to install it. Then click on the exe.

Your the man. I found the link and am downloading the beta client now. See you in the BETA!

 

[zinfamous]

Your the man. I found the link and am downloading the beta client now. See you in the BETA!

sweet. glad it worked!


we need to throw a server vote up by the end of tomorrow.

 

[zokudu]

So I never could believe this but in videos I always saw the transitions and stuff on menus and couldn't tell if it was like lag or a dope transition. Opening the options its got to vbe the coolest looking menu transition ever. Maybe it's just me though.

Also glad you got it DLed in time zin.

 

[gothamhunter]

So I never could believe this but in videos I always saw the transitions and stuff on menus and couldn't tell if it was like lag or a dope transition. Opening the options its got to vbe the coolest looking menu transition ever. Maybe it's just me though.

Also glad you got it DLed in time zin.

Source?

 

[zokudu]

Source?

Open your beta client and click the gear icon in the top left?

 

[gothamhunter]

Open your beta client and click the gear icon in the top left?

Oh gotcha...was confused on what you meant.

 

[zokudu]

lol Yea I like the menu transitions.