Guildwars 2 Beta Thread

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VashHT

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I don't think so, I believe they're going to be announcing every weekend event.
 

zinfamous

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PSA:

Pre-purchase is no longer "sold-out" for those that will absolutely purchase this game and are interested in getting into the next Betas, that didn't before.

https://buy.guildwars2.com/

(The Digital Deluxe is probably not that special, so if you want to save $20, I recommend ignoring the items that aren't very valuable--HoM rewards from GW1 are what it's all about)


Also, a disturbing discovery: Mini pets in GW 2 have "attributes," like: aggression, defense, etc....
Lending to the rumors that GW2 will have minipet battles....meaning: fucking Pokemon BS.

FML. I thought that shit was dead.
 

GoodRevrnd

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Also, a disturbing discovery: Mini pets in GW 2 have "attributes," like: aggression, defense, etc....
Lending to the rumors that GW2 will have minipet battles....meaning: fucking Pokemon BS.

FML. I thought that shit was dead.

What's the problem? This doesn't actually effect the core gameplay in any way does it?
 

GaiaHunter

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PSA:

Pre-purchase is no longer "sold-out" for those that will absolutely purchase this game and are interested in getting into the next Betas, that didn't before.

https://buy.guildwars2.com/

(The Digital Deluxe is probably not that special, so if you want to save $20, I recommend ignoring the items that aren't very valuable--HoM rewards from GW1 are what it's all about)


Also, a disturbing discovery: Mini pets in GW 2 have "attributes," like: aggression, defense, etc....
Lending to the rumors that GW2 will have minipet battles....meaning: fucking Pokemon BS.

FML. I thought that shit was dead.

I guess is one of those mini-games you can do while in a town.

But of course it will be seen as a rip.off from wow that is a rip-off from pokemon...

Radio controlled golem battles is the real deal for real men though.
 

xboxist

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Pfffttt... radio-controlled golem battles is the real deal. For real men. In real life.
 

zinfamous

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I guess is one of those mini-games you can do while in a town.

But of course it will be seen as a rip.off from wow that is a rip-off from pokemon...

Radio controlled golem battles is the real deal for real men though.

so that's like battle bots! nerd/geek fun > pre-teen crapimation toy fun

 

zinfamous

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Hey, Pokemon if effing awesome. Loved my Pokemon Blue and Super GameBoy.

I am sorry, but Transformers/GI Joe were far superior marketing shams of zero content, copious merchandising, and low-rent Japanese animation.

You only wish you were of my generation.





:hmm:
 

GaiaHunter

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Incoming Stress Test. *victory dance*

We’ll be conducting a stress test on Monday May 14 from 11 AM to 6:00 PM PDT (-7 GMT).

This special test event is open only to Pre-Purchase customers who have registered their accounts. With your help, we can conduct important tests and address some of the issues we identified during our first Beta Weekend Event. During this event, all you need to do is play normally with a new or existing character on your Beta account using the same game client. Please note that since this is a stress test of our servers, you may experience some in-game performance issues. If you’ve pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 and wish to participate in the stress test, we recommend that you register the account and download the game client.

Pre-Purchase customers, log in to the Beta Forums for more information and/or to download the Beta client if needed.

And last BWE characters too!
 

zinfamous

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I can't tell is it the same client?

If you load and it doesn't update, then I guess it is good to go.

I was loading the client about 2x/day a few days before the beta, and it was always updating.


...and Monday!
 

zinfamous

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It is a decent time for europeans and considering we had much more trouble logging in on last bwe, it is fair.

I suppose. Didn't know you are in EU, and heard the server problems over there were atrocious the other week.

Still, if it's later in the evening for europeans, and during the full workday for much of the west coast over here, I wonder what kind of "Stress" they are expecting on their servers during that time?

Maybe I don't know what they mean by stress?


Either way, I'm starting to suspect we will keep our characters throughout all Beta events...which would be nice. Or bad. Not sure. I'm tempted to stick with the main, but the further I get, the more I'd hate to re-roll
 

gothamhunter

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http://www.arena.net/blog/the-beta-weekend-event-is-coming


Exaggeration or really good pre-purchase sales?

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/13/hundreds-of-thousands-have-already-bought-guild-wars-2-played/

The Guild Wars 2 beta opened the weekend of April 27 to anyone who had pre-purchased the title, free from NDAs or embargoes, and "hundreds of thousands" of people signed on to test it out, ArenaNet president Mike O'Brien writes. ArenaNet couldn't handle all of the potential players, but as any practiced spokesman would, O'Brien frames the insufficient server capacity in its most positive form:

"The number of people who pre-purchased the game far exceeded our expectations, and we had to temporarily disable pre-purchases," O'Brien says. "In the end that wasn't enough, and even with 48 worlds we didn't have enough server capacity to meet the huge demand. Fortunately, the vast majority of players were able to get into the game and experience Guild Wars 2 in all its glory."

If a developer has to have a problem, we think "too many people want to play our game" is a pretty good one. ArenaNet will host a stress test tomorrow, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT, again open to anyone (including us) who's pre-purchased Guild Wars 2.
 

zinfamous

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I just patched the client with ~40mb update.

Trying to log into Beta forums (through game client), I get "You have encountered a horrible error!"

 

Destiny

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I'm contemptlating Guild Wars 2 or D3... which one has better graphics? I like eye candy!
 

zinfamous

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I'm contemptlating Guild Wars 2 or D3... which one has better graphics? I like eye candy!

Blizzard is notorious for hitting the mid-low end of graphics (to hit as many systems as possible) so it's an unfair comparison. For them it's about a particular style, but something that is not too taxing.

GW has always been in the "high-end" of MMO graphics--they strive for realistic, natural models and environments. GW2 is gorgeous, if you ask me. The screen has this photo-art paper type look to it (as if you're reading a well-illustrated fantasy tail)--I don't do that description justice, as it probably sounds more intrusive than it is (this is the top border/HUD and menus).

And if eye candy = buxom, half-naked broads with provocative dances, then, well, GW has that, too. (dances weren't working in the recent GW2 Beta, though)
 
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