Guild Wars 2: The One Thread

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I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!


I cannot wait for this.

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I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!


I cannot wait for this.

I can't personally either! Damn the city seems amazing, on par with Rata Sum ...

[HarlekinFilx]

So this was a weird thing I saw,

I was scrolling through my Pre-Purchase receipt, sitting right next to me.

"Your Code to Access the Guild Wars 2 Beta along with 3 Day Early Access and the Heros Band is (blah blah blah)
Please visit register.guildwars2.com for instructions to redeem your code.
Code expires 6/26"<-------------ORLY.

Wouldn't the theoretical expiration date of the prepurchase be the day the game was released?
Plus, http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/DSC00110.jpg
That link supplies a "joking" release date, 6/26 is two days before hand, or one day after the early access would theoretically start.

Hmmm....

Anyway, this was me just being a conspiracy theorist. Because I'm like that.
^.^

[DrakeWurrum]

Problem with that is that ANet doesn't actually know when they'll release the game. They still abide by Blizzard's old ruling of not releasing a game until it's ready.

[Ashgar]

So this was a weird thing I saw,

I was scrolling through my Pre-Purchase receipt, sitting right next to me.

"Your Code to Access the Guild Wars 2 Beta along with 3 Day Early Access and the Heros Band is (blah blah blah)
Please visit register.guildwars2.com for instructions to redeem your code.
Code expires 6/26"<-------------ORLY.

Wouldn't the theoretical expiration date of the prepurchase be the day the game was released?
Plus, http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/DSC00110.jpg
That link supplies a "joking" release date, 6/26 is two days before hand, or one day after the early access would theoretically start.

Hmmm....

Anyway, this was me just being a conspiracy theorist. Because I'm like that.
^.^

You got that from Gamestop right? That's the day they have marked as the release date but it's not accurate. If they don't know the real day they just make one up because their system won't take a preorder without a release date.

[Malthurius]

Problem with that is that ANet doesn't actually know when they'll release the game. They still abide by Blizzard's old ruling of not releasing a game until it's ready.

I bet you anything that they have an internal date to meet; either put their by ArenaNet to manage work pace, or forced upon them by NCsoft.

It's better to keep the player base in the dark about it; keeps us from raging if the date changes to a later time.

[Fencers]

Some people are under the impression Guild Wars 2 has been "constantly delayed" already. Look this is the elephant in the room, gamers are goddamn stupid- probably the dumbest media audience. The less fuel given to idiocy, the better off a company is in directing the presentation of their product.

[Salech]

Problem with that is that ANet doesn't actually know when they'll release the game. They still abide by Blizzard's old ruling of not releasing a game until it's ready.

Arenanet has always had that yeah, and it's not a blizzard thing really, many has done it in the past *cough duke nukem cough*

I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!


I cannot wait for this.

Sounds damn awesome

[DrakeWurrum]

I bet you anything that they have an internal date to meet

Speaking from somebody who has more than just a consumer's view of this issue, I would gladly take that bet, and add both my pre-purchase key and my soul to the pool.

[Malthurius]

Speaking from somebody who has more than just a consumer's view of this issue, I would gladly take that bet, and add both my pre-purchase key and my soul to the pool.

Not much of a bet if we can never prove either side. :P

[Larynx]

Not much of a bet if we can never prove either side. :P

There are ways Malthurius.

[Malthurius]

There are ways Malthurius.

Yeah, sure, uh-huh, yep, right, yes, positive, sarcasm.

[Arkenaw]

https://account.guildwars2.com/download

Excitement! We're getting so close.

[Malthurius]

https://account.guildwars2.com/download

Excitement! We're getting so close.

Hm... why when I click download client it asks me to prepurchase? Is it just doing that for everyone? (aka, WiP)

[Arkenaw]

Hm... why when I click download client it asks me to prepurchase? Is it just doing that for everyone? (aka, WiP)

It does that for me too, but that page wasn't there a few days ago!

[Deleted]

Hm... why when I click download client it asks me to prepurchase? Is it just doing that for everyone? (aka, WiP)

God, I almost got a heart attack when I saw that myself.

[Melanieshaman]

might as well have the link up...Beta is a week a way. They should have things sliding into place til then.

[Maarius]

lol I didn't know that the "Fiery Dragon Sword" (the same model as Magdaer and Sohothin) is a blue drop in GW1. I thought this had to be very rare... oO
got it in the last of the asura quests from EotN from a destroyer. Quite bad stats, but it looks fine

[Squirrelbanes]

lol I didn't know that the "Fiery Dragon Sword" (the same model as Magdaer and Sohothin) is a blue drop in GW1. I thought this had to be very rare... oO
got it in the last of the asura quests from EotN from a destroyer. Quite bad stats, but it looks fine

Yh...apparently it sells ok if u get a perfect damage one.
I have 2 in storage I've got no idea what to do with though....but they're shiny.

[Deleted]

With the upcoming beta weekend in mind, are the characters I create in that beta deleted afterwards (at the end of that beta weekend)?
And what about names you use in the beta?