I'm interested in it, but I likely wouldn't even play it after i bought it. Nice to see another action MMO, but Tera's combat looks infinitely better, so i'll be sticking with that.
GuildWars2 Official tweeted ArenaNet's thrill over getting over a million closed beta signups in the 48-hour window.
http://t.co/henXvmAE
They later added a video of the moment to their Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150593729340945
http://t.co/henXvmAE
They later added a video of the moment to their Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150593729340945
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I don't like the idea of it being played more like an mmo rpg instead of the way guild wars 1 played.
It's awesome to finally have some real news about the upcoming beta and release of GW2~!
For US players subscribed to the GW2 newsletter, a recent announcement was sent out offering up Guild Wars 2 for official pre-order. The game itself is US$59.99, with Digital Deluxe priced at US$79.99. A price is not yet set for the Retail Collector's Edition, but the Digital Deluxe edition has all of the perks offered to the Collector's Edition players, minus the physical goods.
All pre-order customers will get bonus perks such as beta access and a three-day head start over retail buyers.
Source
Their FAQ has been updated to reflect system requirements and the (again) unspecific but expected launch date being "in 2012, TBD by beta feedback".
Here are some of the basic facts:
edit: And yes, I've preordered the Digital Deluxe Edition.
For US players subscribed to the GW2 newsletter, a recent announcement was sent out offering up Guild Wars 2 for official pre-order. The game itself is US$59.99, with Digital Deluxe priced at US$79.99. A price is not yet set for the Retail Collector's Edition, but the Digital Deluxe edition has all of the perks offered to the Collector's Edition players, minus the physical goods.
All pre-order customers will get bonus perks such as beta access and a three-day head start over retail buyers.
Source
Their FAQ has been updated to reflect system requirements and the (again) unspecific but expected launch date being "in 2012, TBD by beta feedback".
Here are some of the basic facts:
edit: And yes, I've preordered the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Bump for edit to 1st post and adding content:
So I logged in to this weekend's Beta Event, maxed out the graphics using the preconfigured "maxed" setting, and took a few screenshots just so people can see the high end of the spectrum, at least at present.
First impression: Graphical style is kind of a blend between the "realism" of Aion and the fluid but cartoonish Diablo 3. Feel free to elaborate if you have a different take.
Shot #1 -- Accepting the first quest as a Human Engineer.
Shot #2 - Found myself actually impressed that my character leans when standing on a slope. Haven't noticed this type of phyiscal reality implemented in other MMOs before.
Shot #3 - Really heavy weather effects.
So I logged in to this weekend's Beta Event, maxed out the graphics using the preconfigured "maxed" setting, and took a few screenshots just so people can see the high end of the spectrum, at least at present.
First impression: Graphical style is kind of a blend between the "realism" of Aion and the fluid but cartoonish Diablo 3. Feel free to elaborate if you have a different take.
Shot #1 -- Accepting the first quest as a Human Engineer.
Shot #2 - Found myself actually impressed that my character leans when standing on a slope. Haven't noticed this type of phyiscal reality implemented in other MMOs before.
Shot #3 - Really heavy weather effects.
Based on all the videos and screenshots i've seen, the graphics (currently) look about average. The UI is god awful but i'm definitely not expecting it to stay like it is.
The killing blow that stopped me from pre-ordering the game, was the fact it isn't actually an action game like it was supposed to be. You target people like any other MMO and you don't freakin' aim...I was really disappointed by that after hearing about this "action" MMO for so long. Though once the betas started, that suddenly stopped when I guess everyone saw "Er, this isn't action guys..."
Meh i'll probably still end up buying it eventually like GW1.
The killing blow that stopped me from pre-ordering the game, was the fact it isn't actually an action game like it was supposed to be. You target people like any other MMO and you don't freakin' aim...I was really disappointed by that after hearing about this "action" MMO for so long. Though once the betas started, that suddenly stopped when I guess everyone saw "Er, this isn't action guys..."
Meh i'll probably still end up buying it eventually like GW1.
Yeah, I'm fairly interested in TERA which you mentioned before, and managed to get 50% off on it with a coupon I earned through Raptr. But the no-subscription, "premium mmo" game idea still compels me. If TERA doesn't fetch me within 3* 4 months, I'd wind up spending the same on that as I've spent on the Digital Deluxe of GW2, which I won't have to resubscribe to to see the improvements along down the road. That really seems more worth it to me.
Since the last time I quit playing WoW regularly over a year ago, I've discovered that even when I want to play the game daily, I often can't. Such is life. So I can't justify a $14.99 subscription fee for anything outside of WoW, where it is only justified by the fact I have dozens of friends there and I got Diablo III for free with the annual pass (which I must see through until December if I don't want D3 to be revoked, and I don't mind that because I get to sample Mists of Pandaria as well on the closed beta).
I was surprised to learn you become locked to a single game server in GW2 as well. You'd have to pay extra to change realms which sucks if you find out your friends play after you get started and they're elsewhere.. They didn't even do that to players in Aion, though in the end they've had to consolidate the NA servers twice now that it's F2P, which is why I'm not going back even though it's free.. Aion is good, I'm just pissed that I got screwed when I spent a lot of money to stay subscribed in that game over the years that it was pay-to-play. It's now a cash-shop supported free-to-play in the NA market. (No VIP subscription option like with EU Aion's F2P has, last I checked).
It also seems to me that they're preparing GW2 to be a cross between the GW1 model (which pretty much had only cosmetic and game-content unlocks in the cash shop) and the Aion NA F2P model where there's more paid service incentives, in case they want to milk it a little more on the way to creating expansion content. I did not have the time this past weekend to check out the cash shop at all, so I could be wrong. The beta players were given "free" cash shop currency to try it out but I haven't had much time to myself to do more than the marginal analysis I've done so far
edit: didn't even realize the game with 1 free month. I'll cancel before they bill me the recurring 3-mo sub I signed up for if the game doesn't compel me in 1 month though.
Since the last time I quit playing WoW regularly over a year ago, I've discovered that even when I want to play the game daily, I often can't. Such is life. So I can't justify a $14.99 subscription fee for anything outside of WoW, where it is only justified by the fact I have dozens of friends there and I got Diablo III for free with the annual pass (which I must see through until December if I don't want D3 to be revoked, and I don't mind that because I get to sample Mists of Pandaria as well on the closed beta).
I was surprised to learn you become locked to a single game server in GW2 as well. You'd have to pay extra to change realms which sucks if you find out your friends play after you get started and they're elsewhere.. They didn't even do that to players in Aion, though in the end they've had to consolidate the NA servers twice now that it's F2P, which is why I'm not going back even though it's free.. Aion is good, I'm just pissed that I got screwed when I spent a lot of money to stay subscribed in that game over the years that it was pay-to-play. It's now a cash-shop supported free-to-play in the NA market. (No VIP subscription option like with EU Aion's F2P has, last I checked).
It also seems to me that they're preparing GW2 to be a cross between the GW1 model (which pretty much had only cosmetic and game-content unlocks in the cash shop) and the Aion NA F2P model where there's more paid service incentives, in case they want to milk it a little more on the way to creating expansion content. I did not have the time this past weekend to check out the cash shop at all, so I could be wrong. The beta players were given "free" cash shop currency to try it out but I haven't had much time to myself to do more than the marginal analysis I've done so far
edit: didn't even realize the game with 1 free month. I'll cancel before they bill me the recurring 3-mo sub I signed up for if the game doesn't compel me in 1 month though.
Everything in the cash shop that isn't simply cosmetic can be found ingame through normal play via mystic chests and map/achievement completion chests.
Also, you can trade for gems (CS currency) with gold.
The graphics are about average, but the design is great.
There's still targeting, but there's physical hit boxes on everything so you can dodge and hide behind things or just move out of range. You don't get hit unless you're physically hit.
You can move while using pretty much any skill and you pretty much need to always be moving if you don't want to die horribly.
So...it's action-y but you always have a target locked on/don't need to aim.
Which is fine with me since it lets me pay attention to other things and the pace of the game remains fast.
I'm loving the game and have already gotten my money's worth and the game isn't even out yet.
It's also great seeing ANet actually fix/address complaints/suggestions we give them. BWE1 was quite different from BWE2.
Also, you can trade for gems (CS currency) with gold.
The graphics are about average, but the design is great.
There's still targeting, but there's physical hit boxes on everything so you can dodge and hide behind things or just move out of range. You don't get hit unless you're physically hit.
You can move while using pretty much any skill and you pretty much need to always be moving if you don't want to die horribly.
So...it's action-y but you always have a target locked on/don't need to aim.
Which is fine with me since it lets me pay attention to other things and the pace of the game remains fast.
I'm loving the game and have already gotten my money's worth and the game isn't even out yet.
It's also great seeing ANet actually fix/address complaints/suggestions we give them. BWE1 was quite different from BWE2.
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I played Guild Wars for a while, and Guild Wars 2 looks amazing.
I'm not sure if I'll be getting it just because I don't really have as much time to play videos games as I used to (Mainly just stick with portables now).
It looks amazing, but I might get it depending on when it comes out because of school.
I'm not sure if I'll be getting it just because I don't really have as much time to play videos games as I used to (Mainly just stick with portables now).
It looks amazing, but I might get it depending on when it comes out because of school.
Just making a special occasion to bump this one more time, since the game was launched over the past few days. I'm personally involved with a small guild on the server Stormbluff Isle and I am truly loving the game.
If you are interested in playing on Stormbluff Isle (NA server) and are interested in a casual guild to start out with, send me a PM! (Guild name is Sacred [SD] in case anyone wondered) I can also be reached through the in-game friends list as "exangel.4172"
If you are interested in playing on Stormbluff Isle (NA server) and are interested in a casual guild to start out with, send me a PM! (Guild name is Sacred [SD] in case anyone wondered) I can also be reached through the in-game friends list as "exangel.4172"
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If you mean after buying the game in the first place, then yes. The freemium currency can be bought with in-game gold, so there's nothing you actually need to pay money for after buying the game.
I mean by pirating it of course
I know WoW had private servers somewhere down the line, so I guess it's possible with GW2 too?
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I mean by pirating it of course
From what I know, there were never any Guild War 1 servers, due to it being a freemium game and other security dealios. But I could be wrong.
But I do highly HIGHLY doubt there will be any PServers for GW2. Just buy the damn game, it's worth it.
Ah come on, is it possible or not? It's for a bet with my friend, and I really think it's possible to pirate this game.
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Possible, yes. Has it happened? Not that I've heard. Will it happen? Maybe eventually, but not likely.
EDIT: To elaborate, nearly any MMO can have private servers created for it. All the game files are located on the local client, so all that's left is to bypass the normal servers with your own private ones, just like with WoW. The thing is, the effort you have to go to, against the number of people who would willingly join such a server knowing that they will get an inferior experience to the public servers, means that it does not make any sense for somebody to try (just think of how much it costs to run one of GW2's servers).
EDIT: To elaborate, nearly any MMO can have private servers created for it. All the game files are located on the local client, so all that's left is to bypass the normal servers with your own private ones, just like with WoW. The thing is, the effort you have to go to, against the number of people who would willingly join such a server knowing that they will get an inferior experience to the public servers, means that it does not make any sense for somebody to try (just think of how much it costs to run one of GW2's servers).
The only "solid" private WoW server I ever heard of with retail-like scripted dungeons was a Classic/Vanilla WoW reproduction. (This one actually had* a pretty solid player base on both factions, and I had a whole group of friends who played on it for several months just to revisit the Classic PVP experience, but they got frustrated after manually switching factions by starting over and not getting to 60 very fast as a group. *Don't know if it is still operational.. I could find out what it was called though)
Every other WoW private server I ever heard of (and I actually tried several at a time when a friend couldn't afford his sub) had to promote inflated exp or other non-retail-like experiences to compensate for poorly scripted or unscripted raid/dungeon encounters. Same with Aion, though that has gone F2P.
Due to the extent of the character story personalization branches and the necessity for multiplayer interaction to cue events in the various maps in GW2's world, I feel it would be an insane and impossible undertaking although a PVP only private GW2 might be plausible. In regards to the effort involved anyway. If a person or even a group of people had the skills to do such a thing they may as well apply to Arena Net and get paid to actually develop for them. On the other hand there's barely anything scripted in the 8v8 PVP system. just a few NPC enemies in a couple of the maps.
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Every other WoW private server I ever heard of (and I actually tried several at a time when a friend couldn't afford his sub) had to promote inflated exp or other non-retail-like experiences to compensate for poorly scripted or unscripted raid/dungeon encounters. Same with Aion, though that has gone F2P.
Due to the extent of the character story personalization branches and the necessity for multiplayer interaction to cue events in the various maps in GW2's world, I feel it would be an insane and impossible undertaking although a PVP only private GW2 might be plausible. In regards to the effort involved anyway. If a person or even a group of people had the skills to do such a thing they may as well apply to Arena Net and get paid to actually develop for them. On the other hand there's barely anything scripted in the 8v8 PVP system. just a few NPC enemies in a couple of the maps.
edit: removed unnecessary redundancy & added some details
