RepairmanJack
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Saw this video on Reddit. Nothing new, it's just an explanation of the attributes in GW2 and is pretty funny.
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Guild Wars 2 Press Beta [Prepurchase Is Live]
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Queen of Hunting
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ill edit it out just so it keeps thing safe here lol. you can find numerous pics ive uploaded on numerous pic hosts
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Queen of Hunting
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doesnt matter its a dummy email that happend to get in beta lol
Pinko Marx
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expect lots of spam mail soon.
It's more of a matter of I'm not sure if GAF tolerates or not openly breaking NDAs.
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Queen of Hunting
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had 80 views already lol
He's trying too hard to channel Egoraptor, but it wasn't wince-inducing enough that I stopped watching it.
RepairmanJack
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Yeah, I think someone commented on youtube with a very similar comment.
Best thing to come out of these NDA breakers is I have heard a lot of hate from people going against a Thief in pvp. Sounds like they are going to be fun. Can't wait to get an updated luna tools after tomorrow.
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Queen of Hunting
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considering theres rabbits right behind me i dont think it was the guy to the left lol
Yeah. And we have had developers in the past ask that information be pulled from GAF, most notably the leak of Mass Effect 3's story. That particular thread was completely vaporized by the mods.
This is also up at guru now, I dunno how long is has been up though;
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/ said:
So maybe refrain from posting blatant breaches of the NDA, guys? I'm not trying to backseat moderate, but I'd hate to see people getting banned or this thread getting locked/deleted when we're right on the cusp of having lots of new info from the media event.
Hnnn.... kinda lame!
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Queen of Hunting
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ive edited my post to keep things clean here.
It's not like there's anything earth shattering in that photo anyways, but that's beside the point; if ANet thinks GAF is a source of leaked information (which in this case, it clearly is) they may request the moderators take action or (as they did with the ME3 leak) send a cease and desist. And then this thread goes poof.
And honestly? They're letting people play the game early and asking people not to spread that info around. It just seems dishonest to be breaking the NDA so flippantly. We're not just re-posting leaks from 4chan or whatever, we're actually the source in this case.
Thanks man. I don't mean to be the turd in the punchbowl and ruin everyone's hype, but if the hammer comes down, there won't be a punchbowl at all.
Pinko Marx
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Thanks man. I don't mean to be the turd in the punchbowl and ruin everyone's hype, but if the hammer comes down, there won't be a punchbowl at all.
that reminds me.
one thing that GW2 is missing is a Hand-to-Hand/Monk type class.
Give me different styles I can switch into as my class mechanic. A big focus on close range stuns, combat mobility, and enemy displacement/lock down.
Hand to Hand (gauntlets)
Quarterstaff
scepter/shield
or something like that.
would be so awesome.
Grrr, I miss all those streams.
I watched this latest one for a couple minutes, it was just a guy running around a warrior with some god awful wubwub-esque blasting over it.
Patience is a virtue and the embargo on the latest press event ends sometime tomorrow.
I wouldn't be surprised if we get Claws / Gauntlets / Fists as a weapon type in a later expansion, and I like 'brawler'-type classes. It would certainly fit with a Cantha expansion.
We also mentioned adding Spears/Halberd/Javelins and whips a while ago too. Really, the weapon-centric setup is quite slick from a design standpoint, because ANet can simply add a couple new weapons and suddenly every profession has an entirely new way to play.
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Queen of Hunting
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on the beta forums one of the guys from anet said there wont be another beta event till after april 10th
Yeah, they're working on new techniques to maximize watermark visibility for the next event.
Seriously though, considering it's only 16 days away and those will likely be events everyone can get into, that makes sense. There was a couple weeks between the last Beta event and this one too, so they're probably hard at work.
Mmmm... if the build the players were in was indeed an old build, tomorrow will likely be a nice glimpse at what feedback from the first event yielded.
RepairmanJack
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I figured this, they're probably going to want to fix a lot of stuff before opening it up to everyone.
A big thing I saw a complaint of is that Necro's minions cooldown doesn't start until the minion is dead. Not a big deal, but it apparently still has to go through the cooldown if you die instead of your minions. I think that will have to get fixed. Would suck if you respawn on a minion heavy build then have to wait til you can do anything.
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Queen of Hunting
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from the sounds of how the anet guys are talking i think we have a while before release.
... the pain D:Yet another reddit impresions post: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/rd4zj/i_played_18_hours_of_world_pve_in_the_beta_here/
Sounds more like a bug, probably see that fixed unless there's some kind of balance reason behind it.
I'm hoping we get a date when pre-purchase starts. I think the general consensus of the thread so far has been late may / early june, but sometimes even that seems optimistic.
I'm still going to bet on July, at the latest. I think ANet generally says things that make it seem further off than it is. They went through the whole "beta in 2008" among other beta date hints before and probably don't want to disappoint the community again.
If the game really set for release at the end of the year an April pre-purchase date seems a little far ahead to me.
If the game really set for release at the end of the year an April pre-purchase date seems a little far ahead to me.
RepairmanJack
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I'm hoping. I reallyl can't see the balance issues persisting after a death. It would completely kill a build in structured pvp I think.
I'm still going with late June at the earliest. I am guessing mid July. We need to start a pool.
FutureZombie
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When are beta players allowed to talk about what they played this weekend? Monday?
RepairmanJack
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Only select press can. The people who were invited can never talk about it. Not even after the game releases...
There are two Betas occurring simultaneously; one for regular players and one for the Press again. The regular players are apparently playing an older build of the game than the press is.
The Press embargo ends Monday, but for regular players the NDA apparently extends past launch.
Beta players cannot talk at all about the event. Only press can talk about the event. Even then it's restrictive. Embargo is up until tomorrow.
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Queen of Hunting
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asura or slyvari haven't had there areas tested yet, and they said themselves they still havent got the spawn animations even done for monsters yet,
RepairmanJack
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There is a very long read of a player playing completely PvE for about 18 hours on reddit. About half way through so far, it's a pretty good read. His impression are mostly good so far, but I haven't read it all yet. First person I have seen talk about the AI of the enemies and it sounds pretty nice.
That actually sounds awesome.
That actually sounds awesome.
I'm gonna go lay down. I'm having trouble hearing from my left ear and I'm going to the doctor tomorrow.
But I will say this: you guys are awesome.
i love you too dawg!
Warrior_Keoni
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Seems to me, pay attention to your surroundings, work as a team to bring down enemies, bosses can one-shot you if you're not careful, and much more.
I'm all for that. If someone is standing on a trap when they shouldn't be, shoo! Get out of my way!
I'm all for that. If someone is standing on a trap when they shouldn't be, shoo! Get out of my way!
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Queen of Hunting
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it is fairly cool, you smash an egg sag next to a tree and a spider came down from a tree was quite cool.
ive seen it time and time again near the beginning on the first boss you verse at the start for every starting person, you always see people not looking at their surroundings, dying from a meteor or rock throw from the bosses, even when a massive red circle is down on the ground showing where its gonna hit
Lazy. Get out of bed. You're falling behind me for second place!
This is awesome. From the Manifesto video they have been talking about getting rid of mobs 'standing around in a field waiting to get killed'. It'll be interesting to be wandering through the landscape thinking everything is clear when all sorts of nasty stuff starts dropping from above. Another one of those Dark Souls things... them Slimes, amirite?
Well, just remember what kind of gaming experiences these people are coming from.
theMrCravens
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I'm actually hoping for September+ release.
I really don't want to have both GW2 and Diablo 3 at the same time during summer.
We'll have the BWEs anyway, so it doesn't matter if it comes out even later.
You say that now, but when the BWE's are a month apart...
I'm probably going to go crazy playing this for one weekend, then having to wait a month to play it again.
AzureSkies
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I remember reading on GW2 Guru that there would be specific retailers that would give you a pre-purchase box with a code for pre-ordering the game so that you would be able to pre-purchase a boxed copy.
Does anyone know if any retailers have been announced or if any retailers in Canada are doing it? It doesn't matter if it's online.
Does anyone know if any retailers have been announced or if any retailers in Canada are doing it? It doesn't matter if it's online.
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