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Guild Wars 2 Press Beta [Prepurchase Is Live]

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kayos90 said:
Ugh, I can't find the host. Are we using the GAF mumble? if so I already have the info. Secondly, what time are we doing this? I'm in Texas if that helps.
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Nah, it's a private Mumble server, PM Arken2121 for the info. I think we mentioned noon eastern time tomorrow, so 11 Central.
 
kayos90 said:
Anyway, I'm looking forward to tomorrow since I don't know how many press beta people are willing to discuss on GAF.
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Press wise, I think you're the only one. A shame that it needs to be so tight lipped.

Edit: Should catch up on the entire thread before replying, Retro took the words right out of my mouth.
 
SDBurton said:
Press wise, I think you're the only one. A shame that it needs to be so tight lipped.

Edit: Should catch up on the entire thread before replying, Retro took the words right out of my mouth.
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Omg... done writing it. Now I have to edit then have my editors edit. My goodness. It's like reproducing bunnies. The more I wrote other ideas popped into my head that I had forgotten.
 
kayos90 said:
Omg... done writing it. Now I have to edit then have my editors edit. My goodness. It's like reproducing bunnies. The more I wrote other ideas popped into my head that I had forgotten.
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Can't wait to read it. It's always more appropriate to hear it from all angles.
 
Ok, I want to get to 10 in the HOM, I'm at 4 right now. If I finish EON I should get three?

GAF, what are the easiest ways i can get more?
 
So apparently the beta is done and over with. Look forward to our LIVE podcast streaming from USTREAM tv tomorrow around 12 PM EST!

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We will have

Host: Maxrpg (ashodin)
Staff: (in alphabetical order)

Arken
Brett
Grizz
Jira
Max
Retro

All speaking on their thoughts on the GW2 recent beta and possibly a special guest appearance by kayos90, writer for RPG Site!

Stay tuned, fellow Tyrians....
 
Maxrpg said:
So apparently the beta is done and over with. Look forward to our LIVE podcast streaming from USTREAM tv tomorrow around 12 PM EST!

We will have

Host: Maxrpg (ashodin)
Staff: (in alphabetical order)

Arken
Brett
Grizz
Jira
Max
Retro

All speaking on their thoughts on the GW2 recent beta and possibly a special guest appearance by kayos90, writer for RPG Site!

Stay tuned, fellow Tyrians....
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I will find out once I wake up! Hopefully it'll be approved and I'll join in on yall's interesting conversation.
 
I will officially be on the podcast as well as answering your questions and throughout the week on the thread! Get psyched people!
 
Can't wait for the details! Sounds like the last couple hours of the Beta Anet had a ton of random dynamic events triggering, sounds like it was pretty cool.
 
Lumination said:
Yeah, the most time-consuming things are definitely the titles. It's pretty ridiculous that 5 max titles translates to 1 measly HoM point. Just the idea that getting Legendary Cart is only 4/5 of a HoM point is mind-boggling.


Unfortunately, it would be pretty difficult without the other two campaigns. You could get 3 or 4 minipet points, depending on how much "barely played" is. You could get 3 companion points pretty easily. You'd get 3 honor points just by default. Armor would be difficult for you. Not only can it be quite pricey, but the armor sets that give extra points are crafted in the other campaigns. (Obby is probably out of your reach.) Finally, you can get like 2 Oppressor weapons by doing War in Kryta, but it can be time consuming. The other weapons are likely to be out of your reach, money-wise.

Here is the calculator.
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Thank you. I already checked the calculator, but the listed requirements don't really ring a bell with me. I only played a single character up to level 16 or so when Prophecies launched. So it is pretty much impossible to judge the difficulty of any requirements by myself.

What about playing all 3 campaigns? That way I would actually experience the whole story. Would it be feasible to achieve 30/50 just by playing the three campaigns and some solo farming and trading?


Complistic said:
Pretty damn hard, but it wouldn't be at all hard to just get like 5 points or something and that'll give you all the armor.
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Oh, I am not trying to get a specific item from the list. They will probably only be used as skins for transmutation anyway and it is pretty hard to judge their looks just from the icons.

I am just a completionist with some spare time until the new semester starts and figured I may be able to get 30/50 while getting a grip of the world and the story before Guild Wars 2 launches.


Very much looking forward to footage of the new press event. I just hope there is some new stuff and/or some better players this time around (not going to happen).
 
Dinosaur Tamer said:
What about playing all 3 campaigns? That way I would actually experience the whole story. Would it be feasible to achieve 30/50 just by playing the three campaigns and some solo farming and trading?
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If you finish the 3 campaigns, that's already 3 titles for you on the Honor track.

The Eternal Hero of X (Cantha, Elona, Tyria) titles are awarded for just completing a certain campaign. Do note that there isn't a title for completing Eye of the North.

If you manage to finish all missions with bonus objectives or masters reward, you additionally get the appropriate Eternal Protector of X from that campaign. Again, there isn't one for the EotN campaign.

So, if you finish all three campaigns and finish two campaigns with bonus objectives, you'll have 5 points from that, since you have 5 statues in Honor monument.

As for what campaigns to finish with Protector titles, that's up to you. Factions is probably the easiest and shortest, Prophecies is a lot of work but it's not too difficult. Nightfall is in the between of those.
 
I'm sorry to say this, but I think someone is going to have to run the podcast without me - my illness has progressed into dangerous territory - I woke up last night with my tonsil and my left inside of my mouth swollen. It's hard to speak and breathe, let alone even drink or eat.

I'm scheduled for a doctor's appointment at 11:15 AM, which is the earliest they can see me on such short notice for a "free" clinic. I don't have insurance, and everyone else around me is avoiding the emergency room, as me and my family are too poor to pay the doctor's bill there.

This is the worst feeling in the world. It feels like the back of my throat is closing in on itself, and my left ear no doubt being pushed on by the inflammation, is muffled beyond belief.

I leave it to you, Retro or Arken, to host the ustream and do the podcast, or rather wait until later today to see if I am better after antibiotics (which I am sure to get prescribed). I am most certainly not going to work today either as I am way too unfit for even talking to anyone until I get this under control.

Once again, I apologize.
 
 
Maxrpg said:
I'm sorry to say this, but I think someone is going to have to run the podcast without me - my illness has progressed into dangerous territory - I woke up last night with my tonsil and my left inside of my mouth swollen. It's hard to speak and breathe, let alone even drink or eat.

I'm scheduled for a doctor's appointment at 11:15 AM, which is the earliest they can see me on such short notice for a "free" clinic. I don't have insurance, and everyone else around me is avoiding the emergency room, as me and my family are too poor to pay the doctor's bill there.

This is the worst feeling in the world. It feels like the back of my throat is closing in on itself, and my left ear no doubt being pushed on by the inflammation, is muffled beyond belief.

I leave it to you, Retro or Arken, to host the ustream and do the podcast, or rather wait until later today to see if I am better after antibiotics (which I am sure to get prescribed). I am most certainly not going to work today either as I am way too unfit for even talking to anyone until I get this under control.

Once again, I apologize.
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Not to go completely off topic, but what you just described is what my wife went through recently (about 3 weeks ago). It sounds like an abscess of your tonsil. what they did for my wife was give her morphine shot for pain, then an IV drip of superstrong antibiotics and then sent her home with antibiotics.

If that didn't work (which it did) they were doing to have to go in and drain it which is dangerous (it's close to a major vein) and painful. Hopefully, the antibiotics works for you.

Good luck.
 
speedpop said:
He also threw up a Thief and Dynamic Events video just now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-9VEvAmFg
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Oh man, so much stuff to read and see >_<!

Found this mini game which i found really cool in a Spanish article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJUFdv7QE8

Shadow behemot boss:
http://vid.buffed.de/hdvideo/7533/Guild-Wars-2-Der-MegaBoss-SchattenBehemoth

Oh, it seems that Mesmer have changed a bit too.

[&#8211;]SageOfTheWise 1 point 12 minutes ago
Mesmer sword has a new skill 2 and leap/illusionary leap is now one skill. Now I really want to know the other mesmer changes.
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Maxrpg said:
I'm sorry to say this, but I think someone is going to have to run the podcast without me - my illness has progressed into dangerous territory - I woke up last night with my tonsil and my left inside of my mouth swollen. It's hard to speak and breathe, let alone even drink or eat.
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Dude, that sucks. Definitely focus on your health first, games after. We'll manage without you and if you're home from the clinic, you can at least sit in and type in chat; we'll read anything you want to contribute.

Vano said:
We can now change the eye color!
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oh. wow. what a surprise, Guru was flipping out about this and it turned out to be in the game after all. I don't think I'll ever recover from this shock. dear me.

Vano said:
Oh, it seems that Mesmer have changed a bit too.
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Very nice, getting two skills merged into one means more variety. As they were the last profession introduced, I expect them to change the most just because they didn't have as much time to really sink in. Memser love is always good.

Ricker said:
''Is it the MMO second coming some are hoping for, or a World of Warcraft-like genre-changer? Nah. Will I be pre-ordering, playing on day one, and probably long after that? Yep. And hopefully that new graphics card gets here in plenty of time for launch!''
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People expecting the second coming were going to be disappointed no matter what. We've known all along though that it's going to be an awesome game with a lot of new, interesting ways of changing up a genre that has slipped into a rut. It's a revolution in the evolution of MMOs, not an entirely new species but a substantial leap forward.

Vano said:
First time for me seeing how you create and join/leave guilds but wow, Its super easy and fast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmz2Z7Mw_-s
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Damn, that is fast. Surprised you can create a guild from anywhere in the world, but really nice and convenience that you can.
 
Retro said:
Dude, that sucks. Definitely focus on your health first, games after. We'll manage without you and if you're home from the clinic, you can at least sit in and type in chat; we'll read anything you want to contribute.



oh. wow. what a surprise, Guru was flipping out about this and it turned out to be in the game after all. I don't think I'll ever recover from this shock. dear me.



Very nice, getting two skills merged into one means more variety. As they were the last profession introduced, I expect them to change the most just because they didn't have as much time to really sink in. Memser love is always good.



People expecting the second coming were going to be disappointed no matter what. We've known all along though that it's going to be an awesome game with a lot of new, interesting ways of changing up a genre that has slipped into a rut. It's a revolution in the evolution of MMOs, not an entirely new species but a substantial leap forward.



Damn, that is fast. Surprised you can create a guild from anywhere in the world, but really nice and convenience that you can.
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That specific guild in the video is a press guild. It wasn't created by the player rather it was an ANet employee that had to manually add the people in the press beta. Just so you know.
 
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