I didn't use Mumble at all the prior two BWEs. I am from this BWE and forward, at least when I'm doing WvW... So long as you communicate well through the chat, it shouldn't be a huge issue. Do what you feel comfortable with.
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I didn't use Mumble at all the prior two BWEs. I am from this BWE and forward, at least when I'm doing WvW... So long as you communicate well through the chat, it shouldn't be a huge issue. Do what you feel comfortable with.
Snapshot King
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Don't see why not. I dont use voice chat a good 90% of mmo game time. Other time i have the tv or music going.
Join upand place your game ID on the community guild page!
Where is said community page? And which ID? My email?
Community Page.
Your Game ID is something you were assigned when you registered with ANET. Should be your login name followed by a (.) and 4 random numbers.
Snapshot King
Member
Huh...how do I get that now that the launcher is being so finnicky?
You should get it through their website, not the launcher.
That's not longer an issue, they fixed it earlier.
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but what a sweet story:
http://wildboarinn.net/2012/07/18/my-gw2-home-sanctum-of-rall/
http://wildboarinn.net/2012/07/18/my-gw2-home-sanctum-of-rall/
Big list of communities and the servers they're on for BWE3.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3QpOmEhLOzjhyxrI5Ulf8rDz_INGgvyqHECiA2yXks/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3QpOmEhLOzjhyxrI5Ulf8rDz_INGgvyqHECiA2yXks/edit
seems like sactum of rall is the chill server, might be a nice place to build a community
Did we change back to HoD, or did no one update that?
Just fixed it myself.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Whoa, it's sweet to see Google Docs with tons of people editing.
That's trippy.
01DragonFly
Member
lol some one changed all the document , now is a Christmas carrot by Charles D. (well thats what I get when clicking the link)
Just a reminder for the new page:
Now to sort through all of your overnight shenanigans.
"I think that I shall never see
a poem lovely as SWEAR TO ME!"
We have literally never done this.
Nah, Mumble is just there for people who want to use it. You're not required to use it. If you want to open it and just not talk, and just use it to listen to everyone else, you can do that too.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I always enjoyed hanging out in Vent / Teamspeak when playing MMOs. It's much more personable hearing people's voices, and it tends to be faster than typing, especially in combat.
Somebody changed it back, it says we're on Henge again. Not that it makes a difference.
Now to sort through all of your overnight shenanigans.
"I think that I shall never see
a poem lovely as SWEAR TO ME!"
We have literally never done this.
Nah, Mumble is just there for people who want to use it. You're not required to use it. If you want to open it and just not talk, and just use it to listen to everyone else, you can do that too.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I always enjoyed hanging out in Vent / Teamspeak when playing MMOs. It's much more personable hearing people's voices, and it tends to be faster than typing, especially in combat.
Somebody changed it back, it says we're on Henge again. Not that it makes a difference.
I always love when I see a party member post in the game: Lojk ojtkdsafj
....
and then decipher after the fact that he simply spazzed out while trying to warn me that an enemy was coming up behind me.
Or somebody hits Enter to chat, then an enemy comes up on them and you get "w 4ddssssdaddddddawwd24wdawda1".
D
Deleted member 10571
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Had a guy once that would use my preferred 'inc' to mean 'incoming' but he would add a letter to the end each time. Finally I asked him what the letter meant and he said, "That's the rough direction they're coming from. 'N' means 'North,' and so on..."
Because of that damn guy, I started learning the cardinal directions of every map, even in games where there was no compass or anything.
And it's proven useful in a number of games, even single-player ones.
Holy shit. Replaces Ca'ial Brael as the prettiest tree-village I've ever seen. My wife is a huge fan of cities like Kelethin and Darnassus, this is gonna blow her mind.
That's actually not a bad system. I usually just shout "Adds". In something like WoW it was as simple as "Ahead" or "Behind" since, you know, most of the dungeons were just hallways. In other games it was usually to whatever direction relevant to where we were heading.
I'll have to give it a try. Based on what we've seen so far, GW2 Dungeons are going to be pretty complex.
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Kos Luftar
Member
For the meet and greet tomorrow are we also meeting somewhere ingame?
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Argh, stop confusing me as to whether to roll a Charr or Silvari first.
I can already tell I'm going to be putting people on ignore for "Let's make like a tree" jokes.
Nice, shout outs to Ca'ial Brael and Kelethin in this thread!
Anyway, I'd really like to check out the Mumble meet up tonight so I'll figure out the time differences now. I'm not sure if I'll be joining the Gaf guild or getting one set up with a certain other community here (any ideas on that bufbaf?) but I definitely want to guest with you guys if I can.
"We rip each day from life's teeth."
-Rytlock Brimstone (Steve Blum!)
I know for sure what I am rolling.
The meet and greet is actually tonight (Thursday), and a good 18 hours before the Beta starts. Though it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a separate meet up in game at some point.
We were gonna do it in Mumble before the game actually went live. I just figured we could all get into Mumble and shoot the shit while waiting. If people want to organize a little and then work together in the game, that's fantastic.
I just feel bad we have this Mumble server and nobody uses it.
I'm rooting for Team Pun on this one, Leaf them alone, oak-ay?
That's how GAFGuild rolls; old school and obscure nearly-dead MMOs.
Nah, the last line in my little update mentions meeting up again just before the servers go live. See above.
Hmm, I canceled my pre-order with Amazon and pre-orded the digital version. I now cannot login to the launcher with my new account, it gives me an error about an invalid email address. My login info for my other pre-order doesn't receive this error.
Best I can find is this; http://support.guildwars2.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8987/~/username,-email,-&-password-faq
Probably not much help, sorry. Try tweeting to them? They're usually quick with answers on there.
Kos Luftar
Member
Ohh I see. I'll try to make it but might be busy tonight. I'll be using Mumble during the beta for sure though.
Can't wait to laugh at all your accents, especially the Americans from the southern states. (this wont get you kicked out of the guild right?)
Probably not unless you start getting mean about it.
Feel free to taunt the Southerners about losing the Civil War though, that's always good for a laugh all around.
flyinpiranha
Member
I'm going to have my girlfriend introduce herself as me on mumble and get hella gems come launch at the meet and greet.
Hope I can make it. I usually will be on vent moreso than pay attention to chat, just habit and makes playing and asking tough questions (about classes and races) so much easier for me.
A lot of my time in WoW was spent on vent with the guild tab not even showing honestly.
Hope I can make it. I usually will be on vent moreso than pay attention to chat, just habit and makes playing and asking tough questions (about classes and races) so much easier for me.
A lot of my time in WoW was spent on vent with the guild tab not even showing honestly.
RepairmanJack
Member
Just saw there was a meet and greet tonight. Won't be able to make it. 
Going to a dark knight marathon! But I can't wait for the beta tomorrow, got two keys for friends to try to get them to try the game.
Going to a dark knight marathon! But I can't wait for the beta tomorrow, got two keys for friends to try to get them to try the game.Kos Luftar
Member
GF or just you making a girly voice?
My GF did that while I was playing online Uncharted and she got offended because everyone was just calling her a little boy.
Retro, I will not be mean about it. I'm sure everyone will just make "eh" jokes to me, even though I never end a sentence with "eh".
It's sad how that actually works.
Yep, Mumble is definitely easier in the heat of the moment. Plus, as corny as this sounds, it actually makes people friendlier. Same thing as Real Pic avatars; you associate the avatar with a person instead of just a name and icon. That'll go a long way towards increasing the life of the guild too.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Has there been any news on optimization for this BWE?
I was going to wait till release but I don't mind playing it again if it's playable now.
I was going to wait till release but I don't mind playing it again if it's playable now.
flyinpiranha
Member
Ha!
Agree 100%. I think it's a better way to make a guild last, hell, I still keep in contact with guildies that I played WoW with and haven't touched that game in over a year. Trying to get them to play GW2!
I didn't think you'd actually be mean about it.
My only concern with accents is feeling bad asking people to repeat themselves or type what they're saying. I played with a guy in WoW who was Ukrainian and I always felt bad because his accent was just all over the place. Sometimes I swear he was speaking Ukrainian English with an Irish accent just to mess with me. Great guy though.
Jira commented about getting improved FPS on his laptop, so chances are good there's been more optimization. I doubt they'd be flooding the internet with beta invites (I heard 100k at one point) if they thought the game was going to run like crap. At least, I hope so.
Yep, I still talk to guys I played WoW with and follow some of them on Facebook. My wife is the same way, going back to EQ. Dunno if we're just inclined towards the social aspect of the game or what.
aramanKain
Member
Just wow. I knew Sylvari would be the race for me going into this, but I had no idea just how much the race, their environment, the music and the art would speak to me. Simply beautiful.
I received a response from a GM:
Bunch of liars, my other account doesn't receive an error message.
You should receive an error because there's no Beta running though, that's probably what they mean. Might want to say that it's username-related again, you probably just got a generic "I can't log in" response.
Spehornoob
Member
Hey guys!
Though I am very excited for Guild Wars 2, I haven't been in the threads too much recently, due to the fact that I don't have the game prepurchased and it's kind of torture.
But, my curiosity has gotten the better of me. So I have a few very general questions for those who have been in the BWEs. How well is the game generally living up to the hype? Is WvW as good as I've heard? Do the dynamic events work as intended?
(I'd be right there with you if I could afford it right now.)
Though I am very excited for Guild Wars 2, I haven't been in the threads too much recently, due to the fact that I don't have the game prepurchased and it's kind of torture.
But, my curiosity has gotten the better of me. So I have a few very general questions for those who have been in the BWEs. How well is the game generally living up to the hype? Is WvW as good as I've heard? Do the dynamic events work as intended?
(I'd be right there with you if I could afford it right now.)
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Game lives up to the hype. A few optimization issues and bugs, but it's a real Beta, not one of those "play the game early" Betas that most MMOs have. Gameplay wise, everything is great, and expected to improve in the next BWE (every class has gotten a once-over).
WvW is great, and there was a lot less Zerging going on than originally anticipated (and we've seen videos of how the zerg mentality can backfire too). Some frame rate issues when you get a ton of people, like taking down a keep or something, but that's optimization stuff and they're working on it.
Dynamic Events work as intended, but people are too stuck in the old MMO mentality to stick around and see them chain into each other or even see the outcome of their hard work. If you do get a chance to play, remember to stick around for a minute or two and see what the NPCs do.
Otherwise DEs are a blast, especially when they chain together.
There are Beta Keys floating all over the interwebs, follow @GuildWars2 on twitter, they usually post about the big ones. Might be a few GAFers with keys they aren't using too (Dusky just mentioned one, PM him)