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[hyduK]

Needs to hurry up and finish downloading!

 

[Alex]

Oof, looks like Greenman Gaming is having some key problems for some of it's buyers. Apparently buncha random folks didn't get keys, even ones who pre-ordered a month+ ago.

Sadly, I'm one of those people, it ALSO looks like they refunded part of those people and then just left another part up the creek without a paddle and no information or replies, again, I'm included in the latter :lol

Given the age of the pre-order and the slugishness of their support desk, I may simply have to go to Paypal over this. What a screwed up situation. Oh well, ain't usin' this site again.

 

[TheApatheticOne]

Just started my character. Anyone want to roll with me and learn this shit together? Also, who would I need to talk to about joining the GAF guild? I joined the Stormbluff Isle server, but the OT says none of the names had been reserved yet. Sorry if this has been beaten to death. Just got the game on a whim, havent been following this thread at all.

 

[Shambles]

What the fuck is up with this character name bullshit. I thought the point of having an account with a 4 digit number was so we wouldn't have to fight for names. Now i load up the game and find that I have to still find a unique character name that hasn't already been used by the how many million accounts already created? Way to have a great idea and be too stupid to actually implement it. Even my fucking made up backup names are used. Basically you just hit random letters to find an available name and walk around for the rest of the game looking like a retard?

Lol, it doesn't even let you use numbers.

 

[Kingbrave]

I think I got Mumble to work!

 

[Audioboxer]

What the fuck is up with this character name bullshit. I thought the point of having an account with a 4 digit number was so we wouldn't have to fight for names. Now i load up the game and find that I have to still find a unique character name that hasn't already been used by the how many million accounts already created? Way to have a great idea and be too stupid to actually implement it. Even my fucking made up backup names are used. Basically you just hit random letters to find an available name and walk around for the rest of the game looking like a retard?

Lol, it doesn't even let you use numbers.

The key is to use a two word (or more) name. It kind of fits in with the GW style of things anyway, from what I know, in GW1 you had to have two names.

 

[dot]

Just started my character. Anyone want to roll with me and learn this shit together? Also, who would I need to talk to about joining the GAF guild? I joined the Stormbluff Isle server, but the OT says none of the names had been reserved yet. Sorry if this has been beaten to death. Just got the game on a whim, havent been following this thread at all.

Post in this thread to get on the spreadsheet.

http://gafguild.com/index.php?threads/gafguild-sign-up-thread.47/

 

[Goodacre0081]

so i went ahead and registered my boxed copy at https://register.guildwars2.com but it went and changed my ID from Goodacre:5630 to Goodacre:5631

lame, why would it do that?

 

[Shambles]

The key is to use a two word (or more) name. It kind of fits in with the GW style of things anyway, from what I know, in GW1 you had to have two names.

A first name and last name, that could work. Time to pull some random namer generator out to create some barbaric name. Can you change your character name after creation?

 

[Chanser]

The backpack you selected when you made your character? Uncheck the box in the upper right corner of the backpack icon in your equipment screen.

Ah thanks.

 

[kayos90]

So... GW2 sells one million. already. Lolz.

http://www.gamesradar.com/guild-wars-2-sells-one-million-copies/

 

[XeroSauce]

So... GW2 sells one million. already. Lolz.

http://www.gamesradar.com/guild-wars-2-sells-one-million-copies/

"Only accounts for pre-orders"

That's pretty interesting.

 

[markot]

I heard that dev costs had already been recouped by pre purchases >.>? True or no!?

Guess even if they get $40 from each sale (Assuming lots were digital and from their own site too), they would be at $40 million, so I guess its not out of the question.

 

[Kintaro]

Any invites going down? Name is "Darshiro" Yeah, I'm on the list. =x

 

[Noaloha]

Had my first evening with GW2. That was most definitely a game right there. Time flew by.

My Norn fellow, Dee Liminal, ended up being quite the eternally forlorn looking chap.

I also have a pet raven. I'm happy.

 

[Dead Prince]

BlazingDarkness and I. i'm on the right.

 

[TheExodu5]

Had my first evening with GW2. That was most definitely a game right there. Time flew by.

My Norn fellow, Dee Liminal, ended up being quite the eternally forlorn looking chap.

I also have a pet raven. I'm happy.

There's a bit of Liam Neeson in that face. D:

I heard that dev costs had already been recouped by pre purchases >.>? True or no!?

Guess even if they get $40 from each sale (Assuming lots were digital and from their own site too), they would be at $40 million, so I guess its not out of the question.

I'd be surprised if the devs costs were already recouped. I have an inkling this game cost a lot more than $40 million to make. It had a pretty lengthy development cycle.

 

[Card Boy]

My thoughts no one else gives a crap about

* Can't make older people especially on the Human side
* Overflow and Normal servers have opposite a different day cycles, sometimes i stay in Overflow just to avoid going to the night
* Guild Register always says something about having the best wares, even though he doesn't sell wares.
* Can't craft out of the bank. Monster Hunter Tri lets you do this. I don't like manually taking out materials. It's tedious and since it's not P2P you would think Anet would want less people on their servers wasting time and chewing up bandwidth.
* Needs afew traditional GW1 style quests. Heart and Public quests are boring as fuck.
* Don't like other players zerg rushing every quest in the game outside instances.
* Needs a TCG, if Anet where smart they can sell booster packs.

Also does the game have Polymock, if so where and if not why not?

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Not to beat a dead horse with the guild invites, but, are you guys going through the current roster on the spreadsheet, then adding the people who have signed up since last night on forums? Or are you adding the new people on the forum thread as they post?

 

[Trey]

This doesn't seem right.

If I log into guildwars.com it says I do not have acces to the game. I most surely do. I can play it right now. I have the retail code sitting in front of me and I have to go through the registration again in order to apply it to my account, which doesn't seem right.

 

[KePoW]

What the fuck is up with this character name bullshit. I thought the point of having an account with a 4 digit number was so we wouldn't have to fight for names. Now i load up the game and find that I have to still find a unique character name that hasn't already been used by the how many million accounts already created? Way to have a great idea and be too stupid to actually implement it. Even my fucking made up backup names are used. Basically you just hit random letters to find an available name and walk around for the rest of the game looking like a retard?

Lol, it doesn't even let you use numbers.

You can use spaces and multiple words.

 

[iSurvivedTheOutage]

Needs to hurry up and finish downloading!

Ditto bro...I'm guessing ~7 more hours on my end.

 

[skittz0r]

My thoughts no one else gives a crap about

* Can't make older people especially on the Human side
* Overflow and Normal servers have opposite a different day cycles, sometimes i stay in Overflow just to avoid going to the night
* Guild Register always says something about having the best wares, even though he doesn't sell wares.
* Can't craft out of the bank. Monster Hunter Tri lets you do this. I don't like manually taking out materials. It's tedious and since it's not P2P you would think Anet would want less people on their servers wasting time and chewing up bandwidth.
* Needs afew traditional GW1 style quests. Heart and Public quests are boring as fuck.
* Don't like other players zerg rushing every quest in the game outside instances.
* Needs a TCG, if Anet where smart they can sell booster packs.

Also does the game have Polymock, if so where and if not why not?

I can address your first point. In an AMA on reddit they explained that they want the humans to be young and attractive and stereotypical in a 'heroic' appearance.

 

[Ken]

I must be the only one having trouble finding events to level off of. ;_;

 

[Spehornoob]

I'm starting to think Liam Neeson is the sire of the entire Norn race.

Liam Neeson = Norn Abraham.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

What the fuck is up with this character name bullshit. I thought the point of having an account with a 4 digit number was so we wouldn't have to fight for names. Now i load up the game and find that I have to still find a unique character name that hasn't already been used by the how many million accounts already created? Way to have a great idea and be too stupid to actually implement it. Even my fucking made up backup names are used. Basically you just hit random letters to find an available name and walk around for the rest of the game looking like a retard?

Lol, it doesn't even let you use numbers.

I am really surprised that people are angry over this.

can't you just be a little bit creative and make a good name?

if john doe is taken, then try joe doan, joey smokey, doe oe moe or even joejoe john moe.

see. i just made a list of awesome names for you. you welcome.

 

[tylerf]

I'm probably late on this, but the underwater areas in the game are awesome.

 

[Macattk15]

So are the dungeons supposed to be mind numbingly hard?

Got through the level 30 Ascalon after many party wipes .... but the 35 version is just WTF.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

I'm probably late on this, but the underwater areas in the game are awesome.

They are. Fighting underwater I cannot stand though.

 

[Card Boy]

I am really surprised that people are angry over this.

can't you just be a little bit creative and make a good name?

if john doe is taken, then try joe doan, joey smokey, doe oe moe or even joejoe john moe.

see. i just made a list of awesome names for you. you welcome.

Your missing the point. That 4 digit number allowed us to name our account names to whatever we wanted, why not apply the same logic to characters? Even that turd Diablo 3 allowed us to have own names.

 

[Hawkian]

http://gafguild.com/index.php?threa...ided-newbie-tour-at-9-00pm-est.151/#post-3470

I'll be leading a guided tour of WvW in roughly a half hour. It's geared toward people who have never played or know very little about it (might be boring for veterans).

Also my pets are acting up so if I scream nonsensical gibberish I'm just trying to discipline them.

 

[Goodacre0081]

http://gafguild.com/index.php?threa...ided-newbie-tour-at-9-00pm-est.151/#post-3470

I'll be leading a guided tour of WvW in roughly a half hour. It's geared toward people who have never played or know very little about it (might be boring for veterans).

Also my pets are acting up so if I scream nonsensical gibberish I'm just trying to discipline them.

i would but my WvWvW queue has three "unknown borderlands" tabs. not sure what is going on

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

This may be a stupid question, but how do you apply dyes to your armor? I've found some random dyes but I can't figure out how to put them on...

 

[Ferny]

Not to beat a dead horse with the guild invites, but, are you guys going through the current roster on the spreadsheet, then adding the people who have signed up since last night on forums? Or are you adding the new people on the forum thread as they post?

At this point we are very far behind with invites. We never did go thru that list and add people that way we mostly just waited for people to send us whispers in game and then check them off. Once invites are good we will send invites with the list and then open it up quickly after.

 

[inky]

This may be a stupid question, but how do you apply dyes to your armor? I've found some random dyes but I can't figure out how to put them on...

Open your Hero Panel, at the top you should see a dropper icon (over your helm slot) click it and there you should see all of your dyes. Pick a color then an armor slot to apply it to.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Open your Hero Panel, at the top you should see a dropper icon (over your helm slot) click it and there you should see all of your dyes.

allright, thanks!

 

[EvilMario]

My thoughts no one else gives a crap about

* Can't make older people especially on the Human side
* Overflow and Normal servers have opposite a different day cycles, sometimes i stay in Overflow just to avoid going to the night
* Guild Register always says something about having the best wares, even though he doesn't sell wares.
* Can't craft out of the bank. Monster Hunter Tri lets you do this. I don't like manually taking out materials. It's tedious and since it's not P2P you would think Anet would want less people on their servers wasting time and chewing up bandwidth.
* Needs afew traditional GW1 style quests. Heart and Public quests are boring as fuck.
* Don't like other players zerg rushing every quest in the game outside instances.
* Needs a TCG, if Anet where smart they can sell booster packs.

Also does the game have Polymock, if so where and if not why not?

* Overflow servers can be the stuff of nightmares, trying to meet up with people.

 

[Absinthe]

Played a few hours on my laptop this week with KB/M. Wow, I am so glad I use a controller! The KB/M is much less comfortable, more difficult to perform actions/dodging, and makes the combat harder to manage. The gameplay is much more fluid and action oriented when using a controller IMO.

 

[nicoga3000]

I keep getting "server connection failed" via Mumble. Anyone know what gives?

 

[XEROWUN]

is there a way to turn off the overflow messages every time i enter an area? i've reached a point where i don't care if i play on overflow, but the constant pop ups are driving me INSANE. why does every area i enter is a whole new home/overflow situation? when i'm finally up to head towards the home version, i'm in a middle of a dynamic event.

 

[thetrin]

Played a few hours on my laptop this week with KB/M. Wow, I am so glad I use a controller! The KB/M is much less comfortable, more difficult to perform actions/dodging, and makes the combat harder to manage. The gameplay is much more fluid and action oriented when using a controller IMO.

I have no problem moving and hitting all my abilities at the same time, but you do have to remap it.

I have 12345, then heal on Q, elite on E, and the rest on ZXC. Believe me. It's just as action oriented on a keyboard and mouse, and I can whip the camera around faster.

People playing with KBM will have a huge advantage on you in PvP.

They are. Fighting underwater I cannot stand though.

Might be a class thing. I love fighting underwater. In fact, I wish there were more underwater fights.

 

[VindictiveGnome]

Played a few hours on my laptop this week with KB/M. Wow, I am so glad I use a controller! The KB/M is much less comfortable, more difficult to perform actions/dodging, and makes the combat harder to manage. The gameplay is much more fluid and action oriented when using a controller IMO.

Is it just plug-n-play with a Xbox360 controller? i'd like to try it, but I'll never deviate from the kb/m.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

At this point we are very far behind with invites. We never did go thru that list and add people that way we mostly just waited for people to send us whispers in game and then check them off. Once invites are good we will send invites with the list and then open it up quickly after.

I said this earlier, but I'm still confused about this. The roster list is at 401, and there are well over a 100 people who posted in the signup thread since you opened it up again last night, so aren't we well past our 500 member limit?

EDIT: I've also not whispered two different officers in game and gotten no response.

 

[thetrin]

Is it just plug-n-play with a Xbox360 controller? i'd like to try it, but I'll never deviate from the kb/m.

No, you have to use some 3rd party software.

I said this earlier, but I'm still confused about this. The roster list is at 401, and there are well over a 100 people who posted in the signup thread since you opened it up again last night, so aren't we well past our 500 member limit?

The actual guild is only at 260 or something right now. He's talking about people who would have fallen under the 500 limit.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

The actual guild is only at 260 or something right now. He's talking about people who would have fallen under the 500 limit.

Yeah, so that's my question. Does the roster and posting in that sign up thread not guarantee you a spot? 'Cause if they do, we're past full.

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

Radeon 7770 arrived today! Gonna install it when I get home and crank up the details.

 

[KePoW]

Stupid question, but where do you join the SPVP?

 

[Absinthe]

Is it just plug-n-play with a Xbox360 controller? i'd like to try it, but I'll never deviate from the kb/m.

Like theTrin said you have to use 3rd party software (xpadder), but Weltallzero has a good walkthrough on his site. It's become almost plug and play now, with some very slight setup. Look for the controller GAF post on gafguild.com and I linked his page in the OP of that post.

Edit: found the link - http://gafguild.com/index.php?threads/controller-gaf-configs.52/

 

[Vano]

Stupid question, but where do you join the SPVP?

Press H, last tab (the swords), join the Heart of the Mists, there is a PvP browser there.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Yeah, so that's my question. Does the roster and posting in that sign up thread not guarantee you a spot? 'Cause if they do, we're past full.

I'm still confused a little myself, but I guess if they'd get invites working properly, we'd have a better idea.