They have posted something about error 9 -
https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2/posts/465518523482391

simana:
Error code 9, Digital Deluxe edition purchased in April from https://buy.guildwars2.com/en/

They have put something up about that now
https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2/posts/465518523482391
Support ticket sent right after headstart launch. Still no reply 60hrs later. No acknowledgment in FB or Twitter of players who legitimately purchased receiving error 9. Still unable to login. Goodbye headstart….

James Pinnell:
To be fair, the original GW was only really appealing to a very tight group of players due to its *heavily* instanced content and the lack of appeal to people who enjoy playing in larger groups.

As a result, they have opened up more of the world to create a community feel, which I think is for the better. I really didn’t enjoy the original GW but I’ve been having a ball with GW2 – although I still don’t like the cutscenes.

Oh yeah, all that was expected to change though and it has definitely changed for the better. But I think a lot of us were hoping it would retain at least some of the combat style from the original game particularly with skill builds and the like. But they’ve pretty much streamlines the classes and leave very little room for build customisation. 1 healing spell, no mana or mana management skills required and only a very select few skill slots where you can actually change the skill within.

I think we won’t even see 1/10th of the amount of class builds that we saw in guild wars. We will most likely see a single ‘top build’ for each class weapon type and that’s about it. Once you get bored of those pre-build skill selections you won’t be able to mix and match to change things up. At least, nowhere near the degree you could in the original game which is one of the main things that kept it interesting over the long term for me.

The only downside I see with the gameplay itself is that it feels like there is a large lack of direction. It just puts you in an area, shows a bunch of points of interest across the region and lets you loose. It’s a lot more orientated toward exploring and doing random quests as opposed to making you feel like you are on an adventure and just helping a few people you happen to come across along the way.

Rather than a storyline leading you to a location and finding side quests along your travel, it’s just you looking at stuff on the map to see where the most appropriate level content is and going there looking for a events/quests that have nothing to do with your storyline or primary goal.

Support ticket sent right after headstart launch. Still no reply 60hrs later. No acknowledgment in FB or Twitter of players who legitimately purchased receiving error 9. Still unable to login. Goodbye headstart….

djvu: The other Aus server is Isle of Janthir.

lol ah i’m there atm and was wondering why there was so much recruitment for oceanic guilds, i just chose randomly :D

shlaimon:
I was told by a friend that the Unofficial oceanic server is sea of sorrows, anyone else heard of this?

The other Aus server is Isle of Janthir.

As a result, they have opened up more of the world to create a community feel, which I think is for the better. I really didn’t enjoy the original GW but I’ve been having a ball with GW2 – although I still don’t like the cutscenes.

There is some quite substantial bugs though which has rendered guilds and the trading post offline until they fix them.

Overall I think it’s been a decent mmo launch and those that didn’t get the head start are likely to not experience any of these issues.

Yeah, I’m there. Fair few Aussies there as far as I can see.. But I’ve only sunk about 8 hrs over the weekend – so its early days yet.

hadokenx:
wyld,

If you think the changes to Diablo 3 were a “mistake” and ruined the game, this is comparable. Sure, GW2 looks good, but the gameplay is so different, it’s not GW anymore. It’s a completely different type of game with the GW name stamped on it.

The majority of people here will completely disagree with what I’ve said, but it’s true. You may “like” the new GW, but it’s not GW.

I was thinking the same thing from my play so far. Even the mesmer is nothing like the original mesmer skill-wise apart from confusion (which completely sucks in comparison to the old skill versions), and spreading enemy conditions around, which unfortunately sort of ruins the whole point of having the mesmer class back in it at all for me being that spreading conditions around wasn’t remotely near my favourite mesmer playstyles.

My favourite skills on the new mesmer make her seem like just another minion master type character.

Loving it so far :)

eddy9007:
Plagued really isn’t the right word. It had massive lag for about an hour and a half, then was down for 3 hours.

That isn’t plagued at all. Four and a half hours of problem in an mmo launch? That is AMAZING.

Trading post is still down… so more than 24 hours of problems now.

Im still amazed they didnt provide a AU hosted server at launch

That isn’t plagued at all. Four and a half hours of problem in an mmo launch? That is AMAZING.

Hopefully they make trial accounts available soon.