Guild Wars 2 Release Date Announced

[Bronze_D]

Indeed...

[Anon. E. Moose]

Not really hype if you've experienced the game first-hand for months.

You mean like The Old Republic?

[Marius]

I don't see the connection.

A lot of stuff from The Old Republic was blocked off in beta. The GW2 beta has gone past level 40 (out of 80), and has let players experience general pve, crafting, dungeons, structured pvp at max level cap, world pvp, and the game's version of raiding.

That's a lot better than playing from 1-15 like in the SWTOR betas... GW2 has shown us half the leveling content so far as well as the end game. And it's enough for me to feel satisfied with my $60 purchase. SWTOR was again about a $100+ purchase due to it having a monthly sub.

[Mythor]

Not really hype if you've experienced the game first-hand for months.

Not everyone talking it up has experienced it first-hand for months.

... and not everyone who's experienced it first-hand for months thinks it won't disappoint people.

I'd imagine there'll be some kind of trial or demo or friend pass available at some point but asking about it two months out from launch is stupid, especially when there's no subscription fee involved and they'd reeeeeeally like to sell a lot of copies.

That's a lot better than playing from 1-15 like in the SWTOR betas

That was just the public betas. SWTOR content past that was beta tested extensively. That's part of what took so long.

[Marius]

Well, I was saying I had experienced it first hand for months, and wasn't going to be disappointed. I'm not going to turn and be suddenly disappointed.

Bearing in mind of course that GW2 only set me back $60, and has no ongoing costs (apart from me wanting to buy some dye packs). A big part of the reason I got disappointed in SWTOR was the huge cost. It set me back easily more than $120 for the limited play time I had.

For $120 I expected a lot, lot more, and honestly felt like I was subsidizing the voice acting budget for storylines I had no interest in playing.

These days MMOs really have to work hard to justify their high cost, and I found that SWTOR didn't for me. But with GW2 I don't really care how it turns out past my experience so far, because what I've played is enough in itself for a $60 game.

[LeX]

yeah $60, no monthly fee and great PvP. I won't be disappointed.

[Spooler]

Arn't copies region locked or am I thinking of something else

[Marcus Dunn]

Pre-ordered GW2 the second it was available based on my love of GW1 alone.

[Bronze_D]

Arn't copies region locked or am I thinking of something else

this you mean?
http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/arenane ... on-locked/

incidentally

we are in NA blanket anyhow,

the list of those that are considered under NA are:

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American Samoa
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentia
Aruba
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Columbia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Granada
Guam
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Islands and McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Japan
Kirabati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Laos
Macao
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Mongolia
Montserrat
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Tahiti
Taiwan
Thailand
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
United States of America
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, US

everything else is EU iirc as far as the client login restriction applies for the physical version.

[frigidhell]

Can't wait. I have played all the beta weekends and stress tests. Started to feel a bit bored on the last one but I think that was because there's only one dungeon available and a lot of zone are offline and the PVP, well I couldn't see what the 'hook' was with that. But I think if I just stop playing it now until release day, I will have a fresh batch of motivation to build a new character, knowing that there are no more limits!

[Bronze_D]

PvP? you get to chop and stab someone and watch them down on the ground trying to poke you with their downed skill before you impale them with your banner...

Eternal battleground central castle fight aside, the entire Myst warzone was a whole lot of fun overall... DAOC style...