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Is there a way to sign up for beta keys or has that not happened yet?
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No news on any beta or signup yet, however rumour has it that we are very close and in fact all the info on the upcoming public beta will be released tonight. So keep an eye out.
This twitter from ANet seems to support that too.
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I know I have just Googled it and there a rumours that March would be an open Beta with a Release in Spring, but the only Beta I have ever done is the SWTOR lol is an Open Beta up for any1 or do you have to sign up for it?
Its hard to tell, it used to be that open beta meant just that, you get an account download the client and off you go.
However recently the "open" part of of "open beta" has tended to mean "open to anyone to sign up for the chance to get a beta key" in reality there's no way to tell for sure which version of "open" they mean till they release all the details.
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If they are 100% confident on there server structure then open will be just that, open to all. Although it is more than likely they will want to control the number of players in order to optimize performance for the client and servers.
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So if they go with the 'open' beta being completely open, would that mean they could put a cap on how many sign up for it? If so I will be trying as hard as I can to get this ha-ha so many other games I want just dont have the time to put into them all at once =p
They have to make it open beta to test there new overflow system, no other way of testing it without doing a true open beta.
For those that do not know there new overflow system does away with que times to get into there servers, as soon as you log in your playing no matter what, if the server is at max cap, it will let you play on your own then once a spot opens up it will transfer you and any progress you have made to join with other people.
pritty cool id say as there is nothing worse, itching to play the new mmo while at work, soon as you get home bang 2 hour que!
For those that do not know there new overflow system does away with que times to get into there servers, as soon as you log in your playing no matter what, if the server is at max cap, it will let you play on your own then once a spot opens up it will transfer you and any progress you have made to join with other people.
pritty cool id say as there is nothing worse, itching to play the new mmo while at work, soon as you get home bang 2 hour que!
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That sounds great, a lot of the time I spend my first couple of hours on my own getting to grips with the game or play alongside my brother. SWTOR was awful, got the access went home early to from work to get hit with the 2 hour que time 
it was frustrating. Most the time I loaded it up and watched a film with the missus and then fobbed her off when i got in 
she totally understood my needs 
it was frustrating. Most the time I loaded it up and watched a film with the missus and then fobbed her off when i got in she totally understood my needs We recently finished our first closed beta test, and we’re now ready to hold progressively larger events. In February we’ll invite select press to participate in beta testing, and in March and April we’ll aggressively ramp up the size of our beta test events so that many of you will have a chance to participate. And of course, this all leads to the release of Guild Wars 2 later this year.
This is a quote from ArenaNet, From the year of the dragon post.
I think i the remember reading that beta events will be like the press one, With it being limited times etc, But no comfirm to how exactly how the beta will work.
This is a quote from ArenaNet, From the year of the dragon post.
I think i the remember reading that beta events will be like the press one, With it being limited times etc, But no comfirm to how exactly how the beta will work.
Some interesting Beta Development Update post i thought i would share
http://www.arena.net/blog/beta-development-update
http://www.arena.net/blog/beta-development-update
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I have the same concerns, that stuff in the open world will be flashy but ultimately trivial.
I'm really hoping that the high end 5man stuff will be hard, the dungeon footage that is rolling around at the moment just looks like chaos and the enemies hp bars actually tell you what they do (stuns) etc.
Still, beta is beta and lvl30 is lvl30.
News was... Beta signups open for 48 Hours!
Source: https://beta.guildwars2.com/
EDIT: And it would seem to have been overloaded already!
Source: https://beta.guildwars2.com/
EDIT: And it would seem to have been overloaded already!
News just in, head to https://beta.guildwars2.com/
Download the scanner tool, hit send, it'll redirect you to a website where you put your email address and answer a few questions such as what sorts of genres you play.
It's not guaranteed you'll get in, better hurry though since it closes in 48 hours!
Ninja'd xD
Download the scanner tool, hit send, it'll redirect you to a website where you put your email address and answer a few questions such as what sorts of genres you play.
It's not guaranteed you'll get in, better hurry though since it closes in 48 hours!
Ninja'd xD
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Guys you have 45 hours to do it in, and they have said it isn't first ones in get access, they will pick depending on what system you have so just sit back, wait for it to get hammered less then go on and sign up..