Guild Wars 2

olivier renault · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:21

Swarfega said:
Yes your reading it wrong. The basic version is £49.99

That's about as far as I'd go. £50 is a lot, although I doubt it will be money wasted.

Huw · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:25

I'm sure you'll get it cheaper than that at retail.

WiZZyWiGG · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:34

olivier renault said:
That's about as far as I'd go. £50 is a lot, although I doubt it will be money wasted.

Depends on your perspective really, if its a game you can see playing for the next 6 months+ then £50 is pretty cheap with no monthly sub.

One of the reasons I am going for the deluxe version, an extra £15 is nothing really.

Mackey18 · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:37

So in this game do we have combat where you push a button and you swing your sword, I.e. Dragon Age II combat system, or is it just like WOW, point and click? I'm kind of hoping for a more Hack & Slashy kind of system. What do you guys think?

Dist · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:40

I'm only going to get the normal version, I just can't see the other versions being worth it when most of the digital items are limited use, and the collectors edition is nearly 2x the price of something like the Diablo 3 collectors edition.

Dist · 5 Apr 2012 at 11:41

Mackey18 said:
So in this game do we have combat where you push a button and you swing your sword, I.e. Dragon Age II combat system, or is it just like WOW, point and click? I'm kind of hoping for a more Hack & Slashy kind of system. What do you guys think?

Check out some of the videos of the game, it requires you to actually aim your attacks or you will just swing your weapon and hit nothing.

Mackey18 · 5 Apr 2012 at 12:10

Cheers Dist, will do.

ademcg · 5 Apr 2012 at 12:52

will this be much better than previous GW incarnations?

I haven't played GW since my account was hacked, all my plat and ecto was taken and some rare's with Nsoft powerless to return anything....even though they knew the id of the barstewards.
Pointless spending hours and hours working though a game if it can be stolen in an instant.
Shame...I have 7 chars, from GW, Factions, EOTN....used to really enjoy coop missions....even with HERO's

Dist · 5 Apr 2012 at 13:12

ademcg said:
will this be much better than previous GW incarnations?

I haven't played GW since my account was hacked, all my plat and ecto was taken and some rare's with Nsoft powerless to return anything....even though they knew the id of the barstewards.
Pointless spending hours and hours working though a game if it can be stolen in an instant.
Shame...I have 7 chars, from GW, Factions, EOTN....used to really enjoy coop missions....even with HERO's

It's a completely different game from the previous GW, it's the same in name and lore only. As for the dev/GM support when the game goes live, well I guess we will have to wait and see what the support will be like, but when it comes to hacked accounts and such it is usually the players own fault in the vast majority of cases, so use common sense and you should be fine in that regards.

Anon-e-mouse · 5 Apr 2012 at 15:54

ademcg said:
I haven't played GW since my account was hacked, all my plat and ecto was taken and some rare's with Nsoft powerless to return anything....even though they knew the id of the barstewards.

I feel for you as the same thing happened to me. My NCSoft account got compromised and the basket changed the passwords on my 6 accounts.

However since then Arenanet did announce last year that if you were hacked after Oct 2011, they can now do an account restore if they find you were genuinely hacked.. and this was SPECIFICALLY because they have a similar function built into GW2 from the outset.

I do genuinely believe that Anet have learnt from the GW1 and applied their findings to GW2.

Deception · 5 Apr 2012 at 16:30

When the pre-order starts next week, do the Beta weekends straight away or is it at random times (when they say)?

InHuman · 5 Apr 2012 at 16:56

Deception said:
When the pre-order starts next week, do the Beta weekends straight away or is it at random times (when they say)?

When they say afaik

MoratJG · 5 Apr 2012 at 17:12

The pre-purchase guarantees access to all the beta weekends - the FAQ states the first is end of April.

Worth noting, though, that it's only pre-purchase that gives beta access, not pre-order; there is a difference.

TheBrooder · 5 Apr 2012 at 17:23

I've been purposefully staying away from any MMO news for a long time but I've finally given in and read the last 2 pages here and done a bit of reading on the GW2 forums and I'm so excited!

I know pre-orders start on the 10th but has the release date been mentioned?

m4rk84 · 5 Apr 2012 at 17:53

TheBrooder said:
I've been purposefully staying away from any MMO news for a long time but I've finally given in and read the last 2 pages here and done a bit of reading on the GW2 forums and I'm so excited!

I know pre-orders start on the 10th but has the release date been mentioned?

Release date is expected to be announced on the 10th the same time pre-purchase starts.

ademcg · 5 Apr 2012 at 18:06

Anon-e-mouse said:
I feel for you as the same thing happened to me. My NCSoft account got compromised and the basket changed the passwords on my 6 accounts.

However since then Arenanet did announce last year that if you were hacked after Oct 2011, they can now do an account restore if they find you were genuinely hacked.. and this was SPECIFICALLY because they have a similar function built into GW2 from the outset.

I do genuinely believe that Anet have learnt from the GW1 and applied their findings to GW2.

ahh...about a year too late for me

It really put me off and I have not logged on for around 18 months....I do miss it...now and then...used to love it...but such a time sink ! :eek:

OminousLatinNoun · 5 Apr 2012 at 18:10

Deception said:
When the pre-order starts next week, do the Beta weekends straight away or is it at random times (when they say)?

The speculation at the moment is that there will be a beta weekend per month for 3 months and a launch in late July.

To be taken with a grain of salt though ofc.

Deception · 5 Apr 2012 at 18:12

MoratJG said:
The pre-purchase guarantees access to all the beta weekends - the FAQ states the first is end of April.

Worth noting, though, that it's only pre-purchase that gives beta access, not pre-order; there is a difference.

Care to explain?

dumb dumb here! Is it where you just pay the full amount on order. Where as Pre-order, they take out the full amount once games is packaged, ready to be dispatched?

MoratJG · 5 Apr 2012 at 18:23

Deception said:
Care to explain? dumb dumb here! Is it where you just pay the full amount on order. Where as Pre-order, they take out the full amount once games is packaged, ready to be dispatched?

Pretty much, yeah. Details for EU are still scarce - but the crux seems to be only certain retailers will be offering pre-purchase, presumably those maintaining a healthy margin for NCSoft. You pay in full, up-front, full price and get full beta access, three day head start, etc. Pre-orders will just operate as normal, no beta access, and only a one day head start.

Anon-e-mouse · 5 Apr 2012 at 19:57

If you signed up for the Beta (back in March) there is still a CHANCE that you will be invited to the next beta event (20th April weekend).

However if you want to guarantee beta access you have to pre-PURCHASE. Which as it implies, means that you have to pay the FULL COST of the game upfront from the 10th April onwards.

ademcg said:
It really put me off and I have not logged on for around 18 months....I do miss it...now and then...used to love it...but such a time sink !

I felt exactly the same way. Although in the great scheme of things I didn't lose much compared to some other people who got hacked it was still enough to make me almost want to give up. Luckily in my case my guild mates did give me bit of what I lost, and I was fairly close to a number of titles that I wanted.. so after a while not playing I slowly started. But even know I don't play as much as I used to.

Link to Anet Account restoration post.