Guild Wars 2
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zavvi do a Pre-Order and Pre-Purchase editions. Did you pay £49.99?
Yeah, you'll have to check if the retailer is offering pre-purchase or not. I think the retailers on buy.guildwars2.com are the official pre-purchase retailers for the edition you want. Anywhere else will be pre-order only, so you won't get all the benefits (just a 'token' 1-day head start).
I don't know how it works with retailers not taking money off you, but I think terms have been agreed with the pre-purchase retailers on how to handle it.
I don't know how it works with retailers not taking money off you, but I think terms have been agreed with the pre-purchase retailers on how to handle it.
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Like he said, hardly difficult grasp - stop flapping people
It clearly says ingame on the official FAQ though. Whether that is for friends lists only or CHAR name also is yet to be seen. Seeing as WvWvW and structured PvP occurs between ALL realms it's yet to be seen whether this will be visible char name also.
The only option i saw and chose was pre-purchase. They haven't taken any money other than the 1p authorisation check thing yet though.
Title Status Dispatch Date Ordered/ Pending Gift Wrapping Cost
Guild Wars 2: Pre-Purchase Standard Edition [PC] Awaiting Stock Pick Est: 11/04/2012 1 / 1 £0.00 £49.99
It's a global identifier for, as you say, friends lists etc, the in-game part simply refers to that. There is a similar system in City of Heroes (another NC Soft title) where all communication is handled via a "Global Handle" (mine is @sheriff, for example). ANet have stated that character names will be individual as with other MMO's.
As for WvW, there will be no way to communicate with players from other servers in WvW and PvP and names above heads are all generic (in WvW and PvP), so that shouldn't be a problem.
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50 quid???/ You better be worth it
If you pre order does the money go straight from the account or does that happen near release day?
If you pre order does the money go straight from the account or does that happen near release day?
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wasnt talking about CE just the pre-purchase of standard. Which I believe is a box with a cd key inside.
If you pre-purchase then you pay in full right away, and in return you get the serial key for beta/live game access, head start, pre-purchase items etc...
Pre-ordering though means you pay nothing until delivery, and get nothing until the game launches and they ship your game.
Some stores may just have pre-orders, some stores may have access to the keys to allow pre-purchases.
Then you got the Pre-Purchase
I just saw the Standard Edition Pre-Purchase on Play for £39.99 too. There isn't anything that would be worth the extra £10 between the digital and Standard editions (item wise).
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Like i said before, i dont feel comfertable pre purchasing something that has no official release date.
for all we know this game could be delayed till next year and ArenaNet would have already taken your money.
As soon as ArenaNet drops an official release date, thats when i will bite the bullet. until then, no chance
for all we know this game could be delayed till next year and ArenaNet would have already taken your money.
As soon as ArenaNet drops an official release date, thats when i will bite the bullet. until then, no chance
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Well according to the GW2 group on FB they have a planned Beta at the end of April and 1 in May also, Zavvi has the release as the 18/5/2012, Gamestop (USA) has it has 26/6/12 so i would say go with a summer release.
ahhh good, a few i know have made this mistake and have been lucky enough to re order with zavvi
Looks like our amazon might not be getting the pre-purchase, would explain why it's not up on the co.uk site yet http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/rx4yo/prepurchasing_the_collectors_edition/
Mike-OBrien-ArenaNet
I know many of you are disappointed that your local Amazon site isn't offering prepurchases of the Collector's Edition. In order to support prepurchase of Collector's Edition, a retailer needs to be able to provide a digital code at the time of purchase, and then also deliver a physical box when the game is released. We've worked with each local Amazon operation to enable this but at this time many have determined that their systems don't support it. Thus they won't be selling the Collector's Edition prepurchase, and we've reallocated their units to other retailers.
Since individual Amazon markets have different systems and policies, we are fortunate that Amazon France will be able to support the Collector's Edition prepurchase and will begin selling it on April 10.
If you're just looking to prepurchase the game from Amazon and don't need the Collector's Edition, you can still buy either of the digital editions through them. If you're looking to prepurchase the Collector's Edition online, try the alternatives listed here. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Stephane_Lo_Presti/GW2_prepurchase_retailers_list
Mike
Mike-OBrien-ArenaNet
I know many of you are disappointed that your local Amazon site isn't offering prepurchases of the Collector's Edition. In order to support prepurchase of Collector's Edition, a retailer needs to be able to provide a digital code at the time of purchase, and then also deliver a physical box when the game is released. We've worked with each local Amazon operation to enable this but at this time many have determined that their systems don't support it. Thus they won't be selling the Collector's Edition prepurchase, and we've reallocated their units to other retailers.
Since individual Amazon markets have different systems and policies, we are fortunate that Amazon France will be able to support the Collector's Edition prepurchase and will begin selling it on April 10.
If you're just looking to prepurchase the game from Amazon and don't need the Collector's Edition, you can still buy either of the digital editions through them. If you're looking to prepurchase the Collector's Edition online, try the alternatives listed here. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Stephane_Lo_Presti/GW2_prepurchase_retailers_list
Mike
it would be strange if their system doesn't support it, for SWTOR they emailed me my pre-order code <2min after pre-ordering, and then shipped the game on release day. So it should be possible, the only difference would be payment now instead of payment on release.
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Any play discount codes kicking about?