Guild Wars 2: Pre-Release Discussion

[vrumpt]

All of the prices for WvW suck for low level characters. I'm sure that feel diminishes greatly at higher levels, but starting off is still going to be a pain. Particularly fort upgrades just aren't going to be worth it until the 2 week games start kicking in. I'm not spending 30 silver on an upgrade thats only gonna last like 8 hours from the time it finishes.

[Syntex]

Why is melee'ing the gates a bad idea? They have physical resist or something? I know almost nothing about this game.

[Kuya]

It takes a really really long time to down a gate with melee or magic, and siege weapons are much faster. If you melee down a gate you get within striking distance of their short range siege weapons such as the pots of oil/tar and their cannons.

[Zerocool]

There's also more useful things you could be doing like pew pewing the guys on top defending or defending the siege weapons.

[vrumpt]

There's also more useful things you could be doing like pew pewing the guys on top defending or defending the siege weapons.

This. All this. A single strike with a battering ram does roughly 8k damage about every 5 seconds. Normal attacks do the amount in that gif. Its much better to just just let the battering ram do its work and go off to do something useful, like preventing other team members from running into the tower/keep from the outside.

[Takiwaki]

Good interview

http://digitalgaudium.com/?p=10924

[niwaar]

Was disappointed that there will be no Mobile App from day 1. I am still rather interested in hearing them talk about account security and a mobile authenticator app would have spoken volumes on the subject.

On a similar, "I wish they would say something" rant... they really do need to step up and release information about linking GW1 with GW2 accounts. Somewhere down the line my accounts didn't get correctly linked and I want my HoM/Names at launch.

[Kuishen]

Somewhere down the line my accounts didn't get correctly linked and I want my HoM/Names at launch.

That would be because you can't link them yet.

[niwaar]

That would be because you can't link them yet.

Actually... you linked them on GW2 account creation. Somehow mine wasn't linked at that time. Some of my friends who did play GW1, have been logging into GW2 with their @ncsoft account information because their accounts linked correctly.

My rant was about the fact that we have only received silence about when linking accounts will be available. Given that they have actually pushed HoM/GW1 on GW2 players since BWE2, this is especially heinous.

[bluefan]

Some of you have asked which tradeshows ArenaNet will attend this summer, so let me give you an update.

Right now, the entire studio is focused on one thing: the launch of Guild Wars 2 on August 28. As a result, our tradeshow presence this year will be limited.

gamescom (Aug 15-19) - Members of the ArenaNet Community Team will be at gamescom this year, but unlike last year, we will not have a playable demo of Guild Wars 2. Our booth will be a chillout zone—the calm before the storm—so swing by, say hi, and get free drinks.

Gamestop Expo (Aug 29)- We will be at the Gamestop Expo at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX on August 29 from 11:00 – 16:00. We will have 16 Guild Wars 2 demo stations at the show, 8 of which will be on the Alienware Hummer.

PAX (Aug 31-Sep 2) Since PAX Prime takes place the week of launch, we will not be attending PAX this year. But if you are in the Seattle area, we will have a party on Saturday September 1 to celebrate our launch. We’ll have more information at a later date.

It’s a busy summer for us, and although we’d love to go out in force and meet everyone at tradeshows, I hope you’ll agree that our priorities are in order! We’ll see you in-game.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...6714208&type=1

Oh hell yes. Will drag my friends and GTA their car if I have to. Nothing stopping me from getting to that party.

[Arelian]

Yeah, I'm definitely going to that. Moving to Seattle this weekend and I couldn't nab PAX tickets, so it's the perfect thing to do that weekend!

[Tonka]

We will be conducting a stress test on Thursday, August 9 from 12:00 Noon PACIFIC Time to 4:00 PM PACIFIC Time.

The stress test is open to anyone who has pre-purchased Guild Wars 2.

We will be actively working on the game during the event, so you might experience connectivity problems or discover features that are not working as designed. Any issues you experience are a result of the rigorous conditions of the stress test, and are in no way representative of the state of the game at launch. By participating in this stress test, you’re helping us make Guild Wars 2 a better game. Thanks for your cooperation—we’ll see you in-game! ~RB2

[warbandit]

Nvm tonka already post it

[Tonka]

I beat you by mere seconds and feel awesome because of it.

[warbandit]

Is ok, as long asura rule all

[Meph]

wow, these guys are hell bent on making sure the game is running as good as it can on launchday

[Zerocool]

Well yeah, they don't want a terrible launch and have everyone unsub after the free month.....oh wait...

[Drafted]

THEY DON'T WANT TO PULL A BLIZZARD GUYS!

[Rhyis.]

Launch is pretty damned important. People just don't have patience for fuck ups anymore.

[Ambrosia]

Launch is pretty damned important. People just don't have patience for fuck ups anymore.

Yeah pretty much.

Can't wait till stress test!