Guild Wars 2: Pre-Release Discussion

[Purrrfect]

Come on '11 release!

[Dantrag]

Come on '12 release!

Would prefer sometime this year!

[Purrrfect]

Would prefer sometime this year!

What are you talking about?! I totally didn't say '12. >.> _._;

[Dantrag]

lol you've been quoted!

[Takiwaki]

Next weekend is gonna be crazy!

[vrumpt]

Who's bright idea was it to have Gamescom and PAX on back-to-back weekends? Gotta be a travel nightmare for all these devs.

[Zerocool]

This might be old info, but I haven't seen it posted before so it's new to me. Sounds pretty cool though.

Marketplace – The Marketplace is going to be one single global economy, by that I mean you will be able to trade items with players on servers other than your own. You will be able to buy and sell items without the need to find a buyer or seller first. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Buy Orders, they work like this:

You post an order for a Sword +1 that you’re willing to pay 1,000 gold for. Someone sees your order and if your price is agreeable with them, they fill the order, the item is sent to your mailbox and money is taken from your bank.

While items can only be put up for sale when in-game, it is possible to browse, bid, or cancel auctions and offers when out of-game and logged into a web browser. A sale can be completed whilst the seller is offline, with the coin going into an account bank.
The marketplace is capable of displaying the history and trends of item values.
There’s also going to be out of game support for the Market on the web & mobile platforms such as Android & iOS(iPad & iPod support too).

[Dranio]

Interesting. Hope this comes out soon. Everytime I read something new on this game I want it even more :/

[Zerocool]

Some more info on activities:

Activities - Every city will have activities that fit in with each unique style of a city. Activities will be games in which you can play at any level as they put everyone on an even footing. Some activities are "hot-joinable" others require you to wait in a queue. Winning activities will net you rewards such as rare skins for armor or weapons. There's about 30 activities in game currently.

Here's the ones we know:

Archery
Bar brawl
Keg Brawl
Shooting gallery
Smash ‘Em Up
Snowball fight

John Stumme:The bar brawl is, quite literally, all about downing an ale and breaking the empty bottle over someone else’s head. Ales come in several different flavors, each conveying different effects when consumed—for example, Grenth’s Grog goes down easy but comes up rough, allowing the player to belch out a noxious gas cloud. As you might imagine, this burp cloud is unhealthy to anyone foolish enough to get close, as well as unattractive to prospective dates. Be careful when imbibing ale! As characters become increasingly more drunk, their chance to land a critical hit rises… as well as their chance to totally miss with attacks. In the bar brawl, players can choose to throw an ale bottle to stun someone, or use it as a makeshift bludgeoning object. Bottles have a chance to break on impact, but if that happens, the fun isn’t over yet—you can use your broken bottle to shank people!

[…] Kick someone into a table, splintering it into pieces, then send another opponent flying by swatting them with one of the boards from the broken table. Use your surroundings to your advantage! If you see someone else engaged in a fight,why not be the opportunist and chuck a keg at them from behind? There’s no teamwork here; you’re in it for yourself, and just like an actual brawl, you’re encouraged to fight dirty in order to win.

John Stumme: For example, we’ve got an activity in Hoelbrak that’s basically a norn interpretation of basketball, so you’ve got passing, shooting, etc. The only difference is that the ball in this case is a heavy keg of ale.

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[Lucavi]

I want to have sex with this game.

[Alderaan]

I want to have sex with this game.

Get in line buddy.

[Zerocool]

Well, with the way dynamic events are set up, we can all have sex with it together at the same time.

[vrumpt]

So, i'm just gonna say that going and DLing the free trial of Guild Wars does not quell any unrest you may have for GW2. I know from personal experience.

[Isiolia]

So, i'm just gonna say that going and DLing the free trial of Guild Wars does not quell any unrest you may have for GW2. I know from personal experience.

Demo only has Prophecies, so, lotta stuff you won't get to try. Plus it's the slowest progression. I dunno, I've been having fun with GW1 >_>

[vrumpt]

Yeah idk, kinda wish i woulda picked it up during the summer sale, i don't really feel like paying for all the xpacs just to see what it was like

The music is absolutely stellar though, reminds me of elder scrolls so much

[Gokulo]

Yeah idk, kinda wish i woulda picked it up during the summer sale, i don't really feel like paying for all the xpacs just to see what it was like

This, I regret not getting is so much now :<

[Elrina]

I'm still tempted to buy the first Guild Wars. It's only like $40 for the game + all 3 expansions on Amazon, which isn't that bad.

[Dranio]

I know up at walmart here in I saw Guild Wars with all expansions in 1 package for fairly cheap. I personally bought the collector's editions, except for Eyes of the North which didn't have one. but yeah, you miss out on a lot in the demo. I don't play a lot but when I do I still have fun on it. Love the storyline. Don't Regret 1 moment in Guild Wars, and GW2 is a launch day buy for me, collector's edition at that.

[Gokulo]

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...am-t20089.html

Also damn, I just noticed I will be away during gamescom! Ugh, so much stuff to catch up when I'm back.

[Rulke]

I'm still tempted to buy the first Guild Wars. It's only like $40 for the game + all 3 expansions on Amazon, which isn't that bad.

The enjoyment I had while playing GW1 died about half way through playinig Nightfall. Played it with my friends and it was our first run through of any of the games so I would caution any hopes that GW1 will 'fill in' the void waiting for GW2. I am actually wary of GW2 because of this experience but I am eager to try it out in OB to see if all these new improvements and additions can bring a fresh excitement to the gameplay