[J-Rzez]

Not happening.

As in sooner or later than that?

[Vano]

No email still but downloading the client, so pretty.

Presently, the game is CPU-bound on most high-end systems, so lowering graphics settings or upgrading your video card may not have a large impact on performance.

Hell yeah, my 2600k is ready.

[Kos Luftar]

Still no email. Must take forever for the email to come from Seattle to Toronto.

Hell yeah, my 2600k is ready.

So graphics quality are bound to CPU speed?

My 2500k will be ok? With 8gig ram and gtx550 ti?

[Aesthet1c]

No email yet... I'm beginning to think I have the pre-order version :(

[DMPrince]

No email yet... I'm beginning to think I have the pre-order version :(

Sending such a large volume of mail takes some time, so don't fret if you don't get yours immediately. When you do receive it, keep in mind that the site is getting an enormous amount of traffic, so you may get a 502 error briefly. Just hang in there and give it a few minutes, then try again. ~RB2

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[Alchemy]

As in sooner or later than that?

Late summer if we're lucky.

[DMPrince]

GW2 will release when High School Students start class this fall.

[Kalnos]

My 2500k will be ok? With 8gig ram and gtx550 ti?

Yeah... that's still one of best CPUs out there. I'm guessing you will max easy.

[DJIzana]

Download speed is soooooo slow... guess that's what happens when the server is completely spammed. :P

[Retro]

God, the download client's artwork is amazing. I know I've said it before, but holy shit... looks especially nice with that Concept Art desktop too.

This thread is going to get flooded with screenshots if we're already blown away by the art used on the updater.

[whyman]

Download speed is soooooo slow... guess that's what happens when the server is completely spammed. :P

The download isnt P2P? O.o

[kayos90]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiv8OM5taf8

Beta Video Preview

[RepairmanJack]

Download speed is soooooo slow... guess that's what happens when the server is completely spammed. :P

I was at 50% and had to restart. For some reason the update stopped when they started sending out the emails.

God, the download client's artwork is amazing. I know I've said it before, but holy shit... looks especially nice with that Concept Art desktop too. This thread is going to get flooded with screenshots if we're already blown away by the art used on the updater.

:lol I have the same background. Been using it since we were talking about the Kodan.

[Ricker]

No e-mail yet but that's okay,I will start the download overnight anyway,should be done by the next morning.

[rybrad]

God, the download client's artwork is amazing. I know I've said it before, but holy shit... looks especially nice with that Concept Art desktop too. This thread is going to get flooded with screenshots if we're already blown away by the art used on the updater.

Your Firefox tab is giving away how you are passing the time until the beta.

[RepairmanJack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiv8OM5taf8 Beta Video Preview

Seems so awkward.

"I heard rumars...that our game features something called world versus world...will that be available as well?"

[Retro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiv8OM5taf8 Beta Video Preview

For those at work...

What to expect:

• Starting experience for Norn, Human and Charr.
• Personal story up to level 20 for all those races/professions.
• Competitive PVP available (two maps, leveled to max, all traits/skills).
• WvW available.
• Lion's Arch available for the first time.
• All maps now have additional chests, boss monsters. Go out and explore!

Your Firefox tab is giving away how you are passing the time until the beta.

Hmm? Oh, that. Got into the TERA Beta and that was the default directory name.

[J-Rzez]

Late summer if we're lucky.

Bleh. That'd be pretty lame if true, to have such a long "prepurchase" time in between.


Also. Just out of curious nature, what are the "somethings to work for" in this game? Did they ever say? What's the carrot on the stick here? Is there rated PVP with titles? Cooler looking gear? I'm trying to get a short explanation together for my one friend who's all about the old grinds in MMOs.

[ShaneB]

So begins the posts of every wondering why the download speeds are so slow :(

[Jira]

I'd said this before, but I'll say it again since the client is officially up.

The speed that the client is reporting isn't the speed you're probably getting. If you note how much data it has downloaded and the actual time it has taken with your clock you'll see that you're likely getting your full speed as I am right now. If it were going at the speed that it says it is, I wouldn't have got 3.3gb already.

[Complistic]

God, the download client's artwork is amazing. I know I've said it before, but holy shit... looks especially nice with that Concept Art desktop too. This thread is going to get flooded with screenshots if we're already blown away by the art used on the updater.

my fraps is ready

[BattleMonkey]

God, the download client's artwork is amazing. I know I've said it before, but holy shit... looks especially nice with that Concept Art desktop too. This thread is going to get flooded with screenshots if we're already blown away by the art used on the updater.

Interesting browsing

[Saberj]

Out of curiosity, is anyone else having issues accessing the forums? I just got my confirmation, which had the forum link in it. However, much like when I went to the link before, I constantly get "502 Bad Gateway" errors when I try to accept the EULA thingy.

[Hawkian]

I opened the GW2.exe and it immediately started downloading. Where is it downloading these files to? Do not like this.

[Retro]

What's the carrot on the stick here? I'm trying to get a short explanation together for my one friend who's all about the old grinds in MMOs.

Having fun. That's your goal.
There's no rush to max level, there's no loot treadmill waiting when you get there.
You're automatically kicked up to max level, with all of your traits and skills unlocked in Competitive PVP, and kicked up to max level for WvW.

Instead of spending your time chasing after some aspect of the game so you can start to have fun, GW2 is actually fun from start to finish.

[GasProblem]

I opened the GW2.exe and it immediately started downloading. Where is it downloading these files to? Do not like this.

The map your gw2.exe is in.

[Kalnos]

So begins the posts of every wondering why the download speeds are so slow :(

1 MB/s, ujelly?

[User Name Here]

I opened the GW2.exe and it immediately started downloading. Where is it downloading these files to? Do not like this.

I'm wondering this too. I left it downloading over night, woke up to see it finished with the client music playing in the background. I closed it, shut down and came back to run it again only to not see where the heck everything was installed. Although, it is nice to see there is a music folder available.

edit: Nevermind I found it.

[Hawkian]

The map your gw2.exe is in.

Ahhh crap.

[DMPrince]

So begins the posts of every wondering why the download speeds are so slow :(

everyone should have downloaded it this morning!

[BlazingDarkness]

I got my email like an hour ago

Had the client downloaded this morning

[knitoe]

I opened the GW2.exe and it immediately started downloading. Where is it downloading these files to? Do not like this.

Seems to download to a encrypted file called GW2.dat in the same folder. The size increase to match what's stated on the download window. I am guessing it will extract and let you install after finishing.

[froliq]

Got a mail. Link gives a 502 error ffffffffffffffffffff

[ShaneB]

1 MB/s, ujelly?

I want speeds like my Steam speeds :(

[Jira]

Look at where you downloaded the gw2.exe, your dat file is in there. It's really as simple as that.

[akmcbroom]

Heyo! Used the linked client to DL, glad it's the same one.

Forums still down though.

[Mulligan]

Is there anyway to save the file to E: folder? My C: folder is almost full and won't be able to store the client but when i click on the download link it opens the client straight away without letting me choose where to put it..

[Jira]

Seems to download to a encrypted file called GW2.dat in the same folder. The size increase to match what's stated on the download window. I am guessing it will extract and let you install after finishing.

No, that .dat is it.

Your exe is your launcher, your patcher and the actual game exe itself. The .dat is all of the game files in a single file.

[DMPrince]

Is there anyway to save the file to E: folder? My C: folder is almost full and won't be able to store the client but when i click on the download link it opens the client straight away without letting me choose where to put it..

right click save link as?

[J-Rzez]

Having fun. That's your goal. There's no rush to max level, there's no loot treadmill waiting when you get there. You're automatically kicked up to max level, with all of your traits and skills unlocked in Competitive PVP, and kicked up to max level for WvW. Instead of spending your time chasing after some aspect of the game so you can start to have fun, GW2 is actually fun from start to finish.

Right, I understand and look forward to that. But isn't there anything to work for, at all, to make yourself different?

[theMrCravens]

Got my email, but 502 on link.

Guess I'll go check out the 7th GW anniversary thing.

[RepairmanJack]

Right, I understand and look forward to that. But isn't there anything to work for, at all, to make yourself different?

Dyes. Lots and lots of dyes.

Also armor and all that good stuff as well. Jira linked to a list that had a lot of this stuff in a arenanet blog post.

[akmcbroom]

Is there anyway to save the file to E: folder? My C: folder is almost full and won't be able to store the client but when i click on the download link it opens the client straight away without letting me choose where to put it..

I'm pretty sure you can just move the GW2.exe, GW2.dat, and GW2.tmp files to any folder you want and run it from that folder. Obviously this would require you do download the .exe to a location you want it at, and then you would be able to move it anywhere.

[ShaneB]

Didn;'t get my email yet, but it's fine to install from the files listed earlier?

[fluffydelusions]

No email for me yet

[Pat]

Didn;'t get my email yet, but it's fine to install from the files listed earlier?

Yep, it's the same link.

[Jira]

Didn;'t get my email yet, but it's fine to install from the files listed earlier?

Yep.

[ShaneB]

Yep, it's the same link.

Yep.

Super duper. Says I'm downloading at 1.11mb/s but as mentioned earlier, it's going up a lot faster than a meg a second it seems.

[Jira]

Super duper. Says I'm downloading at 1.11mb/s but as mentioned earlier, it's going up a lot faster than a meg a second it seems.

Yeah, it's actually downloading much faster than it says it is,

[salpa]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone with a @plaync or @ncsoft account gotten an email?