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[Keasar]

Oh, yeah... Sorry man. We had reports even before Pre-purchase began of European retailers being completely sold out of CEs.

See for yourself....

2 out of the 4 swedish retailers did that, it was annoying. I was lucky to finally get one before the last retailer ran out too 30 minutes later.

I am also going to be spending way too much time in the cities. Divinitys Reach and Lions Arch being the two most enticing ones, going to be interesting to see Rata Sum.

 

[Retro]

Edit: Relatively close to the top of the page, here's all the latest news and coolness you need to know;

New Concept art for hitting 460k Facebook Likes:

"This piece by concept artist Jamie Ro shows the iconic norn heroine Eir Stegalkin making an underwater discovery." There's a link to a high res version, which is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arenanet/7092056785/

New Blog Post is up:
http://www.arena.net/blog/the-beta-weekend-event-is-coming
(If it's still down, click here)

In celebration of my favorite city being in the Beta, here's my favorite screenshot and a bit of info about it:

See those blue wave looking canopies? That's the trade district of LA and if you were to view them from above and the wind was blowing, the canopies would look like waves crashing into the shore. It's a small touch but fits the entire water/port theme of the city so well that it has stood out to me.

Video of Lion's Arch is here, by the way.

For those involved in the Podcast: We're aiming for ~10 PM Tonight.

From Twitter:

We're still working on bringing the blog back online. FYI the start of the Beta Weekend Event is April 27 at noon PDT (GMT-7), not -8

That's 3PM Eastern Time. Hype!

• Community thread is here.
• GAF presence in game will be "Gaming Age Force [GAF]", feel free to invite non-GAFfers.
• For the BWE we'll be trying to get on the same server. Everyone playing should head to the first "G" named server, or the next letter alphabetically. (e.g. If there is a GA and GE server, go GA. If there is no "G" server, go H > I > J and so on...)
• Read Jira's awesome Mass Info dump here.
• GW2GAF Podcasts are here: (1)(2), should be recording a new one tonight.

What is this skill calculator mentioned on the last page, I somehow missed that. Anyone mind linking it again? My body is ready for more sensory overload.

The one DJNoctis is alright, but it kind of has a crappy layout for stuff and in my experience, doesn't update as quickly as the french "Luna" one; http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en

Also, the beta-text makes it sound like you'll only be able to do Cities, PvP and WvW, so no PvE/free roaming/dynamic events at all? Or am I misreading?

Nah, you should be able to go just about everywhere within reason. I don't see them letting anyone get to the high-level zones or dungeons, and the Sylvari and Asura zones are definitely out.

going to be interesting to see Rata Sum.

Yeah, not in this BWE though. Sorry.

 

[Keasar]

Yeah, not in this BWE though. Sorry.

Well, didnt mean RIGHT NOW, but once we finally do, I hope it is going to be something.

 

[Smiley90]

This one?

http://www.gw2tools.com/

Yes, that one. Thanks! That's amazing.

EDIT:

The one DJNoctis is alright, but it kind of has a crappy layout for stuff and in my experience, doesn't update as quickly as the french "Luna" one; http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en

Even more amazing -drool-

 

[DJIzana]

Gah, I don't know what water traits I want to use on my elementalist! =(

I've got everything planned out for all my characters except that one line... that's such a hard choice & I know they're interchangeable outside of combat but yeah, even with that said I'm still unsure.

 

[Smiley90]

Gah, I don't know what water traits I want to use on my elementalist! =(

I've got everything planned out for all my characters except that one line... that's such a hard choice & I know they're interchangeable outside of combat but yeah, even with that said I'm still unsure.

waitwait, so in http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en this one, all the skills in the.. 3rd window... are ONLY for water combat? WAT, why are there so many water combat skills, is it gonna be THAT big/important or did the devs just say "fuck it, we'll do new skillsets for everything, even if noone actually uses it, because we're awesome like that"?!?

 

[DJIzana]

waitwait, so in http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en this one, all the skills in the.. 3rd window... are ONLY for water combat? WAT, why are there so many water combat skills, is it gonna be THAT big/important or did the devs just say "fuck it, we'll do new skillsets for everything, even if noone actually uses it, because we're awesome like that"?!?

Aye, that they are. I was referring to the traits though hahaha. I'm not sure which major traits I want to use for the water section.

 

[Jira]

waitwait, so in http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en this one, all the skills in the.. 3rd window... are ONLY for water combat? WAT, why are there so many water combat skills, is it gonna be THAT big/important or did the devs just say "fuck it, we'll do new skillsets for everything, even if noone actually uses it, because we're awesome like that"?!?

They did it because combat and skills that made sense on the surface didn't make any sense underwater so they created new weapons and skills just for it.

 

[nataku]

waitwait, so in http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en this one, all the skills in the.. 3rd window... are ONLY for water combat? WAT, why are there so many water combat skills, is it gonna be THAT big/important or did the devs just say "fuck it, we'll do new skillsets for everything, even if noone actually uses it, because we're awesome like that"?!?

Underwater areas in GW2 are a pretty big part of the game. Always jump in lakes and water, who knows what you might find.

I can't wait to play an MMO with meaningful exploration. Next Friday can't come soon enough.

 

[Lumination]

Oh geez. LA! Just got hit by a wave of nostalgia. LA was the place to be before Spamadan became a thing. Can't wait to go back. This has now became my first priority in the beta.

 

[Retro]

They did it because combat and skills that made sense on the surface didn't make any sense underwater so they created new weapons and skills just for it.

Addendum: ArenaNet has said that there is "a huge amount of underwater content" in Guild Wars 2, we've heard figures as high as a quarter of all content.

Also, there is no breath meter, you have a breathing apparatus so you don't have to worry about running out of air. The downed state when underwater is called "Drowning" however, and has a neat depth mechanic to it; if you manage to fight to the surface, you rally. But a lot of enemies apparently like to grab a hold and drag you downwards.

 

[Warrior_Keoni]

I'm over at the GW2 Community page, and set up mumble and stuff...75 users max, but do we need a separate vent server or something? Maybe I can assist in some way.

 

[Dead Prince]

exciting. can't wait for the beta. hope they give us enough time to download the client and that it won't be hammered before it starst!

 

[kayos90]

I'm over at the GW2 Community page, and set up mumble and stuff...75 users max, but do we need a separate vent server or something? Maybe I can assist in some way.

We're planning on using the NeoGAF mumble server. Once that's flooded if anything, we have another mumbler server that Arken has kindly offered up.

 

[Warrior_Keoni]

We're planning on using the NeoGAF mumble server. Once that's flooded if anything, we have another mumbler server that Arken has kindly offered up.

Awesome. I'm just curious as there's no official channel or anything, but perhaps soon it would be wise to start getting folks inside the mumble server during beta and such.

 

[Jira]

Addendum: ArenaNet has said that there is "a huge amount of underwater content" in Guild Wars 2, we've heard figures as high as a quarter of all content.

Also, there is no breath meter, you have a breathing apparatus so you don't have to worry about running out of air. The downed state when underwater is called "Drowning" however, and has a neat depth mechanic to it; if you manage to fight to the surface, you rally. But a lot of enemies apparently like to grab a hold and drag you downwards.

I do believe it's 1/3rd which is still quite a bit.

 

[Complistic]

I do believe it's 1/3rd which is still quite a bit.

Pretty sure it's 1/4th but it's been years since I heard that statistic.

 

[Hawkian]

I do believe it's 1/3rd which is still quite a bit.

That's more than a quarter

 

[Smiley90]

That's more than a quarter

Lol.

 

[zulfate]

This one?

http://www.gw2tools.com/

i was looking at the twitter feed thing from that link and i found this nice website

http://www.gw2bnc.com/

 

[Jira]

That's more than a quarter

LOL derp.

 

[ShaneB]

Man, just let me download the client, even to just look at a login screen

 

[Ashodin]

Man, just let me download the client, even to just look at a login screen

I got a login screen

 

[darkressurection]

Just pre-purchased from GMG and registered on the GW2 site. NOW I can start getting super excited about next weekend.

 

[ShaneB]

I got a login screen

Well la di da.

Just pre-purchased from GMG and registered on the GW2 site. NOW I can start getting super excited about next weekend.

Terrific! Good to hear it was still on sale

 

[darkressurection]

Well la di da.



Terrific! Good to hear it was still on sale

Yeah, couldn't beat that price for the pre-purchase. The way I see it, I usually pay off my pre-orders in full and if a developer wants to give me bonuses for doing so then that is pretty awesome.

 

[Ferny]

GW2GAF Podcast ep 3 is in progress. Got all guild officers/GMs in here. Going to be a good one for you all.

 

[Kalnos]

My connection is ready.

I don't know about my body, though.

 

[ShaneB]

My connection is ready.

I don't know about my body, though.

Are you reading my mind? I was on there as well, and pingtest, wondering if I should post that, because I'm trying to troubleshoot my wireless connection. Downgrading the firmware on my router seemed to fix it, but right now I'm still constantly worrying about drops as it was pretty bad before.

 

[Kalnos]

Are you reading my mind? I was on there as well, and pingtest, wondering if I should post that, because I'm trying to troubleshoot my wireless connection. Downgrading the firmware on my router seemed to fix it, but right now I'm still constantly worrying about drops as it was pretty bad before.

You don't have any issues if connected physically?

Spoiler

Also i'm a wizard

 

[ShaneB]

You don't have any issues if connected physically?

Spoiler

Also i'm a wizard

Manually as in wired? Nah, it seemed perfectly fine when I just went wired straight from the modem, and even wired into the router. I figured it was likely congestion maybe, given how many access points are here in my condo building. Like I said though, I did downgrade my router firmware a few days ago, and that seemed to fix it, but I did have a drop the other day, so I'm not sure what's going, but it's only been once, compared to multiple times before. what a horrible run on sentence that was.

It's when my net seems to get stuck in a sending request loop, and then I see my wireless change to that fancy yellow triangle exclamation mark, and says limited access.

pingtest tonight...

 

[Ashodin]

I have some awesome stories to tell you about beta.

 

[LowParry]

Where dat client download?

 

[GrizzNKev]

Where dat client download?

When it's ready.

Spoiler

Next week!

 

[Kalnos]

Just pray it doesn't come back and turn out to be on your ISP's end.

 

[Jira]

Where dat client download?

Monday probably, Tuesday at the latest.

 

[FutureZombie]

No Asura or Sylvari is not only disappointing, but worrisome. And it's bizarre that you would allow "hundreds of thousands" of people to play a game and not have 2/5s of the races playable.

 

[kayos90]

GW2GAF Podcast ep 3 is in progress. Got all guild officers/GMs in here. Going to be a good one for you all.

It's coming out November.

 

[Ferny]

No Asura or Sylvari is not only disappointing, but worrisome. And it's bizarre that you would allow "hundreds of thousands" of people to play a game and not have 2/5s of the races playable.

I don't see that as being the reason. Why throw in everything at once when people will be playing this game for many months to come. I think they will just continue to add more and more to the beta as it goes.

 

[Ashodin]

No Asura or Sylvari is not only disappointing, but worrisome. And it's bizarre that you would allow "hundreds of thousands" of people to play a game and not have 2/5s of the races playable.

I consider it as a hype thing. Release more content as people go along and lay it out in a teasing, baiting fashion.

 

[FutureZombie]

I find it difficult to believe that content is ready and they just are not sharing it. Is there a MMO precedent for that?

 

[Kalnos]

I find it difficult to believe that content is ready and they just are not sharing it. Is there a MMO precedent for that?

Well, the starting areas for those races may still be receiving work. Showing off their unfinished content may not be what they want.

 

[Smiley90]

I have some awesome stories to tell you about beta.

Not cool bro, not cool. Are you waiting for the NDA to end?

 

[Hawkian]

My connection is ready.

I don't know about my body, though.

Oh, it's ready.

 

[Ferny]

I have no idea what is going on in that damn GIF but I love it!

 

[kayos90]

I have no idea what is going on in that damn GIF but I love it!

not enough boob. lol. jk.

 

[Ashodin]

That gif is always so risque!

 

[KaoticBlaze]

Oh, it's ready.

very nice o_0

Spoiler

FAP!

 

[Hawkian]

Man. This thread is going to be torturous.

 

[Ashodin]

That gif is torturous!