New BWE patcher screenshot:
Even the installer looks sexy as hell. Too bad they don't give out Game of the Year awards for best art design, GW2 would win it easily.
They've spent years talking the talk (and showing the... video-ing...? whatever), and now when it's time to walk the walk, they're pulling out all the stops and letting players record, screencap, blog, whatever.
In ArenaNet We Trust.
I'll be looking forward to detailed impressions. I'm not at all comfortable paying the full cost into this game to get access to this beta yet. I always try to get into MMO betas so I can give them a shot before I have to pay, to see if it's my thing or not. Sad that I won't get an opportunity with this one, but good that lots of people will play and won't be under NDA so burning questions can still be addressed.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but people who registered for Beta Access way back in March should still be eligible for all of these BWEs, right?
I prepurchased / entered the code / got confirmation email on April 12th, but I haven't yet received any subsequent email telling me how/where to get the game client for beta access.
I'm worried that it wont fulfill my expectations. I believe that I will like the combat when there are few people but playing with a ton of people in an event is going to get tedious to bring down a monster to 0 health. Hopefully I'm wrong.
The beauty of GW2 is that there's always lots you can do. If you're in a Renown region or doing a dynamic event and it gets a little too crowded, you can always go somewhere else and take part in another event or region.
Or switch to WvW.
Or Competitive PVP.
Or go back to a zone you already completed to get Karma
Or gather crafting materials (we've seen that Cooking at least will use low level materials in high level recipes so having them around is always good).
Or do your personal storyline.
Or help a friend out with theirs to see how different plots play out.
Or just go to a different zone, there seems to be quite a bit of overlap in terms of levels, at least early on.
I know the gaf guild is going up and we can make our characters but aren't they wiping everything from the BWE's for release?
You still get to play the game, and we have heard rumors (JUST RUMORS, mind you) that they might preserve our characters between BWEs. Take that with a ton of salt though, pretty sure the guy who posted that was trollin' hard.