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    Quote Originally Posted by GoldenArrow View Post
    For the record, I'm not whining about anything.

    I'm simply looking the game with realistic expectations and extremely critically. I'm professional when it comes to avoiding "fanboyism" and I can easily point out and find the flaws and downfalls of upcoming games. I'm part of the gamer generation that doesn't accept all the bullshit companies are trying to bring us while shading the fact that it's just bad/horrible design. Without the critical aspect the quality of games would be much lower. The "IDC F**K YOU, GW2 IS PERFECT" attitude is doing more harm than good to the game.

    People are too hasty with the torches when someone is saying something critical about their favourite game and don't realise themselves how blatantly bad design/system the game has.

    It's about time you people realize Guild Wars 2 is not a perfect game. It will never be a perfect game. It has it's issues. Thankfully there's still time for the community to steer A.Net on the right path unless the fanboys go "OK OK OK TAKE MY MONEY A.NET GIEF GAME!". This said the game seems to have a lot more good going for it than bad, but perhaps it could be even better.
    It's alright to criticize something, but unfortunately, I haven't seen any solid argument on your end. From what I've seen, most of your thesis is based on previous experiences and tend to generalize one concept into another.

    There are many things in life that makes you cynical, or extremely critical as you pointed out, but that mainly depends on your background. Are you trying to prove something? Excel at something, perhaps? Feeling a bit anxious of telling others how right you were? Well, I'd be speculating on this part, but it's some food for thought.

    I believe the reason people are not listening (or reading) is because of how you word your arguments. Like Slate said, having a bit of humility always help, since no one can truly foretell the future. There's a difference between being "extremely critical" and having superiority complex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Oh my bad, sorry misunderstood ya

    Anyways, I would absolutely love a late may release >_> Would be around the time this semester of college ends for me.
    Haha yeah I get out May 25th I believe, it would be perfect

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    Quote Originally Posted by thedood123 View Post
    every weekend from here on out will be beta for GW2
    Well not every weekend. The next beta will happen after April 10th when you can finally pre-purchase the game.

    Which I hope they will be ready for the massive influx of players hounding the servers. I'd expect more than the million who signed up for beta event will be trying to get in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by syklonis View Post
    Well not every weekend. The next beta will happen after April 10th when you can finally pre-purchase the game.

    Which I hope they will be ready for the massive influx of players hounding the servers. I'd expect more than the million who signed up for beta event will be trying to get in.
    Oh, my bad... yeah its funny that a beta weekend for a game will have more people playing in it than the population of some MMOs combined

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    I think the pre-purchase is a smart idea, atleast from a business stand point. With them allowing people to buy the game before release they are getting a pretty solid number as to the number of accounts that will be hitting the server as well as where they will be hitting from. I mean I expect some minor hiccups on launch but it should allow them to have a firm grasp on the amount of stress the servers themselves will be under thus minimizing any hiccups.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Last I heard they actually said they were not sure how many more beta weekends they would have.

    Overall the game seems very polished from what I have seen, probably all that is really needed now is some final optimization and likely a few balance tweaks.

    Of course, we won't truly know until the gates are opened to those who pre-purchase.

    Personally what I am most curious about is the requirements, on the pre-purchase page they are surprisingly low, lower then I had expected. Want to see if those are the requirements as of now or just what they are aiming for before official release.
    I wouldn't trust those. I've seen reports of terrible optimization thus far. People with GTX 580s, i7s getting around 20fps. But then again, there were people with crappier systems getting better frames. Hopefully it's a matter of driver compatibility more than anything else. Since as I said, during the BF3 beta I was getting 30 fps, once drivers came out it went up to 50, after release ofc.

    So yeah, I really don't think those requirements should be taken seriously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slate View Post
    I wouldn't trust those. I've seen reports of terrible optimization thus far. People with GTX 580s, i7s getting around 20fps. But then again, there were people with crappier systems getting better frames. Hopefully it's a matter of driver compatibility more than anything else. Since as I said, during the BF3 beta I was getting 30 fps, once drivers came out it went up to 50, after release ofc.

    So yeah, I really don't think those requirements should be taken seriously.
    Yeah, main reason I'm waiting to see more of the BFF report on Monday. Last time he reported having FPS issues do to FRAPS and the engine REALLY not getting along, so we'll see.

    Driver issues would make sense as well, but eh, we can only wait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Last I heard they actually said they were not sure how many more beta weekends they would have.

    Overall the game seems very polished from what I have seen, probably all that is really needed now is some final optimization and likely a few balance tweaks.

    Of course, we won't truly know until the gates are opened to those who pre-purchase.

    Personally what I am most curious about is the requirements, on the pre-purchase page they are surprisingly low, lower then I had expected. Want to see if those are the requirements as of now or just what they are aiming for before official release.
    Well the original guild wars had very low spec reqs too, and I think they're using the same engine, but just better, or something like that.

    They're good at making a great looking game that works on low end comps.


    Also I'm expeting either massive downtimes for when the beta for pre-purchase opens, with how many people are likely to jump on that, overloading servers and whatnot.
    Or maybe they are prepared for that, one can hope I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Yeah, main reason I'm waiting to see more of the BFF report on Monday. Last time he reported having FPS issues do to FRAPS and the engine REALLY not getting along, so we'll see.

    Driver issues would make sense as well, but eh, we can only wait.
    Nope. It isn't just that, my sources are from /v/ and /vg/ (4chan). I'm certain it is badly optimised at the current moment. But I'm also certain it will get fixed, to what extend we don't know yet.

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    Probably just what they are gonna try and reach then. Either way, after what they did with GW1 I'm not to worried. Plus my computer has surprised me with how well it can run games like Arkham City >__> Hell, according to can you run it and game debate I can run Crysis on high........which surprised the hell out of me o.O

    And yeah, I'm sure the servers are gonna go through hell when the next beta test begins.

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    Does anyone know stuff about the loot system? Like when do you get loot (must have hit it first?) and who does it belong to (last hit, first hit, personal loot).

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    Quote Originally Posted by zhad View Post
    Does anyone know stuff about the loot system? Like when do you get loot (must have hit it first?) and who does it belong to (last hit, first hit, personal loot).
    If I recall correctly, everyone gets their own loot.

    From what I remember, KSing and/or stealing loot is essentially impossible much like it was in GW1

    Someone correct me if I am wrong please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    If I recall correctly, everyone gets their own loot.

    From what I remember, KSing and/or stealing loot is essentially impossible much like it was in GW1

    Someone correct me if I am wrong please.
    All loots and stuff is only for yourself. Also same thing with stuff like mining, everyone can pick on a mining node so people can't be stealing anything at all.

    One of the many things I love about this game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by janii View Post
    Jeremy fkn Soule doin the music

    Faith in humanity has been fully restored
    Jeremy is solo-composing ALL of the music for the game.

    It's a big job...but I'm sure he's done an outstanding job.

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    This is new to me. Find truffles event and you are a pig. So hilarious


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    List of retailers who will have pre-purchase available. Seems not all will have CE.

    http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User...retailers_list

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arri View Post
    Well, it does still have months to go in beta. If you don't like how things are going, and are in the closed betas, SUGGEST STUFF on their own forums, instead of complaining on some random MMO site about how things are going when you haven't done anything to make your voice heard.
    That's the truly sad part about the majority of people who get into closed betas. They get in, play, ***** about what they don't like or what's broken or what's not working and quit.

    It's a closed beta for a reason, maybe you should provide the feedback that they're looking for instead of just bashing the game. Or stop signing up for betas completely and let the ones who actually want to help improve the game have a better chance of getting in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    That's how most of the general MMO player base goes now a days honestly.

    Like I said, I'm personally going in simply expecting a improved GW1, and so far that is exactly what I am seeing. Nothing more, nothing less.
    people have so much expectation because Gw2 was advertised in that way, so much hype from the dev.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xDrac View Post
    Funny how we see hints in anything they publish xD
    No surprise there since everyone is super hyped for the game and is starting to get impatient when it comes to the date of the game release.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azriel2k3 View Post
    No surprise there since everyone is super hyped for the game and is starting to get impatient when it comes to the date of the game release.
    <--- Very impatient and can't wait to play and has been following game since 2008 thought it was gonna come out in november/december last year

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    Apparently the press wont be able to take any pictures or videos of the next PressDay. I wonder why

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    What else is there to be seen that they havent shown us yet? Except the races that werent unlocked yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xDrac View Post
    What else is there to be seen that they havent shown us yet? Except the races that werent unlocked yet.
    Anything that involves 30+ areas....

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    so anyone knows where i could get the most cheap preorder in europe? (no collectors edition)

    shit's always expensive in switzerland

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    GW2 cancelled GW3 in the works

    http://gw2.variance.hu/2012/04/01/guild-wars-2-canceled-guild-wars-3-in-the-works/

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