Guild Wars 2

[cidbahamut]

Re: Guild Wars 2

The main problem with this is that many people I know are still rather indifferent about which server to go to, and since Cid so adamantly suggested that we go to Ehmri Bay (though I personally would've felt that Crystal Beach would've been a tad more appropriate), that's what I've been telling all my friends.

I wasn't trying to strong arm anyone into it, I just picked a server since no one else was offering up any suggestions.

[Raydeus]

Re: Guild Wars 2

/comfort


I'm not really sure if I'll play at launch. I've just spent on a bunch of things (and SSD included) and still have a lot of stuff left to do in the original GW, so I might wait for a while before getting this one. I did have a lot of fun in Beta though, so it's not a matter of if, but when I'll actually get to play.

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PS > And then there's the issue that I can't get the cool Collector's Edition here in MX, which is what made me cancel my pre-order in the first place. <_<

[Armando]

Re: Guild Wars 2

No. I'll be going to a server where people I know play. And even if I wasn't, I'm sure I could find people to play with on said server. Since, you know, much of the fun with these online games is socializing.

You could also find people to play with on Ehmry Bay, and you could also suggest that your other friends start there.

I'm trying to understand the logic behind closing off options.

[Etra]

Re: Guild Wars 2

You could also find people to play with on Ehmry Bay, and you could also suggest that your other friends start there.

I'm trying to understand the logic behind closing off options.

Because those friends look at server stats (which guilds are going where) and Crystal Desert seems to be the best choice in terms of WvWvW. Not to mention, I can just cross server play with anyone on here. I'd rather do that than pick a server with you guys and have you stop playing.

[Armando]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Fair enough.

[Mezlo]

Re: Guild Wars 2

SO i havent gotten GW2 yet in the mail. Should it be delivered today if i preordered it from amazon?

[cidbahamut]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Amazon says mine should show up on Monday. I just hope the code that got me into the beta gets me onto the servers tomorrow too.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Guild Wars 2

At least server-hopping will be free for a good while after the game goes online, so some of us can basically see which is the better option between Ehmri Bay and Crystal Desert (thanks for the correction, Etra) for a bit before finalizing their decision.

Which is totally awesome that we aren't locked into a "hey, where is everybody (I know)?" scenario from the word "go."

I'll be intially starting on Ehmri Bay as earlier notified, but at some point I'll be dropping into Crystal Desert to compare environments. Probably would save the post-starter area experience of my second character for this server hop.

As much as I'd love the concept of WvWvW, for what it's worth, I think I'd prefer to PvE to level cap first before I start on it.

90 minutes 'till "pre-purchase" accounts have access! Excite! And pretty darn well timed, since . . . well, I'll be posting that in the appropriate thread.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Cryptic messages abound.

Also: Servers are up.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Cryptic messages abound.

Also: Servers are up.

Already? Shouldn't it be another hour until PDT Midnight?

[cidbahamut]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Hayde and I both had people skyping us that servers were up. Some servers have already filled up man. The game's up and running, but fuck if I'm going to deal with that madhouse tonight. I'll be logging in tomorrow after everything's settled down a bit.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Guild Wars 2

Hayde and I both had people skyping us that servers were up. Some servers have already filled up man. The game's up and running, but fuck if I'm going to deal with that madhouse tonight. I'll be logging in tomorrow after everything's settled down a bit.

Crap. So presumably I need to be closing Firefox straight away so my client updates faster and I can make sure that a certain name I want isn't taken (no, you don't know what it is).

[Mezlo]

Re: Guild Wars 2

i'm downloading gw2, but the dl is going between 0-.6kb/sec.... anyone else having this issue? advice?

[Etra]

Re: Guild Wars 2

i'm downloading gw2, but the dl is going between 0-.6kb/sec.... anyone else having this issue? advice?

I take it you're downloading from the patcher thingy, yeah? I was having that issue with one of the patches and it took it awhile to pick up. Otherwise, I'd just say open your ports.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Guild Wars 2

I was getting similar rates this morning but I'd already grabbed most of the files during beta weekends. I don't think there's much you can do, although it did finish up for me once I rebooted the client.

I've been having a blast this morning, but some stuff still seems screwy. I got booted from character creation b/c I took nearly an hour to tweak everything. That was annoying as hell but it went a lot faster once I knew how I wanted my Charr to look so it wasn't the end of the world. The Auction House seems to be broken as it won't let me sell anything, it just sits with a loading screen. There was some nonsense about activating my guild wars account and a confirmation email that linked to some sort of internal syntax error.

All that aside though, I'm having a hell of a good time.

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