[markfu]

Trooper-guy1 posted:

Could probably add this into the OP, it's a huge post on all the information gathered on GW2. Quite Amazing:

​http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...fo-t25557.html

Some of the info overlaps, so I'll look through it and see what is important that isn't in this OP.

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Miskav posted:

Gamesforwindows.

Oh hell no you're not fucking up GW2 with your stupid shit M$.

This seems to happen a lot.

"Games for Windows" is just saying that the game is for windows PCs.
"Games for Windows Live" is that relatively annoying distribution/drm/etc. service that Microsoft tried to use.

[psychojake]

Trooper-guy1 posted:

Could probably add this into the OP, it's a huge post on all the information gathered on GW2. Quite Amazing:

​http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...fo-t25557.html

Oh this is just great, now to send this to my friends and recruit them as GW2 fanboys.

[Jessey]

psychojake posted:

Oh this is just great, now to send this to my friends and recruit them as GW2 fanboys.

Same thoughts.

[Bullet100]

i need new friends.

[Jessey]

Bullet100 posted:

i need new friends.

il be your friend

[DeandreT]

By the way, is there going to be a FP Guild on release?

[RixxzIV]

Miskav posted:

Gamesforwindows.

Oh hell no you're not fucking up GW2 with your stupid shit M$.

"GamesForWindows" and "GamesForWindowsLive" are two different things.

"GamesForWindows" is basically just another way to say "PC DVD" .

[Miskav]

RixxzIV posted:

"GamesForWindows" and "GamesForWindowsLive" are two different things.

"GamesForWindows" is basically just another way to say "PC DVD" .

My vision turns red whenever I see that label, I can't differentiate between them.

Plus even the normal GamesForWindows always pushes box art away or covers it up, making cases/boxes look ugly as fuck.

[Grasp]

DeandreT posted:

By the way, is there going to be a FP Guild on release?

I hope so :I

We hadn't been talking about it because we didn't want to get too ahead of ourselves and set things up too soon.

Also, can we have different guilds on different characters now? I can't remember.

[DeandreT]

Grasp posted:

I hope so :I

We hadn't been talking about it because we didn't want to get too ahead of ourselves and set things up too soon.

Also, can we have different guilds on different characters now? I can't remember.

Yes you can. I'm hoping this comes out in the next few months, can't really be sure though. Just hoping that it comes out this year and not 2013.

[Trooper-guy1]

I feel a lot of evidence is pointing to a release around June. I doubt April, and May is stretching it. Closed beta will go on till February at least, then Open Beta will be announced and could start around March(or April) or late Feb.

[peterson]

Begin speculation.

[Lukeo]

Well that image isn't real.
Either that or it was removed before I got a look at it.

[peterson]

Lukeo posted:

Well that image isn't real.
Either that or it was removed before I got a look at it.

Apparently that's the story. It was up for around 25 seconds then went down quickly when steam updated the store today.

[Newbienice99]

That image took me a while to notice it.

I'm glad it will probably be on steam, but I wonder if it will be like Skyrim, and only on Steam even if you get retail.

[peterson]

Newbienice99 posted:

That image took me a while to notice it.

I'm glad it will probably be on steam, but I wonder if it will be like Skyrim, and only on Steam even if you get retail.

I don't think so, since Guild Wars 2 will be FTP

[Newbienice99]

peterson posted:

I don't think so, since Guild Wars 2 will be FTP

But you still have to buy the game. I'm not sure what you mean

[peterson]

Newbienice99 posted:

But you still have to buy the game. I'm not sure what you mean

Devs see steam as piracy protection and as a sales outlet.

With Guild Wars 2 you will need a registered arena net account with Guild Wars 2 on it. With that said why have it strictly on steam other then as a download service?

[psychojake]

peterson posted:

Begin speculation.

You just raised my hopes and then dashed them, but I'm looking to see if this is really real or fake.

[kirederf7]

peterson posted:

I don't think so, since Guild Wars 2 will be FTP

You have to buy it... and why not? GW1 is on steam.
Also steam has got several FTP titles now...

[psychojake]

kirederf7 posted:

You have to buy it... and why not? GW1 is on steam.
Also steam has got several FTP titles now...

-snip- Misread.

[Newbienice99]

peterson posted:

Devs see steam as piracy protection and as a sales outlet.

With Guild Wars 2 you will need a registered arena net account with Guild Wars 2 on it. With that said why have it strictly on steam other then as a download service?

I'm sure Steam gives some kind of incentive for it, since Valve will be making more. So, why not? There are a bunch of other MMOs on Steam.

[Miskav]

Personally I wouldn't mind steam integration, I'll probably end up getting a physical copy though, Guildwars is one of the rare franchises I prefer to buy physically.

[Jessey]

Same, probably the collectors edition, but I do really love steam and would love if it was integrated to Guild Wars 2.

[Chaos Creator]

please, because this really gets me

FTP = Free to play = dont have to pay money at all to play it
GW2 = non subscription based mmo = pay for the game once and only once

now can we stop calling it FTP and instead question why its using the original gw2 symbol in the steam screenshot?

[markfu]

Trooper-guy1 posted:

I feel a lot of evidence is pointing to a release around June. I doubt April, and May is stretching it. Closed beta will go on till February at least, then Open Beta will be announced and could start around March(or April) or late Feb.

April? I've got finals damnit.

Edited:

Jessey posted:

Same, probably the collectors edition, but I do really love steam and would love if it was integrated to Guild Wars 2.

To be frank, I would rather not have steamworks integration. Guild Wars had its own integrated patching system so I expect GW2 to have one as well. Steam's auto-updating would be unnecessary. Then there's also the fact that you would have to be required to have steam online to play it. If it goes down for any reason then there goes our ability to play it.

I put up with these services since they have games I like on them, and while they're convenient, I'd rather have my stuff not be required to have some middleware that I have no control over.

Edited:

I'm fine if they digitally sell it and allow people to use steam features such as chat with it, but I would not want steam to be required to play it.

[DeandreT]

Chaos Creator posted:

please, because this really gets me

FTP = Free to play = dont have to pay money at all to play it
GW2 = non subscription based mmo = pay for the game once and only once

now can we stop calling it FTP and instead question why its using the original gw2 symbol in the steam screenshot?

I bet it's fake.

Edited:

markfu posted:

April? I've got finals damnit.

Edited:



To be frank, I would rather not have steamworks integration. Guild Wars had its own integrated patching system so I expect GW2 to have one as well. Steam's auto-updating would be unnecessary. Then there's also the fact that you would have to be required to have steam online to play it. If it goes down for any reason then there goes our ability to play it.

I put up with these services since they have games I like on them, and while they're convenient, I'd rather have my stuff not be required to have some middleware that I have no control over.

Edited:

I'm fine if they digitally sell it and allow people to use steam features such as chat with it, but I would not want steam to be required to play it.

I can't see them integrating steam as a required service for this game. It would be a clusterfuck with all of the NCSoft launcher crap.

Global Agenda is a good example of an annoying launcher.

[Newbienice99]

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

[psychojake]

Newbienice99 posted:

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

I think I heard someone else tell a story really similar to that in the last thread. Spooky.

[Miskav]

Newbienice99 posted:

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

Told you, Under the sofa.

[Cyan_Husky]

Newbienice99 posted:

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

Hey, now you have 2 more than me...

[kirederf7]

Newbienice99 posted:

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

Send me one

[JerryK]

i keep seeing stuff that i like a lot but then i see stuff that sounds really dumb

[kirederf7]

JerryK posted:

i keep seeing stuff that i like a lot but then i see stuff that sounds really dumb

Like?

[DeandreT]

Newbienice99 posted:

I lost one of my favorite shirts, a Guild Wars shirt, and ended up ordering another one.
Yesterday the old shirt just randomly showed up.
Nobody knows where it was hiding.

Don't mind if I do.

Edited:

JerryK posted:

i keep seeing stuff that i like a lot but then i see stuff that sounds really dumb

Explain.

[DuncanFrost]

Grasp posted:

Also, can we have different guilds on different characters now? I can't remember.

You join guilds with your account but you can join as many as you like. When you log into a character you can choose which one you want to 'represent' at that point, gathering guild influence and other things for ~fun guild perks~

[Grasp]

DuncanFrost posted:

You join guilds with your account but you can join as many as you like. When you log into a character you can choose which one you want to 'represent' at that point, gathering guild influence and other things for ~fun guild perks~

Righto.
Thanks!

[Bullet100]

Where did you get the shirt? Been planning on getting one but the only ones I could find are on ebay and I just don't trust that site.

[z156]

Does anyone know if there will be a 2012 Guild Wars 2 calendar?

[Dunpeal]

Goddammit that release date better be real, my birthday is in march.