Originally posted by someforumguy

We havent even seen WvWvW or crafting yet. You really dont want them to release GW2 with unfinished WvWvW. The following shitstorm would even hit the people who have no interest in WvWvW to begin with.

Here's a very unofficial crafting video: http://youtu.be/dE8FxHdgKvo

Originally posted by Kaerigan

Originally posted by someforumguy

We havent even seen WvWvW or crafting yet. You really dont want them to release GW2 with unfinished WvWvW. The following shitstorm would even hit the people who have no interest in WvWvW to begin with.

Here's a very unofficial crafting video: http://youtu.be/dE8FxHdgKvo

Thanks for that vid :) I already saw some of the crafting, but you cant really tell if its finished just from that. Same goes for the world. The demos so far only take part in a small part of it.

Also that guy in the vid was very annoying in the way he kept trying to use greyed out resources in combinations lol.

Untill a Arenanet dev tells its ready, there is no reason to believe that it is ready.

The fraction of the game that we've seen may have been polished and look ready for release, but the vast majority that we haven't seen isn't necessarily in the same state.  If it was, they'd release tomorrow and beat all the competition out there (and there is some heavy competition) to the punch.

Just enjoy the ride.  Play some other games in the meantime.  Give a little support to some of the other MMOs that will be popping before GW2.  Then, when it's ready, submerse yourself in all that GW2 goodness.

when skyrim comes out I think i would prefer it to come out on its latest date. Because there just isnt enough time in one day to play both.

By all gods in the universe, release the damned game allready!

I feel like someone in jail waiting to be set free !

Originally posted by dbstylin34

Originally posted by itgrowls

I have to say i speak for most of the community when i say, you gotta stop teasing us and at the VERY least do an open beta with no NDA. Talk about the races when the game is out.

Most of the community wants them to take there time and make sure its extremely smooth and polished for launch.

Yeah, even if it takes them until 2018 to do it...^^  Its looking like we aren't going to see it this year.  Perhaps in 2012 some time.  Or 2013 or 2014... 

With the announcement of TOR's release date, maybe we can hope and pray that ArenaNet see that and sneak in a week earlier.

Man would that be sweet!

I'd rather they polish it rather than release too soon, but one thing they did do too soon was this year's stream of info. Personally, I can only keep up my enthusiasm for so long, and right now I just feel burned out on it. "Huh, stuff from GW2" is essentially my response to every piece of news, and I usually don't even read the articles any more. I worry that too much of the community will feel like this when they do tell us the release date, and it will just go *phut* (not the release itself, but rather there will be much less excitement over the prospect and more a feeling of "Alright, great. Back to the waiting then").

Originally posted by atticusbc

I'd rather they polish it rather than release too soon, but one thing they did do too soon was this year's stream of info. Personally, I can only keep up my enthusiasm for so long, and right now I just feel burned out on it. "Huh, stuff from GW2" is essentially my response to every piece of news, and I usually don't even read the articles any more. I worry that too much of the community will feel like this when they do tell us the release date, and it will just go *phut* (not the release itself, but rather there will be much less excitement over the prospect and more a feeling of "Alright, great. Back to the waiting then").

Exactly. Their marketing department is WAY out of cycle over there.  I suspect at least part of this, is an attempt to keep their remaining player base in Guild Wars at least semi active.  But as more and more time passes, its going to become ever more difficult to keep people encouraged about their new game.  Guild Wars 2 does look like fun, but as more time passes, it becomes less and less relevant in my plans for the future. 

Taking the time to do something right is fine, and the professional approach. We've seen way too many games rushed out because of publisher/investor panic. But, on the other extreme is waiting so long that one misses ones window of opportunity, and people start losing interest.  

Originally posted by Wraithone

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Exactly. Their marketing department is WAY out of cycle over there.  I suspect at least part of this, is an attempt to keep their remaining player base in Guild Wars at least semi active.  But as more and more time passes, its going to become ever more difficult to keep people encouraged about their new game.  Guild Wars 2 does look like fun, but as more time passes, it becomes less and less relevant in my plans for the future. 

Taking the time to do something right is fine, and the professional approach. We've seen way too many games rushed out because of publisher/investor panic. But, on the other extreme is waiting so long that one misses ones window of opportunity, and people start losing interest.  

However this isn't the time for GW2 to launch. There are just way too many promising and hyped up games being released in the next 3 months (Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, SW:TOR, Skyrim, DOTA 2,etc) that they would simply overshadow Guild Wars 2 if it was to release this year. It would be best (from a marketing standpoint) to allow SW:TOR to release this year (if they still plan to), allow the majority of the playerbase to get through the content and then release some time after, when there isn't so many games that the general public wants to buy.

I'm going on a cheetos fast until GW2 goes gold. Swear to god.

Originally posted by dbstylin34

Originally posted by itgrowls

I have to say i speak for most of the community when i say, you gotta stop teasing us and at the VERY least do an open beta with no NDA. Talk about the races when the game is out.

Most of the community wants them to take there time and make sure its extremely smooth and polished for launch.

This ^^^^^^.

I would take a guess and say the GW2 announcement will be rather soon considering TOR just announced.  Unless Anet decides to chill a bit and hope for the hubub around tor to fade a lil and try and release early/mid 2012.  Either way, It's a good time for MMO players boys and girls.

you can say how it looks so polished and s**** as much ass you want. doesn't mean it will be 100% polished when released.

take RIFT for example, looked so polished in the beta events, post release? we still have game breaking bugs in the raiding content (which is basically what the game is about completely)

"As polished as possible" does not mean 100%.  What game company these days releases without one or two bugs - or in the case of Bethesda, one or two hundred?  If we have to wait a few extra months to make sure beta runs smoothly and they can concentrate on the stuff they missed, fine.  But don't compare ANet to Trion.  They were probably just eager to get "RIFT: Planes of Totally not Azeroth" out of the gate.

First off let me say .."A Net do not release this game til you are ready". hehe sorry.But something this innovative needs to be done right .I have faith in them given there track record.

                  Maybe I am wrong but I thought they announced a while back that there will be no Open beta.That currently freinds and family have access to to betas, and they will do an extensive invitation only Closed beta before launch.I may have my wires crossed.Could be a completely different game I got that from.But GW2 keeps popping into my head when I think of that,

Originally posted by Eir_S

"As polished as possible" does not mean 100%.  What game company these days releases without one or two bugs - or in the case of Bethesda, one or two hundred?  If we have to wait a few extra months to make sure beta runs smoothly and they can concentrate on the stuff they missed, fine.  But don't compare ANet to Trion.  They were probably just eager to get "RIFT: Planes of Totally not Azeroth" out of the gate.

hehehe

Originally posted by Blasphim

I would take a guess and say the GW2 announcement will be rather soon considering TOR just announced.  Unless Anet decides to chill a bit and hope for the hubub around tor to fade a lil and try and release early/mid 2012.  Either way, It's a good time for MMO players boys and girls.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibLCi7yXbyc from 5.35  colin explain the timetable from now and too release.

Nothing points at an announcement soon , as he says that first closed beta is going to happend, and the feedback from that is going to determinate when open beta happends. And the feedback from the open beta is going to be used for a descission when to release. Basicly he explain why they use the words "when its ready " because they really want to be able to use the betas to get the game right, and having time to fix what might show up is part of that!

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by fiontar

I'm more up in the air on a release date than I was a week ago.

There was the bit in the Taiwanese press that an NCSoft exec hinted that GW2 closed beta would be under way in the U.S. by mid November.

 

The cynic in me says a massive closed beta invite release one week before TOR opens.  And of course Blizzard will have a big "gee whiz lookit all this cool stuff we've been sitting on" patch about the same time.

This is a cutthroat marketing world :)  And damned if a little competition for customers won't do the whole genre a world of good.

Only thing Ill probably be excited about from blizzard these days would be Diablo 3 and some good ol Starcraft 2, Nothing about about WoW could wow me anymore. Besides who would wanna play Wow with the awesome GW2 out!!!! GW2 FTW!!! lol

The wait is over! Atleast for one title, so until GW2 comes out give that a shot.