Originally posted by dinams

I know that australia is gimped as hell due to being a island in nowhere but

I would suggest you to see more of the world before saying that you live in a shitty place

 

/firstworldproblems

if we were talking about the average gorgeousness of a babe on a beach, i doubt you'd hear many complaints from me. but we're talking internet speed and download limits as a barrier to a game. in that way, australia lags (hehe - i'm funny) behind many countries whose economy is often weaker than ours so we have no real excuse other than our politicians still living in the past with no idea of what technology is or what it might achieve.

context, guy. look it up.

Originally posted by headphones

Originally posted by dinams

I know that australia is gimped as hell due to being a island in nowhere but

I would suggest you to see more of the world before saying that you live in a shitty place

 

/firstworldproblems

if we were talking about the average gorgeousness of a babe on a beach, i doubt you'd hear many complaints from me. but we're talking internet speed and download limits as a barrier to a game. in that way, australia lags (hehe - i'm funny) behind many countries whose economy is often weaker than ours so we have no real excuse other than our politicians still living in the past with no idea of what technology is or what it might achieve.

context, guy. look it up.

last time I checked all the australians threads like these always end up:

-Oh god it sucks to live here because internet connection sucks

Originally posted by headphones

Originally posted by dinams

I know that australia is gimped as hell due to being a island in nowhere but

I would suggest you to see more of the world before saying that you live in a shitty place

 

/firstworldproblems

if we were talking about the average gorgeousness of a babe on a beach, i doubt you'd hear many complaints from me. but we're talking internet speed and download limits as a barrier to a game. in that way, australia lags (hehe - i'm funny) behind many countries whose economy is often weaker than ours so we have no real excuse other than our politicians still living in the past with no idea of what technology is or what it might achieve.

context, guy. look it up.

I am sorry but our comments are not regarding your post alone but the general impression from other posts that Australia is not worth living because our internet speeds are crappy. Which sounds very shallow to me atleast.

Not saying that you were tryign to say the same.

Forgive me if I'm wrong but can't you people just order the US or UK version from Amazon or Gamestop, and have it shiped over to you?

Ok, but more importanlty, is "Are Australians able to pre-purchase the Physical Collectors Edition Come April 10th?" 

If you dont know what Im talking about...um...look here:

https://buy.guildwars2.com/collectors-edition

Now that you are frothing at the mouth, I will be surely pissed if (Like TERA) they restrict posting the physical collectors edition outside the US.

Just a hint NCSOFT...DONT DO THIS!! I WILL GIVE YOU $170 (INC POSTAGE) ON APRIL 10 FOR THE CE!!!

So please. Let us Aussies be able to order it. Thankyou. :)

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

Originally posted by kaiser3282

Do you have any idea how many games over the decades have never even come to the western world because theyre only released in Asian markets. Not just MMOs but console games too. If we're lucky enough to get some of those games, its usually at least a year, if not several years later, and usually with some pretty terrible Engirsh. Even now there are still ongoing projects by fans to translate and provide patches for some really good games that were only released in countires like Japan on older consoles, rather than the companies releasing it internationally.

I see your point, but on their behalf this is GW2 for Gods Sake! I do feel for them and have had many online friends from there. I say the more  fans we can get playing in WvW the better and if they are hindered we are too. Honestly, My biggest problem with my Ausie friends is they don't have any clue as to what an Outback Steakhouse is. lol

Originally posted by Superduper69

Originally posted by headphones

Originally posted by dinams

I know that australia is gimped as hell due to being a island in nowhere but

I would suggest you to see more of the world before saying that you live in a shitty place

 

/firstworldproblems

if we were talking about the average gorgeousness of a babe on a beach, i doubt you'd hear many complaints from me. but we're talking internet speed and download limits as a barrier to a game. in that way, australia lags (hehe - i'm funny) behind many countries whose economy is often weaker than ours so we have no real excuse other than our politicians still living in the past with no idea of what technology is or what it might achieve.

context, guy. look it up.

I am sorry but our comments are not regarding your post alone but the general impression from other posts that Australia is not worth living because our internet speeds are crappy. Which sounds very shallow to me atleast.

Not saying that you were tryign to say the same.

As an Aussie who has travelled the world and currently lives in the UK, I can hands down say that Australian internet is a joke, and if the Liberals had their way it would stay as such, since Tony Abbott cant tell the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte.

Its not because we dont have the means to catch up with the rest of the world, its just that the Liberal government at the time was too stupid to realise what a good investment it was.

Anyway, if Anet has forgotten about Australian localisation for digital download you should be happy. Games purchased at American rates are way way way cheaper than when they localise to Australia. For some reason game companies try to charge 1.5x the amount in Australia, dispite the currency being 1:1 for quite some time now.

The day SoE realised the American dollar was doing so shit they locked everyones credit cards to regions and charged a rediculous rate for overseas customers.

Originally posted by headphones

Originally posted by Fir3line

Originally posted by headphones

Originally posted by Khole

Is it that big of a problem? Can't you just download digital?

australian internet is gimped. not only is it expensive, they often have ridiculous downloading limits. in a lot of cases, that 20g would be the limit, and then the account would be "shaped" so you get a bandwidth of about 56k. so, back to the 1990s with you.
 

it's pretty bad, really. and probably why a bunch of us get so angry, because it's frustrating that in this day and age, the word "global" isn't quite what it seems to gaming companies.

edit: and that's odd that a "massive" game can't even launch globally. as we saw with swtor, it really alienates and gives a negative view of the product to potential customers. i know while i wasn't heaving with rage, i didn't care enough so when my game company ordered copies in from overseas and offered me one, i know i felt pretty meh about swtor by that stage.
 my best reaction was: lukewarm. get it? LUKEwarm? swtor?

oh, nevermind.

in comparison, even tho we are in this shitty situation that probably everyone knows, Portugal is sounding pretty sweet to me

my wife constantly complains because she's from south korea. she's not used to internet as slow as our broadband, doesn't understand why it has a download limit and for the life of her can't see why we get charged 70 bucks a month for what we've got.

i always thought she was exagerating. then i went to south korea.

dammit. no wonder they've got such a thriving gaming industry. it's because their government has worked hard to unleash the internet's capacity.

makes you wonder what the hell our "superior" western governments are up to.

Western leaders are technologically illiterate, thus they are ignorant of these issues.  Plus, here in north america, EVERYTHING needs to be monetized and the desires of Big Business always comes before the public good -- hence, SOPA.

Originally posted by mazut

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

And! You'll never lose it. I even tried to lose my digital copy of SWToR and I can't.

Originally posted by Amjoco

Originally posted by mazut

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

And! You'll never lose it. I even tried to lose my digital copy of SWToR and I can't.

haha, on purpose! Its like a tattoo, muahahah

Originally posted by mazut

Originally posted by Amjoco

Originally posted by mazut

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

And! You'll never lose it. I even tried to lose my digital copy of SWToR and I can't.

haha, on purpose! Its like a tattoo, muahahah

LMAO! Yes, SWToR is the herpes of mmorpgs.

I feel you,  I am playing from Japan and was hoping to hit up and oceanic server.  

Originally posted by mazut

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

read back, Aus has pretty shitty internet, they would have to pay their ISP for doing so. Correct me if I am wrong guys.. going from experience playing with aussies and kiwis.

on that note.. are we sure Steam WON'T sell it? You can buy GW1 from Steam.

Originally posted by gotha

I feel you,  I am playing from Japan and was hoping to hit up and oceanic server.  

Ha! Thats what you guys get for keeping so many good RPGs to yourselves. Its America's revenge for Bahamut Lagoon and so many others :-P

Originally posted by kaiser3282

Originally posted by gotha

I feel you,  I am playing from Japan and was hoping to hit up and oceanic server.  

Ha! Thats what you guys get for keeping so many good RPGs to yourselves. Its America's revenge for Bahamut Lagoon and so many others :-P

hah i am American and my japanese is no where good enough to play RPG in japanese.

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Originally posted by ariboersma

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Originally posted by mazut
Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

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read back, Aus has pretty shitty internet, they would have to pay their ISP for doing so. Correct me if I am wrong guys.. going from experience playing with aussies and kiwis.
on that note.. are we sure Steam WON'T sell it? You can buy GW1 from Steam.

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You can buy Aion and GW1 on Steam, so there is a very good chance GW2 will also be on Steam. There are only really two questions:

Will it come with the 3-day head start and beta access?
and
Will there be a hat?

Originally posted by ariboersma

Originally posted by mazut

Come on guys, digital is better. Its Enviromental friendly, you dont fill your house with garbage. You dont wait for shipment, just download it. I dont see a single positive side of the box.

read back, Aus has pretty shitty internet, they would have to pay their ISP for doing so. Correct me if I am wrong guys.. going from experience playing with aussies and kiwis.

on that note.. are we sure Steam WON'T sell it? You can buy GW1 from Steam.

The download limits arent THAT low for most people, something like 30-50gb per month, which is enough to download 1 or 2 games. But if you use video a lot online its easy to chew through it. Back in Aus I had unlimited data, but got put down to dial up speed if I went over 50gbs which pretty much meant I may as well not use the internet at all. Most websites need more than that these days.

The max speed wasnt very impressive either, downloading GW2 will be an overnight task for most Aussies while here in the UK I will have it within half an hour.

Wouldn't it be more expensive the purchase the physical one? I can understand if you prefer to have the box, but you're going on as if you weren't allowed to purchase any version of the game. Seems a bit of an over-reaction, in the end you're going to get to play just like everyone else. Also your final paragraph insinuates NCSoft has something to do with SWTOR, and they don't.

I do notice Oceana often gets left in the dust, and I'd be right alongside you if this was one of those cases where you couldn't get the game at all (I often here Yahtzee complaining about this) but that it happens so often means there's a reason for it. I don't know what it is, probaby some sort of red tape involved with that region, but once again, at least you can still play.