This is the BEST beta event I have ever attended. 

Game needs a little refining, but honestly.... its the first beta open to the masses and its going GREAT.

I made a Human Thief first.... let me tell you, had more fun in the opening starter zone than I did over the 7 years playing WoW combined. 

The whole quest starting from defending the garrison to killing the elemental was absolutely amazing. There were 4 other people there and we instantly turned into a group without even managing it, helping out each other, was a perfect experience for how an MMO should be handled. 

Others have been saying they are having log in issues and crashes? Ive been playing since yesterday.... no crashes.... no login issues..... nothing. Maybe some queue time wait but thats it. Nothing major.

In all, im having a GREAT time in this beta and its really impressing me!

agreed, cant put the game down. im in love with the world and my Norn guardian. honestly, the game just needs optimizations. even though ive been running it quite smoothly.

unfortunately, i think too many people (on these forums anyway) are too butthurt by the perfomance issues to appreciate the huge positives about the game. oh well, back to Tyria for me o/

i can't stop playing...

the only reason why i am here 

its the server seem to be down.

Have to agree with the OP.  Played almost all of the AAA MMO's and this has been the best for me so far.  The game is exactly as I expected based on the videos and available information prior to this weekend.  The DE's that I've participated in were such a blast I had to force myself to stop doing the same ones over and over and move on to other areas.  Players are working together and cooperating, which you seldom ever see in the starter areas of any other MMO's.  Usually it's one big free for all competition over killing the same quest mob spawns.  No more of that crap, thank goodness.

The graphics look just like the videos that Anet and the media have been showing and I'm surprised people are critical of them.  To each their own I guess.  They did a great job with the environment and animations.  I hated the original GW animations, but these are top-notch.

The skill execution requires thought rather than mindless button mashing, and I love being able to pick and choose which skills I want instead of being locked into some skill tree with half of the abilities being fillers trying to get to the good ones.

Combat is actually interesting instead of just standing there trading blows with the mobs.  You have to move around and avoid attacks or you'll die.  It was funny listening to the WoW nubs complaining because they were dieing a lot.

Great job Anet!

Originally posted by sk8chalif

i can't stop playing...

the only reason why i am here 

its the server seem to be down.

 

Ye i'm having a blast too, but they really need to buff their euro servers, i don't know if they have more poeple playing from europe, but it look like we are a lot more.

I have to agree, I'm loving it!

So far WvW was so much fun. Despite my server losing (Moredune Shoutout!) because we were outnumbered by the other server, it was a great deal of fun. Staying on the move, sieging this or that, calling orders out, people working together to push or defend. It was great.

And the PvE is pretty cool too. I'd runo ut of money in WvW buying Siege equipment and a hefty Repair bill, so I'd switch over to PvE and do some events to get some money, repair and upgrade my stuff, then head back out to WvW. The great thing is in both the PvE and PvP area you're always the same level as the content and always gaining exp. So if I left PvE at lvl 8 to go do WvW I'd get bumped up to lvl 80 with lvl 80 base stats. Armor and weapons don't get a boost, and you only know whatever skills you've learned so if you haven't lvled your weapons you're going to be gimped, not useless but not particularly amazing either. But after an hour or so playing in WvW I'd go back to PvE and I'd be lvl 10, but I could pick up where I left off because my "effective level" would be lowered to match the content. I'd be a wee bit stronger because of the experience I'd gained in WvW, but not enough to make the content pointless. 

And such is the way of my life in Tyria, getting a few levels in PvE then switching to WvW then back to PvE and I'm loving it.

Not to mention, I've said it before and I'll say it again, the community is just amazing. Everyone there is dedicated and excited about the game. Beacuse everyone has already commited to buying the game, there is no one there, who doesn't want to be there. Sure there is the occasional troll but all in all the experience has been amazing.

Originally posted by kalimah
Plus, A lot of people are still using Commodore 64 computers to try and play it with.  If you want a good experience, then go buy a decent rig instead of bitching and complaing that your rig just SUCKS..

It's mostly users with high end hardware that are having issues, actually.

Originally posted by sonoggi

agreed, cant put the game down. im in love with the world and my Norn guardian. honestly, the game just needs optimizations. even though ive been running it quite smoothly.

unfortunately, i think too many people (on these forums anyway) are too butthurt by the perfomance issues to appreciate the huge positives about the game. oh well, back to Tyria for me o/

Yea I broke down and made a Norn Warrior last night............AWESOME LORE and awesome ambience.  Can not wait for release and hope the server issues are fixed before the weekends out so I can play.

Originally posted by drazzah

This is the BEST beta event I have ever attended. 

Game needs a little refining, but honestly.... its the first beta open to the masses and its going GREAT.

I made a Human Thief first.... let me tell you, had more fun in the opening starter zone than I did over the 7 years playing WoW combined. 

The whole quest starting from defending the garrison to killing the elemental was absolutely amazing. There were 4 other people there and we instantly turned into a group without even managing it, helping out each other, was a perfect experience for how an MMO should be handled. 

 

Others have been saying they are having log in issues and crashes? Ive been playing since yesterday.... no crashes.... no login issues..... nothing. Maybe some queue time wait but thats it. Nothing major.

 

In all, im having a GREAT time in this beta and its really impressing me!

You didnt play rift, right?. And you know lot of people cant even log in now. But 7 years playing wow, that explains it.

Originally posted by drazzah

This is the BEST beta event I have ever attended. 

Game needs a little refining, but honestly.... its the first beta open to the masses and its going GREAT.

I made a Human Thief first.... let me tell you, had more fun in the opening starter zone than I did over the 7 years playing WoW combined. 

The whole quest starting from defending the garrison to killing the elemental was absolutely amazing. There were 4 other people there and we instantly turned into a group without even managing it, helping out each other, was a perfect experience for how an MMO should be handled. 

 

Others have been saying they are having log in issues and crashes? Ive been playing since yesterday.... no crashes.... no login issues..... nothing. Maybe some queue time wait but thats it. Nothing major.

 

In all, im having a GREAT time in this beta and its really impressing me!

Agree great job by Anet and one hell of a game. Love it all of it. Rift would be the next best beta I was in.

Originally posted by kalimah
Plus, A lot of people are still using Commodore 64 computers to try and play it with.  If you want a good experience, then go buy a decent rig instead of bitching and complaing that your rig just SUCKS..

Love it!!!... and it's absolutely true.. This is as optimised of a game as is ever going to come out from now on. And it is absolutely rediculous that the odd individual is blaming the game especially given that the minimum requirements were publicised everwhere including on systemrequirementslab.com.

Originally posted by drazzah

This is the BEST beta event I have ever attended. 

Game needs a little refining, but honestly.... its the first beta open to the masses and its going GREAT.

I made a Human Thief first.... let me tell you, had more fun in the opening starter zone than I did over the 7 years playing WoW combined. 

The whole quest starting from defending the garrison to killing the elemental was absolutely amazing. There were 4 other people there and we instantly turned into a group without even managing it, helping out each other, was a perfect experience for how an MMO should be handled. 

 

Others have been saying they are having log in issues and crashes? Ive been playing since yesterday.... no crashes.... no login issues..... nothing. Maybe some queue time wait but thats it. Nothing major.

 

In all, im having a GREAT time in this beta and its really impressing me!

Well i can't say best i had a blast also in Darkfall beta and beyond but i must say this beta comes close and its awesome its fun looks great and awesome dynamic quests plus game world is very immersive. People revive you and alot groups ive mamange completing awesome events. GREAT GAME INDEED.