We're all going to have to get tattoos or something.

But I'm not actually pre ordering. I refuse.

To me this game was worth the $60 by BWE2.  I don't think you'll be disappointed in the least.

And, as others have said:  YOU win!  :)

Originally posted by Xobdnas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC49Dl-EPpU&feature=player_embedded

This is one of the nicest features in an MMO in 8 years. This plus down lvling (PVE), plus up lvling (PVP), plus cosmeticable armor and skill>gear! I swore I wouldn't fall for the hype train again but, I fell for the hype train again. Pre-Ordered!

I pre-purchased and have been in all Betas. It's awesome and my personal WoW-Killer. ;)

Welcome to the family. hehe

Originally posted by Valua

Originally posted by Magnum2103

Originally posted by Valua

Originally posted by Xobdnas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC49Dl-EPpU&feature=player_embedded

This is one of the nicest features in an MMO in 8 years. This plus down lvling (PVE), plus up lvling (PVP), plus cosmeticable armor and skill>gear! I swore I wouldn't fall for the hype train again but, I fell for the hype train again. Pre-Ordered!

 

You felt the need to pre-order because of an end of beta event?

 

You do realise that you will never see this in game after release don't you?

 

Don't get my wrong, I'm not hating on the game, I think it looks great and I've pre-ordered, but to pre-order over something you'll never get to experience yourself seems a bit stupid to me.

Actually you will.  These beta events were events that they wanted to test in the beta to see if they were working properly on a large scale.  I don't know if the game will activate them automatically, but we do know GMs can manually activate them at any time.

 

Do you have any confirmation of this? 

 

All beta's from all MMO's have end of beta events, they're never actually ever seen in game again. I very much think this will be the exact same case. 

 

How would that event even work anyway? A dragon flies over you while you're questing and you'll be turned into a monster. Some people might like it, some people will hate it.

 

I very much doubt we'll ever see that, or anything similar, in the game after release.

Sorry for the late response.

Yes, on after the beta event when the forums were open for a while the developers specifically mentioned they were testing these types of events and the first beta event will be reused.  Why would they throw away such large scale events they worked on after all, especially since they have better things to do during development?  While it's unknown if a GM is required to trigger said events or if they are part of large scale meta events, they still exist in the game code and can still be triggered.  Though there was no confirmation the beta event #2 will be reused (at least that I caught), I highly doubt they'll spend that much time on developing such a complex event with special rules such as that seen in event 2 just for a one time special event that only a select through beta players will see.

Not all MMOs have end of beta events (avoid speaking in absolutes) and many times the script for beta events are reused in the actual game.  Rift had similar events during the beta, and the event will rarely pop up in release too.  Keep in mind that beta events usually don't run on complex scripts that break basic rules of the game like that seen in GW2's event #2.  Again, I'd highly doubt they would waste time on something so intricate and complex as that for a one shot event.  Most MMOs that do have events (and contrary to your belief, I find end of beta events atypical) just have GMs or a single script spawn a bunch of end game MOBs in the city area or something similar as an end event.

Preordered today and looking foward to playing. Now doing research on races and classes which all look good.

Originally posted by Syno23
The latest mmo hype train for the win

Your avatar suits you well. 

Originally posted by Xobdnas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC49Dl-EPpU&feature=player_embedded

This is one of the nicest features in an MMO in 8 years. This plus down lvling (PVE), plus up lvling (PVP), plus cosmeticable armor and skill>gear! I swore I wouldn't fall for the hype train again but, I fell for the hype train again. Pre-Ordered!

Just remember you might never see that event live, it's probably some test to see if some mechanics can be implemented in a large scale.

On a side-note, for example WoW has had a few one-time events like that, like the zombie one during BC. 

I do hope they'll host some fun events like that post-release, but I wouldn't buy the game relying on that.

That said, the game is solid enough on it's own to deserve my money (I pre-purchased before the 1st beta and still fully support my decision). I hope you'll feel the same way in a couple weeks.

Salut

Originally posted by GriselBrand

Originally posted by StrixMaxima

No, YOU win.

+1

This was exactly my tought, Its the OP that wins for sure, and if the OP is a nice player, the community wins to. On top of that its another win for Arenanet.

Originally posted by Valua

 

 

You do realise that you will never see this in game after release don't you?

Actually this is incorrect. The event is actually shown in the very first Guild Wars 2 video released in 08. Obviously nobody knew what it was until they put it into the 'end of beta' event, but Anet confirmed it is going to be used in the game in some form or another. I'm looking forward to it. :)

Originally posted by Poison_Adele

Hah!

Welcome to the community, then. We've got our share of trash, lunatics, and idiots, but overall the GW2 community can be pretty swell. 

Hope you enjoy the game! 

Hey I resemble that remark!