Originally posted by RebelScum99

Yes, I'll be playing finally, as I got ahold of a beta key.  Unfortunately, my work schedule for this weekend is brutal, so I'll only have a few hours a day to play the game.  

I'll be playing an engineer, most likely a Norn or Human, since I'm not overly impressed with the other races.  I'll mostly be just checking out the PvE content and go exploring, since world environment is very important for me in how I view an MMO.  Want to see if the DEs are all they're cracked up to be or just repackaged quest chains.

Not sure if I'm really looking forward to anything in particular, since I won't have a lot of time to play, nor does anything look overwhelmingly amazing to me from videos I've seen with the exception of the cities--those look awesome.  I'm mainly hoping to decide whether the game is good enough for me to spend money on.  I'm not sure if 8-10 hours of play time will be enough to give an accurate idea of that, but I guess I'll find out.   

I assume this is your first time playing? I hope you know enough to distinguish between hearts quests and dynamic events. Wouldn't want to be the nth person around here to be wrong about it.

Absolutely

Simple question deserve's a simple answer. So yes i'm gonna play BWE3 and enjoy myself to the fullest! :D

No cause I don't have a beta code *cries*

Originally posted by mmoguy43

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Originally posted by mmoguy43
 Videos and news give a good enough impression of games.

They don't. And I don't mean for GW2 only, but for any video game. Nothing replaces trying the game yourself, using your computers, with your screen, in real time. Any video is just sub par compared to that.

Anyone judging video games only on youtube (or other) gameplay videos can NOT objectively be taken seriously. They know nothing about the game.

Maybe not for you? I sure can absorb a lot. Note I said enough, not a complete impression.

I think you are more influenced by the hype than I am.

So let me get this straight...

You are telling someone who has actually played the game and participated in the Betas that he is more caught up in hype than you, who has merely watched videos and is reacting mostly to forums posts?

/blinks

Anywho I'm really interested to see how the new "mega-servers" handle the initial load tomorrow. Knowing that they already have the hardware ready to go if every server fills up is comforting, but I'm curious to see how big and bad these new ones run.

Ayup, first time playing other than the first stress test.

why is the hours going by so slow.. i want to play already.

Originally posted by KhinRunite

Originally posted by RebelScum99

Yes, I'll be playing finally, as I got ahold of a beta key.  Unfortunately, my work schedule for this weekend is brutal, so I'll only have a few hours a day to play the game.  

I'll be playing an engineer, most likely a Norn or Human, since I'm not overly impressed with the other races.  I'll mostly be just checking out the PvE content and go exploring, since world environment is very important for me in how I view an MMO.  Want to see if the DEs are all they're cracked up to be or just repackaged quest chains.

Not sure if I'm really looking forward to anything in particular, since I won't have a lot of time to play, nor does anything look overwhelmingly amazing to me from videos I've seen with the exception of the cities--those look awesome.  I'm mainly hoping to decide whether the game is good enough for me to spend money on.  I'm not sure if 8-10 hours of play time will be enough to give an accurate idea of that, but I guess I'll find out.   

I assume this is your first time playing? I hope you know enough to distinguish between hearts quests and dynamic events. Wouldn't want to be the nth person around here to be wrong about it.

Yup, first time.  And yeah, just from reading people's reviews and watching some vids I know about the heart quests and DEs.  :)  My goal is to stick primarily to DEs and exploration as much as possible, since that's the feedback I've gotten from those that had the most fun playing.  I'm going to test ArenaNet's claims that this is a game where you can truly roam around and get yourself into shenanigans as opposed to hopping from quest to quest.  If you can, the game will definitely rate higher for me in my eyes.  

Originally posted by BadSpock

Yes, I am most looking forward to experencing the Sylvari and Asura but I'm also going to be spending a lot of time in sPvP trying out builds and in WvW as I've spent very little time in the last BWE's PvP'ing!

 

I think it's safe to say "the majority" of those who regularly frequent MMORPG.com as logged-in memebers are going to be playing GW2 at some point this weekend.

Very cool!

Hopefully we'll have a lot less hate based on lies/misconceptions and a lot less hype based purely on hype rather than game play experiences.

Both of which the GW2 boards could use a whole lot less of.

No me and my guild Decisive Action will absolutely not be playing this weekend and especially not on the Gate of Madness server. So we will not see you at all this weekend. ; P

Yes, and I'm probably gonna make a Sylvari Ranger, but will log onto my Elementalist for WvWvW/More wandering around the level 25-35 area between Lions Arch and Queensdale. I might make an Asura Engi just to check it out...but yeah. 

Originally posted by Digirono

Yes, and I'm probably gonna make a Sylvari Ranger, but will log onto my Elementalist for WvWvW/More wandering around the level 25-35 area between Lions Arch and Queensdale. I might make an Asura Engi just to check it out...but yeah. 

Good luck logging onto your Elementalist. ;)

Originally posted by Anthur

Originally posted by Digirono

Yes, and I'm probably gonna make a Sylvari Ranger, but will log onto my Elementalist for WvWvW/More wandering around the level 25-35 area between Lions Arch and Queensdale. I might make an Asura Engi just to check it out...but yeah. 

Good luck logging onto your Elementalist. ;)

Really now? I haven't looked into if they're wiping the characters or not, I figured they would do it after this BWE, not before.  Hopefully I can,  but I don't necessarily care if they do. 

Originally posted by Digirono

Originally posted by Anthur

Originally posted by Digirono

Yes, and I'm probably gonna make a Sylvari Ranger, but will log onto my Elementalist for WvWvW/More wandering around the level 25-35 area between Lions Arch and Queensdale. I might make an Asura Engi just to check it out...but yeah. 

Good luck logging onto your Elementalist. ;)

Really now? I haven't looked into if they're wiping the characters or not, I figured they would do it after this BWE, not before.  Hopefully I can,  but I don't necessarily care if they do. 

They did wipe all toons from previous tests.

They consolidated servers and increased caps, and they want to simulate a "soft launch" of having thousands of people in the starting zones.

Sorry, no elementalist for you!

No, because I dont want to burnout on it before release :)

Originally posted by BadSpock

Originally posted by Digirono

Originally posted by Anthur

Originally posted by Digirono

Yes, and I'm probably gonna make a Sylvari Ranger, but will log onto my Elementalist for WvWvW/More wandering around the level 25-35 area between Lions Arch and Queensdale. I might make an Asura Engi just to check it out...but yeah. 

Good luck logging onto your Elementalist. ;)

Really now? I haven't looked into if they're wiping the characters or not, I figured they would do it after this BWE, not before.  Hopefully I can,  but I don't necessarily care if they do. 

They did wipe all toons from previous tests.

They consolidated servers and increased caps, and they want to simulate a "soft launch" of having thousands of people in the starting zones.

Sorry, no elementalist for you!

Meh, then Sylvari Ranger it is :P. 

5 hours and counting. Can't wait.

Here's another simple question, and since I don't see the reason to make a completely new thread for this, i'll ask it in this one. What are you doing while you wait for the Guild Wars 2 BWE to start? Me personally, i'm alt-tabbing between this website, YouTube, and Minecraft. 

Originally posted by Digirono

Here's another simple question, and since I don't see the reason to make a completely new thread for this, i'll ask it in this one. What are you doing while you wait for the Guild Wars 2 BWE to start? Me personally, i'm alt-tabbing between this website, YouTube, and Minecraft. 

I'm going to head out fishing for a while with my son.  Should get home just in time to hit the servers.