Originally posted by Kyleran

playing Star Trek on the campus mainframe sucked enough of my life away

heh been there - fond memories of dumb terminals and ascii gaming

Well, studying is always a great thing if you want to have a shiney future. However, having fun is also as important because it will give you the will to resume ur studies, that if you have a self-control.

So, I would suggest you to buy the game if you have the will to play it, well, let´s say 1-2 hours a day when u don´t have exams. U maybe have bad self-control and end up playing 5 hours, well, in this case .. play only in week-ends to not miss up ur future. If you can´t control urself at all, just go to buy a Coca Cola and have a nice day.

Personally, I use to play many MMOs and still have university. I just play some hours a week to calm down and chill out a little bit and it has been working for some years now. Though I do have self-control, in this case

Definitely good to focus on school.

However, based on the OP I would suggest maybe working on some self discipline. If you have trouble with time management (and it sounds like you might), it's not going to get any easier after college.

Originally posted by Psychow

Oh, I thought you were going to say it was because of:

 

Upcoming MMOs ::

Asda 2 - 08/30/12

Scarlet Legacy - 08/31/12

...http://www.asda.com/

The sequil to an english grocer chain is a mmorpg?

+1...no one saw that comming for sure

I am in the same boat. Finished my last summer finals today and start fall semester Aug 17th.  That being said, I prepurchased the day they allowed it and I don't regret it one second nor do I anticipate it affecting my schoolwork since I am a pro at time management (go military). The fact is school is important, but the game has no sub so you can enjoy it when you do have some leisurely time. If you can't find the time to enjoy GW2 every once in a while then maybe playing games is something to concidder stopping all together for the time being because Anet has made it about as accessible as you can get in the MMO genre. Not an insult, just a fact that if the important things are soaking up THAT much time, you won't be able to enjoy ANY game for the same reason you mentioned here.

Originally posted by FlawSGI

I am in the same boat. Finished my last summer finals today and start fall semester Aug 17th.  That being said, I prepurchased the day they allowed it and I don't regret it one second nor do I anticipate it affecting my schoolwork since I am a pro at time management (go military). The fact is school is important, but the game has no sub so you can enjoy it when you do have some leisurely time. If you can't find the time to enjoy GW2 every once in a while then maybe playing games is something to concidder stopping all together for the time being because Anet has made it about as accessible as you can get in the MMO genre. Not an insult, just a fact that if the important things are soaking up THAT much time, you won't be able to enjoy ANY game for the same reason you mentioned here.

This is why I play basically nothing but Mount and blade Warband or Total wars games (mostly shogun2 recently). There are games that fit those with little gaming time, most of them aren't MMO's though. Also I wouldn't automatically assume the OP has a time management problem like many, instead I'd first presume it's more about wanting some form of social life as well, which is my main reason for lack of gametime, with a busy work week (and most weekends) It's hard enough to balance seeing people and getting out, let alone getting sucked into a game that requires a bit of a time commitment (any MMO even GW2).

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by FlawSGI

I am in the same boat. Finished my last summer finals today and start fall semester Aug 17th.  That being said, I prepurchased the day they allowed it and I don't regret it one second nor do I anticipate it affecting my schoolwork since I am a pro at time management (go military). The fact is school is important, but the game has no sub so you can enjoy it when you do have some leisurely time. If you can't find the time to enjoy GW2 every once in a while then maybe playing games is something to concidder stopping all together for the time being because Anet has made it about as accessible as you can get in the MMO genre. Not an insult, just a fact that if the important things are soaking up THAT much time, you won't be able to enjoy ANY game for the same reason you mentioned here.

This is why I play basically nothing but Mount and blade Warband or Total wars games (mostly shogun2 recently). There are games that fit those with little gaming time, most of them aren't MMO's though. Also I wouldn't automatically assume the OP has a time management problem like many, instead I'd first presume it's more about wanting some form of social life as well, which is my main reason for lack of gametime, with a busy work week (and most weekends) It's hard enough to balance seeing people and getting out, let alone getting sucked into a game that requires a bit of a time commitment (any MMO even GW2).

I agree with you and I didn't assume the OP had time management issues, only I wasn't concerened with my own time because I don't have them. As I mentioned Anet has made GW2 one of the most accessible. Also to note, they added an in game clock so while I can understand getting lost in MMO's, there are clocks and timers and alerts everywhere if you are the type that is prone to this. If you want to play the game and the reason the OP listed is the one thing keeping you back, then I mererly counter with reasons this shouldn't be an issue. I make no assumptions. Nice to see people come to the aid of others, only it was misguided on this one.

Originally posted by FlawSGI

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by FlawSGI

I am in the same boat. Finished my last summer finals today and start fall semester Aug 17th.  That being said, I prepurchased the day they allowed it and I don't regret it one second nor do I anticipate it affecting my schoolwork since I am a pro at time management (go military). The fact is school is important, but the game has no sub so you can enjoy it when you do have some leisurely time. If you can't find the time to enjoy GW2 every once in a while then maybe playing games is something to concidder stopping all together for the time being because Anet has made it about as accessible as you can get in the MMO genre. Not an insult, just a fact that if the important things are soaking up THAT much time, you won't be able to enjoy ANY game for the same reason you mentioned here.

This is why I play basically nothing but Mount and blade Warband or Total wars games (mostly shogun2 recently). There are games that fit those with little gaming time, most of them aren't MMO's though. Also I wouldn't automatically assume the OP has a time management problem like many, instead I'd first presume it's more about wanting some form of social life as well, which is my main reason for lack of gametime, with a busy work week (and most weekends) It's hard enough to balance seeing people and getting out, let alone getting sucked into a game that requires a bit of a time commitment (any MMO even GW2).

I agree with you and I didn't assume the OP had time management issues, only I wasn't concerened with my own time because I don't have them. As I mentioned Anet has made GW2 one of the most accessible. Also to note, they added an in game clock so while I can understand getting lost in MMO's, there are clocks and timers and alerts everywhere if you are the type that is prone to this. If you want to play the game and the reason the OP listed is the one thing keeping you back, then I mererly counter with reasons this shouldn't be an issue. I make no assumptions. Nice to see people come to the aid of others, only it was misguided on this one.

Just for clarity only the yellow portion of my post above was in full reponse to you, just saw many before your post bring up the time management bit. 

I expected A-net to expand on the reminders this time around, they used them in GW1 as well.

School will always be an option, but GW2 only has one first day ever! (I'm kidding, GW will always be waiting, school will change your life, ideally for the better, forever, go to school, play on weekends the first week is pretty lax anyway right?)

This is a good thing, MMO's are bad for life anyways, you are better off to stay away from silly games, and go get an education, so good for you skipping the purchase of this game.

good luck at school 

No rush, the game will be around for awhile :-) Maybe you can play at x-mas break?

Originally posted by Entropy14

This is a good thing, MMO's are bad for life anyways, you are better off to stay away from silly games, and go get an education, so good for you skipping the purchase of this game.

And I guess it's because MMOs are so bad and silly that you, sir, are posting on a web site called "MMORPG.COM", right?

 ;-)

No, go and preorder it. Do it, do it now. You know you want to.

Just close your eyes and finally press that "finish deal" button, just do it right away, you'll know that you will end up doing it anyway.

Originally posted by chopstix906

The release date arenanet chose for gw2 is a bad time for me because I go back to school August 23rd. I'm not sure how much of the player base this applies to, but I don't have the time when college is in session to devote much time to games or MMOs specifically. Is anyone else in a similar boat as I am?

Not really, most of us aren't free the entire summer.

But there is no hurry, buy the game when you have time to play instead. The game just wasn't in shape at the beginning of the summer and releasing it back then would have hurt the game a lot just to make some students happy. 

And in worst case scenario you have something to do next summer...

Why not? its not like you have to pay a sub monthly. Buy it play it when you got some time, its only college.... we all need a happy fun time, cant study 24/7 and not go crazy. And like I sid theres no sub, no obligation that you have to play to get your sub fee worth cause there is none! how cool is that!

I'm in the same boat...my classes start the 27th i think. I pre-purchased anyway and will play when i can. No monthly fee means no commitment. I can come and go as i please :)

After classes start try to figure out your free time. They don't want you to bury yourself in work because that is ultimately counter-productive. 

If you are like most people (me included) and like to do things about 4 hours before the class then it might be best to wait.

The date is smack bang in the middle of my classes (started july) and I'm not complaining. Pre-ordered. Slept late. Monday is hell because 'One more DE' on sunday evening.

Just doing the daily achieves will net me a CS item. That only takes half an hour.

OP is a nerd, i was always on the last chair rank. Nerds miss so much flexibility and adaptation in there life, i know, my wife was a super nerd, and my older sister too. Relax dude and don't forget to enjoy life sometime.

Is there ever a good time.

Start new job on 16th,  have agreed to see out my present job until end of September,  training for a triathlon in October  I'll have 8 hours a week I can dedicate to gaming but still pre-ordered GW2 appears to be very frinedly to just logging for an hour here and there,

Originally posted by Xzen

Originally posted by chopstix906

The release date arenanet chose for gw2 is a bad time for me because I go back to school August 23rd. I'm not sure how much of the player base this applies to, but I don't have the time when college is in session to devote much time to games or MMOs specifically. Is anyone else in a similar boat as I am?

My wife is but she went ahead and pre-purchased. There is no monthly fee to worry about after all. However if you lack self control and don't think you would be able to balance your play time with study and class it makes sense.

^^This^^

No subscription fee. No need to race to the level cap. Very playable in small chunks on a limited weekly play budget. No reason not to buy it, unless you are worried that you won't have the self control to limit your play during school.

You really can hop onto this game for a 15-30 minute session and accomplish something, while having fun doing it.