Originally posted by Purgatus
I'd say the first person to 80 is likely the person who "gets" the game the least.

This ^

What's the rush?

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

I'm 100% sure of two things.

1) there will be a level 80 before the end of the 3 days headstart.

2) it will NOT be me.

3) An insane number of people will make weak "doom?" predictions as a result.

4) I will sneer in derision at the prognosticators and charlatans and mystics, as always. 

5) Wait, now they got us doing it too.  Dammit!

Originally posted by Svarcanum
Or you can see it like this: what's the point in NOT rushing. Since you can't out level content but still will dominate in wvw...

this is valid, but i wont be rushing.

(i have returned to low zones in BWE 2+3, and even though it was only a difference of 5 levels, i felt like i was steamrolling mobs.) 

i hope that by taking my time, and doing zones "at level" it will be more challenging. i prefer multiple deaths over feeling like i can steamroll content.

First 80 will be inside of 48 hours of headstart. No problem.

And the person who pulls is off needs to be ridiculed mercilessly.

My bet is around 36 hours

But i expect to be surprised and see people level 80 even faster, some people learned during BWEs  hell i would not be surprised to see people leveling to 80 during a stress test.

Is not who level to 80 in 3 minutes that irk me, is who do it and then start posting:  "OMFG GW2 sucks nothing to do after 40 minutes of play, leveled to 80 won 7 WvWvW and did all the dungeons  , now after 24 hours of play nothing to do, launched with no content "

Originally posted by elvenwolf

My bet is around 36 hours

But i expect to be surprised and see people level 80 even faster, some people learned during BWEs  hell i would not be surprised to see people leveling to 80 during a stress test.

 

Is not who level to 80 in 3 minutes that irk me, is who do it and then start posting:  "OMFG GW2 sucks nothing to do after 40 minutes of play, leveled to 80 won 7 WvWvW and did all the dungeons  , now after 24 hours of play nothing to do, launched with no content "

yeah, there will be "those people", but we will still be playing the game and having fun instead of hanging out here reading their bullsnot posts.

Originally posted by elvenwolf

My bet is around 36 hours

But i expect to be surprised and see people level 80 even faster, some people learned during BWEs  hell i would not be surprised to see people leveling to 80 during a stress test.

 

Is not who level to 80 in 3 minutes that irk me, is who do it and then start posting:  "OMFG GW2 sucks nothing to do after 40 minutes of play, leveled to 80 won 7 WvWvW and did all the dungeons  , now after 24 hours of play nothing to do, launched with no content "

Well if you think about it by the entertainement value, that isn't bad! That comes out to about $1.60 an hour. Seven years of Anet team worked completed in the blink of an eye! 

At least unlike WoW, they can come back and start the game and play it the way it was designed and it will still be a challenge. :)

Remember level gain in GW2 is linear so each level is meant to take the same amount of time to achieve after level (15?).

Thus if they just grind out the levels, ignoring content, or just getting it in wvwvw, it should be quick

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

I'm 100% sure of two things.

1) there will be a level 80 before the end of the 3 days headstart.

2) it will NOT be me.

 

3. Whoever it is will be the first to complain why there is no content or anyone to help with World Bosses. ;)

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Originally posted by Svarcanum
Or you can see it like this: what's the point in NOT rushing. Since you can't out level content but still will dominate in wvw...

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Upon desecrating Guild Wars 2(re- getting to level 80 in under 1 week) you will immediately come to the forums to spout hatred filled power leveling rhetoric and subsequently quit the game. Your level 80 character(re- the Anti Christ) will be stoned to death in game.

More seriously - the amount of hate towards people that will get to level 80 in a relatively short amount of time is, quite frankly, not surprising but is no less puzzling.

Guild Wars 2 has been built from the ground up to be a quick leveling MMO. Also, pretty much everything you do gives experience points. The only way to not gain experience points in GW2 is by doing nothing.

The first week everyone will be super excited that Guild Wars 2 is finally out and they are able to play and so will be playing a lot. The leveling will just happen.

So, basically, has become "fans of GW2 that plan to ostracize other fans of GW2 for playing the game they both like". The GW2 community is looking good so far.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Originally posted by Tayah
There's another thread with the same title somewhere. I'd say as usual in all mmo's that come out, someone will be playing in shifts with others on an account and get max level before the official release date on the 28th.

Playing in shifts AND get all their guild send them all their crafting mats too.

Ahh yes, I forgot that too, ty.

Off topic but Korrigan are you heading to Jade Quarry with the rest of we Daoc vets?

Originally posted by Tayah

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Originally posted by Tayah
There's another thread with the same title somewhere. I'd say as usual in all mmo's that come out, someone will be playing in shifts with others on an account and get max level before the official release date on the 28th.

Playing in shifts AND get all their guild send them all their crafting mats too.

Ahh yes, I forgot that too, ty.

Off topic but Korrigan are you heading to Jade Quarry with the rest of we Daoc vets?

Sorry but no, since I'm a European, so I'll be on some European server with my own guild (see sig). Since GW2's combat is more action oriented, I think ping may matter quite a bit in PvP.

Originally posted by Xiaoki

 

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Originally posted by Svarcanum
Or you can see it like this: what's the point in NOT rushing. Since you can't out level content but still will dominate in wvw...

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The point is that if you "rush" through the game you are a WoW playing, power leveling Communist.

 

Upon desecrating Guild Wars 2(re- getting to level 80 in under 1 week) you will immediately come to the forums to spout hatred filled power leveling rhetoric and subsequently quit the game. Your level 80 character(re- the Anti Christ) will be stoned to death in game.

More seriously - the amount of hate towards people that will get to level 80 in a relatively short amount of time is, quite frankly, not surprising but is no less puzzling.

Guild Wars 2 has been built from the ground up to be a quick leveling MMO. Also, pretty much everything you do gives experience points. The only way to not gain experience points in GW2 is by doing nothing.

The first week everyone will be super excited that Guild Wars 2 is finally out and they are able to play and so will be playing a lot. The leveling will just happen.

So, basically, has become "fans of GW2 that plan to ostracize other fans of GW2 for playing the game they both like". The GW2 community is looking good so far.

I think you totally missed the point.

Nobody mind who reach level 80 in 5 minutes , your money your game, do whatever, from playing naked covered in mountain dew to  whatever.

Who is irksome is who reach level 80 in 5 minutes and then start to spam the forums about how the game suck because they reached level 80 in 5 minutes.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

I'm 100% sure of two things.

1) there will be a level 80 before the end of the 3 days headstart.

2) it will NOT be me.

 

My neither... it will probably take me MONTHS, if not a year to finally hit 80 with my first character.

I will take my time... I want to see everything there is to see, do everything there is to do, and then some!

Can`t wait!

Originally posted by GrumpyCharr

Three days, tops before the first 80.  Maybe sooner.  

I give you four days before those same people start complaining about being bored.  

I'll give you one month before those people have already moved on to hyping for the next big game.

Happens every time.

This is the problem of MMOs in west, you just move to the newest themepark next month to do the same thing you did before.

it happend to Aion(in west, in east it still is P2P with tons of players), Tera and will happen to Gw2. 

You know, I did not even think about this during the BWEs. Do you level slower if you over level the zone? Or do all mobs basically give you a set amount of XP which scales with the amount of xp needed for the level?

Either way, I will be leveling slowly.