Ok, quick question:

Does the pre-purchase key convert to the retail key or do we get a separate retail key (like swtor etc)?

Originally posted by kartana

Ok, quick question:

Does the pre-purchase key convert to the retail key or do we get a separate retail key (like swtor etc)?

I'm having a hard time trying to get what your asking so I'm taking a shot in the dark.

Your pre-purchase key is your final and only key, it means you already bought the game and there's nothing more that you have to do.

I just asked because you got two keys if you ordered Swtor (beta and retail). (yeah I know that Swtor was pre-order and not pre-purchase). Thanks for clearing that up.

Very refreashing to see that the OP has written what he sees and what's out and about. Be nice if we had more people sharing this type of information so give your self a pat on the back man!!! A job well done and worthy of a +1

Bandit

You Did a fine job here man. I was sold last beta. were i learned allot of what you posted is just playing. of course you have much more here then i had a chance to try and will find it out by playing when it's released.

Well Done.

I've been on the fence about this one for a while.  I hate buying into hype, but there are so many things appealing to me on how this game is made.  I'm drinking the koolaid.

Buying tonight.

Originally posted by NomadMorlock

I've been on the fence about this one for a while.  I hate buying into hype, but there are so many things appealing to me on how this game is made.  I'm drinking the koolaid.

Buying tonight.

Don't buy nothing because there is too much hype or lack of it. Go to YouTube there are more than enough GW2 videos, read some info and decide for yourself if the game is worth or not.

Wow! This is a great post! Thank you so much for doing this.

So now aside from building a new rig for this game, I have this to read until the 25th!

Originally posted by NateEssex
Awesome guide!!  Is all of the info current? This game looks incredible!

No, it hasn't been updated in quite a while. This is the original thread that the OP keeps updating.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1058358-Guild-Wars-2-Mass-info-for-the-uninitiated.-READ-ME

Originally posted by ZekeAsukura

Originally posted by kartana

Ok, quick question:

Does the pre-purchase key convert to the retail key or do we get a separate retail key (like swtor etc)?

I'm having a hard time trying to get what your asking so I'm taking a shot in the dark.

Your pre-purchase key is your final and only key, it means you already bought the game and there's nothing more that you have to do.

 

They just posted on Twitter that people who pre-purchased and pre-ordered need to pick up the retail key to continue playing after 2/5 days. I thought the pre-purchase key converts to a retail key?

Edit: I see that's just for the physical copy...

Am I going to be able to fully experience this game in my free time, or is there content that's going to force me to coordinate my play time with a guild of some sort?

I'd like to avoid the whole WoW raiding experience where I had to show on specific days at specific times just to raid. I want to play when I have time to play and feel like playing, yet still be able to enjoy the game fully.

Originally posted by Maggon

Originally posted by KonyakZero

Originally posted by thekid1

First of all, thank you op and a very nice job you did.

 

In the video on of the designers (the woman) speaks about how a single player can change the world and then they show footage about a big bridge being blown.

 

I assume she was a bit overselling the point and she was actually referring to dynamic events?

So the changes made in the world are not permanent but only a few weeks or months.

 

 

No, she was talking about single player instances.

She was indeed refering to dynamic events as these things can and will happen.

/chuckles

Love this old thread. Thanks for bumping it so that i can read again all the BS fans used to say before release.

Well... pre-ordered the CE edition was in day 1 and I'm still impressed with how deep is the game.

Reding the OP article put a big picture on that, great job.

So reading through, its the same MMo we have been playing with a slightly different look? XD

If its different, its something people can easily see. If you have to tell people that it is different and explain it, chances are its not as 'different' as you try to claim.

Wow amazing post actually and that stuff looks great on paper, but I was pretty much done a month after I hit the level cap.  All the things they set out to change, I wanted back.  So back I went to a game that offered more, what you call the gear treadmill I call sense of achievement somthing thats laciking in GW2.

Oh and your still on a treadmill in GW2 there is just nothing gained from runnign on it, unless you consider new dinner attire and tops hats worth treading for.

Originally posted by snapfusion

Wow amazing post actually and that stuff looks great on paper, but I was pretty much done a month after I hit the level cap.  All the things they set out to change, I wanted back.  So back I went to a game that offered more, what you call the gear treadmill I call sense of achievement somthing thats laciking in GW2.

 

Oh and your still on a treadmill in GW2 there is just nothing gained from runnign on it, unless you consider new dinner attire and tops hats worth treading for.

Fans of valve do... or, y'know, they enjoy playing their game. 

How'd this pre release relic even get brought back up? It's kinda irrelevant I'd say now since there's more mainstream venues for consolidated information on the game. 

Still though, looking through this, there's very very few things in that list that are inconsistent with the content at launch, which is why I'm confused why so many people think that they were lied to or led to believe the game was something it wasn't.