So interesting news! Thanks for posting!

Originally posted by sudo

Originally posted by bronecar

Holy shit, someone who realizes that an open beta is needed and does not restrict game sales to specific regions.

Way to go, ANET!

Exactly! The moment I told myself I won't buy SW TOR is when they banned my country from buying their game even digitally.

Now, about microtransactions, I'd say they go a bit beyond cosmetics only, since in GW1 you can buy more inventory slots for real cash, you can buy content (special missions for real $) and you can as well buy an ability for other characters on your account to follow you instead of npcs). If they keep all of these in GW2, I'll still play the game but if they add stuff like items for real cash, it'll be a no go...

The only one I'd quibble with them are the mercs. Otherwise, everything else doesn't give a power advantage, just convenience or cosmetic.

there's no way this game will launch in Q1 of 2012. Just sayin'

It seems that they are aiming for April after all. Pure specualation of course since GW1 launched on April also.

If close beta is before the end of this year, and open beta will be early next year, and if betas lasts for 2 atleast months, then release is a definite April.

But that's a lot of "ifs"... :/

Originally posted by nightsong89

Originally posted by Maggon

"We don’t load up with microtransactions that you have to buy to be more powerful than anyone else, because just like in the first Guild Wars, all of our microtransaction items are cosmetic."

 

 

:o - That should clarify some things no ?

 

Its quite clear. The only things you will ever see in the store in GW2 are purely cosmetic items. It's the same thing they did in GW1.

Oh yeh, im fully aware of that, just seen a lot of threads going on about both P2W items as well, as dungeons that would be put on there, but that statement certainly sounds more like that won't be in at all :o

I would love to get into this beta.

Originally posted by SBFord

While it's "old news" to some, it's new news to others. There are a lot of other interesting factoids in the article, hence its posting. :)

I didn't know about it until now. Thanks. :)

Originally posted by DJJazzy

Originally posted by sudo

Originally posted by bronecar

Holy shit, someone who realizes that an open beta is needed and does not restrict game sales to specific regions.

Way to go, ANET!

Exactly! The moment I told myself I won't buy SW TOR is when they banned my country from buying their game even digitally.

Now, about microtransactions, I'd say they go a bit beyond cosmetics only, since in GW1 you can buy more inventory slots for real cash, you can buy content (special missions for real $) and you can as well buy an ability for other characters on your account to follow you instead of npcs). If they keep all of these in GW2, I'll still play the game but if they add stuff like items for real cash, it'll be a no go...

The only one I'd quibble with them are the mercs. Otherwise, everything else doesn't give a power advantage, just convenience or cosmetic.

Exactly, technically convenience is not cosmetic and I'm sure GW2 will sell convenience (and possibly content such as dungeons) but GW2 will never sell power (except if you count expansions).