Guild Wars 2

ArthurG

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

It's gonna be impossible to log in on saturday isn't it?

Don't see whay that would be the case, given the stress tests haven't been a disaster, but I guess you'll never know.

Luckily in EU we're going live early morning rather than midnight in the States, so that might remove some of the load as well.

Kiith

I think i'll be getting up at 5am for the launch. Go on Mumble, and try to sleep on the couch till someone shouts that the servers are up. Reserve my names, and then get some breakfast. Followed by a marathon session :P

bnt

Over 1,000 posts on this thread now. Should we be thinking of a GW subforum by now?

caspa307

must pre order this later

delta36

Argh. Was all set for playing this practically straight through the weekend, treat myself to a massive gaming session, but now something else is happening which means I won't be able to play till Sunday night at the earliest :rolleyes: Sod's law, you feckers will all be ahead of me! Guess I'll just have to make up for it next week!

GO_Bear

It looks interesting, I like how they removed the dual classes, that was just too hard to balance

Xeyn

I'm on nights this week, so I won't be home till after 9 am. Just gonna make my chars basically and then sleep. I'll play a few hours in the evening on Saturday and Sunday.
Then I'm off for 2 weeks from Monday! Woohoo! Too bad I'll be studying... Boo.

ShaneScouse

Welp Im now very hyped for this, the engine still isnt very well optimised but arenanet do seem aware of this and I can see there main focus after launch for several weeks is getting that sorted, hearing alot of very bad performance issues on nvidia cards esp.

Regardless cant bloody wait, Im not to pushed about play time this weekend but I do want the usual names for mmo chars, and seeing as names are game wide not server wide(?) Ill have to make sure I get up at 6:45am on saturday :P

Procrastastudy

ShaneScouse wrote: »

Welp Im now very hyped for this, the engine still isnt very well optimised but arenanet do seem aware of this and I can see there main focus after launch for several weeks is getting that sorted, hearing alot of very bad performance issues on nvidia cards esp.

Regardless cant bloody wait, Im not to pushed about play time this weekend but I do want the usual names for mmo chars, and seeing as names are game wide not server wide(?) Ill have to make sure I get up at 6:45am on saturday :P

Was hitting over 100 FPS at some point on my nice shiney new 7950 :P

ShaneScouse

Procrastastudy wrote: »

Was hitting over 100 FPS at some point on my nice shiney new 7950 :P

Now your just being mean :P

But there is alot of whinging about it in the usual spots on the interwebs, still far to CPU orientated. Im just bitter I cant max it out at 1920*1200 with everything at its max, I should be able to without a doubt but thats pc gaming for ya.
That and it dont really have a proper AA, just fxaa or supersampling which is a bit of the worst 'fakest' type of AA to one where your just gona burn your GPU by forcing a massive res. Boggles me minds a bit, reminds me of RIFT actually It had woefull AA.

Procrastastudy

I have to say this is the first MMO which had had graphics as good as EQII imo. To be fair thats an old game - so many MMOs have put be off because of the graphics.

I think this will tide me over nicely until EQNext comes along.

pH

I played the test last night - seemed pretty promising - but no mouse turn? If you want to turn your char without moving you need to use keyboard? wtf?

Procrastastudy

pH wrote: »

I played the test last night - seemed pretty promising - but no mouse turn? If you want to turn your char without moving you need to use keyboard? wtf?

Err.. I was happily turning around with the mouse.

Dcully

pH wrote: »

I played the test last night - seemed pretty promising - but no mouse turn? If you want to turn your char without moving you need to use keyboard? wtf?

Click and hold left mouse to look around you, click and hold right mouse to turn your character , thats the way MMOs have been for years mate.

Procrastastudy

As there is so much movement needed in this game what are people doing about hotkeys?

Seems neither taking your hands off WASD or the mouse is ideal.

Xeyn

Yeah, people are coming out with all sorts of ways to maximise effectiveness.
If you can retrain yourself to use esdf instead of wasd - you may find yourself at an advantage.

ShaneScouse

One of them nerdy mouse with all the buttons on the side(razer naga, etc.) is ideal tbh. Or use a keypad.

Procrastastudy

ShaneScouse wrote: »

One of them nerdy mouse with all the buttons on the side(razer naga, etc.) is ideal tbh. Or use a keypad.

I broke my NAGA

I tend to use the G keys on my G15 but you still have to lift off the movement keys - hmmm maybe just get used to the numpad

uncle_sam_ie

I'm a lefty so, I use the number pad. 4,8,6,2 movement right arrow jump. 5,1,7,9,3 are weapon skills. + heal. Enter,.,0 utility skills. Mouse button weapon swap, it's what I got so far.

pH

Dcully wrote: »

Click and hold left mouse to look around you, click and hold right mouse to turn your character , thats the way MMOs have been for years mate.

Yea mate and if you played the game in the state it was last night then you'd see that holding down either the right or left button and moving the mouse *just* move the camera and don't turn the char (it will turn once you're moving)

If you're standing still the only way to turn the char is with the keys.

Toom3y7

I dont think ill make the 5am start as there is a possibility to be waiting around for the 3 hours! 8am ill be ready and waiting though

Kiith

pH wrote: »

Yea mate and if you played the game in the state it was last night then you'd see that holding down either the right or left button and moving the mouse *just* move the camera and don't turn the char (it will turn once you're moving)

If you're standing still the only way to turn the char is with the keys.

Is this a problem though? I'm not really sure there's many reasons to be standing still and turning on the spot. If you're not moving in combat, you're doing it wrong

Kiith

I requested a forum this morning, as with the launch just 2 days away, i'd say there's going to be a lot of chat about it, and being f2p (bar the initial purchase) it should last longer then most other mmo's.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80387937#post80387937

Procrastastudy

Am I right in thinking the Engineer (in a particular set up) is the closest this game comes to a Main Healer?

caspa307

best place to buy this online?

Kiith

Not really sure there is a main healer as such. Certain professions are better for healing, but they are all useful. From what i know, Engineer, Ele and Guardian all have good healing skills. But the others might as well.

Procrastastudy

Cool - its just they can swap out their weapon skills for healing so I wondered. Guardian is gonna be my Alt so I think I'm covered on the healing front

I love the way they've muddled the classes - gonna make for an interesting group dynamic.

Dcully

Procrastastudy wrote: »

I love the way they've muddled the classes - gonna make for an interesting group dynamic.

Its interesting for sure but nobody really knows in terms of pve how well it will work out.

Gamespy pose some interesting thoughts about GW2 here
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/guild-wars-2/1225830p1.html

Toom3y7

I think Guardian could come out as the most supportive role by looking at the classes, still hard to tell though. There is definately a healthy mix between all classes.

delta36

Kiith wrote: »

I requested a forum this morning, as with the launch just 2 days away, i'd say there's going to be a lot of chat about it, and being f2p (bar the initial purchase) it should last longer then most other mmo's.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80387937#post80387937

Was thinking of doing that myself, but have the feeling admin won't be willing to make one until we can show how full the main forum is going to get with different threads about GW2. +1'd anyway.

Sephiroth_dude

caspa307 wrote: »

best place to buy this online?

I too would like to know this,was just gonna buy it off the website tbh

Toom3y7

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I too would like to know this,was just gonna buy it off the website tbh

I bought the digital copy off their Website, it lets you pre-download the game as well so i should be ready to go on Saturday Had no problems with it!

Dcully

I bought from http://www.greenmangaming.com.
They had an offer at the time and i got it for €43, best price ive seen.

Sephiroth_dude

Dcully wrote: »

I bought from http://www.greenmangaming.com.
They had an offer at the time and i got it for €43, best price ive seen.

do those lads give you the 3 day head start ?

Toom3y7 wrote: »

I bought the digital copy off their Website, it lets you pre-download the game as well so i should be ready to go on Saturday Had no problems with it!

how long did it take to download?

Toom3y7

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

how long did it take to download?

It's a pretty big download took me about 6 hours i think! my internet was averaging about 500 KBps throughout the download as well.

Dcully

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

do those lads give you the 3 day head start ?




how long did it take to download?

Yes im in the 3 day headstart, well i hope so, ive had access to the stress tests so i assume so.
It said i would when i was buying.

I think its a 14GB dload.


Edit: just checked there for you and it now says

PURCHASES ON OR AFTER 17TH AUGUST WILL NOT INCLUDE THE 3 DAY EARLY ACCESS OR ACCESS TO BETA WEEKENDS!

ACTIVATION KEYS WILL BE SENT OUT IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE DATE OF 28TH AUGUST 2012!

KEYS ARE REGISTERED AT: https://register.guildwars2.com/

I bought mine on the 10th August

_Puma_

Dcully wrote: »

Yes im in the 3 day headstart, well i hope so, ive had access to the stress tests so i assume so.
It said i would when i was buying.

I think its a 14GB dload.


Edit: just checked there for you and it now says

PURCHASES ON OR AFTER 17TH AUGUST WILL NOT INCLUDE THE 3 DAY EARLY ACCESS OR ACCESS TO BETA WEEKENDS!

ACTIVATION KEYS WILL BE SENT OUT IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE DATE OF 28TH AUGUST 2012!

KEYS ARE REGISTERED AT: https://register.guildwars2.com/

I bought mine on the 10th August

Had not heard that you had to have it bought before the 17th to get access on Satuarday morning. I bought it on the 20th and had access to the stress test. Pretty sure it said I have access to the headstart when buying as well.Do ya have a link?

Sephiroth_dude

Dcully wrote: »

Yes im in the 3 day headstart, well i hope so, ive had access to the stress tests so i assume so.
It said i would when i was buying.

I think its a 14GB dload.


Edit: just checked there for you and it now says

PURCHASES ON OR AFTER 17TH AUGUST WILL NOT INCLUDE THE 3 DAY EARLY ACCESS OR ACCESS TO BETA WEEKENDS!

ACTIVATION KEYS WILL BE SENT OUT IN TIME FOR THE RELEASE DATE OF 28TH AUGUST 2012!

KEYS ARE REGISTERED AT: https://register.guildwars2.com/

I bought mine on the 10th August

ah crap,no headstart for me then,thanks for digging that up for me

Toom3y7

_Puma_ wrote: »

Had not heard that you had to have it bought before the 17th to get access on Satuarday morning. I bought it on the 20th and had access to the stress test. Pretty sure it said I have access to the headstart when buying as well.Do ya have a link?

I also bought it on the 20th and i was sent on an email with my serial code and it said that i will be able to access the game on the 25th? I also cant find anywhere that is says you have to buy before the 17???

p1000

Just been looking around and nothing i can find confirms this. Most ArenaNet stuff is still pushing the pre-purchase copies to get the three day head start so i'm assuming it's still okay (but that could be wishful thinking as i only bought it earlier today...).

uncle_sam_ie

I read from one of the GW2 tweets that if you got into the stress test your OK for the head start.

ShaneScouse

If you have been in the betas and stress tests then your pretty much sorted for Headstart.

Also the game is about 16GBs, so a couple-several hours download depending what your BB is obv.

Dcully

_Puma_ wrote: »

Had not heard that you had to have it bought before the 17th to get access on Satuarday morning. I bought it on the 20th and had access to the stress test. Pretty sure it said I have access to the headstart when buying as well.Do ya have a link?

This is from greenmangaming.
Just to be clear folks and for those who havent read the last page or so , i was talking about if you bought from greenmangaming not direct from arenanet, it was in reference to greenmangaming where i bought it from at a discount price.

Sephiroth_dude

Dcully wrote: »

This is from greenmangaming.
Just to be clear folks and for those who havent read the last page or so , i was talking about if you bought from greenmangaming not direct from arenanet, it was in reference to greenmangaming where i bought it from at a discount price.

AH I'm good to go then If I buy the digital off the website :-)?

Toom3y7

Phew :P

ArthurG

Looks like a short stress test tonight tonight at 9pm

uncle_sam_ie

ArthurG wrote: »

Looks like a short stress test tonight tonight at 9pm

Yeah looks like it https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2

Dcully

Started the launcher there and its saying theres a 4 gig update?

ArthurG

Hmmmm, I got a small update, wasn't 4 gig though, maybe a few 100 Mb, but now I'm just watching the log in wheel spin, nothing happening.......

ArthurG

Stress test delayed 20 mins... grrrr