I'm glad I prepurchased it. While its not what half of the people here would have you believe its still a good game even if its far from being finished imo. Thoes of us who payed attention to what Anet has actually said and are capable of thinking for ourself knew the questing was the exact same questing as any other MMO just presented diffrent. And they did a good job of it. Thoes of us paying attention knew the combat wasnt going to be TERA combat but a mash of Tera and WoW style combat. It needs work on balance but its still good imo.
Bascially GW2 is a fun game. But its not the alpha and omega of MMO's like fanboys would have you believe but nor is it a terrible WAR2.0 that haters would have you believe. Its right in the middle and its going to be great fun for alot of us.
I played it on my roommate's prepurchased account. I really really disliked it. It just didn't feel like a proper MMO to me, maybe it was the teleporting around, maybe it was the limited character progression or the loading screens between zones...It just left a bad taste, but ;hey, to each his own. I'm sure people will play the hell out of it for years to come. I may try it again to see if they've improved it during the next BWE but there is no way I'm buying it.
Yes, I prepurchased Digital Deluxe Edition and after I tried the game last Friday I requested my money back right away....
It took Arena Net 6 days to send me the email saying they refounded my money, this is one of the worst customer services I ever had to deal with. When I did the same for Tera Online I got an answer in few hours, thumbs up for EnMasse customer service.
What made me change my mind and ask my money back? Well like everyone else I had many errors and lag from the start but that's not it even on Sunday I still had lag and low FPS on my high end gaming PC which handles in high setting FFXIV and any other mmorpg there is. In GW2 I had to go to the lowest setting to get 35 FPS.
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!!
I just checked the records and did an IP trace on your computer... you never purchased the game nor did you partake in the BWE. Why would you post such a thing?!
Yes, I prepurchased Digital Deluxe Edition and after I tried the game last Friday I requested my money back right away....
It took Arena Net 6 days to send me the email saying they refounded my money, this is one of the worst customer services I ever had to deal with. When I did the same for Tera Online I got an answer in few hours, thumbs up for EnMasse customer service.
What made me change my mind and ask my money back? Well like everyone else I had many errors and lag from the start but that's not it even on Sunday I still had lag and low FPS on my high end gaming PC which handles in high setting FFXIV and any other mmorpg there is. In GW2 I had to go to the lowest setting to get 35 FPS.
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!!
I just checked the records and did an IP trace on your computer... you never purchased the game nor did you partake in the BWE. Why would you post such a thing?!
Anything is fair game in the pursuit of discrediting GW2. The BWE went far better than most trolls expected and the smell of dsperation is in the air.
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!!
Are you sure you were in the BWE? What instances were you in? Please be specific, because in the starting area there is only one instance and that is your personal story. What was similar to GW1? And you pre-purchased the game without knowing it had a cash shop?
There are so many things wrong with this post that I don't even know where to begin.
"Loading screens" are not "instances". Your personal efforts to troll any game will not, in fact, impact the success or failure of said game.
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!!
WTH is this? What game were you playing? What Instances?
There are so many things wrong with this post that I don't even know where to begin.
Well if he was going between personal story and major city often, he might encounter loading screens often I guess.
Yes, I prepurchased Digital Deluxe Edition and after I tried the game last Friday I requested my money back right away....
It took Arena Net 6 days to send me the email saying they refounded my money, this is one of the worst customer services I ever had to deal with. When I did the same for Tera Online I got an answer in few hours, thumbs up for EnMasse customer service.
What made me change my mind and ask my money back? Well like everyone else I had many errors and lag from the start but that's not it even on Sunday I still had lag and low FPS on my high end gaming PC which handles in high setting FFXIV and any other mmorpg there is. In GW2 I had to go to the lowest setting to get 35 FPS.
You have section in forums called "known issues"
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
Google is your Friend, as wess as GW2 wiki is
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
Well, last time i checked this game was called Guild Wars 2
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!
I am waaaaay to tired to even argue about this
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Your seriously asking WHY people don't research before they purchase?
Did you miss the part where real life society in 2012 is just one giant advertizing mash up? Where there is nowhere you can go now and not get bombarded by advertizing or some sleazy slob trying to sell you something on a whim?
The vast majority of people seldom research a product before they purchase it now because
1.) they have been conditioned NOT to research products before they buy, and
2.) The Internet contains 90% garbage and only 10% of anything that could be considered useful and truthful information. It's hard to know what to believe and when anymore to be honest.
I am not attempting to Troll, but by default I am... to share a point.... MMOs now suffer from the same stupidity that the rest of the consumer market has suffered from for years. At lest we had a few years before the sleazy slobs took over MMOs. Don't expect most Players to research a MMO before purchase. Expect them to purchase on a whim or because their friends did and then be disappointed that the MMO was shallow, boring, and a rip-off.
And I speak from personal experience... for I too have either not done my homework first, or did it in good faith only to discover later the sources of information I used to make my decisions had been untrustworthy.
A non biased poll, I think this game definately has Great White Yeti factor for the simple fact it does what it advertised for the most part and feeds the empty void of immersion and PVP left buy the trash heap of boring WOW clones we have force fed.
I mean if you think about it, WOW was never THAT great it just met the hype at the door and was simply head over heals better than the competition at the time.
Yes, I prepurchased Digital Deluxe Edition and after I tried the game last Friday I requested my money back right away....
It took Arena Net 6 days to send me the email saying they refounded my money, this is one of the worst customer services I ever had to deal with. When I did the same for Tera Online I got an answer in few hours, thumbs up for EnMasse customer service.
What made me change my mind and ask my money back? Well like everyone else I had many errors and lag from the start but that's not it even on Sunday I still had lag and low FPS on my high end gaming PC which handles in high setting FFXIV and any other mmorpg there is. In GW2 I had to go to the lowest setting to get 35 FPS.
You have section in forums called "known issues"
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
Google is your Friend, as wess as GW2 wiki is
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
Well, last time i checked this game was called Guild Wars 2
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!
I am waaaaay to tired to even argue about this
[Mod Edit]
Your seriously asking WHY people don't research before they purchase?
Did you miss the part where real life society in 2012 is just one giant advertizing mash up? Where there is nowhere you can go now and not get bombarded by advertizing or some sleazy slob trying to sell you something on a whim?
The vast majority of people seldom research a product before they purchase it now because
1.) they have been conditioned NOT to research products before they buy, and
2.) The Internet contains 90% garbage and only 10% of anything that could be considered useful and truthful information. It's hard to know what to believe and when anymore to be honest.
I am not attempting to Troll, but by default I am... to share a point.... MMOs now suffer from the same stupidity that the rest of the consumer market has suffered from for years. At lest we had a few years before the sleazy slobs took over MMOs. Don't expect most Players to research a MMO before purchase. Expect them to purchase on a whim or because their friends did and then be disappointed that the MMO was shallow, boring, and a rip-off.
And I speak from personal experience... for I too have either not done my homework first, or did it in good faith only to discover later the sources of information I used to make my decisions had been untrustworthy.
Well, yea... i can understand where are you coming from. However, doing researches worked pretty well for me and never did i felt scamed for my money at any Video Game that i bought, including MMOs.
Still, i am amazed by mentallity of consumers going downhill from year to year, despite technology advancing faster than ever before.
Considering GW2, i know what i will and what i will not get in that game as whole, let alone beta test (which was pretty much what i expected, if not maybe even more). Certainlly, there are stuff I dislike in it, but still i think that the game is worthy of 50e and I dont fell ripped-off my money at all.
Main MMO at the moment: Guild Wars 2 Waiting for: Pathfinder Online
I planned to purchase, purchased, played in beta, and wish I could purchase a thousand more!
But seriously, who wouldn't want to purchase this? (UNLESS: You are one of those trolls, or do't have enough money, which is understandable in this kind of economy (The money one, not the troll one. Nobody likes trolls for any game. period.)
My interest for purchase has increased after PVP revelations, I'm still rather skeptical about how it will fill my tastes long term but won't know until I play it.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
My interest for purchase has increased after PVP revelations, I'm still rather skeptical about how it will fill my tastes long term but won't know until I play it.
I definitely appreciate that no game can be for every person and every taste. However, there is such a variety of things to like here, with everything also fitting together into a coherent whole that is greater than the sum of the individual parts, that I really hope all MMO fans wil at least give the game a real shot. With so many disappointing titles in the genre, it would be ashame to miss a potential gem because of an off first impression.
Yes, I prepurchased Digital Deluxe Edition and after I tried the game last Friday I requested my money back right away....
It took Arena Net 6 days to send me the email saying they refounded my money, this is one of the worst customer services I ever had to deal with. When I did the same for Tera Online I got an answer in few hours, thumbs up for EnMasse customer service.
What made me change my mind and ask my money back? Well like everyone else I had many errors and lag from the start but that's not it even on Sunday I still had lag and low FPS on my high end gaming PC which handles in high setting FFXIV and any other mmorpg there is. In GW2 I had to go to the lowest setting to get 35 FPS.
These issues might be fixed soon but main reason I didn't like was the gameplay, every few steps I was taken inside an instance to do a quest or talk to an NPC, to me personally the game feels 100% single player role playing game with chat addition.
It is very very similiar to GW1 which I didn't like at all, and the videos I have seen so far make it look better but when you actually play it feels un natural and weird. Example I don't like WoW at all and the artstyle too but the movement feels so fluid compared to the stiffness of GW2.
I hit a button by mistake and guess what poped on my screen CASH SHOP now that did it I give up that's it GW2 it's not buy2play it's a cash shop game so that's a no no!!!
I just checked the records and did an IP trace on your computer... you never purchased the game nor did you partake in the BWE. Why would you post such a thing?!
IP trace and whatnot talk is all BS what the hell you think I am a caveman that just started using computers? here open your eyes
My interest for purchase has increased after PVP revelations, I'm still rather skeptical about how it will fill my tastes long term but won't know until I play it.
I definitely appreciate that no game can be for every person and every taste. However, there is such a variety of things to like here, with everything also fitting together into a coherent whole that is greater than the sum of the individual parts, that I really hope all MMO fans wil at least give the game a real shot. With so many disappointing titles in the genre, it would be ashame to miss a potential gem because of an off first impression.
I hope you try it and like it.
I hope so too.
For me the most important factor will be finding a good guild that is highly cordinated, that shouldn't be too hard if the PVP is anything like it seems it is.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
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Already bought it dude. And, what's worse, one beta weekend pretty much spoiled every other MMO I was playing. They're all so shallow and 2004 now....
I'm glad I prepurchased it. While its not what half of the people here would have you believe its still a good game even if its far from being finished imo. Thoes of us who payed attention to what Anet has actually said and are capable of thinking for ourself knew the questing was the exact same questing as any other MMO just presented diffrent. And they did a good job of it. Thoes of us paying attention knew the combat wasnt going to be TERA combat but a mash of Tera and WoW style combat. It needs work on balance but its still good imo.
Bascially GW2 is a fun game. But its not the alpha and omega of MMO's like fanboys would have you believe but nor is it a terrible WAR2.0 that haters would have you believe. Its right in the middle and its going to be great fun for alot of us.
It's called calling your credit card company and getting a charge back.
I played it on my roommate's prepurchased account. I really really disliked it. It just didn't feel like a proper MMO to me, maybe it was the teleporting around, maybe it was the limited character progression or the loading screens between zones...It just left a bad taste, but ;hey, to each his own. I'm sure people will play the hell out of it for years to come. I may try it again to see if they've improved it during the next BWE but there is no way I'm buying it.
I just checked the records and did an IP trace on your computer... you never purchased the game nor did you partake in the BWE. Why would you post such a thing?!
Oderint, dum metuant.
He made the fallacious claim that he got the refund from ArenaNet however.
Oderint, dum metuant.
You are missing the obvious "I already purchased the game, you insensitive clod!" option.
The BWE only confirmed my choice to pre-purchase.
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Anything is fair game in the pursuit of discrediting GW2. The BWE went far better than most trolls expected and the smell of dsperation is in the air.
Bravo sir on creating a well-designed poll.
"Loading screens" are not "instances".
Your personal efforts to troll any game will not, in fact, impact the success or failure of said game.
Are you sure you were in the BWE? What instances were you in? Please be specific, because in the starting area there is only one instance and that is your personal story. What was similar to GW1? And you pre-purchased the game without knowing it had a cash shop?
There are so many things wrong with this post that I don't even know where to begin.
"Loading screens" are not "instances".
Your personal efforts to troll any game will not, in fact, impact the success or failure of said game.
Well if he was going between personal story and major city often, he might encounter loading screens often I guess.
Your seriously asking WHY people don't research before they purchase?
Did you miss the part where real life society in 2012 is just one giant advertizing mash up? Where there is nowhere you can go now and not get bombarded by advertizing or some sleazy slob trying to sell you something on a whim?
The vast majority of people seldom research a product before they purchase it now because
1.) they have been conditioned NOT to research products before they buy, and
2.) The Internet contains 90% garbage and only 10% of anything that could be considered useful and truthful information. It's hard to know what to believe and when anymore to be honest.
I am not attempting to Troll, but by default I am... to share a point.... MMOs now suffer from the same stupidity that the rest of the consumer market has suffered from for years. At lest we had a few years before the sleazy slobs took over MMOs. Don't expect most Players to research a MMO before purchase. Expect them to purchase on a whim or because their friends did and then be disappointed that the MMO was shallow, boring, and a rip-off.
And I speak from personal experience... for I too have either not done my homework first, or did it in good faith only to discover later the sources of information I used to make my decisions had been untrustworthy.
A non biased poll, I think this game definately has Great White Yeti factor for the simple fact it does what it advertised for the most part and feeds the empty void of immersion and PVP left buy the trash heap of boring WOW clones we have force fed.
I mean if you think about it, WOW was never THAT great it just met the hype at the door and was simply head over heals better than the competition at the time.
Well, yea... i can understand where are you coming from. However, doing researches worked pretty well for me and never did i felt scamed for my money at any Video Game that i bought, including MMOs.
Still, i am amazed by mentallity of consumers going downhill from year to year, despite technology advancing faster than ever before.
Considering GW2, i know what i will and what i will not get in that game as whole, let alone beta test (which was pretty much what i expected, if not maybe even more). Certainlly, there are stuff I dislike in it, but still i think that the game is worthy of 50e and I dont fell ripped-off my money at all.
Main MMO at the moment: Guild Wars 2
Waiting for: Pathfinder Online
Ahhhh i see, i agree that he most likely did not get a refund from Anet.
I do really regret for pre-purchasing it. Now i'm depressed cause i have to wait one more month to play it again.
I planned to purchase, purchased, played in beta, and wish I could purchase a thousand more!
But seriously, who wouldn't want to purchase this? (UNLESS: You are one of those trolls, or do't have enough money, which is understandable in this kind of economy (The money one, not the troll one. Nobody likes trolls for any game. period.)
oh come on cpmstar this crap is getting out of hand!!!!
I believe people will get it. its only box sell. hopefully people stay at least for WvW. I couldnt care less about the PvE.
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My interest for purchase has increased after PVP revelations, I'm still rather skeptical about how it will fill my tastes long term but won't know until I play it.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
I definitely appreciate that no game can be for every person and every taste. However, there is such a variety of things to like here, with everything also fitting together into a coherent whole that is greater than the sum of the individual parts, that I really hope all MMO fans wil at least give the game a real shot. With so many disappointing titles in the genre, it would be ashame to miss a potential gem because of an off first impression.
I hope you try it and like it.
Want to know more about GW2 and why there is so much buzz? Start here: Guild Wars 2 Mass Info for the Uninitiated
IP trace and whatnot talk is all BS what the hell you think I am a caveman that just started using computers? here open your eyes
I hope so too.
For me the most important factor will be finding a good guild that is highly cordinated, that shouldn't be too hard if the PVP is anything like it seems it is.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Huh???