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Guilds Wars 2 beta sign up is open

Zed

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Signed up. The best way to see if an MMORPG will be crap or not is to play beta. Never had an MMOG change significantly from beta to retail.
 

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Same. Hoping to get in, never have any luck with random numbers and beta. Only way to see if it's really all it's hyped up to be.
 
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Signing up? Random luck?

:smug:

Man, I bet Hoaxmetal hates me so much right now.
 

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I haven't played any Korean MMO (I assume you have some experience in this matter), but I don't think you get so well made cities like Divinity's Reach in Korean MMOs.

EDIT: But seriously, I don't get it. What's so "Korean-looking" in GW2?
 

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The art style has always been similar to the style in Korean mmos/games, actually more so in GW1. Not sure if it's because of NCsoft publishing or just they hired a Korean artist.

But any Korean influence is solely relegated to art style. GW1 is like on the opposite end of the spectrum from Korean/Asian MMOs. And GW2 is still pretty far away.
 

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Character art and much of the armor art has a Korean vibe. It did so in GW1 (not only Factions) and it does so in GW2. As long as they don't over do it Perfect World style I don't see any problem there.
The actual problem is over the top particle effects and pointless weak monster grinding that the newer GW2 videos show. Those are reminiscent of bad Korean/Asian mmos.
 

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Thanks for signing up!

Thanks for signing up for a chance to participate in the Guild Wars 2 beta test. We've received your application and we'll email you if you've been accepted. We appreciate your interest in Guild Wars 2!

Sincerely,

The Guild Wars 2 Team

With over one million applicants it's very unlikely that I get in, but if I do and don't like the game, I will post my login info here. :smug:
 

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http://www.computerbase.de/news/2012-02/naechste-phase-der-guild-wars-2-beta-ende-maerz/

The actual beta-test seems to be scheduled for the end of March. Application was open for 48 hours and netted over 1 million applicants. Seems the testers are to be chosen according to their system-setups. Which sucks, because I think my setup is quite solid and common. Not much to beta-test there...

My computer, on the other hand, sucks, so I might get a spot for them to see how much it sucks.
 
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So will I see any of you BROs online this weekend? We could level our toons togehter while descussing the merits of [NDA] vs [NDA] for [NDA] in [NDA]
 
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Ulminati

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Why all the hatin'? I just want to play with BROs :(

:foreveralone:

Anyway, my client is at 95% downloadan. If any of you BROs out there are elite individuals and want to roll together this weekend, shoot me a PM. Will be nice to have someone I can talk about [NDA] with.
 

made

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Why all the hatin'? I just want to play with BROs :(

:foreveralone:

Anyway, my client is at 95% downloadan. If any of you BROs out there are elite individuals and want to roll together this weekend, shoot me a PM. Will be nice to have someone I can talk about [NDA] with.
So are you going to share how terrible their micro-transactions scheme is or will you go all LOLNDA on us?
 
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Ulminati

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So are you going to share how terrible their micro-transactions scheme is or will you go all LOLNDA on us?

I signed a LOLNDA. If I break it, it'll reflect poorly both on me and my friend who used her position as a GW2 dev to sneak me into the beta.
 

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