Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone,

I’ve been thinking about buying the expansion and can’t really decide, so i had an idea that would probably work if Anet is willing to honor the players who paid for the core game already.

I propose a Beta weekend that would be exclusive to the players who bought the core game in the last year or so (this could also be a good stress test) or at least a sneak peek (give us access at least 1 day of the beta weekend).

That would help players like me who aren’t sure if they want to pre-order the expansion, meaning it would definitely boost the pre-order sales.

What do you guys think?

they made a beta like that already, you could play beta if you dropped a portail for this one.
Why they would do a beta, that is normaly design to point at bugs or glitch, to allow you to decide if you want to play it or not..
It’s a beta not a demo.
I am sure they will do some stuff for you to try the expension after it goes live, but before i don’t think so…

TKIB.9061:

Why they would do a beta, that is normaly design to point at bugs or glitch, to allow you to decide if you want to play it or not..
It’s a beta not a demo.

This argument is kind of strange, if you ask me, considering most of the time it’s the developer that pays beta testers, not the other way around.

VentiGlondi.9830:

TKIB.9061:

Why they would do a beta, that is normaly design to point at bugs or glitch, to allow you to decide if you want to play it or not..
It’s a beta not a demo.

This argument is kind of strange, if you ask me, considering most of the time it’s the developer that pays beta testers, not the other way around.

Except 99% of MMO’s allows you to buy into it early to beta test them (but ofc same games ALSO have paid internal testers, but some things just need a large crowd than the internal testers to be sure to get the real results

As a player that has been around since launch: I am emphatically against this suggestion.

I think they probably should have an open beta period like a week before launch, just to let everyone dabble in the new content for a little bit, but whatever. I do think it would help sales if people could feel how fun the gliders are, I can’t go back.