Guild Wars 2

Apologies upfront if this topic exists elsewhere.

With both of the previous two Beta events I was very excited to try out the new content, however I rapidly found that participating in the Beta meant I could not belong to my guild. In my case, I’m a guild leader and I like to be able to talk to my members, coordinate activities and partake as a group. Because the guild page was disabled on the Beta character, this core game experience was lacking and I felt that I was, sadly, unable to participate in the teaser.

I understand that the “new” guild functions would not be there but I should still be able to see my membership list and represent accordingly.

My two cents.

I understand why they did it, but I agree with you and I find it frustrating in some situations (like wanting to share cool story or discuss build options, traits, skills etc.)

im pretty sure they locked guilds so we couldnt deposit stuff in the guild bank
the same way cant mail witha beta character

Not being in my guild stopped me playing more than I did in the beta; I’m not bothered about being able to use any of the guild functions aside from chat but I really miss being able to talk to my guildies.

Given that the guild bank needs to be accessed from a specific NPC (or a Guild Boon), I think you could somehow probably code it so that Beta characters can’t access those (pure speculation; I was an English/History major and I’m now a project manager, not a game dev/programmer or schooled in computer science by any stretch of the imagination).

I’m somewhat gratified to learn I wasn’t the only one who felt this way. Its somewhat ironic that a game named Guildwars wouldn’t let you play with your Guild during a big reveal.