Guild Wars 2

During the presentation at PAX Prime Mike O’Brien stated that three BWEs are scheduled. Do you think this is enough to give all needed feedback.

Belenwyn.8674:

During the presentation at PAX Prime Mike O’Brien stated that three BWEs are scheduled. Do you think this is enough to give all needed feedback.

I thought I heard him say that this upcoming BWE is 1 of 2 left before launch.
I think the expansion is being extremely rushed.

You’re both saying the same thing. OP just said it less clearly. There are only two BWEs left, for a total of three.

I think ANet knows how much time they need. They’re likely working overtime and yes, rushing a bit, but I expect we’ll have something playable and fun at launch with reasonable implementations of all intended content.

And bugs, yes. We’ll have bugs. But the ones that block progress will be addressed. (Yes I know there have been long standing bugs in some event chains and the like; the game overall however has been quite playable).

I think that certain classes (ranger, engineer) will get significantly less testing for their elite specs than others (Reaper, Chrono, Tempest, DH). hopefully, this won’t be a big issue, but depending on the quality of both the initial specs and the dev response, it could be a serious problem. I hope they’ve got stuff in place to deal with that.

Really?
when I saw the trailer WAY back in January I would have expected it in a couple of months.

not 10 months later.

Especially with pretty much Zero content being added to the game in the mean time.
I thought it was pretty far along from what we saw and short of balancing the new specialisations I thought we are golden(city)…. yes terrible pun.

I don’t think they have rushed this at all … I think they have taken their sweet time with it.

Donari.5237:

And bugs, yes. We’ll have bugs. But the ones that block progress will be addressed. (Yes I know there have been long standing bugs in some event chains and the like; the game overall however has been quite playable).

Yeah, I agree with you there. There will be bugs that won’t be fixed for years, but the ones that hinder progress or break the game will be addressed quickly.

I was shocked by the info today. Ranger and Engi need a lot more than 1 beta weekend. I would hope for at least 3-4 weekends and 2 at the very LEAST.

Massive slap in the face to Ranger and Engineer there.

Levetty.1279:

Massive slap in the face to Ranger and Engineer there.

My friend, they have been slapped in the face for years (especially rangers). WE are used it.

SkiTz.4590:

Levetty.1279:

Massive slap in the face to Ranger and Engineer there.

My friend, they have been slapped in the face for years (especially rangers). WE are used it.

Word.

I’m very unhappy about this as a ranger main.
One BWE is simply not enough to test out druid.