Guild Wars 2

Just sayin’ – a chance to learn to something new after the part with YouTubers’ pure speculation.

http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2

Err, interviewer is either clueless or was told asked not to ask questions that would end up revealing something not mentioned during the main presentation. :S

Tuned in late, but only useful info I got:

Stronghold PvP game mode:
Hire troops, assault strongholds, break gates, kill guild lore (win game). Leaderboard for top guilds with rankings

First demo play @ PAX east in 6 weeks

So 6+ weeks before we see a beta.

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

Smitty.9432:

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

That’s true but I believe MO used the words beta when discussing the pax gameplay.

IIvIIozzie.9250:

Smitty.9432:

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

That’s true but I believe MO used the words beta when discussing the pax gameplay.

It goes like this : DEMO→ALPHA→BETA→Release

Arhon.1638:

IIvIIozzie.9250:

Smitty.9432:

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

That’s true but I believe MO used the words beta when discussing the pax gameplay.

It goes like this : DEMO->ALPHA->BETA->Release

That’s sometimes true. I rewatched the interview and I didn’t hear MO say beta… or demo for that matter, I probably heard the word beta from wooden or mattvisual. In any case, the game is most likely in beta state now, but we’ll find out for certain in a few weeks.

IIvIIozzie.9250:

Arhon.1638:

IIvIIozzie.9250:

Smitty.9432:

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

That’s true but I believe MO used the words beta when discussing the pax gameplay.

It goes like this : DEMO->ALPHA->BETA->Release

That’s sometimes true. I rewatched the interview and I didn’t hear MO say beta… or demo for that matter, I probably heard the word beta from wooden or mattvisual. In any case, the game is most likely in beta state now, but we’ll find out for certain in a few weeks.

if we’re not even seeing demos yet how can you be so sure it’s in beta o_o

Arhon.1638:

IIvIIozzie.9250:

Smitty.9432:

It will be longer for the beta since the DEMO AT PAX will be in 6 weeks.

That’s true but I believe MO used the words beta when discussing the pax gameplay.

It goes like this : DEMO->ALPHA->BETA->Release

In my experiences with testing, playable demos available to the general public generally aren’t offered until the game is past alpha and the NDA phase of the beta is well underway.

You’re definitely rarely going to see a demo of anything that’s still in alpha, let alone pre-alpha, except in the form of demonstration videos.

There are an increasing number of exceptions these days, generally in the crowdsourced market where developers are often less concerned about keeping secrets and more concerned about giving their backers something to show for their pledges (and where the company feels secure that the testers understand that they’re playing a completely unpolished game and the proper response to finding issues is to report them and do what they can to fix those problems, rather than abandon the game and blog about how bad it is), but ArenaNet doesn’t follow that model.