Guild Wars 2

are we getting the same stuff in the demo client for the beta and stress test or is it deferent?

if its same as the demo then meh.
if not, (yes or no) for the following:
-specialization (thought im sure not until they give us the deep-dive on specializations)
-WvW new borderland map
-Strong hold
-a bigger chunk of verdant brink then the demo
-access to more masteries then just gliding

I hope we can get some info about what to expect from the beta and stress tests.

I’d like to play the new WvsW map but my hopes are not into that

“Stress test”.

It’s not a demo.

It’s not a free play to experiment with specializations.

It’s not a free play to fiddle with the entire expansion’s Masteries.

It’s not a free play to go through all the story content of HoT.

It is a stress test. A stress of player characters and connections within new zones (most likely the starting zone of the expansion) as well as some of the new physics features related to; such as 100’s to 1,000’s of people activating the Glider or a Jump Mushroom in the same area. These are things that the developers want to test to make sure that their new engine tweaks are stable with their new features of HoT. Same goes for testing such things as possibly the new WvW map…maybe (hopefully).

Abilities and classes can be balanced internally between staff members of A.Net. Mass map connection and group is why they need to “stress test” things.

Siphaed.9235:

“Stress test”.

It’s not a demo.

It’s not a free play to experiment with specializations.

It’s not a free play to fiddle with the entire expansion’s Masteries.

It’s not a free play to go through all the story content of HoT.

It is a stress test. A stress of player characters and connections within new zones (most likely the starting zone of the expansion) as well as some of the new physics features related to; such as 100’s to 1,000’s of people activating the Glider or a Jump Mushroom in the same area. These are things that the developers want to test to make sure that their new engine tweaks are stable with their new features of HoT. Same goes for testing such things as possibly the new WvW map…maybe (hopefully).

Abilities and classes can be balanced internally between staff members of A.Net. Mass map connection and group is why they need to “stress test” things.

I think I said “whats in the beta?” meaning when the beta comes out, and just included the “stress test” as extra to the beta since the stress tests are for HoT’s beta.

lets try again: is the beta going to have the same content as the demo from PAX east and Rezzed or will it have more content?

I know English is not my first language, but im sure when you read the post its clear that I was asking about what to expect from the beta.

We don’t know yet what will be in the beta because they haven’t told us. However, one might assume that the betas further down the road will include systems revealed in blogs and will not include things not yet revealed.

As to the “1,000’s of people activating the Glider or a Jump Mushroom in the same area,” ooooh. Siphaed, you’re on to something. Now I want to organize a mass lemming drop of everyone that has a glider.

The upcoming Stress Test is likely the Demo offered at recent shows. (The demos offered a small part of Verdant Brink or the only available Stronghold map.)

The Closed Betas (not labeled as Stress Tests) will not likely offer any elements of the forthcoming Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns expansion that have not been previously (at the time of said Beta) released (information-wise) in blogs or other official announcements.

if you listen to bog otter, aurora peachy, wooden potatoes, an what colin said back in jan 24 2015! you would you know then what they been testing the past 2 weekends from pax south an egx rezzed! all you need to know is follow what people haven talking around lion arch or the revenant in forums

I’m really only interested in the beta when they are releasing the changes to my favorite class, Engineer.

So I’m more interested in playing in a beta that has those changes so I can test those first hand. I didn’t think they’d have that available yet do they?