Guild Wars 2

I have quite a few questions about this pre-order before I even consider purchasing this.

In no particular order here they are:

• How many maps are there?

• How many sets of armor are there for me to earn through actual game play?

• How many weapons are there for me to earn through actual game play?

• Is every weapon type getting a new Legendary weapon?

• What is this challenging group content that hasn’t even been shown yet?

• How many glider skins are there for me to earn through playing the game -i.e. a vendor that I earn currency or reputation for and then once I have acquired enough of said currency I can get the glider skin-?

• Is the base game’s content getting new content to go with the “Old Tyria Mastery System”? I know that there is a separate mastery system being implemented for “Old Tyria” that is wholly different from the HoT Mastery system, what’s in it? Am I just replaying old content? I know we get credit for things we’ve done in the past, so are some of us who are crusty old vets just going to have all of this unlocked upon logging in and therefore will be finished with it upon login? How’s it work?

I have so many more questions, but this seems like a good base. I feel like asking me to pre-order a game that I know very little about, that has no hint at a release date or breadth of content contained therein is in really bad taste. This bad feeling I have coupled with the current perception issues and terrible communication going with your company right now is a red flag that I shouldn’t purchase this until I know more.

My feedback would be that a pre-order shouldn’t even have happened until all the info was released about what we are getting. Having to purchase this to get to see the beta is the wrong way to go about it. We should all get to play the betas for free to see if we want it at all. “Early Access” games are so hit or miss. Just because so many game makers do it doesn’t mean it’s in good taste.

Seriously, can we get a response to this stuff please? If I buy this x-pac and there are a bunch of glider skins added to the gem shop a week after release and none for me to earn in game for playing the game I will feel so duped.

What’s in this expansion?

I imagine more information will be released on the time-table previously scheduled. As for enabling pre-purchase with no release date, I remember about a million people pre-purchasing Guild Wars 2 with no release date in the first day or so. So, there seems to, at least, be precedent.

Good luck.

p.s. If you have concerns about items added to the Gem Store a week after launch, you can always wait a few months after launch to purchase. =)

We don’t have a RELEASE DATE yet. I’m sure once we have a RELEASE DATE we will know all these, or at least I hope so. Just don’t pre-order NOW and wait until all the info you want is out.

The information won’t come because we ask for it. It’ll come on the Anet information release schedule. Information schedules are part and parcel of product promotion.

Every time Anet released information about something, every MMO website covers it, which gives Anet exposure. If all that stuff is released now, those gaming websites will cover it all at once and Anet gets less exposure.

That’s one reason that the schedule is created the way it is. There are others as well.