Guild Wars 2

Why do people assume that he have x spots to hand out, just because he said so?

I still don’t see why people are so surprised.
They used the exact same system before initial release. They even used the exact same wording. Why would it suddenly mean something completely different now?

The fact that people don’t read “All beta weekend events” as “All beta weekend events” but rather as “All tests ever taking place between now and release” isn’t really anyone fault but themselves.

How do you know he will get a bunch of invites to hand out in the first place?
Because he says so?

Astralporing.1957:

Yeah… because having a stress test that won’t even work for 2 minutes due to way too many people having access is a really great idea…

I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what stress tests are about.
Wouldn’t it be much weirder to have a stress test that goes off perfectly because there wasn’t any server stressing involved at all?
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No, a stress test is to test how high load they can handle.
They already know that they can’t handle the load of lets say 2 million people trying to login to a single map. Thus inviting those 2 million people to the test is completely pointless, since they will not get any useful data whatsoever other than confirming what they already know.

Gaab.4257:

It;s really cool all these tests are for NA players.. ok, it’s even invite only (well, lol.. I guess a STRESS test would involve some stress.. I mean LOTS of players..), but then again it’s starting like 2AM in Europe

Because, believe it or not, ArenaNet actually want to gather information from the test.
Something that is much easier to do if you are actually at the office at the time.

Doesn’t change the fact that they nowhere guarantee access to every single beta test.

Most dungeons.
Tequatl.
Triple Trouble Wurm.
Fractals.
WvW.
sPvP.

You personally might not do anything other than auto-attack, but others do (and thus carry you) otherwise most fights would be lost rather fast.

webtoehobbit.4201:

You can’t say anything, that’s making a huge ASSUMPTION which doesn’t exactly corrrelate to FACT.

Illogical logic is illogical.

Well, we know for a fact that they have made a rather clear distinction between betas, stress tests and Beta Weekend Events in the past.
Thus it is logical and likely that they would also do the same in this case.

Reading “Access to All Beta Weekend Events” as “access to every single test ever” is on the other hand not really all that logical.

They had the EXACT same system before launch.
It ended up being a couple of stress tests, some closed beta tests and THREE Beta Weekend Events. I would say that it is somewhat likely that we will have a similar system now.

Sigh…

This is what is says on the pre-purchase page:

Pre-Purchase Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns before launch day and receive:
Access to All Beta Weekend Events Exclusive Title*

The upcoming test is not a Beta Weekend Event. It is a stress test.

Beta Weekend Event != Stress test.
Beta Weekend Event != Every beta test ever.
Beta Weekend Event == Beta Weekend Event.

Astralporing.1957:

Funny thing, this is, as, by what Anet said in the HoT sale info, every prepurchaser should be invited to any future HoT beta events. Apparently, it’s not the case.

Except that they did not say something like that at any point.

Lets quite what it actually says shall we?

Pre-Purchase Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns before launch day and receive:
Access to All Beta Weekend Events Exclusive Title*

It says nothing at all about all tests. It specifically names Beta Weekend Events. Beta Weekend Events is not stress test, nor is it every single beta test ever.
It is Beta Weekend Events.

Vavume.8065:

That’s what EOTM is for, it can hold millions… kappa

But this specific test is specifically for the new map.
No other maps will be available. There will be one single map available that people will run around on. And only a single version at that.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Why have equality when you can have P2W? they make much more money that way!

Indeed, and yet they do not add P2W. Funny how that works, aye?

^ Oh, I know. I am just pointing out that if we consider DoA as a part of NF, we should also consider anything that is released one month after the release of HoT as a direct part of HoT as well.

Vavume.8065:

So where is my invite then?

Why should you get an invite over anyone else?

Beta Weekend Event != Stress test
Beta Weekend Event != Beta test
Beta Weekend Event == Beta Weekend Event.

Pre-purchasing HoT gives access to all Beta Weekend Events. Beta Weekend Events is not the same as stress tests, nor is it the same as every single beta test ever.

A stress test like this would be completely pointless if there could potentially be millions of players logging in at once, since the server would die before any sort of useful data could be collected.

webtoehobbit.4201:

I mean, yeah, if you threw a minimum of $50 towards a game you know relatively nothing about so far, you should be invited to the smallest of stress tests, it’s the least they can do. But you won’t get that kind of treatment, cause you are just a “$” and if they already have your money, what incentive do they have to please you?

Yeah… because having a stress test that won’t even work for 2 minutes due to way too many people having access is a really great idea…

Xillllix.3485:

Seriously how has the physic engine changed because of 2 new regions. People still jump the same distance and animations are still the same…

Completely new movement skills?

I would assume active WvW guilds and such.

Really? You missed the whole Faolin and Caithe relationship? There is also a male gay couple in one of the earlier Personal Story chapters.

ArenaNet have always been open and accepting towards LGBT people, of course they would celebrate a decision that gave those people equal rights to the rest of the country.

Bugabuga.9721:

Do I understand correctly that heroes that your team can spawn now depend on if someone did enough to grind up a particular hero (via reward track)?

As in, you might be matched against a team that all has full set of heroes but on your team you’re the only one who can summon Nika and everyone else is stuck on sucky basic ones?

You are assuming that Nika will be better than the others in all situations.

You are aware that GW2 have been rather pro LGBT since release right?
And that the company itself have multiple transgender employees?

This is not something that suddenly turned up after the Supreme Courts decision, it have been part of the game and the company for years.

The issue with this is that it could theoretically give exotics way too many ectos. Unless they remove the ectos as a “drop” for salvaging Exotics.

eldrin.6471:

As i have said before i done teq every single day for over 9 months and it was balanced fine,If it is anets intention to make this event another triple trouble team speak ip hoping fiasco then they can stick there expansion were the sun don’t shine.

But that is just the thing: It was balanced around how conditions and crits worked against them before the patch that increased their health.

They can’t have the same stats on it while at the same time massively increase the incoming damage.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

The only post addition from Nightfall that I took into account, was Domain of Anguish. Because it was released almost immediately after the release of Nightfall.

Nightfall was released on October 27.

DoA was released on December 1.

That is not really “almost immediately after”. It is basically as long after as two Living Story episodes if they go back to the 2 week release schedule.

But sure, lets set the 1 month limit on post HoT releases as well, and then we can compare.

Why are you posting the the forums if all you are going to do is attack people that try to assist you?

I just tried it myself. And it works quite well, without ever supplying anything other than the few required things. So either the website is specifically bugged for you, or you are missing something.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Yeah no…

he is stupidly overtuned. If you want to drive players away from the game then leave him as is, otherwise fix him.

Yeah, I am sure the whole playerbase will leave the game because a single fight requires some slight planning and organization….

eldrin.6471:

Now that the Symbolic Avenger Trait has been disabled there will be a sharp drop in the success rates of the teq event.Maybe that will help speed up the much needed fix.

Or maybe it will just prove that it is still very much doable and it is simply a matter of people having to adjust to the changes?

Time will tell.

Wait… so that post HoT additions should not be taken into consideration but at the same time the OP includes post Nightfall additions in the comparison?

StinVec.3621:

@Seera (not scerevisiae)
The Personal Story only takes place on the existing Tyria map in zones that came with the base game. I don’t think it has ever been mentioned that there would be new personal stories that take place in HoT zones, so it’s pretty unlikely that anyone would encounter an issue of not having access to a map where a Personal Story step takes place.

Eh… there is a new personal story coming with HoT. And it is about the fight against Mordremoth. And it does take place in Heart of Maguuma.

Khristophoros.7194:

They could always disable the trait until it’s fixed. A 10% damage trait not functioning is many magnitudes less impact on the game than the current bug.

Done.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Update-Symbolic-Avenger-Trait

Yeah, because we all know that fixing a bug is just pressing a button.

So, here you have your comment about where SAB is:

Rinith’s reply is probably the closest description to the reality as of today where we stand with SAB. We’ve made a number of changes to the physics engine as a result of places like Silverwastes, Dry Top, and the expac that means we need to go back and re-work SAB to use all the new movement systems. It also needs a pretty solid rewards overhaul, and I know Josh would love to make some changes to world 2 before it returns.
We’re all focused on expansion – both the announced details, and the un-announced details and simply can’t peel anyone off a team to work on it right now without it effecting expac. The two SAB worlds we’ve seen will return as we’ve said before, but simply put our focus right now is on making the expansion amazing

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3bqhaf/infinite_continue_coin/csoszn5

No.
Taking away titles from people that have earned them is not a good idea.

I also doubt it would do anything to promote harder titles and make them more meaningful.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers/ there you have all the official retailers.

You will have access to what is currently in the game + new borderlands and new stronghold game mode.

You will not have access to Masteries, Elite Specialization. New maps. New story. Guild Halls (and most likely not) new challenging group content.

Many.8419:

Responsibility for anything that is broken in game is on Anet side. Without reading the forum or watching youtube, how do you know what is bug, what is exploit and what is intended?

“Hmm, I can buy this thing for 10c but then sell it for 10s.
There is clearly nothing wrong with this and I should totally earn 20 000 gold from it!!!!”

I don’t think ArenaNet have ever banned anyone for something that wasn’t a very clear exploit. Every single time we have heard these uproars about mass-bans the situation have been so extremely clear that if you didn’t know it was not working as intended you shouldn’t play computer games in the first place.

Evon Bloodfuser.7238:

Update on HoM fix?

When it is ready.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-the-first-worldvs-world-borderlands-stress-test/

We’ll be holding our first stress test for the new World vs. World desert Borderlands on July 9 from 2:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). This test will be conducted on a special server with limited space and will be by special invitation only.

Stark.1350:

8 blog posts about one specific part of the expansion.

Actually it did touch on basically all three game modes.

PvE: Taking the Guild Hall, changes to guild missions.
PvP: The Guild Arena.
WvW: Completely new claiming system.

Sure, the topic itself could be described as “Guild Hall stuff” but it did include quite a bit more than just the guild halls themselves.

1: The Teq buff is NEEDED due to the changes to condition stacking. Without the buff the buss would melt within minutes.

Remove the pictures.
Naming and shaming is not allowed.

Report in-game and block is the way to go.
Posting here does nothing other than getting your forum account infracted.

We have had 8 blog posts about HoT the last two weeks. I would say that is rather far from not having anything for a while.

Dmix.5403:

We know our names of course

But the point is .. it looks cool when you see your name with title

Matter of opinion I suppose.
I prefer to not see a big line of text about my character all the time.

Scientia.8924:

Btw you can already see player HP using 3rd party programs that have been around for a while. It’s how dungeon speed runners know party members don’t have 100% Zerker gear equipped

They are of course also rather questionable and should not be used since it is rather possible (and even likely) that they are against the ToS.

Achey.3612:

and it makes it seem like veteran players are only worth 10 dollars lol… kinda depressing

Why are you ignoring the time you have been able to play? Is that worth nothing?

Achey.3612:

i have chochobo but i’d settle for at least 30 dollars. i know it’s a late thread but…. maaaan…. i like gw2 but i can’t afford to pay 50 bucks for each expansion :T and i don’t want to wait like… 3 years to get the expansion for 10 dollars…. you know?

So don’t do it?
You can keep playing without buying the expansion.

And the expansion might be months away and if you start saving up now you should be able to afford it rather easily when it is released.

Achey.3612:

it’s a stab in the back is what it is. i’ve made tons of micro transactions and then they hand out the game for free. and apparently, this market plan is going to be the same AFTER heart of thorns. so this means that if theres another expansion, they’re going to make us pay whatever that price is, but they’ll get the core game free and heart of thorns for free.

now tell me how that’s fair to the rest of the player base???

You have made tons of micro transactions to get stuff for said micro transactions. That have a grand total of nothing at all to do with access to the game. Nothing in any contract or rules states that you getting stuff for gems gives you anything other than what you bought with said gems.

It is fair, seeing as those of us that have played since release have had years of playing and seen stuff that new players will never be able to see or experience.

Heck, I have spent thousands of dollars on the game over the years, and yet I really don’t see the big deal with new players getting the core game for free.

FlyShy.9613:

So I would get a useless item. Thats a load of bull.

No, you would get a character slot.
If you add the code to an existing account, you are simply not given the Core game access but rather a character slot instead.