Balandar Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Beta Weekend Event 2 (BWE2) will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7). From ArenaNet: Heroes of Tyria! My name is Chris Whiteside, and I’m the lead producer of Guild Wars 2. Normally, I’m head-down in the trenches, making sure we’re producing the best MMO possible, but I wanted to come up for air and share some exciting news with you: Beta Weekend Event 2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7). If that isn’t enough to get you all bursting with excitement, here is some more news: Your existing beta characters have not been deleted, and you will be able to continue right where you left off! This means that enterprising players with characters level 35 or higher will be able to test their mettle against the explorable version of the Ascalonian Catacombs dungeon! In addition to sharing this news with you, I want to convey a massive “thank you” to all of you for playing in our beta events so far. The participation and enthusiasm we’ve seen has exceeded our expectations, and we’re all very grateful and appreciative here at the studio. Your support during our first Beta Weekend Event and throughout development has been instrumental in getting us prepared for launch and helping us take massive steps in the evolution of Guild Wars 2 as a whole. You, our community, are an integral part of the development process, and Guild Wars 2 simply would not be what it is today without you. Your participation is even more important when you consider that we take our beta events very seriously in terms of our development strategy. At ArenaNet, “beta event” means exactly that—it’s a development-centric event in which we test our systems, discover new and exciting bugs, and get pivotal feedback from our testers about what is going in the right direction and what isn’t. We have listened intently to all of your feedback from our first Beta Weekend Event, and we’ve made great strides toward resolving many of the issues you’ve helped us identify. These include party movement into overflow servers, chat functionality, key bindings, server stability, performance, and many more that we will detail in the near future. Of course, there’s no denying the benefits of having such a vocal, outspoken community. And I’m not speaking just in terms of development; I’m also referring to how our players are spreading the word that Guild Wars 2 is more than just a game, it’s an evolving, online world that is shaped and driven by its players. Our community and our studio won’t accept anything less than excellence, and above all else, we both value a pioneering approach to the future of online worlds. Having said all that, what is the one thing we most look forward to in our second Beta Weekend Event? In a nutshell, it’s getting the chance to play with you all: sharing a world we’ve built together, discovering what’s great and what could be better, and defining a ground-breaking world that we can all enjoy for many years to come. That’s what these beta events mean to us. For those who haven’t yet pre-purchased Guild Wars 2, you’ll still have a chance to play in the beta. We’re teaming up with our partners to give away keys for Beta Weekend Event 2, so follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest news. Thank you all so much for your support, care, and enthusiasm—we couldn’t do it without you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gekigami Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Was hoping they would wipe so I could make new characters in the server your all in. Oh well, Ascalonian Catacombs here I come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Well I have friday off....close sat and all day sun.....poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadi Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thank you all so much for your support, care, and enthusiasm—we couldn’t do it without you! You know, it's stuff like this that I wish Star Wars had more of. If they did, that game would still be thriving. GW2 is going to be a leap into something 'really different' for me, and I'll admit that I'm not sure I like it... but feeling like the dev team gives a rats ass sure makes me look forward to giving it a try. I should have some time that weekend to play, so I'll see you guys there! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hmm. I don't think I'll level my Elementalist any more (he's in the mid to high 20s). Think I'll stick with lower level toons to play with all of the people that just recently pre ordered. I think most of us are still on Tarnished Coast server. We should come up with a list of things that we want to know about the game so we can split up different areas of testing. It would be great if someone took some vids of Ascalonian Catacombs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Looks like Asura and Slyvari will not be in the next BWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffa Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I am going to be in Tobermory (Scuba Diving Capital of Canada) so won't be on this weekend but have a great time and post lots of pic!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Was hoping they would wipe so I could make new characters in the server your all in. Oh well, Ascalonian Catacombs here I come! I didn't see if guesting was turned on or not, so you may be able to hop over to Tarnished for the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gekigami Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Was hoping they would wipe so I could make new characters in the server your all in. Oh well, Ascalonian Catacombs here I come! I didn't see if guesting was turned on or not, so you may be able to hop over to Tarnished for the weekend. From how the Dev's worded it on the Reddit "Ask a dev" thing I should be able to change to your server, just don't know how yet lol.http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uodjr/im_a_guild_wars_2_developer_ama_about_the_next/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 You are right! They just posted that world transfers will be free of charge. "World transfers will be free of charge on June 8 from Noon PDT (GMT -7) until 6PM PDT (GMT -7) on June 9. After this point, a world transfer will cost 1800 gems with a limit of one transfer every 7 days." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Just remember, we are doing this server for BETA only. We'll most likely pick a different server for release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 We need to find out where the WvW guilds are heading to... keep your eyes open on other forums and the GW2 beta forums. But we are probably a long ways out from release and the servers may change as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 We need to find out where the WvW guilds are heading to... keep your eyes open on other forums and the GW2 beta forums. But we are probably a long ways out from release and the servers may change as well. yup. Most certainly going for a WvW heavy server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I think that's what I want to do for this beta weekend...nothing but WvWvW. I've done some instanced PvP and PvE in the past ones, so this time I need to focus on the meat'n'taters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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