[Kvinna]

Have some questions about Guild Wars 2 that you want answered? This Wednesday, December 14th at 11:30 AM PST/7:30 PM GMT, you'll have your chance at the Guild Wars 2 Guru's LIVE dev chat on IRC with Jon Peters and Jonathan Sharp!

How to Connect to IRC:
[INDENT] If you are unfamiliar with IRC, you can join by using our web client. On the date and time of the chat, our web client will be changed to automatically have you join the dev chat channel and our official Guru channel. You may converse freely with each other in the Guru channel as the live chat goes on.

Otherwise, those who have their own IRC client can connect to the following server:[/INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] irc.gamesurge.net 6667
The channels: #gw2devchat and #guildwarsguru
[/INDENT][/INDENT] How to Submit a Question: [INDENT] On Dec. 14th we will begin taking questions on IRC at 10:30 AM PST/6:30 PM GMT. We'll have a few mods there ready to take your questions. All you'll need to do is message one of the mods with your question(s).
[/INDENT]The live chat will be logged, formatted and posted on our forums once the chat is over. So get your thinking caps on and your questions ready for Wednesday and we'll see you there! :D

[TriggerSad]

Sweet, I can't wait for Wednesday to come around then!!! :D

[Tilion]

We'll be there! :)

[Symbiont]

jolly! i'll be there.

[Dream Catcher]

Is there any specific reason questions are being taken on the day of the interview and not earlier?, was this a Guru decision or was there a hint from Anet that you may wish to wait until then? (oh how the mind does run wild, when it's biochemical fix is not applied).

[Myramar]

wohoo!

i can not join, because i am working then :( But maybe someone else may ask a question for me?

I just want clarification about beta.
Because some ppl say, closed beta is already ongoing, there was just no announcement because they don't need to announce the beta.
And some ppl say, the beta isn't ongoing yet, and there will be no announcement.
Whole german community and sites believe beta is delayed and will start in 2012.
So i want to know:

- will they announce the closed beta start?

[Jeros]

Thank you god! I have Wednesday off from work! Huzzah!!!!

[Neok]

Wasn't the last time there was a live IRC dev-chat some days after the guardian was released? Does that mean... :P

I suppose I could ask about a mesmer elite skill like I was curious if they had a guardian elite skill to reveal at that time. And now everyone'd rage at me for not asking something important about the beta instead (where i should've asked something about the sylvari redesign back then :P)

Edited by Neok, 12 December 2011 - 02:54 PM.

[Chalky]

Dream Catcher said:

Is there any specific reason questions are being taken on the day of the interview?, was this Guru decision or was there a hint from Anet that you may wish to wait until then? (how the mind does run wild, when it's biochemical fix is not applied).

This is how we did it last time - it means people can ask questions based on the answers that they give. You can certainly start thinking of stuff to ask beforehand though.

It may also be a good idea for other reasons. It's a mystery!

[Vahkris]

This week is looking better and better. I'll probably be able to sit in, but not much more than that (question or two? Mine never get picked). Hope we can get a transcript up soon after for those that can't join.

[Maarius]

Chalky said:

It may also be a good idea for other reasons. It's a mystery!

because we get probably news very soon (before the interview) :D

[Morghana]

Hummm.. Interesting!

[ExcEsc]

I mist not miss this

[zeeZ]

Those guys, eh?


Let's see if this remains the only kind of distraction we'll be getting this week. They're slowly waking up over there now, here goes nothing :>

[Malchior Devenholm]

Kvinna, will we have a transcript of the chat?

I'm working during that time :(

Nevermind, I see the chat will be logged and posted, so thanks for that :)

Edited by Malchior Devenholm, 12 December 2011 - 03:20 PM.

[Dutchsmurf]

Are there any subjects Anet already said we can't ask about?

[Crophancis]

Thanks for choosing an EU friendly hour Kvinna. :)

[zeeZ]

Dutchsmurf said:

Are there any subjects Anet already said we can't ask about?

Time frames for release, beta and various other things will get you nothing I guess. If we don't have the final profession by then questions about that will get you nowhere either.

They work in system/game design, so you'll probably have more luck with game mechanics questions than with lore. Here's some info about what they do from a Tap Repeatedly article:

Quote

Jon P: I’m one of the systems designers. We work on creatures, combat, items, crafting and PVP; pretty much everything in the game! If I was to describe it, I would say primarily I deal with how the game works.

Jonathan: I also do system design, with a lot of focus on PVP. We do a lot of the skills with a focus on animations, art and effects and generally making sure all those elements work correctly and feel good to the player.

[Odeezee]

great news, looking forward to this.

[Neok]

zeeZ said:

Time frames for release, beta and various other things will get you nothing I guess. If we don't have the final profession by then questions about that will get you nowhere either.

They work in system/game design, so you'll probably have more luck with game mechanics questions than with lore.

Although those are more of subjects you shouldn't ask about instead of questions you are not allowed to ask, you've still got it right in that regard ;)

But I suppose some people would still be stubborn and still ask about the beta or when the mesmer will be revealed or something. And get the usual we cannot talk about that yet response... :P

Open question : Would it be a good idea to restrict people from not asking these kind of pointless questions? It would ease the strain a lot on the guru mods who are tasked with sorting out the good questions.

Edited by Neok, 12 December 2011 - 03:39 PM.

[Psymon]

Best news I've heard yet for a possible 8th profession reveal within hours!

[Frozencow]

Well I hope the IRC server will be up then, its pretty much down at the moment.

[Mordakai]

I will not be available to ask this question, so can somebody please ask for me:

"In the GamesCom and PAX demos of 2011, there was a statement on certain weapons that read: ""Off Hand use requires One-Handed Sword proficiency (Level 20)".

What does this mean, and is it in the current build? Will we not be able to dual-wield until character level 20?"



Thanks so much.

[Shadowhoof]

zeeZ said:

Time frames for release, beta and various other things will get you nothing I guess. If we don't have the final profession by then questions about that will get you nowhere either.

Unless the question in question is with regards to the CB and the final profession as being still on track for sometime this year.

[Chalky]

Frozencow said:

Well I hope the IRC server will be up then, its pretty much down at the moment.

The server is fine, but there seems to be an issue with the web client at the moment.

You should be able to connect with any IRC client to the server to access the channel.

I'll see if we can work out what's going on with the web based IRC client.

[Geikamir]

This is good news! Well, its like news about possible good news lol, but I'll take it.

I imagine there will be so many people and so many questions that it will be pretty intense trying to filter through them all for you mods.

[Lowen]

Awesome idea.
/me setting an alarm in the phone

[betonboor]

This is why I love gw2guru! :D
There were some great questions last time, can't wait for this one!

[Arava]

wuhuuuu :D
great - I hope that means we get some information!

Thanks for chatting with us :)

[Aljasha]

I'll join to listen.