[MrFoe123]

From all the recent interviews, lack of new info and the recent quietness from Anet, this feeling is striking me again: de-hyping.

GW2 is starting to let me down from the dodging of answers, lack of new info. From all the new interviews and stuff, it seems like Anet is still far, far away from completing the game - perhaps more than a year to wait?

Not being a troll here, don't get me wrong, i'm just speaking out my feelings here. Perhaps you are not let down by them, but I certainly am, from this past couple of months.

Seems like Anet is losing the hype gathered from Manifesto. I really hope they can bring out something fans want in order for us to sustain the hype, i dont know, for another year or even more? :qq:

[SuneC]

I share your views on this. Instead of keeping the hype train running, they seem, to me atleast, to have gone into the kind of silence that we saw during the spring.
I may not be the right person to comment on this though, because I've already been let down about the PvP (from my own sources).

[~PolarisNova~]

My own personal hype has stablised. It's not going down, its nice and steady now. Can't say I have any idea based on interviews etc on how far along the game is, but I am betting its pretty far along in terms of development, but there are things ArenaNet are determined to get spot-on before they release info on other things.

[aldricsedia]

I kinda agree with you mrfoe123, I really didn't like the silence back in the early months of 2010, if you remember those months of silence, you won't like any more ones like that again...

but GW2 is still my most anticipated mmo and the one and only mmo i will play for over a year lol (apart from guildwars)

[Exo Dyo]

I share the feeling, I just hope that they will make it, to release the game in 2011.

[Drachasor]

Might be a year away, sure.

While of course we'd like it all to be done next week, we'll just have to wait until they're finished. To me it easily looks to be the best MMO on the market when it is released. I don't care much for sandboxes, I hate the Holy Trinity, and I like a world that feels immersive. With Dynamic Events GW2 satisfies me and it is wonderfully innovative.

Now, I don't think it will perfect. I'm not a fan of how The Shatterer is animated (doesn't feel real to me) so I worry about how big baddies will look (this is a problem in pretty much all MMOs though), I loathe t-stones (grindy mechanic if you like to have more than one outfit), and hmm, I thought there was a third quibble I had, but I don't recall it. Anyhow, none of that would ruin the game for me.

I don't need to be on some crazy hype train for GW2 to sustain my interest, for what it is worth. That said, there's lots of info they could release. Let's say the professions cover 4 months of info. I think crafting could probably be spread out over 2 months. PvP could easily take another 2 months. They've barely touched on dungeons, that could be given another month. Underwater combat would get a month. Guilds and other social systems could get a month as well (they seem to want to innovate a bit with guilds, grouping, and such). They could easily spend a bit more time on existing professions, let's add a couple months there (we barely know what they can do, honestly). So that's 13 months right there and I'm probably missing a bunch of stuff. See? Not that hard.

[Insanius_Maximus]

Cataclysm is coming out in December. I don't recommend spreading the secret recipees to success. It ain't healthy for the company...

Seriously, now... Anet has no obligation of keeping you informed about their every little move. I understand the feeling. As we've seen from the interviews, they have great things planned, that they know of already but can't really state them because:
a) It isn't final;
b) It's one of those juicy things that should be released to the public close to release;

Imagine they announced the coolest feature you can imagine 1 year before release. THEN your personal hypetrain would go off the rails, because one year of waiting knowing that nothing will trump that is boring.

The only thing you need to expect is profession reveal and other small pieces of news, and if they aren't ready, then I'm sorry, but they aren't ready.

[upier]

So the complaint is that you are obtaining a more realistic view of the game?
Why would that be bad?

[Bael]

I share this sentiment, as I too feel my hype beginning to dwindle. But we can't expect ANet to keep our hype meters at max all the way up until the game releases (especially if it's a lot longer off than most of us would want to think).

Hype levels will change over time. It may be going down now, but when the next big reveal comes around it'll be back up again. This is to be expected.

[Vorsakan]

There's always going to be lulls, but this lull is stretching on rather long now.
Of course it is likely that the PR/community folks at Anet are finding it anything but a lull, with all the conventions across the globe; it's just a lull for us internet fans.

I'll have to concur spring 2011 is feeling very unlikely now though; April/May 2011 was my fallback hope a few months ago, but I find my intuition drifting more towards a Christmas 2011 release now.
If that is a sound guesstimate, I do still need to lower my own excitement levels to something more sustainable.

Edited by Vorsakan, 30 October 2010 - 12:07 PM.

[damkel]

De-hyping...sure. But we shouldn't feel let down by them like you said, to be honest. I think the recent demo's have taken a lot of time away from developing the game. Remember the whole Anet team plays with the people at each of these conferences. Also getting the feeling that this game is further away than we would like it to be :( ...for sure

[pumpkin pie]

/yawn....

don't care anymore, if they want to play this game, let them loose the hype.

[Thalador]

damkel said:

De-hyping...sure. But we shouldn't feel let down by them like you said, to be honest. I think the recent demo's have taken a lot of time away from developing the game. Remember the whole Anet team plays with the people at each of these conferences. Also getting the feeling that this game is further away than we would like it to be :( ...for sure

That's why they should've made the demo buyable for everyone. You buy it for $/€ 10-15 and you can play the low-level human and the mid-level charr area as long as you want. And no, I wouldn't consider that an open beta (despite what the CMs said), because it would still lack a helluva lot of features (crafting, underwater gameplay, activities, dungeons, PvP and more). However, the players could've played the game with each other, their hype-o-meter would've increased to the heavens, and ArenaNet could've developed the game in the meantime (while getting + cash from the demo purchases).

Yeah, I know that these are just wild speculations and dreams, but imo, it would've been better than letting down the hype and the development for the time they were playing the demo...

Edit1: And I agree with the OP. My hype is also decreasing... But it won't deter me from buying and playing the game when it is finally done and released. Beside SW:ToR (which I doubt I'd play because of the monthly payment - for the time being), it's my favourite MMO - perhaps a little bit better than ToR.

Edit2: fortunately there are dozens of good games and real life activities that one can do. I'm quite positive they'll kill the insanely long waiting time.

Edited by Thalador, 30 October 2010 - 12:21 PM.

[aldricsedia]

N.Nick said:

New information/profession reveal coming soon!
:P

I really hope so haha :angel:

but this just strikes me, u know how Anet is always like "we'll release something when we feel like we're full-on and confident about it"? Well does that mean some of the professions aren't good enough? or they postpone the profession releases to buy time for other mechanics in game?

either way, I seriously hope Anet has completed at least 60% of the game, or else...3 years time had not been used wisely enough. :zip:

[Agar]

Iam too busy playing GW1 and filling up my HoM (40/50 :D) to notice this. Iam gonna buy GW2 hype or not so yeah dont realy care as long as they dont release it close to 2012...

[Turambar]

Drachasor said:

Might be a year away, sure.

While of course we'd like it all to be done next week, we'll just have to wait until they're finished. To me it easily looks to be the best MMO on the market when it is released. I don't care much for sandboxes, I hate the Holy Trinity, and I like a world that feels immersive. With Dynamic Events GW2 satisfies me and it is wonderfully innovative.

Nov 2011.

Agree easily best mmo atm I can see. I like sandbox mmos but there are issues with the present ones.

Here is a link I created, for anyone that wants to check out other interesting titles in development or share their top tips for future promising games:

Future Games Spotlight!

Edited by Turambar, 30 October 2010 - 12:25 PM.

[Auxilium]

I do not agree. Although I agree on the "release MOAR info!" part, I am so hyped that I always check GWguru AND the GW2 website at least 4-5 times a day.

[Andlát]

Turambar said:

Nov 2011.

Agree easily best mmo atm I can see. I like sandbox mmos but there are issues with the present ones.

Here is a link I created, for anyone that wants to check out other interesting titles in development or share their top tips for future promising games:

Future Games Spotlight!

Agreed on Nov. 2011. There is just now way for it to happen earlyer.

[PwnyRide]

Guild What What now?


But seriously I keep sort of forgetting about it every now and then. Lack of profession reveals is highly displeasing.

[Wothan]

Just keep yourself busy, especially if you are playing something, the time will fly and you will never get bored for the lack of info...

[Tzu]

If theyre going to release the game in Q4 2011 we should expect very long intervals between new info until Q3. I always thought they'd release the game in Q2 or Q3 though, otherwise the info released so far seems to have been released a little too early. :|

My hype level has been decreasing over time now. I will still play the game when its out and look forward to it, but the extreme hype experienced throughout the june-august is gone.

[SweetZoid]

They are working on the beta,it's just a matter of time. Looking forward to this christmas.

[pamelakd]

I think the disappointment feels so much more intense simply because we saw so much information over the course of a few short weeks. This was both a great move, and terrible one. Renewed interest means more publicity, but unfortunately now that there is again a lull, when we've been so spoiled with info it just makes people feel let down.

Anet never said anything other than a release 'when they were ready', however the constant information suggested that things were further along than they most likely are.

That said however, releasing in a year's time; how much will graphics have already developed by then? Now that so much info has been released, will the game already be outdated, even before release?

[aldricsedia]

i don't know if it's my expectation of a Q2 or 3 release, but the lack of info really irritates me. Remember june-august super hype period? That was so awesome that I ---- in my pants; it was so memorable that I dread for another one now.

but damn a beta by Christmas = a full on fight with Cataclysm though, that would be epic.

[raven214]

The profession reveals is sorta my rough indicator of how the game is coming along, and a 2 month absence in that department tells me either: A) the professions are not completely done, or B) they are stalling because other aspects aren't as far along as they would like. Either case tells me that, in agreement with the OP and others, the game is not as far along as I had hoped it would be by now. I'm still hopeful for a 2011 release, but it's looking like Q3/Q4.

Edited by raven214, 30 October 2010 - 12:47 PM.

[aldricsedia]

^ completely agree 100%

[tetravus]

I hope its earlier than nov 2011.

[Hit 'n' Run!]

SweetZoid said:

They are working on the beta,it's just a matter of time. Looking forward to this christmas.

[Kairosius]

The Hall of Monuments was probably the new profession's replacement for this month, so no one really needs to start worrying unless they don't reveal a profession in November.

[Psycho]

I think that they just tease us- they make most of the people to forget about the game to create a new hype again. I believe that after this "dry season" they will come with something huge.