Occultus

My guild hall where I actually see my guildies sometimes. Oh wait...

Water exploration is amazing.
Water combat is utter shit.

So guys

I posted this map when they first revealed that GW2 would be using a classic level system. Then I posted it again when they revealed that they would scale levels because we all know that since it's a reward driven system it makes no real difference.

Now I ask you. Take the time to look at this map. Really look at it.

Shiftedgw2, on 19 September 2012 - 06:24 PM, said:

I don't know why so many of you rushed into level 80 then complain that there is nothing else to do.  I have been taking my time leveling in different areas and leveling all my alts at the same time, so I am not even close to level 80.  Dungeons?  I haven't even done a single dungeon and I already play this game too much!

There is A LOT to do in this game from my perspective.

DoGofWaR, on 18 May 2012 - 04:15 PM, said:

That is insane and completely wrong. I have paid, multiple times, for not only the finished game but also certain perks and services relating to it. If these things are denied me I have every right, as a paying costumer, to some form of compensation. That said, like it or not, official or not, finalized or not, Arena Net did say that name reservations will be done through the Hall of Monuments. As that location can only be accessed with the Eye of the North expansion; a paid content expansion, I and many others have effectively paid to be able to reserve our names.

Was that the sole reason? No. But it was a contributing factor. This whole misconception nonsense and saying those remarks were not official is ultimately the same kind of BS Martian tried to use on me through a privet message once, and it won’t fly. Arena Net employees don’t walk around with disclaimers floating over their heads, and without unrestricted access to their internal documentation we have no filter to judge what they consider official or not. As far as we are concerned, as there is no other way to go, anything said by an Arena Net employee regarding Guild Wars 2 through any media outlet that does not specifically say it is unofficial is official. Period.

It is like that whole open beta BS from a while back. The fact remains that Arena Net employees said there would be an open beta, repeatedly, through several media outlets and direct communication with their fans. There was no disclaimers, and no contradictory context. No one said “this is my opinion” or “this is not confirmed” or “this is not official.” It was said. Period. Coming back later and saying “that wasn’t official” is a copout. It is a way of avoiding responsibility when they stick their foot in their mouth. Frankly, no matter what you think of Arena Net personally or professionally, or whatever, the simple truth is they are pathetically inept when it comes to communicating with their consumer base.

They’re either ignoring legitimate concerns as they pat their own backs on twitter, trying to save face after some mistake, or failing to provide necessary context to their remarks. I doubt it is malicious on their parts, but at this point I am beginning to think it would be wise to simply never trust a word they say about anything. It is getting near impossible to judge what is real information and what is just some random developer or writer or artist talking out of their ass.

Yes I believe they did say it though I can't go source hunting right now,  but one thing is certain that they DIDN'T say: We're screwing you after 24hrs.
'Your name will be reserved' is the specific quote on the official site. (FAQ)
Not 'Your name will be reserved IF you prepurchase, or for 24hrs after headstart'
Not 'Your name will be reserved for lauch day'
'Your name will be reserved.'

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People are already circling like freakin' vultures to steal names, which ANET said they would prevent from happening. Now they want to play semantics and act like they didn't imply something more than what they've said today, (still think they did more than imply, but I'm at work and can't search well now) and regardless of the mechanic, regardless of "Through HoM" or not, *they said they're reserved* and now maybe they are and maybe they aren't, depending on your choice to prepurchase or not, or your availability for a one-day period. It's the absolute bare minimum they can do to say "we did what we said we would."

It's a lot like a Warranty that says "We'll fix it...unless it's broken."  or "This is the price...unless you want to buy it. Then it's more."

But aside from all the people who can't make it for launch day because of work or vacation or RL emergencies or any of the billion RL reasons a person can't make it for one day, I'm far more concerned with what happens when someone can't log in because the servers are flooded because it's FREAKING LAUNCH DAY and things have a tendancy to go badly, and now we find we couldn't get in on launch day and poor "forgetful" gets robbed for being clever.

Its a 100% shitty decision, it goes against what they said, and it needs some iteration.

And whoever decided it needs a smack upside the head, cause it's just plain bad.

Wait so does this mean that you have to be in the headstart or launch day only?

So meaning -I can't reserve a name for a character I'm going to create after launch?
Seems pretty bad especially because I don't think that everyone is going to start playing at the headstart or at launch. One day later and your name is taken-I think that crying isn't a bad option here.

I'd give 2 weeks for everyone to get the reserved name thing ready and even then I don't like this idea.
It took me more then a day to create all my gw1 characters.

Q n Q'ing for the ones that can't!