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[MikeB21]

Here... http://www.arena.net...event-is-coming


It is down right now... It went down in less than 10 minutes.

[Deft]

Lol, people are getting crazy. One piece of news and they destroy the site.

[Colby]

so I dont know about everyone else but I would like to meet up in game with other TL members and practice some pvp/etc.

[Gaver]

Copied from reddit copied from the site:

The Beta Weekend Event is Coming!
We’re counting the days until the first public Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event, which begins on Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT-8) and ends on Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-8). Hundreds of thousands of players from around the world will get their first taste of Guild Wars 2—and rest assured, we’ll be playing alongside them!

There are a couple important things you need to know about this Beta Weekend Event:

• The only way to absolutely guarantee your access to this or any future Beta Weekend Events is to pre-purchase any edition of Guild Wars 2.
• Customers who have pre-purchased the game will receive an e-mail next week with instructions on how to download the client and participate in the Beta.
• This is a public event, which means that you’re not bound by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). So go ahead, feel free to take screenshots, shoot video, blog, tweet, write, or compose a rock opera to share your Guild Wars 2 experience with the world.

Let’s take a look at all the cool stuff you’ll be doing during the Beta Weekend Event.
Choices, Choices – You’ll create your own personalized charr, human, or norn character and pick from our eight powerful professions. Your choice of race is vital to your personal story, and it determines in which of the huge starting areas you begin as well. A noble human mesmer will have a radically different game experience than a charr engineer in the service of the Iron Legion. Fortunately, you can roll more than one character and sample each starting area for yourself!

Worlds Collide – If you want your PvP on an epic scale, look no further than World vs. World, where three teams comprising hundreds of players wage open war across four vast maps. You’ll lay siege to castles, raid supply camps, build devastating weaponry, ambush your foes, and leap into truly massive PvP battles—all for the glory of the server. We’re warning you: WvW is so addictive that you may spend the entire Beta Weekend Event there!

PvP For You and Me – After you’ve gotten your feet wet, put your newfound skills to the test in Guild Wars 2 PvP, where small teams battle for points on a variety of challenging, compact maps. We adjust the level of PvP combatants so that all players are on equal footing. If you’ve got a competitive streak or you like playing first-person shooters online, you owe it to yourself to try out Guild Wars 2 PvP!

I Love L.A. – For the first time ever, we’re opening the metropolis of Lion’s Arch to beta players. Wander the streets of this cosmopolitan trade hub, chat with traders and travelers from every corner of Tyria, hop through one of the many asura gates to points beyond, or discover the famed diving platform at Diverse Ledges. Lion’s Arch is a city like no other!

As you can see, there’s a ton of stuff to do in the upcoming Beta Weekend Event on April 27-29. It’s honestly way more content than one person can experience in 60 hours of playing—and we haven’t even included the asura and sylvari in this beta! Fortunately, this will not be the last Beta Weekend Event before launch—stay tuned for more news regarding the next event.
We’ll see you in-game!

[disable]

I hope my system can handle the horde of people running around in Lion's Arch

[Deft]

So still no Sylvari or Asura. That worries me a little.

[Doctor Brofessor]

So still no Sylvari or Asura. That worries me a little.

Same here. It is reminiscent of WAR when they had to drop the two classes. Although, that GameInformer article did talk about the Sylvari starting area.. so at least that is somewhat testable.

[Gnerfed]

So still no Sylvari or Asura. That worries me a little.

It drums up speculation, speculation leads to discussion, discussion is free publicity =)

/Insert quote about when it's ready

Im sure it will be as polished as I hear everything else is. Exciting!

[Zaff]

So still no Sylvari or Asura. That worries me a little.

Well they kinda hinted we would get to play them in a future BWE. But at the same time, they have also said they don't plan to open much to us during BWE so the game isn't spoiled too much for release. Gameinformer wrote up an entire article detailing a sylvari personal story arch and intro zone... and Asura starting area/personal story has been talked about by the devs for a few months now. The races themselves are obviously completed as they were playable during last years conventions. It is probably just bugs being ironed out of their starter zone and their lv15-25 zone.

[MikeB21]

So still no Sylvari or Asura. That worries me a little.

It may be to test the load of the starting areas? Perhaps not wanting to spread the testers thin over five areas? Who knows really.

[Deft]

Well they kinda hinted we would get to play them in a future BWE. But at the same time, they have also said they don't plan to open much to us during BWE so the game isn't spoiled too much for release. Gameinformer wrote up an entire article detailing a sylvari personal story arch and intro zone... and Asura starting area/personal story has been talked about by the devs for a few months now. The races themselves are obviously completed as they were playable during last years conventions. It is probably just bugs being ironed out of their starter zone and their lv15-25 zone.

I forgot about that. Yeah I'm sort of thinking that the Asura are only going to be playable at release, just as a "teaser" of sorts, and to not reveal everything to us in the betas. I actually think that's a cool idea. As for Sylvari, I just read about that article in game informer. I'd imagine Sylvari will be playable in the next beta. After thinking about it, I'm not quite as worried as I was.

[Badi]

Well i hope the servers will run actually with the hindrets and thousands of people...

[coil]

Fortunately, this will not be the last Beta Weekend Event before launch—

interesting. funny they felt the need to add that bit in there.

[okuRaku]

I noticed that too. It really does feel like release is right around the corner by their tone. And I'm okay with that.

I'm think I'm going to join Amoner in attempting to stream the entire time (if I can stay awake!) I got some new toys for my stream today too

[Doctor Brofessor]

We are going to have soooo many streams. We need to get TL's name all over twitch.

[Teeve]

I'm not a guild member (yet), but am hoping to be. Any chance of running with any of you, or other guild members, during any part of the beta weekend to get to know folks in the guild, have them get to know me, etc?

[Deft]

You can absolutely hop on TS anytime during the beta and chat with us. I'm sure myself and others would be willing to let you run with us and do some events.

Our TS info is at the top of the page. We usually have quite a few community members hanging out with us, so feel free to hop on. Cheers.
Name: Team Legacy
Address: 8.9.37.236
Port: 9238

[Blaedr]

It is great to know that you are open to non-guildies joining you for the BWE. Do you have any more detailed plans to get in to structured PVP straight away and practice learning our professions, tells of abilities, and to tweak and train traits/builds against others? I saw a thread regarding this, but was unsure if more was discussed with the BWE being announced.

[Deft]

Absolutely, we love supporting the community, but we also take our PvP seriously. We're pretty much allowing people to do whatever they want during the BWEs. It's a time to try out different classes and get a feel for the game, whether it's PvE, SPvP, or WvW. I know a few people will be doing some SPvP scrims, over at this thread. http://teamlegacy.ne...quest-practice/