Curse

sakura75 · Mar 11, 2006, 09:26 PM // 21:26

Hi Gaile,

I think Anet should lift up the Holy Veil and place a clear explanation on its homepage what will happen next, cause many people are speculating what is gonna happen and it does not make it any clearer. Since all players are Anet customers we simply deserve clear information about the product. Who wants to buy a product without proper information?
If Anet continues like this many (including me) players will choose for another product instead of guildwars.

Many question are given without clear official answers.

About Merging/Combining/Linking accounts.
1) Is it possible to combine two Chapter 1 accounts to a larger account? And lateron upgrade it with one (or two) Chapter 2 account(s)?
Some players claimed it is possible with one normal and one CE account, creating a large Chapter 1 with 8 slots with only one login, so that you do not need to switch between different accounts. No confirmation from aNet, yet.

2) Combining one Chapter 1 with one Chapter 2 account will creat a larger 6 slots Chapter 1+2 account. Please confirm the six slots. Is it true that in the two Chapter 2 slots added only Assassins and Ritualists primary profession can be made, ie one is needed for PvP and one you can use for PvE? or is the 6 slots combined available to any of the 8 primary professions, ie you can creat 5 PvE slots with any of the eight primary professions and one PvP slot that can reroll to any profession (primary and secondary)?

3) In case of merging (if possible) what happened to the items ingame? Like friendslist, Fame, Rank etc??

4) Till now you can switch 5x from districts. What happened if you buy Chapter 2? Does it reset the times you have changed, since many players would like to have it reset.

Eugaet · Mar 11, 2006, 09:36 PM // 21:36

1) ANet (and Gaile) have stated there is no way to merge accounts.

2) 6 slots confirmed.

3) See #1.

4) Don't know.

#4 is the only one I haven't seen answered by ANet or Gaile.

Sha Noran · Mar 11, 2006, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Ok, here's my question. I hope it hasn't already been covered TOO many times. >.<

Alright, so let's say I pre-order Factions, and get the box and all the goodies. I add my Factions account to my Prophecies account right away, combining the two immediately. First off, you CAN do that, right? Second, what happens with the slots? I know that the six won't be available right away, but I am wondering if my two extra slots will be usable during the Beta event? Then I won't have to get an alternate account just to participate...

Hopefully that made sense... sort of a complicated question. :-P

agentnull · Mar 11, 2006, 10:47 PM // 22:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sha Noran

Ok, here's my question. I hope it hasn't already been covered TOO many times. >.<

Alright, so let's say I pre-order Factions, and get the box and all the goodies. I add my Factions account to my Prophecies account right away, combining the two immediately. First off, you CAN do that, right? Second, what happens with the slots? I know that the six won't be available right away, but I am wondering if my two extra slots will be usable during the Beta event? Then I won't have to get an alternate account just to participate...

Hopefully that made sense... sort of a complicated question. :-P

I've been trying to get Support to answer that same question, with less than desirable results. So far I've been told that the slots won't be available until you add the retail key to your account, but I think at the very least, you should get the slots during Early Access. I personally have 4 PvE chars on my account and don't want to have to delete one just to start an assassin or rituatlist a day early (since I've effectively paid to play that day).

Mistcane · Mar 12, 2006, 01:11 AM // 01:11

K, most of my questions have been cleared up except for one. Is there a pre-order package for the CE of factions out yet anywhere? If not is there anywhere that has just the pre-order package for GW:F.

jmj102 · Mar 12, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mistcane

K, most of my questions have been cleared up except for one. Is there a pre-order package for the CE of factions out yet anywhere? If not is there anywhere that has just the pre-order package for GW:F.

You can get it online at gamestop.com

maathyas · Mar 12, 2006, 01:42 AM // 01:42

okie what about if my current home region is US, and I purchased the Europe game, would I have to do any fancy region switching? and would that count to my 5-limit region switches?

AlienFromBeyond · Mar 12, 2006, 02:24 AM // 02:24

This link says that if I order I will get the pre-order package, but it also seems to imply that it will ship at the same time as GW:Factions itself, which kind of negates the 24 hour early access you should get. Has anyone bought this, and if so, tell me how it went?

SylverDragon · Mar 12, 2006, 03:06 AM // 03:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sha Noran

Ok, here's my question. I hope it hasn't already been covered TOO many times. >.<

Alright, so let's say I pre-order Factions, and get the box and all the goodies. I add my Factions account to my Prophecies account right away, combining the two immediately. First off, you CAN do that, right? Second, what happens with the slots? I know that the six won't be available right away, but I am wondering if my two extra slots will be usable during the Beta event? Then I won't have to get an alternate account just to participate...

Hopefully that made sense... sort of a complicated question. :-P

The pre-order box comes with a pre-order key, not the full retail key. You won't get the full retail key until you get the full game at the end of April.

You can add the pre-order key to you GW account, but you don't need to do this to access the preview event.

One of the FAQ's says that you won't get the extra slots for the preview event.

If you set up an alternate account using the pre-order key, you cannot merge that account later, and you will only have the pre-order ingame items on that account. If you have no space on your main account, the easiest way to access the preview event is to send youself one of your invites and use that to set up an alternate account.

Lets Get to Healing · Mar 12, 2006, 03:17 AM // 03:17

If i order the pre order off amazon.com, is it the actual pre order or just the real game? as in they will send GW:F around the 28th?

Haggard · Mar 12, 2006, 03:23 AM // 03:23

i had a look and it seems what you get is the actual game, to be delivered when it is actually released. The pre-order pack will say it is a pre-order pack, and looks different, plus it is released on march 31st

Caleb · Mar 12, 2006, 04:18 AM // 04:18

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

Guild Wars Factions PREORDER BOX & codes only

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

Guild Wars: Factions total game

If you look at the middle of the page on both of these links, there is a button labeled BEST VALUE where it gives you the preorder package (now) and the full game (once retail released) for the $49.99 total price.

Well99 · Mar 12, 2006, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caleb The Pontiff

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

Guild Wars Factions PREORDER BOX & codes only

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

Guild Wars: Factions total game

If you look at the middle of the page on both of these links, there is a button labeled BEST VALUE where it gives you the preorder package (now) and the full game (once retail released) for the $49.99 total price.

Hi ..I curious how you will get to play 24 hrs before others if it ships out on day released "Instore".I preordered a different game before and didnt get it till after folks had picked it up at the store.
Will Beta allow you to play when release date comes?

forever · Mar 12, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

If you get the pre-order package and register the pre-order key to your account, then you will be allowed to play 24 hours before the server opens to public. And you can continue to play for another 24 hours (total 48 hours), after that, you must register the actual Factions game key to be able to continue to play.

ubrikkean · Mar 12, 2006, 04:22 PM // 16:22

I wouldn't recommend Amazon; I ordered from there at first, but even though there was free shipping on the Pre-Order pack and regular Factions when ordered together, they wouldn't keep the free shipping unless they were in the same shipment in April/May. So I wouldn't recommend buying there unless you're willing to pay an extra $2 or so to ship the Pre-Order pack early.

Wortan · Mar 12, 2006, 05:42 PM // 17:42

I ordered the CE from gamestop 2 days ago and have yet to recieve any reply about the order $85s worth. Its not even taken from my credic card yet. Anyone have an idea when they ship the key, as waiting until 28th of april is pointless for the preview. What is the experience you have had with gamestop.com ordering this.

Former Ruling · Mar 12, 2006, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Well99

Hi ..I curious how you will get to play 24 hrs before others if it ships out on day released "Instore".I preordered a different game before and didnt get it till after folks had picked it up at the store.
Will Beta allow you to play when release date comes?

You can Download the Clients and such from their website...Buying the game essentially just gets you the CD Key you need, and a copy of the client conveniently on CD.

IE: You dont need the Game Box yet to play the game a day early, your Pre-Order Key is good for that 1 day.

Well99 · Mar 12, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20

Thanks all...

AlienFromBeyond · Mar 12, 2006, 06:40 PM // 18:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wortan

I ordered the CE from gamestop 2 days ago and have yet to recieve any reply about the order $85s worth. Its not even taken from my credic card yet. Anyone have an idea when they ship the key, as waiting until 28th of april is pointless for the preview. What is the experience you have had with gamestop.com ordering this.

I want to know this as well, as I am considering doing the same thing.

ricocheting · Mar 12, 2006, 08:01 PM // 20:01

I got the $1 preorder from Amazon.com. whatever it was shipped friday. my question is though, if it's applied to my existing account, I can play all day April 27 (my 1-day early) but then on the 28th to whenever i actually get the full game (if i order online -- ship time) i'm without chapter 2 again?