Think there will be a GWEN preview event? - Guild Wars Forums

Nuclear Eclipse · May 23, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Factions and Nightfall had events where you could see some of the skills and new things being released before the game was actually out. Do you think GWEN will have a similar event?

Theus · May 23, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

No.It clearly won't.I mean,Cmon,Why would ANet do that when they did it for Factions and Nightfall?It wouldn't make a lick of sense to do it for Gwen.

Mister_Smiley · May 23, 2007, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Nope i don't see it happening, though it would be cool if it did.

Darksun · May 23, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37

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Originally Posted by Theus

No.It clearly won't.I mean,Cmon,Why would ANet do that when they did it for Factions and Nightfall?It wouldn't make a lick of sense to do it for Gwen.

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"I'm pickin up on your sarcasm"
"Well I should hope so, because I'm layin it on pretty thick."

Yeah, they always do the preview.

Halmyr · May 23, 2007, 04:47 PM // 16:47

If they do like their previous preview, there should even be 2 previews

1 to test out the new skill's and an other one to go explore the lands ( well part of it anways)

wetsparks · May 23, 2007, 10:55 PM // 22:55

probably yes, they use it to find bugs in the game or if skills are out of balance without having their testing team do it. think about it, three million accounts, if everyone logged on and played for 3 hours over the preview weekend, then that is 9 million hours of beta testing that ANET got for free. think how much their testing team would have to do to find out all that we would in that event and how much money they would have to pay.

Onarik Amrak · May 24, 2007, 03:41 AM // 03:41

A PvE preview would be difficult as the content is designed for max lvl.

In the NF preview you could just make a new toon and go around Istan.

A PvP preview is almost certain, right?

Curse You · May 24, 2007, 04:10 AM // 04:10

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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

A PvE preview would be difficult as the content is designed for max lvl.

In the NF preview you could just make a new toon and go around Istan.

A PvP preview is almost certain, right?

For the Factions preview, they gave everyone lvl 20 characters with a selection of random skills. They also let us change our secondary whenever we felt like it.

bilateralrope · May 24, 2007, 04:21 AM // 04:21

Unless ANET gives a pve preview, there is no way I'm pre-ordering GWEN.

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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

A PvE preview would be difficult as the content is designed for max lvl.

In the NF preview you could just make a new toon and go around Istan.

Then again, the factions preview had us starting off with new characters before throwing us into the kurzick/luxon lands. I see three ways a PvE preview could be done:

- Let us into the areas on our current characters as per normal, then kick us out and disable any GWEN skills after it ends. This would probably see some people with GWEN armor/weapon skins that no-one else can obtain till GWEN's release, and I can see the price of even the GWEN crafter weapon skins spiking as only a limited number would get through to the rest of GW before the event ended.

- As above, but don't allow the creation of any items in GWEN specific skins. But with this option ANET doesn't get to show off the new weapon/armor skins.

- Allow us to make a clone of one of our current characters (including any items on it, with customization set for the clone on the new items) and let us roam around GWEN like that. This would probably be a more complex option to implement, and would allow people to duplicate items. So to prevent the duplicate items causing problems, the characters would have to be deleted after the preview.

Sophitia Leafblade · May 24, 2007, 08:51 AM // 08:51

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Originally Posted by Halmyr

If they do like their previous preview, there should even be 2 previews

1 to test out the new skill's and an other one to go explore the lands ( well part of it anways)

They probally will have Beta events. So far i havnt seen much mention of any new PvP features, so unless Anet simply has that hidden up for now then there wont be a PvP weekend.

pamelf · May 24, 2007, 09:12 AM // 09:12

I'm going to go with no, because it's not a new game, it's just an expansion. As far as I know except for the skills not much is going to be new, except the terrain and a few new monsters. Besides, they have two years before GW2 comes out to iron out the kinks, so I don't think they'll bother this time round...

They might do something minor, but I don't think any preview is going to be as massive as those for Factions and NF.

Etta · May 24, 2007, 09:21 AM // 09:21

I can see a pvp preview happen, because it's just gonna be skills and maybe some new maps. But since you can't make a new pve character, unlike Factions and Nightfall. I don't really know how are they going to pull it off, would be nice if they did anyway.

Angelic demoness · May 24, 2007, 04:14 PM // 16:14

I've been meaning to ask, will there be any advantage to preordering GWEN like bonus items and such? And if so, is there a specific place I need to place the order?

May 23, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#1
Nuclear Eclipse Banned Join Date: May 2007	Think there will be a GWEN preview event? Factions and Nightfall had events where you could see some of the skills and new things being released before the game was actually out. Do you think GWEN will have a similar event?

May 23, 2007, 04:33 PM // 16:33	#3
Mister_Smiley Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006	no Nope i don't see it happening, though it would be cool if it did.

May 23, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#2
Theus Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2005 Profession: W/Mo	No.It clearly won't.I mean,Cmon,Why would ANet do that when they did it for Factions and Nightfall?It wouldn't make a lick of sense to do it for Gwen.

May 23, 2007, 04:47 PM // 16:47	#5
Halmyr Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada! eh! Guild: ~none~ Profession: W/Me	If they do like their previous preview, there should even be 2 previews 1 to test out the new skill's and an other one to go explore the lands ( well part of it anways)

May 23, 2007, 10:55 PM // 22:55	#6
wetsparks Desert Nomad Join Date: Nov 2006	probably yes, they use it to find bugs in the game or if skills are out of balance without having their testing team do it. think about it, three million accounts, if everyone logged on and played for 3 hours over the preview weekend, then that is 9 million hours of beta testing that ANET got for free. think how much their testing team would have to do to find out all that we would in that event and how much money they would have to pay.

May 24, 2007, 03:41 AM // 03:41	#7
Onarik Amrak Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Astral Revenants Profession: P/W	A PvE preview would be difficult as the content is designed for max lvl. In the NF preview you could just make a new toon and go around Istan. A PvP preview is almost certain, right?

May 24, 2007, 09:12 AM // 09:12	#11
pamelf Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Guild: Lost Templars [LoTe] Profession: Me/Mo	I'm going to go with no, because it's not a new game, it's just an expansion. As far as I know except for the skills not much is going to be new, except the terrain and a few new monsters. Besides, they have two years before GW2 comes out to iron out the kinks, so I don't think they'll bother this time round... They might do something minor, but I don't think any preview is going to be as massive as those for Factions and NF.

May 24, 2007, 09:21 AM // 09:21	#12
Etta Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mancland, British Empire	I can see a pvp preview happen, because it's just gonna be skills and maybe some new maps. But since you can't make a new pve character, unlike Factions and Nightfall. I don't really know how are they going to pull it off, would be nice if they did anyway.

May 24, 2007, 04:14 PM // 16:14	#13
Angelic demoness Academy Page Join Date: Dec 2006	I've been meaning to ask, will there be any advantage to preordering GWEN like bonus items and such? And if so, is there a specific place I need to place the order?