Curse

samborarocks · Sep 29, 2006, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Rok,

I got mine from EB, they did the same thing. I had to pre-order the full version to get the bonus disk. I ended up pre-ordering the CE....

SR

My Sweet Revenga · Sep 29, 2006, 09:19 PM // 21:19

I bought mine from EBgames for $5. But the point of my post isn't bragging or anything. It's this:

Anybody wanna explain to me why I walked into my local futureshop and saw piles and piles of the pre-order sitting on a shelf...... with a sticker price of $34.99!!!!!

I know futureshop is known for the over-inflated mark ups.... but wow.

Former Ruling · Oct 03, 2006, 02:56 AM // 02:56

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Originally Posted by Rok

Well I just got back from my local Gamestop, the EBgames in town did not have the prerelease at all...Gamestop did.

However they would not let me purchase it seperately without preordering Nightfall. The only bonus is that it was free if I preordered the CE, full price ($5) if I just preordered the regular edition. So since I wnat the CE anyway I prordered it there. Just did not like being forced to if I wanted the "seperate" prerelease retail package.

Since all I paid was $5 for the preordering I may just pick up the CE somewhere else anyway.

Like I mentioned in an earlier post, the local level of EBgames/Gamestop is really not predictable. Whether YOUR specific store gets them or not is luck, and how they handle them is their business :\

TXAR-CUT · Oct 03, 2006, 11:39 AM // 11:39

Dev Quotes:

Missing keys
Originally Posted by Alex Weekes 9/15

Pre-order items not on account permanently until Nightfall Key is put in
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray 9/17[/QUOTE]

Just say one thing, this information is wrong.
Its true that the character slot is activated when u introduce the Nightfall retail key, but the weapons r still accesibles just introducing the command
----> /preorder

Frostty1 · Oct 04, 2006, 01:07 AM // 01:07

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I'll start by saying you don't get the bonus slot nor the bonus weapons til you add your retail Nightfall key.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...0&postcount=16
Also at the moment; the bonus pack wont show up in the key management screen til you add your retail key.

Not to be contrary but, the key shows up under my account management. I did NOT use my account to play the GW:NF preview. I only added my PBP key two days before the event, well after the PBP went on sale. It also shows up on my friends account, who did participate.

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

To those of you in disbelief because some people already got their weapons; that can be explained. Early on the day the bonus pack went on sale; there was a bug that allowed people to spawn the weapons early which was patched after a few hours. Now it works as intended; and you can't spawn the weapons til you add your retail key. Those of us that spawned the weapons before the patch still have them in our inventory.

I used the global preview key to try out GW:NF, I did not use my actual account. Since I was using a "temp" account, I wasn't able to use my PBP items during the event. Last night, on my account, just for kicks I typed /preorder and I was indeed able to use my PBP items.

Knightsaber Sith · Oct 04, 2006, 02:35 AM // 02:35

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Originally Posted by Frostty1

Not to be contrary but, the key shows up under my account management. I did NOT use my account to play the GW:NF preview. I only added my PBP key two days before the event, well after the PBP went on sale. It also shows up on my friends account, who did participate.

I used the global preview key to try out GW:NF, I did not use my actual account. Since I was using a "temp" account, I wasn't able to use my PBP items during the event. Last night, on my account, just for kicks I typed /preorder and I was indeed able to use my PBP items.

You're quite late. It's different now as they patched it like two or three weeks ago but everything I said was true at the time it was posted. Next time; try responding atleast during the same week as stuff changes all the time >_<

Sasuke The Betrayer · Oct 04, 2006, 02:46 AM // 02:46

I'm don't understand what's the commotion about, but I have my preorder weapons on all my characters so far. I'm killing Charr with my Warrior's sunspear xD

Former Ruling · Oct 04, 2006, 05:10 AM // 05:10

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Originally Posted by Sasuke The Betrayer

I'm don't understand what's the commotion about, but I have my preorder weapons on all my characters so far. I'm killing Charr with my Warrior's sunspear xD

There was a week or so there where they weren't spawning when you used the /bonusitems though.

At the same time, they fixed what shows up in your account management.

The "Commotion" is all over about that.

Now its about the people that are rushing to get the prerelease boxes

Seren · Oct 06, 2006, 03:38 PM // 15:38

tried to take advantage of the pre-order special offer with Amazon "free pre-order pack when you buy Guild Wars: Nightfall" however what they fail to tell you is that yeah sure you can get the free pre-order pack but you can only order one.

Now considering my husband and I game together it would be divorce time considering the arguements if we had to share so we always buy 2 - only problem this time is that the free pre-order is now no longer free since I have to place 2 separate orders and therefore pay shipping over seas twice.

There is no mention of the fact you can only buy one of the special order any where on Amazon and I have gone through their terms and conditions in fine detail. So be warned if you are trying to order more than one of this special offer since the normally reliable Amazon is this time no longer a friend!

Update - Amazon came through and apologised! They are shipping 2 copies at the same time and have removed shipping costs for both!

bobrath · Oct 06, 2006, 09:05 PM // 21:05

I went into my local BB two days ago and there was no sign of the prebuy or bonus packs. I asked one of the blue shirts if he could look in RSS (in store inventory system) instead of the bestbuy.com web site. Sure enough they were in the back.

He brought out the box with both the bonus pack AND the pre-order box. He assembled the pre-order box and slid the bonus into it. ... Yup, I quickly smiled, said thanks and went up to buy the $10 pre-order box.

Course now I'll have to go thorugh something similar for the actual game when it comes out. Seems really odd that they aren't putting the items out on display. So be sure to ask if you don't see it.

Cow Tale · Oct 09, 2006, 10:22 AM // 10:22

the olympia gamestop store had a whole bunch when i was in there the other day for $5

Esprit · Oct 09, 2006, 01:18 PM // 13:18

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Originally Posted by bobrath

...

He brought out the box with both the bonus pack AND the pre-order box. He assembled the pre-order box and slid the bonus into it. ... Yup, I quickly smiled, said thanks and went up to buy the $10 pre-order box.

...

At least your Best Buy came out with the box and the bonus pack. The guy at my Best Buy only came out with an unassembled pre-order box. I had to ask for the bonus pack.

KiyaKoreena · Oct 09, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48

Finally got ours. We're in GA , USA. They arrived at Best Buy yesterday (any other store nearby still didnt have them) Had to buy the pre-order too to get them for 4.99 price, otherwise would be 9.99. I was hoping on getting them from Amazon, but the Amazon store sold out before I could check out (Thanks Amazon for emailing me like you said you would when they became available...) and I am not paying 10 to 25 from resellers on there. I hate pre-ordering from Best Buy because getting a CE depends on if they even order any in and if you get to the store before anyone else who wants one. *crossing fingers*

SolidShadow · Oct 09, 2006, 06:49 PM // 18:49

This is what i call preorder key problem. Names are censored.

How to ignore a question without solving it lesson 1 presented by the guildwars support team.

Sir Skullcrasher · Oct 09, 2006, 07:38 PM // 19:38

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Originally Posted by SolidShadow

This is what i call preorder key problem. Names are censored.

How to ignore a question without solving it lesson 1 presented by the guildwars support team.

Just to clarify the preorder stuffs.

1) You get a free slot for buying the bonus pack and it WON'T be active until you load in Nightfall CD-Key

2) The extra two slots came from Nightfall CD-Key NOT the bonus pack. And like the above, you need to wait till you activate the Nightfall key to get the remaining two slots.

Knightsaber Sith · Oct 09, 2006, 10:20 PM // 22:20

^Yeah.... it was confirmed that you could only have one bonus key per account, that the slots wouldn't be applied to your account til you add your Nightfall retail key, and that Nightfall would add two slots when added to an existing account -weeks before the bonus pack went on sale. So I'm not seeing what you're getting at. Don't blame the support team for your failing to look into the details of the bonus pack at all before buying it.

You claim they ignored your question

Quote:

How to get my other 2 character slots when nightfall arrives?

They assumed you meant how can you redeem the other two bonus packs you bought and responded

Quote:

Guild Wars accounts do not allow multiple keys of the same type to be added.

So they did answer your question rather quickly and that answer was that you can never redeem the other two keys.

Silverwarp · Oct 10, 2006, 04:16 AM // 04:16

Does anyone know whether or not if you preorder at Wal-Mart, it'll come with the prerelease packs?

Outpost.com wisen up and changed it so the price is 50 bucks now.

Knightsaber Sith · Oct 10, 2006, 04:57 AM // 04:57

From the looks of it Walmart has the standard edition game for $40 and the standard edition+tshirt for $50 and collector's for $60; no mention of the bonus pack though.

Lord Oranos · Oct 10, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

I dont know if this is how its supposed to work or not, but I just walked into my local EB to pre-order the CE and the person working just gave me the pre-release pack.

Its a nice fact you can get the same items customized for each of your characters

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Commander Ryker · Oct 11, 2006, 12:04 AM // 00:04

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Originally Posted by Silverwarp

Does anyone know whether or not if you preorder at Wal-Mart, it'll come with the prerelease packs?

Outpost.com wisen up and changed it so the price is 50 bucks now.

There is no pre release pack like there was for Factions. What there is, is a bonus pack that comes with a free character slot and something else (I forget).