Curse

Blind Rage · Apr 20, 2006, 08:14 AM // 08:14

she might be lying....not too sure

EDIT: i bet she'll come here and ban me or something, i am pretty annoying

Thallandor · Apr 20, 2006, 08:14 AM // 08:14

I trust Gaile will be personally delivering my copy of guildwars CE to my home if my EB store says they wont be here til a week later. Oh how sweet of her.

I rather wait on word from Alex who handles Europe which covers Australia to say something about this.

Blind Rage · Apr 20, 2006, 08:17 AM // 08:17

yeah, i get the feeling sometimes that australia and nz is often over looked....like i said before...we are only just getting pre order packs now in nz.

Snowman · Apr 20, 2006, 08:22 AM // 08:22

Nothing on the GAME.net site in the UK, though I will ring them later and ask

Intera · Apr 20, 2006, 08:27 AM // 08:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

she might be lying....not too sure

EDIT: i bet she'll come here and ban me or something, i am pretty annoying

Poor Gaile, don't take it out on her Blind Rage (your name appears very appropriate! :P) She's telling the truth I'm sure, I trust her. Perhaps there's just been a couple of wires crossed by EB? I hope so...

Laibeus Lord · Apr 20, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34

lol, guys, hehe, some respect to Gaile. I'm not defending her, I don't know her, never met her, not even in-game. But as someone who's in the same profession as her (Community Manager [of an online game]), you know, we're just doing our jobs. Whatever our superiors tell us, that's what we deliver.

True it hurts that our boxes will be delayed, but it might be with your stores already not ANet's.

Secondly, FYI, NCsoft is handling the international distribution not ANet. NCsoft restricted ANet within North America only. In fact, a NCsoft release GW Press Releases 24 hours advance than ANet/GW site. See the difference and separation influence here business side?

Relax. There's nothing we can do with the delays, this isn't a perfect world. A delay doesn't mean it's with the developers or their parent company's fault. It may even be the shipment from Europe to Aus/NZ that's causing (or will cause) the delay. Regardless, a little respect here. The person, as far as she knows and as informed, as she said, no delays they know on their end.

To share, my store where I ordered, and from a friend ordering from BB, do not have/will not have delays. According to them, no known delays from the boxes coming from Anet/NCsoft.

Check your stores, ask them where the delay is coming from. If they say ANet/NCsoft then contact ANet/NCsoft again as well as Gaile then let them handle the rest.

:/

Thallandor · Apr 20, 2006, 08:41 AM // 08:41

Laibeus Lord, now that we now what you doing for a job, you sux and hate joo 2. /jk

Its likely Gaile havent gotten the info yet or theres a big screw up at particulally EB since they have called up all their pre order customers with the same message of the delay.

Laibeus Lord · Apr 20, 2006, 09:00 AM // 09:00

hehe @Thallandor, I know I know...

everybody hates CMs. we get the fire. we're the buffer between company and customers... huhu, but we get hmm... all I can say, high paid job

anyway, cross-fingers, let's hope there really are no delays 'worldwide'. If there are, let's hope whatever will cause/is causing it, they can solve it before the 28th and even better start shipping the boxes to stores before the 27th

^_^

so everybody's happy, and we can start killing turtles, I mean Luxons.

Vlad Titanskin · Apr 20, 2006, 09:09 AM // 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laibeus Lord

so everybody's happy, and we can start killing turtles, I mean Luxons.

Hohohoh i hope i meet u in the arenas hahah ;]

Rebirther · Apr 20, 2006, 09:16 AM // 09:16

you've got it all wrong, its not that its delayed, its that they've ran out of allocation stock for the first batch, when I read this post I was a bit disappointed so I rang the company I pre-ordered mine from (www.gameplay.com) and the lady explained everything properly which was nice to her.

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/...ectors_edition

this page is updated to say the first batch has sold out. - assuming a similiar situation has happened to other companies.

Fourex · Apr 20, 2006, 09:21 AM // 09:21

Maybe EB of Brisbane has such a large opinion of themselves that they class a delay to them as a worldwide delay.... and everyone else will get theirs on the 28th. sarcasm/ joking whatever fits hopefully not the truth.

Problem is that is where my preorder was placed and I am one of those people that got the dreaded delayed 1 week phone call.

I hope EB have got wires crossed and Gaile is on the ball as per usual.

sir lockt · Apr 20, 2006, 09:32 AM // 09:32

A similar topic started at gwonline where gaile reacted in the topic... but only very brief and vague... I think they simply dont know it... lets hope they will check it out. It might be an australian "problem" (you know... all that ocean around it...

)

My retailer still has the CE set on the correct date...

Laibeus Lord · Apr 20, 2006, 09:37 AM // 09:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlad Titanskin

Hohohoh i hope i meet u in the arenas hahah ;]

we will, we will. we might have met during FPE already ^_^
Im the juggernaut

hehe j/k

I'll be mostly in the Alliance Battles after I finish the missions and quests in Cantha, as well as unlock every sides and corner of each map in the game. Then Alliance Battles all the way. ^^

mega_jamie · Apr 20, 2006, 09:38 AM // 09:38

The website I am getting my pre-order from (UK) still says release is Saturday.

Fair enough if they have some problem in producing the physical goods part of the package, why cant they just ship CD keys which give you access / dance emotes and ship physical parts of pre-order later.

That could be what the website im using is doing hence nod elay in release, i'll probably just get a delay in recieving the package.

led-zep · Apr 20, 2006, 09:54 AM // 09:54

im not too bothered, if i dont get my game on the day of release i'll just cancel it and not bother with faction, after reading about the top guilds getting access to the best things im regretting preordering it anyway

Thallandor · Apr 20, 2006, 10:01 AM // 10:01

Sorry you feel that way led-zep, i was a doubter before also till i heard Jeff Strain's 3 part interview with VGM.

-Loki- · Apr 20, 2006, 10:18 AM // 10:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by sir lockt

It might be an australian "problem" (you know... all that ocean around it...

)

No, it's a "don't give a rats ass" problem.

Laibeus Lord · Apr 20, 2006, 10:19 AM // 10:19

hmm where I download the podcast of that interview?
and hehe, what's VGM? Video Game Magazine?

(I don't live in the US, not familiar with magazines there).

Thallandor · Apr 20, 2006, 11:23 AM // 11:23

VGM Daily interviewed Jeff Strain, Co-Founder of ArenaNet about Guild Wars Factions in a 3 part interview and the mp3 files can be download from the website:

http://www.vgmfusion.com/

Part 1 link (31:57min, 12.8 MB):

http://www.vgmfusion.com/get.php?web..._Daily_E46.mp3

Part 2 link(30:55min, 12.4 MB):

http://www.vgmfusion.com/get.php?web..._Daily_E47.mp3

Part 3 link(28:35min, 11.4 MB):

http://www.vgmfusion.com/get.php?web..._Daily_E48.mp3

Here are all the questions that were asked during the interview (and the order they were asked in).

1. What are the differences/changes between the original Guild Wars, and Guild Wars factions?
2. Does Factions have a bigger/better storyline than the original GW? Are there more or less “Player vs Enemy” missions and quests than the first installment?
3. If you have both copies of the game will you be able to go between games with characters?
4. Besides Amber, are there going to be any other new crafting materials in Factions?
5. Most players seemed fairly happy with the new henchmen such as Talon Silverwing, Brutus, or the earth elementalist. Is there any chance of improved henchmen like these being added to any areas in the original Prophecies campaign?
6. What major changes are on the horizon for the game engine and GW as a whole (across both Factions and Prophecies)?
7. We have been told that player to player trade improvements are coming, can we get specifics?
8. We’ve heard that a re-connect system is on the way so that if someone drops, they can get back in to the same GvG/Hall of Hero’s mission and keep fighting. What will the limitations be, and can we get a rough timeframe on when that’s gonna happen?
9. Will ascended Guild Wars characters who travel to Cantha need to buy every Faction only skill with skill points and gold? Or will quests allow players to gain the skills?
10. When you were planning Guild Wars Factions, which aspect entered into your plans first? Player vs Enemy or Player vs Player?
11. Will there be Neutral Quests for those who don't decide to join the Luxons or Kurzicks?
12. From what we saw during the Factions preview event, the Kurzick areas seemed significantly harder than the Luxon territories. Combined with the tremendous popularity among players for the Luxon side, it led to a huge imbalance in the Luxon vs. Kurzick mission zones. Was this an aberration due to only a portion of the game being available for play, and if wasn’t, are steps being taken to adjust that imbalance?
13. We've already been told that Ritualists and Assassins will only be able to be created in Cantha, implying that no new Rit/Assn content like skill quests will be added to Tyria. On the other hand, the core classes will have content in both continents. How does ANet plan to keep the core classes from having an overwhelmingly larger amount of content compared to non-core classes?
14. ANet is hoping to add new classes and abilities to the game through Factions. However, many players are beginning to feel that with Faction's release, new classes will begin to look more and more like existing classes. How do you make sure that doesn’t happen?
15. What is ANet's long term plan with GW combat? Will it ever expand beyond the team build concept?
16. What higher level areas will be available in Factions?
17. Will guilds/alliances be able to change the Faction they're aligned to at any time? Is there any penalty for doing so?
18. How are you going to keep small Guilds/Alliances and causal players happy in Factions, since they will likely never see Elite missions without having to significantly change their play-styles to access them? Or are we completely off base and the casual fan WILL be able to access them?
19. What is being done in Guild Wars: Factions to increase the speed of unlocking PvP content and decrease the time it takes for a new player to enter into the competitive side of the game?
20. Will the 12v12 alliance battles still allow an individual to enter them and be grouped up with other individuals to form a 4 person group or will all groups have to be formed before entering the PvP mission?
21. It’s pretty obvious that ANET really wants to make sure that the PvP part of the game is the most balanced of any MMO out there. How do you make sure that doesn’t negatively effect the PvE aspect where gameplay tends to be vastly different?
22. Will the Fame and Rank system be changed so it's possible to earn Fame/Rank outside of Hero's Ascent? This was a question asked by several people who were frustrated at the perceived rank snobbery that takes place in the game.
23. How is the grouping in European servers going to be handled? There are fears that like the first game French, English, and German players may end up grouped together.
24. Are you guys still leaving in game chat to 3rd party software, or are their plans to introduce something in game?
25. The pending 3rd chapter of the game – is it going to be completely different then the first two games, or more of the same?
26. Any tidbits of information you can throw our way about chpt 3?

Kais Unduli · Apr 20, 2006, 12:29 PM // 12:29

So the CE comes out a week later, big friggin deal. Get over it.