Beta Weekend: Do I need to download the client if...

Regarding the Beta Weekend, do I need to download the client from guildwars.com if I have the pre-order disc, or is the client already on the disc? Thanks in advance. -- S.B.

Download the client from guildwars.com. Won't have the game on disc (as far as I know) til release.

The client isn't on the disk per se, but there's a link to download it, which is the same link you get when you go to the Guild Wars website. So whichever way you want, there is something very official about clicking the link on the pre-order.

If you bought the pre-order and got the box with the disk, mini-hint book and poster then You should only have to install the disk and type in Key. I bought my Box from Best Buy and did not download client. And I have been in to BWE no problem

Ren

When you preorder from bestBuy, at the spot what do they give you?

They should give you a pre-order package kit with a cd/ a lil poster/ a prima guide/ and a friend pass and a pre order kit pass. Make sure they will honor the discount of the purchased game upon release.

Guildwars~
Forget what you thought you knew about online gaming.

They give you the box which has the Beta Weekend Key, a Friends Pass, a poster, a CD with some goodies on it (with the client download link), and a Tournament strategy guide book.

PS: Curse you Darkmane for posting right before I did. This is the second time in a row where somebody has just beaten me to the punch

You guys are great! So much help. I'm hoping to preorder it soon...obviously before the 15th

LOL sorry.... I'll wait a bit longer next time then add my 2copper LOL I am just a fast typer is all

GuildWars~
Forget what you thought you knew about online gaming.

Doesn't really matter one way or the other I suppose, but for the record, my pre-order CD included the client on it, not a link to go download it from. Including a link instead of the client itself must be something new (I bought my pre-order package during the week between the WPE and BWE1, and a friend of mine who bought his pre-order package a month later also received the client on disk, no download required).

I got the client on my disk Best Buy Pre-order Package.