Guild Wars 2 pre-orders give beta access; Collector's Edition unveiled
With Guild Wars 2 now committed to launching in 2012, publisher NCsoft has unveiled the Collector's Edition and pre-order bonuses--which include guaranteed access to all of GW2's beta weekend events.
All the wonders of the Collector's Edition
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Guild Wars 2 pre-orders give beta access; Collector's Edition unveiled.
With Guild Wars 2 now committed to launching in 2012, publisher NCsoft has unveiled the Collector's Edition and pre-order bonuses--which include guaranteed access to all of GW2's beta weekend events.-
Digital deluxe doesn't seem worth it, all the digital items are single use.
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The hero's band comes with any preorder. not just the deluxe.
So $20 extra for an elite skill and a few single use items.
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only 3 of the items are single use
Chalice of Glory = one time boost of Glory.... I'm thinkin 1000 or so
Golem Banker = 5 days of masive loot collecting
Tome of Influence = dont be the ONLY person in the guild NOT applying this boost to your guild
3 VERY worthwhile perks if ya ask me.....
also the Hero's Band is not a 1 time use :)-
hero's band isn't part of the deluxe, check the website again. all pre-purchases come with the hero's band.
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That's a neat statue.
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holy shit that's expensive. The original game's CE was way cheaper and came with a ton of stuff including an actual headset I used for a couple years. Hope that statue is worth it for whoever buys these.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH OMG OMG!
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I CANT WAIT ANYMORE !!!! LETS LARP !!!!
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i will start larping at work, cube raid!
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YES !!!!
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Just give me the basic Edition and I will be fine. The other stuff is way over-priced and useless to me.
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to many peoples expectations are high for this game and it's going to negatively effect this game in the long run just like every other free to play mmo
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yeah about a year ago i was like man this game is gonna be awesome day 1 purchase. i don't even think im gonna buy it now. that ~30 minute gameplay video released about a month ago looked boring as shit.
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well that's just your opinion... and if you want to see boring, go play SWTOR :)
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Maybe they should have their p.r. come out and tell people to lower their expectations.
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I wonder why Steam hasn't removed them. GW sells a shit-ton of DLC that's not available on steam through their in game store.
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I think they were grandfathered in.
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In game store is fine, but a 3rd party store that sells DLC that may not work with the Steam version is not fine.
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What do you mean remove them?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/29620/
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As a product that's going to rely on DLC for revenue after the initial purchase, I don't see any incentive for NC Soft to water down their sole source of additional profits by putting it on steam. And I'm sure that GW1's in game store already violates Steam's terms.
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I want that art book but would never take that stupid statue out of the box. Maybe I could pawn the statue on eBay or hope that the art book is released separately. The statue is likely a cheap plastic POS like the one that came with the Witcher 2.
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Pretty sure it's the same book that's been out:
http://store.penny-arcade.com/products/the-art-of-guild-wars-2-paperback-edition
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I never wanted a fantasy game so badly in my life.
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Looking forward to the game. Too bad my work hours are going to make finding any free time to play almost impossible.
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To be fair, they're then running the servers after that for free. if anything i'd say they're entitled to charge 60 for a no montly fee MMO since they're going to have to support it.
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Let's face it, games cost more to make than 10 years ago, take longer to produce, have larger teams, and the price of PC games hasn't increased in 10 years...inflation would dictate that games should cost at least $80, not $50 or $60.
Personally, I'll buy perhaps one or two games at full price per year, but then buy another 3-5 games on sale for less than $10 each, such as Dues Ex: HR. Games that have a multiplayer focus are best bought early on, as that's when the community is getting started/growing, and it's more enjoyable to play when people are doing all the early to late missions around the same time as you, because then you don't need to get an NPC to help you. I played Guild Wars when it first came out, great fun, lots of groups to play with and new guilds to join. I tried playing again perhaps a year ago, and NOBODY was in the early missions. Not a soul. At that point, the focus was PvP.-
That's also not to mention that you typically get about 10-80+ hours out of each game, depending on the style, replayability, etc., but compare that to any movie you rent or when you go to a movie theater, and the hours of fun vs cost is phenomenal. 80 hours for $20 when I got divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga, and it was one of my favorite games of all time. That's 4 hours per dollar. Not bad...
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If you notice they only do it with big titles. It's just gouging at work. The $80 for a purely digital "collector's" edition is even worse imo. All that could have obviously been included with the $60 version.
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