Well you can't pre-order on ArenaNet, they will ask you to buy the full game (giving you access to all betas and 3 days head start).
If you pre-order from GameStop, you will get it on release, but it won't be on a DVD. They will give you a box with a serial in it, if I remember well, ArenaNet said only the Collector's Edition would come with the game client in disc form, the rest will all be digital downloads.
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I've never really understood the fixation on a physical copy for a MMO. I mean... you're tied down to the Internet anyway, to get basic functionality out of the game.
Physical media all the way for potentially perishable SP games. I still have and play games from the early 1990s and even a few from the late 1980s. For a persistent-world online game, though? When it dies, it dies anyway.
This is assuming we aren't talking about the additional swag of a collector's edition, and just game discs versus an account and downloads.
I've never really understood the fixation on a physical copy for a MMO. I mean... you're tied down to the Internet anyway, to get basic functionality out of the game.
Personally, for games I really love, I prefer the box with the written manual, map, etc.
For GW2, don't really care, still not sure I'll purchase it, but if I do, will be digital only (but not at these rates, the current prices for digital editions in Europe are ridiculous).
Yes, for games where they expend the time and effort, but outside of the simulations with the spiral bound manuals and such, many games no longer produce manuals in physical form anymore. You get a manual PDF on a game disc.
I'm gonna be trying it on my laptop, GW2 graphics are very accessible, they don't rely on heavy graphics, they're more about the artistic style of their universe. You should check if your system will run the minimum.
Also almost done with my (new) custom watercooled build, should be good to go on the 26th. Don't feel like rushing it for the beta, don't wanna mess up.
I'm gonna be trying it on my laptop, GW2 graphics are very accessible, they don't rely on heavy graphics, they're more about the artistic style of their universe. You should check if your system will run the minimum.
Also almost done with my (new) custom watercooled build, should be good to go on the 26th. Don't feel like rushing it for the beta, don't wanna mess up.
Checked and it might... problem is processor is slower than their minimum listed.
Anyways, Pre-bought the Digital Deluxe edition yesterday.
Oh btw servers won't restrict us to play with each other.
If player is on server 1 and I am on server 2, we can both play together when one of us joins the other on their respective server.
However, we cannot play World vs World together, which is a PVP battleground (huge, where over 1000+ players will be battling against each other) that puts a server versus another.
If someone wants to play WvW, they must switch servers with a little fee.
We should still all make our characters on the same server, but it won't be a problem for PvE if we don't.
I'm hoping I get a clearer picture if I can pickup a 3770 by this weekend... if not I'll be on beta on my ollllld PC on min settings. Hopefully it's okay.
