Content List: GW:EN Retail Package

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

18 Jul 2007 at 19:52 - 1

From http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile_News

Contents List: GW:EN Retail Package

Players have asked about the contents of the retail version of Guild Wars: Eye of the North. The box contains the following items:
Guild Wars Client DVD Access Key Booklet

16-page Mini Manual Map Poster (11 in x 17 in NA; 600 mm x 360 mm Europe)
(apologies if posted before, I have not seen a thread on this)

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

19 Jul 2007 at 06:59 - 2

I'm just going to edit this and basically say sorry for the comment... best to just let it alone.
Just disapointed is all.

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 08:01 - 3

You want them to email you the map or spend 10 dollars to mail you the map?
The post doesnt fly over the oceans and deliver items to people in far away countries for free and we dont all live in the same country/continent.

Here's the trade off, buy from retail store, get a map and manual. Buy online play the game the INSTANT it goes live.

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

19 Jul 2007 at 08:56 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seissor

Here's the trade off, buy from retail store, get a map and manual. Buy online play the game the INSTANT it goes live and get the bonus mission packs too. Sorry, you missed a bit there, but i sorted it for you

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

19 Jul 2007 at 10:12 - 5

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seissor
You want them to email you the map or spend 10 dollars to mail you the map?
The post doesnt fly over the oceans and deliver items to people in far away countries for free and we dont all live in the same country/continent.

Here's the trade off, buy from retail store, get a map and manual. Buy online play the game the INSTANT it goes live. Except that the stores should be getting it in stock before GW:EN goes live, meaning its possible store bought copies will also give access the instant it goes live. Oh and the bonus missions are only available from the store, and for a lot of people there really isn't anything else to buy.

So my choices are:
- Buy online for bonus missions
- Buy in store for a manual, map, and install DVD so you don't need to download as much when you do a reinstall.

The manuals are usually interesting to read if they contain any lore, so I'd like to be able to download a copy of that. As for the DVD, well it will likely appear on various torrent sites quickly enough, so I'll just burn a copy myself once it appears.

ReiNaruto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Valencia, Spain

Green Arse Team

19 Jul 2007 at 10:22 - 6

The stores have copies of the game before the release, of course, in the biggest countries and cities. Because living in a 20k city in the middle on nowhere in Spain, the country were games are evil, do not help much to get GWEN from retailers before it is released. :P

psypher

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

UK

[GoE]

E/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 10:29 - 7

If there's not going to be a Collectors edition, I'll probably buy it virtually.

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 13:16 - 8

think of the virtual copy AS the CE....since it gives the bonus missions.

psypher

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

UK

[GoE]

E/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 13:25 - 9

but i want a pretty art book and a big box

Wish it would go for sale on the store already!

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 17:01 - 10

there's no art book this time around. Just a little manual, which will just be a colour print up of all the info already splashed over the GW homepage.

Patrick Stealthwind

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

HOT

W/N

19 Jul 2007 at 18:27 - 11

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seissor
there's no art book this time around. Just a little manual, which will just be a colour print up of all the info already splashed over the GW homepage. who knows? maybe they'll spice it up a bit and give us pictures of gwen and some charr that we can color with crayons. and theyll throw in a guildwars themed word search and crossword puzzle! and to top it all off, GW tic tac toe! zomfg i cant wait!

lucifer_uk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Nottingham, England

The Venerable Truth [TvT] The Venerable Alliance [TvH] [TvL]

R/

19 Jul 2007 at 20:56 - 12

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
Except that the stores should be getting it in stock before GW:EN goes live, meaning its possible store bought copies will also give access the instant it goes live. I got Nightfall 2 days before it went live from a shop.

Still not sure if I'll buy it online or in the shop.
I've made my own A3 posters with my own characters and stuff in the game.

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

19 Jul 2007 at 23:44 - 13

guess im buying digitally...

Tuesg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

hex

R/Me

19 Jul 2007 at 23:53 - 14

[QUOTE=bilateralrope
As for the DVD, well it will likely appear on various torrent sites quickly enough, so I'll just burn a copy myself once it appears.[/QUOTE]

Can't you just get it from the online store, do the downloading stuff then burn that GW.dat to a DVD?

Easier than getting a torrent of it

Lord-UWR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Fiction We Live In [FaKe]

W/R

19 Jul 2007 at 23:56 - 15

I can bet you all that NCSoft did this crappy box on purpose so people would buy online instead!!!

I mean,it's horrible!!! This is probably the crappiest box they have done in term of content, and even the box art.

Oh btw, one question, if I reinstall using the DVD that would come with this box, do I get ALL the CONTENT? LIKE EVERYTHING? UNTIL THE DAY OF RELEASE? EVERY UPDATE? PLEASE ANSWER?

Tuesg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

hex

R/Me

20 Jul 2007 at 00:02 - 16

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord-UWR
I can bet you all that NCSoft did this crappy box on purpose so people would buy online instead!!!

I mean,it's horrible!!! This is probably the crappiest box they have done in term of content, and even the box art.

Oh btw, one question, if I reinstall using the DVD that would come with this box, do I get ALL the CONTENT? LIKE EVERYTHING? UNTIL THE DAY OF RELEASE? EVERY UPDATE? PLEASE ANSWER? You should get all the GW:EN stuff or at least most of it, there steaming some GW;EN stuff just now, it would be much quicker however just to burn the GW.dat to dvd and update that once a month then you always have an up to date replacement in the event of anything.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

20 Jul 2007 at 00:36 - 17

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
From http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile_News

Contents List: GW:EN Retail Package

Players have asked about the contents of the retail version of Guild Wars: Eye of the North. The box contains the following items:
Guild Wars Client DVD Access Key Booklet 16-page Mini Manual Map Poster (11 in x 17 in NA; 600 mm x 360 mm Europe)
(apologies if posted before, I have not seen a thread on this) Is it worth destroying the earth for?
(Greenhouse gases
Carbon emmisions from making and shipping and all that green crap everyone live by)

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

20 Jul 2007 at 00:49 - 18

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord-UWR
I can bet you all that NCSoft did this crappy box on purpose so people would buy online instead!!!

I mean,it's horrible!!! This is probably the crappiest box they have done in term of content, and even the box art. I agree.

Though It won't stop me.

Metal Herc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

20 Jul 2007 at 01:10 - 19

16 pages? Damn. I was hoping for liek the other manuals where it gives you a description of all the characters, factions, lands, monsters... I do get a map though. It really does seem to kindof fit very well together with their online promotion...

I will still by the box though. I like to have things. I prefer to pay with cash even because I can see what I am paying. I guess I'm just old fashioned.

DOCB22

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

[SGC]

20 Jul 2007 at 01:18 - 20

hmm so this the thanks we get for staing with GW. oh well :\ disapointed I was hoping for more
I guess I feel the Anet Love

Lord-UWR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Fiction We Live In [FaKe]

W/R

20 Jul 2007 at 01:21 - 21

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuesg
You should get all the GW:EN stuff or at least most of it, there steaming some GW;EN stuff just now, it would be much quicker however just to burn the GW.dat to dvd and update that once a month then you always have an up to date replacement in the event of anything. Oh I see, forgot they are already streaming it in. So I don't need to buy it (the box), hm...still considering my options with buying online or physical. If Futureshop or BestBuy give a good offer, with the prerelease going toward the final purchase, I'll buy physical, I just like having boxes I guess :P