GW:EN Online Purchase

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

Just wondering if we can get an online purchase of the GW:EN before August 31? Would love to be able to get on with everyone else since my place tends to get these boxes a week or a month after release at worst.

Anyone from Anet care to answer this?

Argon Draeth

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Me/E

you can buy from the online store (in-game)

you wont need the actual box or anything, the installation CD etc. Its all done online. So you can actually be up and running that day, no deliveries needed

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

which is the question. since its not yet on the site i assume it might be there but when? since the game officially opens on on August 31.. would like to have the ability to purchase the game on or before that time comes.

Sides.. would be the best choice if i am to get the bonus events if i buy something from anet's online store.

Argon Draeth

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Me/E

open guildwars, log in...top right hand corner of your screen should be a button "enter store"

you can pre-order from there

immortius

immortius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Black Cats

E/Mo

The full product will be available from the stroke of midnight on the 31st of August onwards (that's midnight at the beginning of the day, not the end, PST).

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Personally I hope the game is available to buy and download content before the 31st, otherwise the shop will break and the game will lag to a stand still.

sdliddo

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

well last i checked it was still that bonus preorder pack thats on the site. not the pre-order for the GW:EN thing

And yah i personally hope it gets available before the 31st.

ReZDoGG

ReZDoGG

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Indian Township, ME

Nativ War Party (NWP)

Rt/Mo

All the content you will be downloading will only activate when you go to towns, or leave towns in EoTN.... I doubt they will do any major downloading before it comes out. The only content they will allow to download would be just enough activate the quest to travel over to EoTN.

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ReZDoGG
All the content you will be downloading will only activate when you go to towns, or leave towns in EoTN.... I doubt they will do any major downloading before it comes out. The only content they will allow to download would be just enough activate the quest to travel over to EoTN. Just the quest to get there? Don't you also mean the content when we get there as well?

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

So for those of us who have paid for the Pre-Order.... is there any content available to us yet?

And how much more will we have to pay for the full version?


I didn't really get the whole Pre-Order thing.
At first I thought it was paying for the game in advance so it activates as soon as it becomes available..... but the price for the pre-order was so ridiculously low that I can only assume it was for bonus material and has actually nothing to do with buying the game itself.... which in and of itself doesn't make much sense.

WinterSnowblind

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

The pre-release bonus pack comes with three unique weapons and gives you access to the sneak peak weekend on Friday. It also takes the money of your purchase of GW:EN, so if you buy it all from the official store, you're getting the bonus things for free.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/GW:EN...ase_Bonus_Pack

Starmidder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by ReZDoGG
All the content you will be downloading will only activate when you go to towns, or leave towns in EoTN.... I doubt they will do any major downloading before it comes out. The only content they will allow to download would be just enough activate the quest to travel over to EoTN. That is incorrect. Most of the GW:EN files are already on your computer (hence the massive update about a month ago). Right before GW:EN goes live, there will be another large update containing updated files (this info is based on the last 2 expansion releases). If you want to be able to jump straight into playing, I highly suggest adding -image to the end of your GW shortcut so you can download all the files pre-launch and not have to decompress them when you enter the game.