Next Beta Event 24th March.

Patience, we'll find out about EU pre order very soon. I think the 3 million number comes from 1 million customers with 3 invites each..

"The Guild Wars Factions pre-order key also adds one unique item for each of the game's two new professions"

So, this is referring to all "regions" / "stores" right?
Unlike before where stores and regions had a different item included in their preorder.

At least we get two items each this time?

/|V|oot.

/game on.

Added: Overall it's basically the same thing as done in ch.1. So really, W/ an existing account only thing new to do w/ the preorder package key is to add the new preorder items. (which again becomes available on offical game release day.) -gweat!

Simple terms:

24th March you will be able to make an assassin and/or ritualist on your existing account, and play them in the Cantha campaign until <whatever date, probably that weekend only> to try them out.

*If* you preorder the game, not only will you be able to do this, but you'll get exclusive items when the game is released, plus you'll be able to play the full game 24 hours before it is released, unlike everyone else who didn't preorder.

edit: btw I'm assuming you don't want to rush into preordering anywhere; it will probably need to be a specific place again, for example in the UK, you could preorder GW anywhere, but only gameplay.com had the preorder codes that actually gave you the beta access/early access/chimeric prism.

My wife and I already preordered through EBgames/Gamestop several weeks ago. Does that mean we can pick up the package as soon as it is released or, with the announcement of this package, are we going to be required to cancel and then preorder the preorder package specifically? All of this is getting confusing, I just needing my Factions fix NOW!

This might be taking it too far, but does this give us any further indication as to when Factions will come out? What was the time span between the original Guild Wars' open beta event and it's release? I heard previous rumors that Factions would come out on or around March 31st...does this essentially dispell those rumors because the beta event is so close to March 31st?

(Am I reading into this too much? Is their nothing to be speculated on?)

One question..mainly because it doens't say...

How long is the Beta/Preview going to last? It doesn't say in the press release. Is it a weekend, or something longer?

Empty? Sure you're playing Guild Wars?

Trust me, the population of active and regular players on the European territory is very healthy. In fact, it's done nothing but grow since the release date.

i hope that the new pre-order items are along the lines of the recent asian special items: cool skin, max stats, and actually usable end game. it seems like the old pre-order items are nothing more than junk to ascended characters.

Me too.

Even though my preorder items are junk, I can't even get them to come back using the /preorder command.

Just to clarify things, the glowy hands, or Divine Favor is obtained by adding a Collector's Edition key to your account, not by adding a Special Edition key. And as far as I know, you are still able to buy the Collector's Edition in shops...

This is pretty cool. Being able to invite friends will be a nice way to get them to see why Guild Wars is so much fun, it will work as a demo.

This thread is about the next Beta event, and not about Europe vs. America. Thank you for not posting about that.

I personally would prefer, "usable til range lvl. 15 or less." Only because, if it was to the end, that would mean everything else new would be junk in a diff. pov. As much as I would like to have near "green-like" status gear at the start of the game. This game would get boring at a faster rate than ch.1 did for some people.

/IMO.

How do you "add a key to your account"? Is it in the login screen?

I am really excited about the news! I just hope I dont have to have a free slot to do the beta and that I can cross-over and existing character.

Can we pre-order a Collectors Edition or can we only get the CE in stores?

sounds cool this event

I hope the pre-order items are like the korean ones, actually usable at high lvl, max etc...

*hoping that pre-order comes to belgium to* (last time it wasn't )

This is some cool news. Can't wait to check out some PvE stuffage.....

EBgames (US) - (atm they have that "special ed." for ch.1 --not the same as Collector's.--they might for factions.)
Amazon (they have the ch.1 collectors ed. --I hope theyll be getting ch.2 Collectors ed.)

just to answer this part from own experience:

For myself (in Canada). Only thing online available for me where I can purchase chapter 1, when it came out, was the "regular version". Since I wanted the the "Collectors edition", I had to preorder through a futureshop store. (which they didnt really carry it out to be a "preordering of a game" type system. You buy the preorder package and they tell you when you can come back and buy the version of your choice: Collectors or Reg.)
I thought when you normally "preorder", it was at least "copy saved under your name". This certainly wasnt the case. This was 1st come 1st serve.
Luckily, at that store I was the 1st to get the Collectors Ed.

Conclusion:I would really like it if it is possible for the sale of Collector's Edition to be available online this time at my area. (not just from one source. hint hint to Futureshop)

/here's hoping.

Hmm never pre-ordered before but I would be quite mad if I got to store and they were out of CE

Did I miss anything about : If you have two accounts (2 sets of CDpacks) then you must purchase two GW factions ??

How is the multiple account and 1 PC handled with the new release ?
I guess this'll linkage (existing accounts -> new S/W ) info will come out in due course.

Yep pure and simple. if you have 2 Guild Wars accounts and you want both to join Factions then u need 2 New Cd keys. Now either your Join them or not is up to you.

You buying a new game not an Expansion or update, its new content were you have the option to join your old account so you don’t loose the unlock stuff that you have.

i am sure someone will explain better