pre-order items, any good?

mrbb

mrbb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/

01 Mar 2006 at 17:20 - 1
I'm thinking of pre-ordering Factions and I know what it comes with bonus items. Are the items any good? Anyone has some stats they could share? Are the items just unique in looks? Are they better than green, purple, etc items found in the game? Thanks!

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

01 Mar 2006 at 17:26 - 2
well from wat i've heard no body was able to get a preorder box yet, even though we were supposed to get them yesterday

Joh

Joh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

Lucid Dreams [LD]

01 Mar 2006 at 17:56 - 3
The release date on all possible sites I've seen (including the store I pre-ordered the collectors edition) says March 2006. So I guess it'll ship this month.

mrbb

mrbb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/

01 Mar 2006 at 18:29 - 4
What has been your experience with pre-order items from Guild Wars, part I? Were those items good?

Nickelocene

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

01 Mar 2006 at 18:36 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joh
The release date on all possible sites I've seen (including the store I pre-ordered the collectors edition) says March 2006. So I guess it'll ship this month.
Release date is April 28th, according to Amazon.com

Unkemptwolf

Unkemptwolf

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

01 Mar 2006 at 19:02 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickelocene
Release date is April 28th, according to Amazon.com
Thats the release date according to Gamestop/EBgames as well, but I think its due more to the fact that they have no idea, rather than them knowing something we dont. I won't believe any release date until I hear it from either Anet or NCsoft, and even then I will most likely take it with a grain of salt. Not that thats stopped my from pre-ordering it.

Oh, and Gamestop told me that the Pre-order package would be in on March 7th. Did anyone else get this, or do I need to go lay a beat down on someone trying to cheat me out of my pre-order package?

Joh

Joh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

Lucid Dreams [LD]

02 Mar 2006 at 12:19 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickelocene
Release date is April 28th, according to Amazon.com
That release date is not for the pre-order package. That's for the "real deal" accoding to Gamespot. The release date for the pre-order is March 31st according to the announcement at the login-screen to GW.

edit/ This of course means that if you pre-order somewhere where it says the release date is April 28th, it's not certain you'll get the pre-order package.

Dahl

Dahl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Ontario, Canada

Exalted Legionnaires [ExL]

02 Mar 2006 at 12:26 - 8
That's odd, I thought the pre-order was available on Feb 28th?

Joh

Joh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

Lucid Dreams [LD]

02 Mar 2006 at 14:15 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dahl
That's odd, I thought the pre-order was available on Feb 28th?
Capped 2 minutes ago. Though I also just saw another screenshot saying it was Feb 28th. Guess they postponed it.

Chuba

Chuba

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Finland

New Dragons [NDR]

02 Mar 2006 at 14:58 - 10
What I understood is that the 3rd March (online pre-order) and 31st March (boxed pre-order) are for Europe, and the earlier dates are for US.

Joh

Joh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

Lucid Dreams [LD]

02 Mar 2006 at 15:07 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuba
What I understood is that the 3rd March (online pre-order) and 31st March (boxed pre-order) are for Europe, and the earlier dates are for US.
That does indeed seem to be the case. However the April 28th date I've only found on american sites. The date for the european releases are official atleast.

Daena

Daena

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

02 Mar 2006 at 15:38 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrbb
What has been your experience with pre-order items from Guild Wars, part I? Were those items good?
Yes the items were good, and unique.