Beta weekend!

[silvermoonshade]

So how many of you participated in the beta weekend for Guildwars 2?

What races and classes are you thinking of going?

I am currently hooked on playing a mesmer or an elementalist and so far I like the norn or charr the most. 

I can't wait for the next beta weekend or for the next stress test. 

Comments

[the_escapist]

I pretty much lived in it all weekend. Did everything I wanted except sPvP (just didn't get around to it), and the final event was great, even if we didn't get to finish it (I didn't see the Shatterer flying about, but the vids/pics look awesome).

I played a human necromancer, the same character I played last beta and stress test. Definitely rolling the same come release. I was planning to play necro all along, but I didn't expect to love it so much. I tried other classes (namely thief and ranger) but just missed my necro the whole time. :)

[silvermoonshade]

My hubby and I couldn't stay online for the final event, we had shopping we needed to do. I need to youtube it to see what we missed!

I know what you mean about loving your necromancer. That's how I ended up feeling about my mesmer as I was playing her. I forced myself to test out other classes and other races just to see if I might like them. Originally I was just going to play an elementalist from the previews that I saw, but this weekend made me fall in love with my mesmer.

[the_escapist]

It was pretty cool. There was a problem with it not kicking off properly, especially on the non-overflow servers (a lot of people got only a few minutes before the beta ended), but I was on overflow and we got about 20 minutes worth.

A bunch of Kralkatorrik's champions started showing up all over Plains of Ashford. Rytlock was there, and we were to protect him. As people fought them and were killed, they were turned into crystal abomination type things that were then hostile to all other players. So it slowly started turning into world PvP where those who'd been turned were fighting against those who hadn't. Eventually everyone was meant to be turned (or close to) and the final boss was to be Rytlock.

All the while, the Shatterer was flying overhead, keeping an eye on his minions. It was epic. :)

[silvermoonshade]

Oh man, I wish I had been there for it. It sounded like it would have been a hell of a lot of fun. Stupid shopping! Ah well beta is beta and with luck it will be even more epic (and working correctly) when it comes out.

[the_escapist]

I definitely would love the chance to see it through to the end. :) So here's hoping.

[stormy]

Participated all weekend, along with the last one and stress test. I'm still narrowing down my server to be on and my class chart. Really hoping for playable Asura and Sylvari considering that Closed Beta has gotten a sneak peek at them.

[silvermoonshade]

I can't wait to try them out as well... well the Sylvari more than the Asura (my hubby wants to make one though!) We haven't gone as far as to narrow down a server, but we are building up a list of class combos to play with each other.