Picked up the DE, the DDE and CE items were lame across the board. Really lame... I would rather put the extra money into the cash shop or pick up gems.
Now to ignore the game until launch when I will login and put on my O face.
apparently amazon us isnt able to support pre purchase, seems like the excuse was their s/w system arent able to do it.
ArenaNet said they are going a different direction because Amazon couldn't get the game to players doors in time. They are going with Best Buy and Gamestop as physical retailers, but are not distributing through Amazon. Seems weird to me I wouldn't be surprised if this changes, but Amazon would be their biggest competitor for their internal distribution which saves them money.
I mean we are paying full price for a digital download which probably saves them close to $10 a copy. Why not take Amazon out of the mix?
I like having some form of merchandise in my hand so I am heading to Gamestop first thing when I wake up to pre-purchase.
since i pre-ordered GW2 from Gamestop like 2 years ago....tomorrow (11th) im heading to GS to ask for a conversion from pre-order to pre-purchase to get my access code ANETs prepurchase FAQ says thats possible, but if GS says otherwise then im cancelling that and going straight to ANET site >:O tho i want ma piece of plastic at home
1 DDE; would have bought CE if I had more money around. I liked that they didn't let us EU players pay the exact amount of dollars in euro's as most game companies do: DE is 54,99 euros in EU and DDE 74,99 euros, although it is still much higher than the value in dollars: we in EU actually pay 70 dollars in value for the DE (10 more) and 98 dollars for DDE (18 more).
Sucks to be a EU gamer... Although even at this cost it will probably be more than worth it.
I ordered the digital edition. I saw no real reason to pickup the digital deluxe. I rather use that extra $20 and get some cash shop items.
"For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed: And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!" ~Lord George Gordon Byron
I prepurchased the DDE for play and 2 Collector's Editions to save in case the game does as well as I anticipate it will.
As recently as four months ago, a sealed Collector's Edition of WoW Vanilla was selling for $4,000.00 on eBay. So I'm treating this as a hobbyist investment. If it doesn't do as well, I'll have the memorabilia.
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Picked up the DE, the DDE and CE items were lame across the board. Really lame... I would rather put the extra money into the cash shop or pick up gems.
Now to ignore the game until launch when I will login and put on my O face.
This is a thread about GW2 not SWTOR.
edit- Kinda makes me misty tho you couldn't apply this logic to your pre purchase of Star Wars.
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apparently amazon us isnt able to support pre purchase, seems like the excuse was their s/w system arent able to do it.
pre-purchased 1 Standard Digital edition from ANet.
1 standard - That was a simple process, got it done before even starting my morning coffee.
Now the real hard part begins...the wait for release.
ArenaNet said they are going a different direction because Amazon couldn't get the game to players doors in time. They are going with Best Buy and Gamestop as physical retailers, but are not distributing through Amazon. Seems weird to me I wouldn't be surprised if this changes, but Amazon would be their biggest competitor for their internal distribution which saves them money.
I mean we are paying full price for a digital download which probably saves them close to $10 a copy. Why not take Amazon out of the mix?
1 DE pre-purchased and 2 more to go...
Playing GW2..
since i pre-ordered GW2 from Gamestop like 2 years ago....tomorrow (11th) im heading to GS to ask for a conversion from pre-order to pre-purchase to get my access code
ANETs prepurchase FAQ says thats possible, but if GS says otherwise then im cancelling that and going straight to ANET site >:O tho i want ma piece of plastic at home 
DD only.
Man I'm gonna laugh so hard if this turns out to be yet another over hyped fiasco like all the other fail MMOs we've seen recently.
Given the level of fanaticism some of you are displaying I wouldn't be surprised if we get a few suicides to boot.
1 DDE for me.
1 DDE; would have bought CE if I had more money around. I liked that they didn't let us EU players pay the exact amount of dollars in euro's as most game companies do: DE is 54,99 euros in EU and DDE 74,99 euros, although it is still much higher than the value in dollars: we in EU actually pay 70 dollars in value for the DE (10 more) and 98 dollars for DDE (18 more).
Sucks to be a EU gamer... Although even at this cost it will probably be more than worth it.
Option in poll missing, I ordered physical box Std Edt.
Ordered 2 Digital Deluxe editions for me and the wife, shes very happy with me atm.
This has been a very good day so far XD
Now to bite my nails until release...
I ordered the digital edition. I saw no real reason to pickup the digital deluxe. I rather use that extra $20 and get some cash shop items.
"For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed:
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!"
~Lord George Gordon Byron
<--- 1 DE
The standard version is the only one worth the money.
Much rather spend the DD/CE money on the CS.
I'll pass though. When I'm drunk and bored I might buy this game but pre-order... naw.
I prepurchased the DDE for play and 2 Collector's Editions to save in case the game does as well as I anticipate it will.
As recently as four months ago, a sealed Collector's Edition of WoW Vanilla was selling for $4,000.00 on eBay. So I'm treating this as a hobbyist investment. If it doesn't do as well, I'll have the memorabilia.
Re: SWTOR
"Remember, remember - Kakk says 'December.'"
Yep, exact same deal for me.
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
Bought today, cant wait.
Only bought the game fro, anet cause i would like the extra 20 dollars to go toward some PC upgrades to insure the game runes smoothly
What do you get today that you won't get if you wait?
Just the plain 'ol Digital Edition. Nothing in the Deluxe or CE made me feel like I had to have them.
DE from local retailer.
I had planned to buy GW2 from their official site, but the price for Europe was 55€, which is really disappointing cause 55€=72$.
So I prepurchased it from my local retailer instead for 45 €. Sweet!