Guild Wars 2 is coming out.

[Neoma]

I know because for some reason they keep emailing me about it. Blargh!

[BklnDem75]

1. August 28th according to my email

So technically August 25th for me.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Once you have gotten to play a bit, please share your thoughts about it with us

It's always good to see what real gamers think about games.

[BklnDem75]

3. Only experienced the two beta weekends so far

but it certainly has promise. A huge improvement over part 1 in my opinion, though I admit I haven't given the original that much of a chance. The cities are huge enough that checkpoint teleports and npc's that cast speed boost are a huge relief. Some classes solo better than others, but there are times you'll feel overwhelmed by swarms of enemies, regardless of class. Attack styles change depending on the weapons you use. A staff, sword, mace and dagger wielding fire mage has different fire rotations. Experienced some Rift-like group battles, protecting farms from bandit attacks, or invading caves to defeat mob leaders. From what I've seen so far, quite decent for a non-monthly mmo.

[white_wolf]

4. I may try it since its free to play, but...

right now I'm still hooked on TOR as far as subscription MMOs go, but I'll give Guild Wars 2 a try for free to play. Oh, and I just looked it is August 28th.

[BklnDem75]

5. Is slicing still nerfed?

Only played the first 2 months but had too many things going on with other games. Any decent changes since that time?

[white_wolf]

6. A lot of good changes, IMO.

They just released 1.3 which includes a group finder like WoWs so forming groups is a lot easier now. They did server transfers so there are several servers with heavy populations during most parts of the day making it easy to find groups. They've promised a new planet within the next few months made for endgame play. They have 3 new raids with higher difficulties, a few new dungeons, and they made it so you can put mods in social gear so you have more customization. For instance a Sith warrior could put warrior mods in the imperial trooper armor and wear it and still be effective. They added a new warzone and another one is planned here soon. They ranked PVP groups now as well. Sadly, slicing is still nerfed.

[BklnDem75]

8. Another beta weekend approaching

'Your spot in the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event has been reserved!

This Beta Weekend Event begins Friday, July 20, at noon PDT (GMT -7) and ends Sunday, July 22, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT -7). '

[demguy_5692]

9. i hope it's as good as the first one.