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I have recently been invited to be an Alpha tester as I am in a developers guild along with some names you may recognize such as, Andrew Patrick, Gaile Gray and Spooky Electric. As an alpha tester, I can inform you all on minor changes ahead of time as long as it is in accordance with the NDA.

The first bit of information I can relay is: The Warrior skill "Healing Signet" is now tied to the Tactics attribute as opposed to the Strength attribute.

This can have a considerable effect on Warriors.

that says world of warcraft contest thingy when i click it

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It used to be the Guild Wars free guest pass giveaway page. It has since been changed..

I am a global moderator at www.guildwars.ogaming.com, it is the #1 recommended community site by www.guildwars.com. The game developers frequent the forums for suggestions and opinions regularly, as well as ArenaNet community relations personnel. Our site staff has compiled informative and detailed articles and guides for our 54,000 member, and rapidly growing, community. Guild Wars is still in its alpha/beta testing phase so these profession guides will more than likely expand in the future.

Warriors

Necromancer

Monk

Elementalist

Ranger

Mesmer

1. "Yes you will. We are well aware that many users do not have broadband access, and we want the largest possible number of gamers to be able to join our game without being held back by technical issues like their internet connection. We have designed Guild Wars to function excellently on a dial-up connection and our testers have confirmed that they have no problems with their connection, even testing from other continents. In addition, during our E3 for Everyone Demo Event, our World Preview Event and our Beta Weekend Event, many thousands of players successfully played using a dial-up modem." - www.guildwars.com -

2. Yes, they use dynamic patching techniques in-game. There should be no lag during gameplay as it is often done during transitional events, such as, area transitions.

3. There are a wide variety of skills and although it is possible to learn all of these skills for your given class mix, considering that any and all games have their limitations, it would require a great deal of gameplay and in depth analysis.

so it's actually possible to start as lvl 1? I for some reason started as lvl 15 everytime

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Yes. During character creation there is an option to begin at level 1 or 15. By default it is set at level 15.

Game Spot is giving away free guest passes.

Just enter your e-mail address to instantly redeem a pass here.

(Limit is one code per e-mail account)

During the last couple of hours of the World Preview Event, Jeff Strain and Cynn of Ascalon appeared in Lion's Arch district 81, to shed some light. Here is a very informative post by Chiaus, a web master of a small fansite and guild home, derived from screenshots taken at the time.

Post of the interview.

Guild capes are officially in for everyone. For those of you who have the bonus package you will be able to see the capes this weekend and undoubtedly be pleased with the nice cape animations.

Here are some very informative guides to help you on your quest. The "Crafting Guide" below does not have information about weapon crafting, but weapon crafting will be possible.

Condition Guide

Crafting Guide

Game Interface Guide

Merchants Guide

Learning Skills Guide

Here is a sneak preview screenshot provided by an alpha tester, of the sashimono (samurai flag) type guild banner:

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The WPE Oct. 29-31 has officially came to an end. I found it to be enough of a preview for me to purchase this game when it is released early 2005. It is rumored that there will be another public WPE scheduled for Nov. 26-28. I will keep you up to date on this subject.

It is possible to recieve the preorder bonus package now, upon making a deposit toward GW from selected retail sources, or you can purchase the bonus package seperately as I have. There will be beta events reserved for those with the bonus package every first weekend of the month until GW is released, as well as, some other bonuses.

For full details about the preorder bonus package click here.

For those of you who have the preorder bonus package, there will be a beta event taking place this weekend beginning Nov. 6th. The ability to reserve your player name will be available starting this upcoming beta event. However, the unique item from your preorder bonus package will not be available until the game is released.

The beta event will start at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Saturday morning and will conclude at Midnight Pacific Standard Time on Sunday night. It will be possible to set up your new account, or access the same account from the World Preview Event to reserve it.

Account information from the World Preview Event was saved. You can only retrieve the World Preview Account information by participating in one of the first two beta events, otherwise you will be able to set up a new account.

Characters from the World Preview Event will be intact with their names, levels and items in place. There will be a character wipe, which will reset each character to level 1 sometime before the game is released, but all names will be reserved.

For complete upcoming beta event information click here.

For very informative FAQs regarding the preorder and beta events including specific starting and ending times, click here.