ArenaNet Confirms No Guild Wars 2 Beta This Weekend

Written by: Jason Winter (@winterinformal) | May 22, 2012 5:18 pm

41 Comments

Ready to play some Guild Wars 2 this long holiday weekend?

Not so fast.

ArenaNet has confirmed via the GW2 Facebook account that there will not be a Beta Weekend Event for the game this weekend, dashing the hopes of thousands of gamers who had their centaur-outrunning sneakers all laced up and ready to go for three days or more.

So, when will the next BWE occur? Community Manager Martin Kerstein had the following to say:

Our BWE1 was super successful, we exceeded our expectations. As some of you might have experienced first hand, this lead to some technical issues. To make sure we are not running into the same situation for BWE2, we recently had a stress test, and we are currently deploying a lot of additional hardware in our datacenters.

We will be able to tell you exactly when BWE2 will take place as soon as all the hardware has been deployed. We are not withholding a date intentionally, we want to make sure that BWE2 will be a really great experience for all of you.

So, in other words, BWE2 will be: “when it’s ready.”

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RBHgamer

sigh…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Hamilton/1150725720 Ryan Hamilton

Good! I’m going to be out of town anyway!
BigH001

The only thing that surprises me about this announcement is that people were /actually/ expecting them to have a BWE this weekend. I can understand wishful thinking (“going through withdrawals here – want. to. play.”), but really. It’s Memorial Day-weekend after all. If anyone deserves a holiday to relax and see a parade it’s these people!

Plus, I think it’s good that they aren’t having one this weekend. That way *I* can enjoy the parade and bbq without feeling like I’m squandering precious GW2 play time :p
- http://profile.yahoo.com/IJ72UJ7OKVEIGGXYAIN6NU7ZRM thomas
  
  if anyone deserves a holiday to relax its not game designers. its people who do real, actual work for a living. funny how those are the people who are usually working during “holidays”.
  
  i know that sounds petty, but either you know what i mean or you don’t. regardless, anyone who assumed there would be a beta this weekend is foolish at best.
  - Old Ben
    
    > if anyone deserves a holiday to relax its not game
    > designers. its people who do real, actual work
    
    So, if making games isn’t “real actual work”, how do games get made? Is it a miracle of nature?
    - Ryan Correia
      
      Haven’t you seen the commercials for those “Game Design” Schools? It’s exactly like playing a game! You use a controller and everything! Remember to “Tune up” the graphics! Programming? Who programs any more? Too much math.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/ITHF7XKYGVXFAPCDMDJTKHLBBU Lian Wan
  
  It wouldn’t be very nice to force people to choose between their family or GW2 BWE either. :p
http://twitter.com/FishBaitism Fish Bait

There`s an extended weekend?
Pub it is then
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Reed-Summers/1071061816 Reed Summers
  
  I dont call it a pub but those were my thoughts exactly.
  - http://twitter.com/FishBaitism Fish Bait
    
    *Darnell voice engaged*
    Oh hell no!
    Just found out in UK we`ve a four day weekend. Wallet`s gonna hurt
http://www.facebook.com/toph1980 Christopher Fischer

Memorial Day, no surprise there. Stupid Internet :p
- pandora005
  
  Whats a memorial day? :p
  - http://www.facebook.com/toph1980 Christopher Fischer
    
    Google it
Unknownman14

Good news for me, I’m working all weekend!

I feel bad for those planning on playing it on the beta. Hope they can make up for those who are disappointment.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=506728308 Julian F’n Mugnieco

BUT WHAT ABOUT US CANADIANS?!?! WE DON’T HAVE A LONG WEEKENDS! SHIFT CAPS FTW!
Jeffrey _

Damn people with their stupid holidays.
Pat Hamilton

Well, I have to work all weekend anyway
http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Moreno/100000967473108 Carlos Moreno

Eh im always expecting it to be at the end of every month gives the most time for them to fix things /improve. If they have them every month anyways.
http://www.youtube.com/user/cpjontek?feature=mhee cpjontek

I can’t wait to get into another beta!! I do however think they are doing the best thing for the game by continuing to make improvements after each test, even if it does take a while. This game rocks and will only be better on release!
Revanhavoc

This is ALL Jason Winter’s fault.
- Sklys
  
  Concur, with you. Lets add Gary to the list too.
http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

There was much gnashing of teeth and rendering of cloth.

But, I can understand them not wanting to work the long weekend.
http://twitter.com/borded nathan law

If the first beta test exceeded their expectations, that must be good news for the release date right? they did say based on the success of the open beta events they would determine a release date.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/ITHF7XKYGVXFAPCDMDJTKHLBBU Lian Wan
  
  That just means more people played in the beta than they were expecting that says nothing about the completion of the game.
  - http://twitter.com/borded nathan law
    
    It means the game handled those players better than they expected.
    - http://profile.yahoo.com/ITHF7XKYGVXFAPCDMDJTKHLBBU Lian Wan
      
      You can have a server that can handle a million simultaneous players and still have no game content. Most people would consider that incomplete.
      - http://twitter.com/borded nathan law
        
        but they have game content, you can log into a beta server right now and see that.
      - http://profile.yahoo.com/ITHF7XKYGVXFAPCDMDJTKHLBBU Lian Wan
        
        For level 1-35, max level is 80.
      - http://twitter.com/borded nathan law
        
        yes, but we will never see content for all of 1-80 in the beta, and we have already seen pockets of higher level content at trade shows.
DoctorOverlord

Gamebreaker TV has a big, obvious announcement on their site and all I can find on Guild Wars 2 Guru is a quote buried in a thread about the last stress test. Good job GBTV! This place is rapidly becoming my go-to site for the latest updates on news, not just for GW2 but gaming in general.

Plus I got a good laugh out of the front page headline, thanks for that!
http://www.facebook.com/Aquasmith Jason YuChen Huang

My sister was looking forward to another beta weekend because she did not have time for the stress test. Hopefully they solve their hardware issues and the party bug.
Ariantha

“When it’s ready” is about the same as Blizzard’s answer… “soon”
http://twitter.com/jantgajnian Iam Cydox

It’s news, but it’s not. Seriously their previous announcement wasn’t as scriptic as some of you seemed to think it was. And please, don’t go “MUST BE NEXT WEEKEND THEN!”
Cyclops07

sucks but at least we know so people can make their plans
Laborday

Arena.net said that the Asura and Sylvari races will not be accessible in any of the Beta Weekends.
http://twitter.com/AndruC Andru

Internet mourns? Up here in Canada, we had our long weekend last week (Victoria Day). Would’ve been nice to have a BWE, but personally, I’m not devastated it’s not this weekend. It’s just another one to me.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IL7J7A3V2ZNIXCQ7LSOJGTH5RY Rizen

I hope this game stays in development for another 6 months. It’s awesome right now, but it could be so much better if they wait and flesh things out a little more.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1053227096 Nathan Stoddard

one thing that stuck out at me during the stress test was that they removed the white dot trail from the mini map, and I was super happy to see that cus during the Open BWE that drove me nuts. so it seems as tho they are still taking feed back and updating the game
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1053227096 Nathan Stoddard
  
  now Im just praying for an item/ armor preview!
  AND
  individual UI scaling
http://twitter.com/Drksun William McColl

All I want to know if I have to wait for a BWE is since I pre purchased it I am worried its like GW or Aion. Can someone out there tell me what its like and if it will be a great game and what is it compared too so I can feel better about my purchases since I got me and the GF a copy. thanks
- http://profile.yahoo.com/Z2KUNXZM6Z4EMZW2YFJX2IB3HY Simeon
  
  Money well spent, don’t worry. After playing BWE1 and the stress test I have about 40 hours played and it’s enough for me to say the game should not dissapoint. Very polished, great interface and combat system that is both simple enough not to overwhelm and versatile enough to keep more hardcore players busy with alot of variety. The dynamic event system in the game flows really nice with exploring and finding points of interest around the maps. Character customization is very good and the game looks great (not ultra realistic but not as cartoony feeling as WoW, very satifying scenery). And for me, most importantly, very fun pvp. Some people might miss the ganking of full open world pvp but the World vs World area in GW2 is massive and is not likely to get boring for quite some time. They really spent alot of time and clearly put blood sweat and tears into making a really cool WvW area, the castles and outposts you need to control are almost completely unique and really cool designs. Really feels like i’m finally getting what I had always imagined in an mmo as AWSOME castle siege pvp and large scale battles. I can go on but i’ll keep it short lol and end in saying myself, my brother and all the people I game with online that have played GW2 beta are all waiting for this game to come out with a level of excitement no other game is coming close to touching right now. Diablo 3 is serving as a poor substitute to hold us over for the next trully great MMO.

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