Summary: We have a super short show this week, featuring Harry Hol. We talk about nothing but the upcoming Beta Weekend! GW2 Beta Weekend http://www.arena.net/blog/announcing-the-next-guild-wars-2-beta-weekend June 8th-10th - Starts at noon-ends at midnight They are asking for lots of feedback. They want to know what works, and what doesn’t, so make sure that you submit that feedback, and log those bugs! Changes in the upcoming beta http://www.arena.net/blog/the-big-beta-weekend-preview Keep your characters! (YEAH!) Enter the Catacombs - Level 35+ dungeon Gendarran fields - Level 25-35 zone Mystic Forge - trade crap for less crappy crap? More on WuvWuv Mini-Dungeons Skill Challenges, dynamic events and jumping puzzles, all in the WuvWuv zone Automated Player vs Player Tournament. 5v5, 3 rounds, single elimination Subtle changes to combat Overflow Servers Party UI shows Overflow Server status (different world, etc) You can now switch overflows to one that a party member is on. Should stay together now on zone changes. Chat bubbles! Key Binding Lots of UI improvements Square mini-map Stamina bar Tiers for Skills Instead of picking whatever skill you want, you will have to go through tiers to get to the stronger skills. http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/ugdj7/skilltrait_tier_explanation/ Gem store has been re-organized. Getting 500 gems for this beta to play around with the store. Guild Wars 2 AMA http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uodjr/im_a_guild_wars_2_developer_ama_about_the_next/ Exploring the world of GW/GW2 http://youtu.be/ARZWX51hYYk The Dev with the Dragon Tatoo http://www.arena.net/blog/the-dev-with-the-dragon-tattoo Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 Youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork
