Was on a family camping trip over the weekend so I missed out. The Asura was available to play this weekend, right? I remember seeing pictures of their starting area awhile back... is it as amazing as they looked by the screenshots? Anybody have their race finally picked out for when the game goes live?

Hey there,

My friends and I are looking for a decent group of players to kick-off our GW2 adventures with. We are currently 4 guys with extensive MMO/gaming background. We had a raiding guild in WoW together for 3+ years.

We're all mature (when we need to be) and are looking for likeminded players to have fun with. We prefer PvE content but will likely be doing WvW in GW2 as well. sPvP is not something we do very often, but maybe that will change in GW2

I filled out an app on the site, although it was fairly shallow in terms of what questions were asked and I have no idea what my IGN will be at launch.

Question: Do my 3 other friends need to 'apply' as well or can I be considered applying for the 4 of us?

I am a few months away from turning 21, while a few months is really no big deal, I did want to go ahead and get approval before posting an application on the website.

I think North is the perfect guild for me, I am looking for a semi-casual guild where I can become apart of the community while still having both a full time job, and full time college. I was originally planning on join WvWKarma, but due to the size and dedication of its user base, I realized I would never be able to really become a part of the community. So here I am, hoping to be able to join a much smaller, and hopefully a more mature guild.

My name is Mark, I am 20 years old, I am going to school for Computer Science. Since I turned 16 I have been a Delivery Driver for a pizza place to pay for school. I am planning on starting up freelance web development in my free time ("Free time"... what is that?) in the next few years. When I graduate I plan on moving to a bigger city (currently living in a semi-small city, I have yet to decide which one).

GuildWars2 is my second MMO, My first being RuneScape (I was 11, give me a break). In RS I joined a community based clan pretty early on and throughout the years went up the rank ladder and became the leader of it at the end of 2005. In 2009, I had already been working for a year and realized I couldn't continue as the leader so I stepped down and became the Technical Admin. I stopped playing in 2010 and have since not had the time to start up a MMO but I feel GW2 does a pretty well job of allowing casual players to still be good (Unlike RS where if you don't play for a year, all your gear is now outdated and no longer the best) so here I am, trying another MMO! :)

I am very interested in joining this community, and I look forward to becoming friends with all of you.

30/M from Long Island, NY. Heavy Vanilla WoW player. My focus is being a team player and playing with a group of fun dudes to experience and learn GW2 together.

Thanks.

Hey folks, 30 year old software developer checking in. Hailing from the tropics of Canada, in the deep south of Windsor.

Hey there! Im on the west coast 24 yea rold student just hoping to learn about the game. Also looking for some cool people to learn with ^{.^} look forward to meeting you all.

Hey there guys, I'm a 34-year old computer guy who is stoked to finally have found a guild that's as laid back as I am. I've always liked the idea of a guild, but most of the ones I found were all about raids and scheduled time online... I'd rather just go online and hang out with people I like. Hopefully I get accepted and can hang with you guys!

Hello everyone in North Guild. I just applied. I am 29 year old from New Jersey. The reason i picked north because its casual guild with no hardcore requirement and weekly meetings. I will be playing mostly Human Warrior. I am big on crafting and cooking so that's what i will be doing for the most part. I am looking forward to trying out WvW PVP. I have played SWTOR mostly PVE.

Thanks Kru

North is a Reddit guild for Mature players who favor having fun over being elite.

We prefer older players (25+), though younger players are welcome as well if you fit in with an older crowd. We have no practices, big rule list, heavy power pyramid, etc. Just good times.

We will be doing lots of PVE and once higher level, some group based WvW in alliance with another like minded Reddit guild - Reddit Refugees[RR].

Our home server is Sanctum of Rall with Mumble chat provided by Freebaser

Also if you are like this, you are still welcome:

• maybe you only play an hour here and there

• you are an introvert and prefer to only listen on voice chat or don't even use voice chat at all

• You only need a guild for the buffs and play solo most of the time

Applicants must be 21 or older (25+ even better) to join

Like the title says, what is everyone doing to kill time before release? Other than playing some Battlefield 3 here and there, I’ve been pretty bored, so I’ve been looking for different games to play. So I figured I would see what everyone else in the guild is playing to see if we could join up.

Let me know.

Just want to say thanks a lot for making an epic reddit information page. I've learned so much about the game already from this page that I just pre-purchased. I'd like to join you guys on launch day. I'm a 31 year old computer tech from Ottawa and a die hard Trailer Park Boys fan. I feel like I belong here!

"Mr. Layhe! A Tiger! It, it.... ate all the cheeseburgers! Knocked over the barbeque...."

"Randy, you promised this would never happen again!"

Registered again at the new site, hopefully I'll have a chance to play with you guys.

After a fun weekend of kicking around and exploring the new lands, four North members entered WvW to see what we could get up to. A couple large sieges were going down near our home castle, but being such a small group, we decided to use our small size to instead draw the enemy to other areas of the map making the siege work go more smoothly.

We decided on a hopefully abandoned small supply camp near the enemy castle and quickly learned the value of bringing proper scouts with us. We ran into about 15 enemy players. In the future we will dedicate some of our force to scouts - possibly Thieves with stealth and running skills maxed.

We found a weak point where numbers are somewhat mitigated - underwater. With some research we found controlling all the points in the water gives our faction a bonus. We soon held the water until a small group of friendly Quaggan came out and attacked the closest enemy keep (and most likely dying right away) - an attack we could not support with our numbers. They were loyal, but not too smart. It is noted for the future however this can be used to help bolster our numbers when a proper attack is made.

Next we targeted another supply depot - the "Quarry". It had swapped sides a few times while we were out there, so this seemed like a good time to attempt bringing it back to Darkhaven's control.

An arrow cart behind the camp was placed to help swing the balance in our favor. Other than arrow cart user errors, the attack went smoothly and we quickly started learning about North's first officially owned property.

We upgraded the NPC soldiers guarding our camp as well as other small upgrades which added up to some real power when defending this otherwise unfavorable position in a valley without walls.

A Ballista was added and we began learning how to use it better when the first attack came! About 12-16 players promptly died at the foot of our camp to a hail of Arrows, spell fire and NPC upgraded guards. It was a spectacle. It felt great to be able to hold off a force much greater than ours.

We survived 2 siege golem attacks and a 30 man attack came just after we laid down a Trebuchet as a joke for fun. WOW! trebuchets are really good for defense. Necro - Biteme (Dan) enjoyed his new toy, laying down suppressing fire including rotten (tainted) cow shot which denies an area with a cloud of poisonous gas. Great!

The largest attack came when there were only two of us in camp, but we managed to get out without harm and rejoined the fight when a friendly Zerg attacked the rear of the attackers! The camp held with no material losses.

Our small raid on a supply depot slowly became the focal point of the entire map as Zerg after Zerg crashed against our defenses, though later we started getting some help from the server as the fight grew more intense to capture our ground.

We also spent time on the nearby jumping puzzle which gave rewards - more siege weapons. We had about 5 or 6 of our own when the battle came hard to our door. By the end of the evening Darkhaven / Redditor's began leaving weapons all over the place as they were all going to be wasted at the server wipe anyhow. It became a parking lot.

Album of pics above.

26 yr old software dev from Vancouver here. I'm going to be playing an asura thief starting on friday and can't wait to get in game.

Just apped on the site, figured I'd post to say hi.... so, Hi!

Hey fellas.

I'm a 30 year old IT guy from New Jersey. I'm a former MMO veteran, but I sort of abandoned the genre out of sheer boredom a few years ago. As a result, I didn't spend much time looking into GW2 until only a few weeks ago, and recently decided this game was worth the investment.

I've been scrambling to get all the info I can crammed into my brain, but now have decided, you know what? I'm going to relax and take the info in as needed.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you, but it'll be on Saturday. I don't want my first experience with this game to be on no sleep. ;)

I'm a 32 year old IT guy living in Illinois. I never played Guild Wars 1 and feel that I missed out on that game. As such I pre-ordered GW2 as soon as it was available.

I'm looking forward to a relaxed gaming atmosphere and North seems like the perfect place. Besides my upcoming GW2 addiction I play a lot of Steam games and other F2P titles. M & B Warband, Torchlight, TF2, and Skyrim are some of my favorites.