First "Impressions" for Guild Wars 2

First off, quick update. My new blog name and address. Considering I've stepped away from druids (and sometimes WoW) I felt it was time for a new blog name. I wanted something that easily represented what I do and write about (slaying Internet dragons) but also gave a shout out to a media outlet that I love (this being A Game of Thrones/ A Song of Fire and Ice). Thus I came up with:

Fire and Blood (and Internet Dragons)@ islayinternetdragons.blogspot.com

It's longer but I feel it better represents me and my blog. I hope you enjoy. Website layout updates are incoming as well.

Just a quick review of Guild Wars 2 Headstart so far.

Before I start ranting like a crazy person, let me just say that GW2 is impressive. It looks fantastic, combat feels smooth and I enjoy the visual world I have explored so far. That being said, I feel the hype far exceeds the game, but I highly doubt we have another Swtor on our hands.

So I originally wasn't going to purchase the game. Considering that MoP is right around the corner, I was feeling fairly certain that not purchasing the game was the right thing to do. My boyfriend had pre-purchased it and promised me a character slot so I thought I'd get my fix. Then I realized I wanted to play the game with him, and with no subscription, I was feeling okay about the purchase. So I put in my order and was eager to remake my engineer and level with my boyfriend.

Well a lot stood in my way. After ponying up 60 dollars, the registration servers weren't working. So I couldn't even make an account and enter in my game code.

Well an hour later, they started working again, so I eagerly registered and then logged on to pick a server. Not so fast. The server that my bf and his friends were playing on was full and I couldn't join them. So instead, I was looking at a measly choice of one High pop server or European servers. That or I could just sit around waiting for the servers to open up. Wasn't sure when that was going to happen so I sat around checking in and doing WoW stuff. Well an hour later they raised population caps on all servers, so I was able to finally join.

So all happy on GW2 right? Wrong... The name of the toon I wanted to use is locked out for 24 hours. Why you say? Idk... Just the way things work. No messing up here. Want to reroll... Be very very careful. So why don't you pick another name? I would. If it wasn't for the insane amount of names already used on the server. Unless you're using an incredibly obscure name, most names are taken. You're best bet is to do multiple names, like a first and last. But I really just want a singular, fairly normal sounding name.

Alas, 3-4 hours later, I still haven't gotten passed level one. I have to wait until 7 pm for my name to free up and then I can roll my engineer and start my adventure. I wish I had more to tell, but this was my personal experience.

Now I did level my original engineer to level 5 and I have loads of fun to say about that. But that's for another post. I need to sleep away this frustration.