Randomessa

Thank you Jef, your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Good to see they're opening it up to people. Can't wait to see the footage coming out of PAX East!

I have no questions at this time, but I humbly request that you let/cajole Jef into playing. I would love to know what he thinks of the game (even if he hates it).

@Darkmoone

Most adorable troll ever.

@(Unverified)

The past weekend's beta was not just for press. Regina tweeted that there were other CB participants, and you can see other guild tags in the WvWvW and some PvE videos.

@drunkingamebar

Except that mass producing goods in order to make anything useful is precisely what is *not* happening in the video; she makes several different items that are on-level her first time at the lathe.

This crafting makes me extremely happy; the only thing that would make me happier is a crafting animation for the character (swinging a hammer over an anvil, etc.). This is the perfect (for me) combination of speed of crafting, plus the ability to avoid making "junk" to level up, and the best part is *I* get to do the crafting instead of outsourcing it. Exactly what I wanted out of MMO crafting, yay!

@randomeclipse

What would an unbiased review look like to you? Would it have to be negative? I'd love to know whether someone can have a good or bad impression about anything without having a bias, given that elements such as "enjoyment" and "fun" are inherently subjective.

@avaloner

And yet there is still such a thing as reality, and a proper skeptic will consider evidence before determining whether something is true or false. It's the easy way out to determine that everyone is lying and the only way to know anything is to experience it oneself, and it's also just as fallacious a position to take as the one that trusts any and every claim that is made on the face of it.

There's nothing wrong with asking for evidence, and if presented with some form of evidence, comparing it with evidence that was presented in other cases, to determine which is more likely to be accurate. Every developer is not lying to you just because they're developers, and every fan is not delusional just because they're excited about their pet project.

As much as I enjoyed reading these previews, am I the only one who would have appreciated getting Jef's impressions even more?