Mac client beta (you’re welcome Steve), destory spammers one button click at a time, crafting made easy, butter…not so rare, rocket boots seem fine to me, gold tips from Marco and someone hates 5 things about Guild Wars 2…bfffft!

Special Guest:
Markco’s Gold Tips

Say hello to our special guest Shokenaw, who expects to keep exploring and finding beautiful things in the world. Zach will keep doing whatever he feels like, Vayne loves finding references to GW1 and recovering captured waypoints, Nick just wants to do dungeons, and Travis can’t figure out whether to play an alt or stick with his ranger. Also: tips on building your character traits, the mystic forge is slightly predictable, and a heated discussion of *gasp* the trinity! (or lack thereof).

Shokenaw’s Blog

Guild Wars 2 has been released, recent updates to game mechanics, the social game that isn’t so social and so much more!

• The game has launched!
• If you pre-purchased the game not through buy.guildwars2.com, make sure you apply the SEPARATE game code to your account. BWE access codes and live game codes are different!
• Sound and vision mag talks with audio director James Ackley http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/sv-interview-guild-wars-2-audio-director-james-ackley
• GW2 crew hosting launch events this Saturday in NY, Orlando, Austin, LA, and Seattle http://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2/events
• Time magazine is very impressed with GW2 so far http://techland.time.com/2012/08/28/guild-wars-2-its-the-pinball-machine-of-mmos/ http://techland.time.com/2012/08/28/guild-wars-2-sales-one-million-pre-served-record-400000-playing-at-once/
• Before the game was even technically out it hit 400,000 concurrent users, a record for pre-launch http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/28/guild-wars-2-hits-400k-concurrent-users-before-launch/
• A few errors are going on, if you see one check out this site for common issues and fixes http://en.support.guildwars2.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8994
• Wednesday Status
  http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/z1poz/guild_wars_2_status_wednesday_august_29/

Guild Wars 2 wins stuff, beta client isn’t really a beta client, ArenaNet proves they rule at biking, Colin puts some rumors to bed but lets them stay up all night, GW2 purcahses are region locks, Travis has some fun with sound effects – annoys audience, Dances, and jumping puzzles.

Hey Stephen, the video you asked about with Colin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzDti9XxHFs

Justin’s tool that analysis the Guild Wars 2 market and lets you know what makes the most sense to craft:
http://giygas.justinvanderheide.com/

ArenaNet gives us a glimpse of the servers going live, times you can expect to get in-game during launch, deep Mesmer and Necro discussions regarding “pets”, the economy of Guild Wars 2 along with learning curves, steam rolling dungeons for armor, mounts??  Hm.

Another stress test, of course more jumping puzzle discussion, we make up a new race (when I say we I mean Vayne), why can’t we find a profession and stick with it?  Questions with listeners!

Guild War players wanting to reserve their character names need to act now, Hall of Monuments can still be fun, pick up Guild Wars for cheap, Vayne kills Travis in WvW Mystic Room, characters can now model, lazy crafters get their wish (Travis is one of them), Nick completed a jumping puzzle, jumping puzzles are not the only puzzle to complete, Baz talks some PvP, Hunger Guilds and some great questions from the community!

Disclaimer: The Searing Podcast is not sponsored by or affiliated with Dairy Queen and/or Blizzards in anyway…however they are delicious!

Photo courtesy of Sony Online Entertainment and Travis Neiderhiser’s Amazingness

Special guest Margaret “Maggie” Krohns of SOE, Alpha Collective and Boons & Conditions joins the show!  Final Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event 3, worlds get erased, Save money on sound tracks, ArenaNet actually likes their players, Nick and Travis clearly know nothing about PvP, Vayne doesn’t want to stab anyone oh and he is now a co-host, Guild Wars 2 economy will end up like America’s, define your own end game, weapons that shoot lava, fruit, unicorns or something…and more community involvement.

Special thank you to @PurrfectStorm (Maggie) and congratulations to HolyShatt for winning a BWE3 Beta Key!

We have decided to add another way for our listeners to win a BWE3 Beta Key!  Listen, Learn and Submit!

Visit The Searing Has 25 Guild Wars 2 Beta Keys for more ways to win!

Note: Intro has some issues – fixed at :58 seconds.

ArenaNet gives us a Guild Wars 2 Release Date, August 28th and a Final Beta Weekend, July 20th-22nd.  Travis asks Andy McNamara a question, The mice and salad will be playable in BWE3, ArenaNet shared their sauce, Jeremy Soule tears it up, Mesmer players want an updated UI, Leveling is NOT too slow, why we play Guild Wars 2 over World of Warcraft, racial slurs regarding Tyria’s races, MrRudder’s co-worker smells and a ton more!

Special thanks to:
Half Assed Morning Show
Andy McNamara

Guild Wars 2 Stress Test! Kekai Kotaki leaves ArenaNet after 8 years, Colin Johanson is my hero, leaked class changes for Engineer, Guardian, Theif and Warrior (http://pastebin.com/7W07Ltg8 http://pastebin.com/iBz1YjeQ), Gendarran Fields are HUGE (and full of spyders), boring Guild Wars 2.bat map files found and more emails from listeners!

Special thanks to our guest this week Shriggs.

HUGE shout out to MMO-Champion for allowing us to advertise our podcast on their forums!

Lastly, thank you to all of you joining us during our live shows!

First live show!  (Sorry podcasters – title says it all).  Guild Wars 2 IS fun Colin, what is PvE in Guild Wars 2 like, first impressions of Ascalonian Catacombs, why the Mystic Forge sucks…right now, Rangers are better when they are not ranging, and some community stuff!

Special Guest: Zach
Zach started as a fan and has become a good friend to the Searing crew.  We had a blast with him in BWE2 and look forward to spending more time in/out of game with Zach!  It even turns out that he knows his stuff!

Mike Ferguson shares with us some new WvW changes, zomgz I suck at the game – people must be hacking!  Nick soloed WvW, Travis left Nick in the dust in the WvW Mini Dungeon, Team Searing owned in Structured PvP, questions from our listeners, Nick knows his lore, and a HUGE thank you to all the fans that joined us during beta weekend!

Our first official guest from Guild Wars 2 Forums – Vayne, ArenaNet gives us a Beta Breakdown, plenty of beta talk and Travis doesn’t hold back.

Vayne
Immersion Talk
Primer (Great read for new beta players)

WvW Meetup
World: Scavengers Causway
Time: 9:00PM – 11:00PM CST
Vent Info: TBD

New wiki pages make their debut in multiple languages, Travis is super good at MMOing, Nick…well, you know, our first ever contest, more lore than usual (hope it’s right), and there is one other thing I’m missing…Oh Yeah!  Beta WEEKEND!

Memorial weekend allows GW2ers to actually celebrate the holiday, Leaky forums from ArenaNet beta testers, Guild Wars 2 has a dream, reserve your name you old school Guild Wars fans, Trav and Nicks first interwebz fight (Travis isn’t paying attention), Lion Arch has a swim meet (diving of course) and Nick wants to know your thoughts on Cross Server Guild Members.

This weeks Guild Recruitment Spot:

Team Sovereign
Sovereign is predominantly a Player versus Player and World versus World American Guild Wars 2 Guild that bases itself on being on the forefront of what guilds strive to be.  Must be 18 years old and mics are preferred for guild events!

Release date rumors, freakin beta stress test, Travis find a tunnel with no light at the end, Nick PvPinWvW and died a lot (probably), our first call in and some other stuff.

Skyrim is NOT Guild Wars 2 video.

Spoiler Alert:
At 39:33 Travis begins talking about a secret area he found.  Please stop listening at this time if you would like to stay a secret jumping puzzle virgin and begin listening again at 42:30.  For those of you interested in finding this area, check out this link.

The Searing hosts Travis and Nick have been invited to be interviewed on CodeBox Media‘s podcast!  We will be recording Thursday, May 17th.  We will let you know when and where you can listen in!

Diablo 3 Players:
Travis’ gamertag is Neidz#1913

Lanka’s BETA Tips and Tricks

Special thanks to Holy Shatt host Travis Bailey, shout out to our fans, Travis is pregnant, Guild Wars 2 database is live, crafting 101, thou shall not cross this dynamic bridge, and Sir Jumps A Lot.

Also a special shout out to Goshee over at The Tainted Tankard for featuring The Searing as the Community Spotlight this week.  It’s an honor!

Introduction with the hosts Travis Neiderhiser and Nick Canada.

We find out that Nick isn’t really from Canada, Travis can’t pronounce words, exaggerated facts regarding World vs World, Godslost Swamp has been found harboring Shadow Behemoth, a break with no sponsors and a look back into the good ole days.

*Working through software glitches and poor quality mics.  Bare with us please as we make our baby steps into the World of Podcasting.