Gamer hits top 'Guild Wars 2' level before it officially launches

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Winda Benedetti

If you're a fan of massively multiplayer online games, then you're very?likely?waiting, perhaps not-so-patiently, to jump into "Guild Wars 2" ? the highly anticipated online fantasy role-playing?game that?officially?launches Tuesday.

In fact, if you're a big enough fan then?you may already be playing "Guild Wars 2" ? thanks to an early-access?program that opened the gates to the world of?Tyria?on Saturday for those who pre-purchased the game.

If you are one of the?early starters, just how far have you leveled up your character/characters in the past two and a half days? Have you worked your way to?level 10 yet? How about level?20? Apparently a?French gamer going by the name Surfeuze has become the first player to reach level 80 ??which is the highest level?you can achieve in?"Guild Wars 2."?

According to the Massively blog,?Surfeuze is a member of the French guild?War Legend. The guild says it took him about 32 hours to reach the game's cap while?playing as an Elementalist. Apparently he maxed out his character by doing a whole lot of crafting using materials donated by his guild.

But some of?the methods Surfueze used won't be available for much longer.?Over at Reddit,?Mike?O'Brien, president of developer ArenaNet, has chimed in with this:

Level 80 is always something to celebrate, but be aware that this was not through normal leveling. A few users have made us aware of unusual ways to level very fast. We're fixing these issues as I type.

While I can appreciate the desire to set a record, racing to level 80 in 32 hours doesn't actually sound like much ... fun.

I think Massively commenter?yearofshorty?summed it up perfectly when they?compared leveling this fast to?"buying a gourmet steak dinner then putting it into a blender, just so you can consume it as fast as possible."

If you haven't had a chance to play "Guild Wars 2" yet, feed your anticipation with this video from InGame editor Todd Kenreck who takes a look at the game's gorgeous art direction:

Via?MMO Culture, Massively

Winda Benedetti?writes?about video?games for NBC?News. You can follow her tweets about games and other things?on Twitter?here?@WindaBenedetti?and you can?follow her?on?Google+.?Meanwhile, be sure to check?out the?IN-GAME?FACEBOOK PAGE?to discuss the day's?gaming news and reviews.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/gamer-hits-top-guild-wars-2-level-it-officially-launches-966226

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