Guild Wars 2

You pre-purchase from the site, you pre-order from other retailers. Anyway, you could pre-purchase since early April.

There's no release date yet. There is going to be another Beta Weekend Event, but nothing else has been said.

There's a lot of things they need to polish up. Other things they're planning [ fishing, multiple trait builds, etc ] won't come out until after release.

I saw the upgraded pre-purchase thing and it seemed like a huge ripoff. $20 more for 2 one time use things, a 5 day bank, and 2 pets? I was thinking about pre-purchasing so I can learn the game/get some experience before release. Good idea or no?