I am considering buying GW2, but I am not sure if my PC can handle it. Or, I am certain it will, but because of WoW I am afraid that during boss fights or in cities with a lot of players I mmay be getting 5-10 FPS. Now, most people who want to check if it works on their PC ask a friend if they can login into their account. That is a good idea, you can check if game works on your PC and you can check it in cities and such.

However, GW2 accounts are region bound. Being in US you can play on both US and EU servers (and vice versa), but you can’t use an US account when you are in Europe (for example on vacations). The game will simply won’t let you log in. And that is my problem, the only friend I have that has GW2 is living in US, I am in Europe, meaning I can’t use their account to check it, unless I use a VPN… And I sure don’t trust those.

I understand that it’s too early for GW2 free trial. But at least some Single Player version, just so you can walk around and see how the game works would be nice.