Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event

The Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event will be an open beta event that gives players a first peek at the PvE aspect of Guild Wars Nightfall, but also allows them to test the Nightfall professions in PvP again.

Schedule
The event is scheduled for the September 22 - 24, 2006 weekend.
 * It starts at 12:01 a.m. PDT on the 22nd (7:01 a.m. UTC).
 * and ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on the 24th (6:59 a.m. UTC, September 25th).

Access
It has been confirmed that the event will be open for all. No current accounts are necessary to participate in this event. Unlike the Factions Preview Event, there is no need to obtain invitations from current Guild Wars players.

In order to access the preview area, players must create a new character with homeland Elona. This can be done either with a free character slot on an existing account or a preview account. It is expected that ArenaNet will hand out access keys to create new preview accounts prior to the event, but accounts from previous events should also be functional.


 * Preview characters will be deleted after the weekend, as well as all items they carry along with them!

Content
From the Press Release:


 * "The Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event will feature previews of the new environments, new missions, and new battle arenas. The event will allow players to create Nightfall-specific characters from the six core professions as well as the two new Nightfall professions, the Dervish and the Paragon, and try out new Nightfall skills. The entire Istani province of the new realm Elona will be open for player exploration, and players will be able to view the first Nightfall in-game cinematics. In addition, two new arenas will make their debut, the Sunspear Arena and Churranu Island."

From the official info page:
 * "Participants in the Nightfall World Preview Event will get to test out the exciting new Hero feature that Nightfall will bring to the game. As players progress through the underlying story, they will be able to enlist the aid of a variety of Heroes who have a strong impact on the narrative of the Nightfall campaign. These Heroes can be customized and even controlled by players as they progress through the game."


 * "For PvP players, the Nightfall World Preview Event offers even more excitement. Not only will the Dervish and Paragon professions be fully available for PvP character creation, but players will be able to take these new professions or their favorite core builds into existing arenas, as well as two Nightfall-exclusive arenas—the Sunspear Arena and the Churranu Island Arena."