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 was originally scheduled for the September 22 - 24, 2006 weekend.
 * It was originally scheduled to start at 12:01 a.m. PDT on the 22nd (7:01 a.m. UTC).
 * Note: The event start is currently delayed, due to server problems and a corrupt archive. The current estimated start time is 5:00 a.m. PDT (Noon GMT). Please check the official news page for latest updates on the situation.


 * and ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on the 24th (6:59 a.m. UTC, September 25th).

Access
In order to access the PvE preview area, players must create a new roleplaying character with homeland Elona. This can be done with a free character slot on any of the following three account types:
 * an existing retail account for Prophecies and/or Factions
 * an existing trial account created for any previous preview event
 * a new trial account created with one of the following key codes:
 * America: 2BBQF-MG981-PRQD7-KDM6Q-C78H3
 * Europe: 944NC-B1LJ4-MD6L9-718L6-1HM38

In order to access the PvP preview players may create a new PvP character a free character slot on any of the three account types, as explained above.


 * 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."