Which is my point exactly. There's no release date. There's no beta. We know nothing else about the game than PR. PR is nowhere a good indicator of a game's final quality.
Every developer of every MMO out there (including the ones released in horrible states) swept the internet with tons of pictures and movies that looked fantastic. This is what PR is for.
Also, if you think that a developer cannot and will not influenced by it's publisher, then you don't know very well how development works.
In the end, you're completely free to have all the blind faith you want on GW2's success and quality. And i'm completely free to roll my eyes when I see that
Again. Publishers aren't exactly uninvolved in the development process of a game, you know? Even just marketing decisions by the publishers influence development and content radically. you may want to get a little more informed about how it works before you go around calling people "clown" (lol)
And the pre-beta clips from FFXIV looked amazing as well "oh my god! look at those graphics!" "oh my god! look at that depth of field!" I still remember the absolutely enthusiastic comments on every forum when they were released.
Funny how some people simply don't learn from the past.