"Fresh Guild Wars announced" From the Inquirer!

Well, the article indicates it's coming from the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) that is currently going on in San Francisco, CA right now from March 5th-9th. This could have been a preview, something released too early, an NDA breach or any number of things. That doesn't provide validity to it but just an FYI.

By the time GW2 release, the original GW's engine would be outdated anyways. So it doesn't matter.

I hope you don't mean that there's too MUCH farming in GW, they nerfed all farming..

GAILE?! Where are you, darling?

*hiting my head against wall cuz in my city (in Portugal) I can t buy pcgamer*


Gaile plz say this is fake!!!

GALIEEEEE! WE NEED A COMMENT!

Seriously, I'm concerned about Galie not showing up yet, especially on such a sensitive topic. Her absence makes me have nightmares that this is true and she has her hands tied due to the PC Gamer thing.

Even if Galie doesn't show up, I'm not believing one word of this. I actually learned about Nightfall when the notice "Nightfall is Coming!" appeared at the login. As long as A-Net, NC Soft and all the guys up there don't say a word I'll consider this article the fruitful imagination of a group of people who couldn't bear the tension of waiting for an official response about CH4.

Let's pretend, and I really mean PRETEND this is fact and not fiction:

1): Multi-level Dungeon?? WTF is this? I never EVER heard anything of the sort in GW.
2): 10 new heroes? What for? we can only take 3 heroes with us at a time and we already have 2 warriors, 2 necromancers, 2 elementalists, 2 monks, 2 rangers, 1 mesmer, 1 ritualist, 1 dervish, 1 paragon and 1 assassin. If they wanted to make even them out at 2 of each profession, only 5 would be needed.
3): 40 new armor sets? If, as I take it, it's 40 across 10 professions, then it may be possible.
4): "massive 150 new skills"? since when 150 is massive when considering skills? 50 PvE only? this leaves little fresh air to PvP, giving only 10 new skills each profession across 42 attribute lines. I (as everyone here, I think) expect this number to include the new elite skills, which each will need to have a boss to kill and capture it from.

Moving on, GW2: On this I'm puzzled. If chars can't progress then it just sucks; if they can, what will happen to their older versions in GW1? Will they just disappear and that's it? And how are the newly-transferred to go back to the lands of Tyria, Cantha and Elona? Oh, and I almost forgot, how on earth will they survive for hundreds of years? A special gift of Kormir for helping her in her quest to save Elona from Abaddon and his minions, perhaps?
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All of this is purely my imagination in the remote possibility of this news being true. But, as I said in the beginning, I refuse to believe anything until Galie speaks or an official notice appears on the official site.

They'll prolly merge to one server, like the international districts. So the remaining gw1 players can still play. No need for euro, usa etc servers anymore.

Also if you move on with your character to gw2 (you are not in gw1 anymore, I thought you would figure out that for yourself), you can always make a new character in gw1 if you wanne do an uw run with your friends. Just like people make characters in pre now, to always stay there. I don't see the logic to go back when gw2 is out. You wanne progress with that main character.

In Baldur's gate, if I remember correctly, one could bring over his character to BG2 but not the weapons, armor or gold. So a fresh start but still with your same character you started with a long time ago and that's the point. The feeling that you still play with the same character you're playing with for years then. A true hero you know.

I don't see a problem with the 10 classes, BG did it and even added triple combinations and a few new classes and races too. If they did it 10 years ago, I'm sure the Anet devs can do it now too.

How to survive 100 years? Drink from the fountain of youth people, one of the oldest stories in the fantasy world.

OK this sounds great but maybe is true maybe is not true.
We need to wait and to see

P.S.and need to upgrade computers

GAILE GAILE GAILE GAILE!!!! =( I am freaking out

If AN signed an exclusive with PCgamer, they cannot comment as it could break the exclusive agreement.

The only thing they could say, is no comment wait until PCgamer comes out.

None of which would satisfy OMG it's on the web it must be true freeding frenzy. Just be patient we'll know soon enough.

It was probably developers talking somewhere and Theo overheard...could be a misdirect, could be anything...REMEMBER Theo has been accused of causing a stir to generate publicity before...also

NOT EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE INTERNET IS TRUE...that is why they hasve sites like www.snopes.com

Well I think Inde was pretty clear that it wasn't valid, and that he stated in the thread that this is unconfirmed and not official. I don't see anywhere where he said that this might be true just that this is the information where it's supposedly coming from.

^^^I'm afraid thats correct. This is sooo not cool. I hate contracts!!!

Also... Didn't ANet JUST add China to the list of countries able to connect to GW? Only to pull the plug on them a short few months later? I suppose anything is possible...

Exactly. I always compare the Inquirer to the magazine you see with the crazy fake stories in it.

I doubt any of this is true. It seems way to different to be real.

Gaile need to make an appearance...

I guarantee you they'll recycle at least some of what they've already made, and damn right too. The update system already seems perfect and difficult to improve upon, they might reuse some network code, etc etc. Anyway, I doubt open-sourcing is their decision anymore, and since NCSoft has a policy of using subsidiary-developed technologies across their portfolio, I highly doubt they will be open-sourcing.

Actually, The Inquirer is a very well known site. They aren't known for their objectivity and fact checking, though.

Wow, feel like I have to repeat myself here. I never said any of this was true or that I believed it. Just like Menter pointed out I have said this is unconfirmed information. This is not official. Trying to get all the information doesn't point to me saying something is valid/true or invalid/untrue. Pointing out that this is being claimed to be reported from the GDC does not by any stretch of the imagination point to me saying that any of this has a shred of truth to it at all. People were wondering the "source" of this and I stated where it was supposedly coming from.

And I do believe that NCSoft or ArenaNet will be making an official statement versus Gaile Gray at this point as it is in the media now. There are others sites who are now sharing this information and reporting it as news.

Indeed, the longer Gaile is gone, the more I begin to think we may have the truth or "some of" the truth being posted on The Inquirer. As we know from ANY political organization (Anet included), a lack of denial can also often be taken as an admission. Perhaps a "The Inquirer does not have it's facts straight" post is in order from Anet? This would let us at least know that they don't have 100% correct information up there and then just leave us to speculate on what is true and what isn't. Personally I would be suprised if GW2 hasn't been talked about or isn't in the works, but who knows.... But without at least SOME denail of this story, as time progresses it becomes more and more of the truth.

I call BS.

Why make a new game engine, when every GW is a standalone game? Not to mention they have changed the engine slightly evey time a new GW comes out.

Why make a GW 2? It's out. It's called, Guild Wars Factions. It's a stand alone game, not an expansion.

Sounds like this article was trying to deliberatly Piss on ANet. I don't want that to happen.

So, to the writer the article, Unless a Dev confirms it, stfu!