"Fresh Guild Wars announced" From the Inquirer!
xiko
gdc started today. I believe on the info from inquirer
Kyuuba
the inquirer isn't a very trustworthy source, they have a lot of new that is way ahead of its time and eventually falls apart the closer it gets to the actual release dates.
lightblade
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Originally Posted by Shanaeri Rynale
Anyone considered AN may have leaked this info themselves, to create loads of hype ready for the PC gamer reveal. Then when reveal day comes and most of this info is wrong, everyone will be at fever pitch about it and so the marketing campaign will be more visible than if they had just kept quiet.
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Loviatar
lets take a look at time zones
when Gaile got up this morning and saw this garbage the head honchos on the other side of the world were in bed.
do you wake up the big cheese over some internet trash or do you leave them a message to get back to you as soon as they can?
i expect Gaile/Alex to be getting facts to respond with a definite answer from higher ups rather than saying this is complete news to us here at Anet.
what is really scary in that in a few years these instant believers will be able to vote in elections.
when Gaile got up this morning and saw this garbage the head honchos on the other side of the world were in bed.
do you wake up the big cheese over some internet trash or do you leave them a message to get back to you as soon as they can?
i expect Gaile/Alex to be getting facts to respond with a definite answer from higher ups rather than saying this is complete news to us here at Anet.
what is really scary in that in a few years these instant believers will be able to vote in elections.
Pan Head
I cant believe this thread has been on for over 12 hours and it is 17 pages long and nothing from an official. Looks like they would at least give us something. even if is was a checking to varify the infor or something.
lightblade
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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. ... |
antialias02
Someone was claiming earlier that the WHOIS info for "Eyeofthenorth.com" doesn't go back to NCSoft or ArenaNet. The funny thing is that the information doesn't really belong to "PrivacyPost.com". It's a protected WHOIS listing.
Meaning that whoever registered it doesn't want anybody to know they own it.
Interesting.
Meaning that whoever registered it doesn't want anybody to know they own it.
Interesting.
The Great Al
(ive only actually read 4 pages so far but...)
If this is true, i am EXTREMELY happy about the title, i have been wishing that chapter 4 is in a snowy area, i think i will enjoy this game for a long time...definetly until the gw2 beta comes out!
If this is true, i am EXTREMELY happy about the title, i have been wishing that chapter 4 is in a snowy area, i think i will enjoy this game for a long time...definetly until the gw2 beta comes out!
Chadatog
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Originally Posted by FoxBat
and especially "armour" wtf?
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Actually Armour is the british spelling of Armor. So it is gramatically correct, concidering the inquirer is a british online game news site.
Link
The more you know.
Voltaire
Count me among the skeptics for all the reasons users have listed prior. Still the article was a nice way to revitalize interest -- just as long as its taken, as another poster said, with an iceberg of salt.
Oh, and playable Asurian race? first few times I read that I thought it said Austrian. Haha now that's something I could get behind.
Oh, and playable Asurian race? first few times I read that I thought it said Austrian. Haha now that's something I could get behind.
Ritual del Fuego
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Originally Posted by lightblade
Hype a game up before release is not a good idea. It raises people's expectation and people will be disappointed when the game does not meet their expectation. This causes their user rating to go down
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Darcy
Anyone consider that someone was pulling the reporter's leg on the "details?"
Why would anyone create three new races for an expansion? And the names don't quite ring true. Sylvarians sounds like someone's idea of a racial name for elves. I would think if ANet wanted to give GW playable non-human races, they already have several in the game from which to choose.
And the "massive" 150 skills. Does anyone who actually plays GW think that would be a massive amount of added skills.
Expansion requires already-owned chapter - who would buy a game so they could buy and play the expansion. This would not draw new players to the game.
Lower cost expansion - so ANet would be getting less income. As they have no PtP system, this means they would be doing themselves out of the money and not bring new players to the game which is their main income source.
One expansion, then nothing until GW2 release. And how will ANet pay their overhead and development costs during that time?
Why would anyone create three new races for an expansion? And the names don't quite ring true. Sylvarians sounds like someone's idea of a racial name for elves. I would think if ANet wanted to give GW playable non-human races, they already have several in the game from which to choose.
And the "massive" 150 skills. Does anyone who actually plays GW think that would be a massive amount of added skills.
Expansion requires already-owned chapter - who would buy a game so they could buy and play the expansion. This would not draw new players to the game.
Lower cost expansion - so ANet would be getting less income. As they have no PtP system, this means they would be doing themselves out of the money and not bring new players to the game which is their main income source.
One expansion, then nothing until GW2 release. And how will ANet pay their overhead and development costs during that time?
Silly Warrior
ZOMG!
So excited
So excited
Alex the Great
yes woo hoo!!!!!! I've had factions and nf for a while now (10 months) and i just bought prophesis! this is awesome!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@
(if it's true)
*edit* if there are new races i think it refered to them for gw2 becasue the expansion will be mostly for lvl 20s so no one would be able to make a new char. unless they were implemented into the other games
*edit* plenty of other games hzve survived for ultiple years without new content (halo 2, that one sci-fi rpg that starts with an A i think)
ok, not the best examples, but i'm sure new content will be added and new accounts will be made. Plus without new games people will have to buy new character slots at 10$ a pop.
(if it's true)
*edit* if there are new races i think it refered to them for gw2 becasue the expansion will be mostly for lvl 20s so no one would be able to make a new char. unless they were implemented into the other games
*edit* plenty of other games hzve survived for ultiple years without new content (halo 2, that one sci-fi rpg that starts with an A i think)
ok, not the best examples, but i'm sure new content will be added and new accounts will be made. Plus without new games people will have to buy new character slots at 10$ a pop.
Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by Darcy
Why would anyone create three new races for an expansion? And the names don't quite ring true. Sylvarians sounds like someone's idea of a racial name for elves. I would think if ANet wanted to give GW playable non-human races, they already have several in the game from which to choose.
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Originally Posted by Darcy
And the "massive" 150 skills. Does anyone who actually plays GW think that would be a massive amount of added skills.
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Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Gun Pierson
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. |
This is just pointing more to the fact that this is all complete hobnobbery. I'm sure ANet would understand that making a sequal so soon would be a bad idea (but that's like 2 years from now. I'll probably be bored by then, but who knows?).
I dunno about the Eye of the North. There *is* a screenshot...but there was also a screenshot of a mini-Lich.
Arduin
...Nearly 10:30 PM over here...
...Need to sleep...
...Need official information...
...Time for some caffeine...
...Need to sleep...
...Need official information...
...Time for some caffeine...
Theosebes
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Originally Posted by Silly Warrior
ZOMG!
So excited |
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Originally Posted by xiko
gdc started today. I believe on the info from inquirer
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zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by lightblade
By the time GW2 release, the original GW's engine would be outdated anyways. So it doesn't matter.
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were talking data(base) structures, storage+retrieval&migrate algorithms and other fancy stuff.
thats does not age so fast.
bamm bamm bamm
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Originally Posted by Darcy
Expansion requires already-owned chapter - who would buy a game so they could buy and play the expansion. This would not draw new players to the game.
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Originally Posted by Darcy
Lower cost expansion - so ANet would be getting less income. As they have no PtP system, this means they would be doing themselves out of the money and not bring new players to the game which is their main income source.?
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Originally Posted by Darcy
One expansion, then nothing until GW2 release. And how will ANet pay their overhead and development costs during that time?
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I'm not saying any of this is true, just plausible. If it is made up I don't know whether to be angry or impressed.
Zinger314
FOUR NEW RACES?!
I'm calling foul. If not, then GW has officially jumped the shark.
I'm calling foul. If not, then GW has officially jumped the shark.
Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Dont compare some shallow stuff like s***ty graphics with reall stuff under hood.
were talking data(base) structures, storage+retrieval&migrate algorithms and other fancy stuff. thats does not age so fast. |
And isn't Lineage II using the Unreal engine? That's pretty old, ain't it? And look at how successful it still is.
treserious
MWAHAHAHAHA!! some of what he says in the article could be true.
i did a similar whois query on "eyeofthenorth.com" .net, and .org.
my findings for both .net and .com were the same, that they used this privacy post service to hide the whois information.
but, someone did not cover their tracks on the .org.
here is the whois data from my eyeofthenorth.org query
Domain ID140097091-LROR
Domain Name:EYEOFTHENORTH.ORG
Created On:20-Feb-2007 19:42:00 UTC
Last Updated On:20-Feb-2007 19:42:06 UTC
Expiration Date:20-Feb-2008 19:42:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrarotster, Inc. (R34-LROR)
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Registrant IDOT-SMOKBCN2CZAA
Registrant Name:Christopher Graf
Registrant Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Registrant Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
Registrant Street2:Bldg. 1, Ste. 102
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Austin
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Registrant Postal Code:78731
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Registrant Email:[email protected]
Admin IDOT-4K6JC74XTMIE
Admin Name:Christopher Graf
Admin Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Admin Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
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Tech IDOT-TYQCO37GHV1K
Tech Name:Christopher Graf
Tech Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Tech Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
Tech Street2:Bldg. 1, Ste. 102
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Austin
Tech State/Province:TX
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i did a similar whois query on "eyeofthenorth.com" .net, and .org.
my findings for both .net and .com were the same, that they used this privacy post service to hide the whois information.
but, someone did not cover their tracks on the .org.
here is the whois data from my eyeofthenorth.org query
Domain ID
Domain Name:EYEOFTHENORTH.ORG
Created On:20-Feb-2007 19:42:00 UTC
Last Updated On:20-Feb-2007 19:42:06 UTC
Expiration Date:20-Feb-2008 19:42:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID
Registrant Name:Christopher Graf
Registrant Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Registrant Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
Registrant Street2:Bldg. 1, Ste. 102
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Austin
Registrant State/Province:TX
Registrant Postal Code:78731
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.5124984000
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:[email protected]
Admin ID
Admin Name:Christopher Graf
Admin Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Admin Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
Admin Street2:Bldg. 1, Ste. 102
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Austin
Admin State/Province:TX
Admin Postal Code:78731
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.5124984000
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:[email protected]
Tech ID
Tech Name:Christopher Graf
Tech Organization:NCsoft, Inc. - Austin
Tech Street1:6801 N Capital of TX Hwy.
Tech Street2:Bldg. 1, Ste. 102
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Austin
Tech State/Province:TX
Tech Postal Code:78731
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.5124984000
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:[email protected]
Name Server:NS1.NAMERESOLVE.COM
Name Server:NS2.NAMERESOLVE.COM
MirageMaster
If the Eye of the North is true... damn its gonna rock for me! I waited for 2 years since the start to push back the charr and see the land they came from and the reasons for invasion.I take it there will be the end to charr-human war at some stage since charr will be selectable race in GW2.^_^ I still want to know how charr females are like, i bet they are so wildly sexy! *drolls* who gonna need human arogant bitches lol.
Oh and btw, i dont think its a good idea posting personal info like that of a NCsofts emploi.
Oh and btw, i dont think its a good idea posting personal info like that of a NCsofts emploi.
FoxBat
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Actually Armour is the british spelling of Armor. So it is gramatically correct, concidering the inquirer is a british online game news site.
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Eldin
Interesting, but can we trust this? I'm normally not that big a skeptic, but I don't believe it that much. Besides, ANet's plan was to keep updating GW with new chapters to the point where it was pointless in doing so. The community is growing even larger and larger, I see no reason to stop soon. We can't go a year and a quarter without more GW goodness! Then again, I was thinking "these guys are crazy if they plan to release 20 chapters".
Mixed reactions here.
Mixed reactions here.
flamegrilled cheese
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Bryant Again
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I'll be fine with Eye of the North as long as we don't have a GW2 where we have to start from scratch.
Ashleigh McMahon
Totally agree.
All that work, for nothing?
All that work, for nothing?
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Originally Posted by The Phantom
I'll be fine with Eye of the North as long as we don't have a GW2 where we have to start from scratch.
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The Great Al
Reasons why this MAY not be true....
Gaile has hinted MANY times that she would love a GW chapter located in an arctic region....if she knew that ch4 was wintry/north based, I would think that she would stay away from that topic altogether. Unless of course she really was hinting at the theme.
GW2 is over a year and a half away. I highly doubt that they would announce such specifics as the new races and stuff, SO early.
Gaile has hinted MANY times that she would love a GW chapter located in an arctic region....if she knew that ch4 was wintry/north based, I would think that she would stay away from that topic altogether. Unless of course she really was hinting at the theme.
GW2 is over a year and a half away. I highly doubt that they would announce such specifics as the new races and stuff, SO early.
Voltaire
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Originally Posted by treserious
MWAHAHAHAHA!! some of what he says in the article could be true.
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And those inadvertant smileys in your post made it a lot easier and encouraging to read through that information.
Knightsaber Sith
Well it's looking like at least the title of the fourth campaign is true, which lends a degree of credibility to the rest of the article..
MirageMaster
Race selection was widely asked feature.people wanted it so Anet implemented it.I dont see the problem.Centaur sinn anyone?
And Eye of the North isnt chapter 4 sheesh..... its an expansion used to tie up loose ends,read it again pls.Thats why GW1 is the trilogy.
And Eye of the North isnt chapter 4 sheesh..... its an expansion used to tie up loose ends,read it again pls.Thats why GW1 is the trilogy.
Dem
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Originally Posted by MirageMaster
Oh and btw, i dont think its a good idea posting personal info like that of a NCsofts emploi.
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RPGmaniac
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Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon
Totally agree.
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NekoZ
Friend pointed this out: Guild Wars Eye of the North = G.W.E.N.
(If this has been posted then sorry, didn't feel like sifting through 18 pages =p)
(If this has been posted then sorry, didn't feel like sifting through 18 pages =p)
Zinger314
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Originally Posted by MirageMaster
Race selection was widely asked feature.people wanted it so Anet implemented it.I dont see the problem.Centaur sinn anyone?
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lyra_song
Many people have asked what lies north of Giant's Basin....perhaps here is our answer.
Eye Of The North as an EXPANSION ONLY sounds very credible, other details, not so sure.
Eye Of The North as an EXPANSION ONLY sounds very credible, other details, not so sure.
Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by NekoZ
Friend pointed this out: Guild Wars Eye of the North = G.W.E.N.
(If this has been posted then sorry, didn't feel like sifting through 18 pages =p) |