PC Gamer May 2007 Information - "Guild Wars Reborn"

Nice! Thanks Inde. All/most of the answers in one place. Now if I can just get my hands on the mag when it hits the newstands.

A like minded ranger.

Tbh i think if enough players openly talk about it they might add more transferable features into the new game.

I'm not sure I like some of the things that will be introduced in GW2, namely very high or no lvl caps. The synopsis of the PC Gamer article seems to raise more questions then it answers, I guess I will have to wait for my own copy to get a more complete picture. That being said Anet has always done a superb job and I am not too worried about GW2, just slightly concerned. my biggest question is this; Will there still be an HoH?

This. Yes, they're radically changing. Some people are going to like it. Some aren't. If you don't like the ideas that GW2 is bringing to the table, then by all means don't buy it--the fact that it's going to seem a lot more like a traditional MMO will get them plenty of new players.

I'm rather confident that it'll still be different enough from other MMOS to warrant my purchase (continued lack of a subscription fee certainly helps), though I'm rather curious as to more details. Time will tell.

No New Proffesions "O_O!*Crying*
Gwen are you here, Gwen!!!!!!!*Crying*
Why?!*Crying*
Why?.*Crying*
Why?..*Crying*
*Stops to Cry*
Cheaper than the other Campaigns^^!
New Fashionable, Cool and Eccentric Armos and weapons^^!
GW2^^!
No Monthly Fees^^!


-The no new profs is really a big bad news to me = (.

Bingo! I feel the exact same. they could strip my chars and drop their level to 1, but I'd rather do that then not have them there.

I have a question about how skills/attributes will be implemented in GW2. Will skills still be limited to a certain quantity, or will the player be able to use all the skills available to him?

Since the level cap seems to be so high how will this effect attributes? As you continue to gain levels will you continue to be able to put more points into attributes? Will there be a limit? Or is it going to be something entirely differernt?

God you people are freaks! This game is AT LEAST a year down the road, and this is just the first information we are getting NOTHING and I repeat, NOTHING is set in stone on it.

You're freaking out and some of you threatening to quit now...what a bunch of hypersensitive drama queens!!!! You don't think that ANet released some if not all of this information to gauge how it's current fanbase would react and get input?

Though I am not thrilled at the aspect of not being able to cross over my GW1 character...WOW, let me freak out and totally ignore the fact that there is already something mentioned to help with that problem. We don't know what it is or how it will work...keep jumping to conclusions...and rage quit if you want, but please do it now so the rest of us that are willing to wait and see don't have to listen to your bitching and whining for the next 2 years. UGH!!!!

So now like everyone else I sit back and wait to see what will come to us now. Off to play GW. Happy Hunting or Complaining whatever you feel you must do.

Currently they said you can transfer minipets. This is most likely so your old characters can grow older, ahve more birthdays, get more minipets....and then give them to their future selves later.

PS: People are threatening to quit now because they don't want to be playing a game the know will be killed off shortly. Yes, a year or two to some of us is shortly. I've been playing GW ~2 years.
This is like buying a car, then being told it will only work for a year. Sure, you way want it, but is it worth the investment?

This everything I've hoped Guild Wars would be. I'm glad some of the people here will leave and others will stay. I think it will get a fanbase that is more consistant. It always seemed to me that there were two types of gamers playing this game anyway... while GW2 seems like it'll focus more on.. my type and frankly the more generic mmo style (which I don't know if I would say that about GW2 just yet) is however going to bring in more people than the people who leave.. especially if it has a better MMO + free to play.

Two thumbs up!

Though I will say A.Net is sneaky.. I was going to skip Eye of the North but NoOo I have to get it for this monument thing Good call.

Lol. Character Transfer isn't "simple", btw. And I think a new start is great. You already got what you wanted, sweet memories from playing Guild Wars. Now you can create even better ones with Guild Wars 2.

Ok... this is very HOT! I couldn't finish reading Inde's entire post before making a post of my own. I got to this part:

"Tyrian catacombs stretch across the entire continent presumably"

My jaw just dropped. I LOVE the presearing catacombs, and just thinking of more areas like that definitely has me excited.

I also saw on the cover there is info about Shadowrun and Hellgate:London (the only other 2 games in the universe I'm anticipating). Looks like I'm gonna buy my first gaming magazine, since I cancelled my Nintendo Power subscription 10 years ago. LOL

I'll post more of my thoughts, when I actually finish reading the thread.

Wow, except for the raised level cap (which I'm not too happy about), GW:EN sounds like a GW player's dreams come true. Well, those of us who care about the storyline, anyways. There are posts all over this and other forums wondering about whats in the Maguuma Jungle, whats North of Kryta and the Shiver Peaks, where the Charr came from, what happened to the catacombs, and most importantly; what the heck happened to Gwen!? It seems like they finally decided to re-visit Tyria, which many of us have wanted for a long time.

Damn you, ANET, and I was just starting to lose my interest in GW after 2 years. :P

Can't wait to get that magazine, two more weeks for us non-subscribers .

If that's true, wouldn't screaming like drama queens work?

I mean, if Anet announces a features, the entire community explodes and claims the sky is falling, I'd say that's clear indicator for Anet to think "Hmm... let's not mention that again and pretend we never even suggested it :s"

You are aware the so-called playerbase you said are happy about leaving is made up of thsoe of us who say, were Beta-Testers and are very involved in GW for what it is. The fan-base you're talking about are the people who have been moaning for the past 2 years to make GW something it's not.

Are you happy you won?

well i've been reading some of the other posts from other people and came to such a conclusion as this..............why buy eotn when all that you do there shall be worthless in the following campaign? oh wait but they have what they would like to call an answer for that "a monument system" although having a giant statue of my ranger in a game with a listing of all the stuff he had and the caption reading: "RANGERMAN THE ALMIGHTY" would be kick 4$$ i still personally believe ACTUALLY PLAYING my character will be worth so many more hours of fun. and another thig ANET if you are reading any of these posts, notice mine.. right here specifically: NOT ALL PEOPLE AVOID PLAYING WoW BECAUSE OF THE FEES THEY AVOID IT BECAUSE IT IS AN ENDLESS GRIND, (and by doing this) making a extremely high level cap WILL TURN IT INTO ANOTHER WoW (i.e. scaring away all the consumers who came here to avoid WoW) anet and ncsoft you were THE original think outside the box MMO makers and now your just being like everyone else, i'm severly dissapointed in yall, i expected so much more

I'm going to share my thoughts on this not as any sort of official position, but just as a personal opinion as a gamer. When I played Diablo II, I did not have a portal to magically carry over my Diablo characters. When I played Half-Life 2, I didn't get to carry over my chars or weapons from HL. Sim City 3000? Nothing moved from the earlier Sim Cities. Civilization 2 didn't have a tie to Civ. MoO 2 wasn't MoO with the same guys. I didn't keep my 10-wheeler from Railroad Tycoon when I started Railroads.

You catch my drift?

Yes, some of you have played a long time. Dwayna knows I have played Guild Wars a long while, too, and I put time in all those other games, as well. But as the article says, GW 2 offers a whole new world, it's not even the same century, and goodness, I feel that it's ok to start fresh! Yes, I'll miss my characters. But I know that the ones I make in GW2 will be even better.

Mostly, I want to point out that these GW->GW2 changes are a long time away! The article mentions a beta in 2008, right? I vote we look to the distant future with positive anticipation, and to the near future with joy.

Again, just my two cents.

So anyone find any info on how and what the skill/attribute/build system will be like? Seriously, it's one of the best things about GW....being able to make unique builds and it being such a flexible system. Hope it stays in GW2.

Thanks a lot ArenaNet. I was beginning to get bored by the limitations here. I really like the concept of GW2 and GW:EON as it is, and I am very excited with this.

Trust ArenaNet. First, because as a no-monthly fee game grind doesn't need to be linked with leveling. WoW needs MASSIVE grinding because it is a game with monthly-fees, therefore needing to glue you into the game for the most time possible. A no-monthly fee game gains nothing by adding too much grind on their game, and if it's going to survive from expansions, they'll have to work on content with quality if they want us to keep playing their game, and they have glued me perfectly in a way that I'll be following and trusting them until they disappoint me.

First of all, great organization on the first poset Inde, much easier to read.

I haven't read through this entire thread, but I'm going to assume it's filled with "What was the point?", "Not another WoW!' and such. For all of you: It is just a game! All games end, and like previously posted, it's the journey, not the destination. Guild Wars entertained you right? Then you didn't waste your time. Maybe it wasn't here for long, but you enjoyed it while it was here. Personnaly, I can't wait for GW2 to come out, I am very excited over the increased lvl cap and...well everything!

There are only 2 questions left for me:

Should I go to the Charr Homeland or join the resistance against The Great Destroyer first?

And, how do I get in the beta?!?!