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Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

21 Mar 2007 at 15:27 - 801

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Grady

Oke need to ask some thing's, little confused

1.Can i go with my Prob.Faction.Night acc's to Expansion pack
2.Can i go with my ^^^^^^^^^^^ acc's to gw 2

Nobody read the OP anymore?

Yes to No.1, No to No.2

Miss Persephone

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

21 Mar 2007 at 15:27 - 802

I'm really disappointed by this announcement.

What made GW different from other MMOs was the level 20 skill cap, and the fact that you could play multiple characters and professions easily. I certainly havn't seen the call for higher levels that ANet speak of. Not once. Ever.

Why should I buy this game instead of WoW? At the risk of jumping on the 'OMG races/mounts copy WoW', there seems little to differenciate the two now except the lack of a monthly fee. Now I love the fact that there is no monthly fee, but server performance struggles as a result; there have been problems with the European servers for weeks that have still gone unfixed.

And Gaile, I realise you have years of gaming experience, but that doesn't mean your experiences and wishes are the same as those of the community. There are a few very vocal, high-end players in the community, and there are the majority of whom are quiet and who pop on to play GW while they aren't tying down a full time job, family, and other commitments. Your comparison with civilization and other games is void; I never felt I wanted to bring my empire from Civ I to Civ IV; I never spent over 800 hours on one game of Civilization.

Sure it would be nice to start afresh so everyone is on a level playing field, but with a level 100 cap how long does that level playing field last? A week, until everyone except the hardcore players has to go deal with real life. Why should we reward their massive amount of time ingame? GW has always been about SKILL, not time played. If people were so genuinely unhappy about the level 20 cap in GW, they would have stopped playing long ago and moved to other MMOs.

I won't be buying GW2. I was happy to buy expansions, knowing that I could carry over progress into new campaigns, but the features of GW2 shown thus far just don't do it for me.

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

21 Mar 2007 at 15:27 - 803

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Grady

Oke need to ask some thing's, little confused

1.Can i go with my Prob.Faction.Night acc's to Expansion pack
2.Can i go with my ^^^^^^^^^^^ acc's to gw 2

Please give me a Priv msg.
Or just reply.

1. Yes --- They'd never release a new chapter without letting you use old characters.
2. Not really --- you're supposed to be able to take titles over to GW2, but not characters.

And for all of you guys that are excited about this news. DO NOT WORRY about those who are bumbed. This happens with a lot of games that move from 1 to 2. It takes them a while to let go and adjust to change, but eventually they'll settle in and agree that the newset version is better. (If it is made better ofcoarse).

If they don't, they'll still be here in GW1, but we'll have a bunch of new people comming in now that GW2 is going to be more like an RPG and less like an intense card game.

Oh and, they aren't going to be competing with WoW so much. LOTR Online is comming out very soon, and I played the stress test I like it better. Basicly what i'm saying is, they are going to have to compete against WoW and LOTRO so it means they should be comming out with some AMAZING stuff to compete.

Yarly

Retired GW Player

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

Mo/

21 Mar 2007 at 15:35 - 804

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoredJoe

Sure if you enjoy and want to "newb farm"/power trade/farm/whatever, all the way up to millions again. I enjoyed accumulating wealth the first time around as GW was my first online experience but personally I would prefer to pass on any of that "second time" around. The freshness just wouldn;t be there for me. I enjoy not being bothered too much about money when I play.

When GW2 comes out, some players move to GW2, but so dot he bots and all the unsavory businessmen too. No matter what you say it'll always be there, in some form or another. Id think by the looks of it, alot of the people here who are QQ'ing about the loss of their riches will most likely just fall right into the pockets of these chinese businessmen again like they did in the first guild wars.

Ive seen it happen to so many people, they get bored with farming, get impatient when they can't buy what they want, for some its only a matter of time before they click buy now and get it all in one go.

Lonk

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Gwonline Guild [GWO]

N/R

21 Mar 2007 at 15:36 - 805

Is it me or did a bunch of people in this topic somehow miss the part where ANet said they were still going to support GW fully?

GW2 is years away and alot of people are acting like the gw1 servers will die tomorrow. I've seen comments like "gw1 is dead and pointless now that gw2 was announced!"

You do realize it's just a game correct?

Successful games having sequals at some point, oh lord it's the apocolypse!
But seriously, gw2 was very predictable, as is the shutting down of gw1 servers, nothing lasts forever, but you're a fool to think that gw2 instantly means no support for gw1 or that it's going to die after this year.

The only real mistake might be calling it Guild Wars 2 to begin with, given the name is already misleading for the first game, but you have to remember way back when GW was meant to be more about pvp, before they realized how popular PvE would be.

If you really are a fan of Guild Wars, you should have more faith in Arenanet and give them a chance, they've done some amazing things already, and if you can't respect their decisions that's fine too, just dont come on and act like any little change will force you and a majority of the players to quit when you know that's just a lie and you're looking for attention.

Sarevok Thordin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

W/N

21 Mar 2007 at 15:36 - 806

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aradia Ashkal

Ok first off I want to say WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! GW2 is a rip off of WoW? GET REAL! WoW is a rip off of every other MMO Hell go look up D&D and you will see that WoW didn't invent half of the stuff you people are giving it credit for. I love GW1 and I am very excited about GW2! I love all of the new features they are talking about but some of you people are killing me!! Boo Hoo I can't take over my millions of dollars in gold, my ecto, my char, my weapons. How do we even know if ecto or even gold for that matter will be useable or even IN GW2??? Did anyone ever think about that?

GW2 is going to be a whole new game, new engine, new control system, You can't take your chars from gw1 to gw2 because it wont WORK! to get down to the basic of it, It's all new code! Like Gaile said, Did you get to take your stuff from HL1 to HL2?? NO! Did you get to take your chars from Diablo 1 to Diablo 2?? NO! It just doesn't work that way.

I am sick of seeing all these people say oh well if I wanted to play WoW I will just play WoW! Then GO! we don't need you here! We will be sitting here enjoying are GW2 that is FAR better then WoW! and does have a lot of the same features that are found in EVERY MMO!!!! and or Role Playing in GENERAL! and we will not be paying $15 a bucks a month.

We don't even know the whole idea of GW2 and you people are ready to drop it at the flick of a hat because of one mags info???? It's 2 years away people!! CHILL THE HELL OUT!

I think people who are saying it's a WoW rip off need to shut up, Do some research about role playing and MMO's in general before posting about stuff they have no IDEA on.

Because if those people really loved GW the way they say they do then they would stand up and support the hard work that ANET has done for us and the fact that they listen to the community at all is a god send!

So my point is if you think GW2 is gonna be a WoW rip off then turn your game off now, Go buy or play WoW and waste your $15 a month for a stupid cartoon rip off of every other MMO or Role Playing game in general because WoW didn't invent CRAP! they ripped it from D&D and all the other classic RP games to ever come out.

I will be sitting here waiting for GW2 with JOY! and Respect for the new stuff we get to do, See, Enjoy and be a part of.

Truth'd. Don't make WoW the new thing to be "cloned" like the whole "Doom Clone" thing......

Godefridus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

21 Mar 2007 at 15:37 - 807

As for the discussion about ArenaNet promising to release a chapter every six months, or merely having that as their target: might be wise for NC Soft Support for GW to change their answer to the question:

"Why are you making expansion packs?"

Cause at this moment the answer is:

Quote:

Players may choose to support future development of the game and expand their own playing experiences by purchasing new chapters -- called "campaigns" -- of the Guild Wars story. These campaigns will be offered about every six to nine months, and will be competitively priced. Unlike most "expansion packs," the new campaigns will be approximately equal in size to the initial campaign of Guild Wars.

edit: removed the answer to Mad Grady since I am so slow with posting that others already answered that....

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

21 Mar 2007 at 15:38 - 808

Looks like a breath of fresh air for Guild Wars.

Something that the PvE community (the ones that keep Anet afloat) has been asking for - more content and depth.

But, anything can happen over the next two years. So, I'll worry about GW2 when the Beta testing starts.

More than enough time for me to get the menagerie of characters through all 3 campaigns now.

Eighty Five

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Memphis, TN, USA

GWOnline.net Guild

N/Me

21 Mar 2007 at 15:47 - 809

3 Million sales, say @ $50 a pop. Doesen't sound like a failed product to me.

AJD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

ME

W/

21 Mar 2007 at 15:50 - 810

Quote:

Originally Posted by CuriousCarrie

Two very good points! I was also wondering if I would like to buy the next expansion. Why should I even bother anymore? Just to bridge over the gap between GW1 and GW2? I might as well play a whole new game. I've seen some other game suggestions in this forum. Might as well try those.

I think Anet shot their wad way too early on this, making a huge marketing mistake here imo.

Do not try and get me to buy an "expansion" which seems like it will not be worth the money and your selling point is this retarded hall of monuments and Gwen? Anet, many people will just move on when they realize the current franchise has no future and will play something else worth their time. Sorry Gaile, I know you get paid to be Anet's hype man and I have not believed half of the BS you have told us for a long time because I came to the realization that it is your job to be enthusiastic about this game, but Anet just shot themselves in the foot.

I will be the first to admit I have no life and will look into buying the expansion, but unless my entire guild carries over 2 years from now (not likely with no new GW content to keep people playing...) GW:2 will be DOA. I thought I might calm down with a nights rest, but thinking about it just made me more resolute.

scrump

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/

21 Mar 2007 at 15:53 - 811

Note: Please don't quote the entire opening post. Use snippets/highlights, or don't quote it at all if not necessary.

tell your guild huh? they all hate it! they hate the idea of new races, being able to get to lvl 100 and they hate a lot of other things. They think and personally i agree this idea is leeaching off world of warcraft.

Eighty Five

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Memphis, TN, USA

GWOnline.net Guild

N/Me

21 Mar 2007 at 15:57 - 812

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJD

I think Anet shot their wad way too early on this, making a huge marketing mistake here imo.

Do not try and get me to buy an "expansion" which seems like it will not be worth the money and your selling point is this retarded hall of monuments and Gwen? Anet, many people will just move on when the realize the current franchise has no future and will play something else worth their time. Sorry Gaile, i know you get paid to be Anet's hype man and I have not believed half of the BS you have told us for a long time because I came to the realization that it is your job to be enthusiastic about this game, but Anet just shot themselves in the foot.

I will be the first to admit I have no life and will look into buying the expansion, but unless my entire guild carries over 2 years from now (not likely with no new GW content to keep people playing...) GW:2 will be DOA. I thought I might calm down with a nights rest, but thinking about it just made me more resolute.

A team will be assigned to support the current games with live content still expected.

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

21 Mar 2007 at 15:59 - 813

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragonslayer77

... it not gonna xfer our characters? that not cool, all those u saved ecto, ..., titles

thats one thing I won't miss, ectos and titles. I really hope both things make an easy disappearance from guildwars2.

and pleasepleaseplease put some sort of afk player market area so people don't spam general chat in adventure outposts with goddam trade shit

AJD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

ME

W/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:00 - 814

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eighty Five

A team will be assigned to support the current games with live contet still expected.

Seriously, how long will that last? Until GW:2 comes out, they want people to buy the new product, they will not be spending money, time and resources on something that they have moved on from, at this point I don't trust anything anet says.

Godefridus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

21 Mar 2007 at 16:02 - 815

Marketing mistake?? don't think so, but time will tell. At least they are honest about it. ANet could have said that they are still looking at the option to transfer your character from GW to GW2 and then just before release publish that it will not be a feature of GW2 to import characters from GW. Now THAT would make you really disappointed... and make you turn your back on the game. Now you got time to cool down and you know about it so you won't have your hopes up till the last minute that you might be able to transfer it.

And heck, we are talking about two more years till GW2.... that gives you plenty of time to enjoy your character.... hmmm.. thinking of it... can't remember even having a game installed for 2 years continuously on my pc.

Eighty Five

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Memphis, TN, USA

GWOnline.net Guild

N/Me

21 Mar 2007 at 16:03 - 816

The population will survive and probably get bigger before GW2's release. GW:EN wont be out tomorrow, but around Thanksgiving/Holiday(hopefully). Then players will focus on that campaign and ready themselves for the Beta which would be in 2008. Just like when we were all playing Chpater 1 and begged for Factions.

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

21 Mar 2007 at 16:04 - 817

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eighty Five

3 Million sales, say @ $50 a pop. Doesen't sound like a failed product to me.

exactly.

plus just last week I saw a new quote from a top arena net exec that they found success in the campaign style of guild wars and planned to continue it. apparently he was lying through his teeth, since gw2 must have already been in development since before nightfall. goddamn people. for shame, Lord British, for shame.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:07 - 818

Well, I've started seeing a few more people who aren't quite so Anti-GW:2 now so I'm not quite so depressed any more. Still a lot of people saying "Why should I buy expansion 4 when GW will die"... Is that not the same as deciding not to watch a film on the basis that you can read about it on a forum and just watch it's sequal in a year's time? Guild Wars has no fees and, let's face it, GW:2 wont be out for 2-3 years yet (is my best guess)... GW:EotN will cost...£30? £30 for up to 2-3 years entertainment doesn't sound that bad to me. Some people may get bored in that time, but I'm reasonably sure I wont...and frankly, I want something to do rather than having to find another game I'm as comfortable with or twiddling my thumbs and getting bored until GW:2 is released...just on a point of principle.

Phoenix Ex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/R

21 Mar 2007 at 16:08 - 819

Now this is great news.

No real world limitations to servers.
-Yay! No more Europe has the favor of the god BS.
Massive scale capture the flag...
-Finally no more being stuck at the boring PvP modes (hopefully) for new people just because of a number.
Higher lvl cap
-Would prefer higher item stat range instead, but otherwise great, as long as it doesn't affect PvP.
Consistent world + instanced
-Finally they are trying make the game a ROLE PLAYING game instead of a multistage strategy fighter with no interaction...
New Race
-YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! I see enough bloody boring human everyday, I want to be something else, role playing ftw!

Hopefully they won't repeat what they did in GW1 and make everything so damn easy so that its casually boring...

Shmanka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

In Your Head

The Brave Will Fall [Nion]

Me/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:09 - 820

Quote:

Originally Posted by bamm bamm bamm

Except they did keep their 'promise'. They said they would release a campaign every six months. They didn't say whether they were going to do this for a year or a hundred years.

Try doing that in any business field: Say something, then do nothing like what you said. Then call me back telling me how it goes.

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

21 Mar 2007 at 16:10 - 821

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eighty Five

The population will survive and probably get bigger before GW2's release. GW:EN wont be out tomorrow, but around Thanksgiving/Holiday(hopefully). Then players will focus on that campaign and ready themselves for the Beta which would be in 2008. Just like when we were all playing Chpater 1 and begged for Factions.

there is one MAJOR difference there.
Factions added on to what we already owned.
GW2 completely replaces it. Everything we know and have will be worthless.

I STILL want to know about character slots. I JUST bought a new character slot, and then I find out guild wars is being replaced. PLEASE tell me purchased gw slots will have some effect in gw2.... otherwise just delete my characters now and give me my money back T_T

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:11 - 822

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phoenix Ex

Now this is great news.

No real world limitations to servers.
-Yay! No more Europe has the favor of the god BS.
Massive scale capture the flag...
-Finally no more being stuck at the boring PvP modes (hopefully) for new people just because of a number.
Higher lvl cap
-Would prefer higher item stat range instead, but otherwise great, as long as it doesn't affect PvP.
Consistent world + instanced
-Finally they are trying make the game a ROLE PLAYING game instead of a multistage strategy fighter with no interaction...
New Race
-YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! I see enough bloody boring human everyday, I want to be something else, role playing ftw!

Hopefully they won't repeat what they did in GW1 and make everything so damn easy so that its casually boring...

Lol, someone's excited

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jcapulet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

21 Mar 2007 at 16:12 - 823

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godefridus

As for the discussion about ArenaNet promising to release a chapter every six months, or merely having that as their target: might be wise for NC Soft Support for GW to change their answer to the question:

"Why are you making expansion packs?"

Cause at this moment the answer is:

Quote:

Players may choose to support future development of the game and expand their own playing experiences by purchasing new chapters -- called "campaigns" -- of the Guild Wars story. These campaigns will be offered about every six to nine months, and will be competitively priced. Unlike most "expansion packs," the new campaigns will be approximately equal in size to the initial campaign of Guild Wars.

Ok, but if GW:Nightfall was the LAST campaign, how are they breaking a "promise"? The above quote does not say every 6 to 9 months indefinitely. From what I read GW: EN is an expansion.

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

21 Mar 2007 at 16:13 - 824

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miral

goddamn people. for shame, Lord British, for shame.

LOL, wasn't Lord British killed by a fireball a long time ago? ah ultima good old days.

mcsumo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

SOS

R/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:13 - 825

GW is a game I have only been playing for the last 9 months, but in that time I have played virtually every day, sometimes for several hours. The reason for that is that I love it. I played D&D when it first came out (yes I am that old) and ever since then have been hoping to find a game that really captured that feeling for me. The Baldur's Gate games were excellent, but when online games really started to take off I knew I had to try them. I played WoW and hated it, but thankfully I tried again and found GW. I was instantly hooked, it brought back all the enjoyment I first felt upon playing D&D. I have seen many, games on many platforms over the years and GW is the game I have been wanting to play all my life.

Having said all that, I welcome the change to GW2. Certain things about GW were going to get ridiculous if they kept with the same format. Plus most of the things mentioned so far sound very exciting to me.

It seems to offer even more choice. In WoW I HAD to plod and grind right from the start. In GW I was engaged by a fantastic storyline that had me to level 20 before I knew it. Then after completing the storyline I could do the titan quests, play in FoW and UW, start a new character. Do whatever I wanted to really, consequently I still love it after 3000 hours of game time.

If you read what has been mentioned here properly, you will see that it seems to offer the things that everyone is moaning about, in ADDITION to the GW game we all know and love.

Yes I will be sad to see the end of my characters, but at least they have some sort of legacy that will carry forward to the new game. This seems to me the only sensible way to handle it. I will be in for GW:EoN and GW2 (hopefully as a beta tester). These are very exciting times.

Celios

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Black Crescent [BC]

21 Mar 2007 at 16:13 - 826

About the partial "transfers" from GWEN to GW2: Will we be able to port our rank/fame? Some of us have invested a lot of time in that. This seems like a pretty disappointing way to lose all that work.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:14 - 827

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miral

exactly.

plus just last week I saw a new quote from a top arena net exec that they found success in the campaign style of guild wars and planned to continue it. apparently he was lying through his teeth, since gw2 must have already been in development since before nightfall. goddamn people. for shame, Lord British, for shame.

Richard Garriott is heading Tabula Rosa, NOT Guild Wars, so he's not speaking for Anet.

He said, "the Guild Wars business model has been so successful that we are pursuing more products with this same model."

I took that to mean the "No Monthly Fee" model, not necessarily the "new Chapter every six month" model.

Obviously, Anet will have to make money selling expansions for GW2, but exactly what their schedule is, it is WAY too early to even conjecture at this point.
_______________________________

As to all the "This is World of Guildcraft" comments: Can we get some specifics on this?

Is it the races that bug people? If so, lots of MMORPGs have different races.

Is it huge battles that bother you? If so, lots of MMORPGs have huge battles.

Is it the extended level cap that bothers you? Well, that bothers me too, but again, Lots of MMORPGs have higher level cap. I'm hoping Guild Wars 2 level caps are more cosmetic than anything.

Things that make Guild Wars unique

NO MONTHLY FEES
Easy access to PvP (made even easier with UAX in GW2)
Easy to find max armor and weapons
Level 20 cap

As long as the increased levels don't make PvE unplayable by casual players, I'm just don't see why people are hating on Guild Wars 2. It sounds just like the Guild Wars we know and love, but with more options.

I guess we'll wait and see, but for those decrying GW 2 because it's "just like WoW", can you cite some examples of why you think so?

thunderstorm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

21 Mar 2007 at 16:17 - 828

Quote:

About the partial "transfers" from GWEN to GW2: Will we be able to port our rank/fame? Some of us have invested a lot of time in that. This seems like a pretty disappointing way to lose all that work.

**

yea i hope that too since that will make us to be less reluctant to move from gw1 to gw2

Gli

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

21 Mar 2007 at 16:18 - 829

I'll but GW:EN and play for as long as I like.

I'll buy GW2 and give it a try. Maybe it'll click with me, maybe it won't.

That's all, ask me again in 2009.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:18 - 830

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arduinna

Lol, someone's excited

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Out of interest...I didn't notice in the OP... The continent. Is the continent Tyria? Or will it have a new name? I'm highly confusled. Just wondered if this new area had a name, because most of it seems to be tunnels underneath Tyria, if it was in actual fact still Tyria...but then there's an extra bit at the top to the north ... will this have a new name, or be a new continent like Elona was?

Son of Urza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

I'm the guy right behind you staring through your head . . . .

W/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:18 - 831

What I want to know is:

All you "OMFG no low level cap it's WoW!" people- what will you do if it turns out that a level 20 is just as strong as a level 100? That all you get for leveling is skill points and veteran status? What will you do THEN?

Also remember- Gaile SPECIFICALLY stated that the exact value of the "higher level cap" is still up in the air at the moment. The magazine's probably just going for shock value.

Currently, I'm just going to wait until the game actually COMES OUT. Once we actually know what it's going to be like, everything else is moot. Remember how much different GW:P is from the Beta?

EDIT: Oh, and has anyone else noticed that this new expansion is acronym-ed GWEN? :P

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

21 Mar 2007 at 16:22 - 832

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordakai

Things that make Guild Wars unique

NO MONTHLY FEES
Easy access to PvP (made even easier with UAX in GW2)
Easy to find max armor and weapons
Level 20 cap

I think these 2 are most important:

The most balanced PvP in any MMO around.

Not to say it is perfectly balanced, but it is the most balanced.

and

Rewarding Skill vs Time spent

I dont care what the max level is, if in PvP, level is capped and balanced so that all players have equal opportunity to fight, and no amount of time spent will give you a material advantage, then i will be happy.

Shmanka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

In Your Head

The Brave Will Fall [Nion]

Me/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:23 - 833

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonk

Is it me or did a bunch of people in this topic somehow miss the part where ANet said they were still going to support GW fully?

Exactly like they are now right?

Odinius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

[OBEY]

N/R

21 Mar 2007 at 16:24 - 834

I am very exited about the expansion

IMO they implemented almost everything people were asking for in the forums.
For me there are some "likes" and some "dislikes" and there will be for everyone.
We all /signed or /notsigned on many ideas, makes me happy to see that Anet listens to it's users and would love to see what they make of it.
I mean catacombs spanning 3 continents what more can you ask for?

Good job people.

Oh and not everything is WoW ppl ideas come from all the millions of mmo's and players out there, it's just fact that WoW has alot of those features. In the Netherlands we say: "Beter goed gejat, dan slecht bedacht" it roughly means: "Better steal a good idea, then think of a bad one"

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:25 - 835

i cant wait ... id buy GW:EN anway. I would love the current gw1 servers to remain active though. My monk ive spent so long on, giong through all campaignss will be worthless in my eyes.
The hall of Monuments does sound pretty cool though, i just hope its not only titles we can transfer. If the titles u transfer become accoutn based that would rock. especialyl when many of my characters have different titles.

Slots?
As GW:EN is going to be a "expansion", will we get extra slots? If it is 2 like every other, i will be happy. Then i can have 1 of every profession without buying slots via online store

bobrath

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

Scouts of Tyria

21 Mar 2007 at 16:25 - 836

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Originally Posted by Shmanka

Try doing that in any business field: Say something, then do nothing like what you said. Then call me back telling me how it goes.

Heard of a company called Microsoft?

thunderstorm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

21 Mar 2007 at 16:25 - 837

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EDIT: Oh, and has anyone else noticed that this new expansion is acronym-ed GWEN? :P

was u sleeping since 1 month

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:25 - 838

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

<---- Joins in too

Out of interest...I didn't notice in the OP... The continent. Is the continent Tyria? Or will it have a new name? I'm highly confusled. Just wondered if this new area had a name, because most of it seems to be tunnels underneath Tyria, if it was in actual fact still Tyria...but then there's an extra bit at the top to the north ... will this have a new name, or be a new continent like Elona was?

I suppose so. There's still alot of unexplored regions on the map. To the east/north of Tyria/Elona, to the south of Cantha. It takes places 100's of years in the future, and the GW1 heroes will be remembered by the new GW2 heroes, so it's only logical it takes places on Tyria again. This doesn't mean the continent will look the same. Maybe it's ravaged by war, flooded, who knows.

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

21 Mar 2007 at 16:26 - 839

I admittedly haven't read the ENTIRE thread yet, but it sure seems as though GW:EN has been forgotten in all of this. I personally can't get terribly excited/bent out of shape for something that is still two years away. All we have is a paragraph's worth of info on Eye of the North, was there ANYTHING else interesting in the article about it? For example, anything about the 'extended character development beyond level 20'?

AJD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

ME

W/

21 Mar 2007 at 16:27 - 840

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Originally Posted by Mordakai

As to all the "This is World of Guildcraft" comments: Can we get some specifics on this?

Is it the races that bug people? If so, lots of MMORPGs have different races.

Is it huge battles that bother you? If so, lots of MMORPGs have huge battles.

Is it the extended level cap that bothers you? Well, that bothers me too, but again, Lots of MMORPGs have higher level cap. I'm hoping Guild Wars 2 level caps are more cosmetic than anything.

Things that make Guild Wars unique

NO MONTHLY FEES
Easy access to PvP (made even easier with UAX in GW2)
Easy to find max armor and weapons
Level 20 cap

Wrong, all of that is why I play GW, not some of it, not the latter half, ALL of it, I like the no grind, I like humans and not gimmicky races, I like the team structure with no BS chaos fighting, I like it with no monthly payments, I like the easy access to PVP, I like the easy max armor... All of those things are what made GW unique, not just the no monthly payments.