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TedTheShred

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 08:24 - 1

While sporadically checking the PC Gamer thread, i noticed this quote had been added to the end of the original post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
I'm not sure if it was in this thread that the question was asked, but I did want to share some good news:

We do completely understand that you want to keep your character names. After all, character names are a special part of your Guild Wars experience. So you'll be happy to know that yes, your character name will be reserved for you. If you link a Guild Wars 2 character to a Guild Wars character, the GW2 character will inherit the GW character’s accomplishments, as recorded in your Hall of Monuments. The Hall of Monuments, available through Guild Wars: Eye of the North, will provide access to unique companions, equipment, miniatures, titles, etc. that can’t be obtained any other way in GW2.

I like the whole idea of building a "family history" for my characters in The Hall of Monuments. With the timespan between Guild Wars: Eye of the North and Guild Wars 2, it's a cool idea to pass things--even names--down "through the family."

About a week ago when rumors of GW2 surfaced, i made a suggestion to solve the whining about character transfers through the two games. The suggestion was exactly what Gaile just posted. My suggestion was flamed, my thread was locked, and presumably, the people upstairs listened.

Whether this was already planned or they had taken into consideration a simple suggestion: take this situation as a reason to ease any uneasiness over how A-Net is going to handle the changes in the next game.

I myself do not like WoW, I have played G-Dub since the start and during the betas. They were either able to anticipate what a loyal G-Dub player was hoping for, or they took their suggestion to heart.

The changes from game to game have not been made lightly.
The people upstairs know what we want.
Stop panicking.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

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22 Mar 2007 at 08:52 - 2

As happy as I was with GW:2... I wasn't one of those "end of the world - O Noes!" people...the only thing I would have liked was to be able to have my names reserved. The thought of someone walking around as another Hitomi Kyoko kinda made me a little sad... This is good news...thanks for posting.

Saelfaer

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Belgium

The Blitzers Guild

22 Mar 2007 at 09:03 - 3

well in gw1 i made the mistake of choosing random names (well just names i liked) for all my characters

if gw2 is as open as gw1 (i mean in most mmorpgs you play 1 or 2 characters, in gw1 i have 5 or more i regulary play with)
thus if gw2 is as open as gw1, i will make em 1 big family and think a bout a
good lastname for the family.
thus i was kind of planning to pick all new names.

though i am sure many will be very happy with this name reservation.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

22 Mar 2007 at 09:06 - 4

I'll just say this at the moment. What the magazine actually says the Hall of Monuments is and what everyone seems to assume it is, are two very different things.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

22 Mar 2007 at 09:32 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I'll just say this at the moment. What the magazine actually says the Hall of Monuments is and what everyone seems to assume it is, are two very different things.

I dunno who you were referring to. Personally I was just responding to the quote in the OP. I'm sure a lot of people will jump to the conclusion that by "provide access to unique equipment" this will mean weapons...when it doesn't say weapons, it says equipment. I think the only way weapons could be taken over is if they were customised. Otherwise in D1 of the starter town we would have wammos (or, Chammos - a wammo...but a Charr) trying to sell Crystalline Swords for 100 <insert currency here> + 300 <insert ecto-replacement here>.

Personally I am keeping very open mind and, to be safe, taking most things that have been announced very lightly. We all know that from time to time they don't do what they claim they will...and circumstances may change...which leads me to believe that some of this information may be out of date in a year or so's time anyway.

Razorwood

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

Xcoh

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22 Mar 2007 at 09:33 - 6

I was thinking last night they could do something like this:

Basically you beat GWEN then you get taken to a tomb with X ammount of your items (No gold as this would unbalance GW2). You then get buried with these items.

You get to X point in GW2, take a quest called "Tomb of the Ancestor" you speak to your GW1 character, pass and test and they say "Blah blah you are of my blood line I grant these magical items to you"

Then they could reward you with the items you buried them with, Anet would need to "police" this though to stop abuse, maybe a limit per account, or the character has to Ascend in Prop / Factions / NF first then beat GWEN.

But all in all this news made me happy.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

22 Mar 2007 at 09:35 - 7

I just mean most people in general through-out all the GW2 threads. Most people seem to think the Hall of Monuments will be a means to transfer your current weapons/armors/items to the new game. That's not what the magazine describes at all.

TedTheShred

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 09:40 - 8

We aren't making these assumptions on the magazine information alone, but on the direct information Gaile Gray has given us, read the quote on my first post. Then read it again. That is why we are making hypothesis's about equipment transfer Knightsaber.

Xenex Xclame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

DPX

R/

22 Mar 2007 at 09:45 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by TedTheShred

About a week ago when rumors of GW2 surfaced, i made a suggestion to solve the whining about character transfers through the two games. The suggestion was exactly what Gaile just posted. My suggestion was flamed, my thread was locked, and presumably, the people upstairs listened.

Aawwwww do you want a cookie?Here you go a cookie for you.
You deserve a cookie for being the only person with this suggestion and being the single person Anet made their decision on, congrats, your name should be engraved in the Hall of Heroes.

TedTheShred

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 09:50 - 10

It's 3:00 am and I'm out of gas. A cookie would be nice.

I was never implying that my opinions alone are what A-Net makes their opinions on. I was simply pointing out a correlation between my idea and their announced feature. I was using this correlation to show that A-Net's decisions do reflect how some players feel regardless of whether they read my particular post or not.

Kind of like that PBS "viewers like you" crap.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

22 Mar 2007 at 09:51 - 11

Fine I'll just go out on a limb and make my speech again. I already made it in the other huge threads but everyone always ignores it in favor of the long-winded pointless rant posts.

What the magazine actually says is titles and minis from GW1 will be on display in the Hall of monuments. It goes on to say that "special weapons" you have earned will be on display, which you can take out and use.
The "special weapon" and "earned" definitely make it sound like you can't just carry over some item from your inventory.

Earlier in the article, it describes how you actively build your Hall of Monuments in Eye of the North by completing quests. I think the way you earn these special weapons is by completing quests to unlock them. That said, nowhere does it mention transferring any any personal items from your inventory to the next game. The way Gaile says it "provides access to unique armor" and not- it lets you transfer armor and weapons would seem to go along with the unlocked through quests theory.

And as seen above, Gaile has stated that if you link your GW2 account to your GW1 account and name a character the same as from GW1 it will automatically inherit all its titles.

wsmcasey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right behind you.

HeRo

W/Rt

22 Mar 2007 at 14:04 - 12

Its already been discussed yesterday.

G-Dub player?..........thats a new one.

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

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22 Mar 2007 at 14:38 - 13

That sucks, I wanted to ninja some names and extort the original owners

MagicWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

22 Mar 2007 at 14:55 - 14

Would be really nice if we could have the option in GW:EN to carry over our character names AND have the option to change our current characters' names prior to carrying them over.

That would be enough for me to buy GW:EN and get back into GW1 before GW2 comes out.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

22 Mar 2007 at 15:16 - 15

Don't try and drag that whole name changing thread in here.

FlameoutAlchemist

Hitmonk Extraordinarre!!

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lurking moar on my forums

Starvin Chillin on Lincoln Drive [MAFB]

Mo/Me

22 Mar 2007 at 15:26 - 16

Maybe I'm missing something from another thread, but did Anet actually say that GWEN was the last expansion/addon that they're doing for GW1?

The Ernada

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 15:31 - 17

The term "G-Dub player" made me puke in my mouth.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

22 Mar 2007 at 15:44 - 18

No, the article actually said that there will be more new content for GW during the wait for GW2.

Quote from LiQuId StEeL summary: "A team will be assigned to support the current games with live content still expected."

And Gaile said that the GW servers will remain on line after release of GW2.

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
We positively will continue to support Guild Wars! While we believe that Guild Wars 2 will be so compelling that players will want to get involved in the new game, we absolutely understand and respect that some will prefer to stay with Guild Wars. They will find that we continue to support them doing so, absolutely!

FlameoutAlchemist

Hitmonk Extraordinarre!!

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lurking moar on my forums

Starvin Chillin on Lincoln Drive [MAFB]

Mo/Me

22 Mar 2007 at 16:06 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcy

No, the article actually said that there will be more new content for GW during the wait for GW2.

Quote from LiQuId StEeL summary: "A team will be assigned to support the current games with live content still expected."

And Gaile said that the GW servers will remain on line after release of GW2.

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
We positively will continue to support Guild Wars! While we believe that Guild Wars 2 will be so compelling that players will want to get involved in the new game, we absolutely understand and respect that some will prefer to stay with Guild Wars. They will find that we continue to support them doing so, absolutely!

Ty for the quick response. I tried asking this question in the other GW2 thread, but I think it got lost in the mess that it's become. TY again Darcy!

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

22 Mar 2007 at 16:28 - 20

@OP - I didn't take your comments as taking credit. You were obviously including all related requests as a reason for the ArenaNet statements.

ANet has been obvious in their attention to fan site forums in the past and I am sure that will continue.

And so far the GW2 description looks like the devs were working on a new standalone chapter that would incorporate a lot of things fans have requested and discovered they were developing a whole new game.

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

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22 Mar 2007 at 17:42 - 21

Whadya mean "link characters"?? we can link our chars to ANY existing GW char? (even other people's?)

Still... OH YEAH! My Dalila's great granddaughter! The family fire will never EVER be extinguished!! Mwahahaha.

With 200 years passed, magic would have greatly improved i expect. May be the reason/excuse of raising the cap (or removing it). No Complains here! GG anet!

PS: wish the charr would be present and enemies in GW2. I just love kicking their butts all over the place.

ElinoraNeSangre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Near Seattle, WA

Talionis De Cineris [EXUR]

N/Me

22 Mar 2007 at 17:44 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcy

No, the article actually said that there will be more new content for GW during the wait for GW2.

Quote from LiQuId StEeL summary: "A team will be assigned to support the current games with live content still expected."

And Gaile said that the GW servers will remain on line after release of GW2.

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
We positively will continue to support Guild Wars! While we believe that Guild Wars 2 will be so compelling that players will want to get involved in the new game, we absolutely understand and respect that some will prefer to stay with Guild Wars. They will find that we continue to support them doing so, absolutely!

But that doesn't say if there will be more actual expansions. As I understand it, Eye of the North will be the last "expansion", but there could be more things added such as how DoA or SF were added, things like that, or holiday events, ect.

FlameoutAlchemist

Hitmonk Extraordinarre!!

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lurking moar on my forums

Starvin Chillin on Lincoln Drive [MAFB]

Mo/Me

22 Mar 2007 at 17:54 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElinoraNeSangre

But that doesn't say if there will be more actual expansions. As I understand it, Eye of the North will be the last "expansion", but there could be more things added such as how DoA or SF were added, things like that, or holiday events, ect.

Even then, depending on how they did it, I think I could be happy about that.

I was really just concerned that we basically had nothing to really look forward to after GW:EN except event weekends, holidays, and an eventual GW2 beta.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

22 Mar 2007 at 18:06 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElinoraNeSangre

Quote:

But that doesn't say if there will be more actual expansions.

As I understand it, Eye of the North will be the last "expansion", but there could be more things added such as how DoA or SF were added, things like that, or holiday events, ect.

it does say.

to quote a bit of the first page of the article

Quote:

you read that right: Campaign 4 is canceled-and so are all future Guild Wars campaigns. Finished,Done, Gone for good.

our visit to the offices showed a development team that

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has redefined its ambitions altogether.
new reces, new skills, new control scheme, new story, New game.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

22 Mar 2007 at 20:53 - 25

Yes, Loviatar, no more campaigns/chapters - the standalone/linkable releases we have had in the past. But no where does it say that there will be no "expansion" type additions, such as GW:EN, which require already owning one of the campaigns/chapters.

If they are dedicating a team to GW, I think we can expect more than weekend events, which after the first one of a type, are easy to repeat. I don't know any devs/programmers who can resist tinkering and adding things.

I'm sure ANet has a whole list of content ideas that never made it into the game for various reasons. And we will start seeing that between the release of GW:EN and GW2. ANet will work to keep their customer base coming back to GW.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

22 Mar 2007 at 21:43 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by prism2525

Whadya mean "link characters"?? we can link our chars to ANY existing GW char? (even other people's?)

Still... OH YEAH! My Dalila's great granddaughter! The family fire will never EVER be extinguished!! Mwahahaha.

With 200 years passed, magic would have greatly improved i expect. May be the reason/excuse of raising the cap (or removing it). No Complains here! GG anet!

PS: wish the charr would be present and enemies in GW2. I just love kicking their butts all over the place.

You have to link your GW1 account with your GW2 account (like when you add the serial key for any new campaign). Then you can link a GW2 character to a GW1 character on your account by giving it the same name.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

22 Mar 2007 at 22:00 - 27

[QUOTE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcy

Yes, Loviatar, no more campaigns/chapters - the standalone/linkable releases we have had in the past. But no where does it say that there will be no "expansion" type additions, such as GW:EN, which require already owning one of the campaigns/chapters.

If they are dedicating a team to GW, I think we can expect more than weekend events, which after the first one of a type, are easy to repeat. I don't know any devs/programmers who can resist tinkering and adding things.

again to quote the article a small amount without copying too much.

from the article a quote on that

Quote:

Anet will assign a team to continue supporting the current game with live content between now and the release of Guild Waes 2. expect free events like the Canthan New Year celebration with its rollerbeetle races (mini--PVP events) , dance party, feast, and themed quests.

only special events are listed along with the statement that this frees up people for the work on GW 2.

there is no mention of major content in the section on how they will keep loyal players happy except the events.

Scown-dog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada-nuff said

Peace Machine Grrr [DiE]-with Kanwulf until I feel the boot

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22 Mar 2007 at 22:54 - 28

Bul Kathose lives on!!!! Err wait, Gw2 is 200 years later right? Kids AHHH. Better go get married