PC Zone May 2007 Information - "All Eyes on Guild Wars"

Sounds great... except that you will have eliminated 98% of the MMO market audience and have made your game finiancially impossible.

The constant morivation to level up and get better gear is what drives most people to continue playing .. as unsophisticated as you think that is. Without that market you can kiss your game goodbye (unless you want to develop on a skeleton budget).

Yeah, but can that character hold its own in PvE and PvP?

Thus, the irony of "World PvP" is revealed.

And how good do you reckon it'll be when people continue to play to level up continuously in a game that doesn't have a monthly fee? How would they support that?

And what about the million or so players that purchased Guild Wars knowing full and well the level cap of 20 existed?

On the comments on money: Some would be surprised to find out that server upkeep costs are actually quite low compared to what some people assume they are. Companies practically make enough to cover server costs through their partners.

MMOs have monthly costs because MMOs have a staff of people ever working on the game (while other games are made than dropped for the most part except for patches), and those people need paychecks...

I'm thinking animal companions, ie Pets. Its feasable to say that it was bred through time by your character's family. As for human heroes, however, I don't think its feasable to breed a line of Norgus. Or is it?

Dont you know? Norgus breed like rabbits. Just look at him.

As that chick in Dzagonur Bastion can attest, he seems to be trying...

You say to those people have fun continuing to play Guild Wars 1 and when they want to play GUILD WARS 2 A WHOLE NEW GAME they can come PICTURE IT AS ITS NOT EVEN CALLED GUILD WARS MAYBE THAT WILL HELP YOU.

I really don't see armor being transferred. Maybe we'll be able to unlock armor skin upgrades (or downgrades considering they'll be skins that are hundreds of years and outdated in fashion).

Right, to get back to the point, does the article provide any additional information besides what we learned in PC Gamer?

YES BREAKABLE SCENERY!! Something i've wanted in a MMO for a while...Hopefully are characters can just punch holes in walls lol

Weapons will transfer? I hope it is only customized weapons that will transfer.

Earthquake actually does earthquaks?

Meteor shower leaves holes in the ground?

That would be sweet.

Wouldn't weapons get a bit o' rusty over 200 years? I'd think so.

Tranferring max crystalline's from the start would create a bad economy from the start. I don't think it would be a good idea to do it unless they had to be customized.

Good point.

Well PC Gamer didn't mention transferring armor or weapons, so I'm going to hold my opinion on that 'til we get some clearer official information.

actually it said you can transfer "special weapons", whatever it means by that...

Actually what it says is that "special weapons" you have earned will be on display for you to take out and use. To me, that doesn't translate to "you can transfer over any GW1 weapons". But again, PC Gamer could've just worded it strangely. That's why I'm waiting for a clear official comment on it.

Earn - to acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

The weapons thing is probably going into the whole achievement category where you unlock new weapon skins in GWEN then later when GW2 comes out you can obtain those weapons there in the halls.