will GW2 kill GW?

There will be a brand new pvp system in Guild Wars 2. Why would people play the old version of pvp. Also, unlocks are completely optional for Guild Wars 2. You do not need to do it if you don't want to. Also if I am making a brand new Guild Wars why would I want people to play the old Guild Wars ? They will be more then welcome to play the old one but I am sure they would want everyone playing Guild Wars 2.

If you read between the lines, one might conclude Arenanet is saying: "it's all up to the playerbase".
If a significant community remains in GW1, they might decide it's profitable to continue both product lines: GW1 series (for instance-purists) and GW2 series (for persistance-lovers).

God I hope so... I hope GW2 kills GW completely, then SC2 kills GW2, then Anet goes bankrupts and their office gets converted into a Mcdonald's.

I think the Guild Wars PvP system has it's own merits. One of the biggest reasons for Guild Wars 2 players to continue to play Guild Wars, or rarely play it, is that it has no monthly fees. If it had monthly fees, it would have been a totally different story. Also, by the time GW2 hits, Guild Wars will have a low price. The exclusive things in GW2 you get in the original are optional of course, but I think they might compel people and push them over the edge to try out the original Guild Wars. Let's not forget that GW2 is 200 years into the future. I can totally imagine someone who is new to GW2 would love to see how things were 200 years in the past and fight alongside Prince Rurik, who could have gained legendary status in those 200 years.

Will Guild Wars 2 make the original game a lot less played? Yes. Will it 'kill' the game? No.

So much pessimism in such a small time-frame. Makes me smile.


You knwo what would be the funniest thing that could "theorically" happen?
GW original actually manage to kill GW2. Hightly improbable but not that crazy. If GW2 turns out to be closser to others MMOs that the GW2-players either leave or go back to GW1...

Inside the realm of possibilities, but then again the nutriments in my body could provoque an atomic explosion that would ravage the world...

Honestly, stop playing if your that miserable playing a game.

You don't pay for anything other than the client and maybe a character slot here and there, so go play WoW or something if you want great pve and support.

PvE in GW is horrible, so as long as it's semi-decent in GW2, then yes. If they keep the same PvP it will kill it as well. RA, TA, HA, GvG etc. are all innovative and > than WoW.

Guild Wars 2 will be taking me away from GW for sure. GW is getting so frustrating to play

Of course GW2 will make GW obsolete.. it's human nature for everyone to migrate to the new and better GW. It'll probably have a better trade system, new and exciting things that the original can't compete with, and hopefully alot of improvements on the chronic problems of the original. Anyone who says people will continue to play the original.. well, let's see where people stand 6 months after GW2 is released.

I'm not so sure GW2 will kill GW.
Everquest 2 didn't kill Everquest. A lot of people still play EQ.

Because the older version is better? eg. Final Fantasy 7 is better than FF9.

Well, you know what people say: Hope dies last.

So people still pay their subscription fees? GW doesn´t have fees that pay for the servers. And I doubt we will see much new content to buy after GW2 is released. At that point GW1 will most likely only cost ANet.

Indeed. I think this is a very smart move from A-net. Guild Wars is reaching the point where it will dwindle and die of its own, but with GW2 a few years away it will take over where Guild Wars stopped, that way Guild Wars wont realy die, if they dont make GW2 however, its the end of Tyria/Cantha/Elona.

Who said I play lol? And I don't hate GW so much as I do Anet.

GW's PVP is already dead and buried.

gw has died when they started fighting the farmers.

LOL

I simply love these DOOM threads. I highly doubt Guild Wars is going to be killed by GW2 ...... Some people will move on for sure and some will come back to unlock things they havn't yet to make their playing in GW2 better or to attain something they want. With both of these games connected what do you think ? Come on people !!!

Hmm.... The earth is warming up do you think 2 to 3 years from now we'll be living under a sheet of ice ? That would really ruin my internet connection.

How do you know GW2 will be worse? From what it sounds like so far, it'll be awesome.

When GW2 is released, I would expect that GW will no longer be released in stores. If someone wants to purchase the original GW they will probably have to buy it online. At that point, I would imagine that the vast majority of GW players will be veteran players. Anet would be silly to continue advertising and distributing the original GW after GW2 release. Sorry, but I have to compare this to Runescape classic and the modern Runescape. The only Runescape classic players out there are the old veteran players.

(Yes I know it's a cardinal sin to invoke Runescape in these forum, but I couldn't think of a better comparison.)

i just can wait for There to a be a Server client for $50 :P

For me it all depends on how much persistence there actually is. I got into this game because of instancing. If I can't play without being bothered by people, having my kills stolen, or generally having my game disrupted by idiots, I'll stick with GW1 indefinitely.