will GW2 kill GW?

Isn't the point of a sequel generally to kill off its predecessor?

what kind of an idiotic statement is that? yeah, they made half-life 2 so no one would ever play half-life again. george lucas made episodes 1-3 of star wars so that no one would watch the originals ever again. and people have children to kill them once theyre old enough.

in all seriousness, i started this thread to see what other people thought the guild wars population would be like say 2 years from now. i didnt want to hear reply after reply of "guild wars is already dead, anet sucks, and no one should play it anyways". so please if you just want to complain about how much you dislike guild wars, go start a new thread thats just going to get shutdown after about 3 posts. this is a guild wars fansite after all.

His statement could be considered just as idiotic as your question.

There's nothing wrong with his statement. Leave him alone.

Well, not only is that what you got anyways, I think that gives a pretty clear indication of what people will think of what'll happen to Guild Wars.

I think so long as they find a way to make a few bucks a month for every player still playing, they'll be okay. Who knows how many copies of the game will still sell every month when GW2 is released.
Maybe even a small portion of GW2 sales will pay for GW1 bandwidth and server maintenance.

And if GW2 is pretty awesome, people'll probably be like "I wonder what GW1 is like...?", and go off and buy that. That's how I got Baldur's Gate I (wasn't as good as II, though".

They can also stick virtual billboards in every GW outpost.
'Eat at Joe's diner. Kids eat free.'
'Buy Viagra and and get some.'
'Enjoy the smooth taste of Player's Extra Light Menthols'
That would rock.

Gotta love all these doomsday whiners... They have been saying it for a looong time now, and even though nothing happens they'll say it again.


These people are hilarious to hear.


GW2 wont kill GW. People are still playing and enjoying GW, and they've done that for a looong time now.

GW will already be dead by then if the current situation continues.

I recant my last statement and would like to introduce a new one.

LOOTSCALING killed gw.

*sigh*

What has become of this forum?!??

the same thing its always been for the last 2 years,

a.) fanboys/girls

or

b.)pessimistic, whiny,complaining adolescents.


welcome to the internet =-)

I swear people were less whiny about GW some time ago =/

Thanks for trying to change it.... Not.

chalk it up to boredom and changes that weren't asked for.

i moved on to something else until gwen comes out, and if it sucks, gw basically will just become a chat client to talk to my friends with.

I think a small cluster of GW players are simply miserable because something that they exploited was taken away. So, they will endlessly troll the forum trying to get Anet's attention.. but don't worry Anet don't listen to them spoiled brats anyway.

I believe there will be 2 more expansions before GW2 comes out to alleviate some "boring" factors that the hard core gamers(exploiters) need to stay happy for that long.

And it's possible that those speculated expansions will re-new the reasons to play the original campains.

Just even everything out. Like weapons that can be inscribed should be accessible across the whole game. Not just in Elona and further expansions. Think about it, Anet. You want people to play your WHOLE world, but ONLY a certain part of the world has access to what's keeping the people happy. No matter how many expansions you throw in and no matter how many events you generate to get people to play those again, never gonna happen unless you even the playing field. With Loot Scaling and Hard Mode.. nice.. you made some people go back and accomplish some good.. but they get uninscribable loot in Older campains.. which are now pretty much worthless unless perfect. Access to heroes should also be Cross game.

All SUCCESSFUL features that have been implemented in the past 2 years should be accessible in ALL of GW world.

But it's hard to determine a successful feature unless people STOP complaining about puny skill nerfs. 1 skill nerf should not make anyone quit a game that has over 400 skills to choose from .. seriously.. use your brains and stop being "spoiled" with them cookie cutter builds.

And if you are PVPer and complain that game is broken, tough luck.. nothing lasts forever. If you think you can keep the exact same build for 3 years and get your rank 10 Gladiator without even sweating, you're obviously overpowered. The point of RA is to test more than 1 build. Not domination with only 1 build. Earn your rank, then talk.






EDIT @ Mad Pig: speechless? finally.

pretty much the only thing that annoyed me was lootscaling.

other then that, chalk me up to the bored crowd.

6 characters that beat all 3 campaigns and a title RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO*assassin* with 14 maxed titles.

maybe if i wouldnt of done tyrian cartographer last i wouldnt of gotten burnt out lol

IMO NCSoft will just shut down GW servers once GW2 goes live. May be they will give something like a mini-pet or some other insignificant but nice-to-have thing to those transferring from GW to GW 2 but I'm not sure.

lol...........

i love these threads... keep me entertained ^_^

god i love guru

I think GW1 kills GW1 ;p