Not purchasing GW2?

Originally Posted by EternalTempest

I will be buying GW2 but not out of "blind" loyalty.

The reason I'm getting Gw2
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* No monster camping

Originally Posted by Drinky

I'd say it right now, if this statement IS NOT true:

"- Ultra balanced PvP. Few select skills, rest are PVE only, races are only aesthetics. "

Then there noway im getting the game. If i will have to witness somekinda of Iway/zerg/thumper/dual smite shit etc, then no, i dont want it here in the first place, i will indeed not buy a new game that have for the moment overpowered skills that makes people able to farm PvP achivements. More nerfs for the people please.

Originally Posted by Official Wiki

Races

In addition to humans, Guild Wars 2 will introduce several new playable races. The four new playable races announced so far are:

• Sylvari
• Asura
• Charr
• Norn

Different races will have different advantages and disadvantages, for example the Norn will be able to shapeshift into a half-bear half-human, with increased health and melee damage and the Asura may be able to create golems. It is presently not known what advantages other races will have.

Character development

There will be a single character system, a character will not have a type like at present. A single character can be used for any of the three types of game play; PvE, World PvP and Structured PvP.

The level cap of 20 will be raised, no maximum level has been given and it has been suggested that there may be no maximum. The exact implementation has not been announced and is the subject of speculation in the community as it is not clear how this will affect gameplay such as area design and game balance. There has been mention of a side-kick system when a higher level character will enhance a lower level companions abilities, although there are few concrete details available about this system.

The skill system will be modified. There will be fewer, less complex skills which may behave differently in different situations, such as if the character is jumping or is surrounded by monsters.

Auction houses may be implemented.

Controls

The control system is going to be significantly changed (in particular mouse movement in the form "click to move" will be removed from the game), however target locking will still function. Guild Wars 2 will introduce a Z-axis to the game which will allow characters to jump over obstacles. Actions which have characters interacting with the environment, such as sliding, climbing trees and swimming will also be introduced.

Pricing and continued support

The original Guild Wars will continue to be supported after release of Guild Wars 2. This will include continued holiday events and tournaments.

There will be no monthly fee associated with Guild Wars 2. Mike O'Brien has stated that expansions or mini-expansions are more likely than standalone campaigns, but a final decision hasn't been made yet.

The game will be on multiple servers or "worlds," but players will not be bound to a world and may therefore change worlds as they would districts, except that they encompass the entire game, instead of just an oupost.

Originally Posted by Targren

How do you know? With a persistent world, there may well be monsters that are camped. That's one of the advantages of the current instanced system.

Originally Posted by Rikimaru

Here's my prediction: Because GW:EN was such a disappointment to most people, and GW2 will be in development for a massive 2-3 years, people will slowly start to leave GW during that time and fewer and fewer new players will buy it, and ANet will run out of funding before GW2 is finished and either go bankrupt or release a drastically unfinished game that no one will like.

Originally Posted by Rikimaru

Here's my prediction: Because GW:EN was such a disappointment to most people, and GW2 will be in development for a massive 2-3 years, people will slowly start to leave GW during that time and fewer and fewer new players will buy it, and ANet will run out of funding before GW2 is finished and either go bankrupt or release a drastically unfinished game that no one will like.

Originally Posted by Targren

If they make world-pvp, see above about the gankfests.

Originally Posted by Mordakai

To OP:

First off, why even try to compare Starcraft to Guild Wars? Two very different games, no?

And why can't you buy both?

(for the record, I'm an avid Starcraft fan who will be buying Starcraft 2 for the story alone. Starcraft has one of the best storylines in a video game ever, and for an RTS, that's pretty incredible.)

Originally Posted by Mordakai

To OP:

First off, why even try to compare Starcraft to Guild Wars? Two very different games, no?

And why can't you buy both?

(for the record, I'm an avid Starcraft fan who will be buying Starcraft 2 for the story alone. Starcraft has one of the best storylines in a video game ever, and for an RTS, that's pretty incredible.)

Originally Posted by Rikimaru Here's my prediction: Because GW:EN was such a disappointment to most people, and GW2 will be in development for a massive 2-3 years, people will slowly start to leave GW during that time and fewer and fewer new players will buy it, and ANet will run out of funding before GW2 is finished and either go bankrupt or release a drastically unfinished game that no one will like.

Originally Posted by Loviatar

after all this time the message has not penetrated some skulls

read it again



NCsoft is funding this not Anet

Originally Posted by Mordakai

To OP:

First off, why even try to compare Starcraft to Guild Wars? Two very different games, no?

And why can't you buy both?

(for the record, I'm an avid Starcraft fan who will be buying Starcraft 2 for the story alone. Starcraft has one of the best storylines in a video game ever, and for an RTS, that's pretty incredible.)

Originally Posted by Vahn Roi

I'm not buying GW. Not becuase I think it's lame (after all there isn't nearly enough info on it to pass judgment at this point) but becuase I am required by my college to purchase a Mac and my current Vaio won't live long enough to see the release of GW2.

Originally Posted by Lucifer PVP

And your point? You may want to read up on duel booting with boot camp since it does allow Ms Windows gnu/linux etc to be load rather easily on the mac Intel platform. If you don't have a copy of windows retail laying around guild wars works fine in gnu/linux. I do wish they would use openGL instead of directX.

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

Bud, i'm starting to think the two of us are on ALOT of ignore lists... especially those that don't ACTUALLY read

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

He's not trying to compare the two. He's just saying that if he gets addicted to SC2, he won't have much time to play GW2.

Originally Posted by Spazzer

I get the impression here that I'm the only one who spent my own money on a product.

I paid $40 for this expansion. Emphasis on "this".

Originally Posted by Thorondor Port

I am assuming I will still be playing [Starcraft] when Guild Wars 2 is to be released.
While on that note, Starcraft came out in 1998 and still blows the absolute crap out of the cut scenes and cinematics in Guild Wars.

Sorry Anet, youve lost a customer, and you have also killed role playing games for me. I will continue playing, but impatiently waiting for Starcraft 2 so I can finally move on.

BNET>ANET

Originally Posted by Clobimon

Not specifically at you Spazzer, but I HATE it when people complain about the cost of a campaign or expansion of GW, whether it be $40 or $50. That cost is really nothing in the world today.

I filled up my gas tank last night. Do you know how much it was? $38!! So for essentially the same cost as GW:EN I get to drive between home and work for the week. What's more enjoyable there?

Also, it costs about $40 to take the fam to a movie adding in concessions. That's 1.5-2 hours of entertainment total.

Originally Posted by A11Eur0

By that argument you could say that a casual player gets about 2 hours of entertainment from GW:EN so should cost $400. Right?

Price should scale with the benefits relative to similar games. GW:EN to Nightfall comparison. hell, GW:EN to Factions comparison. Similar length of story, but factions gets new professions, 2 new char slots, new armor, alot of new skills, etc.

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

But your forgetting one major thing so far and thats the link to GW2 and what is in GW:EN that none of us can see so far that will create and make that link between the two games

Originally Posted by Mai

But your also forgetting that most of what you said is just speculation. Sure the devs can say a lot of things in interviews and those that have played GW1 since beta have heard a lot of the same stuff again from ANET with it's promises for GW2.

I'd rather wait until GW2 is released to see what they actually deliver and proper reviews are out.

Originally Posted by A11Eur0

By that argument you could say that a casual player gets about 2 hours of entertainment from GW:EN so should cost $400. Right?

Price should scale with the benefits relative to similar games. GW:EN to Nightfall comparison. hell, GW:EN to Factions comparison. Similar length of story, but factions gets new professions, 2 new char slots, new armor, alot of new skills, etc.

Originally Posted by WarKaster

any way.....2 years away at a minimum.......who's to say we are still even here in 2 years....for all we know there's a violent alien race waiting to invade the earth and use us as slaves to farm their version soylent green..or even worse to use US as soylent green....

Originally Posted by Thorondor Port

goodness.. could you imagine? being slaves to GRIND for aliens?