When do we get to find out what 'rewards' we get for filling HoM

With my interest in GW waining knowing that GW2 will eventually replace it, the only thing that keeps me even slightly interested in playing at the moment is the promise of unique rewards in GW2 for achievements stored in the Hall of monuments.

I think it's about time we were given full details of what rewards will be available and what needs to be done to obtain them.

It was a bold decision by Arenanet to effectively 'replace' GW and with a follow up and I am sure that they are fully aware that if people do lose interest, by the time GW2 comes out, a large percentage of the core player base will have found another game to play and will not return easily once they have invested time elsewhere.

I'm sure that there are a lot of players who feel the way I do who have had a good time but are about to move on or have already left.

Why would people leave for a game that isn't even slated to come out until 2009-2010.

I imagine Anet will let us in on what we will be getting once the date for GW2 becomes more concrete and closer.

It's called a sequel. Most successful games have them. Why a sequel coming out in 2-3 years would impact your interest in playing the game you have now is utterly beyond me, but I suspect this is another one of those MMO (I play for the stuff) vs. RPG (I play for the game) kind of things where I'll just never understand the MMOers way of thinking.

Not online games.

Not true, depending on what type of game you class Guild Wars as. Anet by advertising it as 'No subscription' clearly consider it a MMORPG or Persistent online game -in which case only 2 successful games have had sequels; Everquest and Lineage.

The most successful persistent online game, (in terms of longevity) Ultima had its sequel canceled and can you envisage WOW getting a sequel anytime soon?

There are rumors that FF XI-2 is in development, but SquarEunix (sp?) wont confirm it.

XD @ mental images of square eunuchs. It's Square-Enix, btw.

they Probably won't confirm it because new subscriptions would cease and existing ones would cancel or quit unless they were able to transfer characters.

Here is my thoughts on the HOM. GW2 is not going to be successful unless it brings in new players. A lot of current GW players will fade out or quit playing. So, for all those who A) Did not own GW before starting GW2, B) Don't pimp their HOM, or C) Don't have GWEN, they will not see any of the benefits. My take is that whatever these items are in GW2, they probably will be quite disappointing to most people. There is NO WAY they can make a game and market to new players by giving some uber leet status/items to us. In my opinion it will be things such as what you get from collectors editions or bonus items (chaos,glowy hands, special dances, /bonus weapons like we have, etc etc). I'm sorry, I just can't imagine the rewards being that spectacular.

ah gross. square-enix's idea of an mmo is "what will keep my players subscribing for longer" - thats probably the reason why ur character walks about the world at the speed of a drugged up slug (i mean for gods sakes it takes u 20 minutes to walk about town and maybe check 1 shop out).

as long as square have that mentality, they wont be getting any money from me, their next mmo could ooze FF-factor and FF-esque style. but if its still about presenting a VERY slow game to keep me paying., no way..just no way..

"When do we get to find out what 'rewards' we get for filling HoM?"

Um im guessing the day GW2 comes out.....duh.

I doubt that. Probably sometime in Beta? Hopefully before...

I have a feeling that whatever the rewards are, they will be highly over-hyped, very poorly implemented, and will leave a lot of pissed off players disappointed.

oh wait, that was HoM..........

and polymok. (i hate polymok)

They have more important things to worry about while developing GW2 than what rewards Kelsey Cain is going to get from his HoM.

Seriously, at least 2 more years until the game comes out, there is no way they are releasing any definate rewards for it yet. It'll likely change in the next year, and then they'll just be accused of more false promises. Just have some patience, EotN has only been out for a short time. Like they've even started thinking about what the rewards will be yet.

If there has been excessive hype for HoM benefits in GW2 it has been generated in the heads of the players (or I have missed some crucial dev interview in which case I stand corrected and would love to get an URL).

Think about it, if you are anticipating gold (or whatever the currency in GW2 is), weapons or armor with amazing stats etc. I think you will be sorely disappointed. I highly doubt they will give old players a big, concrete advantage in a new game just because they finished all campaigns, explored the maps of three continents or were drunk for 10,000 minutes. The most I'm expecting are some cosmetic customization options which, as can be seen in all the armor threads, will never please everybody, so once the announcement is made an ANet flamefest is bound to ensue.

You fail. What about Everquest 1 & 2? And Neverwinter Knights(or whatever the name was) 1 & 2.

Neverwinter Nights. However, that wasn't really so much of an online game. It was a standard RPG that happened to be able to be played online in very limited servers.

I just hope Anet takes their time on guild wars 2. The reason I say that is because I want them to add in a lot of content and make the game really big and not a failure I don't mind if GW2 comes out in 2011, as long as they put every minute of work into the game.

Based on the information given in the back cover of GWEN, we'll be treated to special weapons, heroes, and minipets. So we're talking a superficial reward to just give us that "Hey, we've played the original GW for 1+ years!" status.

It's not too bad though. Better something than nothing, right?