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Next Month i will buy Guild Wars! i have lots of questions!!!

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Jotun89
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #1
1. i will buy this http://www.guildwars.com/products/platinum/
2. is gw game like wow where is game world big and free to walk all around?
3. is there pvp in this game?
4. eye of the north have higher system requirements than gw so i have bad pc should i only install gw instead of both?
5. whats size of patch that i will have to download when i install game?
6. whats max level?
7. i heard this game have storyline, do i have to follow story like typicaly rpg (like final fantasy etc.) or is it game like morrowind where u r free to follow story or not..
- i cant remember of more questions..
i will post when i remember ^^
i hope u will not spit my thread and u will answer those questions
Alex the Great
Alex the Great
Jungle Guide
• #2
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jotun89
1. i will buy this http://www.guildwars.com/products/platinum/
2. is gw game like wow where is game world big and free to walk all around?
3. is there pvp in this game?
4. eye of the north have higher system requirements than gw so i have bad pc should i only install gw instead of both?
5. whats size of patch that i will have to download when i install game?
6. whats max level?
7. i heard this game have storyline, do i have to follow story like typicaly rpg (like final fantasy etc.) or is it game like morrowind where u r free to follow story or not..
- i cant remember of more questions..
i will post when i remember ^^
i hope u will not spit my thread and u will answer those questions
2. The area's outside of the town are instanced, meaning your team gets your own copy of the map (but they are huge)

3. PvP is the number one feature

4. It may be a little higher, but most comps can handle it if you turn down the settings

5. instaling the games takes a little while, but patches after that are quick and easy

6. the max is 20, which is easy to get (this makes it so you can have multiple max level characters, and so teh game isn't all about leveling, but it's abouot skill)
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Targuil
Krytan Explorer
• #3
1. No comment
2. No, whole game is instanced but you can meet people in citys.
3. Yes, Random arena, Team arena, Guild vs guild, Heroes ascent and Alliance battles and hero battle.
4. Just install both.
5. Not too big.
6. 20, but it doesn't matter.
7. Generally, you will follow storyline but you can get runs from other people to skip certain things.
Tatile
Tatile
Desert Nomad
• #4
Guild Wars is instanced, meaning you walk out of a town and it's you and your party. In a city, it's you and everyone else.

There is PvP, a lot of it infact. You can make a PvP only character as well (which is probably one of the better ways to start PvP).

Max level is 20.

You progress through the game by Missions, this is the storyline. You can do side quests or just explore, but it's easiest to get to some areas by doing the missions rather than trying to fight through several areas. As you're a beginner, I'd suggest against getting a run anywhere.

Also, here are the wikis:
Official Wiki
Unofficial Wiki
These contain a lot of answers to your questions.
GWEXTREEMFAN
GWEXTREEMFAN
Jungle Guide
• #5
just so you know as it is mostly a very big mistake of newcomers


once you are lvl 20 the game isn't over yet
for a very long time not

you've still got tons of quests to do/repeatable elite missions
underworld FoW
mini games
aliance battles
GvG
farming
title grinding
and so on

just don't think you'll be finished once you've maxed your lvl

say you're finished once you've done all 3 campaigns vanquished, all titles, all quests,all skills

then you can say you're finished with gw
not before^_^

anyway you will have fun with it trust me
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Malice Black
Site Legend
• #6
Patching GW took me 5-6 hours last time I reinstalled. This was over wireless though @ 300kbs, so a hardwired connection with decent connection should do it in 3-4 hours.

Best way to get this info is spend an hour or two browsing the forums.
Sir Owns Alot EP
Sir Owns Alot EP
Frost Gate Guardian
• #7
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Originally Posted by Malice Black
Patching GW took me 5-6 hours last time I reinstalled. This was over wireless though @ 300kbs, so a hardwired connection with decent connection should do it in 3-4 hours.

Best way to get this info is spend an hour or two browsing the forums.
Whoa whoa whoa....hold on a second

3-4 Hours with a "decent connection"? The longest I've ever downloaded was like 45 seconds MAYBE!
miskav
miskav
Jungle Guide
• #8
Sir Owns Alot EP, Malice probably means using the -image command after a fresh install.
Which will take that amount of time, and quite possible longer then that.
(also depending on what you install (AKa, prophecies) then you'll have to download 120k files just for getting the title screen, on a slow network that can already take 2 hours.)
N1ghtstalker
N1ghtstalker
Forge Runner
• #9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jotun89
1. i will buy this http://www.guildwars.com/products/platinum/
2. is gw game like wow where is game world big and free to walk all around?
3. is there pvp in this game?
4. eye of the north have higher system requirements than gw so i have bad pc should i only install gw instead of both?
5. whats size of patch that i will have to download when i install game?
6. whats max level?
7. i heard this game have storyline, do i have to follow story like typicaly rpg (like final fantasy etc.) or is it game like morrowind where u r free to follow story or not..
- i cant remember of more questions..
i will post when i remember ^^
i hope u will not spit my thread and u will answer those questions
2 yes, but you will not find other players in the explorable area's
3 yes, and different kinds of it
4 play on lower requirements and you'll be fine
5 a few gigabyte
6 lvl 20
7 you can follow it but there are alot of other things to do next to the storyline
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Jotun89
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #10
omg few gigs patch!!!
i have limit in downloading
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Malice Black
Site Legend
• #11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Owns Alot EP
Whoa whoa whoa....hold on a second

3-4 Hours with a "decent connection"? The longest I've ever downloaded was like 45 seconds MAYBE!
45 seconds to d/l 4-5GB..I want your connection

To d/l the whole game using -image will take 3+ hours.

You should be thankful the GW client is so small. AoC client is 13gb, not including any patches.
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Targuil
Krytan Explorer
• #12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Malice Black
45 seconds to d/l 4-5GB..I want your connection

To d/l the whole game using -image will take 3+ hours.

You should be thankful the GW client is so small. AoC client is 13gb, not including any patches.
/offtopic I didn't know that aoc has 13gb of shit.
Darcy
Darcy
Never Too Old
• #13
Most people start the download and let it run while they are sleeping or out of the house. Less anxiety that way.

You can do the whole thing (3gb) using -image command (see Commands in the wiki) which will cover all three campaigns & extras (although you can only access parts for which you own an access key).

You can download basic client and do small updates as you move through the campaign you have. Each new area will require an update to your gw.dat file.
Etta
Etta
Forge Runner
• #14
Well, if the op is going to install from the platinum edition dvd then the update download won't be that big and long, that dvd should have most upto date data at the time of release anyway.

From reading his post though, he seems to think that GW is a free WOW. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong but he'll be really disappoint with the game if he start playing with normal mmo mind set.
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shillo
Academy Page
• #15
If you're installing from CDs, it'll be around 200ish megabytes to get into the game, then 20ish megabytes for the first big city, then couple of megs for each new area. Expect a 700-1000 megabytes the first month (assuming 100hours/month play, and assuming your activity patters are not too different from mine), then 300-400 megs/month afterwards - total bandwidth, for both the game and the updates. Add ventrilo/teamspeak to this number if you want to use them.

If you're downloading everything, I'm not sure how much you'll have to add to that number (as CDs have most of the graphics resources on them).
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Covah
Forge Runner
• #16
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwarf Teh Guru
www.guildwars.com
gw.gamewikis.org
Do that. It will answer your questions.
Neo Nugget
Neo Nugget
Site Contributor
• #17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jotun89
1. i will buy this http://www.guildwars.com/products/platinum/
2. is gw game like wow where is game world big and free to walk all around?Can't say never played WoW
3. is there pvp in this game?Yep
4. eye of the north have higher system requirements than gw so i have bad pc should i only install gw instead of both?GW is all run on 1 client, so if you can run GW, then you should be able to run GW:EN
5. whats size of patch that i will have to download when i install game?Guessing a few gigs, maybe 2
6. whats max level?20
7. i heard this game have storyline, do i have to follow story like typicaly rpg (like final fantasy etc.) or is it game like morrowind where u r free to follow story or not..[b] Prophecies( 1st GW) does not require missions done in order, the rest of the GW games do however.
- i cant remember of more questions..
i will post when i remember ^^
i hope u will not spit my thread and u will answer those questions
My answers are in bold, and you can edit your first post with your other questions as well once you think of them.
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Counterstriker
Ascalonian Squire
• #18
Quote:
Originally Posted by GWEXTREEMFAN
just so you know as it is mostly a very big mistake of newcomers


once you are lvl 20 the game isn't over yet
for a very long time not

you've still got tons of quests to do/repeatable elite missions
underworld FoW
mini games
aliance battles
GvG
farming
title grinding
and so on

just don't think you'll be finished once you've maxed your lvl

say you're finished once you've done all 3 campaigns vanquished, all titles, all quests,all skills

then you can say you're finished with gw
not before^_^

anyway you will have fun with it trust me
Is there ever an ending? Like I liked how wow like never ended..
Mr. G
Mr. G
Desert Nomad
• #19
yep there's an ending

But only 'cause unlike most mmo's there's a story

But the gameplay goes waaaaay beyond the storyline
Jam Jar
Jam Jar
Krytan Explorer
• #20
If you're a little confused on which campaign to buy, there's a guide right on the Q&A section. But if you're totally new at the game and you want to probably take it slower, than Prophecies is your best choice. It's got a great learning curve as well.