ArenaNet App will work for GW1 also

The app being developed for IPhone, IPad, Android and PC to track guild, auction and friends will also be able to work with the original Guild Wars, not just GW2. There will be a small download fee, but no other costs to use the app.
Here is a link to the gametrailers.com interview with Eric Flannum.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pa...-wars-2/704708

It actually doesn't sound that bad, wouldn't mind it on my phone. Just hope the app's available to many types of phones and not just your 'iphones' that seem to think theyre the only phone that can handle them.

Nice find. Finally, something to decrease my work productivity even more!

Does that mean that the auction system that they are implementing for GW2 has potential for being used by GW1 players as well? I'm guessing not, but it would be a nice development.

Due to restrictions on the friendslist size, it would be nice if we could store even more contacts within this app.

Friends list in GW1, most likely. Chat in GW1, most likely.

Auction House in GW1, I would say *quite* unlikely. That's a major feature of the game, and adding it after most people will abandon GW1 (to play GW2) would be a poor business choice.

Couldn't have said it better myself

What functionality will the GW1 app have? As said above, I don't think they'd really add an auction house to GW1 now, after all these years of saying "we can't", right before they launch a new game...

Does that mean I won't have to log on to use GW as an IM client?

Sweet!

It might just have the friend tracking ability, but they didn't get specific as it's not completed yet.

I wouldn't knock the possibility of a new generation of GW1 players AFTER GW2 is out. It's not all that uncommon for people *new* to a series that haven't played the previous games to want to check them out. Looking forward to this new app.

Indeed this article didn't give all the details about the application as it's still under discussion, but we wanted to let all the GW fans know about it. ^^

Kind of awesome that this is the case.

This was the kind of thought I was thinking most people would have.
If this does happen then well, I guess guild wars will at least still has it's npc's to make it look populated...

I'm rather curious about this. In GW1 you can be added to anyone's friends list at any time, without your permission or even knowledge. Will this app require the permission of the person being monitored before others are able to see if they're online or not, or will you just be able to see the online status of anyone you've added to your friends list whether they want you to or not?

Personally, if permission isn't required, I'd rather that - outside of the game itself - my online status was only visible to people who are mutual friends, ie I'm on their list and they're on mine. I hope you're programming it this way.

I'm going to be sad if this doesn't come out for blackberry smartphones