Did GW just get shocked back into life?
NuclearSlug
It just dawned on me... both the game and guru have been rather slow within the last year. Now that we know exactly what counts towards GW2, I've observed dozens of people who have dusted off their computers, re-installed Guild Wars and are back in full force. It's almost like bringing Lazarus back to life.
End
The question is for how long. How many of these people are just gonna get their 30 or 50 points and /uninstall?
DeanBB
It is definitely true of our guild and alliance. Lotsa old timers playing again.
Waldir
People are only taking advantage of the high prices at the moment, once the market goes down and people realize that gw2 still has more than a year to come out it will die again.
go cubs
Lots of people coming back to get 30 or 50 pts like "end" said...not gonna be like this for long, i know everyone thats come back that i know is doing that, and although i have been playing the whole time thats all im doing too.
Lord Dagon
i think it is but not for long. It's alot of ppl like me taking advantage of everyone scrambleing to do their HoM and the spike in the economy(i can haz 35k abdomintable?).
Yea never been much of a trader. Even without being a trader i've made 260k today off selling useless minis lol.
So yea it ay be ok right now, but give it 2 weeks or less, the game will be dead.. i mean "back to normal"
Yea never been much of a trader. Even without being a trader i've made 260k today off selling useless minis lol.
So yea it ay be ok right now, but give it 2 weeks or less, the game will be dead.. i mean "back to normal"
Cuilan
For sure much easier to find people to have fun with for War in Kryta quests.
bhavv
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Originally Posted by Cuilan
For sure much easier to find people to have fun with for War in Kryta quests.
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Darcy
Besides the existing game owners, there has also been an upsurge in new players who have read the articles on GW2 and want to play GW1 while they wait. This means that the population might be slightly larger than before even after the oldtimers retire again.
FoxBat
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Originally Posted by Waldir
People are only taking advantage of the high prices at the moment, once the market goes down and people realize that gw2 still has more than a year to come out it will die again.
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NuclearSlug
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Originally Posted by Darcy
Besides the existing game owners, there has also been an upsurge in new players who have read the articles on GW2 and want to play GW1 while they wait. This means that the population might be slightly larger than before even after the oldtimers retire again.
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Liston
Before HoM update
LA:1-4 dist average
Spamadan: 1-5 dist average
EotN: 1-2 dist average
After HoM update
LA: 1-6 dist atm
Spamadan: 1-8 dist atm
EotN: 1-5 dist atm
Oh ya, GW has gotten a wake up call but i worry people will take it waaaaay out of context and the economy will be crazy for a long, long time. I hope it wont crash :S I will never forget when z-keys were like 500g xD I am curious how the Halloween minis will be affected when the spooky weekend event comes...
LA:1-4 dist average
Spamadan: 1-5 dist average
EotN: 1-2 dist average
After HoM update
LA: 1-6 dist atm
Spamadan: 1-8 dist atm
EotN: 1-5 dist atm
Oh ya, GW has gotten a wake up call but i worry people will take it waaaaay out of context and the economy will be crazy for a long, long time. I hope it wont crash :S I will never forget when z-keys were like 500g xD I am curious how the Halloween minis will be affected when the spooky weekend event comes...
Divine Ashes
I expect the influx of old/new players will last for quite a while. Also, the new players who get into the GW2 hype machine might buy GW and play just for the HoM awards or to get the story.
It will die down sure, but not for a few months at least. It's got me playing again
It will die down sure, but not for a few months at least. It's got me playing again
ACWhammy
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Originally Posted by Darcy
Besides the existing game owners, there has also been an upsurge in new players who have read the articles on GW2 and want to play GW1 while they wait. This means that the population might be slightly larger than before even after the oldtimers retire again.
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And @ Liston, yes it's an interesting observation about the district numbers in LA, Kamadan, and Eye of The North.
It makes me wonder if Eye of the North will become a new permanent tradepost.
All in all it's an exciting time to be part of Guild Wars.
AC
CheeseBoy
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Originally Posted by Liston
Before HoM update
Oh ya, GW has gotten a wake up call but i worry people will take it waaaaay out of context and the economy will be crazy for a long, long time. I hope it wont crash :S I will never forget when z-keys were like 500g xD I am curious how the Halloween minis will be affected when the spooky weekend event comes... |
Apok
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Originally Posted by CheeseBoy
Are you serious!? Ive only been playing GW since last year and i assumed the economy was relatively stable. that must have been like the great depression that you went through right there lol. when did that happen btw?
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But, it will take a while for everyone to get the goodies needed for filling the HoM, especially since they know what's available to them for doing it.
Smartest move made by Anet in a long time, I'll say.
Iuris
Current happenings are best likened to the paramedics arriving and zapping granma back to life. She's alive and kicking again, but the age is showing. And, to be honest, most people coming around her flat are really there just waiting for her beautiful granddaughter to finally turn 18.
Sagaris
I'm an 'oldtimer' installing GW again after the HoM. Yes, I acquired 30/50 yesterday, but I might be sticking around for a while and finally finishing Elona and EotN. (Which I haven't yet, bad me!)
Traveller
I hadn't played in a couple of years either, but had to get my 30 points. I would like to do all of WiK content, but there doesn't seem to be all that many people doing it, and very few people on my friend list play these days. But maybe when they release new content (Cantha?) I'll do it with others this time.
Jk)Phoenix
tbh i'm one of those are playing just to fill the HoM, i miss 2 weapons and than i'm 50/50 and will switch off GW again until GW2...
Tolmos
I returned after the reading the latest interview where the head guy said he was alright with the idea of 7 heroes being implemented and on top of that had other "more interesting" ideas for heroes in mind. Pretty much all the oomph I needed to hop headfirst into GW again
I'm counting the days lol
I'm counting the days lol
Femmefatal
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Originally Posted by Liston
Before HoM update
LA:1-4 dist average Spamadan: 1-5 dist average EotN: 1-2 dist average After HoM update LA: 1-6 dist atm Spamadan: 1-8 dist atm EotN: 1-5 dist atm Oh ya, GW has gotten a wake up call but i worry people will take it waaaaay out of context and the economy will be crazy for a long, long time. I hope it wont crash :S I will never forget when z-keys were like 500g xD I am curious how the Halloween minis will be affected when the spooky weekend event comes... |
ACWhammy
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Originally Posted by Femmefatal
I will never forget when ectos were 100gp each at the merchants when Anet did an economic reset of the entire game and I was there buying stack after stack hahaha boy what a race to deplete the inventory of the merchant that day.
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aspi
Also halloween, thanksgiving, wintersday is just around the corner. Very busy days/weeks in Guild wars usually. So it could be they decide to stick around.
Here is hoping for new content in Cantha soon, between halloween and wintersday would be a good time
Here is hoping for new content in Cantha soon, between halloween and wintersday would be a good time
Jk)Phoenix
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Originally Posted by Femmefatal
I will never forget when ectos were 100gp each at the merchants when Anet did an economic reset of the entire game and I was there buying stack after stack hahaha boy what a race to deplete the inventory of the merchant that day.
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ectos at 18-19k/each, what a pain ç_ç
healing rune +3 at 50k, absorbtion rune +3 at 99k...
aah good old times when everything was new and shiny
every game has a dawn and a twilight... GW lasted a lot, waiting the sun to rise from east again soon (give us gw2!!!
Adul
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Originally Posted by Tolmos
I returned after the reading the latest interview where the head guy said he was alright with the idea of 7 heroes being implemented and on top of that had other "more interesting" ideas for heroes in mind. (...)
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Icecream
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Originally Posted by Waldir
People are only taking advantage of the high prices at the moment, once the market goes down and people realize that gw2 still has more than a year to come out it will die again.
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Sytherek
I use GW to relax.. It's a pleasant activity to keep my fingers busy while my brain is contemplating programming or writing. So I'll be around for a while.
The influx of returnees may explains some of the... unusual behavior I've seen. Some folk probably don't know that Ritualists are now a very strong class, or that the War in Kryta exists.
If ANet can keep some new material coming (Crisis in Cantha, please!), folk will stick around. The glory of GW is that you don't NEED to spend every day in game to keep up or be effective.
The influx of returnees may explains some of the... unusual behavior I've seen. Some folk probably don't know that Ritualists are now a very strong class, or that the War in Kryta exists.
If ANet can keep some new material coming (Crisis in Cantha, please!), folk will stick around. The glory of GW is that you don't NEED to spend every day in game to keep up or be effective.
Sytherek
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Originally Posted by Icecream
If u read the ghosts of ascalon it says gw2 will be released before 2011
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GW2 is at least six months away. They haven't release four of the professions, they've said almost nothing about PvP, and they still have a couple of GW:Beyond add-ons to release.
My guess? April or May.
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Painbringer
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Originally Posted by End
The question is for how long. How many of these people are just gonna get their 30 or 50 points and /uninstall?
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Forgot ambraces have jumped in value to Should have bought then for 17ecto 2 weeks ago now they seem back at 25 ecto
Voodoo Rage
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Originally Posted by Painbringer
This is the truth. Not to mention the boom for traders of mini's and armor remenants. WTS Black widow run 20k
Forgot ambraces have jumped in value to Should have bought then for 17ecto 2 weeks ago now they seem back at 25 ecto |
I'm glad a guildie reminded me that you can use Z-coins to unlock the black widow and to level him and the Imperial Phoenix up to 20. Very convenient.
Cornelius Rumplestud
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Also, everything I've seen of GW2 looks unbelievably amazing, and would like to get up to speed on everything for when it comes out.
awry
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Originally Posted by CheeseBoy
Are you serious!? Ive only been playing GW since last year and i assumed the economy was relatively stable. that must have been like the great depression that you went through right there lol. when did that happen btw?
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Inde
I don't care the reason, I'm liking it! Seeing a lot of old faces, joining in groups for missions, catching up on content I never finished, plowing through my quest lists, and just having a great time again.
Voodoo Rage
It's nice to see Sorrow's Furnace getting a little love with people getting their Moa's. I always got a kick out of that place and it's pretty fun getting those greens (I'm weird that way, I love green farming for fun).
KingCrab
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Originally Posted by Traveller
I hadn't played in a couple of years either, but had to get my 30 points. I would like to do all of WiK content, but there doesn't seem to be all that many people doing it, and very few people on my friend list play these days. But maybe when they release new content (Cantha?) I'll do it with others this time.
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Ayuhmii Shanbwa
well, i was surprised and hoped to see alotb coming back
a few mins after i thought that, i realized that they will be gone after their HoM *ohh, i get a deja vu*
forget it, after that calculator hits 50/50 for the ones doing it withing 3 days, or 30/50 for the ones who dont wanna go further than that, for any reason, it will get back to the old (new?) gw itself
first WiK got a few people back, now this, which may take just as long for them to leave again
maybe new contents will do it again, but not this calculator, not for a long time, just a few days.... too bad, there go the pugs from years ago
its like this: *poof* hey, i'm back
few days later: *poof* aww they're gone
i'm just waiting for 1 guy to show up, IF he does
a few mins after i thought that, i realized that they will be gone after their HoM *ohh, i get a deja vu*
forget it, after that calculator hits 50/50 for the ones doing it withing 3 days, or 30/50 for the ones who dont wanna go further than that, for any reason, it will get back to the old (new?) gw itself
first WiK got a few people back, now this, which may take just as long for them to leave again
maybe new contents will do it again, but not this calculator, not for a long time, just a few days.... too bad, there go the pugs from years ago
its like this: *poof* hey, i'm back
few days later: *poof* aww they're gone
i'm just waiting for 1 guy to show up, IF he does
Deimos Zargarda
Well I know I left GW for Aion, six months later I found out how hard Aion sucks and went back to GW, I missed how this game requires you to have skills and not gear only.
Femmefatal
lol this game requires you to have "skills"? hahah skill playing left by the way of Ursans and PermaSins and gaming the game a long time ago. Besides you don't even need skills for 99% of the game anymore since Heroes were invented. I don't even have to cast a single spell or use a single socalled skill anymore since I created my heroes builds. I can either go along with just 3 heroes for the majority of the content or bring in the other 4 henchies for harder stuff. Skill in this game is a joke anymore there is no longer skill required.
distilledwill
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Originally Posted by Deimos Zargarda
Well I know I left GW for Aion, TWO months later I found out how hard Aion sucks and went back to GW, I missed how this game requires you to have skills and not gear only.
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