Two classes?

Im getting Guild Wars on saturday and I was wondering, like world of warcraft, am I allowed to create one *insert class here* and a different one? On the same server?

Also, how many servers are there?

There is one server divided into districts. You can transfer between districts at will. You can have four characters per account and each character will have two "classes", a primary and secondary.

1 integrated server network.

dont know what you mean exactly but i have at the moment

a warrior/necro

ele/monk

ele/necro

necro/monk

and use what one i want at any time

And you can delete a character to free character space?

Yes, you can delete and re-create characters whenever you want.

Im really exited about GW, thanks everyone.

these guides should help you get a good start

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...-10-id1195.php

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...lon-id1264.php

just remember, that this game is almost on the other end of WoW...it might take a little getting used to.

Thanks for the links Loviatar. I know the article says all professions are good, but what would you reccomend.

I've been playing WoW as a druid.. Anything similar to that, I want a warrior style character.

Warrior primary-ranger secondary or ranger-warror would cover your warrior druid class but, having never played WoW I'm not sure what their druid is but I would think it is the same.

having never played WoW, i can only guess that it invlolves animals ans nature and stuff. the closest you will get is ranger, who can tame animals and summon spirits, but is more of an archery/trap setting type then a magic user.
using this charachter combined with warrior as a primary or scondary can be very effective

Thanks for the suggestions.

@ Soul Shaker:

What do you mean by other end of WoW?

Then you might want to start out as a warrior.

In the current game, you can choose between warrior, monk, mesmer, ranger, elementalist and necromancer. With Chapter 2 (coming this spring) you can also choose assassin and ritualist.

You will pick one of those to be your primary character which determines what armors you can wear and some health and energy (mana) stats. Then you will pick from the rest to be your secondary class, which will help with back-up and supporting skills. There's plenty of ways to play and lots of freedom in choosing how you want your character to work. Just have fun testing things until you find what works for you.

I don't even have GW yet and im looking forward to Factions!

from what i understand, in WOW you can:
have 1 charachter take on huge numbers of other people
have lots of skills equipped at once
lvl cap at 20
and other stuff.
in GW, any one persone can kill another if they are set up right...no warior killing 10 mesmers or something. Very balanced game.
in GW, you have only 8 skills equipped, so which ones you chose is huge strategy deal.
GW lvl cap is 20----WOW is 60 soon to be 70?

basically, GW is the opposite of WoW in many of the main aspects of the game

Antother quick one:

In world of warcraft, as there are 60 levels, it's quite easy as a begginer to level up. Im assuming as the lvl cap is 20 on GW it's harder to level up?

Not really. You can get to level 20 halfway through the game by just playing normally. In GW, level is not emphasized as much as skill.

Techo, I'm going to guess Soul Shaker means that Guild Wars is almost the exact opposite of WoW. I've never played WoW myself, but if it conforms to the usual MMORPG stereotype, then GW will be very different. With the exception of outposts and town, you (and your party if you have one) get your own "instance" of the map section. This means that you're all alone in the middle of a map filled with enemies, and no-one to steal your kills. Also, the maximum level is 20, which is obtainable before you have made it through roughly half the game. Besides the attribute points and health gained at each level, there isn't much difference between levels. The points paid into various attributes determine how hard your character hits, (weapon strength also plays a part) and the player's ability to respond to various circumstances and react to them with the proper skill are a more deciding factor in determining the outcome. To sum my last statement up, how good a player you are determines how well you do, not hours played. For a seriously hard-core gamer, a single day's play could get him/her to lvl 20, and another day's play for enough money for really good armor and weapons. However, those are the type of people who like "hours played" MMORPGs because they have a 5-hour advantage over the guy who only plays 2 hours a day, and you don't see many of them in Guild wars.

As for your initial question, I think it's already been answered. Currently you can have up to 4 characters of 2 professions each, a primary and a secondary. Each of the 6 professions has a "special attribute" that is only available to that characters of that profession if said profession is the primary profession. Simpler terms: Elementalist primaries get an attribute that increases maximum energy. A Mesmer/Elementalist does not get that attribute, but the Mesmer primary gets a faster-casting attribute that Elementalist/Mesmers cannot get.

Second half of original question: One server (actually a huge mess of servers linked together) per continent, and one international server for people from different continents to meet in. Each server is divided into "districts" to keep towns from getting too crowded. You can change districts at will and in-game via a small menu at the top-left corner.

Thanks for that Xaniera.

I have yet another question (sorry)..

The quests : Are they straight into the action, or do I have to go and speak with people etc.

any NPC with a quest has a bright green exclamation mark over their heads so they are hard to miss.

speak get quest and you are good to go.

dont take too many quests at once in an area as the instance you enter will load all the regular enemies PLUS all the extra enemies for a particular quest.

Thanks all, help much appreciated. Now, I just have to wait for Saturday... I hope I will be able to run highest gfx settings, I can run Quake 4 on High, so im guessing GW will be easily ran on high?

I suggest hitting the auto detect settings button (its under options) then turning it down a notch...itll make it run a wee bit faster (or not really) and if you are like me...you dont care about the graphics as much as the game play... (or you do) It is kinda a hit or miss with graphics, I can play any other game relitively high, but gw killed my video card so I have to get a new one...