Guild wars 2

[DiploDocus]

releasing sequels for standard MMOs is suicide as it destabilizes the paying subscriber base

Guild Wars 1 has no monthly fees so they don't have to worry about this

Asheron's Call 2 extinct, first game still running and Everquest 2 i don't think is as popular as the original which is also still running

[Sheky]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ma...-wars-2/702658

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sd...-wars-2/702462

Positional combat with no grind. That sounds hot.

If there's castle sieges with mass pvp, this will be the game that will make me to upgrade my desktop.

[skewed]

releasing sequels for standard MMOs is suicide as it destabilizes the paying subscriber base

Guild Wars 1 has no monthly fees so they don't have to worry about this

Asheron's Call 2 extinct, first game still running and Everquest 2 i don't think is as popular as the original which is also still running

You bring up a very good point. If an MMO wants a version 2.0, they need to build on the original formula. I think Blizzard has it right where they expand their features and stuff in WoW in each expansion. They typically modernize the engines along the way. Through the expansions; they've made some drastic changes to the whole scripting engine and some graphical improvements.

I never really played GW1 but I am very interested in GW2.

[Super strokey]

You bring up a very good point. If an MMO wants a version 2.0, they need to build on the original formula. I think Blizzard has it right where they expand their features and stuff in WoW in each expansion. They typically modernize the engines along the way. Through the expansions; they've made some drastic changes to the whole scripting engine and some graphical improvements.

I never really played GW1 but I am very interested in GW2.

Id say give GW a try, its dirt cheap now for great content.

[DiploDocus]

Guild Wars 2 human character creation walkthrough

http://www.onlinewelten.com/games/gu...chritte-11047/

[EveryLurker]

played the first one quite a bit..

i am so looking forward to number 2..

lots of vids coming out recently - hopefully beta soon?

[skewed]

Id say give GW a try, its dirt cheap now for great content.

I almost did when it went on sale through Steam a few months ago. But I already have a game backlog and I have recently been ramping up on SC2.

Maybe if it comes back on sale. Is the community still pretty active?

[toalan]

I can not wait for GW2, it will be a definite purchase for me. I probably will not play it much. GW1 was inspirational to me because it was a technical masterpiece. At the time there was no game that looked as good and ran as smooth as GW1 on entry level hardware. I am surprised that EA/Activision did not buyout the GW development studio, those guys know how to write really tight code.

[Sheky]

Engineer looks like the ultimate griefing class lol.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05...-the-engineer/

Beta is coming out in the second half of this year. That helps a lot as I'm sure a ton of people will be upgrading their rigs to play BF3. Nice to be able to get some benchies on this puppy too before committing the money.

[toalan]

Not sure I like this, GW1 was not short of skills and combination of skills to kill things, adding gear packs and a defensive unit like the engineer might make things a bit too complex.

[Super strokey]

For anyone that got into, or has heard about, the beta can you care to talk about the system requirements? I plan on building a new computer for the game and while i know it wont need high end gear i will be getting it as i want it maxed out and all purdy!

My comps coming up on 5 years old now anyways so its due.

[angekfire]

If its anything like GW1, if you pre-order the game you will get free access to all the beta sessions.

I beat the game and all the expansions except for EOTN, which I got 3/4 of the way through. I wonder if it would be worth re-installing and finishing off EOTN assuming anyone still plays the game, if the benefits of importing a character are actually worth while.

[Thanatopsis]

The beta is opening up to the media sometime this month. And open up to the public in March / April. Had the source somewhere ;o.