Guild Wars

[SilentWarrior]

Ive seen people wanting to know about guild wars. I also wanted to know something about it so I decided to look up some information on this online computer game. I'm going to post pictures and reviews and give links to movie scenes. Feel free to talk about the game and if you hve helpful information go ahead and add it.

Here Are Some Screenshots








Go Here to See the diffrent guild emblems you can pick
http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/emblems/default.html

Her are some Movies you can watch
http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/movies/default.html

FAQ-What kind of game is Guild Wars?



Guild Wars is a global online roleplaying game. Players can engage in cooperative group combat, in single player adventures, or in large head-to-head guild battles. Guild Wars is a mission-based game set in a stunning 3D fantasy world that offers excellent support for guilds. Because the team that is developing Guild Wars has had experience creating successful online game series such as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, the members are familiar with the complex issues surrounding online games, and are creating a game that is both easy to learn and compelling to play long term, and yet does not require players to spend hundreds of hours slogging through the preparation just to get to the fun bits.Is Guild Wars an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game)?

Guild Wars has some similarities to existing MMORPGs, but it also has some key differences. Like existing MMOs, Guild Wars is played entirely online in a secure hosted environment. Thousands of players inhabit the same virtual world. Players can meet new friends in gathering places like towns and outposts where they form parties and go questing with them. Unlike many MMOs, when players form a party and embark upon a quest in Guild Wars, they get their own private copy of the area where the quest takes place. This design eliminates some of the frustrating gameplay elements commonly associated with MMOs, such as spawn camping, kill stealing, and lines to complete a quest. Guild Wars takes place in a large virtual world made up of many different zones, and players can walk from one end of the world to the other. In Guild Wars much of the tedium of traveling through the world has been eliminated. Players can instantly return to any safe area (town or outpost) that they have previously visited just by clicking on it in the world overview map.

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Rather than labeling Guild Wars an MMORPG, we prefer to call it a CORPG (Competitive Online Role-Playing Game). Guild Wars was designed from the ground up to create the best possible competitive role-playing experience. Success in Guild Wars is always the result of player skill, not time spent playing or the size of one's guild. As characters progress, they acquire a diverse set of skills and items, enabling them to use new strategies in combat. Players can do battle in open arenas or compete in guild-vs-guild warfare or the international tournament. Engaging in combat is always the player's choice, however; there is no player-killing in cooperative areas of the world.

Finally, unlike existing MMOs, all characters in Guild Wars inhabit the same virtual world -- they are not divided onto different servers or shards -- so players can always team up with or compete against any other player in the world.






[/indent]Can my character be killed by other players?

While Guild Wars has player vs. player combat, you are in control. You can choose to join in competitive missions and receive acclaim for winning against other gamers, or you can reap the rewards of solo adventures or cooperative team missions with an entirely different set of challenges.

Will the game have guild support? Will there be ladders and tournaments?

Guild Wars, as evidenced by its name, will have broad support for game guilds, including integrated support for worldwide tournaments and ladders, the ability for a guild to own and operate a guildhall, private guild forums, and more. You can find the current Guild Wars Ladder on this link.

Do you have to be in a guild to play Guild Wars?

Membership in a guild is not required to play Guild Wars. Although there are many positive aspects to belonging to a guild, players will have access to a wide variety of solo adventuring possibilities as well as team cooperative and competitive missions that will ensure you of many of those gaming sessions that run into the wee hours, no matter your playing style. Missions will come in all sizes and difficulties and can be joined individually, as part of a one-time team or as a member of a full-fledged guild.

Is Guild Wars always played online?

Yes. Guild Wars is designed from the ground up to be an online game. This allows maximum security to prevent cheating by other players, so your gaming experience will not be diminished by others. Perhaps most importantly, our online network allows us to stream content to your computer, so you will always have the most current version of the game, and will play in a world that can change on a continuous basis.



Technical & Support

Is there a Support Function for Guild Wars?
If you need support, the best place to go is our Support Knowledge Base, found on this link. By inputting a few keys words, you will be given potential answers right on the spot, and these will most likely provide you all the information that you need. If you find that the Knowledge Base does not provide you the information that you require, simply use the "Ask a Question" tab within it and submit your question through the system. We will answer as promptly as we are able.
What are the system requirements for Guild Wars?

Minimum System Specs

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• Windows® XP/2000/ME/98
  
• Intel Pentium® III 800 Mhz or equivalent
  
• 256 MB RAM
  
• CD-ROM Drive
  
• 2 GB Available HDD Space
  
• ATI Radeon 8500 or GeForce 3 or 4 MX Series Video Card with 32MB of VRAM
  
• 16-bit Sound Card
  
• Internet connection
  
• Keyboard and mouse
  

Recommended System Specs:

• Windows® XP/2000/ME/98
  
• Intel Pentium® III 1GHz or equivalent
  
• 512 MB RAM
  
• CD-ROM Drive
  
• 2 GB Available HDD Space
  
• ATI Radeon 9000 or GeForce 4 Ti Series Video Card with 64MB of VRAM
  
• 16-bit Sound Card
  
• Internet connection
  
• Keyboard and mouse
  

Special Note: These system specifications are for the released version of Guild Wars. Those participating in the World Preview Event or the Beta Weekend Event, as well as our alpha and beta testers, will find that they require more available hard drive space in the short term. This extra space will not be needed when Guild Wars goes gold.

Will I be able to play Guild Wars on a dial-up modem?
Yes you will. We are well aware that many users do not have broadband access, and we want the largest possible number of gamers to be able to join our game without being held back by technical issues like their Internet connection. We have designed Guild Wars to function excellently on a dial-up connection and our testers confirm they have no problems with their connection, even testing from other continents. During our E3 for Everyone Demo Event, our World Preview Event, and our Beta Weekend Events, many thousands of players successfully played using a dial-up modem.
Are your in-game screenshots altered in any way? Do you rework them in an art program before adding them to the site?

No, our Screenshots Section includes only totally unaltered in-game images. We use a distinctive glow technology that gives a fantastical appearance to the game. All the in-game screenshots that are in our Gallery are completely unaltered, and come straight from the game to you.




Company & General

Who is ArenaNet?
ArenaNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft Corporation, and was founded in March 2000 by some of the key members of the creative teams behind Blizzard’s game series Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo, as well as the Battle.net gaming network. You can find a lot of good information about the company at our website: www.arena.net.
Does ArenaNet plan to offer Official Guild Wars Forums?

At this time, we do not have plans for an official forum. We are pleased with the support of the many fansite forums that are currently in operation, and encourage fans who would like to participate in forum discussion to visit our Community Page for a list of fansites and forums.

Do you provide fansite resources? Where can I learn about the rules and guidelines for use of your materials?

ArenaNet strongly believes in fansites and wants to support them. Our Community Section is full of information and resources for fansite webmasters and other interested parties, including a program outline, a fansite kit, a program Q&A, and a Fansite News page that is updated regularly. All fansite staff members and others who use Guild Wars materials are bound by our Terms of Use document, which contains a good deal of useful information as far as copyrights, image usage and so forth.

Where can I learn more about Guild Wars?

There are a number of articles, previews, and interviews on the 'Net, and Guild Wars has been featured in several print magazines, as well. The game has also been honored with several awards. Visit the Press Page for a list of reading resources. For current updates and other items of interest, please visit our many Guild Wars fansites, listed here.<!--| elementalist |-->

[/indent]Overall rating:
Prices for the game will be around 46.90 - 49.99

[Kingsrookie]

i cant wait for it, heard its like diablo but much more massive gonna be kick ***

[SilentWarrior]

I'm thinking it's like a mixture of mirrowind, phantasy star online, and d2. I hope it's as good as I think it is I hope to buy it sometime in the future.

[Fykins]

Due to people making 12 million threads on guild wars, im stickying this.

[[The Reaper]]

http://www.d2sector.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18338 To post accounts.

[Silent_killers]

Guild Wars is too much of a PvP game...but I'll still get it. :p

By the way, SilentWarrior, is it possible for you not to change your font and font color everytime you post?

[[The Reaper]]

Why was my thread closed?

[Fykins]

I didint close it, it was the only one I left open besides this one becouse it asked for there acc and wasent just a disscussion, Im guessing it was closed becouse there was so many other threads, I'll ask around.

Edit: no one else is online right now, its best just to have 1 thread anyway, post your accs here too. Sorry for the inconvinience.

[Nubli]

Is this game really worth it?

[SoLiDSTyLE]

Of course it is. Unlike WoW you don't need to pay for it, and most of the people that made the LEGENDARY Diablo II actually worked on this game. Needless to say more.

[[The Reaper]]

Well, my thread was made yesterday, and I didn't see any other account threads. So who closed it then? Pant?

Also, how much does it cost to maintain these sites if any? I think GW is far too big to be talked about in one thread. I see that other games have been turned down to have their own section so I'm not going to try to argue that.

[Silent_killers]

Is this game really worth it?

Not really much to give up to get it. $50 Canadian and free online play.

I like it better than WoW too. :laugh:

[[The Reaper]]

I'm having trouble, My Primary is necro and my secondary is elementalist, will that work alright, or should I remake my character and pick a different sub build. I don't seem to know how to trigger the traps with my summons either.

If you use the emote dance for the necros, they do the devil horns and headbang which is so cool.

[Fuggle]

My god, graphics of D2 x 2000000 and Free? Damn i gotta buy this game... Now.

[Silent_killers]

I bought it today (Woot), but I need some friends on it because I'm lonely.

[[The Reaper]]

I don't know if you're supposed to add the char names or the account, but I'm alexc12389 (account and demon izual (name) and on the US server I assume.

[neurotiK]

i actually preordered the game a long time ago and played many of the beta events and the first 3 days, and after that i decided to go to WoW. IT has so much potential and i might get it later, but there are just a few areas its lacking. First of all when you exit town you enter your own individual world, where you can see no other players, just monsters. Only way you can see other players is if ur in a party with them before you leave town. This eliminates the possibility of open field pvp which i love and have experienced from many other games. They do have arena pvp, but that seemed to get tedious and repetitive to me. The lvl cap in the game is 20, and that is fairly easy to achieve, and there are also a vast number of quests, but i finished half of them in about 30 hours of gameplay. I know they might add more, but it seemed like there would be nothing else to do at the endgame, aside from guild pvp. After playing lineage 1 for four years and lineage 2 for 1(made by the same company) I grew accustomed to castle sieges and GW just doesnt have that. Even WoW has raids. The final thing is right now there is no item improvement and it is very easy to get the best items, and I like a challenge. Most of these things will probably be fixed in the future, but right now GW is not the game for me. I hope I helped anyone.

[[The Reaper]]

If I pick roleplaying character in GW, will I be able to do pvp?

[neurotiK]

the prebuilt character is just to test out pvp and diff builds before you make em
roleplaying is for doing quests, getting items, and and advancing through the game.
yes you can pvp with a roleplaying char, just not right away

[[The Reaper]]

I also want to point out that this seems to be the best site: http://www.gwunderground.com

If anyone knows anything about skill trainers, I need to know if you can get them in the first part of the game. (Before you talk to sir tydus and the whole turns into a wasteland)