Guild Wars

[borris-bear]

Anyone on here playing this game? Just arrived this morning so looking forward to seeing what its like.

[JagLover]

borris-bear said:

Anyone on here playing this game? Just arrived this morning so looking forward to seeing what its like.

Sounds interesting

What platform is it on, and what is it about?.

[borris-bear]

PC game online only but no monthly fee so just buy the game for £17.99 (on Play.com) and you dont have to keep paying out like all the other mmorpg's

From the brief look ive had looks a bit like Diablo 2 but all online. Also supposed to reward players for being good at the game rather than how long youve been playing it.

have a look here

www.guildwars.com/

[TheLemming]

borris-bear said:

PC game online only but no monthly fee so just buy the game for £17.99 (on Play.com) and you dont have to keep paying out like all the other mmorpg's From the brief look ive had looks a bit like Diablo 2 but all online. Also supposed to reward players for being good at the game rather than how long youve been playing it. have a look here www.guildwars.com/

I've heard some great things about it, however havent had a chance to try it yet.

You might want to stop into www.theamazonbasin.com and check out the guild wars forums.

They do run a Guildwars guild and normally attract a good crowd to play with across a variety of other games in my experience.

[judas]

It's good fun - what little I've had a chance to play so far. Lots of areas in the game are instanced, so no camping mobs or kill stealing. One thing I didn't like though is on the European server everyone is just thrown together - there seems to be no specific english language server for Europe - so far most of the other players I've seen have been French, German or Scandinavian, which makes finding a group interesting... But then again I've really only dipped my toe in so far (and haven't even read the manual ) so there may be ways around this I haven't found. Unfortunately the FAQ on the Guild Wars site hasn't been updated since before the release

[Dakkon]

What is it like compared to world of warcraft?

Just got this and using the trial period, which also has a lot of similarities to Diablo 2

[BrianTheYank]

thinking about stepping into this game myself.

[TheLemming]

Should be getting a copy at about the same time as a very good friend of mine.

His girlfriend is starting to complain about our friday nights out. So she's now agreed to our Friday night on the PC.

[skittle]

Been playing this for about 3 weeks now and have a couple of characters up and running.

Great as there is no monthly fee.

You can dip in for 30 mins or a few hours depending on what else you have on

Graphics are excellent

The Player vs Player is good - its not always the strongest that win and tactics play a big part

For £18 it really is worth a try

[lockstock2sb]

just out of curiosity - do they update things and add new elements to the realm ?

I'm on warcraft - and enjoying it loads. I justified the £8.99 monthly fee through the constant updates to the realm and new quests/weapons and new lands to explore. It also appears they have a good farm of servers to run the realms on.

If this is as good as warcraft i may just switch...

[TheLemming]

lockstock2sb said:

just out of curiosity - do they update things and add new elements to the realm ? I'm on warcraft - and enjoying it loads. I justified the £8.99 monthly fee through the constant updates to the realm and new quests/weapons and new lands to explore. It also appears they have a good farm of servers to run the realms on. If this is as good as warcraft i may just switch...

Its a slightly different approach.

Althought I will let someone who has played it answer that one.

Updates will be around, there should also be frequent "expansion packs" containing all the new and shiney areas/toys/classes/skills etc. Buy em retail or online instead of paying the monthly fee is the business model.