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Guild wars?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:15 pm
by Candide
Anyone taken a look at this one? No monthly fee
http://www.guildwars.com
Graphics are stunning, and it is made by a bunch of old Blizzard devs (of Star/War craft and Diablo fame). It seems to be a company owned by NCSoft, Richard Garriot's (creator of Ultima) company.
They seem to have a new take on several things in the MMORPG genre. Looks interesting. They only have 5 "classes" right now, but you pick two fo them, and the combination determines what you are. So a Warrior/Monk will be like a paladin, while a monk/warrior is more like a cleric. They claim to have a new take on leveling, with it being mission based, and you can do a lot of guild vs guild stuff.
Anyone heard much about it?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:35 pm
by SuperHelix
Never.. it out now? beta? or what?
Jason, any chance any Jaxers joining Vegas this year?
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:26 pm
by War:Cat/Rat/Bird
holy it look amazing!
when is beta?
are u in beta?
talk to me
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:47 am
by Yipee
hehe you goobers! read the website that the poster linked
its currently scheduled for a 2nd half 2004 release
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:36 am
by Candide
It is supposed to be in late Alpha. I forget where I even read about it, but it was a tester who was answering questions (they have a loose NDA aparently). Looks pretty cool.
I know dave/jen are thinking about coming. I know rich can't, as he will be off in medical school.
I don't know about me and Julie, as we are spending all the money on the wedding at the end of this month, and then the honeymoon in early april. We will get through that before we decide most likely.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:02 pm
by Twystyd
Very unique and interesting -
Guilds can challenge other guilds to battle, compete for control of key parts of the world, and be ranked on a worldwide ladder
I always thought MMO's should implement a way guilds could compete against each other without interuption.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:37 pm
by Twystyd
Candide I really like a few of the ideas on this game. Check this out -
http://www.photics.com/index.php
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:04 pm
by Candide
Cool, I've found a couple of good fansites so far, all seem to be pretty pumped up about this game.
I guess it boils down to if they can deliver on what they are promising. This one appeals to me a lot simply because they finaly are taking a different stance on what has become a stale MMORPG template. Change is good, no matter what the mainstream masses say
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:18 pm
by Amit
yeah guild wars looks intriguing. i wanna use corpses as bombs!
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:07 am
by Candide
Amit, all I have to say is I'm thankful you only went into dentistry and not medicine, I fear what else you would want to do to all of those poor cadavers.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:31 pm
by Mosthula
Jen and I are going as long as Jen's summer schedule doesnt conflict. Will know soon. SUP!
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:48 pm
by killets
yea, amit the corpse devourer would be a scary thought.
vegas should be fun, i won't know for sure until early april if i can go, but i want to
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:33 pm
by Amit
honestly i once tried to mix toluleen (sp?) with nitric acid to make trinitrotolulene(tnt) and then stuffed it into a dead squirrel and set it on fire but it just fizzled
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:34 pm
by Twystyd
It looks like we may get to try this out soon -
http://www.guildwars.com/e3-2004/default.html
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:28 am
by Candide
It has actually been getting a bit of press lately. Was in one of my magazines we get (gotta love those free mag offers) and when bored this weekend I saw it listed on a number of top 10 most anticipated games lists. Their website has some (of course) really positive reviews from those in alpha.
At least it looks like it will be a change of pace.