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Guild wars?

Postby Candide » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:15 pm

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?
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Postby SuperHelix » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:35 pm

Never.. it out now? beta? or what?

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Postby War:Cat/Rat/Bird » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:26 pm

holy it look amazing!
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Postby Yipee » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:47 am

hehe you goobers! read the website that the poster linked

its currently scheduled for a 2nd half 2004 release
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Postby Candide » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:36 am

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.
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Postby Twystyd » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:02 pm

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.
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Postby Twystyd » Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:37 pm

Candide I really like a few of the ideas on this game. Check this out -

http://www.photics.com/index.php
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Postby Candide » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:04 pm

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 :)
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Postby Amit » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:18 pm

yeah guild wars looks intriguing. i wanna use corpses as bombs!

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Postby Candide » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:07 am

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.
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Postby Mosthula » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:31 pm

Jen and I are going as long as Jen's summer schedule doesnt conflict. Will know soon. SUP! :onfire: :onfire:
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Postby killets » Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:48 pm

yea, amit the corpse devourer would be a scary thought.

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Postby Amit » Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:33 pm

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 :(

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Postby Twystyd » Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:34 pm

It looks like we may get to try this out soon -

http://www.guildwars.com/e3-2004/default.html
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Postby Candide » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:28 am

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.
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