Guild Wars

[Ioman]

Has anyone played this game yet?

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/552/552148/vids_1.html

It looks pretty sweet and there is no subscription fee.

[senoryoshio]

I've played in some of the beta events....it's okay. To me the no subscription fee was what would make me look past some of the things I thought the game was missing. The major thing that I didn't care for was the large use of instancing; most of your social interaction was restricted to towns. Some of the pvp was pretty fun though; I know I only had a small taste. Plus a lot could have changed between now and then.

[dang]

game looks pretty cool. the graphics look nice to for being beta. highest lvl is 20, which a level being achievable in an hour supposedly, so not sure how long the playability is. There is a death penalty too (although not in xp from what i've read.) No subscription is the big thing though.

[senoryoshio]

One cool thing is the ability to 'hire' AI mercenaries of sorts to fill out your group. They didn't always work perfect, but I was surprised how helpful they could be.

I don't really know much about the leveling time aspect though.

[dang]

was it expensive to hire them?

[senoryoshio]

no, they were free...I just didn't take the time to think of a better word, lol.

[Archon]

Yea, the game had some things which I was able to look over, being it was free. But there is no real world in the game, you have nothing to go explore, everything is just instanced.

Kind of awkward control setup too, if I remember.

But the ability to get AI players was cool, even if they always ran off and got killed by those Mantle guys, or whatever they were (havent played since like November, lol)

[llbbl]

One cool thing is the ability to 'hire' AI mercenaries of sorts to fill out your group. They didn't always work perfect, but I was surprised how helpful they could be.

I don't really know much about the leveling time aspect though.

I bet the EQ developers are like . damn I wish we thought of that idea. I don't know how many billions of hours have been wasted /LFG on. Hey maybe that will be included in expansion number 10

[gary_hendricks]

Very interesting. Of course, I wonder if they'll keep it free moving forward.

[IronSerif]

Yeah this game definitely looks, interesting, and it sparked my attention tonight. I watched a lot of the trailers and gameplay footage at gaming review sites.

I definitely love how there is no subscription fee.

The whole "Subscription fee" is probably what turned me away from EQ and WoW and the like...so as soon as I heard there was none for Guild Wars I had to scope this game out.

ALthough I did hear that future expansion packs (1 every 6 months or so?) will cost extra...but are not a necessity.

So I'm really considering dropping the $50 to pick up this game...from all of the footage it looks like it could be fun. And the company also states it's not like other MMORGP's where you focus on leveling up....I like the cap of 20...and that it forces you to make good skill selections and what not.