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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: MatthewPapa on May 01, 2005, 12:26:17 pm
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Anyone going to buy it?
It sounds pretty cool, but I dunno if I want to fork over $50 right now...
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I've played the Beta Events and it's a real good game IMHO. Best of all there is no monthly fee to play. :)
Some screens I've taken:
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Originally posted by Falcon
Best of all there is no monthly fee to play. :)
Say again? No monthly fee?
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Say again? No monthly fee?
Correct. Just pay for the box and then possibly content patches every 6 months.
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Originally posted by Jeryko
Correct. Just pay for the box and then possibly content patches every 6 months.
Translates to being the same in the end.
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Aren't the content patches optional?
Also, I'd be more interested in this game if it was more of a roaming MMORPG like WoW, but they still have the mission-based gameplay right?
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AFAIK, the expansions (what Jeryko listed as content patches) are optional.
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Cool, thats new tro me. I may just pick it up now...
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*has just bought it*
I will let you guys know how it turns out.
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I'd love to try a 5-10 day trial before I plunk down cash on this. I was mildly impressed with Lineage II in beta, but as the people came forth and made the towns nearly impossible to walk through, I couldnt stand playing it.
From what I gathered from guildwars's site, you dont need to buy the expansion packs later on, you'll still be able to be just as "comptetitive" as the rest of the players, you just dont get to see the cool stuff.
Kinda like Planetside when Core Combat (yuk) came out. Heh, I remember, everyone was still up top with minimal crews underground getting the artifiacts that add bonus stuff.
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I got in on one of the beta weekends, and I wasn't too impressed. To me, it seemed a lot like diablo 2, but without the frenzied action and save-the-world storyline. All that you had access to were series of quests, which were basically long, mostly linear dungeon crawl type things (even if most weren't in dungeons) facing only a few baddies at a time.
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entertaining game
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What? No Paladins?
Well, unless they put him in some new chapter, I'm not buyinng:D
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Trashman, make your own I did (warrior for fighting abilities and use monk for healing, boom holy warrior= paladin in this game)
ranger/monk was an ok translation for my wildernesss bow wielding priest.
Necromancer/elementalist was ok for my Necromancer (and also represent the rest of general magic)
There is no thief class at present.... also the only race is human.. this should be fixed in expansion packs later (per race I would wager)... also my BIGGEST pet peeve, no DUEL WIELDING ABILITY!!! WTF I have tons of D&D charcters who specilize in some sort of 2 weapon combo either sword and shiled (bash) long short blade, blunt and blade, hell even one with duel chains. there are soo many tactical combinations and options warriors can take advantage of (piercing/slashing/blunt) and in this game it woudl benefit cause their damage type MATTERS!!
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Arrack de Asante is my main dudes name, look me up ;)
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Whoever PM'd me in game last night, sorry, forgot to get back to you, was in an instance and getting my ass kicked :)
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It was me........ :nervous:
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Sorry :) You caught me right in the middle of a fight :)
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I got GW yesterday, and I must say that I'm impressed. It's the only Online RPG I've played for the simple reason that I don't like monthly fees. GW got me interested because of the no-fees business.
Plus, it looks nice. :D
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I bought it Saturday. So fun so far. :yes:
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I seem to be having poor luck on the Ruins of Surmia mission. I keep on getting swarmed to death. :(
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You need a monk...... :drevil:
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Originally posted by JR2000Z
I bought it Saturday. So fun so far. :yes:
Its like diablo 2 again.....but this time done right.
It is awesome. I highly suggest buying it.
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But then you dont have the constant change which i personaly, need to continue playing a game for over a month. Otherwise i get somewhat bored, albeit when i say a month, its a month of heavy playing and only that game.
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Originally posted by Krackers87
But then you dont have the constant change which i personaly, need to continue playing a game for over a month. Otherwise i get somewhat bored, albeit when i say a month, its a month of heavy playing and only that game.
Do you know how long the actual storyline is for GW? Have you seen the map? They are absolutely enormous!!
I dont think I will beat this game any time soon.
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Then there's all the PvP elements, and after that the inevitable expansions!!
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I'm almost definitely going to get this but I've got one question: If you create a guild, can you have a custom logo? Because if you can, someone should hurry up and make an HLP guild and start slapping that flaming octagon on some shields or flags or whatever.