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Guild Wars Expansion, Sequel Officially Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the still-not-sure-about-this dept.

katalin writes "Arenanet, makers of the Guild Wars Massive game, have announced the first 'true' expansion pack to the game - Eye of the North. Next year will also see the beginning of a Beta test for a true sequel to the original Guild Wars. The new game will be substantially different from the current offering, with many elements similar to a more traditional fantasy Massively Multiplayer game. It still, however, will not require a monthly fee to play."

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  1. No monthly fee, no free content by EvilGoodGuy · · Score: 2, Informative

    While Guild Wars [GW] differs from World of Warcraft [WoW] in that there are no monthly fees, GW doesn't gives users free content like WoW does. And while a WoW player will pay more than a GW player, if you want to be competitive, you have to keep buying the expansions the GW crew is rolling out.

    But, also keep in mind for any of you who have not played both, or either, they are entirely different types of games. If you want PvE, GW just doesn't have it. And WoW's PvP takes a lot more work to be competitive.

  2. No level cap for PvE... PvP is another matter. by wilgibson · · Score: 2, Informative

    Arena.net's Gaile Gray has already said that the high or no level cap would only apply to the PvE portion of the game. When playing PvP everyone would be on a balanced playing field. I can't give you an exact location of the quote for this, but I know it was discussed in this thread on one of the bigger fan sites.