Skill Balancing
May 12, 2008
The Guild Wars team has updated their Wiki page with this info on Skill Balancing.
Ascalon was once a prosperous kingdom of grand cities, lush countryside and proud Humans. And then from the North arrived the Charr. These savage, sentient beasts will stop at nothing to destroy all that humanity has created and they started a war with Ascalon to prove it. Guided by blind fury and a staunch belief in their fire gods, Charr warbands have all but obliterated the last vestiges of civilization, stalled only by Ascalon’s prominent Great Northern Wall. Steel your courage and hone your skill, hero, for the Searing is fast approaching.
Guild Wars is a Cooperative/Competitive Online Role Playing Game (CORPG) with emphasis on skill selection similar to collectable card games. Many aspects of this game differ from other ORPGs; NPC henchmen are available to assist players during missions, all mission areas are instanced, the level cap is set at only 20 (Experience is still gained past level 20, but skill points then take the place of levels.), players may create a level 20 character from the start for purposes of competitive PvP gameplay, travel to new areas is instantaneous, and skills are interchangeable. Perhaps the biggest difference is the lack of a monthly fee, with the game developers opting instead to release a new stand-alone “campaign” roughly every two years.
As its name suggests, guilds are central to Guild Wars gameplay. Once a guild is formed, the guild leader can purchase and design capes for the whole guild and eventually even acquire a member’s only Guild Hall. Cooperative gameplay is truly put to the test during Guild vs. Guild Arena combat which pits eight guild members against eight from a competing guild. Non-guild four-on-four PvP is also available in the forms of Random or Team Arena combat.
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- Guild Wars : Jeff Strain Video Interview
- MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood is in Leipzig for the Games Convention. While there, he caught up with ArenaNet Co-Founder Jeff Strain to talk about Guild Wars; past, present and future.
- Media created on 8/24/07
- Region Profile, Rata Sum
- In the second of three features, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and MMORPG.com present this Region Profile on Rata Sum and the Asura, who inhabit it.
- General Article created on 8/10/07
- Eye of the North: Region Profile, Gunnar's Hold
- In the first of three features, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and MMORPG.com present this Region Profile on Gunnar's Hold and the Norn, the wild people who populate it.
- Preview created on 7/25/07
- Eye of the North: E3 Preview
- MMORPG.com Writer Carolyn Koh is attending this year's, modified, E3. Yesterday, Carolyn attended a session with NCsoft that saw her make her way through all of the games that they were displaying. In this article, Carolyn tells us about Guild Wars: Eyes...
- Preview created on 7/12/07
- E3 2006 Look Forward
- What's on tap for Guild Wars and Factions? Find out.
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Guild Wars
- Developer: ArenaNet
- Genre: Fantasy
- Status: Final
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- Website: http://www.guildwars.com
- Retail Price: 39.95 BUY IT
- Monthly Fee: Free
Latest Guild Wars News
New Tournamnet Rewards
May 09, 2008
ArenaNet has announced a new set of rewards for the 2008 Automated tournament series.
State of the Game
May 08, 2008
ArenaNet has posted the latest State of the Game article for Guild Wars, which introduces Dark Ally, a guild billed as one of the best in the game to never have won it all in the automated tournaments.
3rd Anniversary Sweepstakes
Apr 29, 2008
ArenaNet has announced that they are holding a sweepstakes to celebrate the third anniversary of Guild Wars.
Other Guild Wars News
Guild Wars Week: Exclusive Environment Concept Artwork
Ten Ton Hammer has posted a gallery of concept art from Guild Wars.
Ten Ton Hammer on Oct 24, 2007
Guild Wars at PAX: Bringing The Wars to the North
Stratics gives an overview of Guild Wars: Eye of the North at PAX.
Stratics on Aug 30, 2007
Guild Wars: Eye of the North at PAX 2007
Ten Ton Hammer reports on Guild Wars: Eye of the North at PAX in Seatle.
Ten Ton Hammer on Aug 27, 2007
Guild Wars Review
In anticipation of the release of Guild Wars: Eye of the North, Ten Ton Hammer takes a look back at the Guild Wars franchise.