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Silly Warrior · Mar 28, 2007, 02:20 AM // 02:20

By the time Eye of the North is released, Nightfall would have been out for over a year, and those who had bought had surely of beaten it by then....

So whats going to be happening in the World of Guild Wars for the next 9 months?

Here's what I can recall:

- "Hard Mode"
- Sunspear and Lightbringer Max Titles
- Changes to Skill Hunter?
- And of course... "Hard Mode" (again)
- More events ( Don't forget Canthan!)
- More Tournaments for PvP, and refinements of already existing things.
-More double this or double that weekend events.
-And of course once again..."Hard Mode" (woohoo!)

Sounds like a really tight and interesting group of things, sure to keep us busy for almost a year! Well not really, but I'm curious to see what else they have in store, ESPECIALLY over the summer of 07.

I'm honestly wondering if we will see another Sorrows Furnace sort of update, or they expect that this new "Hard Mode" will occupy our brains for more than half a year.

Either way, it seems like a GIGANTIC hole in the middle of things. Perhaps a Mini-Expansion, buyable in the online store? Thats sounds cool.

I know I'll be doing lots of title related stuff, but I may take a break for a few months, until GW:EN comes out.

So, what are you going to do?

Will you quit? Take a break? Or continue playing throughout this gigantic hole in the saga?

Mournblade · Mar 28, 2007, 02:23 AM // 02:23

Maybe they WANT you to get bored of GW, so that you'll be that much more eager to move on to GW2...

savage vapor 33 · Mar 28, 2007, 02:24 AM // 02:24

Sup silly,
Probably do everything. I probably will actually take a break and play FPS maybe for a little while. They need to find a new event that no1 has heard of. OR maybe have some more items dropped. I mean theres so much to do in GW, so if you say your bored, your wrong.

There does seem to be a hole in between, but what did they expect? I mean GW2 wont get released for a while.

Mr D J · Mar 28, 2007, 02:25 AM // 02:25

I already quit. Mostly, because MMOs take up too much time and I got better things to do. Also, got very bored. But, I'll probably try GW2

Silly Warrior · Mar 28, 2007, 02:27 AM // 02:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mournblade

Maybe they WANT you to get bored of GW, so that you'll be that much more eager to move on to GW2...

Lol, or that if nobodies playing, they won't have to pay any server costs.

Scary thought, won't happen...just something to /ponder about.

xBakox · Mar 28, 2007, 02:30 AM // 02:30

I've pretty much quit now except to get on to say hi sometimes. I'm really busy with lacrosse and then football for the next 6 months so I won't have much time anyways. I still like to check out the forums though and will definately get EotN. In the mean time I'm playing Gears of War and some 360 to sastisfy my gaming needs.

aaje vhanli · Mar 28, 2007, 02:33 AM // 02:33

I expect that I will continue playing GW1 for an extremely long time. I looked forward to a continually expanding world but, now that that has ceased, it may not be as long as I had hoped. I imagine I'll continue to play until I have 27 characters who have all mastered the four chapters. Hopefully GW:EN will be enough to keep me excited and occupied once it comes out and, if I'm lucky enough to get on GW2beta, I expect I will continue to be overwhelmed by the GW phenomena. I don't expect that "Hard Mode" will be all it's hyped up to be, I rarely get to dedicate my weekends to GW so the double weekends are futile for me, and I'm not as concerned about titles that most are, but the main events, diversity of character creation (1st/2nd profession combinations) and play style options, and general infrastructure of the game might just be enough to keep me highly involved.

If, by the time GW2 comes out, I still haven't mastered GW1 with 27 characters, I expect I will continue to play GW1 (maybe just not as much as the former).

I like to imagine that the developers will, somehow, keep GW1 fresh and exciting for players like me for at least another two years.

Onarik Amrak · Mar 28, 2007, 02:36 AM // 02:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr D J

I already quit. Mostly, because MMOs take up too much time and I got better things to do. Also, got very bored. But, I'll probably try GW2

You're weird. If you quit, why are you still here? MMOs take up too much time so your "better thing to do" is go on forums. How bizarre...

lucifer_uk · Mar 28, 2007, 02:36 AM // 02:36

Gonna grab some more titles. My current project is the sweet tooth title track.

I wish we would have week long events or even 2 week events. Weekends are always too busy for me.

Archangel Xavier · Mar 28, 2007, 02:37 AM // 02:37

yea some of those things don't sound extraodrinary, however, they each would provide much excitement at least for me even if it's only for a weekend in some cases. Truth is, alot of people just arent worried because they've been able to hold our attention for about the past 2 years and it wouldn't be difficult for them to do so for for a few more months. As for what I'll be striving for until GW:EN--> PVP titles.

Quid Pro Quo · Mar 28, 2007, 02:38 AM // 02:38

One word:

Beta.

Bryant Again · Mar 28, 2007, 02:40 AM // 02:40

I've been playing Doom a lot recently.

I also want to reinstall Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate II. Not to mention I have a Draenei warrior to level...

But as far as Guild Wars goes, I'm takin' a break until Hard Mode. I just made it to Kind of a Big Deal, and now I'm tired. Toodles.

Series · Mar 28, 2007, 02:40 AM // 02:40

I'll never stop playing!!

There's always more to do in Guild Wars, and if you say there isn't, you're lying (or not. but probably

)

Silly Warrior · Mar 28, 2007, 02:42 AM // 02:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quid Pro Quo

One word:

Beta.

Yes Quid...but the beta for GW2 isn't going to be until Spring of 08, or around that time.

And the Beta for GW:EN won't take place until around, my guess...and of course... October 28, or like November 21 or something.

So even then, thats still like 7 months of waiting...the beta isn't going to be here for a long time!

The Great Al · Mar 28, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

maybe there will be something totally unexpected, like while on hard mode, the level cap is level 30...

probably not, but if they wanted us to stick around longer it'd be a good idea, IMO.

The Great Al · Mar 28, 2007, 02:45 AM // 02:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silly Warrior

Yes Quid...but the beta for GW2 isn't going to be until Spring of 08, or around that time.

And the Beta for GW:EN won't take place until around, my guess...and of course... October 28, or like November 21 or something.

So even then, thats still like 7 months of waiting...the beta isn't going to be here for a long time!

i don't think the beta for gw2 will be until the second half of 08, pretty sure i read that somewhere.

also, assuming GWEN comes out around the middle of december, oct28 would probably be a good date for the PvE pre-test, but the PvP test would probably be in maybe september, if we're lucky. The game HAS to be pretty far along and if they rushed it could probably get it out by summer. However I would assume they're taking their time to slightly bridge the gap between GW:EN and GW2

Series · Mar 28, 2007, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Here's what I would like the best:

-No more gimmick weekends
-No more titles
-No more changes to titles
-No more miniatures
-No more holiday events except the MAJOR ones
-More skill balancing
-Skill balances that try to make balance, not kill off powerful stuff and completely ignore underpowered stuff.
-Things that will actually give new game play (such as hard mode)
-Constant adjustment and addition of minor features that make the game a better game (increase character limit for party search window anybody?)

Anarkii · Mar 28, 2007, 03:10 AM // 03:10

The current (business as well as content) design of Guild Wars lets you take breaks from the game whenever you want to, and come back later fresh. I don't think they intended the game to be something you'll have to play continuously for a long time. Indeed, they don't lose anything if you take breaks from time to time(No Monthly Fee), and you don't lose anything as well. You can get other stuff done in this time.

Other MMOs eat up all your time by using the grind->fun->grind->fun template. If you take out the grind, which GW has to a large degree(not counting titles), you have less to do, but what you do is fun. So use this 'downtime' to catch up on other things, and when GW:EN or GW2 comes out you'll be charged up and ready to go.

**cosyfiep** · Mar 28, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

9 months....geez I have only 1 character thru nf so far, another is just 2 missions away...I have another 8 toons to get thru the game. I have 3 elonians that will go thru canthan and tyria....and my original 4 toons have not gotten masters/bonuses on all the missions yet, I still want to get 100% of all 3 places.....still have skills to buy, etc.... and if that aint enough, only my 4 originals have ever been to sf (and none have finished the fa quest)....there are the titan quests ( for my canthans and elonians)....doa, fow, uw....tons and tons of stuff to do, and what ONLY 9 months to do it in.....guess I will need to quit working so I can get done before the expansion comes out!

really if you have as many characters as you have slots and get them all thru all the missions with masters/bonuses, get all the skills and elites, do the titan quests, sf----and not run thru the game you would have plenty to do for the next 9 months! go back and do quests you missed, make new characters and get them thru all 3 chapters---have you made all the classes??? try getting a mesmer all the way thru 3 chapters??? or an assassin????.....help newbies, get all the greens, get ALL the elites in the game.....tons and tons of stuff to keep you occupied for at least 9 more months.

lucifer_uk · Mar 28, 2007, 03:34 AM // 03:34

I hope we have a double alliance battle weekend because i'm finding it rather a drag and hard to fill up my luxon faction title track.