Curse

Wessels · Aug 22, 2006, 11:30 PM // 23:30

What if Anet ( Guild wars to be more precise) would become -maybe already is- the sole "money-maker" for NCsoft? Wouldn't that put Anet in a powerful position within NC-soft's business structure ??

In fact: wouldn't it be possible for A-net to "buy out " NCsoft if that was to be the case??

I have watched all those new NCsoft titles in various magazines and none of them seem to be even close - in terms of sales and popularity- to GW's success .Isn't that in itself putting a lot of pressure on the devs ?? They need to "produce the goods " with every new GW-chapter ,not only for us ( the critical players ) but also to maintain NCsoft's competiveness.I think that's a far more dangerous thing than the argument of being a "sell-out " .Having one branch of a company having to produce the revenue to keep all others alive is never a good thing .

scrinner · Aug 23, 2006, 04:07 AM // 04:07

If you are complaining about the online store. Take one Big Look at it.

Do you see any in game items in there? Do You see anything that might tip the balance? Gaile grey herself stated they would never EVER add items that might tip game balanced, Or make it unfair for others. Games like maplestory and runescape are really cheap with the way they give free acess, But to actually do anything you need to pay for it.

Anet isnt becomming a sell out. And if your complaining about events.. We or atleast I have been waiting for events for a while and Atlast Anet delivers.
Thank you ANET.

generik · Aug 23, 2006, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wessels

What if Anet ( Guild wars to be more precise) would become -maybe already is- the sole "money-maker" for NCsoft? Wouldn't that put Anet in a powerful position within NC-soft's business structure ??

Clearly you have no idea how corporate politics work, whoever running Anet is not more powerful now, contrary the heat is just turned on in Anet, because any mistake that results in loss of revenue at this stage will really be amplified many fold. Noticed why Nightfall is supposedly PvE orientated now? I wouldn't even be surprised if they eventually get rid of the red headed stepchild known as PvP altogether and make GW into a a WoW clone.

Fact: PvE sells. People pay money for the RPG in MMORPG. Nobody pays money for stuff like Counterstrike.

MooseyFate · Aug 23, 2006, 08:10 PM // 20:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjack

Unlock all your skills for $10?

Good gravy, I WISH!

No, I wish skills weren't locked in the first place. That's the one huge thing that makes this game a grind (despite ANets lie that it GW is not a grind).

Gigashadow · Aug 23, 2006, 09:46 PM // 21:46

I'm quite happy to pay $10 per character slot.

Given how much time I've spent on GW, the overall cost of the game results in a very very low $ per hour of entertainment. Complainers these days are just cheapskates.

EternalTempest · Aug 23, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by MooseyFate

Good gravy, I WISH!

No, I wish skills weren't locked in the first place. That's the one huge thing that makes this game a grind (despite ANets lie that it GW is not a grind).

It's grind yes... but not grinding compared to pay-per-month such as FFXI, Wow, EQ, etc. Coming from FFXI grind to GW = no grind to me.

They have implemented Faction Balthazar (it didn't exist), x2 it's reward latter (way before the x2 faction event). With factions you can even earn this in AvA and now (you have pvp toon access) Fort Aspen & the other one .. that not many play.

Also with factions is the shift towards unlocking quickly... if you have enough gold and skill points, the faction skill trainer in Kai Center giving you most of them right off the bat.

Snowman · Aug 24, 2006, 01:13 PM // 13:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by EternalTempest

It's grind yes... but not grinding compared to pay-per-month such as FFXI, Wow, EQ, etc. Coming from FFXI grind to GW = no grind to me.

I have to agree, every other mmo-style game I have tried since playing GW has a very distinctive kind of grind which is SO easy to spot now.

GW has kinda ruined the enjoyment I thought I was having with other MMO's lol

Even if im battling away in AvA for hours at a time, Each battle is very different and has a unique story to tell.

Mr_T_bot · Aug 24, 2006, 01:28 PM // 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wessels

What if Anet ( Guild wars to be more precise) would become -maybe already is- the sole "money-maker" for NCsoft? Wouldn't that put Anet in a powerful position within NC-soft's business structure ??

NCSoft makes enough money from the Lineage series for each of its workers to go home and roll around in pools of cash.