Jun 21, 2007, 12:50 AM // 00:50 | #1 |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jun 2007
Profession: R/
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Purchase a slot, can you lose it?
I have all 4 slots used up with Factions characters. I want to buy more, however I'm trying to find out if there's any catches. If I buy a new computer next month and install my GW game on that with the same cdkey as I'm using on this computer, will the game recognize the extra slots I've purchased from the first computer I installed the game on? ... or will I only see 4 filled slots? ... or 4 empty slots?
And will these extra character slots appear with other campaigns I buy later on like Prof or Night, or EN and GW2? And how many am I allowed to have total? Is there a limit? And once they've been purchased, is there anything that can cause them to be deleted forever? |
Jun 21, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56 | #2 |
Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...
Guild: Dark Alley [dR]
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you will keep your slots and characters if you buy a new computer and install guildwars.
The slots will only appear with other chapters if you link the chapters. aka add a cd key to an existing chapter rather than play the game as a stand alone. |
Jun 21, 2007, 01:14 AM // 01:14 | #3 |
are we there yet?
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: in a land far far away
Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild?
Profession: Rt/
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your characters (account) are linked to your email addy--not the computer you run gw on. I currently have gw installed on 2 computers --a desktop and a laptop (for travelling purposes). So there is no need to worry about losing your characters when you change computers.
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Jun 21, 2007, 01:19 AM // 01:19 | #4 |
Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Australia
Guild: Oz
Profession: E/R
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Also GW1 you won't be able to link to GW2 as it will be a totally separate game.
But there will be a Hall of Monuments in GW.EN GW1s next chapter for Titles and whatever is finally decided to carryover from GW1 to GW2 but not Gold/cash. Last edited by Roo Ella; Jun 21, 2007 at 01:29 AM // 01:29.. |
Jun 21, 2007, 01:45 AM // 01:45 | #5 |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jun 2007
Profession: R/
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So is it meant to work like this?
GW14 chapters with all your characters accessible) Prof Fact Night EN GW2: (4 new chapters. No past accessible characters, so make new ones) |
Jun 21, 2007, 01:56 AM // 01:56 | #6 | |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: In the Elfen Forests of Washington State
Guild: Damage Radius
Profession: N/
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Jun 21, 2007, 02:39 AM // 02:39 | #7 |
Never Too Old
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests
Guild: Order of First
Profession: W/R
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It normally goes like this:
Buy first chapter - 4 slots Add second chapter - +2 slots Add third chapter - +2 slots Thus with three linked chapters you have 8 slots. As of now, ArenaNet has not indicated that there will be any additional slots with GW:EN as there is no character creation in the expansion (it is not a new standalone chapter). When the additional slots were offered for purchase last year, I believe it was stated that you could buy up to 26 slots. GW2 will not have the chapter system. We do not know how many slots will come with the game.
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Jun 21, 2007, 05:57 AM // 05:57 | #8 | |
Site Contributor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Finland
Guild: Runners of the Rose [RR]
Profession: R/
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GW is a game that you can run from anyone's computer that has the client installed. This is great for when you visit friends with GW and want to play your own characters. I've bought enough character slots to have 15 characters on the same account myself, and I've been able to play them from anywhere there is a GW client with no problem. |
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Jun 21, 2007, 06:43 AM // 06:43 | #9 |
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Guild: [ROSE]
Profession: A/
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I think the max was 27?
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Jun 21, 2007, 04:17 PM // 16:17 | #10 |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: May 2007
Profession: D/
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GW is saved to the Anet servers - saved remotely. Nothing is saved locally on your hard-disk. I too have GW installed on two different computers. The only difference I see is that if I visited a zone on one computer but not the other, I take a few extra seconds to zone while that zone downloads to my computer.
That's the only difference you should expect. |
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