Guild Wars and Steam - Guild Wars Forums

Arihiza · Feb 25, 2011, 09:08 AM // 09:08

I currently own Prophecies: GotY and EotN. I am wanting to get Nightfall and Factions now.

My account at the moment isn't linked with steam in anyway.
Now steam currently has the GW trilogy on sale, which is cheaper than buying Nightfall and Factions separately.
If I buy it with steam, am I able to add it to my current account that is not on steam?

I see direct2drive has it on sale too, but they will not let me buy it in New Zealand. They never let me buy anything that is on special.

miskav · Feb 25, 2011, 09:13 AM // 09:13

Not sure about steam (I don't think you can link steam+nonsteam games, atleast not inside steam, not sure how GW handles it)
But I can see you already having prophecies a problem if you want to add trilogy, as that includes prophecies.

But to your D2D question; Why not use a proxy while you're buying? It shouldn't check your location after purchase anyway.

TheGizzy · Feb 25, 2011, 11:56 AM // 11:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arihiza

I currently own Prophecies: GotY and EotN. I am wanting to get Nightfall and Factions now.

My account at the moment isn't linked with steam in anyway.
Now steam currently has the GW trilogy on sale, which is cheaper than buying Nightfall and Factions separately.
If I buy it with steam, am I able to add it to my current account that is not on steam?

I see direct2drive has it on sale too, but they will not let me buy it in New Zealand. They never let me buy anything that is on special.

You're basically describing what I did when I started playing in October.

When you buy the Trilogy through Steam, you can load up Steam, click "View" and then "Games List." Then you click on "Guild Wars" so it is highlighted, and right click on it and select "View Game CD Key." All you have to do then is copy the CD key and boot up Guild Wars as you normally would and select "Create Account or Add Access Key" on the login screen.

That will automatically add Factions & Nightfall to your existing account. You'll "lose" the second copy of Prophecies - but as you noted, the Trilogy is a much cheaper price than buying Factions & Nightfall separately, so you're still coming out very much ahead.

When you already have one of the three chapters (Prophecies, Nightfall or Factions) there's no actual "download" involved beyond what you'd normally have whenever you enter a new explorable area or outpost for the first time (that couple of seconds when it downloads all the image files and such for the new area as you're entering it). You're not really "downloading" another game the way you would if you were adding an expansion pack to some other game. So Steam itself is actually irrelevant to the process... other than as a place to buy (and retrieve again later, if necessary for some reason) your CD key.

miskav · Feb 25, 2011, 01:40 PM // 13:40

I stand corrected.

Chrisworld · Feb 25, 2011, 07:13 PM // 19:13

What Gizzy said... Steam doesn't make your Guild Wars account any more special than buying it retail or anywhere else, it just gives your Steam account the ability to download the base client of what you bought and also ships a unique Guild Wars key with it like you would get with a retail box on paper. Just add that key to your GW account and you're good to go. You don't have to install from Steam.

Arihiza · Feb 25, 2011, 09:15 PM // 21:15

Awesome. Thanks you very much for the help.

Just bought it through steam. Looking forward to it. Have been putting off getting Nightfall and Factions for so long.

Verene · Feb 25, 2011, 09:50 PM // 21:50

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Originally Posted by miskav

But I can see you already having prophecies a problem if you want to add trilogy, as that includes prophecies.

The game will just give you a message that you're adding content you have access to already. There won't be any problems in adding the trilogy to an account that already has Prophecies, though.

Feb 25, 2011, 09:08 AM // 09:08	#1
Arihiza Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2011	Guild Wars and Steam I currently own Prophecies: GotY and EotN. I am wanting to get Nightfall and Factions now. My account at the moment isn't linked with steam in anyway. Now steam currently has the GW trilogy on sale, which is cheaper than buying Nightfall and Factions separately. If I buy it with steam, am I able to add it to my current account that is not on steam? I see direct2drive has it on sale too, but they will not let me buy it in New Zealand. They never let me buy anything that is on special.

Feb 25, 2011, 09:13 AM // 09:13	#2
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	Not sure about steam (I don't think you can link steam+nonsteam games, atleast not inside steam, not sure how GW handles it) But I can see you already having prophecies a problem if you want to add trilogy, as that includes prophecies. But to your D2D question; Why not use a proxy while you're buying? It shouldn't check your location after purchase anyway.

Feb 25, 2011, 01:40 PM // 13:40	#4
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	I stand corrected.

Feb 25, 2011, 07:13 PM // 19:13	#5
Chrisworld Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2010 Guild: Gameamp Guides [AMP] Profession: W/	What Gizzy said... Steam doesn't make your Guild Wars account any more special than buying it retail or anywhere else, it just gives your Steam account the ability to download the base client of what you bought and also ships a unique Guild Wars key with it like you would get with a retail box on paper. Just add that key to your GW account and you're good to go. You don't have to install from Steam.

Feb 25, 2011, 09:15 PM // 21:15	#6
Arihiza Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2011	Awesome. Thanks you very much for the help. Just bought it through steam. Looking forward to it. Have been putting off getting Nightfall and Factions for so long.