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Sir Skullcrasher · Jan 25, 2010, 05:29 AM // 05:29

really weird.. I can't login to my GW account anymore. I changed password last night. Using the same password to login today and can't get in.... hmm something isn't right!

Shayne Hawke · Jan 25, 2010, 05:54 AM // 05:54

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

For a.net... ehhh shrug who cares?

With GW2 on the horizon, ANet losing their customer base is certainly not not a big deal.

Ariena Najea · Jan 25, 2010, 06:32 AM // 06:32

I do wonder if ArenaNet could be bought out by another publisher. Unlikely since that would likely be extremely expensive due to ArenaNet's success, but I suppose it is possible. For anything to happen, a lot of money is going to be involved. With so many other games coming out in the same period as Guild Wars 2, buying ArenaNet would be a very risky move.

Also remember that the ArenaNet founders are scattered to the winds, and several have positions in NCSoft now. They are still involved in Guild Wars 1 and 2, but in the production aspect rather than the developer.

shoyon456 · Jan 25, 2010, 09:29 AM // 09:29

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Originally Posted by Chrisworld

What if Blizzard buys them out. Rofl.

Not a chance in hell.

As the interview and many indicated, there's really no reason to stick with a company that behaves in this manner and has these sorts of problems. Yes, Anet responded fairly well, but when coupled with mismanagement of GW1 as a whole, I can safely say that GW2 is not at the top of my list.

One right doesn't make up for multiple wrongs.

EDIT: I am one of those players who would prefer a free 2 play game, but I wouldn't mind forking over the money for quality, content, support, and regular updates. For us old GW1 players, we're pretty much getting what we're paying for: zilch.

Tom Swift · Jan 25, 2010, 02:25 PM // 14:25

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Originally Posted by Ariena Najea

I do wonder if ArenaNet could be bought out by another publisher. Unlikely since that would likely be extremely expensive due to ArenaNet's success, but I suppose it is possible. For anything to happen, a lot of money is going to be involved. With so many other games coming out in the same period as Guild Wars 2, buying ArenaNet would be a very risky move.

Added to that is the fact that at the moment there can't be much profit coming in. A few people are still buying the game here and there but for the most part the player base isn't gonna grow much on a game that is almost 5 years old. And I hardly think the ingame store is producing enough to support the company.

With the high profit days of GW1 pretty much over and GW still dangling in the future, taking funds for development but not producing cash, as yet, I can't see many companies jumping up and down to buy ANet.

Shayne Hawke · Jan 25, 2010, 02:55 PM // 14:55

What really worries me about any potential change of hands with ANet is what happens to the link between the NCMA and the game account (whether valuable information is all deleted or just stored somewhere), the in-game store, and whatever kind of effect this might have on the HoM system.

Lord Dagon · Jan 25, 2010, 05:03 PM // 17:03

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

What really worries me about any potential change of hands with ANet is what happens to the link between the NCMA and the game account (whether valuable information is all deleted or just stored somewhere), the in-game store, and whatever kind of effect this might have on the HoM system.

^this

i know alot of ppl have NCSoft accounts(i dont i never cared about that extra storadge pane ;p) so this would be a big problem.

Knowing the unresponseable NCSoft as of today, id say they'd store it on an information sheet and stick it to the outside of their buildings front entrence.(this would be that so when the management or some subordinate gets mad they can randomly pick someone from the list and perma-ban them).

thats just my 2 cents

Improvavel · Jan 25, 2010, 05:16 PM // 17:16

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Originally Posted by Ariena Najea

I do wonder if ArenaNet could be bought out by another publisher. Unlikely since that would likely be extremely expensive due to ArenaNet's success, but I suppose it is possible. For anything to happen, a lot of money is going to be involved. With so many other games coming out in the same period as Guild Wars 2, buying ArenaNet would be a very risky move.

Also remember that the ArenaNet founders are scattered to the winds, and several have positions in NCSoft now. They are still involved in Guild Wars 1 and 2, but in the production aspect rather than the developer.

Why would NCSoft sell them anyway?

2009 seemed a good year for their stock value.

lilDeath · Jan 25, 2010, 11:36 PM // 23:36

WOW, this CEO guy is awesome! He sure talks the talk... I couldn't find any prices though for the software security solutions...

Of course, I will need to POC first... because you know... quite often what Salesmen say (CEO is nothing other than a glorified salesman) is not how a product actually works and how their operation / business operates.

Proof is in the pudding. Good effort on the opportunistic Sales punt tho.

Painbringer · Jan 26, 2010, 02:05 AM // 02:05

So with all the warnings and hacks I go to change my password. I log into GW select change password. (enter old password) (enter new one) (reenter new one again) and it code 11 on me. Over and over and over.... I try to no avail. Then I click go to NCsoft can't even log in to that site. While at NCSOFT GW has stopped responding a and I have to force close it. What am I doing wrong???

This is messed up now I can not sign into GW with old password but the intial one I tried that code 11 on me works. Thank god I remembered it WTH is that all about

UPDATE

I went to log on again this morning and I am now disabled none of the passwords I tried new or old work

very dissapointing especially when I was following there advice