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Nash Vegas · Jan 04, 2011, 12:40 AM // 00:40

Take that WoW!

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01...lts/#continued

Guild Wars - Best MMO of the decade

Guild Wars 2 - 2nd most anticipated of 2011 (SW:ToR is #1)

Arena Net - close behind Blizzard for best developers studio.

GW:EotN - Best expansion of the decade

Guild Wars is also the best community (as voted)

ErrantVenture · Jan 04, 2011, 12:41 AM // 00:41

Good yokes all around. Guys, don't go superfanboy over this poll. It looks like they had less than 10,000 votes which makes it completely meaningless (considering that 5+ mil people play WoW and between 50-200k people play GW)

Aycee · Jan 04, 2011, 12:46 AM // 00:46

Woooo lets go GW

Celestina · Jan 04, 2011, 12:47 AM // 00:47

To be honest, I find that suprising o.o

Nash Vegas · Jan 04, 2011, 12:49 AM // 00:49

Also, Eye of the North is Best expansion of the decade, and Guild Wars has the best community (as voted) Edited main post with this I missed the first time through.

TheGizzy · Jan 04, 2011, 12:54 AM // 00:54

AND Best MMO Community AND Best MMO Expansion!

I also think it's very significant that ArenaNet didn't even show up on the "Worst MMO Studio" chart at all, though NCSoft did (as it did on the Best list) - which seems to indicate that while some people are dissatisfied with those who distribute GW, they're pretty happy with those who develop it.

Given how long GW has been out, and how long it has been since there's been a new title release in the GW universe, I think this speaks volume about the high quality GW offers players.

Congratulations GW!!

Nash Vegas · Jan 04, 2011, 12:57 AM // 00:57

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Originally Posted by ErrantVenture

Good yokes all around. Guys, don't go superfanboy over this poll. It looks like they had less than 10,000 votes which makes it completely meaningless (considering that 5+ mil people play WoW and between 50-200k people play GW)

Sure, this has to be taken with a grain of salt, but still, the majority of 10k compared with the amount of people who both play Guild Wars AND care about these sites and polls says something about the results.

StormDragonZ · Jan 04, 2011, 01:00 AM // 01:00

This can only mean one thing...

More costumes!

Horace Slughorn · Jan 04, 2011, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Just because a sample is small, doesn't mean that the data from it is not reliable/valid. You have to show why that specific sample chosen is not representative of the greater population.

DigitalFear · Jan 04, 2011, 01:07 AM // 01:07

This surprises me.

Lord Dagon · Jan 04, 2011, 01:08 AM // 01:08

nice. couldnt beleive it. deffiantly glad i stuck with this game then

End · Jan 04, 2011, 01:08 AM // 01:08

While I'm glad for them and especially in the begining they did do alot of things right. I would say their recent behavior should have taken them out of that spot.

But I will be happy for them I spose. Although Im wondering how the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO we got best community? Am I really that awesome that I make up for the rest of yalls.

*lemming* · Jan 04, 2011, 01:17 AM // 01:17

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Originally Posted by Horace Slughorn

Just because a sample is small, doesn't mean that the data from it is not reliable/valid. You have to show why that specific sample chosen is not representative of the greater population.

The results are gathered from a public poll. That is in no way valid.

Chrisworld · Jan 04, 2011, 01:25 AM // 01:25

I'm surprised that The old Republic was more anticipated than Guild Wars 2. If the majority of people who took part in the pole selected GW to be the best MMO of the decade, and with the way Star Wars MMO's turned out in the past... er..doesn't make much sense.

ErrantVenture · Jan 04, 2011, 01:34 AM // 01:34

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Originally Posted by Chrisworld

I'm surprised that The old Republic was more anticipated than Guild Wars 2. If the majority of people who took part in the pole selected GW to be the best MMO of the decade, and with the way Star Wars MMO's turned out in the past... er..doesn't make much sense.

The only other Star Wars MMO was SWG. TOR is being developed by bioware, a company known to make great Star Wars games and great games in general. People have a lot more faith in TOR b/c it's bioware developing it.

Elon's Rose · Jan 04, 2011, 01:38 AM // 01:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisworld

I'm surprised that The old Republic was more anticipated than Guild Wars 2. If the majority of people who took part in the pole selected GW to be the best MMO of the decade, and with the way Star Wars MMO's turned out in the past... er..doesn't make much sense.

Not really sure what you're talking about - originally, among hardcore MMOers who played Ultima and Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies was a huge success. It was only until they completely changed the game to accommodate for a more casual audience was the game received poorly.

jazilla · Jan 04, 2011, 01:42 AM // 01:42

ToR being made by a world renowned studio(most of the general gaming populace thinks ncsoft makes gw) and the fact that it is the Star Wars franchise makes a ton of sense as to why it is so anticipated.

Verene · Jan 04, 2011, 01:50 AM // 01:50

Though the stuff that Bioware is doing to TOR is turning a lot of hardcore SW fans off of it. My entire roleplay group was planning on getting it; now none of us are even considering playing.

(and personally, I think Bioware makes garbage games, but that's just me)

Also, SWG was ruined by people whining they wanted to be Jedi, so that was added to the game. Tons of Jedi, which the game was not balanced for, in an era where there were no Jedi...yeah.

Anyway, anything like this is going to be opinion-based, and nothing but. It's not less valid than any other award-type thing, which are all popularity contests when it comes down to it. Quite pleased that GW beat out WoW, though.

ErrantVenture · Jan 04, 2011, 01:55 AM // 01:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verene

Though the stuff that Bioware is doing to TOR is turning a lot of hardcore SW fans off of it. My entire roleplay group was planning on getting it; now none of us are even considering playing.

(and personally, I think Bioware makes garbage games, but that's just me)

Also, SWG was ruined by people whining they wanted to be Jedi, so that was added to the game. Tons of Jedi, which the game was not balanced for, in an era where there were no Jedi...yeah.

Anyway, anything like this is going to be opinion-based, and nothing but. It's not less valid than any other award-type thing, which are all popularity contests when it comes down to it. Quite pleased that GW beat out WoW, though.

Jedi were built into SWG from launch. The means of attaining Jedi characters simply weren't made known until 2 years into the game. The pre-9 jedi system was very cool; the much easier method of attaining jedi (SOE's first attempt to cater to more casual characters) after patch 9 led to a developer mentality that ruined the game.

ruk1a · Jan 04, 2011, 02:02 AM // 02:02

GW didn't beat WoW, the fact that any of you think this poll is valid in any way is hilarious to me.