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Benderama · May 05, 2010, 07:20 PM // 19:20

hey i dunno if it's just me or has anyone else noticed more players in mission outposts? i know most people hang around towns like LA and everywhere (even ToA is losing districts D:!) but i swear there are more people doing mission in outposts early and further in the story.
is there any reason behind this like more new players or something? just curious

jray14 · May 05, 2010, 07:38 PM // 19:38

probably the $20 Trilogy on Steam deal

Barrage · May 05, 2010, 07:42 PM // 19:42

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Originally Posted by jray14

probably the $20 Trilogy on Steam deal

Or the amazon deal for Trilogy + EOTN for $24

Karate Jesus · May 05, 2010, 08:06 PM // 20:06

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Originally Posted by Barrage

Or the amazon deal for Trilogy + EOTN for $24

^ there are a ton of newer players out there now. It's weird :/

Mintha Syl · May 05, 2010, 08:12 PM // 20:12

I didn't see more people in the game but it's difficult not to notice the new players wave in the forums. Probably the deals you pointed, or maybe somewhere it's raining gw (alleluja!) or whatever, who knows

Gift3d · May 05, 2010, 08:34 PM // 20:34

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Zaishen_Mission

Painbringer · May 05, 2010, 08:34 PM // 20:34

Probably because the player base moved from City of Heros to GW. I was just on last night and it had about 5 people playing that includes me and my 14 day free trial. Talk about abandoned wow

Bob Slydell · May 05, 2010, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Maybe a lot of newer gamers who never played GW have heard about GW2 and wanna try GW, plus the trilogy. Also Gifted.. that's not really a reason unless you can get a Z mission quest for every mission in the game every day. But only one mission per day.

Absolute Destiny · May 05, 2010, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Hopefully this new wave of players means the GW1 servers will stay active after GW2 is released...

**cosyfiep** · May 05, 2010, 09:01 PM // 21:01

yeah I think there are a few out there who heard that gw2 might be coming out sometime...and since gw is available now (for cheap at many places) they are probably checking it out to see if they like it (and not knowing they dont need it to play the 2nd also a remote possibility).

damkel · May 05, 2010, 09:09 PM // 21:09

Even in the European districts (which are most of the time dead) there are people hanging around merchants and the skills NPC. Fresh meat!!

own age myname · May 05, 2010, 09:35 PM // 21:35

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Originally Posted by Absolute Destiny

Hopefully this new wave of players means the GW1 servers will stay active after GW2 is released...

Um..Anet said GW1 will be active for awhile/a long time after GW2.

I think the flood of people is because of the GW2 news.

BeingBen · May 05, 2010, 09:51 PM // 21:51

I was gonna get it for a friend after I saw your prices, but after looking they are definitely not that cheap

Karate Jesus · May 05, 2010, 10:02 PM // 22:02

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Originally Posted by BeingBen

I was gonna get it for a friend after I saw your prices, but after looking they are definitely not that cheap

Keep looking. About a year ago, I bought an extra Trilogy account for $7. They're out there.

Terrible Surgeon · May 05, 2010, 10:07 PM // 22:07

I just noticed over the past few months that a lot of the older players are dropping out and a batch of new players is coming in...this is just my personal observation. Whether it has anything to do with GW2 coming out or not who can honestly give an answer to that. As far as im concerned new players are new players and the reason they joined doesn't matter at all. A MMO like guild wars doesn't really die it just plateaus as long as it keeps being updated.

@BEING BEN..
Whats not cheap? You buy the game and never pay a fee after that..its not like this is Xbox live or WoW...5 years of play on a game for just paying the purchase fee is REALLY CHEAP!!!!!!! Unless you're a total cheap cheap cheap cheap cheaper

Fillyra · May 05, 2010, 11:19 PM // 23:19

A lot of my friends have been coming back and we've been doing a lot of the early mission stuff on different characters or trying out new things.

Yawgmoth · May 05, 2010, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Observed an increased number of Pre-Ascalon and Kamadan districts in the last couple weeks.
I thought it's the 5th Anniversary getting people to come back to the game just as we remember how 4th Anniversary dramatically increased active playercount and not just in current Zaishen quest/Nicholas zones.

QueenofDeath · May 05, 2010, 11:47 PM // 23:47

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Originally Posted by Absolute Destiny

Hopefully this new wave of players means the GW1 servers will stay active after GW2 is released...

I'll answer this statement with a question. Are there still OFFICIAL servers for Diablo now that Diablo 2 has been out awhile? What about the game MYTH and MYTH II and MYTH III? Are they still on OFFICIAL servers??

Let's even hit closer to home with games like AUTO ASSAULT and TABULA RASA published by NCsoft! Are those ONLINE ONLY games still around?

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CesarVerata · May 06, 2010, 12:35 AM // 00:35

A friend and I just started playing a few days ago. One reason was the price through Steam, also we were WoW players for five years and got sick of it and needed something different. Really enjoying it so far and the community seems a lot better here.

gremlin · May 06, 2010, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Games always get an influx of new players when they come out as a budget release.

I spent many happy hours playing such games because my machine couldn't handle the latest ones.

Of course the zeishen and Nicholas quests account for some activity