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Agar · Mar 08, 2010, 12:41 PM // 12:41

We probably have less than a year till Guild Wars 2 is released (or at least beta) and i want to ask the following questions: Will we see things in GW1 that hint the coming events taking place in GW2 as we get closer to its launch? Is a big event planned at the release day?

Xeros Rex · Mar 08, 2010, 12:44 PM // 12:44

no
not going to happen

Agar · Mar 08, 2010, 01:00 PM // 13:00

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Originally Posted by Xeros Rex

no
not going to happen

And you base that on what?

Amy Awien · Mar 08, 2010, 01:04 PM // 13:04

It's just not so likely, new content requires lots of hours of coding and building and testing and they'll likely rather want to use those hours for GW2. GW1 isn't selling in big numbers anymore and they need to make a living too.

Agar · Mar 08, 2010, 01:12 PM // 13:12

Iam not talking about anything huge and code breaking but rather something closer to what we saw at EoTN release where small tremors were taking place in explorable areas. Or maybe new dialogs from NPCs and an interesting quest line.

Aeon221 · Mar 08, 2010, 01:13 PM // 13:13

You mean besides GW:EN?

JR · Mar 08, 2010, 01:15 PM // 13:15

It wouldn't surprise me if we saw one or two Dhuum-sized content updates that go a small way to linking the two games.

damkel · Mar 08, 2010, 01:25 PM // 13:25

Your question sounded very familiar. I found out why.
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Will there be deeper story lines for players to follow leading up to the game?
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Eric Flannum: One of the things that has made developing Guild Wars 2 so much fun is that we get to take past events in our world and extrapolate their consequences into the era of Guild Wars 2. The 250 year period between the two games is rich with major events, interesting characters, and important plot lines. One way we plan to explore some of this is through the Guild Wars novels, and we've already seen some things in Guild Wars 1 that lead into the second game. As we get closer to launch, I think we'll definitely see more things both in Guild Wars 1 and outside of it that hint at things to come.

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/81024

Shayne Hawke · Mar 08, 2010, 01:40 PM // 13:40

It's something that I don't see as out of the question.

Agar · Mar 08, 2010, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by damkel

Your question sounded very familiar. I found out why.
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Will there be deeper story lines for players to follow leading up to the game?
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Eric Flannum: One of the things that has made developing Guild Wars 2 so much fun is that we get to take past events in our world and extrapolate their consequences into the era of Guild Wars 2. The 250 year period between the two games is rich with major events, interesting characters, and important plot lines. One way we plan to explore some of this is through the Guild Wars novels, and we've already seen some things in Guild Wars 1 that lead into the second game. As we get closer to launch, I think we'll definitely see more things both in Guild Wars 1 and outside of it that hint at things to come.

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/81024

Thank youuuu! I was wandering where ive read that. My guess is that after the 5th anniversary we might start seeing stuff like that

damkel · Mar 08, 2010, 02:11 PM // 14:11

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Originally Posted by Agar

Thank youuuu! I was wandering where ive read that. My guess is that after the 5th anniversary we might start seeing stuff like that

Yeah most likely. But we should be getting info about classes and stuff round about now

Larrax Z · Mar 08, 2010, 02:27 PM // 14:27

They have promised that they will inform us about more gameplay early this year.. and they still didnt do that.

Tullzinski · Mar 08, 2010, 02:29 PM // 14:29

I thought there were going to be a series of books that bridge GW1 and GW2.

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ahhh damkel has what I saw at some point...

Larrax Z · Mar 08, 2010, 02:39 PM // 14:39

As they wrote in the FAQ...

When are you going to release more information?

We will release more info about lore and races later this year (probably the second trailer). We will reveal more about gameplay early next year.

Warvic · Mar 08, 2010, 02:40 PM // 14:40

They alrdy said that GW1 will get a few events/updates prior to GW2 release. But I can't find it right now.

edit. Damkel alrdy psoted it >.>

Korlic1115 · Mar 08, 2010, 03:04 PM // 15:04

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Originally Posted by Larrax Z

As they wrote in the FAQ...

When are you going to release more information?

We will release more info about lore and races later this year (probably the second trailer). We will reveal more about gameplay early next year.

They have given us some mechanics on how Guilds will work along with little minor things like that in interviews. And besides it is the start of the 3rd month of the year, we are still in the first quarter, give them some time.