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Fril Estelin · Apr 25, 2009, 12:06 PM // 12:06

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Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin

Micropayments wouldn't be so bad if the server would not crash and burn when new content came out. Remember the EoTN launch?

Remember last time this happened? Remember how many time they had to stop servers for maintenance? And most importantly, everything considered, remember the last time you had to pay a fee to play?

As the saying goes "people only remember the trains that are late".

Buster · Apr 25, 2009, 12:48 PM // 12:48

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Originally Posted by upier

See, even the guys at A.Net don't want to play GW anymore!

A copy of GW2 is probably laying around on Mike Obrien's desk right now.

TheodenKing · Apr 25, 2009, 02:13 PM // 14:13

I have a better appreciation of Anet after reading that article. Good stuff!

Arrowmaster · Apr 25, 2009, 09:34 PM // 21:34

A great interview!

I am very impressed by the bright people at ArenaNet. Although nothing is perfect in the game development world, the Guild Wars team have done an absolutely amazing job.

There are so many things that they have to balance to provide the right game mix that will appeal to many types of players of all ages; in my opinion they have succeeded beyond all reasonable expectations.

As an example, I am in the older age group, with my 57th birthday in a few days and Guild Wars still remains a major part of my life after playing a few years. I am a guild leader and have had a very international guild membership with officers and members of all age groups and nationalities. One of my officers is currently 12 years old!

I look forward to Guild Wars 2, but agree with the sentiment expressed by others that no matter how good it will be, I wish to play the existing Guild Wars for many years to come, in addition to the new game. It is difficult to judge just what proportion of existing players will completely abandon GW for GW2, but I am delighted by the statement "We plan to keep supporting Guild Wars for a long time."

What a nice surprise the "Guild Wars 4th Anniversary Update" was, after the initial shock of finding all my characters looking different on the character selection screen and having to load each one in turn and character select to another to set them back to normal. Realizing that ArenaNet had done more than normal in the update and checking up on it, I was delighted with the new functionality they have added. As a primary ranger most of the time, I love the Zaishen Menagerie and have already been putting it to good use.

ArenaNet gets 5 stars from me!

As well as bravely going where no one has gone before they listen to their users and implement the best suggestions when practical.

May there be many more successful Guild Wars Anniversaries!

own age myname · Apr 26, 2009, 12:22 PM // 12:22

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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

Mike O'Brien:[/B]In addition to the normal playtesting of everyday development, the entire team logs on every Wednesday to simply play the game together, and we always have a lot of fun.

-.-

Come on, stop making me jealous. Just little tidbits of info we already kind of have is making me more hyped for GW2.

Bargamer · Apr 26, 2009, 11:44 PM // 23:44

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Originally Posted by Buster

A copy of GW2 is probably laying around on Mike Obrien's desk right now.

Let's go Mission Impossible, and steal it! XD

Great interview, I especially liked the admission that Magic: the Gathering was one of the inspirations.

Obrien Xp · Apr 27, 2009, 02:27 AM // 02:27

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Originally Posted by Arrowmaster

One of my officers is currently 12 years old!

Then they aren't allowed to play gw, look on the back of the box. Idc, if they're mature enough then they're fine in my book.

I am 100% against any form of monthly payment including microtransactions, gw is f2p and gw2 is (as the faq declared) f2p.
I will only accept paying for campaigns and expansions, and extras like char name changes etc. The bonus mission pack comes with the prof-fac plat edition so its a unique case.

ajc2123 · Apr 27, 2009, 09:19 PM // 21:19

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Originally Posted by Grj

So instead of paying £30-35 when gw2 hits retail, you want the content cut in half's and you're willing to pay £5-£10 more for that?

anet really have struck gold with the micropayment crowd...

He meant taking that 10-35, cutting it in half along with the content, then paying more for the other.

Which isn't bad....but its kinda weird.

SirSausage · Apr 27, 2009, 10:00 PM // 22:00

I'm having the impression that they are playtesting the game a little bit too much. Other than that, great interview.