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Issac · Sep 01, 2008, 09:48 PM // 21:48

Interesting stuff lets see what happens lol.

own age myname · Sep 01, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

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Originally Posted by the Puppeteer

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10321471

Oh my bad didn't know that xD

Rexion · Sep 01, 2008, 09:53 PM // 21:53

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! more rumors for more speculation threads to be created.

wilebill · Sep 01, 2008, 10:16 PM // 22:16

I will not read novels. What I would like instead would be something like the old Dune Encyclopaedia, or one of the Encyclopaedic Guides to Lord of the Rings.

I always found it easier to pick up the story as a side effect of reading the background material than the other way around.

Gregslot · Sep 01, 2008, 11:26 PM // 23:26

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Originally Posted by 4thVariety

Fantasy is almost never in a real medieval setting. Fantasy almost always includes political structures and ideas FAR beyond medieval times. The whole mindset of characters in GW is not that of people living in the middle ages. There is nothing medieval about Tyria, Kryta or any of the other Kingdoms. Their societies are vastly different from the middle ages, the structure of their society is different, the motivations of the people are different and the goals of people seek are different. There are no estates of realm, no hierarchy beyond a king, no system of fiefdom. Religion seems to be separate from state and of little influence in daily life. A book will have to develop all of these aspects or risk describing a very bland generic world.

History wins once again!

I want to see what happens to Cantha! they are BY FAR the most rich and powerful kingdom we know (not to mention the manpower they have), im sure they overruned the Kurzicks and the Luxons.

Hyper Cutter · Sep 01, 2008, 11:27 PM // 23:27

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Originally Posted by own age myname

I count the novel as news enough, as it explains what happened that makes us have to save the world again?

We already know that, the original Movement of the World article already spelled out for us what happened (ie Anet trying to make the world as screwed up as possible, ala most Dragonlance stuff set from the Chaos War on, especially the War of Souls.)...

ShadowsRequiem · Sep 01, 2008, 11:39 PM // 23:39

You know you're a nerd when......

Big_Daddy · Sep 02, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Interesting stuff.
Any word on who the writer will be? If it was up to me I'd choose Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Their first Dragonlance run tells a story of gods and mortals not unlike the GW's lore.

wetsparks · Sep 02, 2008, 12:36 AM // 00:36

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Originally Posted by 4thVariety

Fourth problem are the badguys in GW. They are usually a bunch of moronic, yet powerful beings, perpetrating deeds of evil for the sake of evil itself. GW is deeply rooted in a "black vs. white" battle of "good vs. evil". Popular fiction, be it comics, books or movies are rooted in conflicts between different shades of grey. Good guys doing bad things for the greater goods and bad guys who initially had honorable intentions. Not something current GW lore is known for. You're either a red dot or a green dot and that's how the game is perceived while cutscenes and dialogue is being skipped.

The Lord of the Rings comes to mind after reading this. The main bad guy, Sauron, is evil and does evil stuff. The good guys do good stuff. The only cross over like you mentioned is Borimir, Denethor, and Sarumon doing bad things for the greater good (or so they think).

And I would definitely buy the books, in fact I created a thread about it a long long time ago except my thread suggested books to fill in the holes that they story tellers left in the games (some got filled up with the Bonus Mission Pack). I just hope they don't let Mel Odem write the books. He did a horrible job with the Diablo book and Hellgate London books. A big name author would probably want to big of a cut so they would have to get someone who would be willing to work for less. Someone mentioned Jeff Grubb and I think that would be a good choice, he already worked on Nightfall and Eye of the North so he is familiar with the game and I liked his Starcraft book that he did for Blizzard.

fenix · Sep 02, 2008, 12:40 AM // 00:40

GW2 release is in 2010. Books 2009.

Dr.Jones · Sep 02, 2008, 01:53 AM // 01:53

i was defently there! i am and that explains everything that they said about this at the pannle on the note of the pannle i would like to say that most of the questions that were asked were imo lame, mainly because they could be found on the wiki. i think it was also noted/asked for a art book to be made to which they said things are in the works but to check out some unofficial page. where anet employees post a lot of there artwork, both for game and out side of it. sorry i dont remember the site.

also my understanding of the books was that the first book was going to really be the focus of the 250 years and the other books were going to be a lot more lore based and diving into allot of other things like past events though i could be completely wrong about that.

The Little Viking · Sep 02, 2008, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Ive pretty much lost all interest in GW2. By the time it finally reaches the market (if ever) I will have found better ways to spend my time. So lore books? Id rather not, thank you.

aaje vhanli · Sep 02, 2008, 04:56 AM // 04:56

I'd be completely interested in reading these. Especially if the events covered are a link from GW to GW2. I honestly couldn't care less about the drama/relationships between individuals, but would definitely read them for the lore and historical elements. I've never been a fan of Dragonlance or Wheel of Time, StarWars novels or any of that fantasy/sci-fi fiction sort, but when I consider how I've enjoyed the lore of GW so far, I'd give these a go. Let's just hope that the writing/dialogue is better than that we've seen in the games if, indeed, we are to care about individual characters.

I expect I'll also purchase the first book right away (likely, ordered online) because I am a proud supporter of aNet and would like to see that money support them in their work toward GW2. I would not buy the second or third books, however, if the first one blows goats.

Ultimately, I'm surely interested, but I'm not going to bust a nut over anything.

Calaval · Sep 02, 2008, 08:30 AM // 08:30

I'll definitely be buying these! I hope at least one book mentions the fate of familiar heroes and henchmen during the many years between games.

I’m also looking forward to viewing the cover art of these books, I love the talent of Anets artists.

Don Doggy · Sep 02, 2008, 11:41 AM // 11:41

Sounds interesting I will probably read the first book and if I like it read the others.

D8tura · Sep 02, 2008, 12:00 PM // 12:00

"Yet possibly even more exciting was a small tidbit of news we got from Chris Lye, ArenaNet's Director of Marketing, regarding Guild Wars 2. The team is working with Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) for a three-book series that will fill in the lore gaps within the 250-year period between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2. Stay tuned to Massively for more on this series and any other Guild Wars 2 news we may uncover."

HA!! I knew it felt like hundreds of years until GW2 two comes out! hehehehe

MarlinBackna · Sep 08, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

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Ive pretty much lost all interest in GW2. By the time it finally reaches the market (if ever) I will have found better ways to spend my time. So lore books? Id rather not, thank you.

HA!! I knew it felt like hundreds of years until GW2 two comes out! hehehehe

<_<...you guys are idiots. They had to announce GW2 alongside EotN, otherwise the Hall of Monuments wouldn't make sense. When they announced it, it was obviously in very early planning for GW2. Triple-A games don't take 1-2 years to make, especially not AAA MMOs (or CORPGs or w/e).

Anyway, I'm real excited about these novels. I always felt that there was so much that was unexplained in GW, so the fact that they are willing to flesh out the backstory for GW2 has given me hope that it will be somewhat more deep than GW1 story-wise.

illidan009 · Sep 09, 2008, 12:20 AM // 00:20

*rolls eyes* *points to Lord of the Clans* GG. Still might buy them though...and I'm definitely getting GW2 even with all the QQ about "omg newfags ruin my gw experience"

Queenie · Sep 09, 2008, 12:52 AM // 00:52

That is awesome.

FyrFytr998 · Sep 09, 2008, 03:04 AM // 03:04

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Originally Posted by Hyper Cutter

We already know that, the original Movement of the World article already spelled out for us what happened (ie Anet trying to make the world as screwed up as possible, ala most Dragonlance stuff set from the Chaos War on, especially the War of Souls.)...

Dragonlance got screwed up because Weis and Hickman stopped writing DL for the period between the Chaos War and War of Souls. War of Souls basically came in and cleaned up all the mess Wizards created in their absence.

On that note however, all the DL and Forgotten Realms novels keep people that still play Paper and Pen RPG's in tune within that games universe. It enables people that are DM's to create their own original adventures based on novels, if official ones haven't been released.