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May 26, 2008, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Ok so i have prophecies and I'm just about to finish all the missions on one of my characters.. then I plan on farming a lot and get some good weapons.. capture many elites.. get elite armor.. and so on. But I also just bought factions... I was wondering.. when GW2 comes out.. how long untill GW dies out.. i hope to beat all the campaigns and then move onto GW2 but still play GW..

will it die out?? i hope not... what do you think.

NoXiFy · May 26, 2008, 05:53 PM // 17:53

not many will still be playing GW, unless it goes free or like 10$ for all 4 games.

May 26, 2008, 05:54 PM // 17:54

ah.. what a shame. i hope it doesnt.. kinda like runescape classic died out.. but that was expected since it had such shitty graphics.

Songbringer · May 26, 2008, 05:58 PM // 17:58

The servers will still be up for GW1 and I have talked to many who don't like the ideas bieng implemented into GW2. There won't be as many as there are now but I am sure people will still play GW1. Exspecially if w/e you get from having things in your hom helps you significantly in GW2.

technofern · May 26, 2008, 06:02 PM // 18:02

i strongly doubt though that titles will have a strong significance though. On the other hand, a lot of people are still into the pvp of guild wars so i think that that part of GW wont die out very vast....im skeptical about the PvE part though

Lothlorian Sassun · May 26, 2008, 06:05 PM // 18:05

ANET as stated that as long as there is still a player base and as long as they continue to sell GW then the servers will be open on GW1 long after GW2 comes out. New Players to GW continue to come into the game daily. GW2 is still along ways off so there is still plenty of time to finish up GW and still make the jump to GW2 when it comes out.

legendary4321 · May 26, 2008, 06:08 PM // 18:08

most of my friends are going to keep playing GW when GW 2 comes out because of pvp. But they herd from somewere that GW2 will have nearly the same kind of PvP in it. Not saying this is true just what I herd.

Balan Makki · May 26, 2008, 06:09 PM // 18:09

It may be (marketing 101) that they'll continue the Hall of Monuments beyond the release, so new players to GW will spend money exploring history. And working on their monuments.

Mo muney make game betta.

BenjZee · May 26, 2008, 06:28 PM // 18:28

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Originally Posted by MrCracker

ah.. what a shame. i hope it doesnt.. kinda like runescape classic died out.. but that was expected since it had such shitty graphics.

because the graphics now are amazing......

GW1 won't die, i will still play it atleast. You just knwo that people will buy it anyway if they are new to gw2. not just for HOM but to get into the story

May 26, 2008, 06:31 PM // 18:31

wait.. do can i still get hom after gw2 is released?

**cosyfiep** · May 26, 2008, 06:52 PM // 18:52

I have no plans to buy gw2....so there will be a few of us still playing gw even after its next generation comes out (when...if?)....

Taisayacho · May 26, 2008, 06:53 PM // 18:53

I hope GW won't die out, I've put wayyy too much of my time into it (over 1000 hours, that's almost two months of solid playing (I think, mental math).

Pleikki · May 26, 2008, 07:26 PM // 19:26

mm. I dont think gw will die. they will cutoff servers so there will be still ppl on playing

Mercury Angel · May 26, 2008, 07:30 PM // 19:30

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Originally Posted by MrCracker

wait.. do can i still get hom after gw2 is released?

You can work on the hall of monuments for as long as you like, to the best of my knowledge. Each character with a hall of monuments entry can store achievements for another character you create in GW2 to collect.

Now, it seems like there might be problems if you create a monument, carry it over to a character, and then proceed to generate more achievements on that GW1 character. I don't know if you'll be able to then carry over those new achievements to the GW2 character who's already collected them.

But as best as I can tell, there should be no trouble at all in creating a new GW1 character even after you've already bought, installed, and played GW2, filling their HoM, and then creating a new GW2 character to collect those achievements.

Also, since I can't PM it, and the ban message length didn't leave enough room to explain everything;
Due to the sheer size of the GWG database, it seems that it causes some "lucky" users to have a corrupted database entry, which makes it fail to link their posts to their user page. This is a great inconvenience to users attempting to contact you, and especially moderate, as you have to go through several hoops to get it to work.
The corrupted entry can not be fixed at this time, so the only cure appears to be to make a new account. Your old account has been banned, and you're welcome to create a new one. We may even be able to salvage your old account name, if you like.
I apologize for the inconvenience, especially the connotation a ban carries.

Konig Des Todes · May 26, 2008, 07:46 PM // 19:46

There will probably be about 1/10th of the population left in GW1 for the 1st few weeks, then the elitist nerds will come back after beating GW2 in a couple hours.

Crystal Lake · May 26, 2008, 08:04 PM // 20:04

My theory is that when GW2 comes out that those people who never tried GW1 but really like GW2, will buy GW1. You just can't beat the no-subscription fees. So, even if a lot of people go to the new GW there will be a lot of new people on GW1. GW1 might die after they come out with a GW3

- by then it will be way too dated.

GW1 is mostly likely good for several more years.

Yawgmoth · May 26, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

There is still a constant stream of new players into GW1 and it will be there years after GW2 release. It will certainly be cheaper then, I would expect them to release something like a GW Trilogy edition with access to all 3 campagins.
They won't close servers as long as there will be thousands active players. Even with an active population as low as 10% of the current one the game as a whole will be far from dead, even if some aspects like GvG ATs will probably be a joke with much fewer guilds attending. But thats years away from now.

Age · May 26, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35

I would say it won't depending on how well players like GW2 as compared to GW as it has a level cap of 20.This is something GW2 won't have and there players who have invested countless hours on thier GW char. and if they like the char templates of GW 2char.GW may get some addons on to it as well as it can support them.

Red Sonya · May 27, 2008, 12:14 AM // 00:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrCracker

Ok so i have prophecies and I'm just about to finish all the missions on one of my characters.. then I plan on farming a lot and get some good weapons.. capture many elites.. get elite armor.. and so on. But I also just bought factions... I was wondering.. when GW2 comes out.. how long untill GW dies out.. i hope to beat all the campaigns and then move onto GW2 but still play GW..

will it die out?? i hope not... what do you think.

It's already dying and when GW2 releases it will lose over 3/4ths of its population and there won't be hardly anyone to group with or help you on harder missions, but, with UB and the change in PVE skills you will probably be able to solo the entire game soon. So, no big worries as they will change GW into a total solo game you can play online.

Shadowmere · May 27, 2008, 02:15 AM // 02:15

GW 1 likely won't get much stronger after the release of GW2 but it won't "die" outright either.

If GW2 is recieved well and the community embraces this new chapter lots will move over leaving GW1 with less members, but it won't die from that. Assuming GW2 is a good game lots of people new to the series in GW2 will likely enjoy the first games for a time afterwards as well.

Alternatively if GW2 isn't recieved well by the community many veteran players will either fall back to GW1 until another game comes along that can take it's place or simply become dissolusioned with GW entirely and leave both games.

so in short if GW2 does well GW1 will likely live longer than if GW2 fails

least that's my theory...