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bamafan2989 · Feb 16, 2008, 10:18 PM // 22:18

How do you guys see the world size of GW match up against WoW?

Dono · Feb 16, 2008, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Scale wise i would say its about the same, but hate to say it, areas that you can actually go into, World of Warcraft is alot bigger. But then again the areas you do explore look like something off a disney film

masta_yoda · Feb 16, 2008, 10:42 PM // 22:42

wow is alot bigger, more freedom but very boring when ur by urself and theres nothing to do except raid

i reckon its 2-3 times bigger including outlands and raid areas

Biostem · Feb 16, 2008, 10:51 PM // 22:51

WoW probably has more explorable areas, but for a pay-to-play game, I would expect nothing less. I wonder if the game worlds would actually be the same, give that they both have earth-like gravity, (that's taking the world as a whole, and not just the explorable areas). Also, I think GW has a lot less land mass than Earth...

Siirius Black · Feb 16, 2008, 11:47 PM // 23:47

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Originally Posted by Dono

Scale wise i would say its about the same, but hate to say it, areas that you can actually go into, World of Warcraft is alot bigger. But then again the areas you do explore look like something off a disney film

Geez , man, dont insult Disney...

Graphics in WoW are pretty crapy.

wetsparks · Feb 17, 2008, 06:11 AM // 06:11

wow's world seems to be a lot bigger than it actually is because a snail could beat you to the next town. but is also has the added benefit of being able to go anywhere unlike gw which is broken into a bunch of zones and there is tons of room that you aren't allowed to go to.

Trvth Jvstice · Feb 17, 2008, 06:41 AM // 06:41

Let's take this to the level of WoW or what GW2 might be...

Imagine GW as it is as one instanced area. You're in Thunderhead Keep getting a party together to venture forth and help King Jalis take back the keep. You finally get a full team after waiting for one Ele to finish crafting her max fire storm bracelet and your journey begins. Your team works it's way to the entry gate fighting ice imps and the occasional ice golem. After about 45 minutes (defeating the a Mursaat every now and then) you reach the gate and can start the mission...

Guild Wars is much smaller than WoW. That said, GW has a lot more immediate action and adventure. If I have only an hour to play, I can quickly go to my favorite mission or PVP and play--instant entertainment. With WoW, you have so much to do between action areas, to play a certain area that you enjoy, you have to sink a lot more time into it. So, you have to take the bad with the good, instant entertainment with the chance to get bored with the game in just a few months, or a long slow involved game with lots of fun, but you have to sink in a lot of grind and time to see it.

zidane888 · Feb 17, 2008, 06:48 AM // 06:48

So the world size of wow is bigger than prophecies/factions/nightfall and EOTN combined?

wetsparks · Feb 17, 2008, 06:54 AM // 06:54

playable area is definately bigger, but i'm not to sure about the nonplayable areas in guild wars.

zidane888 · Feb 17, 2008, 06:55 AM // 06:55

Didn't realize WoWorld was that huge.

MithranArkanere · Feb 17, 2008, 07:10 AM // 07:10

If we talk about content GW has way more density.

You don't see things like Saidra's Ashes, Lost Temples with no apparent purpose, demons spawning out of thin air in corners, a herd of Great Beast or Bridge Trolls or "Follow the White rabbit" in WoW. WoW it's more like... make area, scatter demonic chicken around, put players in there.

In GW each area is a single Art piece.

Bryant Again · Feb 17, 2008, 07:12 AM // 07:12

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Originally Posted by masta_yoda

wow is alot bigger, more freedom but very boring when ur by urself and theres nothing to do except raid

Well it's a good thing that's not the case.

Tyria is indeed pretty damn big. If only we could explore all of it...

Absolute Destiny · Feb 17, 2008, 07:20 AM // 07:20

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Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Well it's a good thing that's not the case.

Tyria is indeed pretty damn big. If only we could explore all of it...

Yeah, especially that damned island in the northwest corner.

Of course, then there's the issue of what's beyond THAT...

Bryant Again · Feb 17, 2008, 07:36 AM // 07:36

When I first got out of Pre, one of the first things I did was press M to look at the world map. My jaw quite literally dropped at the size, and I actually said "Wow, I can't wait to explore all of this!"

Of course I still had fun, but if Guild Wars had the capability to be that epic, then...Wow.

AND YES What are those NW islands for?????

HawkofStorms · Feb 17, 2008, 07:49 AM // 07:49

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Originally Posted by zidane888

So the world size of wow is bigger than prophecies/factions/nightfall and EOTN combined?

Keep in mind that WoW has expansions as well.

Edit: Agreed Bryant. God, I can't believe I wasted so much time for Cartographer.

MithranArkanere · Feb 17, 2008, 07:58 AM // 07:58

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Originally Posted by Bryant Again

When I first got out of Pre, one of the first things I did was press M to look at the world map. My jaw quite literally dropped at the size, and I actually said "Wow, I can't wait to explore all of this!"

Of course I still had fun, but if Guild Wars had the capability to be that epic, then...Wow.

AND YES What are those NW islands for?????

I wondered that myself. You could say "Maybe stage stting for GW2" but the whole world it's supposed to dastrically change and be almost completely reformed, so there is no need to put things now.

RedStar · Feb 17, 2008, 08:56 AM // 08:56

Wow is HUGE. There's no map travel and taking a griffon ride isn't free and takes forever, but it's a lot faster than going by foot.

Lord Sojar · Feb 17, 2008, 09:16 AM // 09:16

WoW is huge, but they don't have map travel. Sucks to be them.

Pleikki · Feb 17, 2008, 09:20 AM // 09:20

Wow Bigger but Worse Graphic and Gw is more fun

artay · Feb 17, 2008, 10:03 AM // 10:03

After seeing jumper I have a new appreciation for map travel. Watch out for paladins! (W/Mo's)

That must be the reason there's no map travel in WoW, so many pallys...