Guild Wars

[eggyolk]

what do you think

[MetalMilitia]

i think im not going to buy it.

[MetalMilitia]

or pirate it

[eggyolk]

ok...

[EisigerBiskuit]

I have played the public beta release, and it was neat. Graphics were nice without any FPS loss, and combat was strategic, even if you didn't have many choices.

Who am I kidding it blows. Luckily if I ever needed a second way out, GW has no monthly subscription fee.

[eggyolk]

i like it :/ a lot

[ziggytrix]

Haven't even looked at it, but I got an email from a friend saying it was pretty neat. Instant transportation between major towns, only 20 levels, fully instanced PvE... um don't remember what other strong points he said it had.

[iron mitchell]

it's the only mmorpg i've ever played, or probably will ever play. i like it.

[AChimp]

WoW is better.

[iron mitchell]

monthly fee.

[AChimp]

Get a job!

[iron mitchell]

i have one. that's why i don't play WoW.

[Mr. Oysterhead]

WoW is better.

[DeadKennedys]

There is no reason you should ever have to pay for a game you've already bought. Ever. No matter how good it is.

Ever.

[iron mitchell]

correct.

[MetalMilitia]

Well 2000 (or whatever) person servers are not cheap to run.

[AChimp]

There's no reason why I should have to pay to drive my car after I bought it.

[AngPur]

Originally Posted by AChimp

There's no reason why I should have to pay to drive my car after I bought it.

WoW won't drive you to work.

[MetalMilitia]

But it will proably keep you up all night and make you late for work.

[DeadKennedys]

Originally Posted by AChimp

There's no reason why I should have to pay to drive my car after I bought it.

Other than the fact that a car can't run without gas.

And if you saw a car that was just as expensive but you never had to buy gas or repairs, wouldn't you exchange your old car for it?

And haven't you ever felt cheated by the price of gas and how often you have to pay for it?

I rest my case.

[Emu]

WoW CAN'T run without the monthly fee, either. Which is why I didn't get it. I waited for months for this game only to find out it had no single player quest. Which is colossally gay for a Blizzard game.

[ziggytrix]

hey guys we already had the MMORPG fee discussion in the WOW thread.

[DeadKennedys]

The only thing that I'm worried about with Guild Wars is if we really get what we pay for.

With WoW, the quality was not yet apparent in what we paid them monthly for by the time I quit. Lackluster/non-existant tech support, sporadic updates, etc. It was about five months before something as cool as the honor system came out, and it could be five more for battlegrounds. So, we were paying them to run the servers, I guess, or to do the job Blizzard should be paying them to do already, seeing as how they're employees and all.

So, if Guild Wars has no monthly fee, who's keeping the servers running? And who's designing new quests and updating the world? And who's answering the slew of questions that come in every day?

If Guild Wars turns out great, then we can all see that monthly fees are a jip. If it turns out badly, I guess I'll be shown that a monthly fee is necessary.

[Emu]

I don't think the quality of one game is enough to make that kind of a judgment on.

[DeadKennedys]

I don't mean necessarily how the game itself is at purchase, but rather how the two next-gen mmo's develop while taking two different paths, and that will tell alot.