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| While Guild Wars is considered by many to be an MMORPG it differs in its approach compared to many of its contemporaries. In particular it provides a number of features which support casual online RPG gameplay; a low level cap, instanced game worlds outside of town areas, instant travel and subscription fee free play after purchase of the game. Guild Wars is carefully maintained by the developers to support competitive play in addition to providing an RPG environment and balancing skills and professions. To emphasize these core differences from most MMORPGs the developers have termed the game a Competitive/Cooperative Online Role-Playing Game (CORPG).
Conceptually, skills (the abilities the player has available to use in game) are very important through both the RPG and competitive parts of the game. A player selects a limited number of skills (up to a maximum of eight) prior to entering a battle and needs to be careful while using those skills during a battle. An adept competitive player needs knowledge of all the game's skills and how they interwork to be most effective. Guild Wars' emphasis on skill selection and implementation of skill use has similarities with many collectible card games.
When a new Guild Wars account is created, the new player has four characters to create. A player can choose to create a character (or characters) for either of the two play styles which Guild Wars supports: Player versus player (PvP) or Player versus environment (PvE). The game mechanics for each side are the same but the play style is different for each. A player gives new characters a unique, unchangable name when they are created. The name must have two parts which might be a first and last name, or a title and a name.
A Guild Wars character is composed of a primary and secondary profession. The primary profession determines the appearance, armour, lead skill set of the character and provides a specialized attribute line. For example, the elementalist receives the Energy Storage attribute line to boost his spell casting capabilites and increase his energy reserves. The secondary profession allows access to skills and non-specialized attributes only and may be changed during the PvE storyline.
There are six character classes available in Prophecies: Elementalist, Mesmer, Monk, Necromancer Ranger, Warrior.
A PVE character is created to play through the story-driven, PvE part of the Guild Wars game. A PvE character is level 1 when it is first created with no skills or secondary profession. Experience is required to level the character, and once the maximum level, 20, has been reached experience is still gained, although skill points are awarded instead of levels.
A PVP character is created at the maximum level with access to all of the skills, runes, and upgrades which have been unlocked on the account. If the player has no skills currently unlocked they may use a pre-built character to head straight into combat.
Unlike many contemporary online games players can get access to the Guild Wars servers without a monthly fee. The developers have instead opted for an episodic structure which involves regular releases of campaigns at the rate of about two every year. Unlike "expansion packs", these campaigns are stand-alone games that may be played individually or combined with other campaigns. Players may thus pick and choose the campaigns they wish to participate in.
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Expansions
Guild Wars: Factions
Release date: April 28, 2006
Media: CD-ROM, Download
Official website: http://www.guildwars.com/products/factions/default.php
Price: check prices on Amazon, Ebay, Direct2Drive
Features: Hundreds of new creatures, guild halls, skills and more. Two new professions: the deadly Assassin and the necromantic Ritualist. A whole new continent, Cantha, either connects to the lands of Tyria or stands on its own. Guilds band together into alliances to gain control of towns and access exclusive Alliance Missions. New game types include missions with ranked scoring and large-scale Alliance vs. Alliance battles. |
Guild Wars: Nightfall
Release date: October 27, 2006
Media: CD-ROM, Download
Official website: http://www.guildwars.com/products/nightfall/default.php
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Features: Customizable Heroes (party NPCs) that level up with the player, follow player instructions in combat, and use armor, weapons, and skills of the players choice. A new game type, Hero vs. Hero Battles will allow a single player to participate in PvP with hero NPCs. Two new professions: The Dervish, a scythe-wielding holy warrior and The Paragon, the guardian angels of the Elonian people. 4 new guild halls. 300 new skills. 250 Quests, 55 explorable areas, 20 new Story Missions.
Guild Wars: Eye of the North
Release date: August 31, 2007
Media: CD-ROM, Download
Official website: http://www.guildwars.com/products/eyeofthenorth/default.php
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Features: Guild Wars: Eye of the North is set in previously unexplored areas of the continent of Tyria. The expansion contains a host of new features that will appeal directly to veteran Guild Wars players, including 18 multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills across all ten Guild Wars professions, ten new Heroes, 40 new armor sets, and more items, weapons, and titles. Additionally, through the innovative Hall of Monuments, Guild Wars: Eye of the North creates a path for players to carry the legacy of their characters into the upcoming Guild Wars 2. The Hall of Monuments will allow players to preserve their accomplishments and titles from Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions, and Guild Wars: Nightfall, which can then be claimed in Guild Wars 2.
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Guild Wars Wiki  Wiki Guild Wars version française 
The Guild Wars Wiki.
Guild Wars Stratics
News and information coverage for Guildwars.
Guild Wars Guru
Guild Wars Guru - Guides, Builds, Skills, Forums, Auctions, Maps, Factions, Monsters, Items, and more...
GWOnline.net
News, Databases, Forums, and Chat.
France Guild Wars
Probablement le site le plus complet pour les francophones. A voir absolument.
Guild Wars Luna Atra
Bases de données détaillées sur le jeu. Une autre référence pour les joueurs francophones.
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