PAX: Exploring Guild Wars: Eye of the North and beyond

PAX: Exploring Guild Wars: Eye of the North and beyond
Guild Wars was a popular title at this year's PAX, which is no surprise given that it recently passed the four million units sold mark. With the first true expansion, Eye of the cheap guild wars gold North, hitting stores this Friday, the NCSoft staff was anxious guildwars gold to talk more about the game. After being guild wars gold given a walkthrough of some of the new features of the expansion, I had a chance guild wars gold to talk about the game with lead designer Ben Miller.

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is a first for the guild wars gold series, which has won critical acclaim for the solid gameplay, compelling international player-versus-player combat, and lack guildwars gold of subscription fees.

Previous expansions for the title, including guild wars gold Factions and Nightfall, have been billed as chapters: encapsulated segments of the overall plot arc that included unique chunks of the greater world, character classes, gameplay elements and focuses, and so forth. Eye of the North cheap guild wars gold is the first to actually guild wars gold require ownership of one of the three chapters. It will also not guild wars gold include any new character classes or significant buy guild wars gold gameplay departures, but rather focus on guildwars gold building existing buy guild wars gold content that will segue into Guild Wars 2.

Eye of the North includes over 50 PVE-exclusive skills and 100 PVP-legal skills, new guild wars gold equipment, 18 new dungeons, a batch of new Heroes, and the all-important buy guild wars gold Hall of Monuments. guild wars gold The game takes place in the guild wars gold same lands as the original Guild Wars, buy guild wars gold and continues the story of the guildwars gold original while introducing key elements from Guild Wars 2.

"The Hall of Monuments is the way that your character immortalizes guild wars gold their achievements buy guild wars gold from Guild Wars," Miller explained, "and this is the way that your progress will be guildwars gold carried over into Guild Wars 2." This translates to an in-game guild wars gold area where you can buy guild wars gold view the ribbons you've earned for various feats.

As an avid player of Nightfall, I cheap guild wars gold found some of the guild wars gold changes to be quite evident. Some of the graphical improvements, such as the improved texture work, are guild wars gold noticeable immediately. buy guild wars gold Likewise, the new guildwars gold costumes and spells have a decided amount of polish, which will likely lead to some heavy-duty buy guild wars gold grinding as players scavenge cheap guild wars gold materials for the latest fashions.

Also notable were the new PVE-only skills, guild wars gold which bring a whole new level of power into the hands of the player. "We found cheap guild wars gold that players who focused on PVE exclusively buy guild wars gold wanted to feel more powerful," I was told. guildwars gold "So we've made PVE moves that are pretty super-powered; so much so that buy guild wars gold they aren't legal for PVP battles. These guild wars gold are a lot of fun to play with, cheap guild wars gold and make the PVE more enjoyable."

Guild Wars: Eye of the North was pretty cheap guild wars gold much ready to be sold when we saw it on buy guild wars gold Saturday, and fans of the series definitely won't be disappointed with the added content. The question that remains, though, guild wars gold is what exactly will be happening after this. We know buy guild wars gold Guild Wars 2 is coming, but could there be a console guildwars gold port in the cards? A new non-MMO game from the studio? Is there anythingcheap guild wars gold else ArenaNet is working on? Miller responded to my question with a laugh and buy guild wars gold said, "Without specifically naming anything, I can say yes, there is."

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NCsoft and ArenaNet have launched Guild Wars: Eye of theguild wars gold North, the first expansion guildwars gold to the Guild Wars franchise of subscription-free, online role-playing games.

Guild Wars players who purchase guild wars gold the expansion can access Eye of the North content through the multi-million-selling Guild Wars cheap guild wars gold campaigns-Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions, guildwars gold or Guild Wars: Nightfall. The expansion also includes a buy guild wars gold feature that allows players to take achievements guild wars gold they have earned over the years with cheap guild wars gold them into the forthcoming Guild Wars 2.

Guild Wars: Eye of the North, continues cheap guild wars gold the subscription-free business guild wars gold model pioneered by ArenaNet. As well guild wars gold as being sold at buy guild wars gold retail, the expansion is now available at guildwars.ph.

Eye of the North advances the story told in the cheap guild wars gold original Guild Wars guild wars gold campaign, and is cheap guild wars gold set in the unexplored buy guild wars gold area of the continent of Tyria. One of the highlights of the expansion is the Hall of Monuments, which allows players to preserve armour sets, pets, Heroes, and titles earned while playing Guild Wars, Factions, Nightfall, guildwars gold and Eye of the North, buy guild wars gold and take those accomplishments with them into Guild Wars 2.

The expansion also contains a host of new features that will appeal guild wars gold directly to veteran Guild Wars players, including 18 guild wars gold multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills cheap guild wars gold across all 10 guildwars gold Guild Wars professions, 10 new cheap guild wars gold Heroes to aid them in their adventures, 40 new armour sets, and buy guild wars gold more items, weapons, and titles.

"We think fans will find a lot to love in Guild Wars: Eye guild wars gold of the North," said Mike buy guild wars gold O'Brien, co-founder of ArenaNet. "Not only do we go back to the cheap guild wars gold original Guild Wars lands and guildwars gold stories to wrap up plots and guild wars gold themes fans have clamoured to learn more about, but we've also built a bridge to the future through the Hall of guild wars gold Monuments. This will give loyal players a way to buy guild wars gold preserve what they've accomplished in Guild Wars over the past cheap guild wars gold two years, and reclaim the legacy of their favourite characters in Guild Wars 2."

The Guild Wars franchise recently surpassed four million guild wars gold units sold and is one of buy guild wars gold the most popular and critically guild wars gold acclaimed online role-playing game guild wars gold series of all time. Guild Wars 2 is expected to go guild wars gold into public beta in the guildwars gold second half of 2008.

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