Hey there,
I’ve just watched the Q&A session hosted by ArenaNet at the NCsoft booth in Hall 9 at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany. And here is a summary of what was said:
- Further along in 2009 we’ll get more information about the lore and how the world has evolved during those 250 years. 2010 will then be a year full of gameplay specific information such as classes, crafting vocations (yes there will be crafting!), skills, etc.
- Again a confirmation that they’ll stick to the same business model (“Buy the game, play for free, forever”).
- According to Jeff Grubb, the dragons in Guild Wars 2 are way more powerful than the ones we saw in the original Guild Wars. The dragons from the first are just shadows of Zhaitan and his “friends”. The ancient dragons will bring destruction and corruption into the world and Zhaitan will scare off the remaining human gods while his undead army rises from the depths.
- Daniel Dociu told the crowd that his team put 2 months of work into the trailer and that they are very happy with the result. Also, in name of the entire team over at ArenaNet, he thanked every Guild Warsfan out there for the amazing response to the trailer and support during this period of complete silence. For the trailer ArenaNet decided not to go with the flow of normal gaming trailers but they wanted to do something different. Something that also showed what an amazingly talented team they have over here. And I’d have to agree with them on that, the trailer just looked too gorgeous for words. Dociu then mentioned that Guild Wars 2will be a game with values they all believe in and the reworked game engine allows better transition of the art into the game and that will greatly benefit the look and feel of the world.
- There will be exploration and combat underwater and this opens up tons of new ways for players to explore world and really feel like they are a part of it.
- All races must stand together to bring Zhaitandown but this however doesn’t mean that they are “best friends”. All races still have issues, the humans and the charr just came out of a long war and still don’t fully trust each other and also the other races have very fragile relationships.
If you want to watch the next Q&A session, you’ll have to tune in HERE tomorrow at around 12pm (CET).
~Eli
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