Isn't this absolutely beautiful?

Hi Nova!

Guild Wars is a mmorpg that has no monthly fee. Except for the initial cost of the game, there is no monthly fee to play.

Its an online game that has cooperative quests and there is no team killing.

There are 6 main professions you can chose for your character. Ranger, Monk, Warrior, Mesmer, Neckromancer, and Elementalist.

You also a chose a secondary profession. In the screenies you see, I am a Ranger as my primary but my secondary is a monk so I can heal my team.

Its just a really fun game and its designed differently from traditional mmorpgs. Theres no emphasis on skill grinding, and its a game that you put away and come back to when you feel like it.

Its so much to explore, theres going to be over 60 areas to explore.

Oops I forgot to mention. Its $49.99

Gah!!!! Twin Polygon-Pliables reaching critical proportions! Brain melting into raging mass of testosterone! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

*Ahem* Uh, nice screenies, Mel. You're making think it's time for another Voodoo beach volleyball tourney. The eye candy is nice. I'll have to go looking for this and see if I can't make time to join you.

Thanks for the screenies. I have to go uh ... sleep now. Yea, that's it.

f00

The game has an interesting set up for the game, basically you play through their server and not from the game loaded on your hard drive. The game server holds all your character(s) data (attributes and saves). To spread the load they break it up into Districts that vary in number (I’ve seen up to District 191), but you can add Friends to your list and know when they are online no matter where they are. Your game view is 3rd person but you can zoom in to make it look like 1st person, but it also limits your view which can be very bad at times.

The first part of the game is mainly for building up your character prior to joining Sir Tydus and going on the main mission(s). You pick a profession and a second one if you want to build up your character. It is pretty much you shot they shoot, cast spells and hope you win. All Quests can be done alone or with party members (I think 4-8 is the limit, not sure about that), but it requires coop to complete them because different Professions have varying Quests. Basically the 1ST part is training, and I do suggest you use it to build up your character because once you join Sir Tydus they do come after you! Your training is over!

Once into the main part of the game you can go it alone, or you can take on up to 3 henchmen (no charge for their services) which I advise you doing unless you are just looking for kills to get points or weapons (if nothing else take a warrior to act as an additional target). You get the most points/items when you are alone, but have a better chance of survival in a party.

For those that like Deathmatch they have match challenges where you fight random players. Last one standing wins I guess, but haven’t played it so I can’t say for sure.

FYI: I have 2 characters one in training (Dead Of Arrival- lvl 4?) and one in part 2 (Lotus Flower-lvl 9). If you put a name into your Friends then it is possible to hook up and go on Quests. It is best to add a name(s) to your list because as a rule there is so much chatter a message is very easy to overlook unless you filter some of it out. The Fiends list will tell you the status of anyone on the list, and can send private messages to them.

All said and done, hope to see you there sooner or later.

DM

I havent even open my copy of it yet but it would be cool to kill some things with you 2.

well peace!

Nice shots, DM. The more I see of this game the more I want to find $50 to buy it.

okay i got started on my character(Smoke Elric) and as of right now he is a level 5 Elementist/Warrior. Speaking of characters whats your chars. name mel?

Later.

actuly amazingly enough i did that quest and some others on my own last night without dying.

lol. she's probably gardening. or plotting to take over the world, one game at a time

speaking of where people have been, i have heard a few people here at voodoohq say they are picking up joint ops and the only one i've been able to confirm is actually playing is our very own Gorf.

what servers do you people play and when?

and has guild wars come down any in price? i'll probably pick up HL and load up Sven COOP first just due to the finances.

f00

Hey got some pictures here to light a guild wars spark in your soul.

man you guys got smoke hooked i havent talked to him in like 2 weeks hes been playing that dang game haha well atleast he occupied

it sure looks like a blast. i did, as predicted, chicken out on guild wars, mostly because fry's wasn't stocking anything but the $79.99 mega-collector-edition. instead i picked up half life, but maybe after father's day i can afford guild wars.

lol, is that the mega-super-duper-collector edition that who knows or cares what's in it but doesn't look like the normal retail box?

i agree, without having read the box to see what the "collector edition'" contains, its probably a rip off. i'll be checking best buy.com like you suggest.

moo!