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Rumortoid: Guild Wars 2 character preview coming soon photo

Guild Wars 2 has been more or less concealed in a shroud of mystery since its initial announcement last year, but most GW players have simply enjoyed the Eye of the North expansion and kind of waited patiently for more word on the elusive sequel. However, Destructoid has just recieved word from an internal source that the Guild Wars team will be proudly unveiling the character art for Guild Wars 2 later this week.

Supposedly the unveil will take place in-game, but the team was tight lipped about any further information. As the source asked to be kept private, we can only post this as a rumor, but it's sure to set a fair share of Guild Wars players wondering what is coming next, if anything. It certainly is past due, if it is true. While Guild Wars has enjoyed a smaller following than that king of MMOs, World of Warcraft, the fanbase certainly is a dedicated one. Would you be excited to see new Guild Wars 2 previews, or are all MMOs more of the same to you?


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TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 03/31/2008 12:40
I've always had a soft spot for guild wars, particularly because it's subscription free.
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 03/31/2008 12:42
to much clothes for my taste
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Rucksack at 03/31/2008 12:55
Guild Wars is the only quality MMORPG besides EVE. The fact that it's also subscription fee free makes it absolutely spectacular.

I wish that more mainstream games like the World of Warcraft would borrow a page or two from the the Guild Wars playbook.
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Gemsi at 03/31/2008 13:07
I loved all the guild wars stuff so far, so anything about guild wars 2 has me interested
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F Whipple at 03/31/2008 13:08
I used to play this game religiously. I loved it mostly, but I'm glad I got out of it
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Android8675 at 03/31/2008 13:09
Well, by definition it's not really as traditional as most MMOs, but Guild Wars does a great job of conveying a great story to lots of people. Something most traditional MMOs fail at consistently. I'd compare Guild Wars to Diablo 2, but with a better chat room (towns) and more content.

I like that their client is easy to get and you only have to download areas you enter for the first time. Great game.

Eve, I dunno about eve. It might be good, but it doesn't seem like the kindda game that's kind to new players. At least some of the stories I've heard leads me to believe if you haven't played Eve since day 1 you don't have a chance to do anything remotely interesting, but I haven't tried so maybe it's just me.
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tkyy at 03/31/2008 13:14
Hope that my laptop can run this game, they made the last game very scalable.
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Jetsetlemming at 03/31/2008 13:18
Low clothing count + Cold weather = hard nipples = pleasing your audience.
It's basic science.
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Colette Bennett at 03/31/2008 13:21
@ Rorschach - LOL. Yeah, you're right...I wish I could turn into a bear.
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recipe4disaster at 03/31/2008 13:21
I really enjoyed the first guild wars and nightfall. Like someone else said, i hope they keep it scalable and also allow greater armor and color permutations.
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Chocobo Knight at 03/31/2008 13:27
Heh. I love the picture caption. So true.
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Cheeburga at 03/31/2008 13:42
I can turn into a bear.
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BigPopaGamer at 03/31/2008 13:44
Hmm I might have to get back into GW once I upgrade my PC, just in time for GW 2 and SC2.
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CWal37 at 03/31/2008 13:54
Damn, this brings back some good memories, I used to love GW. Seems like as good a time as any to get back into it.
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Alanar at 03/31/2008 14:03
@ CWal37: Agree.

I still have to finish Eye of the North, though. Especially since a friend of mine said that I'm just two main quests away from the ending.
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episodic at 03/31/2008 14:37
I'm a big fan of the Guild Wars games, definitely part of the dedicated fanbase you speak of. I'll be looking forward to the preview screenies (when they come out) and loveliness to follow this unveiling. It's always been a very pretty game.
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DynamicSheep at 03/31/2008 14:44
I thought the women could wear nothing in the cold because they had a magical fire pit in their vaginas. Am I wrong?
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Vitamin Awesome at 03/31/2008 14:54
Can't the Norn Race in Guild Wars turn into bears or something like that? If that's the case I'm totally making a Norn Character in GW2.
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CWal37 at 03/31/2008 17:18
@alanar
Awesome, I regret to say this but you got much further into EotN then I ever did, it's release coincided with me starting college, so I was kinda busy for a while. Now that I'm in the groove I think I can afford to sink some hours back in. Maybe

I'll even fulfill my ambition of getting the Legendary Defender of Ascalon title, I've never been able to devote the 700-1000 hour effort in the past.
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ajaxender at 03/31/2008 17:31
Looking foward to GW2. I put a decent amount of time into gw1, and some of my friends were insane for a while, but we're all a bit sick of it now. Itll be nice to have some totally new stuff.
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BlackSunEmpire at 03/31/2008 21:47
I thought gw1 was good and I think I played right up until the first expansion came out, and then got bored. But that was more to do with the group of friends I was playing with stopping playing. I liked the less grind than WoW theory.

For the record, I think claiming this game is 'Subscription free', but then releasing a new game to spend your money on every 6 months, you might as well just say, it will cost you 10 bucks a month to keep up, and call it a subscription. But then I think the tag line probably helped its sales immeasurably, so who am I to point the finger.
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InferiorWindow at 04/01/2008 19:27
guild wars fun WoW is better
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HarassmentPanda at 04/02/2008 10:35
I've still never played an MMO, but the guy who lives under me swears by Guild Wars.
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onilosmada at 04/02/2008 12:09
I'm definitely part of the dedicated fanbase. Can't wait to see the first screens of GW 2. The unvailing will most likely be this weekend during the "Farewell Gaile Grey Event".
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