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Starting up GW after 3 years +

Pans_FolleyPans_Folley Member UncommonPosts: 76
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I am being asked to play Guild Wars after being away for over 3 years plus. I purchased the game when it first came out. I played for about a month or so and shelved the game. I have not purchased any upgrades or later releases.

Question: Will I be able to just log back in, download updates and play or do I need to purchase the latest releases before I can do anything?

Question: What can I look forward to in the updates? Will I have to relearn a lot?

 

Thank You all for your help!

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  • Lonesamurai1Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210
    Originally posted by Pans_Folley


    I am being asked to play Guild Wars after being away for over 3 years plus. I purchased the game when it first came out. I played for about a month or so and shelved the game. I have not purchased any upgrades or later releases.
    Question: Will I be able to just log back in, download updates and play or do I need to purchase the latest releases before I can do anything?
    Yes you can download and play straight away and to be helpful, I put together a guide to do that easily...  http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10247037


    However, you won't have access to content you haven;t purchased (factions, nightfall and Eye of the North), but six months after release a huge new dungeon area called Sorrows Furnace was added and will be available to you when you log back in if you have gotten that far

    Question: What can I look forward to in the updates? Will I have to relearn a lot?
    Nope, same old same old, but it still feels good
     
    Thank You all for your help!

    If you need a hand, just give me a shout

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  • Pans_FolleyPans_Folley Member UncommonPosts: 76

    Thanks for the link. That is way too cool. I have a lot of reading to do.

    I would like to ask one more question?

     

    I see that I have 4 charater slots available to me. Do these increase with game play and / or purchases of additional updates or am I limited to a total of 4 charaters for the game?

     

    Thanks again for the help!

  • BattleFelonBattleFelon Member UncommonPosts: 483

    You get more character slots if you purchase Factions or Nightfall, but not I believe if you buy the latest expansion Eye of the North.  You should be able to swing right back into the campaign with little trouble, although some outposts may have low populations. But hey, there's always henchmen!

  • Lonesamurai1Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210

    Originally posted by Pans_Folley


    Thanks for the link. That is way too cool. I have a lot of reading to do.
    I would like to ask one more question?
     
    I see that I have 4 charater slots available to me. Do these increase with game play and / or purchases of additional updates or am I limited to a total of 4 charaters for the game?
     
    Thanks again for the help!
    yeah, the way it works is... 

     

    you get 2 slots for having an account and you get a further 2 slots for each CAMPAIGN you add to your account...

    So:  Account + Prophecies + Factions + Nightfall = 8 slots

    you don;t get one for Eye of the North as there is no starter area in it as its all lvl 20+ content

     

    you can however buy character slots through the in game store

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  • kingbloopkingbloop Member Posts: 180
    Originally posted by Lonesamurai1


    you can however buy character slots through the in game store

    Took what i was going to say lol

  • ZsasZZsasZ Member Posts: 208

    Enjoy it while you can. Once GW2 launches, your characters will be involuntarily 'retired'. I'm not sure how long the GW1 servers will stay up after that, but ANet has already said in no uncertain terms that GW1 chars won't be portable to GW2.

    Evil will always win, because Good is dumb.

  • patri0tzpatri0tz Member UncommonPosts: 185

    Originally posted by ZsasZ


    Enjoy it while you can. Once GW2 launches, your characters will be involuntarily 'retired'. I'm not sure how long the GW1 servers will stay up after that, but ANet has already said in no uncertain terms that GW1 chars won't be portable to GW2.

     

    Yep, just like EQ1 disappeared when EQ2 came out, or AC shut down as soon as AC2 came out...

  • Lonesamurai1Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210

    Originally posted by ZsasZ


    Enjoy it while you can. Once GW2 launches, your characters will be involuntarily 'retired'. I'm not sure how long the GW1 servers will stay up after that, but ANet has already said in no uncertain terms that GW1 chars won't be portable to GW2.
    Nope, I've taken a poll of guildies and resoundingly we've all decided that before making a new GW2 character, we shall finish GW1 first with a character for the bonuses from the hall of monuments

     

    ANet have not only stated (quite loudly) that the game will be free to play, just as Guild Wars 1 is, but that GuildWars 1 servers WILL stay active until people are no longer playing the game...  Not to mention that, but just like myself (as the head of a beta guild), both Gaile and Andrew Patrick hope that guild details will crossover from Guild Wars 1 to Guild Was 2 to help guilds stay together in the transition from one game to another...  This, however, is not confirmed by the devs, although they know we want it to happen

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  • ZsasZZsasZ Member Posts: 208
    Originally posted by Lonesamurai1


     
    Originally posted by ZsasZ


    Enjoy it while you can. Once GW2 launches, your characters will be involuntarily 'retired'. I'm not sure how long the GW1 servers will stay up after that, but ANet has already said in no uncertain terms that GW1 chars won't be portable to GW2.
    Nope, I've taken a poll of guildies and resoundingly we've all decided that before making a new GW2 character, we shall finish GW1 first with a character for the bonuses from the hall of monuments

     

     

    ANet have not only stated (quite loudly) that the game will be free to play, just as Guild Wars 1 is, but that GuildWars 1 servers WILL stay active until people are no longer playing the game...  Not to mention that, but just like myself (as the head of a beta guild), both Gaile and Andrew Patrick hope that guild details will crossover from Guild Wars 1 to Guild Was 2 to help guilds stay together in the transition from one game to another...  This, however, is not confirmed by the devs, although they know we want it to happen

    I haven't been following it, but the last I heard, HoM is going to be little more than a buff to GW2 characters.  And as far as 'staying active', I'm taking a pessimistic interpretation of that to mean 'we'll keep the servers running, but don't expect any new content'. But I've griped enough about this in other threads, there's no need to derail this one.

    Evil will always win, because Good is dumb.

  • Lonesamurai1Lonesamurai1 Member Posts: 1,210

    Originally posted by ZsasZ

    Originally posted by Lonesamurai1


     
    Originally posted by ZsasZ


    Enjoy it while you can. Once GW2 launches, your characters will be involuntarily 'retired'. I'm not sure how long the GW1 servers will stay up after that, but ANet has already said in no uncertain terms that GW1 chars won't be portable to GW2.
    Nope, I've taken a poll of guildies and resoundingly we've all decided that before making a new GW2 character, we shall finish GW1 first with a character for the bonuses from the hall of monuments

     

     

    ANet have not only stated (quite loudly) that the game will be free to play, just as Guild Wars 1 is, but that GuildWars 1 servers WILL stay active until people are no longer playing the game...  Not to mention that, but just like myself (as the head of a beta guild), both Gaile and Andrew Patrick hope that guild details will crossover from Guild Wars 1 to Guild Was 2 to help guilds stay together in the transition from one game to another...  This, however, is not confirmed by the devs, although they know we want it to happen

    I haven't been following it, but the last I heard, HoM is going to be little more than a buff to GW2 characters.  And as far as 'staying active', I'm taking a pessimistic interpretation of that to mean 'we'll keep the servers running, but don't expect any new content'. But I've griped enough about this in other threads, there's no need to derail this one.

    It has also been stated that skill updates/patches/etc will carry on coming, as well as holidays, etc...  but no, there will be no new content for Guild Wars 1, but as Guild Wars 2 is coming, why should there be?

     

    And as forthe Hall of Monuments, all that will offer players in Guild Wars 2 is cosmetic, fun things tosay "Yes!  I played through Guild Wars 1" and definately won't give anything that will give anyone  "buff" at all in the game as that is completely against Guild Wars ethos

     

     

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  • brownspankbrownspank Member Posts: 247

    You might wanna check out the official wiki for changes and removals that have occurred since you last played:

    http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Category:Historical_content

    With regards to buying the other campaigns, it's not required, but is recommended to gain additional features that do not exist in the Prophecies campaign that you have.

  • mrlegato1337mrlegato1337 Member Posts: 1

    Have fun learning the skills, that is if you want to be a competative PvPer, but if not, you should be fine.

  • asasenpaiasasenpai Member Posts: 124

    Welcome Back.

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