

"Guild Wars 2's core game is a great game," said O'Brien. The same game veterans have been playing for three years will be delivered to you. PVP takes place in structured matches or the grand WorldvWorld mode, where three huge teams fight for dominance in an ongoing war. Small group of friends? They have dungeons for you too. Does Guild Wars 2 have crafting? Yes sir, yes sir, three crafted bags full. New players have eight professions to choose from: vanilla MMO-style choices like the Warrior, Guardian, Ranger, Thief, and Necromancer, or more esoteric and unique options like the Elementalist, Engineer, and Mesmer. You can put yourself to the test against massive bosses like the Shatterer and Tequatl the Sunless. Bosses? Guild Wars 2 has those in ample supply. You can be walking across these vistas - Rata Sum, Divinity's Reach, the Edge of the Mists, Lion's Arch - right now. You can visit these places.ĭespite those restrictions, you can get in on this action right now. ArenaNet likes you new players, but they put their current playerbase first. Free accounts also have to play to level 10 before leaving starting areas, to level 30 before using the Looking for Group tool, and to level 60 before jumping into WorldvWorld.

You can continue a current conversation without interruption, but you can't whisper multiple players in succession. Second, there are certain chat restrictions, like the fact that there's a 30-second hold on starting a whisper conversation with a different player. First, you get fewer characters and bag slots. It's worth noting that ArenaNet doesn't want a flood of spambots, so free accounts do have a few restrictions. This is about making the core game free," replied O'Brien. "I think you're asking about future expansion packs and we're not going to talk about that yet. Will this business model be carried forward for future expansion packs?

It's ideal to do this with Heart of Thorns, but let's back it out enough that new players can get into the game right now." "I think it's when Heart of Thorns is about to launch, but there's still plenty of time that you can still build up your character, so that when Heart of Thorns launches, you can be one of the first people in the jungle. "We thought, 'If people are going to get into Guild Wars 2, what is the ideal time for somebody to get into the game?'" said O'Brien. You have nearly two months to play Guild Wars 2 and make it up to max level in time for Heart of Thorns. If you haven't played the game or have friends who haven't played, now is the catch-up time. That said, Heart of Thorns is in October, so why is Guild Wars 2 going free now? Well, that's because ArenaNet likes you folks. So we wanted to keep things really clean." When you start charting a future towards not just one expansion pack, but multiple expansion packs, that's just totally not right. "When we start talking about expansion packs, then we have to start talking about what you already have to own. We love the purity of the business model," ArenaNet president Mike O'Brien explained to me. "We were talking about expansions and Guild Wars 2 has always had such a clear business model. That'll set you back $49.99, just like the original Guild Wars 2 did when it launched. Basically, the business model continues forward, but the one box you have to buy to stay up to date is the Heart of Thorns expansion. When Heart of Thorns launches on October 23, buying the expansion will give you the core Guild Wars 2 for free. So why is Guild Wars going free? Well ArenaNet has been slowly letting players know about the first expansion for the game, Heart of Thorns. (A game that has been $20 at most retail outlets for the past few months.) Yes, there are some microtransactions in the game, but they're no different from what you'd find in any other MMO and they're not in your face about it.

The core game has previously offered up the same experience that you'd find in most other MMOs, with the only barrier to entry being the purchase of the game itself. Guild Wars 2 has always been the odd man out. If you decide two years from now that you want to try Guild Wars 2, it'll still be free. It'll be free next week and next weekend. ArenaNet's kickass MMO isn't just free this weekend.
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