Guild Wars

Is anyone playing Guild Wars at all for the the free preview that's running from now until Sunday? I've just had a play for the last hour and it's pretty cool :smile: Let me know if you are - and maybe we can form a party or something?

The website is http://www.guildwars.com

My flatmate brought my attention to it and suggested I give it a try,
but unfortunately I'm going to be busy for the next few days so really
ought not to. Than and I've managed to get myself into the mapping
spirit so hopefully I can get one last map out, and I don't want to
divert my attentions elsewhere in fear of losing it :biggrin:

Im downloading the latest patch now. Played it last beta though, sometime in march or something, it... ROCKS. Ranger/monk is the true s**t.

I'm enjoying it so far :smile: It's great just to boot up occasionally and you don't have to sit playing it every waking minute.

I'm playing as a Ranger/Warrior at the mo...with the highly original name of Adam H, so if you see me...say hello :biggrin:

what genre is it?

Hey! We should get together and do a quest or something! Great idea, yes? Snarkpit clan! :smile:

Campaignjunkie said:
Hey! We should get together and do a quest or something! Great idea, yes? Snarkpit clan! :smile:

i could be encouraged.. is this thing free or what?

Yes Orph, it's free. It's a special demo from October 29th to 31st.

3 days? uhh hmmm.

Heh, just enough time for people to get addicted and need to buy the full thing :smile:

But when we do, theres no monthly fee. This game rocks.

Oooh no monthy fee huh? Temptation rising...

Exactly :smile: I was only interested because it has no subscription fees - and luckily its damn playable too!

Like I said earlier, if anyone is playing later, add me to your 'Friends' list and we'll have to form a 'Snarkpit' party or something :smile: CJ was online last night but we were both in the middle of a quest and couldn't meet.

edit: If anyone does end up playing...stick your character name in this thread so I can add you to my 'Friends' list :smile:

well, dollars and cents are extremely tight around here, so i expect a full report on the gameplay of this thing before i will commit to buying it.. with saving for HL2 and a new card.

i'm off to birmingham today, so.. slay on ye weary adventurers.

Orph...it's not available to buy until next year. They're just running a preview for the next few days.

Gameplay is similar to Diablo - not overly complex like Everquest (which I played for about 20mins before uninstalling). You simply join a party and go off on some adventure :smile: Graphics are really nice and the controls are nice and simple too. It's streamed so they can add new features/quests/events really easily so there will always be new things to do.

In fact, the closest thing I can compare it to is the multiplayer aspect of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance on the PS2, but with more scope.

ok ive already played css for about 10 hours the last two days so thisll be something different

my name is Yak Fighter

I'll look you up when I get home from work (if you're still playing! :wink: ). I'll be around at 4:30ish...

Character name: Bertha Big (Big Bertha and Bertha the Big were already taken! BASTARDS!).
I've been playing a lot of the Tournament mode lately; it's real
addictive. Plus, I get a real kick out of annihilating people with my
super-powerful lightning orb kill shot

We should make a Snarkpit guild, too... I think you need 500 gold though. :smile:

Thanks for the info adam.
Ive heard about the game and really wanted to try it.

Downloading

Well the trial is now over and I really enjoyed the game. Looking forward to the release early next year so I can level my Warthog up even more....he's tougher than my own character! :wink:

CJ started a Snarkpit guild too so hopefully it will be retained for the game's release :smile: Cheers to CJ and Yak for adventuring with me too...even if Yak did need resurrecting too many times! :wink:

Long live the Snarkpitters! (tag is [SPit], convenient, no?)

Bleh, they don't have betas long enough. A weekend isn't nearly enough time! :smile:

However, I did like how levels were kept at 20. Kept things fair for people who didn't play all weekend, so they can still have a good time in PvP.

Campaignjunkie said:
Long live the Snarkpitters! (tag is [SPit], convenient, no?)

shouts

THIEF!

you stole the pitcrew map name :heee:

tis a nice handle though..

Yak_Fighter said:
my name is Yak Fighter

I'm batman