BTW forgot the GuildWars Kudos.....This isn't gonna be a revolutionary MMORPG as by that standard it already is. GuildWars is establishing a new class of game, one for PVP and PVE players alike and that can cross those boundaries in many varying shades, so long as they get ladders together for more than PVP or head to head guild competitions. In the various polls for what appeals to people who played PVP egdes out PVE players usually but PVE is only 3 points behind at best both running around 20% as far as hardcore players of these styles.
Thus the appeal of the game to a broader range of players has occurred. Now for the developer to open up access so we who love this game, can't get enough of its environment in graphics, battle, trading, and the friendships and guilds we become immersed in can tell your friends about it, tell them to download the beta and not have to tell them they gotta wait 2 weeks to get a chance to try it.
In the west server for warcraft chat so many complain about the cost of wow or that they found the graphics hokey, some realizing that blizzard is gonna make $230 * 100,000 users per year in cash for a game that will likely not be anymore secure than battle.net.
I tell them about GuildWars. They haven't a clue what I am talking about and sometimes, if they do, they immediatly backpeddle on what they were complaining about, like suddenly the price they pay is gonna make WOW superior, although they concede the graphics in GuildWars are superior.
Yet in all cases they haven't played, and for me to tell them to download a beta, then go to some article to get a key, so they can play in say 2 weeks? Nah, not able to reach them. Christmas is on it's way and I am trying to reach those kids whose parents will get them one video game in the course of a year, usually at Christmas. This has been my only "negative" so far, being able to share and promote the GuildWars experience to others without sounding like an overenthusiastic noob.
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