04-29-2005, 11:50 AM
An amusing article over at AFK Gamer was put up on Slashdot regarding Guild Wars:
http://afkgamer.com/archives/2005/04/27/gu...a-noob-is-born/ (note: article is very PG-13)
Reading this reminded me of the beta weekend I played with Guild Wars. It was a very "what the (bleep) am I doing." I'm not meaning to smash Guild Wars or say "don't buy it," it's just that I had wondered at the time if I was just a moron or if the game was really THAT newbie-unfriendly. I'm glad to see I'm not alone. :)
Once you get the hang of it, I'm sure it's grand. Many Lurkers here have posted to that effect.
BTW, is anyone else tired of people calling Guild Wars a "free" game? Arena.Net has already said that the game won't have a monthly subscription, but will instead offer expansion packs that you can buy every few months. That's essentially the same thing as a monthly fee distributed over time, because if you don't buy these expansions, you'll be left behind your friends who are all buying them. I congratulate Arena.Net for the good marketing scheme, but please stop calling it a "free" service. :)
-Bolty
http://afkgamer.com/archives/2005/04/27/gu...a-noob-is-born/ (note: article is very PG-13)
Reading this reminded me of the beta weekend I played with Guild Wars. It was a very "what the (bleep) am I doing." I'm not meaning to smash Guild Wars or say "don't buy it," it's just that I had wondered at the time if I was just a moron or if the game was really THAT newbie-unfriendly. I'm glad to see I'm not alone. :)
Once you get the hang of it, I'm sure it's grand. Many Lurkers here have posted to that effect.
BTW, is anyone else tired of people calling Guild Wars a "free" game? Arena.Net has already said that the game won't have a monthly subscription, but will instead offer expansion packs that you can buy every few months. That's essentially the same thing as a monthly fee distributed over time, because if you don't buy these expansions, you'll be left behind your friends who are all buying them. I congratulate Arena.Net for the good marketing scheme, but please stop calling it a "free" service. :)
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.