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Guild Wars Interview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-07-30 00:04:00.0


Heading back to PC.IGN, they have fired-up an interview with ArenaNet's Jeff Strain regarding the technology behind their upcoming Online RPG, Guild Wars. Here's something to chew on:

IGNPC: Guild Wars is supposed to offer a "shardless world"--how is this going to change the MMO experience for gamers?
Jeff Strain: Having an online game divided into shards or servers has created problems for gamers who desire to play with their friends. A challenge that arises is that, after creating your characters on a specific server and investing a significant amount of time progressing in the game, you discover you are unable to play with other friends because they are playing on a different server. Historically, this has been a difficult problem to address without starting over and recreating characters, buying additional accounts or paying a character transfer fee.
In Guild Wars, we wanted to eliminate this situation. An online game fundamentally offers the enjoyment of a social experience with both your friends and people you have never met before. We want to bring people together, to give players the opportunity to play with their friends at any time without hassles.
An additional benefit of a shardless world is that we can offer true worldwide competitions via our arenas and tournaments. With an undivided game world, you can be not just the winner of a certain region or a specific area of the globe; you can be the true world champion.

Also, be sure to check out the new screenshot at the official Guild Wars website! Yummy

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