QUOTE(smellz @ Jul 6 2011, 01:51 PM)
i planning to buy guildwars cause steam has sale. few questions,
1. what is eye of the north? is it expansion? do i have to buy eye of the north too in order to play?
2. how does this thing work? i dont quite understand why got so many like trilogy, guildwars, game of the year edition, factions, nightfall.
3. i heard only have to purchase once right? no subscription fees
4. please advise what should i do after i purchase it. do i need to purchase eye of the north too?
5. how is the ping? is it good for malaysia to play? where is guildwars server based?
sorry if i ask alot but i really want to know. thank you in advance.
There are 3 Standalone GW games (Guild Wars, Factions and Nightfall) and 1 expansion(Eye of the North) . The standalone ones, you can play them right out of the box, whereas EOTN requires you to have 1 of the 3 games. Eye of the North is just a continuation of the original game. It features a lot of dungeons and is meant for the experienced player. The reason most people buy it is because it gives access to the Hall of Monuments, which is a feature that unlocks rewards in Guild Wars 2.
3. Yes, no extra charges after that. You do not need to buy anything from cash shop to succeed in the game.
4. My advice is to buy everything! Haha , you should try playing the games in the order they were released.
5. Ping is about 300ms + to the Europe servers, which are located in Europe. There is Asian server but it is located in USA cluster. Since the game doesn't require low ping to be successful, it's not really a bother. The game is instanced, which means there aren't any other players apart from your party in the explorable areas, so you can take your own sweet time to do stuff.