Guild Wars 2 Preview

MMOCrunch has tossed up a preview of ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2, summarizing what little information we know about the massively multiplayer sequel thus far into its development.

Guild Wars 2 will offer a sort of migration feature from the first game to the second. No, you won’t be able to transfer your pumped fire elementalist with that awesome AoE build, but instead you will be rewarded for spending so much time to build it. As some of you may remember, Eye of the North introduced a hall of monuments feature. This is the key that will allow you to transfer some of your titles/items from the first game to the second. It will not be a direct transfer, though. You can also reserve your names through that same system.

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Guild Wars 2 will utilize a brand new quest system different that anything we’ve seen. The game will feature the so-called (Event system). Different events will occur through the world of Guild Wars 2 and if you happen to be present at one of those you can participate. One of the examples demonstrates a dragon attacking the bridge of a small village. The players will then have a choice whether to fight the beast or not. If they succeed in this, the dragon will flee and they will be rewarded. Should they fail then the dragon destroys the bridge of the village and a new series of quests is unlocked to fix the bridge.