Thursday, November 21, 2024
22:32
Long time Guild Wars player, having played since Guild Wars' Beta in 2004.
Guild Wars Franchise Timeline (with things relevant to HoM):[edit]
- Guild Wars Announced - April 22, 2003
- E3 2003: Guild Wars - May 23, 2003 ([1])
- Guild Wars E3 demo client available - May 1, 2004
- Guild Wars E3 for Everyone - May 10, 2004 (skillgems!) ([2],[3])
- Guild Wars World Preview Event - October 29, 2004 ([4])
- Guild Wars (Prophecies) released - April 28, 2005
- Sorrow's furnace update added along with green "unique" items - September 7, 2005
- Titles, Alliances, Assassins, Ritualists introduced with Guild Wars Factions (also double damage bosses) - April 28, 2006
- New dye system; new Skills and Attributes panel; new skill template system; equipment template system; armor insignia system; inscriptions; damage monitor. Characters can now change their secondary professions whenever they are standing in a town or outpost. - Wednesday October 25, 2006
- Heroes, Paragons, Dervishes introduced with Guild Wars Nightfall (Sunspear, Lightbringer titles) - October 27, 2006
- Reconnect after disconnect; Party search; Festival hat maker; Treasures added to Nightfall; Commander (Hero battles) and Gamer titles added - December 20, 2006
- Sweet Tooth title added , 10th rank Legendary Spearmarshal added to the Sunspear title track, option to the Hero Control panel that forces Heroes to drop the currently carried bundle - February 14, 2007
- Hard Mode introduced, along with lockpicks, UW/FoW scrolls - April 19th, 2007
- Hall of Monuments added when Guild Wars Eye of the North released (Asura,Deldrimor, Ebon Vanguard, Norn, Master of the North titles)- August 31, 2007 ...note the bad timing of the release!
- Party Animal title track - February 6th 2008
- Zaishen title - May 8, 2008
- Summoning stones introduced - September 4, 2008
- Treasure Hunter and Wisdom title tracks made account-wide - November 13, 2008
- Zaishen Missions, Bounty, Combat , Equipment packs, Xunlai storage panes, stylist (makeover), Zaishen Menagerie, and Nicholas the Traveler added April 23, 2009
- Hall of Monuments now account wide April 23, 2009
- Codex title added, Hero battles and Team Arena removed - October 22, 2009
- Wanted by the Shining Blade added May 21st, 2010
- Guild Wars 2 demoed at Gamescom - August 19 until August 22, 2010
- GW2 demoed at PAX 2010 - September 3-5, 2010
- Battle for Lion's Arch nerfed - November 18, 2010
- Hearts of the North - December 16,2010
- Paris Games Week
- Gamescom
- 7 Heroes Embark Beach ; Zaishen Vanquish; Drunkard, LDoA, Survivor titles updated ; Minion UI- March 3, 2011
- GDC 2011 (Game Developers Conference) February 28-March 4, 2011
- PAX East 2011 - March 12,2011
- Friends list denotes location of mutual friends , PvP has "Flux" added. - April 28, 2011
- Engineer revealed - May 19,2011
- Gladiator / Codex title change, Zaishen Strongboxes / Imperial Faction to encourage PvP, Z-coins trade-able (and Envoy weapons added) - June 2,2011
- Underwater combat unveiled - June 24, 2011
- Winds of Change - July 7,2011
- Comiccon 2011 - July 23, 2011
- Sylvari redesign unveiled - August 8,2011
- Gamescom 2011 August 17-21, 2011
- PAXprime 2011 August 26 -August 28, 2011
Why GW1 players might consider GW2[edit]
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=846093&postcount=81