tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post5593256156082738626..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Long Distance Runaround : Guild WarsBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-1135250621748375382018-05-16T14:45:23.184+01:002018-05-16T14:45:23.184+01:00Anet doesn't just sell the main game and the e...Anet doesn't just sell the main game and the expansions, the website has a full store of GW stuff. I was amazed how much there was. Even though I've played the game a fair bit I had no idea most of this stuff even existed. You can buy pets, skills, heros and similar gameplay-affecting stuff, which I think would be considered Pay to Win in many MMOs, as well as a wide range of cosmetic items and the usual range of services. <br /><br />In fact, I don't think it's even accurate to say, as I did, that ANet aren't promoting the older game any more. To an extent they still are. About all they have really done is stop making new content - otherwise it's business as usual. If I'd done this research before writing the piece (as I should have) I'd have written it slightly differently. It makes an even better case for the wide differences between what passes for "maintenance mode" than I thought.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-36183363319893170112018-05-16T13:05:30.592+01:002018-05-16T13:05:30.592+01:00Well, now I feel guilty for not clarifying I bough...Well, now I feel guilty for not clarifying I bought it on Steam, so I don't know whether A.net produces more retail copies or not (I'm inclined to think it's the latter). There was pretty big AMA with Dr Stephen on Reddit recently and there were many questions about current pricing and the state of microtransactions, so maybe they'll at least streamline buying (like making Complete Edition with Trilogy + EotN + book missions available), it'd help with probable surge of new players.<br /><br />You are right that the quote belongs to Stephen (it's from AMA he did couple months ago), but 100% of this exact update was done by Bill and was inspired by Stephen's small update that added command line for disabling LOD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-83520000976422812482018-05-16T12:07:43.611+01:002018-05-16T12:07:43.611+01:00I only popped back in to get the screenshots for t...I only popped back in to get the screenshots for the post but I found myself looking at Eye of The North and wondering if I should finish it and at Nightfall and wondering if I should finish that...<br /><br />I'm kind of getting a reverse-nostalgia from GW2, where instead of going all gooey-eyed over seeing names form the old game in the new one I'm seeing names I only know from the new one when I check into the old one and feeling like I ought to touch base with a past I never really knew.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-18042631661665905122018-05-16T12:04:19.335+01:002018-05-16T12:04:19.335+01:00I *knew* I should have checked whether you could s...I *knew* I should have checked whether you could still buy GW. I hate getting checkable facts wrong so apologies for that. I'll fix it in the post too. That said, it's quite surprising. Obviously, there will still be plenty of unused copies floating around on Amazon and the like but it's good to know ANet are also still willing to sell new ones.<br /><br />The quote I used is from Stephen Clarke-Willson but the actual Eurogamer article I linked does give full credit to Bill Freist as well. The only thing they quote him as saying, though, is that he did most of the work in his own time.<br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-63580647199874891392018-05-16T09:43:21.027+01:002018-05-16T09:43:21.027+01:00Couple of little fixes: GW1 is still being sold (I...Couple of little fixes: GW1 is still being sold (I know that because I bought it couple of months ago) and the developer of this patch was Bill Freist, Stephen mostly works on server and net code.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-83538537163198284492018-05-16T06:29:46.221+01:002018-05-16T06:29:46.221+01:00It’s really tempting to hop back into GW1 again, b...It’s really tempting to hop back into GW1 again, but my hard disk(s) are clogged full with installed games that I really ought to get around to playing at some point. So off it goes, stacked up on the pile of “gotta do some spring cleaning, before I can get this into a ready-to-play state.”<br /><br />Then instead of getting around to it, I procrastinate by playing another more primary or main game instead... both of which, ironically, are jammed full of “gotta spring clean these inventories, before they’re ready to be played” characters/banks.<br /><br />Maybe someday.Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.com