Guild Wars 2 vs The Old Republic - Which one are you going to buy?

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#1 mattuk69
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If your going to get one of these MMO's. Which one are going for and why?

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#2 BrunoBRS
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the good one. the one who isn't a copypaste of WoW. ... ... ... do i really have to spell it out? yes, i'm staying the hell away from the old republic and enjoying the first original MMO since 2005.
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#3 Arach666
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Both,but not on release.
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#4 LORD_BLACKGULT
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Neither. Not a fan of MMOs.

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#5 moistsandwich
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already have ToR paid for.... so I guess that answers it for me.

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#6 Blacklight2
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Probably GW2
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#7 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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Really tough choice.

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#8 lawlessx
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Going to try both,but old republic will be first
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#9 dkdk999
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swtor. Though I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to get it.
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#10 Arach666
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Going to try both,but old republic will be first lawlessx
Well duh,it comes out first. :P
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#11 whitey_rolls
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If I buy one it will be GW2 - the old republic is going to flop IMO

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#12 GD1551
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None, I'll stick to diablo for only RPGs. If I had to chose GW2 all the way though.

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#13 Jebus213
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Really tough choice.

Whiteblade999

I guess you picked GW2 cause you have Charr in your sig.

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#14 Steameffekt
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]the good one. the one who isn't a copypaste of WoW. ... ... ... do i really have to spell it out? yes, i'm staying the hell away from the old republic and enjoying the first original MMO since 2005.

Have you even played the closed beta? It's far from copypaste of WoW. On topic, will be buying both.
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#15 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"]Going to try both,but old republic will be first Arach666
Well duh,it comes out first. :P

Good point lol..when does GW2 even come out?
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#16 dramaybaz
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Definitly Guild Wars 2, Have had my eyes on it since last year. And now after the Pandaria fiasco........ I am ready to move on.
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#17 Jedclark
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If I could only have one, The Old Republic, but considering only one is subscription, I'll end up getting both.
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#18 Arach666
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[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]Going to try both,but old republic will be first lawlessx
Well duh,it comes out first. :P

Good point lol..when does GW2 even come out?

Last I heard it was TBA 2012,maybe they have a date set now though.
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#19 The_Capitalist
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Guild Wars 2. But mostly because it's free to play. I had a TOR pre-order, but cancelled it.

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#20 Ondoval
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Guild Wars 2. Any developer thinking that a monthly fee has future in the world of the MMOs will have a hard awakening in the next 12 months...

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#21 illmatic87
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Guild Wars 2. Maybe Old Republic later on when it eventually goes F2P.
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#22 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Arach666"] Well duh,it comes out first. :P

Good point lol..when does GW2 even come out?

Last I heard it was TBA 2012,maybe they have a date set now though.

nope. still nothing.
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#23 Steameffekt
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Guild Wars 2. Any developer thinking that a monthly fee has future in the world of the MMOs will have a hard awakening in the next 12 months...

Ondoval
So you would rather have a cash shop with game changing items for sale?
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#24 Arach666
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="lawlessx"] Good point lol..when does GW2 even come out?

Last I heard it was TBA 2012,maybe they have a date set now though.

nope. still nothing.

Yeah,I thought as much.
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#25 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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[QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

Really tough choice.

Jebus213

I guess you picked GW2 cause you have Charr in your sig.

I should have put a smiley at the end of my post. Yeah, I'm going for GW2.

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#26 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Arach666"] Last I heard it was TBA 2012,maybe they have a date set now though.

nope. still nothing.

Yeah,I thought as much.

well their release date is "when it's ready so stop asking it", but considering how few they have left to unveil about the game, we shouldn't be far from a beta.
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#27 Elann2008
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Guild Wars 2 is a sure buy. SWTOR, not so sure right now.
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[QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Guild Wars 2. Any developer thinking that a monthly fee has future in the world of the MMOs will have a hard awakening in the next 12 months...

Steameffekt

So you would rather have a cash shop with game changing items for sale?

It's a good thing guild wars 2, much like guild wars 1, will have only cosmetic items (costumes, appearance change/gender change, etc) in their cash shop.

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#29 wootasifwoot
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[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] nope. still nothing.BrunoBRS
Yeah,I thought as much.

well their release date is "when it's ready so stop asking it", but considering how few they have left to unveil about the game, we shouldn't be far from a beta.

Closed beta later this year for sure. Depending on the results from the closed, they'll move to open.

Hope everything goes smoothly.

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#30 Steameffekt
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[QUOTE="Steameffekt"][QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Guild Wars 2. Any developer thinking that a monthly fee has future in the world of the MMOs will have a hard awakening in the next 12 months...

wootasifwoot

So you would rather have a cash shop with game changing items for sale?

It's a good thing guild wars 2, much like guild wars 1, will have only cosmetic items (costumes, appearance change/gender change, etc) in their cash shop.

So buying a PVP access kit isn't game changing? Lets see, it unlocks ALL skills for a specific campaign for your PVP characters.
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[QUOTE="wootasifwoot"]

[QUOTE="Steameffekt"] So you would rather have a cash shop with game changing items for sale?Steameffekt

It's a good thing guild wars 2, much like guild wars 1, will have only cosmetic items (costumes, appearance change/gender change, etc) in their cash shop.

So buying a PVP access kit isn't game changing? Lets see, it unlocks ALL skills for a specific campaign for your PVP characters.

um... nope, it's not. You can get all those from playing the campaign.

And gw2 isn't offering a seperate pve and pvp experience like it did in gw1.

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#32 BrunoBRS
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Closed beta later this year for sure. Depending on the results from the closed, they'll move to open.

Hope everything goes smoothly.

wootasifwoot
this year? doubt it. we're too close to the end and they still have at least one cIass to reveal and probably some more crap.[QUOTE="Steameffekt"] So buying a PVP access kit isn't game changing? Lets see, it unlocks ALL skills for a specific campaign for your PVP characters.

it's cheaper than buying the full game to get them. PvP characters can only be used in PvP, so they already have the whole skill list to pick and already start on max level.
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#33 wootasifwoot
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They've said that in every recent interview they've had. Closed beta, 100%, before the end of this year.

As for the last profession, they said they are gonna release it after all the gameshows are done. The last one (paris gameshow) is ending in Oct. 25th. So it could be anytime after that.

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#34 BrunoBRS
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They've said that in every recent interview they've had. Closed beta, 100%, before the end of this year.

wootasifwoot
really? i remember one interview they hesitantly said something on the lines "maybe a beta by the end of the year" where do i sign? :lol:
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#35 wootasifwoot
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They said the closed betas are gonna be tested out inhouse and by family and friends. There aren't any registrations for it, as far as I know. But if you want to be ready for their open beta then you should sign up for their newletter on the official gw2 site.

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#36 Ondoval
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[QUOTE="wootasifwoot"]

[QUOTE="Steameffekt"] So you would rather have a cash shop with game changing items for sale?Steameffekt

It's a good thing guild wars 2, much like guild wars 1, will have only cosmetic items (costumes, appearance change/gender change, etc) in their cash shop.

So buying a PVP access kit isn't game changing? Lets see, it unlocks ALL skills for a specific campaign for your PVP characters.

Tha's exactly how Diablo III is meant to be played, and the fact that su*** doesn't change the reality. Anyway the occidental bussiness model for the MMOs is a hesit, no onbe in Asia pays 13 $/€ at moth for playing the game. I think that most of weatern players did notice this and are tired of supporting the whole system with his wallets. Hard times for the economy + the big rise of the "free to play, pay for extras" asian model is in snowball mode: just can't be stopped.

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#37 funsohng
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Even though I am fan of Bioware AND a Star Wars geek, I have no interest in The Old Republic whatsoever. While Guild Wars 2 might be my only MMORPG since..... Guild Wars 1.
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#38 Merex760
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Both, but I'm more excited for The Old Repuclic. Growing tired of fantasy MMOs.
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#39 NaveedLife
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the good one. the one who isn't a copypaste of WoW. ... ... ... do i really have to spell it out? yes, i'm staying the hell away from the old republic and enjoying the first original MMO since 2005.BrunoBRS

This.

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#40 mattuk69
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Both, but I'm more excited for The Old Repuclic. Growing tired of fantasy MMOs. Merex760
Aye!!!! Star Wars is not fantasy?
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#41 i5750at4Ghz
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SWTOR will easily be the better game.
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[QUOTE="Merex760"]Both, but I'm more excited for The Old Repuclic. Growing tired of fantasy MMOs. mattuk69
Aye!!!! Star Wars is not fantasy?

come on, you know what he meant :P
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#43 NaveedLife
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[QUOTE="mattuk69"][QUOTE="Merex760"]Both, but I'm more excited for The Old Repuclic. Growing tired of fantasy MMOs. BrunoBRS
Aye!!!! Star Wars is not fantasy?

come on, you know what he meant :P

lol. medieval/fantasy is my favorite setting :). I love Zelda, Diablo, and so on. It's definitely how I roll 8). Haha, but in the end, its all good if done right. Mass Effect, Perfect Dark 64, and more make me love the futuristic/space setting.

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The one that isn't a WoW clone.

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#45 WithoutGraceXII
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ToR for this man. Star Wars and Bioware, two of my favorite things around.
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#46 Skreltch
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This unlike most game a vs game b arguments is a no brainer and not worth comparison because 1 - both games look really good, and 2 - Since Guild Wars 2 is free to play you can play both games and only pay 1 monthly fee. So the whole thing isnt worth the time to argue about. And although I agree that GW2 does look better, I have played the SWTOR beta and can say that everyone is going to be pleasantly surprised with its quality, itss damn good and surpassed my expectations.

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Guild Wars 2 is better as an MMo and thats a fact. The only reason people are buying TOR is because it's star wars, I admit I was going to get it that for that reason. None of the mechanics or pretty much ANYTHING in TOR looks interesting

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#48 deactivated-58b6232955e4a
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More excited for Guild Wars 2 but I'll probably play TOR if it ends up being good.
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#49 Skreltch
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Guild Wars 2 is better as an MMo and thats a fact. The only reason people are buying TOR is because it's star wars, I admit I was going to get it that for that reason. None of the mechanics or pretty much ANYTHING in TOR looks interesting

OB-47

I felt just as strongly before I got into the SWTOR beta and played for a significant amount of time. Unlike most everyone else in there I was not a fanboy with blinders on, I was actually expecting to be letdown but was shocked at the graphical, and gameplay quality. Like I said before since GW2 is free to play we can play both games for 1 montly fee so theres no point in picking one or the other when we can have both.

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#50 i5750at4Ghz
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Guild Wars 2 is better as an MMo and thats a fact. The only reason people are buying TOR is because it's star wars, I admit I was going to get it that for that reason. None of the mechanics or pretty much ANYTHING in TOR looks interesting

OB-47
GW2 doesn't do anything new either. Only reason people are so hyped for it is because it's F2P.