Those files are absolutely needed. In fact, the gw2.dat IS the entire Guild Wars 2 download. If you remove those, then it will just start downloading the entire 13GB all overagain. The gw2.exe is just the downloader/patcher. But you're right, those files shouldn't be on your desktop. So yes, you can move them all to a separate folder, but yes, all files do need to be in that folder. My recommendation: 1. create a folder somewhere, for example C:\GuildWars2 or D:\GuildWars2 (make sure you have enough free space on that drive) 2. Move all the files, including the gw2.exe, to that folder 3. Right-click on the gw2.exe file in that folder and select Send To/Desktop (create shortcut)
Hyper, you're not very well informed. Yes, the developers never called the original Guild Wars a true MMO, because it was highly instanced and not an open persistent world. And if you look at the FAQ of the original GW game, won't find the claim anywhere that it is an MMO, or that it's persistent. The developers have clearly stated (on multiple occasions) that GW2 IS a full MMO, and has a big open persistent world. The game mechanics are completely different from those of the original Guild Wars, and the whole instancing thing from the original GW is almost completely gone... instancing is only used for some very specific situations (your own personal story missions, and 5-man dungeons). Everything else happens in the same big persistent world. So the reason why the developers didn't call the original game an MMO, is gone in GW2. To quote lead content designer Colin Johanson: "Guild Wars 2 is a giant, open, massive mmo. There are hundreds or thousands of players playing together in maps in the game. It is a true mmo." I hope that settles that.
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