Guild Wars 2

[RebirthofDragon]

I was spending some time today to figure out just how it is that GW can allow players to play for free when I made a startling discovery: NCSoft is making Guild Wars 2!

Here'sthe link.

I'm pretty excited because it's going to have a lot of the elements I wanted to include in my "game" though it will still lack the delicious fun-ness of action/fighting game combat.

[Treshnell]

That's pretty cool. I spent many hours in GW, but eventually got bored and never even bothered purchasing the expansions. I really preferred the open world of WoW. I also wasn't really a huge fan of the 8-skill combat system, so I hope they change that, too.
As far as level caps/uncapped, the best alternative to that that I've seen is a Remort system, where once you reach a specified level, you 'remort' back to level 1, but with a small bonus added to your level 1 base stats. That's what's used in TribesRPG. I actually had a very cool idea for a fairly open-ended game for TribesRPG-Source, but the game hasn't gone anywhere.

[Aurora]

I'd heard that there was going to be a GW2 but the link included a lot more information. I have to say, though...that kotaku site is pretty friggin ugly.

[Force]

They are a pretty reputable gaming news source, though.

[The Captain]

Wow, nearly two years later and still not even a release date...

[Aurora]

Yeah, and two years later, my first reaction when seeing this is "I wonder if they need a systems designer for GW2..."

[Force]

I wonder if they need to be resuscitated...

I had heard rumors that it was coming out "next quarter" for almost two years now.