Guild Hex

Guild Wars is an extremely popular massively multiplayer online role playing game; it is different to most online games because there is no monthly subscription – once a player has bought the game or a key code they can continue playing for as long as they wish.

Guild Wars is quite a complicated game because it is made up of a number of different campaigns and each campaign has its own extra additions to the original campaign of Prophecies. In the Guild Wars players have basically two modes of action, player versus player game and player versus environment. In the first players compete against each other or they become part of a team that is competing against another team. The environment, the virtual world is an important part of Guild Wars, unlike other virtual worlds the Guild War world is not static – this means that characters can move on in their lives and the story takes place in real time.

Each campaign in the Guild Wars series has its own territory or continent and each continent has a set of maps. Maps are necessary to any campaign and in Guild Wars they allow the player to see where they have come from, where they are, and where they should be going. They have to make their way through the map in order to gain rewards with which they can buy certain skills. Players choose the profession or guild to which they want to belong and then they start to build their character. Guild Wars builds are accomplished by making use of certain skills, each player can have only eight skills, one of which may be an elite skill which cannot be bought.

Players can recognize their allies, those who are on their side by green dots on the map, their enemies on the other hand are represented by red dots. Players have to accomplish a series of tasks or missions to take their character to another level where they have access to more armor and skills.

Guild Wars is fast developing a cult following and there is a Guild Wars wiki containing a lot of basic but useful information concerning the game. There are also Guild War gurus who compete every now and again to see who has the most up to date knowledge on the game. Like many other online games there are also a series of cheats that some people claim they use, but if a player is caught cheating then they risk having their account suspended.

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“The Guild 2″ is a game that has every aspect you could want in a game. If you are okay with a long tutorial and learning a lot of features, you will thoroughly enjoy this PC game. It has elements from The Sims, Pirates, Dynasties, Law and Order, Politics and other cool concepts. Besides that, the graphics are awesome to top it off.

You design your character and choose his starting stats that build up with experience. This is typical of most rpgs(role playing games). You can be a craftsman, rogue, scholar or patron. Their is 3-5 subclasses in those categories depending on who you pick. Such as miners, woodcutters or black smithy. You can hire employees to help your business (rogues can hire thugs, patrons hire servants). This is highly immersive as their is real time economy in the game. You mine the iron, sell it in market, then a smith can buy it, make something and sell that item (armor, swords, etc.) in the market. Then the computer or real player can store it in his house or carry it. A rogue can then go to his house and steal it. So an item is never lost unless a character dies. He can even pass his items on to his children if he is of old age. Plus the prices in the market fluctuate depending on supply. You can make money just from buying and selling in various markets.

The game is multiplayer as well, online or network which makes it really enjoyable. You can compete in the markets or in elections. Vie for the city mayor or accuse each other of crimes in court. Or you can ally and try to take out the other computer guilds. Their are multiple cities in each map and tons of room to run your own city and show it off to your friend in game. You can even move different characters in your dynasty from town to town. So if you get bored of one town you can switch towns.

There are also titles in the game, you can go from commoner to baronet. You also pass your titles down to your children, so your dynasty can prosper. There is also a feature where your children take the attributes of you and your wife. So their stats will be good if you and your wife have great stats. You can control three people from your dynasty. This leaves plenty of room to have variety and keep things interesting. Since each character can’t change classes, you can have your wife and son be two different classes or you can specialize on one skill and refine it throughout generations, so your kids can be born with a mastery of skills in that craft.

Clarke Baldwin is a journalist who has worked for Dallas Morning News and other publications. You can find his story at Top 10 Upcoming Games 2009.

We all know that beginning the game can be incredibly difficult. Everything is so new to you, you’ve got different colored items, all kinds of monsters, even Guild Wars gold. There are two types of currency, gold and platinum. Platinum just equals 1000 gold, and is the games way of converting it over for you. Make sure you pay close attention to this in trades, as people sometimes try to use gold as platinum to convince new people they are better. Here are a few more tips to help you get into the game quicker. Take them step by step, to ensure you have a solid grasp on each method used.

Guild Wars gold farming is a popular method, and involves using an equipped character to kill mobs of monsters over and over again, usually completely clearing the areas. The two areas this method is practiced the most are in the very beginning stages of the game, in the Prophecies chapter, before you cross over into Post Searing. The reason that this area is so popular, is because the items that monsters can drop is severely limited, to include only basic magical weapons. There is one drop that people cherish in pre searing, and that are the vials of dye. People kill mob after mob seeking out white and black dyes, because they sell to players and merchants for 4,000 to 8,000 gold. This is a very lucrative way to earn a lot of gold quickly. You don’t have to have a high end character; you can do it just by being level 8-10 in pre searing, you will easily be able to dispatch the mobs.

If you are looking to build a healthy stash, and aren’t wanting to farm day in and day out, but actually play the game the way the designers intended, than I have news for you. You are going to be very wealthy by the end of the game. Remember to only purchase new armor and weapons when you can’t advance through the game any further. By purchasing items only during this time, you are going to save up a lot of gold. If you wait until the game gets difficult for you, usually, too hard to advance, you make sure that you aren’t wasting gold on items that you will never use. All of these items will add up by the end of the game, but you aren’t going to be happy with the results. You will have a stash full of items, but empty of gold.

Joshua has been playing online MMORPG’s since back when Diablo 1 came out. He has built up a very healthy stash of Guild Wars Gold, and intends to help others do the same. He wrote an excellent Guild Wars Gold Guide covering in depth details on how to earn more gold in game.