Guild Wars 2

Hi. On Google Play, there is a lack of good MMOs. What if Arena.Net ports Guild Wars 1 to Android ? They could make something like this : free game on Google Play, with the progress blocked at Pre-searing. After that, they buy a Guild Wars account and they could play further. It would be really nice, and also would revive the Guild Wars community. What do you think ? Nowdays, a lot of classic games are ported. Why Guild Wars 1 can’t ?

Would it be wise to submit a ticket for this ? Guild Wars 1 forums do not exist anymore .

No, submitting tickets are for support requests and not suggestions. Submitting a ticket will only slow down response time for those in need of actual account support.

You’re right. Submitting tickets are for support requests only, so it will delay responses to other players.
Now I have found another form:
http://global.ncsoft.com/global/support/request.aspx
Does feedback trough this channel relates to Guild Wars 2 technical support or it’s a different thing ? I don’t know precisely what this box leads to…
What is the best way to expose this idea properly ? Searched the internet, but didn’t find many topics on this…probably because of the death of the original forums…

GW1 is far too complex of a game to be ported to phones/tablets. When the only way to interact with a game is by tapping a screen, how would you move while attacking? If you had click to walk enabled, how would the small screen know if your huge thumb meant to select an enemy target or the terrain right next to it, causing you to run next to the target instead of attacking it? The skill bar at the bottom would likely take up a large portion of the bottom of your screen, limiting your overall screen real estate. If you shrunk the skill bar, your thumb might cover three skills and the game wont know which you meant to ‘click’. How about targeting friendly players to heal/support them? The party list window would take up another large chunk of your screen, what with their health bars and names (plus they would also be small and hard to select accurately). The compass would take up more space. Then there’s the chat window. What about turning the camera quickly and efficiently? Some parts of GW1 (especially PvP) require precise and quick camera movement. How will they zoom in or out while moving around and using skills? Toggle run/walk? Fortunately you can’t jump in GW1 so that’s one less hurdle to think about.

I love GW1 as much as anyone else, but I don’t think a port, much less to an android device, would be a good thing. The game would probably not be very well optimized since ArenaNet is not putting any focus on GW1. It would not play very well and it would in turn give GW1 a bad name. GW1 deserves better. And no, consoles are out of the question, too. Sure, current gen (next gen is a console being developed for the future) consoles can support mice and keyboards, but the hurdles with licensing and regular updates just wont work to ArenaNet’s advantage. WoW is a much bigger game with a larger player base and it never got a console/phone port because like ArenaNet, Blizzard knows better.

If you want mobile gaming, play on a laptop.

Arenanet also does not accept, will not review, and will not consider any commercial suggestions from players.

Yeah…so I conclude there is no chance to happen…

Here is how gameplay on tablet could have looked like…

Guild Wars on Onda V975w: http://youtu.be/P2hzLtSJdzk

mahri.8410:

Yeah…so I conclude there is no chance to happen…

Here is how gameplay on tablet could have looked like…

Guild Wars on Onda V975w: http://youtu.be/P2hzLtSJdzk

Yep, it’s not whether or not it could be played on a tablet (obviously the program can be run), it’s whether or not it would play well enough to really be enjoyed as it was meant to be. It’s like trying to play using only the mouse without the keyboard. It can be done, but it’s a lot less fun and more cumbersome. You would really be limiting your gameplay experience. GW1 is too good of a game to play in such a limited way. Enjoy it in all its glory with a mouse and keyboard, OP.

i wish the Day will come for GW1 in a Pocket-Version ;-) !
I feel home when i listen to Jeremy Soules Music :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUQFBzUoQxY

… if they ever put GW1 on Android and iOS, I would lose my job. And then my house after I put all my money into the game. And then all my clothes cause I’d sell those instead of the phone Im playing GW1 on to get food to eat.

I would be broke, homeless and naked, but I would have GW1 on my phone so that is still a bright future.

Please release GW1 for mobile.

I wold love to see GW1 on Android. Our guild still goers back there for festivals.
But as a an ex-3d modeler and programming dabbler I do not think that Android can handle GW1. Even if it cold the load times would kill most data plans and take way too long*. Also Ia m note sure you would have enough memory.

*Remember that in instances in GW1 that monsters cold attack you while loading. Also data transfer would kill group play. so you would have to do it solo.

Maybe my kids will find it as a retro game in ten years

You could always use an ap like teamviewer to play on your tablet or phone. You can even setup up a blue tooth mouse and keyboard

Angelica Dream.7103:

I wold love to see GW1 on Android. Our guild still goers back there for festivals.
But as a an ex-3d modeler and programming dabbler I do not think that Android can handle GW1. Even if it cold the load times would kill most data plans and take way too long*. Also Ia m note sure you would have enough memory.

*Remember that in instances in GW1 that monsters cold attack you while loading. Also data transfer would kill group play. so you would have to do it solo.

Maybe my kids will find it as a retro game in ten years

Professional Android developer just tossing in my $0.02.

On the topic of transfer speeds: There is a law in the US that states a carrier cannot upgrade 1 zone to the next “G” of mobile speeds until all zones are capable of the previous “G”. So in order for Verizon to move to 4G, they had to support 3G in all their spaces. In order for them to move up to “5G” or whatever they want to call the next iteration, they must support “4G” in all their locations.

This means that most phones in the US on large carriers like AT&T and Verizon will likely soon have at least 4G available to them. That’s an average 5-15 Mbit connection. I used to play Rift on a 3G hotspot regularly and had green latency. Also, I never broke my 2 gig monthly data limit playing only that game.

Load times, and bugs related to them like getting attacked during load, would be an issue that they would need to resolve during the port.

On the topic of graphics: Android runs a particular flavor of OpenGL called OpenGL ES, which is more than capable of handling the workload of a game as old as GW1. Combined with the switch to ART from Dalvik in 5.0 and above, which is far more streamlined and also capable of supporting 64 bit processors and translating any app into 64 bit, I wouldn’t be worried at all on the performance of the game.

Example: Final Fantasy XI is coming to Mobile next year. Obviously Square had to make tweaks to the game to make it capable of running, for instance better handling of assets and a massive reduction in visual distance/texture quality, but if that game can do it, GW1 certainly could!

Also remember that it takes years to put a game out. Assuming they started right now, I wouldn’t expect the GW1 port for at least 2 years. By 2017, I PROMISE you that the 64 bit Android devices available would easily be able to rock the game, and likely much closer to the actual PC version. The Snapdragon 810, minus its horrible overheating issues, could likely run the game as is (albeit laggy). Imagine what the Snapdragon 830 or 840, which would likely be what we’d be looking at come late 2017, would be capable of?

All together… I think it is totally doable.

Tolmos.8395:

Professional Android developer just tossing in my $0.02.
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All together… I think it is totally doable.

I bow to your superior knowledge

Use a controller. Yall do know android allows controllers right?

GW1 for Windows Phone (and maybe Android and iOS, too) please.

Siro.1529:

i wish the Day will come for GW1 in a Pocket-Version ;-) !
I feel home when i listen to Jeremy Soules Music :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUQFBzUoQxY

Got the soundtrack somewhere, need to find it and listen to it again.

I just hope they release a single player version before they shut down the servers for good.

darkprecure.6129:

GW1 for Windows Phone (and maybe Android and iOS, too) please.

The days of your suffering are slowly coming to an end. Windows phone has been working towards, in the very very near future, being able to run Android and iOS apps. The Android apps are running more smoothly at the current moment, but still doable.

The only thing that would cause you issue is if, for whatever reason, Arenanet chose to make use of Google Play Services in their app. If that happens, you are screwed there. But if they do like most other games and just make a platform agnostic Android app, you could easily just put the APK on your phone and play play play, regardless of what platform it was made for!

darkprecure.6129:

GW1 for Windows Phone (and maybe Android and iOS, too) please.

Windows has a phone now?