Where is the Guild Wars in GuildWars 2?

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Posted by: wildcode.5403

wildcode.5403

Ok so I love the pve environment (despite some problems with it), I love WvW, haven’t really tried sPvP apart from that 1 event during halloween, BUT where is the love for guilds.

There is no guild halls, no alliances, no guild rankings, nothing, nada, zilch, zero love for guilds in Guild Wars 2 … Did they not see what made guilds great in GW1? Sure we can get guild bonuses in pve and wvw, but thats really about it … I miss the guild halls where guilds and alliances could hold events …. ahh the quiz/talent nights in the Guild Hall ….

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Posted by: arcaneclarity.5283

arcaneclarity.5283

The name Guild Wars comes from a historical event that happened on Tyria.

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Posted by: Sharalei Nightmyst.3619

Sharalei Nightmyst.3619

I agree that guild halls, etc. would be a great edition to GW2. I agree with your post, but just for your info in case you were wondering. Explanation of the Guild Wars taken from Wiki.

The Guild Wars are the series of at least three wars among different guilds in the three human kingdoms of Ascalon, Kryta, and Orr. The wars ended only because the charr invasion from the north meant an even bigger threat to the three kingdoms.

The second Guild War was memorialized by the construction of Surmia in 1020 AE. Ascalon was the kingdom victorious of this war according to the Historical Monument of Surmia. It is unlikely that the war ended during 1020 AE, however, due to the length of the latest Guild War.

The most recent Guild War lasted for 57 years (from 1013 AE until 1070 AE). The war caused much suffering and hatred between the people of the three kingdoms. These old wounds can be seen in the present day in the form of the mistrust King Adelbern holds towards the efforts of Kryta to help Ascalon recover from the charr invasion, particularly towards Ambassador Zain. During this war, King Adelbern was a war hero which led to his eventual crowning as a king instead of Barradin becoming king.

While there have been many Guild Wars prior to this one, when characters in the game refer to the Guild War, they mean the last one which ended with the Searing. While initially confined to a conflict between guilds, when open combat erupted in the streets of Arah, Orr responded to protect its holy city. The military action against Krytan and Ascalonian guilds spurred the other nations into responding, leading to open conflict between the three nations.

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Posted by: Warlord.9074

Warlord.9074

Guild Wars Lore was about the 3 human civilizations fighting each other I think correct me if I’m wrong.

Its played out in WvWvW… Areas in WvWvW as well as points of interest and stuff are named after places in that historical event.

“Just press 2 to win all the dps was us cuz we’re a
warrior and we’re the best class” Eugene

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Posted by: endless.1376

endless.1376

Yeah I used to think this was about player guilds fighting each other as the main focus, but alas it is not. The story centering around Orr talks about the guild wars that even led to the downfall of Orr as they sought desperate means to end it. The personal storyline actually gets quite good if you take the time to pay attention to enough of it.

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Posted by: nugzta.8973

nugzta.8973

Tiny insignificant historical event which is merely part of human history. It has nothing to do with the elder dragons, the Gods, charrs, norns, asura, sylvari, tengu, canthans, elonians, kodans, etc.

My understanding is “Guild Wars” was supposed to be GvG since it was the highlight of the original. It means nothing in GW2 since wars between the guilds are non-existant.

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Posted by: LOCO.1785

LOCO.1785

Yeah yeah, most of us know the name originates from the lore.

Still wasn’t there some GvG, guild hall and other guild related content planned? Haven’t heard anything on this in ages.

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Posted by: Gele.2048

Gele.2048

ye thx god its not here cuz i hated so MUCH the gw1

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Posted by: critickitten.1498

critickitten.1498

Pretty sure they’ve said Guild Halls will be coming.

I do think guilds need to have more effects on the world overall, though.

Remember when our developers talked about “strengthening the core game”?
How’d that work out for us so far?
Now let’s try some ideas that will really work.

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Posted by: Horrorscope.7632

Horrorscope.7632

That lore answer just won’t sit well with me.

I go by GW1’s pre-release, beta’s, them talking with us etc. then. The actual Guilds War’ing vs one another was a MAJOR feature in the game that they sold us on. We never heard about Guild Wars NPC Guild lore then. PvE they felt at that time, while nice, was a tutorial to PvP. I think they learned the lesson a lot of people just want PvE. But somewhere between then and now this “Guild Lore” is rewriting history a bit, imo.