User:Life Infusion9685

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=Moving= I allow any of my edits to be ported over to http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page (aka not anywhere else...)

By the way, I'm the same user as http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Life_Infusion

=Why Play GW?= It would be similar to building a deck in Magic: The Gathering: The more cards you own, the greater the number of different playing decks you can choose to play. When you buy the chapters of Guild Wars, you will acquire a larger collection of skills and abilities from which to build your skill set, but you will not gain more power. - Guild Wars FAQ In fact, we have likened Guild Wars' pre-mission strategy sessions to a game of Magic: The Gathering, where you may have hundreds of cards, but select a small number appropriate for a specific strategy. Like the Magic player, the Guild Wars player will have to think about what options he has for skills, what might be needed in a particular mission, and then take it a step further and consider what his teammates are bringing to the mix. From his inventory of skills - which may number several dozens or more - the player will select a small number to take into a mission. -IGN Interview
 * Joined because of gameplay similar to Magic: the Gathering (no overpowered things, regular balancing)
 * Business Model with no monthly fee, so when you are busy you don't feel compelled to play and end up screwed
 * Skill balancing and skill-based play: best balanced skill system besides MtG online, which is a CCG not 3D and doesn't have missions/quests
 * 8 skills at a time, not all the skills you ever learned
 * Eliminates grind of leveling skills and attributes
 * Decent level cap attainment, unlike some other games with lvl 60, 100+ level caps that take forever
 * Mission/Quest based Goal versus level goals
 * full 3D, not 3D on isometric background
 * Game made to "Look doctored" - Art director photoshopped a screenshot then artists then made it that quality
 * minimal time investment (much like RTS/FPS)
 * Fusion of RTS and FPS elements: interrupts, resource control, capture the flag
 * World Championship based on skill
 * Observer mode to learn new strategies and to think of counters
 * No skill-leveling BS grinding such as "Fire attack Level 1 --> Fire attack Level 2" after zapping something 50000000 times with Fire
 * No potions to supplement player skill
 * Vanity armor provides no extra stats, just appearance
 * Customization of weapons/armor
 * Instant PvP Characters
 * Only one "server" - server infrastructure allows playing with anyone via International Districts
 * Ability to choose male/female character regardless of class
 * Designate PvP areas, instead of random PKing
 * At least 40 skills per class
 * Banning of cheaters/hackers
 * Low server downtime
 * The developers play on a regular basis, and alpha testers play all the time (24/7)
 * Devs cant cheat on live server
 * Implementation of data aggregated from players (i.e. skills overused)


 * References:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_MMORPGs ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MMORPGs ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_games
 * http://www.mmosite.com/ ; http://www.ign.com/ ; http://www.gamespot.com ; http://www.gamespy.com/ ; http://mmorpg.com/index.cfm?bhcp=1
 * http://www.onrpg.com/ ; http://www.play-free-online-games.com/games/games_rpg.html ; http://www.freemmorpglist.com/

=Why the "Infusion" naming convention? (Etymology of the names)= Grammatically, an object or proper noun would be "Infuser". However, the word "Infuser" is usually used in terms of tea bags so I went for a more subtle approach, by using a reference to the action or method of "infusing" (delivering intravenously or process of infusing) rather than the source of the "infusing".

The definition I was going for was "the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality." - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/infusion

Compare: Infusion: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infusion ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infusions%2C_intraosseous Infuser: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infuser