Talk:Guild Wars: Factions

IMO a wiki shouldn't be the place for speculation or rumors. At least not in articles. Keep speculation on the talk pages. Only list things that are officially confirmed by ANet in interviews or on forums, with link to source as evidence. And only ANet, please. Your local EB dealer does not count as official, even if he claims to have insider information on the release date. ;) --Fisherman's Friend 09:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Shandy replaced "first half of 2006" with "first quarter or second quarter of 2006". I reverted, because I wanted to use the exact same wording of Gaile Gray from the GameSpot interview. Furthermore, I don't see the difference between "first half" and "first or second quarter". 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2 Isn't it? --Fisherman's Friend 09:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeh but in gaming quarters are used 12:49, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * In this case, they didn't use quarters (at least, not in the interview). I tend to agree with Fisherman's Friend; go with the published facts.  I think we should only go with the "Q1 or Q2" if we can find an interview stating it that way.  The "Q1 or Q2" technically means the same as "1st half"; but I think most people read "Q1 or Q2" as implying a Q1 target with a potential slip to Q2.  As far as I know, this isn't what has been said in interviews (yet), so we should go with the "1st half" statement that they have clearly given.  It implies a slightly longer wait, but is more realistic given the facts that we have available so far. --Barek 13:01, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * When you hear about stuff coming out in 1st, 2nd, etc... quarter that is coming from a business/accounting report generally speaking. It has to do with companies (usually publically held ones) and the reporting that they have to do.  They will try to spread the games they release out over the four annual quarters to keep their profits up and keep their shareholders happy.  Since Gaile Gray can do more than read a pre-prepared press release, she stated it in more human terms, "first half of the year."
 * As a side note Amazon.co.uk or whatever the UK version is called, has the second chapter listed. But I wouldn't trust their release date any more than I would one posted in a local game store.  --Rainith 13:45, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree. Shandy was an idiot to put that edit in there. He can't even find his source where he got 'first or second quarter' from. However, were he to find it he would include it again, as first or second quarter does imply an earlier release date than first half. He hadn't even read the gamespot interview when he made the edit. Fool. Shandy 10:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Rumor Mill
Okay, THIS is the place for rumors and speculations! Let me start with one: The GameSpot interview quotes ANet: "We don't want to give away too much about the upcoming story, but count on seeing landscapes that have been irrevocably changed by world events, ..." I bet that we're going to Orr (or what is left of it ;))!! --Fisherman's Friend 01:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hehe. I was thinking of Orr myself, although who knows how navigable it will be...
 * They'd better add character slots or I'm going to be reeeally pissed off. &mdash; Lunarbunny 01:24, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Cantha Cantha Cantha  --FireFox 07:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * If between Ch.1 and Ch.2 they use a time seperator like the two years during the searing, which would seem likely, then almost any landscape could get changed in the interim. But, I do want it to be Orr and Cantha - I've been wanting to go to those locations!  --Barek 11:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The Frog mentioned Cantha in a recent talk, so that might be an option too, yes. But I'm 100% sure Orr will be included in Chapter Two too. Infact I believe the name "Orr" will be included in the final title of the expansion. Something like: "GuildWars II - The Ruins of Orr". --Fisherman's Friend 11:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Gaile Gray was in Lion's Arch this morning (I'm sorting through my screenshots now); here are some comments: A Game magazine has a new interview, another two are coming in over the next two weeks, Chapter two is in Cantha, it'll have an asian theme, the story line is more open than this one, new PvP arenas, new professions (yes, plural), no one has level 12 rank yet, new looks to items and clothing, Chapter 2 is stand alone, but you can travel between the two lands if you own both, pre-order and beta events are coming sooner than you may think, there will be special pre-order items, be sure to get a promise for the pre-order package from your retailer if you want the pre-order items, we have no specific date yet, we will have more information next week (I missed if this was related to release date or beta event dates). She wouldn't give away how the storyline is connected - said that's part of the fun and we must wait.  --Barek 13:00, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Unconfirmed Release Date
A possible release date for chapter two has slipped out, thanks to Amazon.com. The possible date is set for March 31, 2006. You can see the site for yourself at [this link]. No news from NCSoft yet as to weather this date is accurate or not. --AeSiR oDiN 11:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * From what I've seen of Amozon posted release dates in the past, I only give it a 50% chance of being right. Still, if other sources can back up that date, it's great news!  --Barek 11:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, pleeeeease, no! Game retailers tend to give rather optimistic extimates of release dates, because they want people to preorder. DO NOT, EVER, TRUST RELEASE DATES GIVEN BY GAMES RETAILERS. No matter if they claim to have insider info. Usually you get a pretty accurate estimate of the release date if you take the remaining time from today until the official release date given by the developer/publisher and multiply it x 1.5. (Unless the game we're talking about is Duke Nukem Forever. In that case multiply x 25. :D) --Fisherman's Friend 11:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)