The much-anticipated free Summer Update is now live, featuring Grenth's Footprint and Sorrow's Furnace. For details on the Summer Update, check out the Sorrow's Furnace Update page.
But wait--there's MORE!!! 17 new quests, Faction increase, no more attribute refund points, Guild Hall changes, less XP required per skill point after 20 and even more can be found in the Game Updates.
Come share your thoughts on the numerous updates and changes made over in this thread.
In the wee hours of this morning, The Almighty Frog spoke to Tyrians again. Head over to Frog Talk, compliments of community member Tuor Son Of Huor, to read about things like toggleable capes to come.
Feel free to discuss this latest sighting over in this thread.
To tie in with the Sorrow's Furnace and Grenth's Footprint Update, Composer Jeremy Soule has composed over 25 minutes of original music to complement the new regions being released today. The music add-on is free to Guild Wars players and you can download yours over at Direct Song.
IGN have been given some more content loving from ArenaNet and posted a 3 page hands-on preview of Sorrow's Furnace giving an overview of what's to come, some quest descriptions and shots.
As stated in this news post, djWheat and iTG will be going on the air shortly with Weapon of Choice. At approximately 7:00 PM EST (in about an hour) I will be joining djWheat on the air for an interview. Tune in by following the links below ...
Several guilds were also removed from the webring because they were no longer active, their websites were taken down or they removed the webring navbar. Please remember that for your guild to be added to the webring you must have a website and you must add the webring navbar to the website. If you'd like to join the webring head here.
Some four months after release there's still new reviews being written on Guild Wars. Over at HurtStreet you can find the latest review, which gives GW a score of 8/10.
Community member, bobimus, came up with some beautiful panoramics from a variety of locations in the game. You can see these and add your own to this thread in the Community Lounge Forum.
Want some tips on energy management for your monk? Community member, Advalorem, wrote a nice analysis on several skills that work well in our Monk Forums. Check out his thread, "Energy Management for Dummies" and feel free to add your comments and suggestions, too.
Weapon of Choice is a 2 hour Internet Radio talk show about Guild Wars and MMORPG News. It airs every Sunday night at 7PM EST on Inside the Game (www.radioitg.com).
After a very successful show which showcased interviews with top guilds such as, Eternum Pariah and Thundercatz, Weapon of Choice continues with more exciting Guild Wars content. This week we highlight another guild, have an in-depth discussion about the future of Guild Wars tournaments, and discuss the upcoming Summer patch for Guild Wars.
Episode #23: GW Tournaments
News of the Week
Guild Highlight: Pirates of BBQ Bay
Interview: Tarrant Rahl of GWOnline.Net
Discussion of Tournaments for Guild Wars
Open Phones
Follow the below links to tune in Sunday night at 7PM EST (pre-show music from 6:30-7PM EST) and join in the new weekly Guild Wars craze… WEAPON OF CHOICE!
IRC Chat:
#RadioiTG on irc.Gamesurge.net, or visit the iTG site and use the java client found in the upper right corner of the site.
So that's this Sunday, September 4th at 7:00 PM EST. As the above news states, I will be joining djWheat on the air for another interview. We'll be discussing a little about the GWOL and some future plans of GWOnline.Net. It sounds like my interview will be somewhere around the 7:00 PM EST time, but check back here Sunday to be certain. Hope to ... well, "see you" listening in, and don't forget about the open phones segment at the end of the show where you will be able to "call in" to share your thoughts or questions. Don't forget to check out this thread to let us know what questions you have or what topics you'd like to see covered, too; I can't guarentee your requests/questions will be addressed on the air, but your thoughts always help in focusing the content.
The official game update notes have been updated with some notes for Wednesday's update. Sorrow's Furnace and Grenth's Footprint will both be included in the Wednesday update, so ArenaNet has also posted somewhat more detailed info for those areas as well. If you'd like to join in the discussion of the update notes please head over to this thread.
Our Cartography Section received a big boost today with a World Map compiled by community member AFreez. It's nearly complete, however it will receive an update once Sorrow's Furnace and Grenth's Footprint are released and fully explored. Please note that the file size of the world map image is 2.6 MB.
Fansite Friday #57 is hosted by a German fansite, Der Geheime Aussenposten. The mini-interview this week asks about more features for roleplayers, more character customization, more PvP options and the concerns about the European access to Fissure of Woe and the Underworld.
The official site has posted news of some of our recent additions in their Community and Fansite News section:
New forums: New forums are available, called The Community Lounge and Player Match-Up. Head here to check them out.
Frog Talk Section: This section offers updates on the appearances of the mysterious Frog of Tyria, who provides game info, answers a few fan questions, and provide hints about the future of Guild Wars.
There are two more screenshots taken from the depths of Sorrow's Furnace. Grenth's Footprint and Sorrow's Furnace will be available for free to Guild Wars players starting September 7th, 2005.
Recently, community member AFreez compiled a very nicely done map of the Underworld. Now he has completed a detailed map of Fissure of Woe. Now you can easily find your way to the Eternal Forgemaster to get your expensive armors crafted!
The latest wallpaper wednesday is now up. Available, as always, in a variety of sizes, the wallpaper features a piece of concept art depicting an early guild hall design.
No, not GWOnline.Net's profession section (that's coming soon ), the official site's profession section. As said, we have our own skill listings too, which you can check out here.
The official site has word of a new movie that was created to kick off the PvPX weekend. Find the short movie in the movie section of ArenaNet's media gallery. Featured in the movie are members of ZoS and many other guilds competing in various PvP areas.
A day late, true (blame Fallen, it's always his fault! ), but there's a new poll up on the right side of this page. This time we're asking your opinion on the increased rate of faction gain we saw during the PvPX weekend. Once you've voted in the poll head over to this thread and join the discussion about the PvPX faction gain rate, the current faction gain rate and what you think the new faction gain rate "should" be.
Last week's poll asked what you felt the next step in fixing the Tyrian economy should be. Adding an auction house was the most popular option, gathering nearly 50% of the votes. The full results were as follow ...
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