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Rainbird on 23 August 2010
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10 times better than WoW is an understatement! I think WoW sucks horribly though, so it's relative, but still.

Honestly, this game looks to be absolutely incredible, and it's amazing how well the demo was received at GamesCom, the game won Online Game of the Show! And thanks for the support huaxiong90.

Untamoi said:

It doesn't have subscription fees because they plan to release DLC every year. First additional expansion pack or episode is almost certainly going to be released in about 1 year from original release. Of course, there's probably some DLC within months of release. If those won't sell, servers are going to be shut down (just as with all other failed MMO's) and you can't play even original game anymore. Those are only 2 options, either pay subscription fee or DLC. Either way, players have to pay every year or game is going to die because maintaining game and servers cost money all the time.

Also, Guild Wars isn't a "real" MMO. At least original Guild Wars was mostly instanced (except couple of towns), meaning there is no open world for all players of the game. When you are exploring the game world, the only human players in area are your own group and everyone else are NPC. That also makes server costs much smaller. And GW2 has the same approach. Doesn't mean that GW is any worse than "real" MMO's though, it's just different...

GW2 does seem a very good game but don't expect pay for the game once and then play forever without a cost.

You won't have to pay for anything apart from the game, just like with the first Guild Wars. You can easily have bought only the original campaign and still jump in now and play the game again. ArenaNet have created content that people want though, and that's how they make money. They don't force you to buy anything, they create stuff you want to buy, because that content is awesome.

And true, Guild Wars was heavily instanced, but Guild Wars 2 is a persistent world with few instances that are used for dungeons and storytelling.

Guild Wars 2 will shake the foundations of persistent online worlds!