Play Guild Wars 2 For Free

[Rincewiend]

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https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/play-for-free-today/

Expansions are the one place where the buy-to-play model gets a little tricky. When you’re coming in as a new player to a game that has a bunch of expansions, what exactly should you buy in order to play with your friends? The base game and also every single expansion? We’ve seen examples in the industry where that kind of thing has gotten out of control. It doesn’t seem right, and we want to do better. As we get ready to ship our first expansion for Guild Wars 2, we want to ensure that we keep the business model friendly and simple. So let’s be clear that when we say Guild Wars 2 is buy-to-play, we’re only asking you to buy one thing: the current release, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.

To accomplish that, we’ve already included the core game as a free bundle for anyone who buys Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. And today we’ll go a step further: we’re making the core game free for everyone. For anyone who’s been curious about Guild Wars 2, now you can just go to guildwars2.com, download the game, and start playing.
If anyone can play Guild Wars 2 for free now, does that mean we’re switching business models to free-to-play? Are we going to be one of those games that aggressively monetizes free players through microtransactions? Absolutely not. Guild Wars 2 remains the same game it always has been. We’re making the core game experience free because we’re confident that anyone who loves Guild Wars 2 will buy Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.

 

[Amaris]

Neat! I've always been curious about Guild Wars, but never had the money to pony up. Thanks for the link, Rincewiend!

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The micro transactions were already eating away at me with this game, I calculate I spent a good deal more than on WoW for the same time period. Obviously that was my choice

Still it's a pretty game, works very well, it's nice people can f2p it. If you find the WoW subscription difficult to justify I suggest GWII to you, it's quite enjoyable.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Neat! I've always been curious about Guild Wars, but never had the money to pony up. Thanks for the link, Rincewiend!

You should totally try it, you will have a great time exploring the zones. Just remember you only get 5 characters after that you have to pay (as I recall) and you only get one realm. So don't make 5 humans and then think you want to try something else unless you can delete without guilt.

Or better yet don't make any humans. The Asura are VERY amusing, I recommend them. Witty and intellectual and quirky with an amazing city. And the Charr are glorious Klingons WHO ARE ALSO CATS I recommend them too!

All the cities are awesome.

 

[Amaris]

A species who is like a Klingon AND a cat? OMC, you already know what I've decided, don't you?

 

[Chris3123]

I'm definitely going to try it out. My sister really likes the games, so I figure they have to be pretty good.

but never had the money to pony up

Heh.

 

[Amaris]

I'm definitely going to try it out. My sister really likes the games, so I figure they have to be pretty good.

but never had the money to pony up

Heh.

What can I say? Horse puns are my raison d'etre.

 

[Rincewiend]

They should do the same for the original, maybe for the base-game and the 1st expansion...

 

[Amaris]

Well, I'm a female Sylvari Guardian named Lunaetia. Yep, I'm a walking, talking tree.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

They were too hippie for moi.



I loved my Charr warrior, she was grizzled and fierce. And furry.

 

[Rincewiend]

Finally reset my password after forgetting it 2 years ago...
I had a level 47 human engineer...
But they changed practically everything when it comes to leveling up and skills and stuff, so new character it is...
But i can make 8-slot bags with the old character, so i get a little bit more storage space on the new character from the start...
as well as some other upgrades...