Guild Wars
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 Guild Wars facts

• Because it deviated from traditional MMORPG norms in a number of areas, like instancing all the gameplay areas, and that it focused more on player vs
• player (PvP) than most online RPGs, it was marketed as competitive online role-playing game
• It provides two main modes of gameplay—a cooperative role-playing component and a competitive PvP component—both of which are hosted on ArenaNet's servers
• Three stand-alone episodes, one major expansion pack, and several "mini"-expansions were released in the series from April 2005 to April 2013
• The games depict the history of the fictional fantasy world of Tyria; each campaign focuses on events in disjointed sections of the world at roughly the same time
• A player creates an avatar to play through the cooperative storyline of a campaign, taking on the role of a hero who must save Tyria from episode-specific antagonists
• Players can group with other players and non-player characters, known as henchmen and heroes, to perform missions and quests found throughout the game-world
• PvP combat is consensual, team based, and limited to areas designed for such combat
• Players are allowed to create characters at maximum level and with the best equipment specifically for PvP play, which is unusual for MMORPGs
• ArenaNet hosts official Guild Wars tournaments where the most successful players and guilds may compete for the chance to play live at gaming conventions and win prizes up to US$100,000