{"id":6448,"date":"2026-09-03T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6448"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:57:58","slug":"guild-wars-3-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6448","title":{"rendered":"I Got a Brief Look at \u2018Guild Wars 3,\u2019 and I\u2019m Excited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In one encounter against spiders, a Warrior set his weapon on fire, which in turn lit his allies&#8217; weapons. They sliced through the spiders quickly, and the fire also spread through the webs to clear them out. Players can adjust and customize their builds on the fly in the open world, though some build aspects are restricted until they&#8217;re back in main hub locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cCustomizing your build to defeat different enemies more easily is also an important part of the Guild Wars franchise,\u201d Johanson says. \u201cIt&#8217;s one of the key pillars of <em>Guild Wars<\/em> 1, and we&#8217;re bringing it back more heavily in the combat system in <em>Guild Wars 3<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Conditions you place on enemies are multiplayer stackable, so if one player starts freezing an enemy, the cold effect builds, and the enemy&#8217;s animation slows down; their attacks are slower. As more people put more cold on the enemy, they&#8217;ll move slower and slower until they become a block of ice that blocks their moves for a short period. If the enemy is low on health, a character with a knock ability like a Warrior can slam into the ice block and, if it kills the enemy, shatter them into tiny ice cubes, causing damage to nearby foes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">There&#8217;s lots ArenaNet didn&#8217;t talk about in this gameplay showcase, like the spirit mounts from the game&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ITPzxITngqA\" class=\"text link\">initial teaser<\/a>\u2014Johanson says there will be more to share in the future. Also, how will PS5 players, who can&#8217;t really take advantage of the game&#8217;s text-based chat systems on PC, communicate? But he confirmed that there will be a player-versus-player (PvP) mode, along with \u201chigh-trust coordinated dungeon-like experiences.\u201d In general, combat will feature a \u201check of a lot less\u201d user interface over the screen than a traditional MMO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">ArenaNet says the scale is different compared to <em>Guild Wars<\/em> and <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>, with the former sitting at the smaller scale of the MMO market and the latter sitting on the opposite end. \u201cInternally, we call <em>Guild Wars 3<\/em> more of a <em>meaningful<\/em> MMO, where it&#8217;s more about each player on-screen really matters and makes a difference,\u201d Johanson says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">That&#8217;s because <em>GW3<\/em> uses an evolved version of the megaservers from <em>GW2<\/em>, allowing for fewer loading screens and an open-world cap of roughly 20 players in active combat zones\u2014a number that scales up significantly higher in social hubs, like cities and towns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve seen very few new MMOs in the last decade, and the overwhelming majority of us are still playing the same games from 10 to 20 years ago,\u201d Johanson says. \u201cWe see MMO fans constantly clamoring for something new and saying this genre desperately needs something new to move it forward right now, and I think that is when ArenaNet is at its best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Expect a slow trickle of information over the next year as the beta launch for <em>Guild Wars 3<\/em> approaches. Until then, I&#8217;m going to dust off <em>Guild Wars 2<\/em>, which has been seeing its own sudden influx <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Guildwars2\/\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Guildwars2\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Guildwars2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of new players<\/a>. As the Norn say, \u201cMay the spirits guide you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/guild-wars-3-first-look\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one encounter against spiders, a Warrior set his weapon on fire, which in turn lit his allies&#8217; weapons. They sliced through the spiders quickly, and the fire also spread through the webs to clear them out. 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