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Last week we revealed how all the trophies and achievements you earn in the Hall of Monuments in Guild Wars: Eye of the North are worth points that you can use to unlock cool stuff for your Guild Wars 2 characters. We also rolled out the Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator, a handy tool that helps you figure out what rewards you can access in Guild Wars 2. In this week’s Link Roundup, we’re sampling some of the reactions and conversations about this big news, and our recent trip to New York Comic Con, where we met lots of our fellow gamers at the NCsoft East Coast Meet & Greet. Read on!
- We talked a lot about the exciting news this week. OnRPG chatted with Lead Designer Eric Flannum for an in-depth interview about the new Hall of Monuments feature. Rock, Paper Shotgun grabbed Game Designer John Hargrove, our Items and Rewards Guru, for an interesting conversation about how the Hall of Monuments interacts with Guild Wars 2. Eric and John also talked with Kotaku’s Mike Fahey about the Reward Calculator and the wonders it holds.
- In print news, Guild Wars 2 is on the cover of this month’s PCGZine! This huge UK game magazine takes a look at the upcoming in a massive article loaded with screenshots. Download the magazine right here. On this side of the Atlantic, don’t forget to pick up PC Gamer’s cover story on Guild Wars 2, which is packed with art, screenshots, and insider tidbits by the “reclusive masterminds at ArenaNet.” This issue, which is out on shelves right now, also unearths a major new element of Guild Wars 2—dungeons!
- Massively has done a true community service by publishing The Road to 50, a series of articles that offers a guide to players who want to accumulate trophies and achievements in the Hall of Monuments with an eye towards Guild Wars 2. Each article focuses on a different monument (like the Monuments to Fellowship, Honor, etc.) and is packed with helpful tips!
- Ten Ton Hammer caught up with Eric Flannum at New York Comic Con to discuss the design philosophy of Guild Wars 2 in this lengthy, in-depth interview. They also offered a great beginner’s guide to the Hall of Monuments that tells you pretty much everything you need to know to get started forging your legacy for Guild Wars 2.
- Gamers in Europe were equally excited about the Hall of Monuments news, judging from the media coverage and forum conversations. The Danish website Game Reactor analyzed the Rewards Calculator while the premier French gaming site JeuxOnline posted a detailed interview with Eric Flannum and the German site Buffed also talked with Eric about what Guild Wars players can expect from the Hall of Monuments. Who knew Eric spoke so many languages?
- The Hall of Monuments news was summed up nicely on G4’s MMO Report this week, which described the reward system as “rollover minutes” for the loyal Guild Wars player.
- The Hall of Monuments wasn’t the only big news last week—we sent a crack team of ArenaNet staffers to the New York Comic Con, where we hosted a standing-room only presentation, Guild Wars 2: Building a Better MMO, a look behind the scenes of our game design process. NCsoft hosted an East Coast Meet & Greet, where we got a chance to meet our fellow gamers and show off the Guild Wars 2 demo for the first time on the East Coast. We had a blast!
That’s all for this week, folks. Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you in-game!