Q 01/05

Guild Wars' swappable eight-skill builds are often likened to decks in which collectible card game?

A) Legend of the Five Rings

B) Magic: The Gathering

C) Pokémon Trading Card Game

D) Vampire: The Eternal Struggle

Answer · why

B) Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering is the usual comparison because skills, like cards, are picked from a huge pool to work together. A build is locked the moment a ...

Q 02/05

Guild Wars launched in 2005 without which charge that rivals such as World of Warcraft relied on?

A) A monthly subscription fee

B) A one-time purchase price

C) Paid expansion campaigns

D) Fees for extra character slots

Answer · why

A) A monthly subscription fee

A monthly subscription fee was the norm, but ArenaNet reasoned that nobody would pay one for every online game they played. Buying the box once gave u...

Q 03/05

Guild Wars studio ArenaNet was founded in 2000 by three veteran programmers from which company?

A) Origin Systems

B) Sony Online Entertainment

C) Blizzard Entertainment

D) Westwood Studios

Answer · why

C) Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment lost Mike O'Brien, Patrick Wyatt and Jeff Strain to the new venture. The studio was called Triforge at first and took the name ...

Q 04/05

In Guild Wars Prophecies, which race rains burning crystals on Ascalon in the Searing?

A) The Centaurs

B) The Stone Summit

C) The Tengu

D) The Charr

Answer · why

D) The Charr

The Charr called down the firestorm with the Cauldron of Cataclysm, then poured over the Great Northern Wall. It turns the green tutorial kingdom into...

Q 05/05

Which little girl from pre-Searing Ascalon returns as an adult Guild Wars hero in Eye of the North?

A) Gwen

B) Cynn

C) Devona

D) Althea

Answer · why

A) Gwen

Gwen tags along with new players almost anywhere and heals them now and then if they hand her a flute. The expansion's official short name, GW:EN, is ...