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The sequel to ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'', ''Guild Wars 2'' is an upcoming [[MMORPG]], being developed by ArenaNet. Like the original, there will be no monthly fees once you purchase the game itself and will have both instanced and persistent zones. The closed beta took place between December 2011 and March 2012. Public beta (open to everyone who pre-purchases the game) is currently underway, with the first "Beta Weekend Event" having taken place at the end of April 2012, and a second one scheduled for early June 2012. The full game has been officially stated to be released in 2012, though no specific date has yet been given.

The sequel to ''[[Guild Wars]]'', ''Guild Wars 2'' is an upcoming [[MMORPG]], being developed by ArenaNet. Like the original, there will be no monthly fees once you purchase the game itself and will have both instanced and persistent zones. The closed beta took place between December 2011 and March 2012. Public beta (open to everyone who pre-purchases the game) is currently underway, with the first "Beta Weekend Event" having taken place at the end of April 2012, and a second one scheduled for early June 2012. The full game has been officially stated to be released in 2012, though no specific date has yet been given.

The game is set in the continent of Tyria, on the world of [[Department of Redundancy Department|Tyria]], 250 years after ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]''. Five [[Our Dragons Are Different|Elder Dragons]] have awakened and are wreaking havoc across the planet; cutting off continents, flooding cities and, in the case of [[Big Bad|Zhaitan]], raising undead armies.

The game is set in the continent of Tyria, on the world of [[Department of Redundancy Department|Tyria]], 250 years after ''[[Guild Wars]]''. Five [[Our Dragons Are Different|Elder Dragons]] have awakened and are wreaking havoc across the planet; cutting off continents, flooding cities and, in the case of [[Big Bad|Zhaitan]], raising undead armies.

At release, the following races will be playable:

* Humans - the [[Humans Are Average|same old]] humans played in the [[Guild Wars ~~(Video Game)~~|original game]]. Their once-great kingdoms have largely fallen to ruin, with Kryta being home of the modern heroes.

* Humans - the [[Humans Are Average|same old]] humans played in the [[Guild Wars|original game]]. Their once-great kingdoms have largely fallen to ruin, with Kryta being home of the modern heroes.

* Norn - the oversized but otherwise human-like race of [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|proud]] and [[Warrior Poet|philosophical]] [[Horny Vikings|Norse]] [[Boisterous Bruiser|warriors]], capable of [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|transforming]] into the forms of animals. Driven south by Jormag, they make their home in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

* Charr - a [[Catfolk|ferocious and feline]] race who were enemies in the first game. Half [[Blood Knight|blood knights]] and half [[Egomaniac Hunter|egomaniac hunters]], with a strong streak of self-determination. They have reclaimed Ascalon from humanity and now reside there.

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This we know:

* It will lack monthly fees, just like [[Guild Wars ~~(Video Game)~~|the original]].

* It will lack monthly fees, just like [[Guild Wars|the original]].

* Unlike the original, it will make use of persistent areas, while still employing instanced ones for each character's personal storyline.

* Instead of being able to use 8 skills chosen when at an outpost from your list of learned skills, players will have ten skills: the first five being dependant on your weapon and off-hand item, and the other five are chosen from your skill list (with the requirement that one of them has to be some sort of self-heal and another an elite skill)

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* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: The Claw of the Khan-Ur, a weapon lost to the Char for centuries before being returned to them {{spoiler|by the humans in an effort for peace.}}

* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The toughest content will mainly be rewarded with gear that has stats on par with the normal gear at that level, but with far cooler looks. It's also untradable, so that having a full set of this armor means that you've beaten that challenge every way possible.

* [[Attack of the ~~Fifty~~ Foot Whatever]]: Bosses are ''huge''!

* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Bosses are ''huge''!

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Due to the Charr's naming conventions, pretty much every Charr has a name like Pyre Fierceshot or Kalla Scorchrazor.

* [[Badass Army]]: All of Charr society is structured around their [[Badass Army]].

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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Asura players can choose who was their first teacher on character creation. One of them is Blipp who "was known for his redundancies as well as his redundancies".

* [[Dodge the Bullet]]: And any other attack, including area attacks. You're limited in how often you can do this, though.

* [[The Dragon]]: No [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puns]] here, but each Elder Dragon has a champion that they invest a good chunk of their power in. The Shatterer, champion of Kralkatorrik, and Tequatl the Sunless, champion of Zhaitan, have been seen so far in game footage, but others are mentioned in the novels, and three others appear in the original ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]],'' [[Heel Face Turn|Glint]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Great Destroyer]], and the champion of Jormag who can be seen [[Sealed Evil in A Can|frozen in Drakkar Lake.]]

* [[The Dragon]]: No [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puns]] here, but each Elder Dragon has a champion that they invest a good chunk of their power in. The Shatterer, champion of Kralkatorrik, and Tequatl the Sunless, champion of Zhaitan, have been seen so far in game footage, but others are mentioned in the novels, and three others appear in the original ''[[Guild Wars]],'' [[Heel Face Turn|Glint]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Great Destroyer]], and the champion of Jormag who can be seen [[Sealed Evil in a Can|frozen in Drakkar Lake.]]

** Several others were killed by Destiny's Edge in the prequel-novel, but are replaced by the time the game starts.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: A two-handed weapon for the Warrior and [[Magic Knight|Guardian]], providing some [[Punched Across the Room|flashy attacks]] in the latter case.

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** The reverse is also true, thanks to actions by the Ebon Vanguard and their leader Gwen Thackeray, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|the Goremonger]].

* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]]: Soldier, Scholar and Adventurer classes.

* [[Finishing Move]]: Mandatory for [[PvP]] due to the fight for survival mechanic. For most races the characters lift their arms into the air, yell in triumph, then [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice|runs them through with a victory banner.]]

* [[Finishing Move]]: Mandatory for [[PvP]] due to the fight for survival mechanic. For most races the characters lift their arms into the air, yell in triumph, then [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|runs them through with a victory banner.]]

* [[Five-Man Band]]: The broken adventuring party Destiny's Edge:

** [[The Hero]]: Logan Thackeray

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** High Men: Norn

** Cute: Asura

* [[Fantasy Gun Control]]: [[Averted Trope|Aversion]], as handheld firearms have been developed in the 250 years since ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]''.

* [[Fantasy Gun Control]]: [[Averted Trope|Aversion]], as handheld firearms have been developed in the 250 years since ''[[Guild Wars]]''.

* [[Flash Step]]: There are several rapid movement skills for various classes, and all of them have dodge rolls that evade attacks. Thieves' invoke this fully by having what seems to be more of a flash step than an actual roll. Their steal skill is also like this.

* [[For the Evulz]]: The Nightmare Court is an interesting case where this trope applies yet they still have a bigger purpose: By committing evil, they hope to add more terrible memories (both from themselves doing evil and their victims being tortured) to their race's pseudo-[[Hive Mind]], thereby bringing their race around to their [[Knight Templar|point of view]].

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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: The Engineer profession is all about this.

* [[Glory Seeker]]: Quite a few of the Norn are like this.

* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: When the Charr breached the gates of the human capital, King Adelbern used a [[Fantastic Nuke]] to wipe out the entire city, which also raised all the human dead as ghosts that still fight against the Charr. Of course, King Adelbern was kind of a [[Knight Templar]] in the first ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'', so whether the threshold was truly crossed is debatable.

* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: When the Charr breached the gates of the human capital, King Adelbern used a [[Fantastic Nuke]] to wipe out the entire city, which also raised all the human dead as ghosts that still fight against the Charr. Of course, King Adelbern was kind of a [[Knight Templar]] in the first ''[[Guild Wars]]'', so whether the threshold was truly crossed is debatable.

* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: The Engineer skill "Utility Goggles" which breaks stun and grants immunity to blindness and criticals.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: An option for thieves and engineers.

* [[Have You Seen My God?]]: The human gods have withdrawn from the world, though most humans are still quite fervent in their religious beliefs.

* [[The High Queen]]: Queen Jennah, ruler of the last human nation of Kryta.

* [[Hive Mind]]: The [[Ratman|Skritt]] have one similar to the [[Mass Effect ~~(Video Game)~~|geth]]-Skritt close enough to each other are in constant communication, allowing them to compare ideas, form hypothesis, and plan almost instantly, allowing their effective intelligence to rise exponentially. Thus, while a single Skritt is somewhat dim, an entire colony can easily outwit an [[Insufferable Genius|Asura]] and replicate their technology. Which is a good thing, as the Asura ''[[Fantastic Racism|hate]]'' them.

* [[Hive Mind]]: The [[Ratman|Skritt]] have one similar to the [[Mass Effect|geth]]-Skritt close enough to each other are in constant communication, allowing them to compare ideas, form hypothesis, and plan almost instantly, allowing their effective intelligence to rise exponentially. Thus, while a single Skritt is somewhat dim, an entire colony can easily outwit an [[Insufferable Genius|Asura]] and replicate their technology. Which is a good thing, as the Asura ''[[Fantastic Racism|hate]]'' them.

** The Sylvari have an entirely different kind of hive mind. Their memories and experiences are automatically added to the Pale Tree, from which all of them are born, and the unborn can see those experiences in their dreams while they are still unborn.

* [[Humans Are Special]]: A surprising aversion, given the extreme focus the original ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'' gave to humans. Humanity is actually the race most in danger of dying out.

* [[Humans Are Special]]: A surprising aversion, given the extreme focus the original ''[[Guild Wars]]'' gave to humans. Humanity is actually the race most in danger of dying out.

** Technically all races are on about the same footing. But since Humans ''were'' special in the first game, this was achieved by the humans dropping like a rock while other races got stronger.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The article about the Sylvari redesign is filled with plant-based puns.

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* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: The Asura are officially governed by the Arcane Council, which is supposed to consist of the Asura's best and brightest. But since most Asura would rather be [[For Science!|experimenting and inventing in their labs]], those on the council were the ones that couldn't find a good enough excuse to get out.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: The Foefire, King Adelbern's final gambit to protect Ascalon City from the Charr, killed everyone in the city, and turning all the humans into vengeful ghosts that kill anything they see inside the walls.

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]: Elementalists in fire attunement, naturally. Engineers have a flamethrower as well.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Elementalists in fire attunement, naturally. Engineers have a flamethrower as well.

** Some of the siege weapons in World versus World could count as well, if we are to believe the lucky Beta players. Trebuchets' shots are rather much on fire.

* [[Land Mine Goes Click]]: A weapon option for Engineers.

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* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: The Asura as a race were designed to be funny, but an Asura character is just as effective as any other race. If sillier looking.

* [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition]]: Of the super-special hard copy variety, with various bits and bobs of physical swag, as well as the digital deluxe edition, with bunches of special in-game stuff, which is also included in the other edition.

* [[Look On My Works Ye Mighty and Despair]]: The Jotun in Guild Wars 2 will be the same barbaric giant tribes they were in the first game, but with more backstory about their once proud history, illustrated by ruined monuments of their once-great civilization.

* [[Look on My Works Ye Mighty and Despair]]: The Jotun in Guild Wars 2 will be the same barbaric giant tribes they were in the first game, but with more backstory about their once proud history, illustrated by ruined monuments of their once-great civilization.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: The Asura as a whole, but those belonging to Inquest in particular.

** And the engineer class has flavors of this too, since a lot of his gadgets appear to be in-universe work in progress. His elixirs have randomized effects, and his rocket boots [[No OSHA Compliance|just propel him backwards and knock him down.]]

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* [[The Musketeer]]: Warriors, Rangers, Thieves and Mesmers are all equally proficient at range and close-up.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Nightmare Court, and the titles of its members (Count of Decay, Knight of Lies). This is on purpose. They want you to run away really fast and tell others about how scary it is. See [[For the Evulz]]. Also, [[Dracolich|Tequatl the Sunless]].

* [[Nature Spirit]]: The Norn revere four of them: [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|Bear]], [[Ravens and Crows|Raven]], [[Big Badass Wolf|Wolf]] and [[Panthera Awesome|Snow Leopard]]. [[Remember the New Guy|Why the latter was never mentioned in Eye of the North while the Norn would never shut up about the former three isn't clear yet.]]

* [[Nature Spirit]]: The Norn revere four of them: [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|Bear]], [[Ravens and Crows|Raven]], [[Big Badass Wolf|Wolf]] and [[Panthera Awesome|Snow Leopard]]. [[Remember the New Guy?|Why the latter was never mentioned in Eye of the North while the Norn would never shut up about the former three isn't clear yet.]]

** These are far from the only nature spirits the Norn revere, but they are the most powerful. In fact they have a number of other minor spirits, as well as another major spirit. There were plans to have an [[Owl Be Damned|Owl spirit]] in the game as a major spirit, but this was scrapped, and the Owl spirit fought and was killed by Jormag, an Elder Dragon.

** Snow Leopard wasn't in the original ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'' because she was one of the less-recognized minor spirits at the time. She only joined the main pantheon of sorts after she aided the Norn during their exodus.

** Snow Leopard wasn't in the original ''[[Guild Wars]]'' because she was one of the less-recognized minor spirits at the time. She only joined the main pantheon of sorts after she aided the Norn during their exodus.

* [[The Napoleon]]: The Asura are entire race of Napoleons, thinking they are better than everyone else despite coming up to about the waist of a human.

** Of course, they have exclusive access to [[Mini-Mecha]] (or by their standards, [[Humongous Mecha]]) which negates that problem.

* [[Nay Theist]]: After [[Path of Inspiration|how they were burned]] in the last game, the Charr have gone in the opposite direction and now actively resent religion.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: It's been announced that all eight dungeons will have a story mode that you have to play through once to move the plot which then unlocks a much harder adventure mode, a change which will reportedly follow naturally from your actions in the story mode. So whatever [[Sealed Evil in A Can]] is in that dungeon becomes much more dangerous just after you've visited. It sounds like the fine ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'' tradition of the players screwing the pooch during their adventure will continue merrily.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: It's been announced that all eight dungeons will have a story mode that you have to play through once to move the plot which then unlocks a much harder adventure mode, a change which will reportedly follow naturally from your actions in the story mode. So whatever [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] is in that dungeon becomes much more dangerous just after you've visited. It sounds like the fine ''[[Guild Wars]]'' tradition of the players screwing the pooch during their adventure will continue merrily.

* [[Non-Elemental]]: The Elementalist's Arcane utility skills.

* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]] : Sylvari are [[Plant People]] and follow this trope, although it's clearly explained that these aren't functional breasts and merely a shape to [[Rule of Sexy|make the female Sylvari attractive]] (which was one of the design paradigms for the Sylvari). Averted by the Charr, the females of which have no visible breasts. (This was directly explained by one of the Anet artists.)

* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Players of the original ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]'' who owned Eye of the North, and built up their Hall of Monuments, get some nice free stuff (weapons and armor and such like) and cool titles.

* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Players of the original ''[[Guild Wars]]'' who owned Eye of the North, and built up their Hall of Monuments, get some nice free stuff (weapons and armor and such like) and cool titles.

* [[Our Centaurs Are Different]]: Pretty much the same as the original ''[[Guild Wars]]'', of interesting note(and this applied in the first as well), their upper bodies more closely resemble Charr than Humans. One of them is also responsible for the creation of the Sylvari and their philosophical beliefs.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The Elder Dragons, more akin to primordial forces of nature who [[Eldritch Abomination|warp their surroundings simply by existing]] than dragons.

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* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Strongly implied to be a major part of the plot with Destiny's Edge.

* [[Real Men Eat Meat]]: The Charr can't ''stop'' talking about how much they love meat when you wander around their cities. [[Justified Trope|But since they're based on big cats, meat's the only thing they can eat that give them nutrition.]]

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: The krait, a sea-dwelling race of lizardmen that seem to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]], and have quickly gotten most of the fanbase [[Kick the Son of A Bitch|howling for their extinction]].

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: The krait, a sea-dwelling race of lizardmen that seem to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]], and have quickly gotten most of the fanbase [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|howling for their extinction]].

* [[Rocket Jump]]: Give an Engineer a rifle and they'll be launching themselves with reckless abandon. Notably, it does no damage to the Engineer, just whoever's in the blast radius and [[Goomba Stomp|whoever the Engineer is landing on]].

* [[Rule 34]] : [http://www.cdaction.pl/news-20880-4/guild-wars-2---wywiad-z-martinem-kersteinem-i-erikiem-flannumem.html This interview], published shortly before Sylvari week, opens by asking whether or not the Sylvari can have sex. {{spoiler|Apparently, they can, leading to this trope to apply.}}

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** One engineer toolbelt has them produce a wrench that [[Team Fortress 2|damages enemies and repairs turrets when swung.]]

* [[Steampunk]]: The Charr, Engineers.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Primordus and Kralkatorrik, while not appearing in the core game, are ''covered'' in spines in the original ''[[~~Guild Wars (Video Game)|~~Guild Wars]]''.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Primordus and Kralkatorrik, while not appearing in the core game, are ''covered'' in spines in the original ''[[Guild Wars]]''.

** Charr armor designers also make liberal use of spikes, but see [[Dark Is Not Evil]].

*** Charr actually seem to LOVE this trope and tend to put spikes on just about anything. Including plant pots and looms.

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** {{spoiler|But the reveal was actually an 'illusion' and attempting to click the link broke the illusion and revealed the eighth profession to be none other than the [[I Knew It!|Mesmer]].}}

* [[Standard Status Effects]] / [[Status Buff]]: Conditions and Boons, respectively. Plenty of abilities give them out or remove them, with some that even turn one into the other or move them from person to person.

* [[Stay in ~~The~~ Kitchen]]: Literally the offer of a group of Flame Legion soldiers to a female Blood Legion soldier to join them. Goes back to the history where the Flame Legion send all Charr women to the kitchen, which [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|bit them in the ass]] when the women of the other legions did join the fight against them. Seeing how the above offer is rejected and the soldiers respond by attacking her and all other Blood Legion soldiers, including the player, they didn't learn their lesson yet.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: Literally the offer of a group of Flame Legion soldiers to a female Blood Legion soldier to join them. Goes back to the history where the Flame Legion send all Charr women to the kitchen, which [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|bit them in the ass]] when the women of the other legions did join the fight against them. Seeing how the above offer is rejected and the soldiers respond by attacking her and all other Blood Legion soldiers, including the player, they didn't learn their lesson yet.

** The Sons of Svanir have a similar attitude; since Jora killed the Nornbear in Eye of the North, women are banned from the cult.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Engineers can do a whole lot with explosions, as well as other tricks.