Guild Wars 2's story is set exactly 250 years after http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_Nightfall. http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Tyria has been drastically changed due to the rise of the http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Elder_Dragon that woke up throughout the past 200 years by creating tidal waves, shattering mountains, or http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dragonbrand as they rose. Various races, including the Asura and Norn, were all forced out of their homelands by these Elder Dragons.

• It will be possible to have Underwater exploration, 20% of the game exploration will be underwater.
  
• almost every skill and spell will be able to be casted when the player is on the move.
  
• A personal story that will unfold according to the player action and decisions
  
• Every weapon will have it's unique skill set, those skill sets will be dictated according the the profession.
  
• WvWvW every two weeks 3 servers will fight each other in an epic battle
  
• Structured PvP will allow you to enter the game at maximum level with all skills, races, items and classes automatically unlocked.
  
• The game will not use the traditional quest system, it will be replaced by dynamic event system most of these events will happen with or without the presence of players, while others are triggered by speaking with key NPCs. Whether events are succeeded or failed, they will spawn new events from the same chain until either end of the chain are met.

Guild Wars 2 will introduce several new playable http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Creature. The five playable races are:

• http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Asura
  
• http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Charr
  
• http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Human
  
• http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Norn
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sylvari

Along with the five races, there are eight professions:

• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Elementalist
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Warrior
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ranger
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Necromancer
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guardian
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Thief
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Engineer
  
• http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mesmer

The game will be released in 28.8.2012, headstart for prepurchase in 25.8.2012, headstart for preordr in 27.8.2012



Players handle name and server

• Harel:server - Gunnar's Hold handle name - Rhinala.1739
  
• Povuholo: server - Gunnar's Hold handle name - Povuholo.1084
  
• draogn7ball7: server - Gunnar's Hold handle name - Yourself.7261
  
• tgl1992: server - Kaineng handle name - Liston.7501
  
• Jerhicco:server - Gate of Madness handle name - Jerhicco.7529
  
• Softnerd: server - Gate of Madness handle name - dex.4082
  
• Gamgee:. server - Jade Quarry handle name - Gamgee.1452
  
• mirglof:. server - Devona's Rest handle name - mirglof.6713
  
• BoonProtR3: server - Yak's Bend handle name - Porlest.7209
  
• MorrowindFan: server - Isle of Janthir handle name - Akibo.8290
  
• Robbio: server - Sea of Sorrows handle name - Robbio.1479
  
• sbr32: server - Tarnished Coast handle name - sbr.8170
  
• Suffca: server - Black Gate
  
• DarkOneVenzar:server - Yak's Bend
  
• hellbreaker: server - Aurora Glade

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