Dungeons & Dragons Online (and Guild Wars: Factions)

[A Black Falcon]

It's clearly not D&D, but it can't be, D&D isn't massively multiplayer. D&D is designed for small groups of people. Not for those people to be cohabitating in a world with thousands of others. And it's designed to be played with a live game master, changing the game as you play, not preprogrammed quests... computer D&D games can be fun, but they aren't D&D. Not even close, not yet... and this is not really any closer. Hopefully it's a decent game anyway, though...

As for GW: Factions... well, if anyone had any interest, I could talk for a while about that one... :) Simply, it's the coming add-on, but it's stand-alone, so you don't need the original product. Two new classes. Existing accounts get one more character slots, new accounts would get the default four I expect. New area, Cantha, with lots of new missions and stuff... somewhat more Asian-themed, I guess. Makes sense, with the existing regions covering the other major types... big article in the latest CGW. Looks awesome, of course. :) One day until the test... I'll probably create a new free account so that I can try the Assassin and Ritualist classes in PvP, because you don't get new character slots for the test and I don't have space for a PvP character in my account... I won't have my skills, but oh well, it'd be a new-class character anyway, so that wouldn't matter...