Chapter 2 = April 2006

I was just checking the NCSoft website today...and found this Analyst Report. Read Pg 10 - Chapter 2 is out April 2006

<EDIT> Oops - the original link didn't work </EDIT>

http://www.ncsoft.com/eng/nccompany/...ort02_list.asp

Choose report - 'Impressive Casual Game Line Up' and download the PDF by clicking on the floppy disc image - then check out pg 10.

that doesn't go anywhere, recheck it and copy the ENTIRE link

Why woul you get our hopes up only to crush them ever so hard..

Sorry - made a mistake - and fixed up the original post....try again

I sincerely doubt that the date is a set-in-stone arrival date for Guild Wars' expansion. The report to which you referred us was released in September 2005 (2 months ago) and as we all know, even games with announced release dates are sometimes delayed past those dates.

This is a pretty far-fetched grasp at something even farther out of our reach at the moment.

The Guild Wars team itself has told us that the expansion will be released in the first half of 2006. Now, factor in the date that you supplied us with, and the fact that game delays can vary from weeks to even months at a time, and you'll see why they've only disclosed a release date of first-half 2006.

Many things can happen in 7 months that can affect a game's release date. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

The report is interesting to read, though.

Remember, until you hear it from us, it's not official. Honestly.

The devs will have to work even harder now - if that's possible. Got to keep the investors happy after all

Gaile summed it up, this is nothing more but a another speculation and rumor thread... till the devs and A.net give a press release date and time for chapter 2, I will believe no other source.

Speculation yes, but founded on a new piece of information.
Remember that this report is based on information from ANet. So let's say it is their goal to release it around that time, and that they will try to release it around that time.
I think based on this tidbit, we don't have to expect the next chapter in January of February (which was allready unlikely ). This will stop the more then likely post at 1 Junaury from some random poster 'Is chapter 2 here yet? Its the first half of 2006!'.

~ Makkert

I hope I can make it 7 months and they keep us interested with updates till then!

All it says is 1Q2006. In case you dont know your halves of the year, that's the first half. Gasp.

No, it says April 2006. BTW, 1Q means first quarter - not first half. Double gasp.

Still, who's counting. It will arrive when it arrives and not before - much like our trains.

As long as it's not cancelled because there is no driver, or because the rubber band broke.

If IR reports or financial projections were anything to judge release dates by, Chapter 1 would have shipped in September 2004..... Really, I'm better off asking my dog for a release date than reading those things.

haha, nice touch, that made me smile.
And I like this tidbit, because we now can stop mindless spam on this board in the first months of the year. So in that perspective, I am counting .
Transparency for the win. stops questions. altough some questions are quite stubborn...Just had to post a link to the expertise table again. positive side: aparantly still new players flock to the game.

If this is the case again with chapter 2, they will lose a considerable loss. Losing profit for chapter 2 since (more) players will leave the game, and more importantly: face to the greater playergroup they have now compared to beta's. ANet is a business, I don't think they can allow a half year delay like you point at. At least, I hope so.


~ Makkert

Of course you will let us know what the dog says, won't you?

and even when you do, you dont give hard dates so it doesent matter.

Not to mention release dates publishers want and release dates developers want are rarely the same. This creates a fairly big problem for gamers one way or the other.

Publishers can force games to get released before they're done. On the other hand, developers can push their release dates back so much that far less people really care when it actually comes out. :P

Has there been any hard news at all on what will be in it? Or all entirely speculation?

When the expansion comes out Or Ch.2 you can say, do we have to start all over is does it just enhance the game. I do not want to start my 4 charecters over. I am sure u all get that point

To be honest all I really care about is the title of the expansion pack, not it's release date. Why? Cause titles are much cooler than release dates that constantly change.