Uild Wars Factions PvP Edition

The PvP editions are only available for ordering online in the official Guild Wars store. The PvP editions give instant access and full skill lists for the PvP mode and the professions covered by the respective campaigns. They do not provide access to the PvE campaigns. PvP editions are cumulative; multiple editions purchased will allow PvP players to access the sum of all unlocked skills. PvP and regular editions can be mixed, but then only allowing players to travel into the PvE worlds that the full editions provide.

The Guild Wars Factions PvP Edition allows players to create the Assassin and Ritualist characters, in addition to the professions introduced in Guild Wars Prophecies.

Additionally, the following skills are unlocked, for a total of 570 skills:

240 Factions skills
90 Elite Factions skills

In addition to the six core professions introduced in Guild Wars Prophecies, players will be able to choose from two additional professions introduced in Guild Wars Factions.

Assassin

The Assassin walks the shadows, a deadly viper ready to strike at the heart when an enemy least expects it. Wearing only lightweight armor, they have mastered the ability to move as shadows, avoiding damage by not being there when an enemy's strike lands. Assassins are masters of their chosen weapon, the dagger, and are experts at inflicting Critical Strikes that cause massive damage. Assassins are trained to efficiently link attacks together in a chain to give added combat bonuses. Their other magical skills include hexes that lower a target's defenses and protect the assassin from harm.

Ritualist

Where a ranger lives as one with the spirit world, a ritualist can and will be its master. Ritualists shield their eyes to better commune with spirits that grant great power and protection. Ritualists channel other-worldly energies from the Mists and commune with spirits through mystic Binding Rituals, bending them to aid their allies or punish their foes. The energy channeled from the Mists powers ritualist skills, enhancing the deadliness of an ally's weapon and wreaking havoc on an enemy's health. The ritualist can also use the remains of the dead to defend the living, not by reanimating corpses as a necromancer would, but through the ritual use of urns and ashes.

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Two hundred years ago, the Betrayer, Shiro Tagachi, transformed the lush continent of Cantha into a devastated landscape of stone forests and crystalline seas. Now, in a land torn asunder by war, who you fight is as important as who you serve. While Kurzicks and Luxons battle for ever-decreasing resources, a horrible plague threatens the very existence of an empire still reeling from the betrayal that nearly destroyed it two centuries earlier.

Join with players from around the world to battle for the future of Cantha梐 complex empire dominated by bureaucracy and strife, living under the shadow of an ancient evil.

Guild Wars FactionsTM is the second stand-alone release from developer ArenaNet? and features a new world, new mechanics, and new professions.