Guild Wars announces plans for 2009

They going on playing that there is no Guildwars 2 ....

Either love or hate WoW, but this announcement seems to foreshadow exactly what Blizzard is doing currently. They have a more back and forth between a couple designers and the community, for better transparency and they have always been working to make their patches encompass more and more so they don't make it a "once a month" type of thing.

Just because WoW does it doesn't make it bad. I'm glad that A-net is big enough to avoid the trap that lots of games fall into: being COMPLETELY different from their competitors.

Hopefully marketing GW2 is part of their plans for 2009... It's really strange how quiet they have been about it since the initial announcement.

For those who can read between the lines:

No GW2 in 2009...
Apparently they ran into some trouble and want to promote GW1 in the meantime to keep the cash flowing.

The problem is: GW is stuck with an old control system. Clicking in front of your character instead of direct controls is a no go anno 2010.
The controls used in GW are old hat and no longer apply to a modern full 3D game.

So they have to change this, which is not easy if you grew up with these kind of controls.

I also think they are now in the "post WotLK" depression. The same thing is like when War's Mark Jacobs told to the press they had to redo a lot after seeing TBC.
Problem is WotLK - lore and world design wise - took again a leap forward and that's not a good motivator to still find a beter designed 3D world.

Imagine flying a mount and clicking in the "sky". :)))

So, it's clear to me: no GW2 in 2009.

GW -has- direct controls, and has the option of clicking to move, which is infinitely preferable over longer distances.