Changes: Territory

Latest revision as of 23:38, 9 October 2008

A territory refers to an area of the real world which forms a gaming community within the game world of Guild Wars. Each game account belongs to one territory. It is assumed that a player joins the territory he/she is living in (or which fits best to his/her actual location), but this is not mandatory.

The affiliation to a territory affects a few things:

The territories reflect the technical server structure of Guild Wars. These servers are ideally optimized to service people in that territory. Playing in a territory that is hosted far from the players actual location may cause lag while playing.
As of the August 23, 2007 update, players may access the districts of both their home territory and the districts of another territory while in a town.
Players in the same territory will most likely speak the same languages and use the same character set for names and messages.
Players in the same territory will be around in the game at roughly the same time of day.
Territory plays a major part during the qualification stage of official tournaments like the GWWC.

Choosing a territory

When you set up a new account, you can choose one of five territories.

Since you can visit all districts in the game, the choice is of no great consequence. However, European and American accounts cannot use letters other than A-Z for guild and character names.

List of territories

At time of release, there were only three territories in the game:

Europe
Korea
North America

With their launch early 2006 two new territories joined the world of Guild Wars:

Japan
Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong (collectively referred to as Taiwan by Guild Wars officals)

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-Terriroty refers to the area of the word that you would like to be playing in. When the game is first installed it will ask you to configure this. You can also change it from the game's startup screen after login (click ''Edit Account'' then choose ''Change Territory'' then click ''Next''). You can only change your territory 5 times.
+A '''territory''' refers to an area of the real world which forms a gaming community within the game world of Guild Wars. Each game account belongs to one territory. It is assumed that a player joins the territory he/she is living in (or which fits best to his/her actual location), but this is not mandatory.
+The affiliation to a territory affects a few things:
-Currently, there are only three territories in the game: America, Europe and Korea.
+* The territories reflect the technical [[server]] structure of Guild Wars. These servers are ideally optimized to service people in that territory. Playing in a territory that is hosted far from the players actual location may cause [[lag]] while playing.
+* As of the [[:Game updates/20070823|August 23, 2007 update]], players may access the [[district]]s of both their home territory and the districts of another territory while in a [[town]].
+* Players in the same territory will most likely speak the same languages and use the same character set for names and messages.
+* Players in the same territory will be around in the game at roughly the same time of day.
+* Territory plays a major part during the qualification stage of official [[:Category:Tournaments|tournaments]] like the [[GWWC]].
-Choosing a territory affects a few things:
+== Choosing a territory ==
-#The other players in the territory will most likely speak languages you know.
+When you set up a new account, you can choose one of five territories.
-#The other players will be around in the game in roughly the sames times you are.
-#The servers that you will be playing the game on will be the servers of that territory. These servers are ideally optimized to service people in that territory. Playing in a territory that is hosted far from your actual location may cause [[lag]]s while playing.
+Since you can visit all districts in the game, the choice is of no great consequence. However, European and American accounts cannot use letters other than A-Z for guild and character names.
-#When your territory has the [[Favor of the Gods]] you have access to all the benefits of that favor.
+== List of territories ==
+At time of release, there were only three territories in the game:
+* {{EU}} ''Europe''
+* {{KR}} ''Korea''
+* {{AM}} ''North America''
+With their launch early 2006 two new territories joined the world of Guild Wars:
+* {{JA}} ''Japan''
+* {{CH}} ''Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong'' (collectively referred to as Taiwan by Guild Wars officals)
+[[Category:Glossary]]