Guild Wars Q&A, Part Two

The second installment of OGaming's Guild Wars Q&A is now online, in which several members of the development team answer various questions about the MMORPG. A snippet:
Q. How will Items affect game play?

A. As you play the game items will become more specialized. We want items to have a story behind their existence. Therefore if you find a certain weapon you will know that it came from that mission or from this quest. There will also be a lot of customizations that you will be able to do to your weapons. pyro-armor is one example which protects against fire you also will have other items that will enhance elemental specialties. We still see items as an aid to skills we want players to be able to jump into a match and have a chance against someone whop has super armor and weapons.