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Jan 28th, 2007 at 4:10am

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Well, after being off of WoW for six+ months now, I'd like to get into a casual play style on a different game, such as this.

I've been reading about it, and would like some input on it.  The no monthly fee is a major attraction, and frankly, it just looks cool, always exciting jumping into a new game not knowing what the crap to do  Tongue

If anyone have some unbiased comments, I'd be all for it.  Grin
 

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Reply #1 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 8:14am
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- Suits your style (asian)
- Nice storyline
- Can be played solo (with AI party mates) for a while
- Well optimised graphics
- After a while, you really need an all-human party for every quest
- Lots to see, lots to fight, lots of stuff to collect

...and much more.
My advice: If you're into MMORPG, don't miss this one.

I played till LvL 17, but the game lost appeal after that, so I uninstalled it.


I guess I'm just not the MMORPG kind of person.
 
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Reply #2 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 12:49pm

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A friend lent me his account and I've been playing it, pretty good other than the fact I got stuck on a mission and lost interest in it, I think you might like it!

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Reply #3 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 12:52pm

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Quote:
- Suits your style (asian)
- Nice storyline
- Can be played solo (with AI party mates) for a while
- Well optimised graphics
- After a while, you really need an all-human party for every quest
- Lots to see, lots to fight, lots of stuff to collect

...and much more.
My advice: If you're into MMORPG, don't miss this one.

I played till LvL 17, but the game lost appeal after that, so I uninstalled it.


I guess I'm just not the MMORPG kind of person.


Well dang, seems to me like something very enjoyable, interesting, didn't know about the ai party.

I think I might as well get it, if I don't like it, then atleast I wouldn't have been paying any fees  Grin

Thanks, didn't take much to encourage me  Cheesy

Edit: Just curious, to anyone who knows, which game should I get first?  I don't want to get the newest one if I'm going to have a hard time adapting, but I also don't want to get the first one incase theres no content or people playing only that one anymore.
 

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Reply #4 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 1:25pm
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All three are whole games set in the same world. The two newer versions contain more areas and weapons, other than that they're the same.
 
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Reply #5 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 1:29pm

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So, if I got nightfall (newest I think) it would contain basically everything in the first one, and then the added content in nightfall?  So I would have two games right then, or does the first one contain an area even the other two games don't have?

Sorry for being pesty, but basically the only way I'm going to find out  Grin
 

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Reply #6 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 1:55pm
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Get Nightfall. You're gonna get everything there ever was for GW. Wink
 
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Reply #7 - Jan 28th, 2007 at 5:56pm

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Get Nightfall. You're gonna get everything there ever was for GW. Wink


Hehe, alright, will do.  And thanks again for the help, made it much easier  Smiley
 

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Reply #8 - Jan 29th, 2007 at 6:26am

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I personally didn't enjoy the game much. Just wasn't my style. EQ/EQ2 still have me hooked after many, many years though   Cheesy... Enjoy GW =P
 

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Reply #9 - Jan 29th, 2007 at 9:18am
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Tchkinjiu wrote on Jan 28th, 2007 at 5:56pm:
Hehe, alright, will do.  And thanks again for the help, made it much easier  Smiley


No problem.
 
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Reply #10 - Jan 29th, 2007 at 1:53pm

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GW has consumed my friends lives  Sad
 

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Reply #11 - Jan 29th, 2007 at 2:22pm

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Anark wrote on Jan 29th, 2007 at 1:53pm:
GW has consumed my friends lives  Sad


Ha, sorry to hear.

One last question and then I'll stop  Grin  Just curious which to get, nightfall or factions.  Nightfall is like the new thing, but then I really like the ritualist in factions, ehh..
 

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Reply #12 - Jan 29th, 2007 at 9:28pm

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Before you go out and spend, consider this.

Each version of Guild Wars [Prophocies, Faction, and Nightfall] have their own campaigne that covers a different different part of a continent. When you buy one version, you only get to play that part of the continent. You don't get the others [regardless of which version] unless you buy the other two versions.

Guild Wars is more like Lord of the Rings with all the artistic clothing and the realistic likeness of the characters while WoW looks a little too cartoonish from the looks of the characters.
 
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Reply #13 - Jan 30th, 2007 at 9:45am
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If Jessy is right, get Factions then.

But Ritualists...eww...


Assasins(/Monks) FTW! Grin
 
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Reply #14 - Jan 30th, 2007 at 9:53am

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If Jessy is right, get Factions then.

But Ritualists...eww...


Assasins(/Monks) FTW! Grin


I heard some bad wrap about factions. I have had Prophies and Nightfall for quite some time and I have to say that they're both pretty good with variety and storylines.
 
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Reply #15 - Feb 6th, 2007 at 5:33pm

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Ok I am your GW guru...sorta. Played it all since the first game. I have like 6 lvl 20 chars... I have beaten all of prophesies and factions and about half of Nightfall. Now even though each campaign is a different continent they all kind of connect in a way. If I had to buy just one it would prolly be Nightfall. Prophesies is cool but it lacks some of the atmosphere the others have. Factions I love the map, the asain themewith the slums etc and I really had a lot of fun with the new PVP gameplay types and the 2 warring sides you can join and play on but in the end the map felt a bit small. Nightfall is the same way has some cool, imaginative environments that pull you in and has a larger map and you don't feel so confined. One thing I like about GW so much more than WoW is it lets me imagine things a lot more, wow is just to cartoonish. GW is not the best thing on earth in the beginning,its when you start to get into the PVP areas and Elite PvE areas that make things a lot of fun. It has me addicted like crack, I have spent countless hours sitting there lookin at shit and I still play. Im hooked on it so be careful.
 

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Reply #16 - Feb 6th, 2007 at 5:56pm
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Necromancer Monk FTW Grin   Grin

as much as i hate to say this, WOW is the best MMORPG, GW is good but its hard for a noob to get into, i have it and i do play it from time to time but i personaly find it hard to get truely stuck into. probably because ive never been in a guild.

would anyone be interested in starting one? if not a guild just to party up?

it has a nice story line and graphics though which is a +

personaly stick with FPS and RTS.... those FTW
 
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Reply #17 - Aug 31st, 2007 at 8:48pm

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Well, looks like I am going to resurrect another thread.  Heh.  I do that from time-to-time.

As for Guild Wars, I also happen to play.  Around the time my daughter was born, I took a couple months hiatus where I didn't log in very often.  However, I have played regularly since Prophecies and now am excited about Eye of the North.  It is a good way for me to unwind when I am not flying about in FS.

I have a guild (and we even have a website and forums that I, ahem, need to update) and we are part of a four guild alliance.  Participation waxes and wanes (seems to be about the norm for online communities), but our guild alone has about 1/2 dozen or so really active members and many others that show up once in a blue moon.  The main guild has about a dozen-and-a-half active members and there are a few members in each other the other two guilds that play regularly.

I really do enjoy Guild Wars, but I am afraid that some of the things they left out of the game have kind of hurt long-term participation.  Game play is beautiful and often challenging, but can be repetitive after awhile.  If only they had thought to let players craft items on their own, or build structures, or something of that nature, if could have really added a new life to the game.  One hopes to see these things when GW2 comes out (late 2008? mid 2009?).

Anyway, I love the game.  Great idea, still have lots to explore, and too many characters to count.  Despite it's limitations, it is great escapist fun for me, and I will keep playing it as long as the servers keep running.  Oh, and with no monthly fee, how can you go wrong?
 

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Reply #18 - Sep 6th, 2007 at 5:36pm

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That's why they featured PvP in Guild Wars. In PvP, you get to customize your weapons and clothes using enhancements based your best abilities. I haven't fought against other players just yet in PvP, but that's because I still have to brush up on my fire skills. Wink

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Reply #19 - Sep 6th, 2007 at 6:19pm

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That's why they featured PvP in Guild Wars. In PvP, you get to customize your weapons and clothes using enhancements based your best abilities. I haven't fought against other players just yet in PvP, but that's because I still have to brush up on my fire skills. Wink

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PvP does have some interesting elements, but it is really quite daunting unless you are a dedicated PvP player. And it still does not make item access any easier for the dedicated PvE players (such as myself).

Imagine if a person could get a variety of supplies together to really fashion armor and weapons with custom and unique properties.  I know there are the various things you can attach to weapons, but there never has been a satisfactory way in which those items are distributed (unless you don't mind spending hours reading through trade spam looking for that one item you need and are willing to toss out seriously inflated amounts of platinum to buy it).

Meh.

I still love the game and really look forward to GW2.  More than raging rants, these are just some of the things I hope they improve upon to make GW2 even better.

All the best,
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