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Viruzzz · Nov 05, 2007, 07:46 AM // 07:46

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Originally Posted by TheLordOfBlah

Why just sorrows furnace? What about all of the other stuff that was added to prophecies before factions came out?

Titan Quests
SF
Grenths footprint
New Tombs
Greens in The Falls
Rotscale

I vote prophecies, as most of gw:en (the dungeons) look exactly the same and are annoying.

the greens in the falls were added after factions, cause there were ungues of oni (or some other name some type of dagger) which drops somewhere in the jade sea. they were added in the same update.

according to wiki factions was released April 28 and the update that introduced the new greens was June 15
the jade brotherhood also dropped some kind of fan. but i can't remember the name.

Grenth's Footprints was also part of the SF expansion.

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EoTN easily.

SF was just couple quests and some bosses in a dungeon that had only two types of enemies.

It's sad how people vote for SF just because they bought EOTN without waiting for other people's opinions. You can't get a refund by crying about it on fansites. It was your own problem you didn't like it. It costed like 40€, it's not that bad and it was clearly cheaper for rest of you guys. I'm not sure about your economic situations but if 40€ was that bad, then why the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO did you buy the game?

its not that I can't afford to spend the money.
But I am disappointed how little i got for it, especially after all it was advertised to be, but it didn't live up to the expectations set by the advertising

Kind of like when you receive a package, a big one, and then you open it and it is 70% of those foam things they put in so the actual product doesn't get shaken around. The box looks like it contains a lot more than it does. Thats the feeling i have wit GWEN.

if you go by value vs. cost SF is infinitely better because it was free,
getting a little for nothing beats getting something that costs more than its worth in my opinion.

doesn't mean i'll not play GWEN, I have bought it now, and its not refundable, so i'll make the best of it.

Hyper.nl · Nov 05, 2007, 07:50 AM // 07:50

Eye of the North without any doubt. But they aren't really comparable.

GW:EN is much larger with all the multi level dungeons. GW:EN also offers a far greater variation in lanscapes and areas than Sorrow Furnace has. But since Sorrows Furnace was a free addition to the game; it was definatly a nice one.

Squishy ftw · Nov 05, 2007, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Awful comparison if you ask me (free against not free, small against..well..huge)

But I prefer GW:EN, it contains 18 areas like SF...

jrk247 · Nov 05, 2007, 08:19 AM // 08:19

Eye of the North wins imo, SF wasn't really an expansion it was just additional content added because Anet fell behind on their "new campaign every 6 months" promise.

EotN has far more content and offers armor, weapons, PvE only content (consumables and skills), and other stuff SF doesn't. EotN was basically a whole game content wise. The story pretty much sucks but people forget about the dungeons.

~ Dan ~ · Nov 05, 2007, 09:03 AM // 09:03

Everybody voting for SF is doing so because of price which is pretty pathetic.

GW:EN completely blows SF away...

IslandHermet · Nov 05, 2007, 01:08 PM // 13:08

SF GWEN was A SF package for 40$ LOL

bungusmaximus · Nov 05, 2007, 01:10 PM // 13:10

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Originally Posted by dan-the-noob

Everybody voting for SF is doing so because of price which is pretty pathetic.

GW:EN completely blows SF away...

Or maybe GW:EN was ridiculously overpriced for $40, I think that has more to do with it.

boxterduke · Nov 05, 2007, 01:19 PM // 13:19

SF gave us the first greens and GW:EN gave us dungeons so both are FTW.

CyberNigma · Nov 05, 2007, 10:31 PM // 22:31

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Originally Posted by Vinraith

You semantic nitpick has been corrected in my post.

Cool, thx. That's just been a pet peeve of mine. I bought all the collector's editions but even buying the regular ones someone forks out a bit and some people do lose perspective of that when talking to others. I understand what you meant now.

quickmonty · Nov 05, 2007, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Kind of like comparing a sleek little sports car to a cushy SUV. I want them both!

Actually, I voted for GW:EN. I've gotten much more entertainment from it.

Clarissa F · Nov 05, 2007, 11:34 PM // 23:34

Depends on what you like. SF for farming/originality. EotN for story and heroes.

Tactical-Dillusions · Nov 06, 2007, 02:16 AM // 02:16

More variety in areas/quests/titles for EOTN. Sacnoth valley is one of the few places that really made me stop and question if it was safe to enter.

It would be interesting to see poll results if GF/SF had it's own title system introduced... dwarf slayer or something, which would give you extra damage vs summit, like LB points for torment mobs. The poll would probably be very close.

Pirates Arrrg Matey · Nov 06, 2007, 02:34 AM // 02:34

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Originally Posted by dan-the-noob

Everybody voting for SF is doing so because of price which is pretty pathetic.

GW:EN completely blows SF away...

Not really imo its pretty much what you would expect from an expansion, I like it, I just think some of the elements were good and some were bad. Imo, SF was just wow to me for it added the "green craze" I guess you would call it. For example when I played I was like hmm I hope I get a green so i can tell my guildies about the fun story of getting it, with GW:EN wow I got a green, I can pretty much just get a inscriptable version thats better. Thats why i like SF better, cheers.

Martin Alvito · Nov 06, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

SF: many quality hours whiled away there.

Note that a large part of the quality of SF was derived from environmental conditions at the time:

1) Networking PuGs wasn't difficult, so you played with real human beings (with or w/o voice comm). There was a substantial number of excellent players running around down there in the first few weeks.

2) The game was relatively balanced in PvE land. (Release of SF was immediately after they hammered Prot Bond and added Nightmares to UW.) Game balance was such that 3-5 man teams were both effective and efficient in SF.

EDIT: Graphics arguments in favor of GW:EN are hard to make; the "wow" factor of the graphics for SF was much higher two years ago than that of the graphics for GW:EN are at this time.

max gladius · Nov 07, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

bumping to get some more input... like what i see so far...

Liberations · Nov 08, 2007, 01:20 AM // 01:20

I thoroughly enjoyed the first part of GW:EN, and SF is really small (though buckets of fun

). I'm opting not to vote here.

The blatant negativity towards everything new Anet puts out is going to literally drive me insane. I mean literally.

GW:EN= solid expansion
SF= solid major update

On the same level in their own respects if you ask me.

Omniclasm · Nov 08, 2007, 01:52 AM // 01:52

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Originally Posted by Pirates Arrrg Matey

Not really imo its pretty much what you would expect from an expansion, I like it, I just think some of the elements were good and some were bad. Imo, SF was just wow to me for it added the "green craze" I guess you would call it. For example when I played I was like hmm I hope I get a green so i can tell my guildies about the fun story of getting it, with GW:EN wow I got a green, I can pretty much just get a inscriptable version thats better. Thats why i like SF better, cheers.

That has nothing to do with SF vs. GW:EN. They added a concept in SF, and by the time GW:EN came out, that concept was overused and no longer exciting. Thats like saying you like Prophecies better than Nightfall because when you made your Mesmer in Prophecies it was "Wow, a mesmer" but in Nightfall you thought "Another mesmer, yay?"

Pirates Arrrg Matey · Nov 08, 2007, 02:21 AM // 02:21

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Originally Posted by Omniclasm

That has nothing to do with SF vs. GW:EN. They added a concept in SF, and by the time GW:EN came out, that concept was overused and no longer exciting. Thats like saying you like Prophecies better than Nightfall because when you made your Mesmer in Prophecies it was "Wow, a mesmer" but in Nightfall you thought "Another mesmer, yay?"

actually i was trying to illustrate how life back in prophecies was better than it is now, how farming for greens was for fun, not so much for profit. I was saying "wow another green", cause now you can just go farm for inscriptable versions of the item or buy one, instead. Then even if you hoped to find a gold weapon with a good damage mod, you got junk. I am just saying the skins weren't as readily available in Sf, as they were GW:EN. SO i was saying I liked the first time experience of it, no need to be all sarcastic and be witty. Just trying to put an opinion.

chowmein69 · Nov 08, 2007, 03:03 AM // 03:03

i voted sorrows furnace

Omniclasm · Nov 08, 2007, 03:10 AM // 03:10

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Originally Posted by Pirates Arrrg Matey

actually i was trying to illustrate how life back in prophecies was better than it is now, how farming for greens was for fun, not so much for profit. I was saying "wow another green", cause now you can just go farm for inscriptable versions of the item or buy one, instead. Then even if you hoped to find a gold weapon with a good damage mod, you got junk. I am just saying the skins weren't as readily available in Sf, as they were GW:EN. SO i was saying I liked the first time experience of it, no need to be all sarcastic and be witty. Just trying to put an opinion.

Wasn't trying to be sarcastic and witty. Was just saying how you becoming bored of GW as a whole should be irrelevant on rating of the expansions. Even though, I would say that 90% of the SF votes are on the same thing. You loved GW when SF came out, but now GW is just meh. With that thrown in, this is basically a "Do you have as much fun as you used to" thread.