Curse

Woutsie · Mar 31, 2006, 03:34 PM // 15:34

I'm just curious if some people in here will be rushing the game as fast as possible to reach lvl20 with their Cantha characters and start exploring the high-level areas. Or will you all take the time to really enjoy playing the game?
Will you take the time to read the Quest Logs? Or do you just click and accept?

When I first played Guild Wars (my very first CORPG) and well, this type of game was so new to me that I didn't knew anything about it. Everything went really slow. But now, after almost 1000 hours of Guild Wars, I think it will go a lot faster in Factions. I also have read 70% of all the Quest Logs but does it really matter anyway, if you read them or not? They have like nothing to do with "the storyline"....

So: I will not be rushing the game. I really enjoyed playing the FPE last week and only explored a little bit of it. I saw pictures of the fully explored areas and I was like wow, did I missed that much? But actually I'm happy that I didn't explored those areas. Because if I had explored them in the FPE, the "excitement part" would have been gone when Factions is released.

Big_Iron · Mar 31, 2006, 03:53 PM // 15:53

No rushing for me. This is a brand new chapter in a story I've really enjoyed. I'm going to savor it.

eternal pho · Mar 31, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03

i wont intentionally rush the campaign but unfortunatlely i probably will cuz of being used to GW quests/missions

Xenophon Ualtar · Mar 31, 2006, 04:05 PM // 16:05

With my first character I explored everywhere. I will probably do the same thing in Factions.

Loviatar · Mar 31, 2006, 04:10 PM // 16:10

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Originally Posted by Woutsie

So: I will not be rushing the game. I really enjoyed playing the FPE last week and only explored a little bit of it. I saw pictures of the fully explored areas and I was like wow, did I missed that much? But actually I'm happy that I didn't explored those areas. Because if I had explored them in the FPE, the "excitement part" would have been gone when Factions is released.

i spent maybe a half hour looking around a bit but that was all.

i will wait to be surprised and probably not finish Factions before chapter 3 arrives.

i will poke along at my own pace for enjoyment.

not rush at all

Weezer_Blue · Mar 31, 2006, 04:19 PM // 16:19

I usually just skim quest logs because some of them tend to be overly wordy considering they're coming from peasants in need of favors. For rushing Missions? I'll just be rushing with my guild and friends as far ahead of the incompetent curve as I can (and then I'll run right into them on any later runs through the game and will instead use Henchmen).

Thallandor · Mar 31, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Probably play through the PvE slowly with guildies on the faction we choose to support and rushing the opposite faction quest/mission after banking in faction points when i am alone to map out all possible towns to run others.

Tobias Funke · Mar 31, 2006, 04:32 PM // 16:32

I didn't rush Prophesies at first but as the story progressed I did. Lets be honnest, the Prophesies story wasn't very interesting. Did anyone not realize that Khilbaron was the bad guy or that the White Mantle were religious kooks? As for factions I'll do the same. I'll give the story a chance but if it's lame again I'll rush to get to the fun content.

TRUEgamer · Mar 31, 2006, 05:04 PM // 17:04

I'm relatively new to RPG's, and had been playing FPS's for so long... since I was roughly 11 (11 years ago). So, I'm used to the get-the-story-from-the-action mode of play. I'm a diehard fan of the Unreal series, one that can truly admit to being an Epic fanboy, but I couldn't tell you ANYTHING about the lore behind the Unreal series, mainly because I don't take stock in the story aspect of the game.

For Guild Wars, it's much the same. The only things in the game I read is the things NPC's say while we're waiting for a mission to start, and any mission objectives or quest objectives that shows up in the quest log (L).

I do take care of quests though, not only because they offer experience, gold, somewhat decent items and skills but also because they help explain what the hell those random NPC's are doing out in the forest when I run by them while doing other quests.

In the factions BWE, if it wasn't for the Alliance Battles being included in the event, I would've done more quests. I think I did five to ten, a few of them with my girlfriend because she's more into questing than I am (unlike me, she actually reads everything).

(oh... my girlfriend rocks)

SilentAssassin · Mar 31, 2006, 05:06 PM // 17:06

no rushing for me

SylverDragon · Mar 31, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33

No rushing planned here.

Killmur · Mar 31, 2006, 05:35 PM // 17:35

I highly doubt this game will be rushable due in part to the way it will be setup. Also a big fat no from me. I do want to savior the game as slowly as possible.

Eclair · Mar 31, 2006, 05:53 PM // 17:53

I'll take the game slowly with my new Cantha char, but I'll also be rushing around/farming with my prophecies characters I bring over^^

felinette · Mar 31, 2006, 05:59 PM // 17:59

I'll take my time.

Kais Unduli · Mar 31, 2006, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Gonna take a nice leisurely pace through my first character. I'm curious to see how the missions and quests are set up for our ascended characters already. Will they start off in the Marketplace? Or is there another area that we will start off in?

Mordakai · Mar 31, 2006, 06:33 PM // 18:33

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Originally Posted by Kais Unduli

Gonna take a nice leisurely pace through my first character. I'm curious to see how the missions and quests are set up for our ascended characters already. Will they start off in the Marketplace? Or is there another area that we will start off in?

I'm guessing we'll start in a port city, the equivalent of LA.

We'll find out in one month!

Oh, and I'll be taking my time...

Dav85 · Mar 31, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37

i plan a ritualist/necro and warrior/ritualist, will do the game little by little.
i'll rush quests just with my existing characters to get and cap the new skills

Mordakai · Mar 31, 2006, 06:53 PM // 18:53

I'm inspired by this:

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Originally Posted by wsmcasey

I've solved my problem and deleted all my characters.

I'm building only 1 pve character to play with until factions is released. So, when factions starts and I merge accounts, I'll have 1 lvl20 character that I enjoy from chapter1 and 5 extra slots to do what ever I like in factions. I don't really enjoy chapter1 anymore since I've done everything, I even shelved the game for 2 months and came back a month ago just to start getting bored again.

I'm thinking of it like a good spring cleaning. A fresh start. A new experience. I might as well make that new factions experience with new character names and faces. It was a hard decision to let go of old characters I played for so many hours, but its just a game.

I've actually been debating the same thing, as I like some of the new Mesmer skins and Warrior skins better than my current ones. Since I have no Sup Absorb or Vigor Runes, and basic 1.5k armor, I really have nothing to lose...

well, except all my cool customized Holiday helmets. Hmmm, maybe I'll save one character. The rest are being reborn in Cantha!

mattjones527 · Mar 31, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56

I plan on rushing through with my warrior then making some money by running all the people that want to rush their new characters.

Killmur · Mar 31, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58

I now want to turn Mordakai into a Flesh Golem! By posting that qoute I feel the urge to do what the qouted guy did. Sadly I can't really do too much or my Guild Leader would probably have my head on a silver platter.