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Mark Nevermiss · Nov 30, 2007, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Factions has the best looking female monks and necromancers, and of course sins and ritualists

Factions has the most balanced monster groups.
Some of the best looking armour sets
Kaineng City seasy to navigate once you get used to it.
You dont run into a billion spider pop up groups or 8x mesmer monster groups spamming cry of frustration
You dont need to wait till midway thru the game to get the balance of your attribute points.
In short I like Factions!

Martin Firestorm · Nov 30, 2007, 08:49 PM // 20:49

Before it came out and everyone was saying what sort of envoronment they wwere hoping factions would have, a city was one of ther most requested ones. Then we got it, and almost total griping ever since because its like...a real city, with a lot of congestion, routes that don't always make much sense, and ppl everywhere (some not very nice--I'm looking at you jade guys).

I love factions. Iffy on it at first becuase it was a pain to find your way around, but once I learned the routes I came to love it. Some of the best alltime missions for my money, like vizunah, napui, and boreas seabed, a couple of real solid new professions, and a better story than prophecies.

Riotgear · Nov 30, 2007, 10:02 PM // 22:02

- It was really short
- It was really easy
- The story is ridiculous
- Kaineng City is about as repetitive as it gets
- Arborstone is ridiculous
- Danika zu Heltzer has the worst voice actor EVER
- The new skills were utter crap unless you were a monk

Does that about cover it?

Omniclasm · Dec 01, 2007, 12:46 AM // 00:46

High expectations....

After factions people learned not to expect anything special.

DreamRunner · Dec 01, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riotgear

- The new skills were utter crap unless you were a monk

Does that about cover it?

Huh?

Dragon slash, sun and moon slash, enraged smash, MM's with animate flesh golem, BHA ranger, RI soulbarbs, discord, expell hexes.

Omniclasm · Dec 01, 2007, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreamRunner

Huh?

Dragon slash, sun and moon slash, enraged smash, MM's with animate flesh golem, BHA ranger, RI soulbarbs, discord, expell hexes.

[skill]Energy Boon[/skill] [skill]Gust[/skill]

Targuil · Dec 01, 2007, 01:59 AM // 01:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omniclasm

[skill]Energy Boon[/skill] [skill]Gust[/skill]

omg you don't know what you are talking about. [skill]Energy Boon[/skill] is best e-management ever. Even shock hench has that.

/sarcasm

king of killers · Dec 01, 2007, 05:46 AM // 05:46

-well i thought factions and prof were great.. i have gwen just havent strated it yet
i love the ab feature
i love the way it goes from city to beutiful landmass
i liked the quik progression seeing as how im a pvp player i dont have to waste much time getting all of factions to help firends\
the skills are useful!!! (example) a commonly used spell... flesh golem
-two things i hate about factions
kaineng center and just the whole city scene period
afflicted are through the whole thing... lame!

i hated nightfall desert...desert...desert...desert hours and hours makes me sleepy but para and derv are figgin awsome

my opinion
prof>factions>nightfall> GWEN?? havent played yet but i own it

Vulkanyaz · Dec 01, 2007, 06:57 AM // 06:57

I think Factions was great, my complaints however:

- City area did seem to take a bit too long / not enough variety in the city.

- 10k faction to advance in the storyline I don't mind too much.. but it does get annoying and tiresome.

- Storyline isn't as "epic" as the others. As someone said earlier in the thread, I only really enjoyed the storyline from Unwaking Waters onwards.

杀TanK杀 · Dec 06, 2007, 04:05 AM // 04:05

The befriending quests are a real pain, but then again so are the reach level 12 and such quests in nightfall.

I liked factions, but I found i lagged like madness near afflicted and shiro'ken, but yes, some skills are really cool... I didn't like assassin or rit - but I absolutely love the look of my factions born monk

Hyper Cutter · Dec 21, 2007, 07:13 AM // 07:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Nevermiss

Factions has the best looking female monks and necromancers

Factions has the best-looking female everything. I'm going to be pissed if you can't make Canthan-looking characters in GW2...

fir · Dec 21, 2007, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Prop is the best gw-game it has the best story-line etc ..
why I dont like factions is:: its so easy and simpel to fibisch each char I had in factions finisched it in like 4-5 hours its to easy and to most quest are the same and kinda boring Plus some of the skills are the same as they from prop only with another name :S

blue.rellik · Dec 22, 2007, 01:52 AM // 01:52

The Voice Acting

Johnny Madhouse · Dec 22, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Each chapter's story is entirely different from the others, and I like them that way. Prophecies is a slogfest that puts you in the special seat the whole way through (SAVE US, CHOSEN ONE), Cantha is a story that puts you in the position of a student getting wiser, and Elona's was just an awesome story of you as a grunt slowly gaining rank and trust with the Sunspears.

This is a ridiculous argument. None of the campaigns are the same, they all put you in different roles that some people enjoy and some people don't.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cirian · Dec 22, 2007, 01:37 PM // 13:37

I love a lot about factions, but I wish more effort had been put into Shiro's background, character development and VOICE ACTOR!!!

Ralena~ · Dec 22, 2007, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Like others have said, the 10k faction to advance is just annoying and the voice acting is argh.

Timed mission bonuses although only a problem in HM, are fail and keeps you from having fun if you are rushing.

Mazelike areas that give cartographers headaches caused by multiple levels.

Factions is like a book you don't want to read but you decide to finish anyway, just to get the gold helmet and 3 swords on all the missions.

Dervish Kid · Dec 22, 2007, 04:56 PM // 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riotgear

- It was really short
- It was really easy
- The story is ridiculous
- Kaineng City is about as repetitive as it gets
- Arborstone is ridiculous
- Danika zu Heltzer has the worst voice actor EVER
- The new skills were utter crap unless you were a monk

Does that about cover it?

All the games are easy.
I dun really care for the story just all about my platinum and titles
K.C. dont really matter..try Kamadam or L.A.
Aborstone is easy just use heroes.
Who cares about Danika's voice..Cmon now who would really wanna buy a game and start analyzing voices..loser
The new skills...Dun rly care neither..Just use whats there..Thats why you try different builds.

Abe Grey · Dec 22, 2007, 05:18 PM // 17:18

The city and undercity are to confusing to try and get around in. Maybe road signs.

Lourens · Dec 22, 2007, 06:38 PM // 18:38

I actually like factions it has a cool storyline and the landscapes are very nice

KZaske · Dec 22, 2007, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Addressing the original question, “Why do so many hate Factions?” Factions is too fast. Yes the scenery is gorgeous the music is awesome as is almost everything else about this chapter. I have only two dislikes about it; no skill quests and the whole time it takes to get a character to max level is too short. I will never start a character I am going to keep in factions simply because there is not enough time to learn the details of the skills and how they work.
That said, the one thing that cured my dislike of Factions is (drum role please); Eye of the North. Compared to GWEN, Factions is flawless. Even if there is that idiotic Kurz vs Lux going on.
Tyria > Cantha > Nightfall > GWEN.