What are your fastest campaign completion times? - Guild Wars Forums

ACWhammy · Jun 24, 2011, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Hi all,

I'm curious to know how long you guys think it takes to complete each campaign from start to finish, on normal mode. Time spent in hours on each individual campaign: Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, and also for the Eye of the North expansion.

AC

StormDragonZ · Jun 24, 2011, 10:06 PM // 22:06

Prophecies: 2.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every day.
Factions: 15 days, playing 2-3 hours, every day.
Nightfall: 4.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every other day.
Eye North: 3 weeks, playing 3-4 hours a day, every day.

I take my time.

Aycee · Jun 24, 2011, 10:11 PM // 22:11

Prophecies... Deoends if you count being run to thunderhead, if so a couple hours. If not Probably a week just because Proph gets me bored.
Factions less than a day if I'm determined. 3 days max playing sparingly.
Nightfall 2-4 again depending how determined I am at finishing it.
EotN- Under a day, 2 max.

Not sure about hour time.

Bright Star Shine · Jun 24, 2011, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

Prophecies: 2.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every day.
Factions: 15 days, playing 2-3 hours, every day.
Nightfall: 4.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every other day.
Eye North: 3 weeks, playing 3-4 hours a day, every day.

I take my time.

You really do...

Factions: 2/3 days 2-3h/day
Nightfall: 4 days 2-3h/day
Eotn: 4 hours?
Proph, no idea tbh...

RedDog91 · Jun 24, 2011, 10:23 PM // 22:23

Prophecies: never went through whole campaign, always skip to Droks
Factions: 15-hour straight play-through
Nightfall: 2 days, not sure how much i played each day
EotN: 6 hours

Olle · Jun 24, 2011, 10:30 PM // 22:30

eotn?3 hours HM (as i do books the quests only take a few min)
proph..id say 4-5 days
NF,3 days
factions takes 2 days

garethporlest18 · Jun 24, 2011, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Prop and Factions took me quite a while, but I beat Nightfall when it first came out in 1.5 days. Granted it burned me out so I don't recommend doing that. I'd rather go through things slowly. Seeing as that wasn't entirely start to finish, I'd add another 10 hours which is how long it took me to get a dervish out of pre.

AngelWJedi · Jun 24, 2011, 10:46 PM // 22:46

few hours to a week or more depending on if i grind it out or not. xD and its for each campain

_Deals_ · Jun 24, 2011, 10:47 PM // 22:47

eotn-8 hours ish of constant game play (including primary quests before each mission)
tyria-a long and enduring 2 weeks since i dislike it
factions- honestly? took me 11 hours or less of non stop game play, and that's been done a few times
nightfall- 3 days

pan1xx · Jun 24, 2011, 10:47 PM // 22:47

Factions: 5-7 hours with a new char, but i had the 10k faction allready from another char.
Nightfall: ~8 Months, i started to play Gw with a dervish as first char, gained expirience trough that

Proph: played my ranger through it in ~5 days, ??aying with friends which also did a new char.

rkubik · Jun 24, 2011, 10:57 PM // 22:57

All of my times are with existing toons. None from scratch.

Proph I can complete two days max playing approx 6 -8 hours a day.
Factions has been done a few times in around 8 hours
Nightfall a week. (My least favorite.)
EOTN I can get thorugh in less than a day if I am really determined two days max of pretty solid gameplay.

Again these are all established toons. To start from scratch is something I don't want to think about. I have 11 toons and have no desire to start another one anytime soon.

Siver · Jun 24, 2011, 10:57 PM // 22:57

Prophecies~ 22 hours (through runs)
Factions~ 11 hours
Nightfall~ 2 days
( all from scratch)

ACWhammy · Jun 24, 2011, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Ok thanks guys, I'm debating on whether or not to create a level 20 of each profession and getting them all Heroes and PvE skills.

How are you guys doing eotn in 3-6 hours? Are you just making a running build and running through the quests?

AC

MidnightOokami · Jun 24, 2011, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Prophecies - Dunno.
Factions - 10 Hours Hardcore Gameplay + 10k Faction Done.
Nightfall - 15 Hours-20 Hours.
EotN - 7 Hours-9 Hours.

I remake characters ... a LOT. Factions I can actually do in one sitting but Nightfall takes me one sitting + 3 hours the next day. xD I'm so glad I finally found my main though, I'm going through Factions again for my ~20th time and it's taking me four days forcing myself to do missions. ._.

(One sitting as in starting a character at like 7am and plowing through, not counting in the times I have to go get something to eat and drink).

Good luck haha.

Ok Dont Panic · Jun 24, 2011, 11:04 PM // 23:04

EoTN 3-4 hours
Factions 8hours~
Proph using THK run from ascalon 2hours
NF 4-5 hours

Xenex Xclame · Jun 24, 2011, 11:55 PM // 23:55

@ACWhammy there is a difference in how long it takes to complete the campaign and how fast you can get lvl 20.

I think factions is still the fastest to get 20.If you want to get to 20 and get all the heroes and pve skills.I would recommend starting in factions blitz trough the beginning as soon as you can run and get the heroes, go back to Cantha finish it.Go to EotN finish it and get the pve unclassed skill.Go to Elona and using the pve skills have a easy time.Finally go to Tyria and do that, you could always not completly finish Tyria nobody will blame you since it's so boring.

Edit @Ok Dont Panic. How the hell do you get a worse time in Cantha then both Tyria and Elona?If it's not your favorite or you don't really try to go fast in it then i can understand.

ACWhammy · Jun 25, 2011, 12:02 AM // 00:02

Thanks Xenex that sounds like the fastest way to do it. However I'm trying to be versatile and use characters form each campaign; seeing as how I created them awhile ago and just didnt invest much time in them. You are right about Prophecies, it takes way too long.

So I guess the best way is to create your character in whichever campaign you choose, skip to EotN as fast as possible to get Heroes and PvE skills, then go to NF and complete it. Sounds easy now lol

Then I'm going to do War in Kryta on all of them...I want to have each profession ready to play any new content when it comes out. Am I crazy?

Xenex Xclame · Jun 25, 2011, 12:16 AM // 00:16

Nope your not crazy,just a little nuts =)

Ok Dont Panic · Jun 25, 2011, 01:51 AM // 01:51

Mmm well

@Xenex Xclame I should have stated I go by my factions chars.

Making a factions char > the starter island can be slow as hell. So from start to finish takes about 7-8 hours including getting faction (assuming you don't have HM this means AB / FA /JQ

For the others its just a matter of foreign characters skipping most of the long starter bits from NF and Tyria. EoTN i've done so many times its a breeze.

Fall back and strong teams as well as knowing little short cuts make it a lot faster

most EoTN missions in NM take what 5-10mins tops so its not that hard in EoTN factions missions you have to wait for NPCs a lot.

NF on native character can be slow as cuz you have to get 2.5k SS faction and without HM thats slow.

IF you are looking at getting 10 chars fully developed all Pve skills is a + getting through Cantha is TOTALLY WORTHLESS unless you are needing to ascend fast. And get to doa asap.

Embark means that you don't have to actually get to Hzh / Cava on all chars same with ToA. Just saying if thats what you are aiming to do.

Our Virus · Jun 25, 2011, 04:08 AM // 04:08

Fastest times all have to be on my paragon (counting going backwards in the games to do the starting missions)
Proph:~4hours
Factions:~3hours
Nightfall:~6hours
Eotn:~3hours

Nightfall is a slow strat but I think it's the best to start from because you get the other 30 attribute points so easily

Jun 24, 2011, 09:49 PM // 21:49	#1
ACWhammy Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Guild: Gold Trim Guild [gtg] Profession: R/	What are your fastest campaign completion times? Hi all, I'm curious to know how long you guys think it takes to complete each campaign from start to finish, on normal mode. Time spent in hours on each individual campaign: Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, and also for the Eye of the North expansion. AC

Jun 24, 2011, 10:57 PM // 22:57	#12
Siver Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2011 Profession: Rt/E	Prophecies~ 22 hours (through runs) Factions~ 11 hours Nightfall~ 2 days ( all from scratch) Last edited by Siver; Jun 24, 2011 at 10:59 PM // 22:59..

Jun 24, 2011, 11:03 PM // 23:03	#14
MidnightOokami Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: North Carolina Profession: D/	Prophecies - Dunno. Factions - 10 Hours Hardcore Gameplay + 10k Faction Done. Nightfall - 15 Hours-20 Hours. EotN - 7 Hours-9 Hours. I remake characters ... a LOT. Factions I can actually do in one sitting but Nightfall takes me one sitting + 3 hours the next day. xD I'm so glad I finally found my main though, I'm going through Factions again for my ~20th time and it's taking me four days forcing myself to do missions. ._. (One sitting as in starting a character at like 7am and plowing through, not counting in the times I have to go get something to eat and drink). Good luck haha. Last edited by MidnightOokami; Jun 24, 2011 at 11:06 PM // 23:06..

Jun 24, 2011, 11:55 PM // 23:55	#16
Xenex Xclame Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: DPX Profession: R/	@ACWhammy there is a difference in how long it takes to complete the campaign and how fast you can get lvl 20. I think factions is still the fastest to get 20.If you want to get to 20 and get all the heroes and pve skills.I would recommend starting in factions blitz trough the beginning as soon as you can run and get the heroes, go back to Cantha finish it.Go to EotN finish it and get the pve unclassed skill.Go to Elona and using the pve skills have a easy time.Finally go to Tyria and do that, you could always not completly finish Tyria nobody will blame you since it's so boring. Edit @Ok Dont Panic. How the hell do you get a worse time in Cantha then both Tyria and Elona?If it's not your favorite or you don't really try to go fast in it then i can understand. Last edited by Xenex Xclame; Jun 24, 2011 at 11:57 PM // 23:57..

Jun 24, 2011, 10:06 PM // 22:06	#2
StormDragonZ Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York Profession: W/R	Prophecies: 2.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every day. Factions: 15 days, playing 2-3 hours, every day. Nightfall: 4.5 weeks, playing 2-3 hours a day, every other day. Eye North: 3 weeks, playing 3-4 hours a day, every day. I take my time.

Jun 24, 2011, 10:11 PM // 22:11	#3
Aycee Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The other side	Prophecies... Deoends if you count being run to thunderhead, if so a couple hours. If not Probably a week just because Proph gets me bored. Factions less than a day if I'm determined. 3 days max playing sparingly. Nightfall 2-4 again depending how determined I am at finishing it. EotN- Under a day, 2 max. Not sure about hour time.

Jun 24, 2011, 10:23 PM // 22:23	#5
RedDog91 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Farming for Nick gifts Profession: R/	Prophecies: never went through whole campaign, always skip to Droks Factions: 15-hour straight play-through Nightfall: 2 days, not sure how much i played each day EotN: 6 hours

Jun 24, 2011, 10:30 PM // 22:30	#6
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	eotn?3 hours HM (as i do books the quests only take a few min) proph..id say 4-5 days NF,3 days factions takes 2 days

Jun 24, 2011, 10:34 PM // 22:34	#7
garethporlest18 Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: [HiDe] Profession: W/	Prop and Factions took me quite a while, but I beat Nightfall when it first came out in 1.5 days. Granted it burned me out so I don't recommend doing that. I'd rather go through things slowly. Seeing as that wasn't entirely start to finish, I'd add another 10 hours which is how long it took me to get a dervish out of pre.

Jun 24, 2011, 10:46 PM // 22:46	#8
AngelWJedi Furnace Stoker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: orlando,florida Guild: Society of Souls [Argh] Profession: Rt/E	few hours to a week or more depending on if i grind it out or not. xD and its for each campain

Jun 24, 2011, 10:47 PM // 22:47	#9
_Deals_ Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fort Worth, Tx Guild: [DMNS][HEAT] Profession: Mo/A	eotn-8 hours ish of constant game play (including primary quests before each mission) tyria-a long and enduring 2 weeks since i dislike it factions- honestly? took me 11 hours or less of non stop game play, and that's been done a few times nightfall- 3 days

Jun 24, 2011, 10:47 PM // 22:47	#10
pan1xx Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2011 Profession: D/	Factions: 5-7 hours with a new char, but i had the 10k faction allready from another char. Nightfall: ~8 Months, i started to play Gw with a dervish as first char, gained expirience trough that Proph: played my ranger through it in ~5 days, ??aying with friends which also did a new char.

Jun 24, 2011, 10:57 PM // 22:57	#11
rkubik Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2006	All of my times are with existing toons. None from scratch. Proph I can complete two days max playing approx 6 -8 hours a day. Factions has been done a few times in around 8 hours Nightfall a week. (My least favorite.) EOTN I can get thorugh in less than a day if I am really determined two days max of pretty solid gameplay. Again these are all established toons. To start from scratch is something I don't want to think about. I have 11 toons and have no desire to start another one anytime soon.

Jun 24, 2011, 11:04 PM // 23:04	#15
Ok Dont Panic Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK Guild: We Gat Dis [HRUU] Profession: Mo/	EoTN 3-4 hours Factions 8hours~ Proph using THK run from ascalon 2hours NF 4-5 hours

Jun 25, 2011, 12:02 AM // 00:02	#17
ACWhammy Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Guild: Gold Trim Guild [gtg] Profession: R/	Thanks Xenex that sounds like the fastest way to do it. However I'm trying to be versatile and use characters form each campaign; seeing as how I created them awhile ago and just didnt invest much time in them. You are right about Prophecies, it takes way too long. So I guess the best way is to create your character in whichever campaign you choose, skip to EotN as fast as possible to get Heroes and PvE skills, then go to NF and complete it. Sounds easy now lol Then I'm going to do War in Kryta on all of them...I want to have each profession ready to play any new content when it comes out. Am I crazy?

Jun 25, 2011, 12:16 AM // 00:16	#18
Xenex Xclame Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: DPX Profession: R/	Nope your not crazy,just a little nuts =)

Jun 25, 2011, 01:51 AM // 01:51	#19
Ok Dont Panic Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK Guild: We Gat Dis [HRUU] Profession: Mo/	Mmm well @Xenex Xclame I should have stated I go by my factions chars. Making a factions char > the starter island can be slow as hell. So from start to finish takes about 7-8 hours including getting faction (assuming you don't have HM this means AB / FA /JQ For the others its just a matter of foreign characters skipping most of the long starter bits from NF and Tyria. EoTN i've done so many times its a breeze. Fall back and strong teams as well as knowing little short cuts make it a lot faster most EoTN missions in NM take what 5-10mins tops so its not that hard in EoTN factions missions you have to wait for NPCs a lot. NF on native character can be slow as cuz you have to get 2.5k SS faction and without HM thats slow. IF you are looking at getting 10 chars fully developed all Pve skills is a + getting through Cantha is TOTALLY WORTHLESS unless you are needing to ascend fast. And get to doa asap. Embark means that you don't have to actually get to Hzh / Cava on all chars same with ToA. Just saying if thats what you are aiming to do.

Jun 25, 2011, 04:08 AM // 04:08	#20
Our Virus Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2011 Guild: The Capital [Para] Profession: P/	Fastest times all have to be on my paragon (counting going backwards in the games to do the starting missions) Proph:~4hours Factions:~3hours Nightfall:~6hours Eotn:~3hours Nightfall is a slow strat but I think it's the best to start from because you get the other 30 attribute points so easily