Does GW make sense for me? - Guild Wars Forums

Piledriver · Jan 13, 2010, 03:01 PM // 15:01

Hi,

I have a question. Right now I play WoW, but I only have like 1h a day to play. So I am thinking of changing to GW, because it doesn't make any sense to pay the monthly fee anymore for WoW.
My concern now is that in GW the Zones are Instances and if I log out of the game inside the instance/Zone my character will have to start over that Zone again. So how big are this Zones? Does it make any sense to play GW for one hour a day, is it even possible?
Your feedback will be very much appreciated, thanks!

Greetings

Andreas

tasha · Jan 13, 2010, 03:12 PM // 15:12

For playing the campaigns then 1 hour a day will probably be all right. The longest missions take around 45mins to 1 hour the first few times, but most are around 30 minutes. When you get to end game content then 1 hour will not be enough to explore everything, but you'll still be able to get a lot of legwork out of it. Things that will be out of your reach will be the "elite" explorable areas such as Sorrow's Furnace, Urgoz, Vanquishing (killing every enemy in an instance, some instances have 300-400 enemies), and some dungeons.

PvP matches are over in around 5-10 minutes, except for GvG where matches can take around 30 minutes. In all formats except for GvG, if your team wins you are automatically taken to the next fight, although you can of course quit the game before you leave the map. People will not thank you for that in HA or Codex though.

That being said, you can pick up a complete version of Guild Wars (all 3 campaigns + expansion) for around the same price as a month's subscription to WoW. There is also a free trial so you can see if it would be money well spent.

The Josip · Jan 13, 2010, 03:31 PM // 15:31

Playing GW for an hour a day makes much more sense than playing WoW an hour a day.

Tresa · Jan 13, 2010, 04:06 PM // 16:06

That is one of GW's strengths - being able to play it for only an hour or two now and then, or even putting it down for months at a time.

Sounds to me like it's probably cut out for your playing habits.

Just don't give up on it because you can't jump! ;-)

Benderama · Jan 13, 2010, 05:00 PM // 17:00

you can do a lot within 1 hour in GW, though the elite areas and maybe vanquishing could be more time contraining but thy are in no way essential.
zones aren't really used to do much appart from host quest activities and level up, if you're con cerned about travelleing most zones aren't very big with outposts every few minutes in most places.

Piledriver · Jan 13, 2010, 05:03 PM // 17:03

OK, great, just ordered the Platinum edition for 12 USD!!
Thank you for your help in deciding!

Quaker · Jan 13, 2010, 05:10 PM // 17:10

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Originally Posted by Piledriver

Does it make any sense to play GW for one hour a day, is it even possible?

First of all, you will find that GW is much different than WoW. Nobody can say for sure which one you will enjoy most.
The good news is that GW is much more "casual gamer" friendly than WoW.

While there are long "instances" in GW - for example, some dungeons in Eye Of The North - most of the instances in GW are relatively short. For example, in WoW, if you were in Stormwind (if I recall the name of the city) and you wanted to go to the Abby, it would be all one big world. If you left in the middle you would start back at the Inn in Stormwind.
If it was set up like GW, Stormwind would be a "outpost" - like a mini-world consisting only of Stormwind. If you left Stormwind to go to the Abby, you would enter an instance of the area between them. When you got to the Abby, it would be another outpost. If you left the game then, you would still be in the Abby when you got back.

Also, although GW is not "soloable" in the sense that WoW is, you can always bring Heroes and/or Henchmen (NPCs) with you to fill a group. So you can easily hop into the game and rather than waste some of your hour trying to get in a group, you can just grab some Heroes & Henchies (H&H) and get to it.

So, yes, it makes a lot of sense to play GW if you only have a limited amount of time to play.

Wuhy · Jan 13, 2010, 06:59 PM // 18:59

^all that and one thing: don't waste too much time on pve

at the instant you decide to max ONE title, either 1. uninstall the game or 2. go&play/observe some gvg

tealspikes · Jan 13, 2010, 09:33 PM // 21:33

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Originally Posted by Wuhy

^all that and one thing: don't waste too much time on pve

at the instant you decide to max ONE title...

I think that's all thats left in this game, at least for newer players. If your looking for good PvP your better off waiting for GW2. Anet's already beat it to death here. Besides, your coming from WoW so you should feel right at home with all the farming and title grinding.

Trader of Secrets · Jan 13, 2010, 09:37 PM // 21:37

I tried WoW on a free server with a few friends, and I just hated walking from place to place. GW zones arent so big, and you wouldnt spend much time in a zone during a quest or something. Traveling is pretty good in GW.

Karate Jesus · Jan 13, 2010, 09:42 PM // 21:42

The three main differences I've noticed between WoW and GW are:

1) There's a large difference in grind. The grind is WoW is beyond comparison to GW. Now, if you like taking a long time to earn something, then GW may not be your place.

2) WoW gets regular updates and GW doesn't. Now, if you don't play much, that might not even be an issue. However, if you really get into the game, then eventually you may just run out of things to do.

3) PvP in GW is far superior to WoW, even though the skills are rarely updated. GW is no where near balanced in PvP, but it is still much more fun and more based on teamwork than WoW's PvP. If you like competition, then GW might be a good choice.

Default137 · Jan 13, 2010, 10:17 PM // 22:17

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Originally Posted by tasha

That being said, you can pick up a complete version of Guild Wars (all 3 campaigns + expansion) for around the same price as a month's subscription to WoW. There is also a free trial so you can see if it would be money well spent.

Where?

My friend has been looking to pick up Guild Wars to play with me, he just doesn't want to spend $50 on the Trilogy, then end up having to pay another $15 on EotN.

The Josip · Jan 13, 2010, 10:41 PM // 22:41

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Originally Posted by Karate Jesus

WoW gets regular updates and GW doesn't. Now, if you don't play much, that might not even be an issue. However, if you really get into the game, then eventually you may just run out of things to do.

GW has enough content to keep someone busy for a long long time. It's not a life career.

And regardless of what one may think after the introduction of the titles and such - GW is a game that invites you to try more characters (professions) and more different playstyles. Within same content, your experience differs a lot based on what kind of characters you have. Going through the game with melee char, caster, monk - for instance - is very different and change of style can be fun. Not everyone will like everything of course.

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Originally Posted by tealspikes

If your looking for good PvP your better off waiting for GW2.

Come on, it's good. Old players can be nit-picky and complain, but it's still pretty good. Although all I do lately is FA and even that rarely, but my current guild is PvE.

Even if someone plays it only for a month, it's worth it.

jonnieboi05 · Jan 13, 2010, 11:43 PM // 23:43

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Originally Posted by Tresa

That is one of GW's strengths - being able to play it for only an hour or two now and then, or even putting it down for months at a time.

Sounds to me like it's probably cut out for your playing habits.

Just don't give up on it because you can't jump! ;-)

This is what I would tell you.

That and, welcome to Guild Wars (if you so chose to come to the Dark Side.

).

Bob Slydell · Jan 14, 2010, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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Originally Posted by Wuhy

^all that and one thing: don't waste too much time on pve

at the instant you decide to max ONE title, either 1. uninstall the game or 2. go&play/observe some gvg

Or he could do what we all did when we were new to the game. Thats a little thing called actually playing the storyline at least once per game on one character first, then deciding if it's worth it to keep playing the "waste" that is PvE (in your opinion).

Sure, PvP is great, it's a big part of the game for most people. But give the new players some breathing room first IMO. We have all the PvP griefers we can possibly take at the moment anyway. He'll convert when he's ready.

Warvic · Jan 14, 2010, 02:41 AM // 02:41

You can actually do everything. Eccept elite areas. Wich is not very important.

A pvp match is never longer then 1 hour
You can do the hardest missions in 1 hour (with experience)
You can vanquish all areas within 1 hour. (with experience)

"Elite" Areas take about 15 minutes atm due gimmick builds. But they said they nerf it. So an elite areas is the only thing that will take longer then an hour.

But There is so much to do. before you do elite areas. you can spent hundreds of hours on other things. And ofc, you don't have to do elite areas. Maybe you like to do pvp.

*Darcy* · Jan 14, 2010, 12:25 PM // 12:25

@Default137 - newegg.com has the Trilogy for $36.99 and EotN for $10.99 with no sales tax and free shipping.

@OP - you will love this game. There is very little that takes a long time. Even travel is shortened because once you visit an outpost/town, you can map travel there.

Delightful Shaz · Jan 14, 2010, 12:30 PM // 12:30

Hiya, i had the same dilemma as you, but in my case, i just grew tired of wow and since i am a guildwars veteran, i longed back to GW again. So i quit Wow and started playing GW again.

Nechrond · Jan 14, 2010, 01:28 PM // 13:28

1) Maximum level is low.
2) Perfect items are not very expensive. You'll obtain them easily without endless farming, unless you want extra cool looking versions.
3) Travel between towns is instantaneous, as opposed to the WoW-system where you hop onto some flying creature and stare at pixels for 25% of your gaming time.
4) Although new content is added sporadically, it never includes better items, so you won't have to invest time in getting the newest stuff to be competitive.

4 reasons why GW is better than WoW for you.

Quaker · Jan 14, 2010, 03:54 PM // 15:54

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Originally Posted by Wuhy

^all that and one thing: don't waste too much time on PvP

Fixed it for you.

If you want to play PvP, play CoD or Counterstrike, or some other FPS for real PvP.

Some folks never seem to realize that a lot of people playing GW are not even remotely interested in PvP.

Jan 13, 2010, 03:01 PM // 15:01	#1
Piledriver Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jan 2010	Does GW make sense for me? Hi, I have a question. Right now I play WoW, but I only have like 1h a day to play. So I am thinking of changing to GW, because it doesn't make any sense to pay the monthly fee anymore for WoW. My concern now is that in GW the Zones are Instances and if I log out of the game inside the instance/Zone my character will have to start over that Zone again. So how big are this Zones? Does it make any sense to play GW for one hour a day, is it even possible? Your feedback will be very much appreciated, thanks! Greetings Andreas

Jan 13, 2010, 06:59 PM // 18:59	#8
Wuhy Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2008 Profession: R/	^all that and one thing: don't waste too much time on pve at the instant you decide to max ONE title, either 1. uninstall the game or 2. go&play/observe some gvg Last edited by Wuhy; Jan 13, 2010 at 07:02 PM // 19:02..

Jan 14, 2010, 12:25 PM // 12:25	#17
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	@Default137 - newegg.com has the Trilogy for $36.99 and EotN for $10.99 with no sales tax and free shipping. @OP - you will love this game. There is very little that takes a long time. Even travel is shortened because once you visit an outpost/town, you can map travel there. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Jan 13, 2010, 03:12 PM // 15:12	#2
tasha Auctions Mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Guild: Mystic Spiral [MYST]	For playing the campaigns then 1 hour a day will probably be all right. The longest missions take around 45mins to 1 hour the first few times, but most are around 30 minutes. When you get to end game content then 1 hour will not be enough to explore everything, but you'll still be able to get a lot of legwork out of it. Things that will be out of your reach will be the "elite" explorable areas such as Sorrow's Furnace, Urgoz, Vanquishing (killing every enemy in an instance, some instances have 300-400 enemies), and some dungeons. PvP matches are over in around 5-10 minutes, except for GvG where matches can take around 30 minutes. In all formats except for GvG, if your team wins you are automatically taken to the next fight, although you can of course quit the game before you leave the map. People will not thank you for that in HA or Codex though. That being said, you can pick up a complete version of Guild Wars (all 3 campaigns + expansion) for around the same price as a month's subscription to WoW. There is also a free trial so you can see if it would be money well spent.

Jan 13, 2010, 03:31 PM // 15:31	#3
The Josip Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2009 Profession: Me/	Playing GW for an hour a day makes much more sense than playing WoW an hour a day.

Jan 13, 2010, 04:06 PM // 16:06	#4
Tresa Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK/USA/GH Guild: Psycho Titans Profession: N/	That is one of GW's strengths - being able to play it for only an hour or two now and then, or even putting it down for months at a time. Sounds to me like it's probably cut out for your playing habits. Just don't give up on it because you can't jump! ;-)

Jan 13, 2010, 05:00 PM // 17:00	#5
Benderama Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Guild: [Rage] Profession: Rt/	you can do a lot within 1 hour in GW, though the elite areas and maybe vanquishing could be more time contraining but thy are in no way essential. zones aren't really used to do much appart from host quest activities and level up, if you're con cerned about travelleing most zones aren't very big with outposts every few minutes in most places.

Jan 13, 2010, 05:03 PM // 17:03	#6
Piledriver Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jan 2010	OK, great, just ordered the Platinum edition for 12 USD!! Thank you for your help in deciding!

Jan 13, 2010, 09:37 PM // 21:37	#10
Trader of Secrets Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2006	I tried WoW on a free server with a few friends, and I just hated walking from place to place. GW zones arent so big, and you wouldnt spend much time in a zone during a quest or something. Traveling is pretty good in GW.

Jan 13, 2010, 09:42 PM // 21:42	#11
Karate Jesus Forge Runner Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Guild: Reign of Judgment [RoJ] Profession: Me/	The three main differences I've noticed between WoW and GW are: 1) There's a large difference in grind. The grind is WoW is beyond comparison to GW. Now, if you like taking a long time to earn something, then GW may not be your place. 2) WoW gets regular updates and GW doesn't. Now, if you don't play much, that might not even be an issue. However, if you really get into the game, then eventually you may just run out of things to do. 3) PvP in GW is far superior to WoW, even though the skills are rarely updated. GW is no where near balanced in PvP, but it is still much more fun and more based on teamwork than WoW's PvP. If you like competition, then GW might be a good choice.

Jan 14, 2010, 02:41 AM // 02:41	#16
Warvic Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Netherlands Profession: A/W	You can actually do everything. Eccept elite areas. Wich is not very important. A pvp match is never longer then 1 hour You can do the hardest missions in 1 hour (with experience) You can vanquish all areas within 1 hour. (with experience) "Elite" Areas take about 15 minutes atm due gimmick builds. But they said they nerf it. So an elite areas is the only thing that will take longer then an hour. But There is so much to do. before you do elite areas. you can spent hundreds of hours on other things. And ofc, you don't have to do elite areas. Maybe you like to do pvp.

Jan 14, 2010, 12:30 PM // 12:30	#18
Delightful Shaz Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Netherlands Profession: R/Rt	Hiya, i had the same dilemma as you, but in my case, i just grew tired of wow and since i am a guildwars veteran, i longed back to GW again. So i quit Wow and started playing GW again.

Jan 14, 2010, 01:28 PM // 13:28	#19
Nechrond Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Netherlands Guild: Utrecht Usurpators Profession: D/	1) Maximum level is low. 2) Perfect items are not very expensive. You'll obtain them easily without endless farming, unless you want extra cool looking versions. 3) Travel between towns is instantaneous, as opposed to the WoW-system where you hop onto some flying creature and stare at pixels for 25% of your gaming time. 4) Although new content is added sporadically, it never includes better items, so you won't have to invest time in getting the newest stuff to be competitive. 4 reasons why GW is better than WoW for you.