Elithion · Apr 15, 2007, 08:43 PM // 20:43

When you go from Nightfall or Factions to Prophecies, I understand that you start at Mission 6 or something. I really only want to play Prophecies because of the story (I want all three campaign stories ^_^), so do you miss out on a lot of the story when you don't start in Pre-Searing/Ascalon (i.e. Start at Lion's Arch)?

Kook~NBK~ · Apr 15, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

You'll miss out on some of the story if you start at Lion's Arch. But you can backtrack to Ascalon City (you can hire a runner in LA if you want) to start the story line. You won't be able to pick up any quests before LA, and I believe that you won't get XP for completing the Missions.

You can't get to pre-searing, but that's the tutorial area and the only thing, story-line wise, that you'll miss is the searing itself.

Toutatis · Apr 15, 2007, 09:01 PM // 21:01

You don't miss out on much of the storyline, to be honest. The Prophecies missions before Lion's Arch really only set the scene for the real storyline. You can still backtrack to the earlier missions if you want to though, but don't expect any experience rewards (and backtracking to do them does count towards the Protector of Tyria title, as well as the Tyrian Cartography title so they're worth doing anyway).

Coloneh · Apr 15, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39

You should start a character in prophecies to get the story. everyone should start one there, best introduction to the game bye far.

Apr 15, 2007, 08:43 PM // 20:43	#1
Elithion Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Guild: Conscripts of Ascalon [CoA] Profession: E/Mo	Factions/NF character on Proph When you go from Nightfall or Factions to Prophecies, I understand that you start at Mission 6 or something. I really only want to play Prophecies because of the story (I want all three campaign stories ^_^), so do you miss out on a lot of the story when you don't start in Pre-Searing/Ascalon (i.e. Start at Lion's Arch)?

Apr 15, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56	#2
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	You'll miss out on some of the story if you start at Lion's Arch. But you can backtrack to Ascalon City (you can hire a runner in LA if you want) to start the story line. You won't be able to pick up any quests before LA, and I believe that you won't get XP for completing the Missions. You can't get to pre-searing, but that's the tutorial area and the only thing, story-line wise, that you'll miss is the searing itself.

Apr 15, 2007, 09:01 PM // 21:01	#3
Toutatis Walking Wiki Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Isle of Medication Guild: Visitors from Aranna [VFA] Profession: Me/E	You don't miss out on much of the storyline, to be honest. The Prophecies missions before Lion's Arch really only set the scene for the real storyline. You can still backtrack to the earlier missions if you want to though, but don't expect any experience rewards (and backtracking to do them does count towards the Protector of Tyria title, as well as the Tyrian Cartography title so they're worth doing anyway).

Apr 15, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39	#4
Coloneh Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/W	You should start a character in prophecies to get the story. everyone should start one there, best introduction to the game bye far.