Restarting my Ranger. prophecies or Factions? - Guild Wars Forums

The one Casey Squid · Jun 23, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

Im cought in a deadlock.

factions=fast leveling

prophecies=Cool armor and the pets actually grow.

My problem is that prophecies takes forever.

what do you think?

Emu · Jun 23, 2006, 04:54 AM // 04:54

It sounds to me like the easiest solution for you is to make a canthan character, spend 10 or so hours knocking off quests in the slums and then hop on the boat to Lion's arch from Kaineng centre. As an added bonus you'll have 2 more options for your secondary profession. One thing that could be a nuissance is walking around with a lvl 5 prophecies pet while you're a lvl 20.

Andy_M · Jun 23, 2006, 07:08 AM // 07:08

Some Canthan pets grow. Cranes (basically Moa bird reskin I think) get larger as they level up.

Arkantos · Jun 23, 2006, 07:16 AM // 07:16

Just start in factions and then go to LA when your lvl 20.

Jedimagician · Jun 23, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06

Or... maybe you could decide this way... factions = asian face, prophecies = english face :S

Phoenix Arrows · Jun 23, 2006, 08:43 AM // 08:43

I personally like Asian faces myself (since I'm Asian XP XP).

It's a matter of:

Tyria: Easy slow leveling place
Cantha: Hard fast leveling place

Your choice

Carth` · Jun 23, 2006, 09:27 AM // 09:27

I personally hate Factions, and if I was starting a new character I would start in Prophecies and get a run to Drok's, nice armour, then power level with me and my pet, won't take long, and will be easier than frustratingly repetitive Factions

Nick The Nicker · Jun 23, 2006, 10:11 AM // 10:11

frist think to yourself
1. Do you like the ranger faces in factions?
2. Do you want to spend money on a run(unless your lucky your guildies will run you)
3. Prophecies is even slower because everyone is in Factions now, well most are.
4. Factions gets boring faster I think. A bit of quests are run here to here and back here.

IMO get to a run to droks and LA and all that good stuff power level and get to factions and play because farer in the game like aspenwood is kinda fun

Hope this helps

Nick

Caleb · Jun 23, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18

I recommend Cantha.

Age · Jun 24, 2006, 10:35 PM // 22:35

It won't take you long to redo your Ranger in Prophecies you know where eveything is and all the missions.I redid an Ele from Sactum Cay onward and it didn't take me long to beat Prohpecies and then go on to Fations and beat it as well.What I would say to myself is why do I want to delete or is thier something you are unhappy with your char?

Swinging Fists · Jun 24, 2006, 10:39 PM // 22:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by The one Casey Squid

Im cought in a deadlock.

factions=fast leveling

prophecies=Cool armor and the pets actually grow.

My problem is that prophecies takes forever.

what do you think?

Start in Cantha. Tame a pet in Prophecies. Get armor in Prophecies. That's what I think. Unless of course, you don't like the faces, etc. of Canthan rangers.

Bartuc Galadwor · Jun 25, 2006, 02:10 AM // 02:10

I just deleted a character to restart a ranger about 2 days ago. I started in Tyria and I remembered how much it sucks ass. It takes forever to hit level 20, granted my Strider was level 20 by Droknars Forge though. I guess it all depends on what you want your character to look like in the long run. (I picked Tyria because the Canthan hair is dumb.)

Fyre Brand · Jun 25, 2006, 02:29 AM // 02:29

The most important thing for me is seeing what the character looks like in the creation process.

The second most important thing for me since I mostly pve is how fun is it to level and hunt areas. For me Cantha is a lot more fun. I enjoy the lowbie areas of Cantha as much as the mainland areas. Top that off with the fact that I don't want to go through the Northern Shiverpeaks again. Hell, there's a lot of Tyria I don't want to have to repeat in the leveling process.

I'm kind of Arkantos' suggestion of leveling in Cantha and going to Tyria when I hit 20 and the Canthan mainland. Since I haven't gotten a Canthan born character to Tyria yet I don't know how many of the skill quests will be available, but I will do the ones I feel like and skip the irritating quests or missions.

Some things I like about early leveling in Cantha.
- quests give better xp
- it's a lot more dangerous than pre-sear or Ascalon: There are some high level monsters and groups that aren't just roll overs.
- it's a lot nicer looking than ascalon
- i like most of the armour choices more than Tyria especially for a ranger. No more druid's stick skirt <-- yech

Alias_X · Jun 25, 2006, 04:04 AM // 04:04

Factions, but maybe that is because I have taken 4 characters through Prophecies.

MonkeeTwo · Jun 25, 2006, 12:19 PM // 12:19

I would have to say it depends on how quick you want your character built and with what skills.

If you take the Canthan route you are going to be buying a lot of skills, whereas going through prophecies you get the main skills that you need and only have to top off the rest of them.

You also get a better idea of how you skills interact in Tyria, whereas in Cantha you're just getting started and bam you are on the mainland getting creamed by suddenly aggressive nutters.

unda dawg · Jun 25, 2006, 02:18 PM // 14:18

factions: i personally like the ranger armor better plus factions is like beastmaster heaven

Bane of Worlds · Jun 25, 2006, 03:10 PM // 15:10

rangers have a bit easier time in Factions too

anyways do what Arkantos has suggested if you like to go back to Tyria
but the so called disadvantage of Factions is that you can't run yourself and skip most of the game like in prophecies and just get your max armor to beat everything without having foes smashing your skull but running to places is a problem that plagues the new ppl and you'll end up with ppl who don't know how to play their characters in Tyria unlike certain parts of Cantha

Jun 23, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00	#1
The one Casey Squid Wilds Pathfinder --> Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Northeast Guild: Knights Of Thulcandra [KoT] Profession: W/E	Restarting my Ranger. prophecies or Factions? Im cought in a deadlock. factions=fast leveling prophecies=Cool armor and the pets actually grow. My problem is that prophecies takes forever. what do you think?

Jun 23, 2006, 04:54 AM // 04:54	#2
Emu Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Riddle Of Kings Profession: Mo/	It sounds to me like the easiest solution for you is to make a canthan character, spend 10 or so hours knocking off quests in the slums and then hop on the boat to Lion's arch from Kaineng centre. As an added bonus you'll have 2 more options for your secondary profession. One thing that could be a nuissance is walking around with a lvl 5 prophecies pet while you're a lvl 20.

Jun 23, 2006, 07:08 AM // 07:08	#3
Andy_M Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK Guild: (Don't fear) The Beaver	Some Canthan pets grow. Cranes (basically Moa bird reskin I think) get larger as they level up.

Jun 23, 2006, 07:16 AM // 07:16	#4
Arkantos The Greatest Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: W/	Just start in factions and then go to LA when your lvl 20.

Jun 23, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06	#5
Jedimagician Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006	Or... maybe you could decide this way... factions = asian face, prophecies = english face :S

Jun 23, 2006, 08:43 AM // 08:43	#6
Phoenix Arrows Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: With many other ugly people Guild: We Are All Pretty [ugly] Profession: R/	I personally like Asian faces myself (since I'm Asian XP XP). It's a matter of: Tyria: Easy slow leveling place Cantha: Hard fast leveling place Your choice

Jun 23, 2006, 09:27 AM // 09:27	#7
Carth` Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2006	I personally hate Factions, and if I was starting a new character I would start in Prophecies and get a run to Drok's, nice armour, then power level with me and my pet, won't take long, and will be easier than frustratingly repetitive Factions

Jun 23, 2006, 10:11 AM // 10:11	#8
Nick The Nicker Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Guild: Looking for one Profession: N/	frist think to yourself 1. Do you like the ranger faces in factions? 2. Do you want to spend money on a run(unless your lucky your guildies will run you) 3. Prophecies is even slower because everyone is in Factions now, well most are. 4. Factions gets boring faster I think. A bit of quests are run here to here and back here. IMO get to a run to droks and LA and all that good stuff power level and get to factions and play because farer in the game like aspenwood is kinda fun Hope this helps Nick

Jun 23, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18	#9
Caleb Nil nisi malis terrori. Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: Mo/Me	I recommend Cantha.

Jun 24, 2006, 10:35 PM // 22:35	#10
Age Hall Hero Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Canada/BC Guild: STG Administrator Profession: Mo/	It won't take you long to redo your Ranger in Prophecies you know where eveything is and all the missions.I redid an Ele from Sactum Cay onward and it didn't take me long to beat Prohpecies and then go on to Fations and beat it as well.What I would say to myself is why do I want to delete or is thier something you are unhappy with your char?

Jun 25, 2006, 02:10 AM // 02:10	#12
Bartuc Galadwor Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]; [SMS] Alliance Profession: W/Mo	I just deleted a character to restart a ranger about 2 days ago. I started in Tyria and I remembered how much it sucks ass. It takes forever to hit level 20, granted my Strider was level 20 by Droknars Forge though. I guess it all depends on what you want your character to look like in the long run. (I picked Tyria because the Canthan hair is dumb.)

Jun 25, 2006, 02:29 AM // 02:29	#13
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	The most important thing for me is seeing what the character looks like in the creation process. The second most important thing for me since I mostly pve is how fun is it to level and hunt areas. For me Cantha is a lot more fun. I enjoy the lowbie areas of Cantha as much as the mainland areas. Top that off with the fact that I don't want to go through the Northern Shiverpeaks again. Hell, there's a lot of Tyria I don't want to have to repeat in the leveling process. I'm kind of Arkantos' suggestion of leveling in Cantha and going to Tyria when I hit 20 and the Canthan mainland. Since I haven't gotten a Canthan born character to Tyria yet I don't know how many of the skill quests will be available, but I will do the ones I feel like and skip the irritating quests or missions. Some things I like about early leveling in Cantha. - quests give better xp - it's a lot more dangerous than pre-sear or Ascalon: There are some high level monsters and groups that aren't just roll overs. - it's a lot nicer looking than ascalon - i like most of the armour choices more than Tyria especially for a ranger. No more druid's stick skirt <-- yech

Jun 25, 2006, 04:04 AM // 04:04	#14
Alias_X Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	Factions, but maybe that is because I have taken 4 characters through Prophecies.

Jun 25, 2006, 12:19 PM // 12:19	#15
MonkeeTwo Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2006 Guild: SoE (Stonecutters of Europe) Profession: Mo/	I would have to say it depends on how quick you want your character built and with what skills. If you take the Canthan route you are going to be buying a lot of skills, whereas going through prophecies you get the main skills that you need and only have to top off the rest of them. You also get a better idea of how you skills interact in Tyria, whereas in Cantha you're just getting started and bam you are on the mainland getting creamed by suddenly aggressive nutters.

Jun 25, 2006, 02:18 PM // 14:18	#16
unda dawg Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Narnia Guild: Twilight Saraphim [TS] Profession: E/Me	factions: i personally like the ranger armor better plus factions is like beastmaster heaven

Jun 25, 2006, 03:10 PM // 15:10	#17
Bane of Worlds Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Meadow Profession: Rt/	rangers have a bit easier time in Factions too anyways do what Arkantos has suggested if you like to go back to Tyria but the so called disadvantage of Factions is that you can't run yourself and skip most of the game like in prophecies and just get your max armor to beat everything without having foes smashing your skull but running to places is a problem that plagues the new ppl and you'll end up with ppl who don't know how to play their characters in Tyria unlike certain parts of Cantha