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Ashleigh McMahon · Apr 26, 2006, 06:03 PM // 18:03

I'm not trying to drag players from WoW, as it wouldn't be very gamer-like.
WoW is a good game, for those who like that sort of thing.
You will think they are similar, but the fact they aren't one bit.
WoW, you have to "que" if you want to kill a certain monster, but in GW you simply form a party and off you go.
Pvp is usually alot more organised, so you don't get "ganked" by alot of players and stand no chance, but sometimes some people leave so you don't have a choice.

Ashleigh

TheMosesPHD · Apr 26, 2006, 06:10 PM // 18:10

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Originally Posted by Jedimagician

http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/ind...howtopic=19786

maybe that will help you decide

You beat me to it. I usually try and link to that vid when ppl bring this up.

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Originally Posted by Ramsey

I am thinking of buying guildwars, but I want to know how it compares to wow first. I have played world of warcraft for about six months but when I got my characters to 60 the game started to suck. I do not like sitting in instances for four hours a day grinding for gear. PVP was not really that great either.

I have heard a lot of good things about guild wars, but at the same time I have heard some people say it gets boring fast and they quit after a month. Any thought on this?

You're in luck! These are the exact things that make Guild Wars tower over WoW in quality. Guild Wars is about aquiring skills, not aquiring lvl, so there won't be any need for grinding to your max lvl. You may come across people asking for a power-lvl in Guild Wars, but that's because they are loonies. For gear, you can always craft good gear at the traders. As you advance farther in the game, the traders will sell gear that gradually improve in armor level and variety. By the end of the game you have access to all the armor options. Guild Wars does sell very expensive gear that it takes time to aquire as far as amassing the funds and crafting material, but this expensive gear only costs more for its looks, not for uber power. This game is all about teh PvP so there's no problem there.

Ashleigh McMahon · Apr 26, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

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Originally Posted by TheMosesPHD

: You may come across people asking for a power-lvl in Guild Wars, but that's because they are loonies.

Not really loonies, probably just people who need certain attribute points. Most of these "powerlevelers" are usually people who already have higher level characters, looking to make a certain build.

Ashleigh

TheMosesPHD · Apr 26, 2006, 06:16 PM // 18:16

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Originally Posted by VIB

It is also worth to mention the huge ammount of former WoW players I find in the same situation that the 2 of us were, playing GW now. At first I thought that I was making an unusual decision to trade WoW for GW. But on my first levels I started meeting WoW players, when I would ask stuff like "Can you share this quest?" someone on group would always say "Hey you are not playing wow anymore". I also often see people screaming "LEEEROY JENKINS!!" around, or claiming something is "clearly a hunter weapon" and yesterday I was watching a match between 2 top guilds and one of the players was called "Minus Fifty D K P". And many other jokes that only wow players would understand. Obviously a huge ammount of players are migrating from wow to GW.

Not to mention that WoW is slowlly dying. Due to several issues. They introduce thousands of new bugs every patch. The servers perfermance always get worse and worse (most servers have been close to unplayable in the last 3 months). The long queue lines.. The TERRIBLE community and support. WoW is slowing losing subscribers and I don't wanna be there to watch it.

Well it was their first try at a MMO style, and they did pretty well for it. Hopefully though they'll start work on another pwnage RTS. I'm trying to get back into RTS but can't find much info on good new ones coming out. Or they could just stop messing around and release Starcraft:Ghost so we can see if it's worth getting or not. But they could fail there too

From what I've read about the Multiplayer of Starcraft:Ghost they've already failed in that aspect.

Istari · Apr 26, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20

There is another thing you might want to consider when joining an MMO, the community. In Wow the horde and alliance players are set up from the outset to hate each other, while this makes sense from a story telling point of view this can cause lots of ... "friction" between the two sides. There was an article on blue yonder about the angryness of WoW players (while this is probably a bit of a generalisation, im sure theres plenty of nice WoW players).

Also there have been a few funny but not realy that funny events that have happened in WoW, like two people led a dragon into a huge city where it proceededto kill everysingle person there, while this does sund hilarious you got to think of the annoyane tht it caused. And there is the issue of the serenity now guild. A player died whilst playing the game (im not sure what actualy killed the person) players held a memorial service to her, however the Serenity now guild gathered in full force and killed all the mourners and videoed it, a virtual "happy slap" to the people at the funeral.

While im sure this does not represent the vast majority of WoW players and im by no means saying that the GW community is perfect (there will always be those nasty troll-like players that seek to destroy everyones PVE life in any game) however some of the things like ganking lowbies just arent possible in GW.

I hope this helps, sorry for the rant (didn't plan on it being this long XD)

Istari

TheMosesPHD · Apr 26, 2006, 06:21 PM // 18:21

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon

Not really loonies, probably just people who need certain attribute points. Most of these "powerlevelers" are usually people who already have higher level characters, looking to make a certain build.

Ashleigh

Hmm. Didn't know that. Never though about using a power-leveler purely to earn skill points. I may just do that for my ranger since I don't have many skill points on him and I'll need em for factions.

Ashleigh McMahon · Apr 26, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

I don't mean skill points are account based. I mean people make new characters to aim towards a certain build.

For eg: A level 20w/mo wants to make a Minion master. So he makes a Necro. He needs certain attribute points to use his skills efficiently, so he gets powerleveled.

Hope that helps.
Ashleigh

Canadian Bacon · Apr 26, 2006, 08:09 PM // 20:09

If I may drift back over to the topic of WoW players migrating to GW, I definitely agree.

I spend alot of time in low-level areas helping out new players, and I'd say somewhere between 1/3 and 1/4 are WoW migrants.

chris_nin00 · Apr 26, 2006, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Here's a bigger thread on this...
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=73258 628 replies and closed
Please refer to the thread above for reference.

-Closed-

Apr 26, 2006, 06:03 PM // 18:03	#21
Ashleigh McMahon Site Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North East England Guild: WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld] Profession: Mo/Me	I'm not trying to drag players from WoW, as it wouldn't be very gamer-like. WoW is a good game, for those who like that sort of thing. You will think they are similar, but the fact they aren't one bit. WoW, you have to "que" if you want to kill a certain monster, but in GW you simply form a party and off you go. Pvp is usually alot more organised, so you don't get "ganked" by alot of players and stand no chance, but sometimes some people leave so you don't have a choice. Ashleigh

Apr 26, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20	#25
Istari Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006	There is another thing you might want to consider when joining an MMO, the community. In Wow the horde and alliance players are set up from the outset to hate each other, while this makes sense from a story telling point of view this can cause lots of ... "friction" between the two sides. There was an article on blue yonder about the angryness of WoW players (while this is probably a bit of a generalisation, im sure theres plenty of nice WoW players). Also there have been a few funny but not realy that funny events that have happened in WoW, like two people led a dragon into a huge city where it proceededto kill everysingle person there, while this does sund hilarious you got to think of the annoyane tht it caused. And there is the issue of the serenity now guild. A player died whilst playing the game (im not sure what actualy killed the person) players held a memorial service to her, however the Serenity now guild gathered in full force and killed all the mourners and videoed it, a virtual "happy slap" to the people at the funeral. While im sure this does not represent the vast majority of WoW players and im by no means saying that the GW community is perfect (there will always be those nasty troll-like players that seek to destroy everyones PVE life in any game) however some of the things like ganking lowbies just arent possible in GW. I hope this helps, sorry for the rant (didn't plan on it being this long XD) Istari

Apr 26, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27	#27
Ashleigh McMahon Site Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North East England Guild: WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld] Profession: Mo/Me	I don't mean skill points are account based. I mean people make new characters to aim towards a certain build. For eg: A level 20w/mo wants to make a Minion master. So he makes a Necro. He needs certain attribute points to use his skills efficiently, so he gets powerleveled. Hope that helps. Ashleigh

Apr 26, 2006, 08:09 PM // 20:09	#28
Canadian Bacon Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]	If I may drift back over to the topic of WoW players migrating to GW, I definitely agree. I spend alot of time in low-level areas helping out new players, and I'd say somewhere between 1/3 and 1/4 are WoW migrants.

Apr 26, 2006, 09:54 PM // 21:54	#29
chris_nin00 Dun dun dun Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Reddit Guild Profession: R/	Here's a bigger thread on this... http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=73258 628 replies and closed Please refer to the thread above for reference. -Closed-