"Quickest and Easiest" Campaigns of the 3 in your opinions??? - Guild Wars Forums

wolf1095 · Nov 26, 2010, 11:57 PM // 23:57

What is everyone's opinion on what is the "quickest and easiest" to beat campaigns between the 3:Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall

trickfred · Nov 27, 2010, 12:08 AM // 00:08

Quickest: Factions. Easiest: Prophecies.

Gabriel of Ravn · Nov 27, 2010, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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Quickest: Factions. Easiest: Prophecies.

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Fate Crusher · Nov 27, 2010, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Prophecies is only considered easiest when you have heroes involved, with the right builds.

Lots of factors actually effect the judgement of each campaign. For instance, many people have voiced certain frustrations with the Factions map (due to the Skyway area, mostly) and areas being impossible to plan a route. Also, Noob Island is quite the drag.

Nightfall however brings along heroes you can customise easily, and provide a much more enjoyable campaign, albeit a little tough when it comes to the Realm of Torment.

But I would still agree, easiest campaign is Prophecies by far because you can ultimately skip the western part (Maguuma Jungle areas) and run down to Sanctum Cay and head straight to the desert. This and the AI/skills used are old and defunct, "high end" missions aren't hard because they're not level 28 monsters (Only titans will be fun to play around with) and groups are small and spaced out heavily. We're speaking about a campaign designed for gamers 5 years ago with no experience lol.

Eragon Zarroc · Nov 27, 2010, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Quickest and easiest? prophecies. can get ran past over half the content

RedDog91 · Nov 27, 2010, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Factions is the easiest and fastest to complete.

Back before I even knew how to play I beat it in literally 1 day.

**Marty Silverblade** · Nov 27, 2010, 12:36 AM // 00:36

If you know what you're doing, Factions is the quickest. If you don't, Prophecies may be quicker as it's easier. If you think skipping 75% of the content counts as complete then Prophecies would definitely be quickest.

xPc · Nov 27, 2010, 12:53 AM // 00:53

If you plan on completing the whole thing Factions is by far the quickest and easiest.

You could however get run to Iron Mines of Moladune and then you could 'finish' Prophecies in 5 missions (Iron Mines, THK, Ring of Fire, Abbadon's Mouth and Hell's Precipice).

xPc.

wolf1095 · Nov 27, 2010, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Ok thx, i ask this because i gonna start a new character, and want to know what easiest one is to start in. In my main character, i am: done with factions, about 6/8's of the way through nightfall, and about 3/8's of the way trhough prophecies. So i only really know the speed of factions, since i havent finished the other two yet.

gremlin · Nov 27, 2010, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Agreed Factions, you can get through the missions to the end fastest but then You only have to do Luxon or Kurzic to finish not both.

branamanp · Nov 27, 2010, 02:16 AM // 02:16

even not skipping missions if u dont care about some of the story u can skip all the primary quests and just do the missions. when i remade my sin i just ran myself to each mission and i think i did the entire thing in nm in 2-3 days of light playing. in nf and factions there are a lot of extra quests that u need to do to advance. if u want to play straight through though factions or nf would be better bec in prof u lvl sooo slow.

AlyaraSaykomora · Nov 27, 2010, 02:27 AM // 02:27

IMO, factions. It's fast and if you feel lazy you can get run thru the shiro killing. Only difficult one there is Raisu.

After that, Proph which is a drag (more missions and I HATE the jungle) and then NF. Sure you get heroes, but its counterbalanced by later missions.

RedDog91 · Nov 27, 2010, 02:40 AM // 02:40

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Originally Posted by AlyaraSaykomora

It's fast and if you feel lazy you can get run thru the shiro killing..

Why get a run through that mission? team of 8 warriors with celestial skill = victory in 7 seconds....9 seconds if you're slow xD

I Hate Chips · Nov 27, 2010, 11:12 AM // 11:12

Factions, it's easy : U get lv 20 in no-time. It's fast: only 11 missions, all pretty easy to get Master Reward. It's easy

Blood_Creature · Nov 27, 2010, 02:48 PM // 14:48

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Factions, it's easy : U get lv 20 in no-time. It's fast: only 11 missions, all pretty easy to get Master Reward. It's easy

Factions, and it's 13 missions btw^^

Iuris · Nov 27, 2010, 04:14 PM // 16:14

I'd actually say Nightfall. It's long per se, but you get heroes - and those heroes make doing missions much easier, while being without them makes the shorter Prophecies and Factions harder to do.

RedDog91 · Nov 27, 2010, 04:20 PM // 16:20

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Originally Posted by Iuris

I'd actually say Nightfall. It's long per se, but you get heroes - and those heroes make doing missions much easier, while being without them makes the shorter Prophecies and Factions harder to do.

not really... a few posts up when I said I beat Factions in a day, it was before Nightfall even came out. So heros aren't really needed for the other games to be easy.

mechanizeddeath · Nov 28, 2010, 12:56 AM // 00:56

I realize you're asking about the game right now, but here's my historical perspective, since I played each campaign as it was released:

Prophecies is long and slow if you plan to actually play through the whole thing. But I guess it's pretty easy considering, especially since you can skip so much of it. When I first played through it though, it could be a nightmare in parts. Having to find a monk or rely on Alesia was often a bigger challenge than the missions themselves.

Factions is likely the fastest, some of the missions take only minutes if not seconds, like killing Shiro. Some healers had trouble with the Afflicted back in the day, but that isn't really as much of an issue anymore.

I remember having some issues with Nightfall when it came out, but that was because I was working a lot that first week and was essentially "left behind" by my guild and forced to pug it up to the Realm of Torment. Still, with the heroes, skill and gameplay improvements, and my own increased skill by that point, I felt it was the easiest overall.

BenjZee · Nov 28, 2010, 01:28 AM // 01:28

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Originally Posted by Blood_Creature

Factions, and it's 13 missions btw^^

13 in total...12 if you dont count one of the kurzick/luxon missions...or even just 11 if you came from a different campaign.

Nov 26, 2010, 11:57 PM // 23:57	#1
wolf1095 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2010 Guild: Finding It Really Easy [FIRE] Profession: A/	"Quickest and Easiest" Campaigns of the 3 in your opinions??? What is everyone's opinion on what is the "quickest and easiest" to beat campaigns between the 3:Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall

Nov 27, 2010, 12:23 AM // 00:23	#5
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	Quickest and easiest? prophecies. can get ran past over half the content __________________ 11 ~ 8 ~ 11

Nov 27, 2010, 12:36 AM // 00:36	#7
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	If you know what you're doing, Factions is the quickest. If you don't, Prophecies may be quicker as it's easier. If you think skipping 75% of the content counts as complete then Prophecies would definitely be quickest. __________________

Nov 27, 2010, 12:08 AM // 00:08	#2
trickfred Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canadia Guild: It's A Trick Get An [Axe]	Quickest: Factions. Easiest: Prophecies.

Nov 27, 2010, 12:19 AM // 00:19	#4
Fate Crusher Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pie-land Guild: Warlords Of The Underworld [WoTU] Profession: Mo/	Prophecies is only considered easiest when you have heroes involved, with the right builds. Lots of factors actually effect the judgement of each campaign. For instance, many people have voiced certain frustrations with the Factions map (due to the Skyway area, mostly) and areas being impossible to plan a route. Also, Noob Island is quite the drag. Nightfall however brings along heroes you can customise easily, and provide a much more enjoyable campaign, albeit a little tough when it comes to the Realm of Torment. But I would still agree, easiest campaign is Prophecies by far because you can ultimately skip the western part (Maguuma Jungle areas) and run down to Sanctum Cay and head straight to the desert. This and the AI/skills used are old and defunct, "high end" missions aren't hard because they're not level 28 monsters (Only titans will be fun to play around with) and groups are small and spaced out heavily. We're speaking about a campaign designed for gamers 5 years ago with no experience lol.

Nov 27, 2010, 12:23 AM // 00:23	#6
RedDog91 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Farming for Nick gifts Profession: R/	Factions is the easiest and fastest to complete. Back before I even knew how to play I beat it in literally 1 day.

Nov 27, 2010, 12:53 AM // 00:53	#8
xPc Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Tap That Pink [beav]	If you plan on completing the whole thing Factions is by far the quickest and easiest. You could however get run to Iron Mines of Moladune and then you could 'finish' Prophecies in 5 missions (Iron Mines, THK, Ring of Fire, Abbadon's Mouth and Hell's Precipice). xPc.

Nov 27, 2010, 01:05 AM // 01:05	#9
wolf1095 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2010 Guild: Finding It Really Easy [FIRE] Profession: A/	Ok thx, i ask this because i gonna start a new character, and want to know what easiest one is to start in. In my main character, i am: done with factions, about 6/8's of the way through nightfall, and about 3/8's of the way trhough prophecies. So i only really know the speed of factions, since i havent finished the other two yet.

Nov 27, 2010, 01:06 AM // 01:06	#10
gremlin Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: GWAR Profession: Me/Mo	Agreed Factions, you can get through the missions to the end fastest but then You only have to do Luxon or Kurzic to finish not both.

Nov 27, 2010, 02:16 AM // 02:16	#11
branamanp Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2008 Guild: [MOB] Profession: A/	even not skipping missions if u dont care about some of the story u can skip all the primary quests and just do the missions. when i remade my sin i just ran myself to each mission and i think i did the entire thing in nm in 2-3 days of light playing. in nf and factions there are a lot of extra quests that u need to do to advance. if u want to play straight through though factions or nf would be better bec in prof u lvl sooo slow.

Nov 27, 2010, 02:27 AM // 02:27	#12
AlyaraSaykomora Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Portland,OR Guild: Enraged Dragons Profession: W/Mo	IMO, factions. It's fast and if you feel lazy you can get run thru the shiro killing. Only difficult one there is Raisu. After that, Proph which is a drag (more missions and I HATE the jungle) and then NF. Sure you get heroes, but its counterbalanced by later missions.

Nov 27, 2010, 11:12 AM // 11:12	#14
I Hate Chips Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Why do you want to know where I live? Pervert..... Guild: [TRL] Profession: Me/A	Factions, it's easy : U get lv 20 in no-time. It's fast: only 11 missions, all pretty easy to get Master Reward. It's easy

Nov 27, 2010, 04:14 PM // 16:14	#16
Iuris Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Crazy ducks from the Forest Profession: W/	I'd actually say Nightfall. It's long per se, but you get heroes - and those heroes make doing missions much easier, while being without them makes the shorter Prophecies and Factions harder to do.

Nov 28, 2010, 12:56 AM // 00:56	#18
mechanizeddeath Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: As a boy I spent much time in these lands. Guild: Peppermint Candy Canes [CC] Profession: N/R	I realize you're asking about the game right now, but here's my historical perspective, since I played each campaign as it was released: Prophecies is long and slow if you plan to actually play through the whole thing. But I guess it's pretty easy considering, especially since you can skip so much of it. When I first played through it though, it could be a nightmare in parts. Having to find a monk or rely on Alesia was often a bigger challenge than the missions themselves. Factions is likely the fastest, some of the missions take only minutes if not seconds, like killing Shiro. Some healers had trouble with the Afflicted back in the day, but that isn't really as much of an issue anymore. I remember having some issues with Nightfall when it came out, but that was because I was working a lot that first week and was essentially "left behind" by my guild and forced to pug it up to the Realm of Torment. Still, with the heroes, skill and gameplay improvements, and my own increased skill by that point, I felt it was the easiest overall.