Few Questions - Guild Wars Forums

TheOni · Feb 27, 2007, 02:20 AM // 02:20

I just bought all three games. I'm just wondering since i started with nightfall because i thought the idea of dervishes was neat, how would i go back later with my dervish to do the faction and prophecies campaigns?

Also the reason i bought this game was because a few of my friends said the pvp here is way better than WoW. I know i'm probably going to get some biased answers but is that true? I hated how gear reliant wow was and it wasn't really skill related. How is this game in that perspective?

Lastly, If i really like pvp is it better to do a pvp-only character or play through the campaigns because your character will be better built rather than just straight to level 20?

Coloneh · Feb 27, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52

a little ways into nightfall there are quests to take you to tyria/cantha(chack wiki)

Yes, the PvP is way better, and all the gear is balanced

If you are playing PvP you really Need a PvP character slot. there is no downside to a PvP character, they have all max gear.

Canadian Bacon · Feb 27, 2007, 03:22 AM // 03:22

Gear is almost meaningless in GW. It still matters, but they are all relatively the same and the available mods are never enough to swing a battle in your favor by equipement alone. Same for weapons, although you should consider choosing a weapon to compliment your skillset (ex. if you use attacks that cause bleeding you may want to equip a Barbed mod for your weapon to lengthen bleeding duration on foes).

Since there are only 8 skill slots avaiable at a time, the build options are almost endless, it makes for great variety and creativity.

Lotrfish · Feb 27, 2007, 03:36 AM // 03:36

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Originally Posted by TheOni

Lastly, If i really like pvp is it better to do a pvp-only character or play through the campaigns because your character will be better built rather than just straight to level 20?

PvP characters are exactly the same as a fully developed PvE character. However most people use PvP chracters and just reroll them everytime they want to change profession because their a lot easier at changing builds/armor/runes/etc. No one likes carrying around 50 sets of armor, whcih you already have to carry several armor sets in PvE anyway.

Coridan · Feb 27, 2007, 12:15 PM // 12:15

the only drawback to using a PVP character (atleast when you are new to the game) is that you have very few mods/skills/runes unlocked on your account. So i would definetly suggest playing the PVE side of it as well for quicker unlocks although you can unlock these things thru the priests that are in each PVP area ... I would recommend checking out this website www.guildwiki.org for more information.

TheOni · Mar 01, 2007, 06:43 AM // 06:43

You guys have been really helpful. I picked up this game to mainly pvp although i have been doing a lot of PvE, I have a dervish necro and im on the mission right after Centaur Blackmail where i have to get arrested. i can't beat that quest for crap -.-

Meat Axe · Mar 01, 2007, 08:17 AM // 08:17

One thing I'd recommend is instead of taking your dervish through prophecies and factions straight away, start a character on that continent (either Cantha or Tyria) and play for a while on there, even if you don't finish the game with that char. You're gonna miss a lot of content if you just play all continents with the one char (unless of course you don't care about the storyline. In which case, ignore everything I just said)

Feb 27, 2007, 02:20 AM // 02:20	#1
TheOni Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2007	Few Questions I just bought all three games. I'm just wondering since i started with nightfall because i thought the idea of dervishes was neat, how would i go back later with my dervish to do the faction and prophecies campaigns? Also the reason i bought this game was because a few of my friends said the pvp here is way better than WoW. I know i'm probably going to get some biased answers but is that true? I hated how gear reliant wow was and it wasn't really skill related. How is this game in that perspective? Lastly, If i really like pvp is it better to do a pvp-only character or play through the campaigns because your character will be better built rather than just straight to level 20?

Feb 27, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52	#2
Coloneh Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/W	a little ways into nightfall there are quests to take you to tyria/cantha(chack wiki) Yes, the PvP is way better, and all the gear is balanced If you are playing PvP you really Need a PvP character slot. there is no downside to a PvP character, they have all max gear.

Feb 27, 2007, 03:22 AM // 03:22	#3
Canadian Bacon Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]	Gear is almost meaningless in GW. It still matters, but they are all relatively the same and the available mods are never enough to swing a battle in your favor by equipement alone. Same for weapons, although you should consider choosing a weapon to compliment your skillset (ex. if you use attacks that cause bleeding you may want to equip a Barbed mod for your weapon to lengthen bleeding duration on foes). Since there are only 8 skill slots avaiable at a time, the build options are almost endless, it makes for great variety and creativity.

Feb 27, 2007, 12:15 PM // 12:15	#5
Coridan Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: US Guild: Old Married Gamers {OMG} Profession: W/	the only drawback to using a PVP character (atleast when you are new to the game) is that you have very few mods/skills/runes unlocked on your account. So i would definetly suggest playing the PVE side of it as well for quicker unlocks although you can unlock these things thru the priests that are in each PVP area ... I would recommend checking out this website www.guildwiki.org for more information.

Mar 01, 2007, 06:43 AM // 06:43	#6
TheOni Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2007	You guys have been really helpful. I picked up this game to mainly pvp although i have been doing a lot of PvE, I have a dervish necro and im on the mission right after Centaur Blackmail where i have to get arrested. i can't beat that quest for crap -.-

Mar 01, 2007, 08:17 AM // 08:17	#7
Meat Axe Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Profession: R/	One thing I'd recommend is instead of taking your dervish through prophecies and factions straight away, start a character on that continent (either Cantha or Tyria) and play for a while on there, even if you don't finish the game with that char. You're gonna miss a lot of content if you just play all continents with the one char (unless of course you don't care about the storyline. In which case, ignore everything I just said)