Curse

Bob Slydell · Aug 25, 2009, 03:04 AM // 03:04

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Originally Posted by TheStonefist

Besides, if I were a game designer that thought up dozens of quests that nobody ever did, I might be a little pissed at the time wasted programming nonessential additions.

Yeah but like the amazing and predictable community that GW is, you'd get people QQing about how there is nothing to do out in explorable areas but hack n slash birds and skales.

_Nihilist_ · Aug 25, 2009, 04:08 AM // 04:08

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Originally Posted by Chrisworld

Yeah but like the amazing and predictable community that GW is, you'd get people QQing about how there is nothing to do out in explorable areas but hack n slash birds and skales.

That's one of the nice things about GW - you don't have to deal with all the QQ'ers. Seriously, H/H rolls a lot smoother than a full party of Players who don't have Vent/TS or a good grasp of game mechanics.

If I complete things anymore, since my Guild is pretty much me (no one else on in the past 4 months, and I booted everyone but my Officers and a few IRL friends), and my Alliance isn't faring much better, I do areas that I can do with just myself and 3 Heroes for a challenge. Talk about Hard Mode. It's interesting, no one forces me to play that way, I just choose to.

Set a few goals for yourself, no matter how outside-of-the-box they are, achieving those goals can be as much fun (if not more so) than when you first went through the game as a new player.

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Originally Posted by Painbringer

Until you have completed the trilogy + EOTN with the Ogre-Slaying Knife in your hands the whole time you have not finished the game

I am going to try this for Shits and Giggles. THIS is the kind of stuff you can do to rediscover enjoyment of the game. Go Go DSlash w/ the Ogre-Slaying Knife!

Pinkest One · Aug 25, 2009, 04:16 AM // 04:16

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Originally Posted by Painbringer

Until you have completed the trilogy + EOTN with the Ogre-Slaying Knife in your hands the whole time you have not finished the game

Thats something i haven't done, im so on it

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Originally Posted by Fay Vert

There's a nice touch of irony

9 hours left on my ban, you hush.

Banane-O-Man · Aug 25, 2009, 04:43 AM // 04:43

I quitted guild wars last week, I know pretty much everything. Now im waiting on gw2

mage767 · Aug 25, 2009, 06:12 AM // 06:12

I plan on quitting as well. GW1 feels like a chore - and I have enough in RL already!

ArlanKels · Aug 25, 2009, 12:52 PM // 12:52

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Originally Posted by Aeon221

Hay thar.

Try this set of things:

1) Type /age
2) Look at the impossibly huge number
3) OH HEY GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THINGS

Srsly, this is a game, not your life. If you're bored, you can quit without committing suicide.

700 hours over 3 years isn't a large number.

4thVariety · Aug 25, 2009, 02:20 PM // 14:20

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Originally Posted by ArlanKels

700 hours over 3 years isn't a large number.

What other recreational activity have you done CONSISTENTLY for 38 minutes each day on average during that period?

jray14 · Aug 25, 2009, 03:31 PM // 15:31

There are plenty of players out there going for particular items. Surf the Buy forum or join a large guild and ask what people are going for. Then go hunt for the stuff and donate it to 'em.

Play "Really Hard Mode": Hop around to different outposts and find newbs desperately searching for PUGs, especially if they say things like "need monk" or "need tank," then try to get them through the missions.

IMHO that's the key to putting the spark back into GW life: acknowledge that you have pretty much everything you need or want, and then go delight someone else who doesn't.

ArlanKels · Aug 25, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

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Originally Posted by 4thVariety

What other recreational activity have you done CONSISTENTLY for 38 minutes each day on average during that period?

38 minutes per day? that's it?
Pfft :O

I spend hours reading, I spend some time outside working on the flowerbeds and yard, a little jogging here and there.

Toxic OnyX · Aug 26, 2009, 10:26 AM // 10:26

after 4 years what do you expect out of an instanced game?

the only MMO elements are in town (which are basically spamming in spamadan or spamming runs in doomlore) or in PvP

in Pve it is complete everything and then title chase or there is nothing to do but farm
unless new content is added or you want to make yet another char and complete the game yet again then it is obviously going to stagnate

in PvP is is put up with pugging until you reach at least r4 so you have a chance of playing HA, or play RA or find a guild and play GvG (the rest is not really pvp ab/fa/jq are just for fun and HB you either like or hate) but it is basically open ended you stop when you have had enough of it

Shasgaliel · Aug 26, 2009, 10:59 AM // 10:59

I have so many things to do and so little time for it. I do not think I will have any stagnation for the next 5 years even without any content updates.

Short · Aug 26, 2009, 01:26 PM // 13:26

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Originally Posted by Shasgaliel

I have so many things to do and so little time for it. I do not think I will have any stagnation for the next 5 years even without any content updates.

This. I'm still having too much fun after 2 years of owning the game.

AngeliqueSynner · Aug 26, 2009, 01:49 PM // 13:49

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Originally Posted by Aeon221

Hay thar.

Try this set of things:

1) Type /age
2) Look at the impossibly huge number
3) OH HEY GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THINGS

Srsly, this is a game, not your life. If you're bored, you can quit without committing suicide.

...
>_<
Approaching 4,700 hours in 18 months.

Improvavel · Aug 27, 2009, 09:43 AM // 09:43

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Originally Posted by ArlanKels

700 hours over 3 years isn't a large number.

With 700 hours played, you've barely scratched the surface of GW.

w00t! · Aug 28, 2009, 12:34 AM // 00:34

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Originally Posted by Banane-O-Man

I quitted guild wars last week, I know pretty much everything. Now im waiting on gw2

"quitted" + "know everything" = oxymoron

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Originally Posted by 4thVariety

What other recreational activity have you done CONSISTENTLY for 38 minutes each day on average during that period?

The sheer number of possible off-color comments to this boggles the mind.

ArlanKels · Aug 28, 2009, 01:07 AM // 01:07

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Originally Posted by Improvavel

With 700 hours played, you've barely scratched the surface of GW.

With 700 hours played I've beaten the three campaigns+EotN, beaten most of the dungeons in EotN, done Hard mode for some of the dungeons in EotN and about half of the missions in hard mode.

So while you say "I've barely scratched the surface", I'd say I'm pretty knee-deep at the very least

Jonii · Aug 28, 2009, 11:56 PM // 23:56

Try playing again from Pre-Searing on a prof you aren't used to and be sure to read all the quest dialogue. I did this recently. I was an Ele who had completed all games, etc etc. Then I tried a Warrior and read all of the quests and dialogue from people. Next thing I know I'm here discussing the lore due to my new appreciation of it. I still have dungeons I've never done, I've never completed FoW or UW (I'm from the era of no speed clears, when we went in with a balanced team and people bailed half-way through,) and I don't even have Kind Of A Big Deal, so I still have a lot of content to play through even on my ele still.

I felt like weilding a scythe for fun one day just this month and came up with a great E/D build using Earth Magic, a scythe skill or two, and some PvE skills. It's a lot of fun to use and test, and it's surprisingly effective, too.

So now I switch between nuking with Kerrsh's Staff and some melee with a Raven Scythe. I'm working to get not a Destroyer Fire Staff, but a Destroyer Scythe for my ele right now.

There's still a lot of content. You just have to look hard sometimes!

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Originally Posted by AngeliqueSynner

...
>_<
Approaching 4,700 hours in 18 months.

Good Lord! I'm at ~850 in 43 months!

Improvavel · Aug 29, 2009, 03:46 PM // 15:46

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Originally Posted by ArlanKels

With 700 hours played I've beaten the three campaigns+EotN, beaten most of the dungeons in EotN, done Hard mode for some of the dungeons in EotN and about half of the missions in hard mode.

So while you say "I've barely scratched the surface", I'd say I'm pretty knee-deep at the very least

10 professions.

Most is different from all.

Quaker · Aug 29, 2009, 04:57 PM // 16:57

Try 8,339 hours in 51 months - then you been there done that.

But, more on topic, taking a break from GW does help. I took a break a few months back to play WoW for a while and I recently tried Runes of Magic (a low rent WoW). Lately I've been so bored I've been playing TFC. I'm really really ready for something new.