Curse

Nessar · Jun 16, 2008, 09:59 PM // 21:59

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

so i ask you:

What is your oppinion on the idea that guild wars has become like every other rpg in the sense that: get to max level, farm for best stuff, instead of play the story line?

Well I've played through the storyline, had my share of farming, and did it over and over again.

IMO, If people want to farm their lives away, go ahead, it won't affect me in any way.

~My .02

weretoad · Jun 16, 2008, 10:24 PM // 22:24

i farm it true, i farm to avoid money problems. i don't use perma shadow form, but i use most others. i hate ursan and perma shadow form btw, they take no skill. the game has extensive content other then that. you have 4 normal mode, 4 hard modes, 8 char slot, 0ver 400 skills (500?). i don't think pve is the same old thing. there are lots of possible build and ideas, it's great! you can play this game as much as you can. beat all games 16 times beyond that is the world of farming, and pvp.

Mac Sidewinder · Jun 16, 2008, 10:37 PM // 22:37

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Originally Posted by weretoad

i farm it true, i farm to avoid money problems. i don't use perma shadow form, but i use most others. i hate ursan and perma shadow form btw, they take no skill. the game has extensive content other then that. you have 4 normal mode, 4 hard modes, 8 char slot, 0ver 400 skills (500?). i don't think pve is the same old thing. there are lots of possible build and ideas, it's great! you can play this game as much as you can. beat all games 16 times beyond that is the world of farming, and pvp.

This is where we disagree. After I have played 4 different characters through all 3 campaigns and EOTN I just don't have the inclination to do it again. Simply changing builds doesn't bring back the excitement factor for me. Now I just farm and explore simply to see different aspects of the game that I didn't get to see doing the missions.

aapo · Jun 16, 2008, 11:10 PM // 23:10

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

To be perfectly honest, I don't care if someone wants to perma-farm for the "best armour". It doesn't ruin my experience of the game.

- It doesn't ruin it for me either. But the thing is I don't care about spending 50-100 hours of my spare time farming for armors everyone already has. The prestige value is gone when it's more rare to see someone wearing 1k armor. But even then it doesn't matter. If PvE is unchallenging, weak and dull, there's not much point to play. If you can repeat the most challenging area of the game while farming for different skin equipment, where are going to walz with that gear once you're done?

PvP on the other hand is random. I mean, I want to have some say on the outcome of battle, I don't want everything to be decided whether or not I get a decent Monk player in my team! HA: r9++++ LF SWAY. Everytime someone figures an effective combination it gets nerfed. Oh wow! I know some games where players try to compete with each other for respected top positions. Games where rules are so simple and robust no cheating is possible. Instead with have the "balancing team" playing the puppet game with us. They say: "we would like to see a bit more WoH" and nerf LoD, buff WoH. And WoH returns to every Monk's bar. Yup, gets old pretty fast. The point is not to balance anything in a sense that taking Life Sheath instead of Reversal of Fortune would sometimes be fruitful - Reversal is always better.

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

Why are people overly concerned with what others do when you could be playing the game yourself, however you want to play it? Surely that's all that matters?

- Come again? There's almost no freedom to play the game however I like. Guild team to Fort Aspenwood? Nope. Closed tournament with non-standard rules on GvG? Nope. Playing against your friend's team in TA? Nope.

Kusandaa · Jun 16, 2008, 11:10 PM // 23:10

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Originally Posted by weretoad

i farm it true, i farm to avoid money problems. i don't use perma shadow form, but i use most others. i hate ursan and perma shadow form btw, they take no skill. the game has extensive content other then that. you have 4 normal mode, 4 hard modes, 8 char slot, 0ver 400 skills (500?). i don't think pve is the same old thing. there are lots of possible build and ideas, it's great! you can play this game as much as you can. beat all games 16 times beyond that is the world of farming, and pvp.

Depends. The storyline gets boring for some people after a few times through - imagine people who didn't like it from the start.

When you've fully explored (Grand Master Cartographer), done all missions+bonus/masters, beaten the game with 6+ chars, done all high-end PvE areas, milked them for cash, got the armors you wanted... you have a couple options.

- PvP. I explained, I have no competition spirit for that.
- Quitting. I don't wanna quit, still some stuff I'm after.
- Using the game as chat. I know people who do it, myself included.
- Farming. For... well whatever you want. In my case, armor and titles.

Ass Mac Sidewinder explained, it's never the same when you've beaten it a couple times.

a-kyle · Jun 17, 2008, 12:00 AM // 00:00

this game is loosing its edge, i fear for its future

HuntMaster Avatar · Jun 17, 2008, 12:17 AM // 00:17

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

so i ask you:

What is your oppinion on the idea that guild wars has become like every other rpg in the sense that: get to max level, farm for best stuff, instead of play the story line?

You can beat the storyline in no time, then you are left with nothing to do. Farming does not get you the best stuff in the game, and getting to max level takes like 5 minutes.

Guildwars sucks, but its something to do when I'm bored and I want to waste time in a legal fashion.

I also find it funny that in this months issue of GI, ncsoft was voted the least trusted game company of all 3rd party companies.. NCsoft, anet and gw = fail and everyone knows it.

kratimas · Jun 17, 2008, 12:20 AM // 00:20

Who cares what other people do, you play how you like to and others will play the way they like too.

Simple as that!

Rhaegor Stormborn · Jun 17, 2008, 12:43 AM // 00:43

I am a new player, or was...I bought the game, played and beat each campaign and most of the side quests in about 2 months and I have not logged in since. I feel I got my moneys worth, but yes, Guild Wars might is nothing more than a single player RPG that you can co-op some missions with if you want, but it is not necessary or beneficial to do so in anyway.

SerenitySilverstar · Jun 17, 2008, 01:04 AM // 01:04

Attention Span + Social Programming = Your Personal Boredom Threshold

A game is not meant to be infinite. GW may have given you that impression with it's depth of content, and it's response to players demands for more content - you've really been spoiled. The game - any game - is not here to hold your hand.

The sooner you realize it's you, not the game, the sooner we get less "The game is dying" threads.

a-kyle · Jun 17, 2008, 01:29 AM // 01:29

i never said it was dying just that its another, max out your player and farm game

Mac Sidewinder · Jun 17, 2008, 04:27 AM // 04:27

I haven't ever seen a RPG or MMORPG that wasn't just "max out your player and farm game". This is the end result - it's how you get there that makes the games different. Some are like WOW in it seems that they never end (so many levels) and then there is GW where it was skill > time invested (untill recently).

Darksun · Jun 17, 2008, 05:09 AM // 05:09

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

GW2 will be built for high end computers (or so rumor has it) so people with computers that either barley or are at the GW level of compliance wont get to play (like me

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no, it's not rumored to be built for high end. Read the PCGamer article again.

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

i never said it was dying just that its another, max out your player and farm game

Thank you for summing up what ROLE PLAYING GAME is.
That's what you DO in these games. different games just have different syles/gameplay. if you don't like build up character/getting stuff play Soul Calibur 4, cuz RPGs are not for you.

a-kyle · Jun 17, 2008, 06:01 PM // 18:01

i think you need to loose the attitude and accept that it is only an oppinion.

Sora267 · Jun 17, 2008, 06:30 PM // 18:30

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

i never said it was dying just that its another, max out your player and farm game

That's what an MMO is...

aTT!kus · Jun 17, 2008, 08:13 PM // 20:13

lol these forums are just constantly filled with QQ, if you dislike the game so much don't bother posting on here and quietly quit and give me all your stuff

a-kyle · Jun 17, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

who said i hated the game

Thizzle · Jun 18, 2008, 02:23 AM // 02:23

I like getting to 20 and then doing whatever instead of following a story line I've heard 100 times already. I watched it once and that's when it was interesting. I rather not roll a new character and have to actually do every single thing again.

a-kyle · Jun 18, 2008, 09:31 PM // 21:31

oh no i mean just one character folloiwing the story is ok, but some people dont even do that