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Foe · May 06, 2008, 12:34 AM // 00:34

coming from WoW i think you would find GW pvp as epic as its pve is utterly mindless. Sure many of us complain about balance but gw pvp is far more complex and evolved than what you are used to. Generally the people here just regurgitate sh*t they read anyway. As a new player these "imba" skills/mechanics will work in your favor and 99% of the population never get good enough to where it effects them in any legitimate way. You already have the game, /install and roll a pvp only toon and start tinkering around in random arenas, you'll be hooked fast. If Pve is your thing basically every other game on the market is superior.

DarkFlame · May 06, 2008, 01:27 AM // 01:27

1) You're on a GW fansite, I think our opinions will be just a tad bias here. But it has to be said, that your experience playing GW will not be the same as WoW. Its a great game, once you've adjusted to some of the things that make GW unique from other mmos.

2) Everything before lvl 20 can be considered a tutorial. Since you are starting on Prophecies, the tutorial comes in two stages and is rather long, but once you get to lvl20 the real meat of the game can begin.

3) There are dungeons and other challenging stuff. But nothing like the massive raids you get with WoW.

4) Depends on who you ask. Imho, the devs are certainly trying.

5) Sticky you can read.

6) Lol. Its as good and bad as the WoW community can get. Like someone said, find yourself a good guild and you can solve most of this problem.

7) Official and unofficial wikis are a treasure trove of info.

pumpkin pie · May 06, 2008, 05:59 AM // 05:59

enjoy the game, have fun, be courteous, guildwiki is your friend. read the common scam section, you can find almost everything about guildwars's there, all the missions walk thru, quests walk thru, tips and tricks, keep your login name and password safe, have fun, don't buy online gold you'll get ban, have more fun. Take screen shot, when lost always check your Quest Log and follow the primary quest to advance in the game. don't take run from marketplace to Kaineng Center, its a walk in the park. Which i just remember you don't have, its one of the other 2 campaigns, which i think you should get, because its worth it. Don't get kill if you want to go for the survivor title, which requires your character to not die until you reach certain experience points.

sorry for the paragraph, I don't like points question survey type of thing.

Empraim Wainwright · May 06, 2008, 06:48 AM // 06:48

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What are some opinions of yall's about it?

I think it's a great game.

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What are some of the things to do after you hit lvl 20?

Well the real game begins at lvl20, everything before is just practice. At level 20 one start to focus on getting the right build for the right situation.

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Is there any endgame content like in WoW?

Dungeons, DoA, FoW, UW, the Deep, Urgoz. Also at the end game the title grind begins for those who want it.

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What expansions should I get?

I'd say get each chapter in the order the came out, to get the storyline in the right order. But the nicest things are in the latest: GW:N & GWEN

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Is the community friendly?

over all yes, sure there are some nasty people here too, but it's a more mature group than the WoW players *shudder*

arcanemacabre · May 06, 2008, 07:13 AM // 07:13

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If you haven't played it before, it is very fun and addicting.

Course it does get stale after 3 years, but really....that is a good life for any video game.

Totally agree.

I think the biggest question you should ask anyone here is: Do you regret the time you've spent playing GW?

I doubt that anyone (being completely honest) would say no. I've got around 2,000 hours on my account (with around 200 spent AFK, though), and I don't regret a single minute. I may get bored with it from time to time, or upset with a change here and there, but I still enjoy it a lot when I do play.

At this point in the game's life, much like you with WoW, many 'vets' have become quite sour, and the community as a whole is getting just plain grumpy and bored stiff. Still, you can find quite a few people out there who are just lovin' GW as if it's brand new, and for some it probably is. There is always new players coming in, and I'm sure you'll run into many just like yourself, ready to explore all this game has to offer. I have to warn you that many on these forums are of that grumpy 'vet' category. In-game will show you a more tolerable, and even sometimes enjoyable community on average.

For the chapters/expansions, I'd suggest Prophecies and Eye of the North, which come as a neat little package in the Platinum edition. Prophecies is an excellent game to start with, and EoTN provides some excellent content once you hit level 20 (although you can start playing it once you hit level 10, I'd suggest going through Prophecies first to get your feet wet). Once you're satisfied with those two, dive right into Factions and Nightfall, which are both fun in their own right.

Longasc · May 06, 2008, 07:26 AM // 07:26

The main difference is that in GW the game starts at level 20, and not raiding for gear like in WoW.

You cannot level up or make things easier with much better gear, so most content stays up to date.

Prophecies is an exception - many areas are designed for chars lower than level 20, and levelling up is slower. Nightfall and Factions have much more content aimed at level 20 player and only very small starter areas that quickly level you up.

It is very hard to get into the game now, and the community is not really going to help starters that much.

This said, I am always coming back to GW from WoW after a month or two.

HuntMaster Avatar · May 06, 2008, 07:50 AM // 07:50

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Hey guys/girls,
I currently play WoW, but after 4 lvl 70s, it has just gotten boring. I was cleaning my room the other day and found GW:Prophecies and was curious if was still a good game, and I just wanted to ask a few questions, so here goes.

four level 70's huh, nice!

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What are some opinions of yall's about it?

The game has serious flaws, the community has serious issues with rudeness, greed and abuse. Despite this the game has some very good and fun qualities that make it worth playing. It gets boring and frustrating after awhile, but its a really good experience in the mean time.

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What are some of the things to do after you hit lvl 20?

You continue to gain experience after level 20, apon gain of a new level you gain a skill point which can be used to buy new skills, or used buy a capture signet, which is used to capture (cap) elite skills.

farming monsters for drops, Unique items and Rare items (green/gold) and magical runes to use on yourself and your heroes.

Farming title points from monsters and quests, Gaining titles in Eye of the north and Nightfall grant bonus abilities for specific things.

Beating each campaign unlocks Hardmode, Hardmode is tougher than normal mode, but drops better loot and larger gold amounts (IIRC about gold)

In Hardmode you can beat the missions again to gain a new title. Hardmode also has Vanquishing in alot of explorable areas.

Factions has competitive battles that lets you fight in a PvP style and gain Faction Points which can be used to unlock another two (IIRC) titles.

Running the globe removing the "Fog of war" darkness grants you another title.

Hero Battles and Challenge missions are another optional feature along with PvP.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things, But there is a lot to do after you attain level 20.

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Is there any endgame content like in WoW?

The only End Game content I am aware of is the reward areas. After you beat Proph,Factions or nightfall you are sent to a special area with lots of NPC's are collectors, You normally get a special Item to trade in for a new green weapon or shield or focus.

I guess Hardmode would also apply to end game content, As you must beat the game in order to access Hardmode. You must complete each installment to access HM(hardmode), Beating just one installment does not open up Hardmode for all installments.

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Is the PvP aspect balanced?

Yes, Guildwars is a very tournament promoting game, PvP offers prizes to the top combatants and/or top guilds who win. Skills are constantly updated, Sometimes not for the better.

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What expansions should I get?

Gw Eye of the north is the only expansion, Factions and Nightfall are the other installments you don't have. Nightfall and Eye of the north offer heroes, So i would suggest getting those two before factions to gain an advantage if you liked playing with henchmen.

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Is the community friendly?

In my experiences in the past 2 1/2 years, I would say its 40/60, 40% nice people, 60% jerks.

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And any other things you want to throw out there would be nice.

The events are fun, Pve(storyline) is fun, PvP is fun (even though I dont pvp) and the new eotn mini games are interesting. Its worth adding to your gaming collection, But the game is getting older, and some areas are vacant of players, so you will either need to solo those areas, get help from friends or guildmembers.

Good luck!

Genius Was Revrac · May 06, 2008, 08:03 AM // 08:03

This game has kept me entertained for nearly 4000 hours of play time in 36 months with no monthly fees. The game still has new blood coming into it and there are plenty of active guilds that offer support to beginners. The cool thing with GW's is that its fast and easy to reach max lvl. and with a good guild,you can start doing elite missions in no time making good money. The pve side of GW's is not mindless and keeps evolving with many upper echelon pve guilds competing for the fastest times in Elite missions. Pvp is very balanced and at this point in guild wars it would be wise to buy all 3 stand alones and the expansion as i have seen offers for as little as 100 dollars for all of them. Buying all 4 will give u access to all the skills u will need to get into highend pve. I do agree that little to no new content is going to be released but hopefully A-net can produce a Sorrows Furnace type update which is free and offers some kind of stimulus for us veterans of the game. I hope i did not digress too far from topic

Alleji · May 06, 2008, 08:37 AM // 08:37

To give a bit of context to my answers, I played both WoW and GW - played WoW in beta, then bought GW, played GW until just over a year ago, switched to WoW, got 2 70s there, but only raided a couple times, didn't like it, got to high 1700s in arena before I realized how broken WoW PvP was and quit 3 months ago. After about a month of not playing an MMO, came back to GW.

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What are some opinions of yall's about it?

Prophecies is the best part of GW IMO.

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What are some of the things to do after you hit lvl 20?

GW doesn't actually have levels. 1-20 is a tutorial (a tutorial that is much longer in prophecies than in any other part). The game starts at 20. Things you can do are: PvP, Hard Mode, grinding one or more titles, "elite" areas (FoW and UW in prophecies)... farming? I don't really know if there's anything else people do in PvE. I mostly PvP.

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Is there any endgame content like in WoW?

If anything past 20 is endgame, then most of GW is endgame. All of hard mode is "endgame", pretty much under any definition. There's no raids like in WoW.

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Is the PvP aspect balanced?

Far from perfect, but much better than WoW. GW PvP is also more fun at the basic level than WoW PvP IMO. In WoW all you need to do to succeed is 1) play an overpowered class combination (warrior+druid 2v2s, anyone? lololo) and 2) micro your 50 abilities well. You win in WoW by not letting the other team play - the entire game is balanced around CC. In GW, CC is virtually nonexistent compared to WoW and snares are much weaker which makes the gameplay a lot more fun.

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What expansions should I get?

Proph --> Nightfall --> Factions ------------> EotN, in order of importance.

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Is the community friendly?

In my experience, GW community is quite a bit worse than WoW overall. It's connected to the Internet, and as such, the majority of the people will be idiots and/or assholes.

Balan Makki · May 06, 2008, 01:04 PM // 13:04

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Hey guys/girls,
I currently play WoW, but after 4 lvl 70s, it has just gotten boring. I was cleaning my room the other day and found GW:Prophecies and was curious if was still a good game, and I just wanted to ask a few questions, so here goes.

What are some opinions of yall's about it?
What are some of the things to do after you hit lvl 20?
Is there any endgame content like in WoW?
Is the PvP aspect balanced?
What expansions should I get?
Is the community friendly?
And any other things you want to throw out there would be nice.

Thank you in advance for your responses.

I had 3 max level characters when I left WoW.

Level 20 is just the beginning of the game, and the end of the Tutorial. The game is HUGE, if you buy all chapters/expansions. All Missions/Stories are repeatable, because of Hard Mode, all content is re-playable; you'll never level beyond your favorite area. I'd expect you'd need to play about 1500+ hours to complete most of the content on a single character (titles included, thus some grind required).

Instancing is very advanced for a 3 year old game, so advanced in fact that Age of Conan (in Beta) has copied many of the best features.

End Game is the entire game because of Hard Mode. . . . Small Raiding can be done with many players or just a few players and many Heroes.

Having been an avid PvPer in WoW, I can honestly say Guild Wars PvP is so well balance, comparatively speaking, that there is really no comparison. PvP environments and World PvP make WoW more casual and a bit more accessible and less elitist. Twinking and stat grinds in WoW make WoW completely unplayable in a competitive sense, (though it is still fun at times)

The game is entirely different from WoW for a reason. Arena Net was founded by ex Blizzard top level employees who left during the development of WoW. Seems they saw things differently; these devs took the MMO concept in an entirely different direction, much less grind, more access, non-stat driven gameplay. Gameplay is designed around Skills--player skill and in-game skills (Not stats, as are Evercrack styled games.) Stats can be tweeked, but only for tactical/strategic advantage. The game is not stat driven, so expect to be disappointed if you thive on advancing numbers/power to out level and conquer content.

Almost everything is optional. Grinds, Titles, use of PvE skills, every aspect of how you play. Even grouping is optional. Nothing is written in stone, if you are healer class you do not have to heal, if you are a tank you do not have to tank, the holy trinity is dead. .

Guild Wars is a solid evolution from the Everquest(WoW) formula. An evolution that thrives.

Get the Trial CD and explore all the chapters, then decide for yourself.

CagedinSanity · May 06, 2008, 01:09 PM // 13:09

What are some opinions of yall's about it?
My opinions are compiled Here
What are some of the things to do after you hit lvl 20?
Grind, attain new armor, most of the time a new weapon, beat a campaign, explore, vanquish, get exploration titles.
Is there any endgame content like in WoW?
There are some greens and gold weapons you can grab, not to mention some extremely expensive armor as well.
Is the PvP aspect balanced?
That entirely depends on what type of PVP you go into.
What expansions should I get?
To get the fullest experience? All of them. Well, only EoTn is an "expansion", Factions and Nightfall are standalone.
Is the community friendly?
For the most part, no. But are any of them? Assholes are everywhere.