Jan 22, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20
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#21
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: USA
Guild: DMI
Profession: N/
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^HoD is actually a "town", but no doubt empty.
I think it's natural to have hot & cold spots throughout the map - certainly nothing to fret over.
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:34 PM // 20:34
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#22
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: May 2007
Location: In the land of Do Not Disturb
Guild: Wind Riders
Profession: R/
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As others have said, the game is getting older. And stay out of Maguuma Stade. I love that place. Best place to just drink alone... mmm... memories. Ice Tooth Cave too.
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:34 PM // 20:34
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#23
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jan 2008
Guild: Ryders of The Sword [FRND]
Profession: Me/N
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My two favorite spots are port seldge and ice tooth cave, and there is never anyone there.
And I never understood the point of port sledge, its not on the way to anything
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38
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#24
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: The Netherlands
Guild: Twisted Revenge [TR]
Profession: E/
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Beetletun <-- Emptiness.
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:42 PM // 20:42
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#25
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Apr 2006
Guild: Sentients of Shadow (noir)
Profession: Me/E
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Amatz Basin is simply the most desolate, out of the way, nearly non-existent outpost in all of guild wars.
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:52 PM // 20:52
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#26
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Oct 2007
Guild: Heroes of Elonia [HE]
Profession: W/Rt
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Look at Droks...that used to be a main trading post. It's a Capital city and there's barely ANYONE there anymore..
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55
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#27
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Academy Page
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It's unfortunate that the game is dying down right when I get back into it. Do you think there will be a surge back once we near the GW2 release or will it be a steady decline?
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Jan 22, 2008, 08:59 PM // 20:59
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#28
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jan 2008
Guild: The Prophecy Of Life
Profession: R/P
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As mentioned above, for being a major town, Henge of Denravi is usually pretty empty. Probably the most abandoned of the major towns.
For outposts, I'd go with Ice Tooth Cave or Port Sledge.
For missions, I'd have to say Unwaking Waters. Last few times I've been there (from Kurzick side) it's either been totally empty or had one other player in there. I'm guessing Luxon side must have been empty too since I always get paired up with another hench team. (Or Amatz Basin as mentioned above.)
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Jan 22, 2008, 10:02 PM // 22:02
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#29
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Land of Hyrule
Guild: [GoE]
Profession: W/
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Eh, I remember that when I played prophecies (2 years + ago) with my first char, every outpost I could met it was a sigh of relief (restore DP, new skills, eventually new armors). Now they are quite useless for many of us but they still "fill up" the map making it more crowded :P
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Jan 22, 2008, 10:14 PM // 22:14
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#30
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2006
Profession: W/E
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Maguuma Stade , Henge of Denravi , my top 2.
I like both cities though, especially Henge of Denravi, it looks so nice
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Jan 22, 2008, 11:57 PM // 23:57
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#32
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Arizona, USA
Guild: [OOP] Order of the Phoenix I
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I've been playing since just before the release of Factions, and I have to say a lot of those places were pretty much empty then as well. People don't like the Magumma Jungle or the later sections of Factions that much from what I've noticed, and if there's no reason to go there other than to look at odd scenery and complete missions then no one will go there.
Granted, it would be fun if they had mini pet quests from those places, but as Zeek said, it would only be a temporary fix at best. People just don't like to spend time in a lot of those places, and they never really have.
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Jan 23, 2008, 01:30 AM // 01:30
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#33
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: USA
Guild: KORE
Profession: N/
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I was going to say the Henge of Denravi too. That place is huge and has so much potential and it's so empty. I got a character to the Basalt Grotto last night and there was one other person there.
The International District was pretty empty during this past weekend. I pretty much had Dzagonur Bastion to myself.
I tend to forget that I'm in the International District until I go to Kamaden and see someone advertising a site that sells gold.
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Jan 23, 2008, 01:36 AM // 01:36
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#34
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jun 2007
Guild: ViLE
Profession: R/P
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Jade Quarry is always dead.
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Jan 23, 2008, 02:11 AM // 02:11
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#35
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: California Canada/BC
Guild: STG Administrator
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by distilledwill
Serenity Temple is a fairly early on outpost but I dont think ive ever spent more than a minute in the place.
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That is where I go to make my templates up if I have to say a town Henge of Denravi (sp) even Amnoon Oasis has more life to it.
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Jan 23, 2008, 02:17 AM // 02:17
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#36
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Oklahoma City
Guild: Forgotten Realms [FR]
Profession: W/
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Maguuma Stade is my favorite place for chat silence.
I've reached it with every character who is at that point in the game or later, and it's always nice to not see a bajillion trade spams a minute.
Henge of Denravi has some of the best screenshot material in Prophecies, but I think the bigger problem is not with Denravi, but with runners.
No one wants to bother with anything in Tangle Root when they can get a run to Sanctum Cay and get to the Desert, OR just go straight from Beacon's Perch to the Forge.
As far as usage, Ice Tooth Cave and Port Sledge have purposes beyond aesthetic appeal.
Ice Tooth is the outpost of choice for people solo farming in Anvil Rock (by far the easiest way to rack up cash in the game, as soon as you figure out the right build for your character...just takes time)
Port Sledge can be a nice rest if you're capping skills in Whitman's Folley.
Last edited by Absolute Destiny; Jan 23, 2008 at 02:28 AM // 02:28..
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Jan 23, 2008, 03:02 AM // 03:02
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#37
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Krytan Explorer
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Well, every outpost that is not a major town and / or doesn't have any purpose is a ghost town. Look at Grotto in Tyria, for example. Oh, wait...
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Jan 23, 2008, 03:04 AM // 03:04
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#38
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Jungle Guide
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Quote:
Originally Posted by razuel
It's unfortunate that the game is dying down right when I get back into it. Do you think there will be a surge back once we near the GW2 release or will it be a steady decline?
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The game isn't dying down, so to speak; you just have about the same number of players as before, but split amongst 3-4 times as many towns.
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Jan 23, 2008, 03:06 AM // 03:06
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#39
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Mar 2006
Profession: W/Mo
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Port Sledge generally has 2-3 chest runners there. Go and look. It's by no means deserted.
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Jan 23, 2008, 04:27 AM // 04:27
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#40
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Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo
Guild: Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]
Profession: E/
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The least visited outpost is this one:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Maguuma_Stade
Most people didn't even have it unlocked.
The Henchmen even have lime colored names like normal NPCs.
Being there it's like going to the past.
They should move the Elite Druid armor crafter there.
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