Curse

The Shelf · Oct 23, 2007, 08:49 PM // 20:49

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

I love Factions. Always have done, always will.

Cantha is a beautiful continent and I will sorely miss it if it is left out of GW:2 entirely.

Everyone needs to quit griping about that. Cantha and Elona are not going to be left out of GW2. They need to save something for the expansions, don't they? There will be enough content in Tyria as it is, especially now that it's been expanded by EotN. Let Anet save Cantha and Elona for later.

wetsparks · Oct 23, 2007, 09:03 PM // 21:03

I personally like Cantha. It was annoying getting around the city with all those mobs, but once you learned how to avoid most of them it was fun. The story was short and iffy and the voice acting was horrible but the environments were cool along with Fort Aspenwood and Alliance Battles made for a very fun game.

Swift Thief · Oct 23, 2007, 09:22 PM // 21:22

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Originally Posted by Antheus

Is there a point to this thread?

Factions PvE mostly sucked because there were no heroes, and henchies provided were, in most missions, useless.

With heroes, it's not worth mentioning.

So, you are saying guild wars sucked until Nightfall came out?

rick1027 · Oct 23, 2007, 09:29 PM // 21:29

its kind of funny i used to dislike factions but since im bored with gwen and didnt nightfall pretty much on all charactors i've been hanging in factions and i think i like it better now still not crazy about the closed gate thing

Bryant Again · Oct 23, 2007, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Factions was probably my favorite campaign, really. Or at least exactly on par with Proph.

Mordakai · Oct 23, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Factions Pros:

My first Greens
Cool gimmick with Kuunivang skills for final missions
Fastest leveling to level 20

Cons:

Locked Gates
annoying to get to Kurzick/Luxon areas
artificially lengthened Chapter

Skuld · Oct 23, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50

Factions is my favourite

Cantha and Elona are sure to be expansions, don't sweat it.

Shuuda · Oct 23, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Erm, did I miss something, but where does it say that Cantha will never be in GW2?

Kissa · Oct 23, 2007, 09:55 PM // 21:55

I absolutely love factions. Sure it has flaws like locked gates, but I love the missions (especially Vizunah, love mass battles), love the landscape, love the rits, love ab, it is 100 times better than boring Pro.

gremlin · Oct 23, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59

Some things about factions were very good like the ambushes by ninjas all over the city, that and lots of dragons around.

It had a good feel to it till the storyline split, so I join one faction and complete the game.
But cannot open up all the cities and get masters in them unless I now join the opposition and effectivly do that part of the game again.

Very bad idea, very stupid idea totally removed any interest I had in the continent except when I wanted a skill or item.

Shuuda · Oct 23, 2007, 10:06 PM // 22:06

My only problem with factions was, a city, all made out of wood (the walls, the floor, the roofs, the doors, the support poles etc). Yes, I know they have a sea of jade and forest of stone. But didn't anyone in Kaineng once say.

"Hmmm, I wonder what would happen if someone lit a match?"

I mean Trogdor would have a field day in Kaineng city.

Solas · Oct 23, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

could also be part of trhe story to venture there maybe, a world event in GW2?

early days

i for one liked cantha, big change from proph, variety FTW

didnt mind the gates, just ment you had to paly the game^^

TheRaven · Oct 23, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42

I like factions. It was the first game I bought and so it feels like home to me. The locked gates don't bother me too much since I never take runs anyways. I prefer to follow the storyline with my characters.

The only thing I hate with factions is the timed missions. I prefer to take my time and proceed cautiously so as not to over-aggro. Pugging with a masters group is always stressful because half the team is rushing ahead to ensure the masters reward while the monk is screaming "my energy is 2 of 45". No coordination.

It's also always deserted in the Luxon/Kurzick areas, mainly because I'm one of the few who do enjoy the game. I'd love to see the areas crowded again.

Omega X · Oct 23, 2007, 11:05 PM // 23:05

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

I love Factions. Always have done, always will.

Cantha is a beautiful continent and I will sorely miss it if it is left out of GW:2 entirely.

I doubt that its going to be left out. I think that it will be very much apart of GW2. Cantha being isolationist brings in new possibilities for the story. It went from being a giant marketplace hub to being completely closed off to the outside world.

If anything, we could very much see a story that attempts to break dictatorship rule and restore Cantha.(sounds like a Jet-Li movie.)

mrmango · Oct 23, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

I never even found the locked gates, no reason to look for them.

Whirlwind · Oct 23, 2007, 11:26 PM // 23:26

Factions was easily the most boring of the games. Its still a good game, just not quite up to snuff imo. Elona tyria and even gwen blow it out of the water=p

Operative 14 · Oct 23, 2007, 11:38 PM // 23:38

I could never put my finger quite on why I didn't like Factions until this past week when I was leveling my ranger there.

One monk.

I played through Factions before Nightfall came out and the idea of heros was even muttered. That being said, playing through Kaineng with only one availible henchman Monk, popout Assassins every where, and jade brotherhood Mesmers made Kaineng something I didn't ever want to do again.

BACK ON TOPIC!

It looks to me that Cantha is far better off then the rest of the human cultures. Tyrian humans are struggling to survive against the armies of two super powers after being devastated by massive flooding that destroyed their main cities and civilizations.

Elonans have faced famine and drought that probably makes the Crystal Desert look like an inviting vacation spot. Their sunspear defenders are defeated or dead. All at the hands of an undead, mad (and albeit entertaining) despot that's bent on world domination.

And what does Cantha have to deal with? Zealous isolationism. They don't have any wars becuase it sounds like that one emperor whipped the Luxons and Kurziks into shape, and dismanteled the muderous street gangs.

And, really, it looks to me that they're just setting up Cantha and Elona to be additional campaigns anyway. I have a feeling it will follow the same sort of formula we have with GW1.

Stormlord Alex · Oct 23, 2007, 11:42 PM // 23:42

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Originally Posted by Operative 14

One monk.

The Rit henchies make red bars go up too. Spamming Spirit Light is rather good

Count to Potato · Oct 23, 2007, 11:42 PM // 23:42

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Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

The Rit hencies make red bars go up too. Spamming Spirit Light is rather good

Not if u dont have any spirits around u and sac urself like ive seen before

Skyy High · Oct 24, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

It'll be an expansion. I thought that was pretty clear from how they set up both Cantha and Elona. Can't have the first continent as huge as all the area we have now.