Curse

Tender Wolf · Oct 24, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

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Originally Posted by Hyper Cutter

And most of the best faces and hair. Most of my characters are Canthan for this reason...

Speaking of which, I hope we can create Canthan-looking characters in GW2.

Personally I found very few of the Canthan faces to be pretty. Most of them to me were very ugly except a few ritualist ones. They all seemed to have brown eyes, and I realize that's part of the Canthan/Asian theme, but unless my knowledge fails me, most of those people have black/dark hair and blonde hair was an option. So why not blue eyes, or green? Some sort of variety? I truly think that with Guild Wars 2, they should have a way to combine all faces and hairstyles to make the character truly unique. Like a face from Nightfall and hair from Tyria.

Anyway, on topic. Factions was actually my favorite campaign. It's the one that got me hooked on Guild Wars. I don't understand why so many people prefer Prophecies...in my opinion, it's the worst. If I'd played that, I highly doubt I'd have gotten hooked. I have only one Tyrian character (my main) and she is the only one that's beaten all 3 campaigns. The rest have either beaten Factions, Nightfall, or both. And they aren't past the Maguuma Jungle (only my mesmer is that far, the rest are in Kryta) because i have no interest in Prophecies. No end game greens, ridiculous how far away and difficult it is to get max armor, very hard to follow and dumb storyline, and how long it takes (and all the stuff you have to do like missions) to get your 30 extra attribute points. And here they are making GWEN as returning to Tyria and probably in Guild Wars 2 as well. I personally don't like Tyria and wish the expansion and sequel would have been made from one of the other two campaigns.

My favorites go in alphabetical order both by campaign and continent: Factions (Cantha), Nightfall (Elona), and Prophecies (Tyria). I loved Factions, and the locked gates didn't bother me. The only time I ran into that problem was when I'd beaten the game and needed to the Luxon side for my mapping title and the Unwaking Waters gate was closed (and I hadn't beaten Gyala Hatchery). But a Luxon friend took me right through it so it was no problem. And I love the alliance battles, and the constant sparring between the Luxons and Kurzicks. And how each faction has their own different land they live in. And the frozen Jade Sea was incredible. I like it more than the Echovald Forest, not to mention the cute turtles. hehe

beregond · Dec 04, 2007, 08:51 PM // 20:51

Ah Factions and my many mixed feelings.

I think it has the best armor. Elite Warrior Kurz ftw! I enjoy an ab every now and again, and I enjoy Fort Aspenwood a lot.

What I hate: Its dreary, bleak, and at times depressing. I want to see Kaineng City become a beautiful city. Not miles upon miles upon miles of slums. I want to see a restored forst. I want to see a restored sea. That would be my ideal Cantha.

Locked gates never bugged me, because I actually play the game.

I do enjoy the campaign however. I think the storyline is bad, the cut-scenes are the wort of all the GW, but I find myself redoing missions for fun such as Vizunah and Gyala for the challenge.

While I would say that factions and catha is without a doubt my least favorite, I find myself going there often because there are fun elements within factions.

freaky naughty · Dec 04, 2007, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Factions was the greatest, it had the most realistic feel to it for some reason, and everyone just hates it because they actually had to do the storyline for once.

Xue Fang · Dec 04, 2007, 09:17 PM // 21:17

I loved Factions, it's the only game I'll make a new character in, and as such I have no Dervish or Paragon. :\

Toxage · Dec 04, 2007, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Factions sucked because they used the same monsters over n over... honesitly how many times can you fight the same afficlited mobs with the same skill bars with the same graphics and enjoy it?

Traveller · Dec 04, 2007, 09:31 PM // 21:31

The way I see it, Factions was a turn-off for many for two reasons:

1) Compared to the openness and freedom of Prophecies, the Factions campaign was incredibly linear, with locked gates and zero exploration factor. The continent was/is MUCH more compact and allowed little room for non-linear gameplay. This, I believe, was the main reason why people didn't like Factions.

2) The fact that compared to Prophecies storyline, Factions was also very short and could be finished rather quickly. Levelling from level 0 to 20 could be done in a day, which was a mixed blessing at best.

Personally, I was very pissed off about the lack of exploration in Factions. But later, it doesn't feel like such a big deal anymore and Factions redeemed itself a bit in my books, mainly because of Ft. Aspenwood which I still play actively. The concept of PvPvE was a good one and I hoped for something similar to future expansions as well. But as we know, it didn't fly.

Bryant Again · Dec 04, 2007, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Definantly agree with 1, Traveller. That was one of the best and coolest aspects of Proph. I can understand Factions being as it was to avoid running, but it came at a bad cost.

AuraofMana · Dec 04, 2007, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Factions introduced Assassins, and Assassins = Ninjas. So if you are playing a female Assassin, that = Ninja chick which = awesome^2.
Plus it is Asian, which is > all in gaming.

freaky naughty · Dec 04, 2007, 11:52 PM // 23:52

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Originally Posted by AuraofMana

Factions introduced Assassins, and Assassins = Ninjas. So if you are playing a female Assassin, that = Ninja chick which = awesome^2.
Plus it is Asian, which is > all in gaming.

Well they used pretty much every race so far black (nf), white (prophecies), asian (factions). I guess there are no more races to add to any continents except for maybe Mexican.

anonymous · Dec 04, 2007, 11:55 PM // 23:55

My main problem with Factions was the fact that you had to use the terrible spirit henchman as your second healer if you henched the game, thats what made it hard. Factions is much better if you can go through with heroes.

dont feel no pain · Dec 05, 2007, 12:07 AM // 00:07

I left gw when factions got released and came back when nightfall got released LOL

Nevin · Dec 05, 2007, 12:38 AM // 00:38

A revolution occurs in Cantha! The heroes travel the seas to join the cause.

Guild Wars 2: Chapter 2 the return of Cantha

I think Factions was great, a memorable chapter with many revolutionary changes in GW. NF just overshadows it a bit too much.

pamelf · Dec 05, 2007, 02:26 AM // 02:26

Factions is now my favourite campaign. It grew on me. The storyline of GW2 has somewhat put me off getting it in the future. Too much of what we worked for in the first campaign ceases to exist...

Ghost Omel · Dec 05, 2007, 02:47 AM // 02:47

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Originally Posted by anonymous

My main problem with Factions was the fact that you had to use the terrible spirit henchman as your second healer if you henched the game, thats what made it hard. Factions is much better if you can go through with heroes.

I henched it didnt Find it being as a problem or a chalange at all

And Factions Well it is Birthplace of my First char and i enjoyed every minute of the game really Never seen a closed gate i couldnt get through Afllicted were pain sometimes but through pain you gain victory right hehe So on scale from 1-10 Factions get a 10 in my eyes

ensoriki · Dec 05, 2007, 02:47 AM // 02:47

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Originally Posted by freaky naughty

Well they used pretty much every race so far black (nf), white (prophecies), asian (factions). I guess there are no more races to add to any continents except for maybe Mexican.

Also Native.
Lets not forget Australians.
Oh and Southern USA...thats a race of its own >.>
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No Cantha, you've lost my sale

ALSO

If I don't get to free the country from Opressive rule and free my luxon and Kurzick allies.
theres a 60% chance I WILL not buy it.

And god help A-net if I have to take some stupid butt ugly face in Tyria because Cantha doesn't exist.

BTW

Cantha>Elona>Prophecies

Proph sucks
Omfg I can skip parts of the game so omfg awesome! Omfg im at Droks at level 7 im pro!Can beat the game so fast!

Maguuma Jungle SUCKS. SCrew The Wilds!

I had only 1 epic Moment in Tyria,
The Great Northern Wall, most epic part of Prophecies Running from a freaking army of charr who are moving 50% faster than you in HM.... I always love it when me and the pugs are like "Shit there gaining on us!"
"I'll sacrifice myself" "ENSORIKI!!!!"
*You hear the clang of metal on flesh*
Me: Well that wasn't so hard

But Cantha oh the epicness

Raisu Palace is freaking amazing, I don't care wtf you say... go there High graphics turned on...your seeing people sacrifice themselves...Cynn blowing up the bridge (Freaking win)...Danika Going to die in that chamber(Wish she screamed and lost her voice)

Unwaking waters vs kuunavang....on the very spot Shiro killed the emperor..awesome
Fighting Shiro to avenge Master Togo... I run in Shouting Leeroy
Shiro: Nub You've been banished!
Me: SWAP!
Shiro: OMFG hes back!

God I love Cantha, theres much more culture in it than anywhere else.
Cantha has its own Civil wars, Cantha looks 2x better than prophecies.
Seriously only thing thats pretty in prophecies = Shiver Peaks, but we have sunqua vale mountains so F off prophecies.

You can't see me · Dec 05, 2007, 02:51 AM // 02:51

Factions is the best campaign in my opinion. It has the shortest and most to the point Storyline, and has a very helpful tutorial, and gets you to level 20 with good skills fast. Best thing is about it is that the storyline could not be compromised.

I also love it because of some of the good skills in it, it had some of the best elites out there. It will be missed by me at least.

1 up and 2 down · Dec 05, 2007, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Ehh, our characters in GW2 will probably sail to Cantha after we take out the Orr dragon. Then we will have a big adventure and will probably end up dethroning the emperor and restoring peace to Cantha.