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SilentAssassin · May 29, 2006, 12:14 PM // 12:14

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Originally Posted by generik

A really short summary of this comparison I overheard in town the other day.

GW - "3D" Diablo
WoW - A real MMO

'nuff said

omg... you call GuildWars a 3d diablo??

allience · May 29, 2006, 01:37 PM // 13:37

Rakeris gave u a good outline of the game but i feel like adding more details.

i've played gw for more than 1 year and i've got both prohecies and factions. personally i would reccomend you to get both to experience the game properly.

prophecies is good both as pvp and as pve but if u don't combine it with factions u'll be missing out on many character skills which may bother u a lot in the long run. if u ever decide to pvp, having access to all skills is a must.

PVE
the guild wars world is instanced, except in towns. once u go out, you only have your party members or henchmen. max lvl is 20 and it's easy to reach. you also have a lot of flexibility with ur skills and all characters can chose any secondary profession. there is NO pk in pve, ppl can't attack eachother. i will explain pvp later in my post.

armors and items
this is really different from other games. gw promotes personnal skill, not farming!! the only thing that makes an item or an armor expensive it the skin, NOT the stats. basically u pay more if u want ur character to look better (that's also subjective, based of ur opinion of looks). so an armor that costs 1.5k, will have the exact same stats as the armor which costs 15k.

Quests and missions
in pve you can chose to quest with other ppl or you can take the henchmen available. it's reccomended to quest with ppl because humans are supposed to be smarter. gw is designed to be a TEAM game. it's almose impossible to do something alone. i don't like this aspect of the game but i got used to it.

some ppl are real assholes, sometimes it's difficult to make a team because if sum1 does not do their job, the mission fails most of the time.

there is no better profession in gw. each character has its place so u'll never be the 'god' of something. most of the times when i quest i try to just take the henchmen because i'm lazy to look for goo, patient ppl.

PVP
in gw, you can pvp only in the pvp areas. the pvp areas are organised arenas were u can chose to just go in and get partied with 3 other random ppl or you can go in different arenas were you can chose the ppl in your team. the maximum team allowed at the moment is 8 ppl and you will be faced with another team of 8 ppl.

you can go pvp with your pve character but it's reccomended to just create a pvp character that's automatically lvl 20 and has access to all items.

the real deal about pvp
except the random arena, it's very organised. since the game is out for a long time, old pvp players have an elitist attitude and for good reason most of the time.

if u can get way with a poorly organised party in pve, in pvp u can't. the teamplay makes the different between victory and defeat. it is reccomended to use a voice program (vent or teamspeak). it's very frustrating to start to pvp, u'll get the impression that nobody wants u in their party coz ur're not ranked. it's recomended to start pvp with your guildmates or friends and not with random ppl.

from my experience, once u get to meet nice ppl in pvp, it's becomes fun! it's rewarding to win a game based on your personal skill combined with the whole teamwork.

GUILDS
in gw, u can join a guild or create your own. basically a guild is a group of ppl that play together more. it's meant to prvide a place were u can always meet the same ppl. in factions u can also have allaience with other guilds.

u can also do gvg. it's a type of pvp combat were 8 of your guild mates will fight 8 ppl from another guild. winning gets u a better guild rank.