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lyra_song · Apr 06, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Theres no underdog side. Theres no "weaker" side. Theres no minority.

Until we see the border and see how it stacks after a week of pvp we dont really know which side has "more".

From what Ive seen, my network of friends anyway....Kurzick seems to be more prevalent. Within my guild, we are all Luxon.

Unless theres an official word from Anet as to how many players are allied to which side...we wont know ;P

Mandy Memory · Apr 06, 2006, 03:50 PM // 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

Then you want the Luxoms, my friend. Scratching a rough living on a sea turned to stone, this noble race of sea-farers has achieved survival under conditions that would drive most communities to extinction. Battling against all odds, and winning. The Luxom way. Come to the light.

There are no Luxoms...perhaps you are refering to Luxons.

But yes, I agree...Kurzicks are going to have 1/10 the people of Luxons because of their crappy enviroment.

purebad · Apr 06, 2006, 03:50 PM // 15:50

I was just basing my opinion on what I had seen from my guildmates, and friends. As well as during the weekend Luxons seemed to be more full than Kurzicks. just personal experiences for my descision.

edit- does anyone have a link to the Factions Lore, it looks like all the gw site has is prophecies story

MSecorsky · Apr 06, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mandy Memory

There are no Luxoms...perhaps you are refering to Luxons.

But yes, I agree...Kurzicks are going to have 1/10 the people of Luxons because of their crappy enviroment.

What? I said Luxon! Why, go look at the original <cough> un-edited post with the now correct spelling!

I disaree... I think it'll be at the greatest a 55-45 split, probably fluctuating between the two factions being dominant wrt numbers. Nature of the beast and all that.

Mandy Memory · Apr 06, 2006, 04:11 PM // 16:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

What? I said Luxon! Why, go look at the original <cough> un-edited post with the now correct spelling!

I disaree... I think it'll be at the greatest a 55-45 split, probably fluctuating between the two factions being dominant wrt numbers. Nature of the beast and all that.

I see now. Must have been something in my eye

I dont see a 55-45 split unless there is a bonus for the losing side (which isnt a bad idea...gets people to change back and forth)

nimloth32 · Apr 06, 2006, 04:23 PM // 16:23

my guild go for kurzicks coz they want to kill turtles..=P..i don't know what kind of reason is that but it seems that it manage to get most of my fellow guild members to join kurzicks..=P..

personally, i want to join luxon coz i like to surf around jade sea and look at the females in bikinis..=D..MIAMI FTW!!!~

Tufty · Apr 06, 2006, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Methinks I may have to change guilds? I dont think my guys are gonna be up for swappin sides! Perhaps I will go Ronin for a while? Do you have to be in a guild to take on the missions or will it be like random arenas? Does a swap of ally mean that all your previous or current work will be lost?

Dahnel · Apr 06, 2006, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

Then you want the Luxons, my friend. Scratching a rough living on a sea turned to stone, this noble race of sea-farers has achieved survival under conditions that would drive most communities to extinction. Battling against all odds, and winning. The Luxon way. Come to the light.

dont listen to him ... hes just trying to poison your mind with luxon lies !!

Cirian · Apr 06, 2006, 04:45 PM // 16:45

How would an imbalance affect the game anyway? The only way I can see is that one side might see more "no opposing team joined" in the 12 vs 12 battles.

Even if the population had a 75% Side A / 25% Side B, Side A wouldn't be able to leverage any advantage since all PvP fights have equal numbers. There's no zerging in GW

edit: I'm going Kurzick btw

Tufty · Apr 06, 2006, 04:57 PM // 16:57

Imagine a 75% imbalance though!! It wouldnt be no opposition some of the time it would be 75% of the time. Isnt that the point though with all the cool new things your supposed to do? Faction battles and taking over towns. Whats the point if nearly all the towns are one side? Of course there is the underdog point so people will swap sides to the losing side so they get to cream some more players.
Really I think this thread is done. By the looks of things its pretty ballanced and everyones gonna be swapping sides right left and centre anyway so It all looks rosey in the future

Shadowfox1125 · Apr 06, 2006, 05:39 PM // 17:39

When recruiting, my guild officers call our guild a "mature" guild, and that was what drew me into joining. But low and behold, the reason many members want to join the Luxon side is because the name, "Luxon," is supposedly cooler than "Kurzick." I really dislike my guild right now.. Although I'm currently a Kurz supporter, I find the reasons absurd. Save me.

Samueldg · Apr 06, 2006, 08:43 PM // 20:43

ive been guildless for a while now and decided after factions comes out to do a Kurzick guild..

Id played a bit over 40 hours in the weekend event ( lotta mt dew) solo on both sides..

generally the kurzick quests where harder and more rewarding than the luxon ones..

on the pvp side when I was on a kurzick team tactics where actually discussed in chat. apart from the standard ( 3 that way, 3 that way, rest in the center)

luxon teams generally just charged forward.. no discussion no support from other teammates. ( I played a trapper on both sides and was trapping the crap out of the hold points and teleport pads)

my thought was make a guild ... goto the first kurzick town and recruit.. figuring there will be a few people starting when factions comes out..

nothing overtly serious about the guild ( basically grouping people for the same quests and pvp arenas)

Ideally Ill put one account one the kurzick Freehold guild and another on the Luxon surf N Turf guild..

thats if factions is worth multiple copies.. ...

Syi · Apr 06, 2006, 09:00 PM // 21:00

Thats funny

Before the event, everyone was talking about how awesome Luxons were and how few Kurzicks there would be. Now it seems the other way around.

cagan · Apr 06, 2006, 09:32 PM // 21:32

I know i'll be choosing Kurzick.

*stares at the two paths ahead*

"Off to the right, a petrified forest, nice artistically, good looking armors, calm .... seems reasonable"

"Off to the left - "aargh, pirates are cool, aargh" "i am awesome coz i'm a pirate" "Some random maddox or realultimatepower one-liner" .... "

*sigh*
/me commences walking to the right.

MSecorsky · Apr 06, 2006, 09:35 PM // 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by cagan

I know i'll be choosing Kurzick.

*stares at the two paths ahead*

"Off to the right, a petrified forest, nice artistically, good looking armors, calm .... seems reasonable"

"Off to the left - "aargh, pirates are cool, aargh" "i am awesome coz i'm a pirate" "Some random maddox or realultimatepower one-liner" .... "

*sigh*
/me commences walking to the right.

I haven't met a Luxon yet that said "Aargh!".

Tictac · Apr 06, 2006, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Have you heard about the new pirate movie?
Its rated "Aaargh"

What's a pirate's favorite color?
"Aaargh-nge"

These jokes are what?
"Ret-aargh-ded"

Cjlr · Apr 06, 2006, 09:43 PM // 21:43

Kurzicks ftw, definately. They have funky hats. Just think about it... Funky hats!

My guild doesn't seem to care much. The one of my officers who responded when I asked said "I guess we could go with the Kurzick people. Cause, they're kinda like goth ninjas, and ninjas are cool."

Elisa · Apr 06, 2006, 09:44 PM // 21:44

At the moment about 70% of the GW community wants to play Kurzick.

I personally detest the Kurzicks and I annihilated that little camp of theirs with a big smile on my face in that Kryta quest. They're quite scary "death-metal Goths" (no offense meant here, just a generalisation), and I don't really tick that way. They all look like they should've been buried a week ago - it's all just a bit too extreme and their theme is rather emo and depressing.

I like the more laid-back attitude of the Luxons, the apparent freedom, the, err, more fashionable "jock" outfits and the rebellious look on life. That's just me, though.

A bigger part of the community seems to be able to identify themselves with the Kurzicks more at the moment though, so it's going to be fine in terms of balance.

A recent poll showed 54% Kurzick, 14% undecided and 32% Luxon, that's after the preview event. Who knows what the retail will bring.

Elementalist Tara · Apr 06, 2006, 09:51 PM // 21:51

We had a poll for our guild 2 Were gonna go kuzick's (Hey I'm goth you meanies! lol j/k it's fine

)

We had one guy make a comparision made a few of us laugh compaireing the Luxon's to the Empire (cause of the "magical walking machene") and Kurzick's to Jedi's.....

I'd like to play the weaker side tho it means i'd learn more Pvp wise and would have to improve and get alot better to stay competitive...I'd enjoy that more than totally killing team after team...I was glad I heard alot of people were going Luxon before the event and I havn't heard much after....

O well I just wanta have fun eaither way!

Tingi · Apr 06, 2006, 09:59 PM // 21:59

Kurzicks = smelly goths
Luxons = cooler, harder looking

and also their area is much nicer, i cant stand the forest..