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Ensign · Feb 04, 2006, 09:56 AM // 09:56

w00t, time to fire up the iQ farming division. =)

BellyFlop · Feb 04, 2006, 04:28 PM // 16:28

This guy sounds like a robot always saying the same thing no matter how many interviews they do.

why giving interviews if they all say the same?

just 2 days ago same thing on the podcast game on.

Its getting boring, i wish there was a really guild wars player asking the questions as well cos all they ask is the same boring stuf!!!.

i like the terms they use to ask question most of this terms are the ones that are used in WoW and not GW .

thelessa · Feb 04, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

It is looking like my little 2 person guild is going to just see about 1/3 of chapter2. sigh......

EternalTempest · Feb 04, 2006, 04:51 PM // 16:51

If your faction (there is only two… and your guild picks one) controls that area (and it's not all all or nothing) = gain access
vs
Does your server have favor (for all advanced areas)

Now coming from the American server and when I play we seem to always control it all the time I could go "I don't like the new system".

Truth is I think its more fair that if you are aligned to that faction (be it a guild of 3 members) your area controls access to it you get it, I think this is a vast improvement.

Everything they are showing is small guilds for other stuff can group together and not have to form one big one.

I came from FFXI and they had a conquest system (it didn't deny you from access but gave nice perks to the country that controlled the region) so this idea is not that foreign to me. Instead of three countries in FFXI, GW has two factions w/ a neutral countries.

We don't have the full system yet and I trust Anet (or if they botch it, to fix it quickly) myself.
I'm in that small guild of 5 people that know each other situation too.

I'm also looking forwars to the cross content that the faction preview in Gamming world where you go to Lions arch and meet some npcs too from the C2 perspective.

devils wraths · Feb 04, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30

i think the factions is bull the max level is staying 20

Rogmar · Feb 04, 2006, 05:34 PM // 17:34

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Originally Posted by devils wraths

i think the factions is bull the max level is staying 20

Lol...Go play WoW.
The bad thing is if your guild choses a faction you don't want to be in, it kind of ruins your playing experience. I hope I won't have to leave to get the right faction

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Loviatar · Feb 04, 2006, 05:55 PM // 17:55

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Originally Posted by Ensign

w00t, time to fire up the iQ farming division. =)

double that woot Ensign because you missed the farm report announcing a complete crop failure compounded by low stock on hand.

shevaa · Feb 04, 2006, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Ok I might be wrong but I don't think anet would do that to us. Here is how I see it (again this is just my thoughts).

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The Luxons and Kurzicks have a tremendous hatred for one another. The reasons for this stem mostly from a dispute over resources. Each side currently controls lands and resources that the other would like to get a hold of, and as a consequence, they are at a constant state of war. Players will be able to ally with either one of these nations, thus creating a system in which guild wins advance the cause of one side or the other, changing the political face of the world.

So I am thinking that this would be what the consider the "alliance". I think you can have smaller guild alliances within the overall alliance (ie. your guild and your friends guild) but say IQ decides to "ally" with the Luxons and your allied with the Luxons as well then when IQ wins you would also get access to those areas.

Kakumei · Feb 04, 2006, 06:39 PM // 18:39

I love how the game isn't even slated to be out for at least another couple months or so, and people are ALREADY complaining.

Jesus. Give it some time.

BellyFlop · Feb 04, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

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i think the factions is bull the max level is staying 20

I think and this is what I think, that this is one the good things about GW, I play WoW and people scream that they don’t lv fast enough

, I play WoW not because u can get to lv60 I just play cos it’s a more complete PvE game. Plus I got bored of GW after 8 months playing it.

I like to take my time and don’t need to be rushed that’s why I don’t pay for runners in GW that’s a good way to enjoy the game to the max.

After all they want to release 2 games a year so I think lv20 is more than enough, but again my opinion and u are entitle to yours.

Pevil Lihatuh · Feb 04, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31

it's always been 20, it always will be. it was stated before the game was released.

Anyway I agree with Kakumei. Wait til the game is out, you play it and hate it before you moan. ANything can sound good or bad on paper.

devils wraths · Feb 04, 2006, 10:51 PM // 22:51

dont get me wrong i think guild wars is a great game its just i would like to see a lvl increase for our lvl 20 chars i mean if the new creatures are no doubt going to be higher level but this could mean they can be like 30 lvls higher than u. this could mean no farming in factions

Oronar · Feb 04, 2006, 11:54 PM // 23:54

The article seemed to make a clear distinction between factions controlling areas and alliances controlling areas. Factions are not the same as alliances. Alliances, from what I understand, belong to a faction and control a town within the region controlled by their faction. Assuming this wasn't just poor communication, it sounds quite terrible. However, we have yet to see exactly how the mechanics work out. Considering how obsessed Anet is with balance, it just doesn't seem like they'd basically say 'Screw you' to every small guild out there looking to take a shot at the new content. Wait and see.

Oh, and I doubt we're going to see level 50 monsters in Factions. If they want to make an area more challenging they'll add larger, more diverse monster groups that actually require a bit of strategy to kill once you've engaged them in battle.

Wrath Of Dragons · Feb 05, 2006, 02:01 AM // 02:01

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Originally Posted by devils wraths

dont get me wrong i think guild wars is a great game its just i would like to see a lvl increase for our lvl 20 chars i mean if the new creatures are no doubt going to be higher level but this could mean they can be like 30 lvls higher than u. this could mean no farming in factions

if its there, you can kill it. just maybe not by yourself

LaserLight · Feb 05, 2006, 02:30 AM // 02:30

Heh...believe it or not Oronar, I agree with you. It seems so out of character for Anet to do something this callous and ill-thought-out that I have trouble believing it of them. But I read what I read, and I figured I had to point out what they said and complain, if for no other reason than to get Gaile in here to call me a moron for misinterpreting things.

Really Gaile, feel free. It'd be more than worth being called a moron to hear that Anet's still the Poor Man's sugar daddy and not elitist tyrants, eh?

Defender Of Orth · Feb 05, 2006, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Im sure A-net isint so stupid to do that, they know what there doing (with this alliance thing)

2. We have somthing like that right now called...you know uh, FAVOR OF THE GODS!

As I already said, A-net is not a bunch of mentaly Imparied children smashing a keyboard, they know what there doing.

LaserLight · Feb 05, 2006, 06:08 AM // 06:08

Favor of the Gods, Orth, allows every Guild, and even freelance players, access to the areas tied to Favor. Given how the Alliance-control mechanic in Factions was worded, it sounds as if only a single alliance - alliance, not faction as in Luxon or Kurzick - can control a city and gain access to its Elite mission.

This, obviously, would suck on a staggering scale. Thus, the worry. So please, exercise your abilities to read and think clearly before you attempt to smart off.

Demonstar · Feb 05, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23

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Originally Posted by Pevil Lihatuh

it's always been 20, it always will be. it was stated before the game was released.

I don't see this to be entirely true. If they are hoping to release 2 games year, which I personaly think is really rushing it, the leveling up will need to be adressed. People will eventually want to become stronger then they currently are and ANet and NCSoft will eventually have to address that. Weather for better or worse.

kazujin · Feb 05, 2006, 08:04 AM // 08:04

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Originally Posted by shevaa

Ok I might be wrong but I don't think anet would do that to us. Here is how I see it (again this is just my thoughts).

So I am thinking that this would be what the consider the "alliance". I think you can have smaller guild alliances within the overall alliance (ie. your guild and your friends guild) but say IQ decides to "ally" with the Luxons and your allied with the Luxons as well then when IQ wins you would also get access to those areas.

If that were the case, wouldn't everyone join that side that IQ is on? Thus, tilt the balance even further?

LaserLight · Feb 05, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06

Why? The game is balanced with a maximum level of 20. Anet's biggest concern is balance, period. As has been stated, raising character level would require a rise in monster level, rendering the thing essentially worthless and drastically shifting the game balancing and going a long, long way towards ruining the skill-centric approach Anet's gone for in favor of a time-centric one like every other MMO on the market.

All for a very temporary, very small rise in established player satisfaction? No thanks. Level 20 is just fine for me. After all, no one else is any more powerful, eh?