Curse

thirtypercent · Sep 17, 2005, 06:16 PM // 18:16

i dont see an aim in this game. theres no aim for a perfect weapon. they are more or less the same exept for the looks.theres no aim for a perfect armor set. fissure armor is the same as droknars armor they just look diffrent thats all. and selling things are way difficult now.yea i can pvp but whats the point. i gain fame and faction for more pvping. well kept me entertained for some time though. i used to farm alot but it gets boring. my storage is full now but what can i do with those weapons? sell them for more money or ectos? what can i do with the money and ectos? buy more weapons and craft more armor?

well im not here to critisize anet or guildwars. it is a really good game and ive enjoyed it for 3 months. but it definitely gets boring after a while. farewell gw.

Loviatar · Sep 17, 2005, 06:19 PM // 18:19

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Originally Posted by thirtypercent

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well im not here to critisize anet or guildwars. it is a really good game and ive enjoyed it for 3 months. but it definitely gets boring after a while. farewell gw.

it sounds like you got your moneys worth.

welcome back for chapter 2.

OBLIVION is what i am waiting for at the moment

Tigris Of Gaul · Sep 17, 2005, 06:27 PM // 18:27

World of Warcraft would be a good fit for you.

dansamy · Sep 17, 2005, 06:29 PM // 18:29

PvP'ing time, my friend.

dargon · Sep 17, 2005, 06:32 PM // 18:32

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Originally Posted by thirtypercent

i dont see an aim in this game. theres no aim for a perfect weapon. they are more or less the same exept for the looks.theres no aim for a perfect armor set. fissure armor is the same as droknars armor they just look diffrent thats all.

Sounds like you just didn't get the point of the game. If you didn't get it, odds are my telling it to you won't help, but for anyone else reading this thread, the point IS NOT TO BECOME UBER THROUGH EQUIPMENT. Everyone has access to all the equipment, which makes for a balanced playing field. With the change to faction, everyone has access to pretty much any skill they could want for pvp with very little effort required. The point is to create a character, pick a set of skills and become good with that set.

Back when MtG was fairly young, I had a deck that I could beat just about every other deck with. It only had a couple rare cards in it. Maze of Ith and Demonic Tutor. Combo the maze with a Basalisk that you've dropped a lure on and your opponent will run out of creatures very fast, allowing you to crush him. I was beating people that had Moxen and black Lotus, cards that were considered UBER.

The point of this is, it's not what you have, but how you use what you have.

Loviatar · Sep 17, 2005, 06:33 PM // 18:33

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Originally Posted by Witchblade

But the number of ppl leaving GW seems to increase....

they have finished it and are looking for something new

what counts is how many of them had a good time while they were playing it.

a break for something else and come back refreshed for chapter 2.

my plan at least and since there is no monthly fee i dont feel forced to play it if i am tired of it

secretsmg · Sep 17, 2005, 06:38 PM // 18:38

Sounds like a more traditional MMORPG is more suited for you. Try WoW, EQ2 or lineage 2.

Mormegil · Sep 17, 2005, 06:45 PM // 18:45

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Originally Posted by thirtypercent

i dont see an aim in this game. theres no aim for a perfect weapon. they are more or less the same exept for the looks.theres no aim for a perfect armor set. fissure armor is the same as droknars armor they just look diffrent thats all. and selling things are way difficult now.yea i can pvp but whats the point. i gain fame and faction for more pvping. well kept me entertained for some time though. i used to farm alot but it gets boring. my storage is full now but what can i do with those weapons? sell them for more money or ectos? what can i do with the money and ectos? buy more weapons and craft more armor?

well im not here to critisize anet or guildwars. it is a really good game and ive enjoyed it for 3 months. but it definitely gets boring after a while. farewell gw.

It is called Guild Wars for a reason.

Otherwise it would've been called

OMFG-I-PWNZOR-WITH-THIS-UBER-RARE-AXE-YOU-NUBS Wars

Fian Adair · Sep 17, 2005, 06:49 PM // 18:49

3 months entertainment out of any game is pretty good, especially when you consider all the time you've spent at it. Type /age and I doubt you'll find many games that will equal the hours you've spent on Guild Wars.

I just don't get these dramatic "farewell" posts, every game forum gets them, what's the point?

Zeru · Sep 17, 2005, 07:04 PM // 19:04

Too many people thought gw was eq/wow with no monthly fee T_T

Also, your expectations are extremely low if you consider 3 months of a multiplayer online game 'pretty good.' Maybe I just haven't dealt with crap games enough but considering I've been playing starcraft for 6 years off and on, cs for 2, and tribes for 3, 3 months of game time is really really bad for a quality game.

Eet GnomeSmasher · Sep 17, 2005, 07:08 PM // 19:08

So tired of people expecting/wanting this game to be "Farm Wars"

Witchblade · Sep 17, 2005, 07:13 PM // 19:13

it has quite become "Idle-in-Town Wars" in a way

Sanji · Sep 17, 2005, 07:18 PM // 19:18

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Originally Posted by Zeru

Too many people thought gw was eq/wow with no monthly fee T_T

Anet's "No monthly fee" slogan is to blame for that. It isn't a exactly lie since Guild Wars doesn't make claims of being a free MMO, just free of monthly fees. Regardless, that slogan ended up being a great marketing move for them, but for the most part was a superflous claim should the player compare Guild Wars to, say, other RPGs with online Co-op, RTS, and FPS games.

Anet, for obvious reasons, did nothing to dispell the hype that Guild Wars was some sort of poor man's MMORPG.

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Originally Posted by Zeru

Also, your expectations are extremely low if you consider 3 months of a multiplayer online game 'pretty good.' Maybe I just haven't dealt with crap games enough but considering I've been playing starcraft for 6 years off and on, cs for 2, and tribes for 3, 3 months of game time is really really bad for a quality game.

That's not always true when it comes to different genres, especially non-strictly competitive games. Players who like Starcraft, Counterstrike, and Tribes play because they want to compete with other human beings.

RPG players, however, have different needs to be met when it comes to lengthening replay value. This is somewhat of a harder thing to accomplish since the game needs to provide it, and not the players as in your examples.

Guild Wars doesn't provide infinite PvE-side grind.

Eet GnomeSmasher · Sep 17, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19

Err... as much as I bash farming, I actually do enjoy it.... when I'm not FORCED to do it. What exactly is keeping you from farming? I don't get it. I may have all the items that I need but I still farm. It's really sad if the only way you'll enjoy a game is if you get "leet uber" items that no one has. I play because I find it fun... not so I can inflate my online ego with "perfect" items.

EDIT: What this game DOES need is more variety in how you play PVE and how you interact with the environment....which is very minimal considering how heavily they were touting how you can drastically change the landscape that you're in during the early days of GW beta.

Sanji · Sep 17, 2005, 07:28 PM // 19:28

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Originally Posted by Eet GnomeSmasher

What this game DOES need is more variety in how you play PVE and how you interact with the environment....which is very minimal considering how heavily they were touting how you can drastically change the landscape that you're in during the early days of GW beta.

Haha, yeah. That pretty much ended up not happening at all.

Slight changes in NPC dialogue and mob placement while on the quest does not a dynamic questing system make.

Loviatar · Sep 17, 2005, 08:12 PM // 20:12

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Originally Posted by Eet GnomeSmasher

It's really sad if the only way you'll enjoy a game is if you get "leet uber" items that no one has. I play because I find it fun... not so I can inflate my online ego with "perfect" items.

EDIT: What this game DOES need is more variety in how you play PVE and how you interact with the environment....which is very minimal considering how heavily they were touting how you can drastically change the landscape that you're in during the early days of GW beta.

i dont farm in the classic sense of going over the same fields over and over ad nauseum.

i simply pick a area that i liked and havent been there for a while and explore it again and if i find something nice i consider it a bonus not what i came there for.

i think chapter 2 has much promise as they dont have the development overhead of the game engine and starting from scratch.

new content equal to the full original game has promise i think.

in any case i am having fun