Curse

Azadaleou · Jun 09, 2009, 02:58 AM // 02:58

I've owned the game since release, I still haven't brought eotn because it was mostly a pve expansion. So recently, I decided I wanted to give pve in gw another shot. But I ran into a problem, one I've always had with pve. I can't find motivation to keep going after I finish a campaign. In WoW for instance my motivation to keep building my character is to get better gear. In gw there is no such thing. So I feel that what stops me from enjoying pve is because I don't know how to enjoy it.

For the people out there that like pve and play a lot, what keeps you guys to put lots of time into your character/s?

Introverted Dimensions · Jun 09, 2009, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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Originally Posted by Azadaleou

For the people out there that like pve and play a lot, what keeps you guys to put lots of time into your character/s?

Honestly, It's just the casual atmosphere of GW. The ability to just H/H 99% of GW just keeps me going. Playing the game at my own pace and the way I want to seems just perfect to me. Plus, It's free. You can't beat that.

I played WoW for awhile and it's too demanding. If you say otherwise then you probably spend too much time on it than you should be. I could go into a huge rant about why that is but I'll keep this OT.

Chuckles2002 · Jun 09, 2009, 03:16 AM // 03:16

I usually do FoWsc's or VSF farms..jus stuff to keep me occupied or help out alliance with stuff

fenix · Jun 09, 2009, 03:16 AM // 03:16

I've moved this to a more helpful section.

Azadaleou · Jun 09, 2009, 03:45 AM // 03:45

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Originally Posted by Chuckles2002

I usually do FoWsc's or VSF farms..jus stuff to keep me occupied or help out alliance with stuff

Well I never done any of that kind of content, in fact I don't think I've ever been in a active clan or ally. Most of the time I'm just solo in a little guild I created. So maybe that too creates the lack of motivation to enjoy pve.

R.Shayne · Jun 09, 2009, 03:50 AM // 03:50

I hate titles & Grind so that never appealed to me.

What kept me going in Guild Wars was learning to play with a different character class, never did the "Main Character & Alt Character" thing. After that I did: armor, equipment, skills, heroes, and I am currently working on getting runes & insignia for all my heroes (I am constantly broke now). After I have completed runes & insignia I will go to equipment.

Eventually I will realize that equipping 260 heroes (26 per character) when you can only take 3 at a time was a big waste of gold, until then it gives me something to do until I find a new game to play.

Rhamia Darigaz · Jun 09, 2009, 04:21 AM // 04:21

join an active guild and do gvg. you can't find motivation to do pve because there is none and it sucks. gvg sucks too (at least compared to other games' pvp formats such as runescape's competitive being-a-12-year-old-whose-parents-didn't-let-him-use-the-credit-card-to-play-WoW arena) but if you want to play guild wars it's the best way to do so.

Azadaleou · Jun 09, 2009, 04:42 AM // 04:42

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Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

join an active guild and do gvg. you can't find motivation to do pve because there is none and it sucks. gvg sucks too (at least compared to other games' pvp formats such as runescape's competitive being-a-12-year-old-whose-parents-didn't-let-him-use-the-credit-card-to-play-WoW arena) but if you want to play guild wars it's the best way to do so.

WoW arena is absolutely horrible compared to GW pvp.

Introverted Dimensions · Jun 09, 2009, 04:42 AM // 04:42

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Originally Posted by Azadaleou

Well I never done any of that kind of content, in fact I don't think I've ever been in a active clan or ally. Most of the time I'm just solo in a little guild I created. So maybe that too creates the lack of motivation to enjoy pve.

Sometimes the smaller guilds turn out to be great. Through experience I've realized that joining a "larger" guild is pretty pointless because they're mostly all talk, filled with annoying players, or terrible.

poasiods · Jun 09, 2009, 04:49 AM // 04:49

Instead of getting better gears as you would in WoW, a large number of people in GW are obsessed about getting different skins of armor and weapons to make their characters pretty. That'd take awhile, obviously, seeing some of the high-end weapons and mini-pets are notoriously expensive.

eldrethv · Jun 09, 2009, 04:52 AM // 04:52

I still play PvE because of my guild.
I was really never into PvP.. so my guild is really the only reason I still play GW at all.

I like doing uwsc/fowsc/mqsc/running dungeons etc with guildies.
Teaching people how to do the above
Being on vent with guildies and friends
Seeing how many sets of obby/chaos gloves I can get
Seeing how much money/ecto I can save up until the temptation is too great and I buy something else useless

I don't like title grinding, but after almost 4 years, I'm still not bored.

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Originally Posted by poasiods

Instead of getting better gears as you would in WoW, a large number of people in GW are obsessed about getting different skins of armor and weapons to make their characters pretty. That'd take awhile, obviously, seeing some of the high-end weapons and mini-pets are notoriously expensive.

That's me!

Azadaleou · Jun 09, 2009, 05:03 AM // 05:03

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Originally Posted by poasiods

Instead of getting better gears as you would in WoW, a large number of people in GW are obsessed about getting different skins of armor and weapons to make their characters pretty. That'd take awhile, obviously, seeing some of the high-end weapons and mini-pets are notoriously expensive.

Yeah I see, I think that initially this is hard for me to use as motivation. Playing to make your character look pretty doesn't seem particularly motivating. But you know what, I'm going to give it a try anyway.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jun 09, 2009, 05:10 AM // 05:10

Personally I like acheiving meaningful stuff like vanquishing, dungeons, and missions. Grinding sucks. Playing with different characters and different playstyles is fun aswell.

Ratson Itamar · Jun 09, 2009, 05:12 AM // 05:12

The storyline of course, I'm surprised that no one mentioned it. The first thing, before anything else, you should enjoy the basic lore. If that's gone then everything else would look dimmer.

After that there's the aspect of equipping your character with nicer looking armor and weapons. For me, nice armor is the main if not the only reason for creating a PvE char over a PvP one, after I've gone through the storyline with my main character already.

Joining a nice, helpful and chatty guild is a key to enjoy Guild Wars as a whole, not just PvE. It will enhance your experience. Joining a guild is not like marriage, if you feel that you don't fit in then you're free to look for another, more suiting, guild.

I don't like farming, never did. Even though, I do enjoy SCs (Speed Clears). Especially when you have a SC hardcore team in your guild. Beyond making money, it's fun to complete an elite area. Even more so if you, and you should, use vent. You can talk and laugh on unrelated topic while you're "farming".

P.S - EoTN is not a mainly PvE expansion. It has so many important skills for PvP; Patient Spirit, Body Blow, Energy Blast and many many others.

Arad Lightbringer · Jun 09, 2009, 11:40 AM // 11:40

Nonrepetitive titles, as mentioned above, are a great way to get into PvE! These would include:

Skill Hunter (4 Titles)
Master of the North
Vanquisher (4 Titles)
Protector/Guardian (7 Titles)
Cartographer (4 Titles)

That's 20 Titles, and just the nonrepetitive ones!

Joining a guild is a great way to do these, as well as make some of the grinds go by a lot easier. I've stuck with my guild for a long while, and hardly ever get bored of GW anymore, because there's always someone wanting to do something new and exciting.

As for collecting armors as you did in WoW, think of some of the more prestigious armors in GW as your 'better' sets. They wont necessarily make you Godly via stats, but they'll be prestigious nonetheless.

I hope putting you in these frames of mind will help your PvE experience. Quite frankly, I cant stand PvP, so this would be my forte if ever there was one.

Saph · Jun 09, 2009, 11:44 AM // 11:44

I will take the calm soothing atmosphere of pve over the hectic and, well bitchy, atmosphere of pvp any day. I'm one of those people that dont mind grinding for titles, especially when I finally finish a title and feel great about completing it. I also mostly solo or h/h in pve, allowing me to go at my own pace and be much more relaxed. Like others have mentioned, there really isnt anything wrong with wanting nice armor and weapons, they are fun to get (atleast to me).

Azadaleou · Jun 09, 2009, 01:06 PM // 13:06

I really appreciate everyones effort to tell me what motivates them to play pve. Like I said in a few posts above, I'm going to really give pve a shot because it really does seem like fun. So here is my next question. How do you go about finding a good guild?

I know for one its not like the standard mmorpg, were you group with players for a while and ask to join their guild. Or that this guild is looking for a particular class. I notice that there are a lot of guild recruitment spam in trade outposts, but I'm always hesitant to just jump in.

I had a good guild when I first started to play back in 05, but they all left the game. I then made my own just so I can go AB when I want and never joined another active guild again. I'm sure like some have mentioned, it would enchant the pve experience greatly.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jun 09, 2009, 10:36 PM // 22:36

Look in the guild forums on Guru. Stuff like number of members, what they do (HM, titles, whatever) are specified so it's not just a case of jumping in and hoping that they'll be what you're looking for. Also, they often have websites so you can look through there to get an even better idea as to what the guild is about.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jun 09, 2009, 10:36 PM // 22:36

Look in the guild forums on Guru. Stuff like number of members, what they do (HM, titles, whatever) are specified so it's not just a case of jumping in and hoping that they'll be what you're looking for. Also, they often have websites so you can look through there to get an even better idea as to what the guild is about.