Apr 08, 2008, 08:56 AM // 08:56
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Guild: Nite
Profession: A/D
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Comparing and Contrasting Runescape and Guild Wars
Well, I got bored, so I decided to start a topic about what is better about GW over Runescape and Runescape over GW. I'll start off with a few things.
Advantages of Guild Wars include...
More freedom in exploring the world
More weapons and somewhat customization
It depends alot on skill, not money and armour
Having skills, so it's not just mindless killing
Disadvantages of Guild Wars include...
The game shop, which allows people with money to be better than others
Only having 8 skill slots
Having a preset arena for PvP
Nothing coming out of PvP except 2k-3k for the Zaishen Keys
Advantages of Runescape include...
The running feature (good and bad in different people's minds)
Having a wide array of stuff to choose from
Exotic places, bosses, etc
Alot of land to explore
You get something worthwhile out of PvP
More storeage space
More exotic items
Disadvantages of Runescape include...
Graphics
The whole "hack-and-slash" concept
If you have lots of money and better items, you can be lvl 3 and be the best
Chance of losing your valued items and possessions
If you die anywhere, you lose your stuff and keep only 3 things at random
Quests are not repeatable
Not much comes from getting quests
You need to have membership to get the other 80% of the quests
Membership is required for some of the skills, items, places to get into...etc
Please post any comments or such
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Apr 08, 2008, 10:06 AM // 10:06
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Australia
Guild: Divinity Unleashed
Profession: R/
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I play both and i agree with all your points some more i thought of are
Guildwars:
More group orientated
Broad Range of ways to make good money
RS:
Grand Exchange
Take a longer time to reach the highest combat lvl
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Apr 08, 2008, 10:44 AM // 10:44
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#3
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: [Luck]
Profession: E/
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i got something they both have in common...
RS - 9 year olds play it...
GW - people acting like 9 year olds play it...
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Apr 08, 2008, 11:01 AM // 11:01
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2007
Guild: UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]
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You can't compare Guild Wars and Runescape.
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Alot of land to explore False
You get something worthwhile out of PvP Oh wow. No.
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And there'e nothing in the game that's NOT grinding.
But hey, the rant section on the official forums is a nice source for hilarious content. They're all retarded u__u
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Apr 08, 2008, 02:04 PM // 14:04
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Guild: Nite
Profession: A/D
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There is alot of land to explore in Runescape. That is a fact, yours is an opinion. And you do get something worthwhile out of PvP. In Guild Wars, the only thing you get is 10 year olds flaming you for their impending death. In Runescape, if you survive, you get items and money, which can be sold for money.
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Apr 08, 2008, 02:58 PM // 14:58
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Major-General Awesome
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger
Guild: Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ̖̊̋̌̍̎̊̋&#
Profession: W/
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So via this thread I worked out that you're pretty much one of the worst players in the game.
Examples:
It depends alot on skill, not money and armour - um, pve? wut?
Having skills, so it's not just mindless killing - um, pve? wut?
Nothing coming out of PvP except 2k-3k for the Zaishen Keys - win more
Having a preset arena for PvP - wtf win like 5 times to get to others?
Dunno if you could fail more at GW. Some people....
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Apr 08, 2008, 03:01 PM // 15:01
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#7
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Aussie Trolling Crew - Diplomatic Embassy
Guild: I Have Three Pennies [Pnny] - forever in my heart <3
Profession: R/
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The only good thing about Runescape I can think of is that you can play it natively on a Mac.
Or is that a bad thing?
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Apr 08, 2008, 03:03 PM // 15:03
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Dec 2007
Profession: W/
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You cannot compare Guild Wars and RuneScape. Period.
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Apr 08, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Guild: Nite
Profession: A/D
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One of the worst players in the game? Haha. That's funny. No. PvE is mostly skill. Once you have enough money for max armour, (which ism't much) there is no money involved. The only other "money" thing there is is the 15k armor which is no better, just better looking in certain people's eyes, and the fancy weapons, which also depend on looks. The thing with Zaishen Keys, you don't get them until you have everything there is to get in PvP. (I like to spend my Balth Faction entirely on stuff that will last forever, then on temporary stuff). PvE is mindless killing. Here is a percentage of how much skill it takes to do PvE..... 0% Yes, there's 10-15 arenas in PvP tops. That's the only places you get to go. Take all of the space of those arenas, throw them in Runescape, they barely cover 1/10 of the entire landscape in Runescape. Exactly my point.
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Apr 08, 2008, 04:08 PM // 16:08
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2007
Guild: UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tehshadowninjar
In Runescape, if you survive, you get items and money, which can be sold for money.
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Have you even played lately? They totally killed their "PvP"
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Apr 08, 2008, 04:09 PM // 16:09
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Hall Hero
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I liked your point on being able to walk or run. I do wish I could do that in Guild Wars. Running 100% of the time sometimes makes me feel a bit too rushed.
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Apr 08, 2008, 05:53 PM // 17:53
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jan 2007
Guild: The Grim Squeakers [REAP]
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
It depends alot on skill, not money and armour - um, pve? wut?
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umm...dunno what GW you're playing but it's horrendously easy to get max weapons n' armor at or before you reach 20. Once you get that if you die it's because your skills are lacking, not your equipment.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
Having skills, so it's not just mindless killing - um, pve? wut?
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yeah...what is meant here is that GW isn't "click your attack button until your mouse falls apart" instead you have to hit skills to kill anything...
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Originally Posted by fenix
Nothing coming out of PvP except 2k-3k for the Zaishen Keys - win more
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Not all of us go through HA on a regular basis, even then I could likely make more farming somehwere in the time it takes to go through all the battles for that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
Having a preset arena for PvP - wtf win like 5 times to get to others?
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ok this one got me too, maybe the OP means they would rather know/choose their opponents instead of it being random? (even GvG matches are for the most part randomly chosen)
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Apr 08, 2008, 07:42 PM // 19:42
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#13
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Sep 2007
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
So via this thread I worked out that you're pretty much one of the worst players in the game.
Examples:
It depends alot on skill, not money and armour - um, pve? wut?
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i got to RoF with starter armour x)
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Apr 08, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45
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#14
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Site Legend
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The aussie won this one.
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Old Skool '05
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Apr 08, 2008, 08:04 PM // 20:04
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: East Coast =D
Guild: Various GvG Guilds...Always Moving
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rexion
i got something they both have in common...
RS - 9 year olds play it...
GW - people acting like 9 year olds play it...
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Yeah, the only people that play runescape are 8th graders and under. If you do than strongly imo your wasting your time. In GW, pve is dead to me. Im only doing high end gvg and HA because its the only thing that still appealing to me (vent, team spike, team strategy, working on team builds, etc.). Runescape offers no real skill pvp besides having the money for the best gear, whoever grinds the most, and whoever has the most money for the best food.
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Apr 08, 2008, 08:22 PM // 20:22
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: standing on your last control point, while the rest of your team is to busy killing mine
Guild: The Luminaries [Lumi]
Profession: A/
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Guild Wars is fun
Runespace can be replicated by stabbing yourself for a couple hours
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Apr 08, 2008, 08:23 PM // 20:23
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Site Legend
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Runescape is emo?
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Apr 08, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: standing on your last control point, while the rest of your team is to busy killing mine
Guild: The Luminaries [Lumi]
Profession: A/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Malice Black
Runescape is emo?
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why else would you play it?
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Apr 08, 2008, 08:30 PM // 20:30
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Site Legend
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I wouldn't lol
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Apr 08, 2008, 09:30 PM // 21:30
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Frozen Isle
Guild: The Angel Blades [TAB]
Profession: R/Rt
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its like comparing.. golden eye to timeshift. just doesnt work. gw being goldeneye of course
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