Guild Wars any good?

WoW #1Darklink25

No GW #1, get it right.

your all wrong ....everyone dislikes GW because the lvl system sucks ....... and there is no armor or weapons(barely any)

like you can only go up to lvl 24 thats pretty gay and the roots between cities is disgustingly hard if your doing it alone..

When it comes to which game is better it all comes down to which one you play first and how long you play it. I played Guild Wars for about a year before I even tried WoW. I tried WoW when my brother got it for me for Christmas. I played WoW for about 2 months. I would have stopped after the first month, but I thought that I would give it at least another month. It really does just come down to which game you give your commitment to. I think it is extremely funny how WoW people always comment about how in Guild Wars there aren't enough unique items and nice armors and whatnot. Well my question to them would be compared to what? Anyways FYI there are literally HUNDREDS of unique and rare items. Some of which are so rare that they are nearly unattainable.

What is the deal with people complaining about leveling in Guild Wars. I like the fact that the game isn't all about leveling. I think games are missing something if they focus on the leveling aspect too much. Are you playing a game or are you playing simply to level?

Guild Wars does reward level 20's though. Guild Wars has plenty of high level areas that are accessible to very experienced highly skilled level 20's. Read up a little on this. I could go into this more, but it would be tough to explain this to someone that does not play Guild Wars.

As far as graphics go Guild Wars has that in the bag hands down. Everything in GW looks better than WoW even weapons, items, and armors. In WoW the different items in the game actually give you a significant advantage over your enemies that may not have access to such items. In Guild Wars the thing I like about it is that you can have the best gear in the game and you don't have an edge over your opponents. Your edge comes down to your knowledge of the game and the skills you use. That said after playing Guild Wars since day 1 I have some of the rarest and most expensive items in the game. Including FoW armor for all my 10 characters. I have one of each profession in the game plus a couple PvP slots and about 4 extra slots for storage space.

your all wrong ....everyone dislikes GW because the lvl system sucks ....... and there is no armor or weapons(barely any)

like you can only go up to lvl 24 thats pretty gay and the roots between cities is disgustingly hard if your doing it alone..

nizms

Ya right, everyone dislikes Guild Wars, yet they have sold over 2 million, probably more.

And it is about your skills and how well you use them, not that you are lvl 100.

If it was so digusting hard to do alone, maybe it is becuz you lacked the skill. Cause while it can be challenging at times, it was never disgustingly hard, as you seemed to experience.

Ya no armor and no weapons (barely any). Um, Ya, ok, w/e man, if you say so. :roll:

i got factions played it for about 10 min and then gave up on it, wasted $50 for 10 mins of game play, i really did prefer WOW for once zbiggie

It's very boring and its graphics are horrible, if you want a good online game, download one from the internet and you will get the same quality.Hellfireknight

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

I used to play WoW, but the quests got repetive and I got fed up with high level instances. A year an a half ago I started playing GW and I have been playing ever since. Juste make sure that you give it more than 10 minutes... get to level 20 and do some real cooperative stuff.

Oh yeah, many others have said this already... Faction = PvP
Prophecies and Nightfall = Pve

F1_2004

omg, i covered this already. Factions has crap skills and classes for pvp. Prophecies and Nightfall are much more important if you plan on doing guild vs. guild and such.

it's odd how nobody mentions that ArenaNet is currently working on Guildwars 2. potentially, it could mean thatthe current generation is on its way out, regardless of the upcoming update The Eye of the North ( which is, if i'm not mistaken, connected to GW2's storyline as well ).

when GW2 hits the shelf, there's gonna be ahugecommunity migration, not to mention the current community is already well past its prime. Anet states that they would keep supporting GW as long as people play it, true, but the thing is, how many would stay? more importantly, data between GW and GW2 is NOT transferable. which means, TC, that if you're planning to invest a good amount of time on GW your effort will soon be wasted.

but, if that's not the case, and you're only hoping to check the game out, by all means, go ahead. it has been a great game afterall. :)

Jinroh_basic

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Fact - assassins and ritualists are the least favoured classes in PvP, and chapter 2 skills are relatively weak in pvp, therefore chapter 2 is the worst choice for pvp (and pve for that matter).mindbender244

What are you talking about? There are assassins EVERYWHERE...

your all wrong ....everyone dislikes GW because the lvl system sucks ....... and there is no armor or weapons(barely any)

like you can only go up to lvl 24 thats pretty gay and the roots between cities is disgustingly hard if your doing it alone..

nizms

When it comes to which game is better it all comes down to which one you play first and how long you play it. I played Guild Wars for about a year before I even tried WoW. I tried WoW when my brother got it for me for Christmas. I played WoW for about 2 months. I would have stopped after the first month, but I thought that I would give it at least another month. It really does just come down to which game you give your commitment to. I think it is extremely funny how WoW people always comment about how in Guild Wars there aren't enough unique items and nice armors and whatnot. Well my question to them would be compared to what? Anyways FYI there are literally HUNDREDS of unique and rare items. Some of which are so rare that they are nearly unattainable.

What is the deal with people complaining about leveling in Guild Wars. I like the fact that the game isn't all about leveling. I think games are missing something if they focus on the leveling aspect too much. Are you playing a game or are you playing simply to level?

Guild Wars does reward level 20's though. Guild Wars has plenty of high level areas that are accessible to very experienced highly skilled level 20's. Read up a little on this. I could go into this more, but it would be tough to explain this to someone that does not play Guild Wars.

As far as graphics go Guild Wars has that in the bag hands down. Everything in GW looks better than WoW even weapons, items, and armors. In WoW the different items in the game actually give you a significant advantage over your enemies that may not have access to such items. In Guild Wars the thing I like about it is that you can have the best gear in the game and you don't have an edge over your opponents. Your edge comes down to your knowledge of the game and the skills you use. That said after playing Guild Wars since day 1 I have some of the rarest and most expensive items in the game. Including FoW armor for all my 10 characters. I have one of each profession in the game plus a couple PvP slots and about 4 extra slots for storage space.

MadExponent

[QUOTE="MadExponent"]

When it comes to which game is better it all comes down to which one you play first and how long you play it. I played Guild Wars for about a year before I even tried WoW. I tried WoW when my brother got it for me for Christmas. I played WoW for about 2 months. I would have stopped after the first month, but I thought that I would give it at least another month. It really does just come down to which game you give your commitment to. I think it is extremely funny how WoW people always comment about how in Guild Wars there aren't enough unique items and nice armors and whatnot. Well my question to them would be compared to what? Anyways FYI there are literally HUNDREDS of unique and rare items. Some of which are so rare that they are nearly unattainable.

What is the deal with people complaining about leveling in Guild Wars. I like the fact that the game isn't all about leveling. I think games are missing something if they focus on the leveling aspect too much. Are you playing a game or are you playing simply to level?

Guild Wars does reward level 20's though. Guild Wars has plenty of high level areas that are accessible to very experienced highly skilled level 20's. Read up a little on this. I could go into this more, but it would be tough to explain this to someone that does not play Guild Wars.

As far as graphics go Guild Wars has that in the bag hands down. Everything in GW looks better than WoW even weapons, items, and armors. In WoW the different items in the game actually give you a significant advantage over your enemies that may not have access to such items. In Guild Wars the thing I like about it is that you can have the best gear in the game and you don't have an edge over your opponents. Your edge comes down to your knowledge of the game and the skills you use. That said after playing Guild Wars since day 1 I have some of the rarest and most expensive items in the game. Including FoW armor for all my 10 characters. I have one of each profession in the game plus a couple PvP slots and about 4 extra slots for storage space.

l-_-l

Actually I was the leader of a farming guild so gold was never a problem...ever. The last calculation I remember getting from our treasurer before I took a break from playing was over 5,000 ectos and an additional 40-45 thousand plat. Anyways it is very interesting that you would say I have no life cause at one point I didn't. I was hospitalized in 2004 from a car accident. All I could do was go to rehab and play computer games. Luckily now I am back on my feet and working again practically good as new. Once I was done with the rehab I pretty much cut back on my game playing quite a bit. Besides who are you to call anyone a loser for playing a video game? There are alot of people who play video games that never come to a video game message board to talk about video games. In the future it would be very beneficial to you to not jump to conclusions and judge people so quickly. What does my life or how I live it have anything to do with you and why would you care? Anyways I am at work and I can't just sit here talking about video games all day...

l-_-l ,

Dang man save all this posting for my MEGA-THREAD LOL!

i made a assasin btw and i think i didn't like it because i didn't play the first one i started off with factions and night something.

but i was basing it on diablo 2 ..not that long to lvl and i couldn't remember if it was 20 or 24

the only thing i liked about GW was the combo system it was the only good thing i can remember thats what made PVP so sick but thats abou it sorry its my opinnion :S

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

GW graphics are garbage, so I don't know where people get off saying that they are better than WoW. I'll take the vibrant environments of WoW over the green/brown/gray static crap in GW. I don't know who decided on the GW color pallet, but they need more than 6 colors. What killed it for me was the level 20 cap, the limit of 8 skills at a time, and the retarded item creation system. I don't play WoW anymore, and haven't for quitesome time... but it took me over 2 years to get tired ofWoW whereas GW lasted 2 weeks (and it wasn't even a GOOD 2 weeks).

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

GW graphics are garbage, so I don't know where people get off saying that they are better than WoW. I'll take the vibrant environments of WoW over the green/brown/gray static crap in GW. I don't know who decided on the GW color pallet, but they need more than 6 colors. What killed it for me was the level 20 cap, the limit of 8 skills at a time, and the retarded item creation system. I don't play WoW anymore, and haven't for quitesome time... but it took me over 2 years to get tired ofWoW whereas GW lasted 2 weeks (and it wasn't even a GOOD 2 weeks).

weirjf

i agree wih this guy he just explained what i was too lazy to say basicaly

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

weirjf

Yes, you sold it to me, and I thank you very much for that! And I really think you need some new glasses! :shock: :)

[QUOTE="weirjf"]

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

GPAddict

Yes, you sold it to me, and I thank you very much for that! And I really think you need some new glasses! :shock: :)

I almost named you specifically, but I decided to protect you from the flames. I have better than 20/20 vision, but I guess the problem is I must have to be high on LSD like GW fans to properly enjoy it and see all those awesome colors. lol

I've played GW along with the expansion (fractions & NF) for a good amount of time now. (6-8months) Now I'm completely bored off my mind. I'm not bashing the game or anything, but I think I reached my limit on GW. For the most part now, I just stand around town talking to people. I usually play on my warrior from NF, which she has 15k Kurzick, ElementalSword, Colossal Sword, Zodiac Sword, Jade Sword, Celestial Sword....armor dyed black, .....and now I feel like I reached my limit. Of course, I can aim higher for those tormented weapons..., but I really dont have much interest in those items.

I've also done "The Deep" "55monk farming" "UW Solo trapping" and alot of other stuff.

[QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="weirjf"]

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

weirjf

Yes, you sold it to me, and I thank you very much for that! And I really think you need some new glasses! :shock: :)

I almost named you specifically, but I decided to protect you from the flames. I have better than 20/20 vision, but I guess the problem is I must have to be high on LSD like GW fans to properly enjoy it and see all those awesome colors. lol

Too funny!

How nice of you to protect me from the flames, but if I get flamed for liking Guild Wars, so be it. The game is an awesome game and I dont care what anyone says or thinks. And of course every game is going to have those that don't like it. I have always said that if anyone remotely interested in Guild Wars should at least give it a try. I've had several of my friends try the game and they have loved it also. You hated the game and sold it to me pretty cheap, man what a lucky day that was for me, because since then I have played Guild Wars almost everyday and still do. Heck I even created a MEGA-THREAD about Guild Wars, I loved it that much lol!

So again I thank you, and I don't do drugs, so its not that! ;)

And all the nay-sayers, flame away! haha! :)

l-_-l ,

Dang man save all this posting for my MEGA-THREAD LOL!

GPAddict

[QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="weirjf"]

I played GW for 2 weeks, hated it and sold my copy.

weirjf

Yes, you sold it to me, and I thank you very much for that! And I really think you need some new glasses! :shock: :)

I almost named you specifically, but I decided to protect you from the flames. I have better than 20/20 vision, but I guess the problem is I must have to be high on LSD like GW fans to properly enjoy it and see all those awesome colors. lol

Apparently "Into the Pixel" thinks the graphics in GW are pretty good.

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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14282

well the only char i accualy liked was the archerand warrior and you are right assassin sucks ass they get killed so easily and skill sat the beggining suck :( sorry gw but wow didn't do it better but diablo 2 sure did...if you liek this game but want better gameplay and dont care for graphics you shoudl check out ragnarok its a sick game and if yopu can find a private server then you dont ahve to pay to play but its incredibly hard to set it up unless you find a priv server that gives a full setup download option.

anyways gw id prob play it again but i dont think ill like it :S sorry to say and i realy did think it went up to lvl 24 but i could be wrong or i am wrong appreantly according to everyone else :P

[QUOTE="flavian2"]

Well guys, thanks for posting,its been a few weeks and I bought the game so far in lvl 10 its pretty good so far

thanks for posting;)

mindbender244

What version did you end up buying?

Factions

Bottom line, as I see it:

Prophecies and Nightfall are GREAT games, plenty to keep you enjoying them for a long period of time, no monthly fees, and you can still maintain a very healthy life along with playing GW as a hobby. Made some good buddies in the game, especially while playing Hard Mode, where its important to stick together to get through it.

Great investment, and more to come with the expansion in august.

[QUOTE="mindbender244"][QUOTE="flavian2"]

Well guys, thanks for posting,its been a few weeks and I bought the game so far in lvl 10 its pretty good so far

thanks for posting;)

flavian2

What version did you end up buying?

Factions

ah thats right, you were more interested in PvP.

Are you doing Alliance Battles?

dont get factions or nightfall first, get the orginal, somtime(i think this fall) their coming out with a expansion just for phropices(the first one)-R4zi3l-

http://www.guildwars.com/press/releases/eyeofthenorthgw2/eyeofthenorth.php

If you mean GW:EN, its for any chapter. Prophecies, Factions, and/or NightFall. I got all 3 so I'm all set. :)