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Joining a guild helps with the party finding, you can do a party search in town and see if anyone wants to join you. this usually works in towns that you enter into the "missions" that move the storyline as those are alot harder with heros/henchies.

when I did my first girl, my derv, I did every single quest on the noob island in NF, I was lvl 20 before leaving the island, only to find out that most people leave that island at lvl 8 or so. lol

I was trying to do that a while ago (gave up since hardrive died and cba to reinstall again) but you'll find it extremely hard. HA you wont be able to get into unless you find a guild that accepts unranked players.. not likely, and you will struggle to rank at all as the only parties normally only accept R6+.

GVG.. you might be able to get into a guild that does it if you have a mic. otherwise dont count on it.

Team arena.. you'll need a guild again really if you wanna get into it, practice first at RA if you havent already. A gladiator title would probs help you get into TA.

How can you get rank 6 if no one lets you even play? lol

I started on RA, I find it very hit or miss and you dont get a gladiator point unless you get 5 wins in a row I beleive. And I could be the best player but if my team is noob I still lose xD but then again wasnt till last night that I realized how to ping the oppenate using a certain skill. keep trying I guess =/ rank 6 god that would take forever =s My guild is incompitent when it comes to group pvp.

Toasted did you find the pvp to be very competitive? and did you try all or just RA? or just AB?

woooh so much new stuff in the game but i somehow find it all a little bit boring , i mean making those quests , that are from mmorpgs on a offline mode , is pretty boring ... Bots running with me all the time , becoming more repetitive than silkroad >,< .. I was hoping for instances like WoW , there i could manage party with people and go fight for stuff that you cannot get alone , here i dont even get whats happening.

Guess it will take some time to understand the game ins and outs , hope until than i won't be completely bored and uninstal it

AnemuS, guild wars isnt for everyone and neither is sro. BUT gw isnt sro either, its not fair to compair them to each other, they both have their pros and cons. Besides you might not be a pve person, pvp might interest you more, you can use all the same gear/runes/insignias/skills you can in pve in pvp without every doing any pve. The side quests are a bit repetitive with no real point at the end, but if you just do the main primary storyline missions and follow along the story its very intresting, its like you moving toward something other then just being "capped".

I think you said you got NightFall, and that is the best storyline out of all the gw games, IMO. The first few missions on the island are pretty easy, once you leave it and head to the main land, the story deepens and the missions get alot harder. Joining a guild will help with party formation, I would tell you to go do some faction battles if you had Factions which is like defending the fort where your on a team vs team battle and it happens every few minutes there is a new match, not 2 hours like sro, and there is no outside buffing by some unsuited cleric. lol

Sorry for sounding kinda preachy, but I dont think anyone that doesnt get past lvl 10 has experienced all that the game has to offer. Imagine playing sro untill lvl 10. Would you experience all the game has to offer by lvl 10? I know for a fact thats a no. Same goes with guild wars. I dont understand people I guess, you guys make me feel old school at times and I am only 25!! lol

I'll be completely honest with you, I hated the game when I got it. I wanted to interact with others outside, all I did was pt with hench like you, i just didn't get it.

It definately takes time. As you slowly see more of the game and get more into it, it definately catches you and gets you addicted. All the sorts of Armor you can get, really awesome designs on them. All the stats to customize onto them, dying them for unique color schemes (mine was me only having random dyes and adding them and I'm in love with it).

There are tons of different weapons, which you can switch to 4 diff kinds on the fly or up to 4 i should say. Depending what you're doing. As a Ranger, what range am I in for what bow I need now, what bow has a certain stat to compliment the status effect I'm trying to give the enemy (just got one which lengthens poison for example).

You can gain all kinds of titles which is fun too. Also later, you really can't do missions with just henchmen. Well sometimes it's near impossible but I pulled it off cause I had no other choice. But partying with people is so much fun. Learning the ins and outs of your build is great, you can preset builds for yourself with the right stats/skills and save them so you can switch on the fly. Then you have your subs, which as I mentioned you can change later. Well you can change between whichever you unlocked as much as you need each time you go to town.

I think the big thing for me, was I didnt understand skills. You can ask RuYi how much of a retard I am at this game lol. But you slowly unlock more and more skills each town you go to, there are elite skills which you need to bring something with you to fight bosses and capture the skill after the fight in order to get them, etc.

The game is really in depth. Instead of just worrying about leveling up, you really are done with that relatively fast. It's about getting the materials and money to get certain armor for how you wanna look or what stats you want on it, getting the right weapons to compliment what build you wanna go with, Getting into PvP, etc.

The game has much more to offer then you have a clue of atm, like I didnt. Just try to stick with it. I wish I could party with you, but I only have Factions. And god knows when I'll have enough money to buy NF, i'm broke as all hell. But hope you enjoy it more soon

Yeah i know comparing those two are kinda weird , since guild wars might be actually one of a kind mmorpg out there. I'm not planning to leave just yet , as long as i remember i've never liked any online game by first try , there were games which actually impressed me after months and than i couldn't quit them xD

Well i will be trying hard with GW since i paid 40$ for just nightfall , and after i get more into it i guess ill buy whole pack

For now the main thing that confuses me , are skills , there are alot , and i dont have slight idea of what to learn and what is usefull , currently trying to read the whole site Glavie's Girl posted , alot of builds . And the question that i dislike myself pops up , what is the best!? I'll have to find this out by trying them i guess =]

guild wars is about preparing for an enemy, Usually do it once be like oh shit this skill would have been better and doing it over. Unlike sro gw can go into about a zillion different directions. Having a class doesnt restrict you from having other classes skills, you will learn this when you hit lvl 8 I think?(dont quote me on that lol)

I currently am doing some primary missions in eye of the north, the expansion to the original game, and I am running a earth tank ele. For pvp in faction battles I run a Air spike ele, and doing AB I run a instant cast echoing fire ele.

Different skills have different uses, and or qualitys. When doing a "build" like any of the three stated in the last paragraph, people look at what they are heading up against and plan ahead. There is a counter for everything, but everything has its price as well. You can only have one Elite skill, its the one with the golden box around it on your bar at any given time. You can cap a skill and have two elites momentarly but I wont confuse you on that issue. lol Since Gw has no "pots" like sro does you must watch how much mana skills cost to use. Something special with Necromancy skills is that alot of the really good skills give a life offering, meaning to use them you need to give up health to do so.

Gw's has alot on its plate to offer, just takes time to do everything.

If you would like I will be online tonight, I am in US Eastern Standard time. In-game name will be Serena Haras if you would like to do some partyplay with a slightly more advanced noob.

*edit- Sorry for the long windedness(is that even a word?) of my posts, its just how I write.*

~If you live in Israel your +7 hours to my time,I get on at 5ish my time that would be midnight your time, you will be sleeping then but we can do something over the weekend if you so wish.

No problem i like reading what you write , i try to catch any single explanation to understand the game, im already 9 lvl , i did choose the second class yes , but not really developing it as i dont know if its good at all , trying to get my minions stronger currently...

Anyways as of now im on holidays for 25 more days (O_O) heh yeah so i usually screw my sleep time , so i have basically all night siting next to computer , anyways problem i have to wake up early tommorow for diving , so i guess we will be partying on weekend =]
ill try to catch up to 20 level until than

You summed it up straight away.. thats why GW is dieing. It is nearly impossible to get into PVP now due to this.

I only did RA and AB, and TA a bit. TA didnt work out as im not ranked and therefore can only get into crappy teams who never stand a chance.. dont bother with TA unless your high ranked. (and yeah the chances of you ever ranking are extremely low). Basically, you will really struggle to get into any competitive PvP.. and every day it is dieing more and more, have a look at HA lol.. its empty. But you can still do RA and AB for some fun.. but dont expect anything to in depth, most of the time youll be teamed up with complete retards.

GW dieing?! LMFAO ROFL !
Your talking like PvP is GW,Gw has lots of content,the awsome PvE storyline(4 chapters hehe ^^),and HA is meant to be hard to get in a team,it's were the best PvPer of GW play after all,the "pro's"

Both of you spelled dying wrong.

If you played GW when it was still popular you would see. And actually the main reason GW was made was for PvP . And anyway PvE.. ya its good, but look around, it used to be loads of (err what are they called.. things on the top left.. divisions?) everywhere. Now you'll struggle to find 1 full.

Shaddup dom.

i just now loved the way my necromancer dances he is some freaky metal addict i think xD

I'v been playing GW for 2 years,I guess thats I played when it was "popular" as you say,and yes maybe GW was made to be a really good PvP game but dosnt change the fact GW isn't all PvP.

&& Indeed,SHADDAP DOM

yesterday while doing some vs runs. the sin comes up to me and opens a trade. i was thinking, "ok, this is some noob who wants me to buy something off him." so i wait for him to put all his stuff in there and this is what he showed me.



as you can see, i almost died. hey dom, can i get a price check on that shit plz

I'm level 20 . boredom.


I guess this is not my kind of game , I always search for game like lineage 2 , with CASTLE sieges , where hunders of people fight from both sides to defend or conquer the castle, but here all you do is pointless PVP , not much of an action at all .

Well, i guess ill just finish few more quests and decide what to do with this... ;(

game - sux why didnt i look for some trial key or something and went right away spending 40$..

damn there is like totally no reason to even stay there , except for the community .

what you need to do is find a good guild with either ts or vent. get on there, talk to them, have fun. best way to enjoy guildwars.

hahaha at ur sig. but idk wht game to play I mean what you are saying about guild wars is turning me off of it. Are there any Guild Wars in Guild Wars?? Or any really exciting end game pvp things? like sieges etc.

and btw noob question. If I have prophecies, and I buy NF can I use the prophecies character in the NF campaign? I think I might play, can someone explain the PVP and PVE at endgame in a short summary

Yes.
You can reach another campaign(if you bought it) by using the boat at the continent main city
Cantha(Factions)- Kaening Center
Elona(Nightfall)- Kamadan,Jewel Of Istan
Tyria(Prophecies)- Lion's Arch

The game has , one of the most enjoying yet pointless PVE out there , you reach the level 20 with ease , yet you have to farm your stuff not less than grinding in another mmorpgs , so whats the point? You keep receiving the pointless exp with all the quest further and further...
PVP? Gosh with max def set i could get i was getting enourmously hit by others in random arenas.
I couldnt even take half the hp of warriors , while they hummiliating me with ease which seems to be wrong , i'm half mage half debuffer i mean who else will take him if not me while ignoring all hes armors?

In end game all you do i guess is pvp , or make those quests , which at first impressed me but later on , became as repetitive as you can imagine. I've stoped reading whats on quest half way , all you do is run to the point , kill mobs on your way , run to get reward - repeat.

Getting into pvp is not something you can do even if you reach level 20 , you will have some time to get your elite skills and skills to pvp at all.
No Sieges or whatsoever , its about PVP and mostly PVE <- for the fans of the game.

I mean okay not much games have siege system implemented but at least some raids of towns fighting for something else than those factions to upgrade your self alittle bit more , damn i preffer being KSed by somebody and fight for my spot or lose it than pointlessly grinding without any challenge at all be with bots all around me (Which usually turned to be more efficient than real people)

*Enough ranting*

Overall - was fun for me at first , but guess this is just not my kind of a game
I'm pretty sure some of you folks might really get into it , and like it alot , but its all about self prefference .
This free mmo turned to be more pay2play than any other game out there , i mean 40$ for playing 4-5 days..

I'd take the 'review' above with a truckload of salt.
With all do respect, you can't give a good opinion if you played only a few days.

Completely True. I gave it the same review in my mind after playing maybe a week or so. Well I'm 20, now what? I get all this pointless exp! whats the reason when I cant level how dumb! And then I've said to RuYi: Oh....how did I get this 58 skill points....Yea. You get exp and each level can get another skill, which means more time you put into a character stronger and more diverse it can be.

The quests can be boring, I guess. Playing SRO as long I did and calling those quests, i would consider the quests quite farther in depth. But sure they do get repetitive. The storyline however, the missions? I think they're awesome and far from repetitive. The game doesn't go by Levels as much as its run by equipment and skills you have at your disposal. With one character you can in itself have 6-10 different builds. Can change to one or the other with ease in town, presetting them and maybe altering them here and there. A core class itself has a vast amount of builds related to what job you're gonna do on its own, then add in a subclass and you branch off to even more possibilities.

That alone not even looking at Events they have, All the kinds of armor and weapons you can decide to use which again accompany and change each build. In PvP, from what I've had explained to me as I don't play it very much, it's almost its own seperate world from PvE. You have to earn your skills and your maxed armor may have max defense, but all the runes and stats you can add on to it is what matters the most. If the Warriors which normally you would be able to wear down maybe are not going down so easy, possibly its more indepth then you thought to just throw on max armor and kill stuff?

It's silly to expect everyone to love the game, and I know 2-3 people off the top of my head who own the game and hate it. But I also know those three, just like you, gave it a week at most to get into. But, not everyone is patient I suppose. Hope you find a game you more enjoy and give a better chance too though.

Yes you are right , and RuYi too .
BUT i would like to be satisfied with the game not only in the end , but mid game and i just expected something else from the game, as i said its all about people taste...

I think its a difficult game for some to pick up and love, and I was definitely one of them. But anyhow, hope you find something you enjoy more. Maybe try to pick it up later if you find yourself bored, see if you get your moneys worth out of it later on.

if you really want to spend time leveling, make a prophices character

LDoA ftw! hehe

Nah im not planning to waste anymore money on a game i dont even know if ill play later on .
Ill just make a little break , who knows as i said before sometimes games for me take a while to get into :p
I remember trying playing lineage2 ive uninstaled it on the first day , after about a month i installed it again , and played actively 2 years .

Really really noob question... uhh when you guys play do you move with clicking or the arrow keys