Guild Wars : Cantha

[chrisg22]

Woo, if I can get this W/Mo going I can start to kill some Ettins and hopefully farm some Runes. I already have a Dragoncrest Axe and a Exhalted Aegis for him, oh and Sskai's Sword as well.

I'm really getting back into this game now. Starting to enjoy it again!

[Blademrk]

I've been tempted to get Factions, but saying that I never completed Prophecies (got as far as Lion's arch and got stuck - I mainly played with Hechies though so that could have something to do with it) Haven't played in a good few months. I was a lvl 17 Ranger/Mesmer. I might try and get back into it soon (If I get any spare time).

Is Factions much different to Prophecies?

[Ferral]

Essentially Factions is the same gameplay etc as Prophecies, just the setting is Asia. I managed to do most of the Prophecies campaign using henchies. I have found that you need to take plenty warriors and backup with healing, 1 ranger and fill the rest with mages.

I was at Dragons Throat for absolutely ages on Factions, not realising that it was actually an optional challenge mission. I kept trying to do it but kept failing. I realised last week that it was literally optional and have managed to get a lot further into it. It is Guild Wars, simple as that and with loving the first one so much I am enjoying this one equally as much.

[Yohji]

GW Nightfall is out in September apparently

[Ferral]

I've read that Nightfall is going to be more like the Prophecies campaign. I like Factions I must admit but it doesn't seem to have the same appeal and feel as Prophecies. Think I should have started a new character instead of taking over my warrior, kind of difficult when every enemy is level 20 and higher all the time !

[Skaramush]

ive started again in gw since i cant pay for wow atm:-p respeced my necro to n/me and having a lot of fun with new unique necro staves and blood spells in factions my name is Seraph Nora in gw

[Veles]

I might give GW another try, I played the beta and wasn't very impressed by it (I didn't play it that much to be fair), as it's got no subscription I won't really lose out if I do get it.

[Speedo]

I play it occasionally. I did the WoW 'hardcore' PvE for about a year and quit around February time, end game really needs some work in that one. Taken the 'casual' gamer approach, as it works a lot better in this game (especially with henchmen), and play perhaps 2 evenings a week at 1-3 hours an evening. Extremely enjoyable, can always achieve something in a smaller period of time.. it's not a huge gear grind, PvP is rather well balanced and requires skill, and I can play on my own (without anyone else being able to hassle me)!
It's only a pity there are so many immature little children in the city areas, but turning off local chat and emotes seems to pretty much fix that!
Well worth the £18 + £18 from Play.com .

[Ceefer]

Can't wait for Nightfall as it is apparently going to be more Player versus Environment orientated than Factions, which is geared more towards Player versus Player. I love Prophesies and still play it almost every day but I can't really get into Factions so much as there are so many aspects of it I'm not happy with, especially the way in which kudos is given to how quickly a mission is completed.