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Guild Wars or Factions
jdugge22
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I have been playing World of Warcraft for quite some time and am looking to find a new game. I have heard alot about GW and was wanting to know if I should buy the original or factions. Whaat are the plus's and minus's to them both. Thanks
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I would go the original first...
The storyline is longer, and has less of a steep learning curve. It's an excellent intro to the game. You can then take your max level prophecies characters into Factions, if you link the two games on your account.
Factions ramps up really quickly and you're fighting max level enemies before you know it, even though your character may only be level 12 to 15, you're fighting level 20s. (Depending how you do your quests, but mostly this is the case) Nearly all of Factions' content is for max levels.
It's not hard at all.
(One tip that makes it REALLY easy, is do all the quests on Shing Jea Island before bothering to get to the mainland. That includes trying out EVERY secondary profession and doing all their quests. You will be about level 16 by the time you leave for the mainland (where all the mobs are around lvl 20).
If you don't want to make it easy, then just do all main quests, and you'll be level 11 to 13 when you hit the mainland...the mainland will then be a big challenge
All right.
So lets say i buy Factions, and i like it so much, that i want to buy the Original too. Will i be able to connect them both?? or i can only do that if i buy the Original first and then the Factions???
Yes, you can just add the Prophecies key to the account you made with Factions, and they'd be joined. Exactly as if you'd done it the other way around.
Factions contains more ways of playing. All the PvE stuff in terms of
Story plus all PvP / GvG parts including faction fights.
PvE Story in factions is a bit more fast paced and gives a good start into the game.
For example i would say you level a Factions character to lvl 15 within 2 or 3 days max you need triple the time in Prophecies.
The games connect together nicely so your characters can travel from one story plot to the other.
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What I think you should do is buy prophecies (the original), factions, and nightfall, and when it comes out, you should buy eye of the north which is the expansion pack.
plus-the picture quality is better than Wow's
you can make a regular character, or you can make a pvp only character
its free
minus-Its so good, you'll never get tired of it(i know thats not really a minus buy hey, its the truth)
I have all three campains and for me factions was the weakest. I would start with the original. Factions has by far the worst story and worst game map.
personally, i prefer factions, as it has a much better storyline, and new professions, but thats only my opinion.
Depending on what type of game you like to play, PvP, or PvE.
correct me if i'm wrong, but the orginal campaign didnt have PvP, as it was only introduced, along with titles and guilds, in factions.
if you want to have a faster levelling game, then go for factions, since you can level up really quikly.
OR, if you want to have a more serious gamelife, then go for prophecies, which is a lil bit harder to get used to, and get into the storyline.
Really, it's all up to you, but, presonaly, choose factions
I'll agree with those that say it's best to form an opinion in you own..
My personal opinion was for the original Guild Wars. I actually couldn't stand Factions or Nightfall. The settings just never caught my interest.
I started with Nightfall, its fairly easy... too bad i think the game is pathetic...
good luck trying the game, do try the trials first... and hope u find ur new game.