Which content do you like better?

If i was to start a new character, and i have played almost all the way through both factions and prophecies, which chapter would yall most reccomend?? Which did u enjoy more?

I would start in Prophecies and play thru pre sear (I love that place)
Then I would either do missions all the way to LA or just run myself to LA.
And then head to Cantha to get max armor and such and play there for a bit before going back to Tyria.

The thing that bugs me about starting a character in Tyria is that i cannot get material storage until i reach lion's arch (travel to kaineng and back).

Used to be Tyria just for the free skills. Now that I've unlocked most of them, I see which one offers the best looking character of the profession I want.

Cantha is much faster at bringing up a new character, but consequently more expensive, since every skill bar about six needs to be bought at skill trainers. Prophecies takes a great deal longer, although it can be a bit faster now since you can pop over from LA and grab all the 3k exp fedex quests, although you might have a problem with the double damage bosses though.

If you want to play the pve game...Chapter 1 is your choice (You can just hop over at Lion's Arch to get the good quests in Kaineng Center that give 3-4k exp each, then hop back over)

Chapter 2 characters will go to lvl20 with both attribute quests in probably your first day of playing...This is better if you are just making the character to buy skills, or be PvP ready.

factions xP


I want to get to level 20 fast then start gaming.

Factions > Prophecies

I like having more lvl 20 content. Everything before the desert in Prophecies is crap.

I don't like factions since the day i bought it, don't like the feeling to it unlike the original.. even though i got 3 lvl 20 canthan characters 1 in FOW armor and 95% explored of cantha ^^.

Why not just wait for Nightfall?

But, I think other people have it right:

Prophecy is longer, but in some ways, more fullfilling. More freedom to explore, less linear if you choose.

Factions is faster, and much easier to get Max weapons and armor. (Not to mention, you get nice Greens when you finish Factions). But it's very linear and forced.

Hopefully, Nightfall will combine the best elements from both.

+1 , i didnt enjoy Pre-Desert, no challange

I alternate between the two - but lately Prophecies has become a pain to do... it's waaay too slow and some areas have very few quests (like the jungle and the desert - obviously there are quite a few missions there though).

I still like Prophecies a lot more.

Factions is superior to Prophecies in every aspect of character development. The only thing people can come up with to say Prophecies is better is skills through quests (you can do at least 50% of those with a Canthan character), story/plot (neither are worth bothering with, so who gives a shit), and other relatively meaningless aspects.

It's up to the individual to decide which campaign is better suited to their taste, and that's greatly influenced by _why_ they're playing through the content.

i agree that you can make a fast level 20.

aside from that i think the fun factor of Factions is below the bottom of the barrel.

make a character than take it back to Tyria for fun

Prophecies for fun. I have fond memories of everything in it.

Factions for power leveling a PvE character. The content and storyline was very forgettable.

Prophecies story and time playing.

Factions for quick leveling and less grind

Prophecies for free skills

factions for those easily bored and who want to rise quickly to lvl 20 with both attribute quests.

prophecies is better if u prefer to do every side mission and enjoy the full game(and the free skills=D) and more suited for beginners than factions
mainly:
prophecies = PvE
factions = PvP

Prophecies was imo much better both pvp wise and pve wise. Factions wasn't bad, I just think it served better as an add-on to Prophecies rather than a stand alone like ANet advertises it as.

Prophecies

The PvE is far superior, the only reason I bought Factions was for the 12V12 and they screwed that up.