Choosing A Side In Cantha (Help)

First time through Factions, and I believe Im coming close to the time where I have to choose a side.

Now, I have no idea what to do about this...I have no idea of the pros/cons of each side....(or are they equal in this respect?)

Also, once I have chosen one side, does that mean I can never ever go back with that character to complete the other sides missions, go into their outposts and obtain their armour?

And with regards to this "obtaining" outposts, I assume thats via PvP? And how do I tell who is winning this battle, or have I got the idea wrong.

Basically, Im just looking for an overview on the process, and how you guys made your choices....

Thanx in advance,

Lavi

All things considered, both sides are equal. Choosing them is a matter of which visual style you prefer, which areas you like best or even which ideology you can better relate to.
You can always visit the other side to complete their quests and obtain their armor, though it will require you to have more faction from that side than from the other you may have chosen. You can accomplish this by spending your faction and then making a few quests from the other side.
Obtaining outposts is for the PvP realms, though in a different atmosphere.
Hope that answered your questions.

both sides are equal and it doesnt really matter once you finsh one side you can go to the other side :/

- it only helps that you do one side then the next becuase of the faction points you get from quests and the npcs from the other side won't talk to you if you have more faction of the oppsoign side

You can do both sides (You dont even need more Faction on their side, thats just to talk to their Merchants, Traders and Crafters. YOu can do Luxon quests/missions/etc even if you have kurzick faction).

The only difference is what armor you're gonna end up with first.

Do you want Kurzick armor or Luxon armor?

Also; take into consideration what side your guild has chosen; if you like them that much. If not; just go Kurzick because the armor is much nicer looking

After completing the Sunjiang District Mission Jamei in Maatu Keep will give you the quests Journey to House Zu Heltzer and Journey to Cavalon. In each of those places you can get the quests befriending the luxons/kurzicks. To buy armor tho you only need to have more luxon or kurzick faction then the other.

It really is a personal choice. If you want to complete all missions you will have to complete both befriending quests to open the area's that lead to their respective missions.

As for how to see who is winning the war you just hit m and look at the map. The red/blue line is the divider. If it is farther into Luxon territory then the Kurzicks are winning the war or vice versa.

You can do both sides; befriend one, finsih all of its quests, trade in your faction for jade/amber, then befriend the other side and play through its quests.

In choosing which side to join, I role-played it. We own seven reptiles including two turtles, so my ranger went with the Luxon side. MY necro, on the other hand, went Kurzick.

From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, I prefer the Kurzick side and the dark beauty of Echovald. From a social perspective, I find the Luzons more appealing.

In the end, I'm glad I played both sides. ANet has some very interesting quests out there...

Some elite skills can only be captured in Echovald Forest, while some only can be captured in the Jade Sea as well. Heres my list of checks you may want to go through before choosing.

-Which elite skills are available depending on the territory?
-Which has easier quests and missions?
-Which has my style of PvP?
-Which has my style of Armor?

All of which can be decided by browsing guildwarswiki.org

My first character through Factions went with Kurzick because I prefer that armor and was easier for me to get amber and faction so I could buy the armor.

My 6 other characters all went Kurzick because after trying to go through the Luxon side, it is just a lot easier to get groups on the Kurzick side imho. I don't really like playing with henchmen unless I have to, and to be able to actually get full parties for the side quests was a good factor.

I also found The Eternal Grove mission on the Kurzick side a lot easier than the Gyala Hatchery mission on the Luxon side.

Kurzick faction is worth more money therefore Kurzick is the better side.

When going through the story-line, you can go either way. It doesn't make a difference which one you do, as they both eventually lead to the same place. The best thing to do is to pick one side and go through the story-line until the end, then go back and do the other side. This way, when you're in Kurzick territory, you'll have more Kurzick faction and when you're doing the Luxon side, you'll have more Luxon Faction. DO NOT STOCK UP ON BOTH AT THE SAME TIME... Every time you spend Kurzick faction, you'll lose up to an equal amount of Luxon faction, and vice-versa.

Neither one of the two are better than the other, and the faction is really starting to be worthless now. Just go with whichever you find more visually appealing, or whichever has more elite caps for you.

I've gone through both sides and I'd say that the Luxon side is a bit easier than the kurzick side when it comes to quests and such if that means anything to you.

I chose my side in terms of ideology,i am a bit neutral actually,one char fights for the luxon,the other kurzich,another is neutral.

I was more attracted to the luxons at first due to there strength and there beliefs of the strongest survives,they dont take sh*t from noone

And i love a nomadic lifestyle.

Basicly just see with side appeals more for you,on all terms.

Kurzick.They are the best team to join economically.You get Kurzick ABs for Kurzick faction and Fort Aspenwood for Luxon faction

It's simple...you don't have to choose a side until you've finished the game. You can do all of the Kurzick quests and all of the Luxon quests.

Just make sure that you don't waste any of that faction - my recommendation is to do all of the Kurzick quests first, get your 10,000 faction and talk to zu Heltzer to get the quest reward, the cash all 10,000 in for amber (you don't have to be Kurzick allied to do this!). Then go do all of the Luxon quests and do the same.

The only reason you need to pick a side is to have access to the Alliance battles later on - but I didn't start doing those until I finished the game.

if you choose to be kurzick, then you can do the kurzick side quests, and also at the same time be able to do the luxon quests. And vice-versa. So it doesnt really matter what side you end up with since they are equally the same really.

if ur a kurzick you can get a black moa bird for a pet.

It really doesn't matter which side you pick because you can switch it unlimited of times.Differences are mainly in graphics theme and quests/missions are different of course. You can complete everything from both sides.

You can get the black moa regardless. I've got one on my warrior and he's lux. You can do both sides, in fact if you are going for a title, you have to. Also, there's elites on the kurz side that you can't get anywhere else. However, our guild Luxon to align with because the Kurzick forest is very dark and it's hard to see. Also, they are baby turtle killers. But really, you can do both and still be aligned with one of them.