PvE: Solo Artist, Quester, Chest Runner, Groupie or Explorer. Where do you Fit in?

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

I'm a pure solo artist - I attempt to do everything possible solo without henchmen. I normally have to fail around 10 times in a row before I give up and join a party.

I don't think I've ever used a henchman in the game, and probably won't use heroes either for the same reason.

Mouse at Large

Mouse at Large

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Scotland

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

People may question my sanity, but at the moment, pending Nightfall, I'm doing my favourite mission over and over again in PUGs.

That mission is THK and to date I must have done it inc. bonus over 40 times

Total Rogue

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

California

Team Love [kiSu]

W/

I'm a title hound... PKM will be mine!

(that kinda fits me in with all of them)

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

explorer, solo-er, pugger, desert runner, quest helper (done all of them many many times), epecially love to find the pug with lots of folks who haven't been able to get past thk/abaddons/etc and get them through. The last is not always successful as sometimes a pug just cannot/will not be helped. I like one on one help, getting folks where they need to be, through trying times... I hand out gear occaisionally, and advice on how to get your own more often. I try to ensure my guildies never need for anything, and most of my farming is devoted to this end.

broodijzer

broodijzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

void

Mo/

I do all of them in pve. I always do different things, as doing the same thing over and over again bores me.
Currently working on titles for my monk though

Dreikki

Dreikki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Kemi, Finland.

Pirates of the Searing [YoHo]

Mo/

I'm the one who gets mad at everyone for their small mistakes.

Heal Danika ffs don't aggro ffs get here don't get afk heal the goddamn turtles!!!

ectospasm

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

80% solo artist 10% chest runner 10% explorer

Spirit Of Azrael

Spirit Of Azrael

Echo-mending Master

Join Date: Jun 2006

Service of Shadows [SOS]

W/N

Chest Runner/Explorer (Both at once)

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

- Quester/Missioner (always do missions, then quests, I don't bother solo farming)
- Groupie (Guild officer, help guildmates)
- Explorer (I like mapping when done with missions...and because of that I have a few gigs of screens)
- Skill Hunter (Always get all elites unlocked through PVE before next chapter)
- Title Chaser (not so much)
- Market killer (sell low sub10K golds/mods, never buy anything but mods...)

Knight of Saitin

Knight of Saitin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

BC

[KOS]

N/Mo

I've added a list of character traits ( I hate saying jobs, makes it seem like work :P) Im adding new ones as I think of them or are sugested by you....the public.

Also added a side topic on the main post...check it out.

agk512

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quester/Missioner- i try to get masters/bonuses for all missions, and i do a ton of quests for all my characters untill they reach lvl 20, then i find it useless to do quests
groupie- i help my guild a ton, and i basicly help everybody in need
explorer- favorite part of the game, guildwars exploring system is amazing. im currently at 99.5% for cantha and im gunna get the last .5 during this weekends event
title chaser- i like to get all the titles that actualy require some skill, not just a lot of money or the ability to ebay money.
i also like to do RA when i dont have a lot of time, and i get to test out new builds
aber- i love abing a lot

Moun10Dew

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Team Affinity [tA]

Mo/

im a quester, just trying to finish it since i am fairly new to the game

Pandora's box

Pandora's box

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Netherlands

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajoo
I'm mainly an RPG'er. I like working on my characters's armor, skills, titles, etc...
Appart from that I'm also kind of a solo artist. I have 1 char of each profession and can play almost any solo build and make up new ones for a specific need. I like to farm myself the items i use cause i just feel better knowing i farmed them alone.

I am not a market player. I really don't like to waste my time with this even though I like economics and understand quite well the market. I just don't like to waste my time buying and selling.

When i'm bored or lacking an objective i just go play HA or RA
Almost the same for me, exept I don't care about titles and differend professions.

I try to play this game like I play the Elder Scroll series, with the an add on to get some help in slaying endlevel monsters and do some trading. Thats about the only reason to consult the community now and than .

I mostly loose interest in games when my chr. is maxed out. In skills, armor, weapons. And I definatively find that a maxed out chr. should be able to **crush** all monsters lol!

Wishes? Build PvE maps the way solo builds can complete them without having to aggro

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

So I'm the only one who'll admit to being a freeloader?

-Old 3FL-

-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

W/

Im about a mix of everything
Not so much pwlvling anymore (did that on my 1st war but hes deleted so i remade him atm) and things i do less than others but i do a little bit of it all

BeefEater4:20

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

British Columbia, Canada

Knights of Saitin[KOS]

Hey what's up Guildy!!!

Was browsin the forums at work and saw your post, so I though I'd throw in my input. Only been playin the game for a few months, but I'm really likin it and like to do a little bit of everything PVE wise. I haven't gotten into the PVP yet, but I might go there in the future. I'm really enjoying playing with my necro right now and really like how versatile he is.

I guess to stay on topic, I'm mostly a quester/missioner, and solo farmer. with a little bit of treasure hunter (mostly what i like to farm for is good stuff for my toons), skill hunter (cause i got to have dem 1337 skillz!! 8P), and groupie (cause i find that playin with henchies is boring)

EDIT: ARG!! punctuation....

Sephiroth Istari

Sephiroth Istari

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

i feel like everything except quester

Gizzen Garr

Gizzen Garr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Troublesome Unit

W/Mo

OMG where do i begin. im a.... well lets just say if its been done then chances r i've done it. soloing, famefarming, questing, running, power lvling, missioning, etc etc etc(all on the same toon too) i belive i have no life cuz of it

doinchi

doinchi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Singapore

Sheperd of Souls

W/Mo

Missioner and Outpost Rat

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

I do a bit of everything *shrug* probably more explorer and quester though.

Fred Kiwi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

[cola]

Im all of them

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

N/

skill hunter.

M1h4iL

M1h4iL

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Perth, Australia

I am a bit of all of them, doing one thing is boring, repedetive and feels like a grind.

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

Ok well i am quest king of the gods. I seek the lands to destory evil where it lay. always looking for lengends and powerful weapons

and charming the ladies along the way

Addone_Abaddon

Addone_Abaddon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Jersey, Channel Islands

Perfection Is Everything [PiE]

W/

H/Qu xD

Hencher/Quester

Konrow

Konrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

NY, New York

Warlords of Earth [WAR]

- Quester/Missionier
- Solo Artist (a master of solo builds)
- Groupie
- Explorer
- Treasure Hunter
- Title Chaser

all those pretty much describe me. I'm fairly diverse in this game depending on the prof i'm playing. unless i'm my ranger then i'm all off the above depending on skill set.

Rahl

Rahl

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Austin, Tx

Mmph Its [Good]

Mo/

Hmm...


Quester/Missionier (Dual Prots = yes. I do all the quests and missions)
- Solo Artist (Well, I do solo a lot.. but not for boss farming or anything. Never have.)
- Chest Runner (See Treasure Hunter)
- Groupie (For anything but Canthan missions I take henchies, so no, I'm not a groupie. Most people suck, but henchies usually listen better than real people.)
- Explorer (Dual Cartographers = yes.)
- Treasure Hunter (Yeah, I'd have to admit to being one of these since I have GM hunter >_>.)
- Outpost Rat (Used to hang at Grotto before I switched to EU servers because they have favor.)
- Skill Hunter (Got r3 skill hunter on my monk about an hour ago.. its was a capitol b to get.)
- Title Chaser (Yep... I'd have to be one of these.)
- Market Player (Sort of, I do a lot of ingame PC'ing and things like that since my CR'ing days forced me to get good at it.)

Annnyways.... whee.

Saitins Curse

Saitins Curse

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

Van city B.C

Knights of Saitin

W/Mo

Lol This is great!!! I have to say I dot it all master of none but experienced in all. If I had to pick 1 thn]ing it would be the Krytan Laugher. Its just so easy to laugh at all the little kids in the game who get so mad at other people and spam cruel things to them. Man how in the world could you get so mad over a fun and exciting game. Props to arena net for Bringing in the Best mmorpg ever.. Looking forward to Nightfall!!

peace {KoS}

Saitins Curse

Saitins Curse

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

Van city B.C

Knights of Saitin

W/Mo

You know i was thinking a little about your side topic. Which is not my strong trait by anyways. You know what would be a great idea, If arenanet somehow introduced Town Constuction. Guillds could put there money into the creation of new towns. Instead of just buying a guild hall, get rid of the halls and allow people to build an empire that could be traveled to by any1 Buying a peice of land somewhere on the map. You all know how much territory is ununsed out there but maybe that might be to congestive? I dont know, am I crazy or does this seem like somthing interesteing?? In my head I can see it being somthing awsome.

{KoS}

icedragon981

icedragon981

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

Well, I guess I'm mostly a quester/hencher. 90% of the GW community pisses me off so whenever I need to do a quest or mission, I always try to do it with henchmen first, and try to avoid human contact as much as possible unless they're someone I know and doesn't piss me off.(too badly) But after I've gone through all the missions/quests with all my PvE characters, I do a little of everything, I solo farm, I work on titles, I get new skills, try new builds, etc.

I guess, if anything, I don't fall into the faction farmer, treasure hunter, and merchant catagories, just not something I like to do. Farming 1 Kurzick quest to get 400 faction 100 times a day? No Thanks. Running along the same path in the same explorable area opening chest and usually getting crap? No Thanks. Standing in town for hours on end spamming "WTB" and "WTS"? No Thanks. I think you get the picture.

Desires

Desires

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

A/

Solo person
"Henchies are my Homies"

umm

Noob Eater

hmmm

PvPer

bleh factions mission hater(I swear to god if it weren't for those missions I would have more charecters pvp ready)

ericdanie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Tribo dos Reis [TdR]

R/

I would say I'm an explorer. I have done explored most of Tyria before I knew titles would exist. It's rewarding for me to see a nice view, learn some more about the in-game story, plus remove a bit more of that nasty fog on the world map ^^
I do also enjoy making quests, for I have done every non-repeatable quest that I have found so far. More story (even though it's sidestory and mostly useless) and a reason to do another adventure.
Finnaly, I also enjoy playing with friends. That's when I play PvP. Laugh, have fun, and earn a few wins on HA/GvG.
I do these because I like them. What I would like to see in-game? Improvements that make these tasks more fun and more diverse. So far questing and exploring have a limits. I'm not a very dedicated farmer, because I do whenever I feel like, not because I HAVE to. This game is tuned so that you never do something because you really HAVE to without enjoying it in someway at the same time you do it, being the reason the term GRIND does not exist yet, and with everything announced for Nightfall so far, continues to not exist. So basically more fun and more content. I am a happy player that loves changes, no matter if I like them or not, I enjoy ANET's game.

Andy_M

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

Antisocial Recluse.

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

Market Player
Quester/Missionier (until i get elites for all my chars)
Farmer

Knight of Saitin

Knight of Saitin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

BC

[KOS]

N/Mo

Good to see such a wide response.

If you read through these, alot of people have different things that they like to do. The more diverse a game is, the more people will play. I happen to love the game for the skills that can be matched up and used to counter other skills. There is no ULITIMATE build, because there will always be another build that can counter it's effects.

hidden_agenda

hidden_agenda

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Hmm... I am mostly an rpg'er -- doing quests and missions, however i do enjoy the occassional...
-- grouping
-- solo
-- running (mostly using my dual accounts to run my own char around)
-- explorer
-- chase after title

I almost never bother with the market and don't care for the chests.

martyr migraine

martyr migraine

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

new zealand, mount maunganui, beach FTW!

Dragon Storm (DRGN)

W/R

Treasure hunter and groupie i love interacting with others

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Me? I do pretty much whatever. I've tried it all, except HoH, and I plan on trying that one day. But I guess what I do most of all is henching/questing. Second to that would be farming, but never repetitive farming. I keep trying different builds, different locations, different characters, and going after different loot (runes, mats, greens, etc.). I have to keep switching things up or I get bored easily.

I'm a Gen X ADD reject, what can I say?

Seron

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

USA

E/Mo

- Quester/Missionier (only to get protector title)
- Solo Artist (a master of solo builds) [(created 3 builds, unbeaten pve builds so far)]
- Chest Runner/Town Runner (rank 6 cr)
- Explorer (100%)
- Treasure Hunter (rank 6 cr)
- Skill Hunter
- Title Chaser (3/5 max titles)

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

Quester, Explorer(ish)

Occasional Runner

Trader of Shing Jea greens for dye. Quite fun, expecially after 3x event