02 Aug 2008 at 00:26 - 1091
Actually starting Factions with Maxed Luxon/Kurzick Title Tracks has no effect on the game (except when you start getting those Skills), at least none that I've seen. What DOES affect the campaign is how much UNSPENT Kurzick/Faction you've got.
I disagree with this because I think it's fine the way it is. The title tracks mentioned (Asuran, Deldrimor, Norn, etc) should be character-based. Why? Because each character should have a base reputation. I mean, think of it logically (like someone who doesn't know what's happening, what's going on, etc.)...
Character A (who should be referred to as "You") arrive at Eye of the North. The Asurans don't know you. The Norn don't know you. If you're from Tyria, the dwarves have seen you. But if you're from Cantha or Elona, they don't. Same with the Ebon Vanguard. Actually, come to think of it, the Ebon Vanguard may not even know you at all. You're from Tyria and know Gwen, but you don't know her fate since the Searing. Then you start to build a rapport with these people. You "accumulate reputation", as it were. Soon, you're well known with these people.
Character B (who we should say could be a family member, or something; something to represent a "real-world second character" in the same place and time), meanwhile, starts off same as you do. So, it doesn't make sense that this second character would have more reputation than you would when you're just starting out.
You have to remember that when you do a mission, you're playing that mission in the time line that mission was set for. For example, let's say you're doing the Nolani Academy mission, then go through the Shiverpeaks to the Gates of Kryta. If you decide to do the Nolani Academy mission again, you're back in the frame of time before the events at Gates of Kryta were done.
It's hard to explain, but that's the best I can do for now. >_>
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