Okay, I like GWEN but there are some things that really make me mad. Here's my verdict:
ProsI like how you can talk to the res shrine npc's and get a blessing for any kind of creature you slay instead of like only plants, mandragors, etc.
The dungeons add a nice new theme.
ConsAs for the reputation points, throughout the whole game, no matter your rank, it's only one at a time.
Dungeons can get annoying after a while, what with lvl 29 bosses who won't drop until you're at 60DP and poison/ice darts and jets.
Can't talk to anyone who makes the new armor until you're a certain rank, and the armor is all reskinned.
And let's not forget the biggest addition: The Hall of Monuments
Hall of Monuments
1.)Monument of Fellowship (heroes/pets)Only heroes with ascended (changed/upgraded) armor can be displayed. Some people like hero starter armor. And, when the statue is displayed, it shows the starter armor again! So what's the point of getting new armor if it won't even show up as what you got?
Only certain pets (black moa, black widow, and phoenix) are displayed as "singles" like the heroes and with the name of what they are. All other pets are displayed as one statue with a wolf, bear, and lynx labelled as "Animal Companion". And I believe if you get a new pet, the only statue displayed is of your old one.
2.)Monument of Valor (weapons)Only high-end weapons obtained from GW:EN can be displayed. This is only Destroyer weapons.
The weapons customize to your character, but without the added 20% bonus like other customized weapons.
These weapons are expensive. They cost 5k alone to craft, and take onyx gemstones and diamonds to make as well. Not everyone wants to spend a lot of money on a weapon like that.
3.)Monument of Honor (titles)Only maxed out PVE titles can be displayed. Most of these are difficult to obtain, what with grinding and all, especially the Survivor rank.
PVP only titles have to be rank 9 for hero, rank 3 for everything else.
4.)Monument of Devotion (mini pets)Any mini pet can be displayed, but it customizes to the character who put it in there, no longer allowing them to be placed in storage and taken out by any character on the same account (which a lot of people like to do).
5.)Monument of Resilience (armor)Only elite armor (Elite Sunspear, Elite Luxon/Kurzick, Vabbian, Ancient, Primeval, Obsidian, and end game Factions) can be added. Not everyone wants to pay that much for armor. Some are content with what the standard armor looks like.
Okay, there you have it! This is my opinion. What does everyone else think?
GWEN pros & cons
Tender Wolf
Cherng Butter
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Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
Quote: [*]Only heroes with ascended (changed/upgraded) armor can be displayed. Some people like hero starter armor. So you want to display your hero's you get just buy playing the standard storyline? What's so special then?
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[*]Only maxed out PVE titles can be displayed. Most of these are difficult to obtain, what with grinding and all, especially the Survivor rank.[*]PVP only titles have to be rank 9 for hero, rank 3 for everything else.
What did you expect, you could put your r1 hero rank in there and your 60% cartographer? Of course you need maxed titles, the HoM is for your MEANINGFUL accomplishments. Quote:
Think of the Hall of Monuments as a museum. Chances are that museums won't draw any attendance by displaying common items. Unless it is a museum of matresses on Spring Break. For example, in one corner is a toilet seat on a common toilet and in the other corner a toilet seat made of solid gold sitting atop a golden toilet with a ruby handle. Four out of five drunken CIS students will puke in the first toilet, because the lid is easily lifted while the fifth will pass out on the ground because their muscles are limited to the extent of key presses and mouse clicks. Meanwhile the crowd will still gawk at the golden toilet.
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Besides, if you upgrade armors, from say Koss' annoying starter armor to any others, you can switch the look back if you don't like it or don't want other people to see it. Since the Black Widow (FoW), Black Moa (Echovald Forest) and Phoenix (Imperial Sanctum) require being at the opportune place and "accomplish" something, I can see why those were added and the more common pets left out. I am not so sure why the Rainbow Phoenix was left out other than the sheer size of the badboy.
I am however saddened that pet names are not saved. It'd be much cooler to have a statue of a Black Moa with the inscription of "Kung Pao" than
"Black Moa."
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You get a trophy for sweet tooth or drunkard level 1.
You get a trophy for luck or misfortune at level 2.
You get a trophies for completing each of the following: the Deep, Sorrow's Furnace, Fissure of Woe, Underworld, the Domain of Anguish and potentially Urgoz's Warren.
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5.)Monument of Resilience (armor)Only elite armor (Elite Sunspear, Elite Luxon/Kurzick, Vabbian, Ancient, Primeval, Obsidian, and end game Factions) can be added. Not everyone wants to pay that much for armor. Some are content with what the standard armor looks like.
As for elite armor, in the GWEN expansion, uh, I think it's been talked to death. Although to many people's grumbling Dwarven armor is not considered a set and cannot be added. Cheers, TB
Stolen Souls
Couldn't this have just been posted here?
Mac Sidewinder
Exactly - why make a new thread when there is a sticky exactly for this topic.
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