Want to start Playing Guild Wars Need Some Info First And Help Thanks

Hello,
Im a wow fan and want to start guild wars i have a few questions:

1. Whats the best version to play eg newest best play etc

2. if my friend has a older version of guild wars will i with the newer version be able to go in hes "section"?

3. What previous version do i need to play eye of the north

4. are the graphic good what the UI like and game play eg. storyline?

5. Is there separate Realms/Server like in Runescape or Wow? and if so can you move your character between them?

6. What are the shop prices In AU for eye of the north and previuos versions?

Would be excellent if you could anwer them ASAP as i got 140$$ AU and want to spend it ASAP.
(could turn this into a faq)

Thank You

1. Best? Very subjective. Newest? Eye of the North in terms of anything released by ArenaNet, Nightfall in terms of campaigns.
2. No. You need to both own the same campaign/expansion to play together in PvE. PvP access is unversal.
3. Any of the three campaigns: Prophecies, Factions or Nightfall.
4. Graphics are very good, storyline is fair.
5. There are territories, and each territory has several servers which house districts. You can move between European, American and International districts at will.
6. Electronics Boutique retails Guild Wars at AU$89.95, though Prophecies and Factions are definitely lower now. I'm not too sure on Nightfall. Eye of the North retails at AU$49.95.

ok thanks, i still domt know if the game is good

Okay, I'll answer in the same format as you asked.

1. It really depends what you want. Prophecies (Also known simply as "Guild Wars") has the largest amount of content, all the really core important skills that people have learned how to use very well, and a long and exciting storyline that establishes the universe. Factions is the fastest campaign to level to 20, its roleplaying campaign is over the fastest, it also has the most PvP content. Nightfall falls between the two in speed to level, has the least importance to team PvP, but as a big bonus characters started in Nightfall have access to heroes right off the bat. Heroes are smarter and stronger than normal henchmen.

2. Yes, but you'll need to buy the same campaign as your friend has to do this. (Most likely this is Prophecies) If you want to start your character in a different campaign, you can also

3. Any of the three campaigns will do. You'll also need to hit level 20.

4. The graphics are pretty astounding for when the game was released, and mostly they hold up even today. The terrain looks a little dated now, but that's about it. I really enjoyed the story more than anything else in the game, and it plays more like a singleplayer RPG than an online community-based game in this regard. I don't think you'd be disappointed there. The gameplay is pretty complex- if you don't mind putting some time in to learn it, it's really deep and fun.

5. The answer is "not really". Cities and towns are seperated into districts, but you can travel to any english-speaking district. When you enter an area "outside", you're automatically instanced into your own zone, and only people you've invited to your party will be present.

6. Quickly checking EB games, I see Prophecies for AU$49.95, and nightfall for AU$89.95. If you have access to a credit card, you can also buy from the online store, although I found this slightly more expensive than retail due to the fact that New Zealand pays in european currency in the online store.

it sounds like a very good game but, dont know if i want to waste the money and what ive read on the offical site doesnt sound good

The biggest thing that is going to turn you off is the fact that GW is not WoW. I wouldn't compare the two. They are seriously like apples and oranges.

Newest thing for GW is Eye of the North, an expansion. Prophecies (#1), Factions (#2) and Nightfall (#3) are all stand alone campaigns that you can play seperately or together. Everyone has a differing opinion on which is the best, so honestly, no one here can answer that for you. It will depend on your playstyle.

If your friend has a different campaign than you, you will have to also have that campaign in order to join him. However, you can be in common areas such as guild halls, RA, HA, TA, etc.

You need either Prophecies, Factions or Nightfall.

Storyline is pretty lacking in GW. It's point a to point b stuff and will be a lot easier than what you are used to in WoW, a lot of the stuff is pretty much handed to you on a silver platter.
Graphics aren't bad. I haven't seen many MMO style games do better.

There are geographical regions, Europe, America, Korea, Japan, China, Russia, etc. Europe-America can move around freely, for the others you can switch up to 5 times per account, as far as I know unless that was also changed recently. It didn't used to be that you could freely move between European and American districts.

Can't help ya there. Might want to uh, get off your ass and look. Google ftw.

ok people keep saying campaigns do you have one character doing "mission/quests?" and another character PVP?? and since i want eye of the north
does it matter what previous version i choose? eg. if i choose the original i would be able to go in original gw area and do the quests there etc...
and if i start at the original gw and advance to a newer version does my character come with?

whats the difference between campaign characters and pvp characters?

Campaign = A game chapter, a unit of sale under the Guild Wars title.
Each Campaign has it's seperate worldmap and storyline that can be played seperately. However, if you own several campaigns, you can cross over and travel to each of them.

Prophecies (#1) Think European theme
Factions (#2) Think Asian theme
Nightfall (#3) Think Northern African/Middle Eastern theme


Eye of the North is set up to be a expansion of sorts for Prophecies/Tyrian storyline, so in my personal opinion it would be best to get Prophecies + Eye of the North for the sake of continuity of the storyline. But as for as for access to the campaign, you can do Prophecies + EotN, Factions + EotN, or Nightfall + EotN. It doesn't matter, they will all work.

If you choose the original, you would start in the original. There is no latest spawn area. If you add a campaign, you CAN carry characters over and do quests in the 'new' areas. The only ones you wouldn't be able to do is beginner quest for characters created in that campaign.

Example: Only Tyrian based (prophecies) characters would be able to do tyrian beginner quests. A Canthan character that crossed over to Tyria would be able to do Tyrian Quests, but not those beginning tyrian-only quests.

Campaign Characters are character that are 'native' to whatever land your campaign takes place in. They can be either PvE or PvP. PvE characters can do both PvE and PvP but you start out at level 1. PvP characters can only do PvP, but you can reroll them to your hearts content armor and skill wise via unlocks.

I am without Guild Wars for the moment as I am in the process of moving. But in a week or so I should be back, my in game name is Alex Morningstar, I should be able to answer any questions you still have by then.

Welcome to the strange new world that is Guild Wars!

There's a sticky thread on this forum that tells you a bit about the various GW games, and which one might be best as a starter game. Check it here.

Each chapter of Guild Wars has its own region. All chapters give access to the Battle Isles, which is all PvP (and guild halls), but to meet in a PvE area both of you will need to have the same title. If you want to meet in Elona, both of you will need to have Nightfall etc.

One of the neat things though, is that if you have more than one title on your playing account you can make characters cross between the campaigns you have. For example, if you had both Factions and Nightfall, you could create a character in Factions and take that character to the Nightfall areas.

You will need EITHER Prophecies OR Factions OR Nightfall OR a combination of any of these three games. You only need one of them, but there are benefits that come from having more than one of them (like additional character slots and extra vault space, along with the ability to cross characters across campaigns at your whim). You will also need a max level character to be able to get to the Eye of the North areas, but as the level cap is only 20 you'll fulfil that requirement relatively quickly.

Also, it should be noted that if all you particularly want is Eye of the North, there is a Platinum edition that contains both Prophecies and Eye of the North together.

The graphics are great, and the developers have taken a lot of time to create some absolutely stunning landscapes and special effects. Each skill has its own unique visual and sound effects too.

The UI is pretty straightforward. I'd be lying if I said it was easy to start off with as there's a lot of new information to take in, but once you work out what buttons bring up what panels and where everything is, the UI is very easy. You can also customise your UI to a certain extent to make it more natural for you.

The game storylines are all different, depending on which games you get. They're all good, but for different reasons. The sticky thread I linked to earlier in this post goes into more detail about storyline quality.

For English speaking players, the main servers are the European, American and International districts (unfortunately, there isn't a dedicated Australian district at the moment). You can switch your character between these three districts at will while you're in a town or outpost by using the district selection menu at the top of the screen.

That I can't help you with. Check around your video game stores, and don't forget to check the bargain bins as well. You might get lucky and find a copy of GW in one of those (my copy of Prophecies came out of a bargain bin last year).


Campaign characters, or PvE characters as we tend to call them, have access to all the regions that you have available in your playing account and can switch between PvE and PvP anytime. They can go out questing and complete the story missions to save the world, and can compete in any of the PvP arenas (although most of the arenas require a level 20 character). PvE characters start out at level 1 and have to learn each new skill individually, either by getting it as a quest reward, buying it from a skill trainer, or by capturing it from a boss. Whenever a PvE character learns a new skill, that skill becomes unlocked for your account.

PvP characters always start out at level 20 and are restricted the to the PvP areas of the game. PvP characters have automatic access to all skills that you have unlocked on your account, so playing with a PvE character can be a good way to power up a PvP character's skill repertoire. It is possible to get more unlocks by trading in the faction that you earn as you compete in PvP, so you're not restricted to one way of getting more unlocks for your PvP characters.


I hope all this info helps, and if you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask. Also, my in-game name is listed under my avatar here if you'd like to contact me in-game sometime. I'm always happy to help out newcomers.

if you are going for the best storyline then go with nightfall, but if you want to play with your friend then get prophecies(if that is the campaign that he has) because prophecies has the 2nd best campaign as well.

1stly welcome to the community...2ndly...probablty best IMHO to start with Prophecies enemies are at their weakest in this game and so on...nice learning environment in pre-searing...

if you would like any questions answers or need help once you start playing (send me a PM, and if Im free I'll be more then willing to help you out!)

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It doesn't matter which version you pick, but you might want to try looking at the Platinum Edition. I'm not sure about prices on it but it might save you a little money. It contains both the original Guild Wars Prophecies game, and Eye of the North.

http://guildwars.com/products/platinum/