Kurz or Lux

wolfe69

wolfe69

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2007

Kempner,texas

Guildd Wars Alternate Reality[Gwar]

A/Mo

i'm new an trying to figure a few things out.Whats the diff. between kurz. n Lux for guilds or ingame play

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

There is no difference, it's just a side.

You are not barred from exploring the other side in PvE because you can still earn faction for the other side. There is no real inherent bonus for picking either side.

Ghengis Kwell

Ghengis Kwell

Baby Maker

Join Date: Jun 2007

UK

Sent Fromhell

D/W

Luxons have Turtles, Kurzick have Juggernauts..............different looking Elite armour , thats about it really tbh

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

the only real difference is the side you play as in alliance battles. you can still play as the other side by getting a guest invite to another guild though. other than that easy access to the elite armor (you can't the other sides normal armor unless you have more of their faction or else they won't talk to you in towns) but you can get the other sides elite armor if you capture the town.

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

The Kurzicks are baby turtle killers and the Luxons are not.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Really, they're the same for gameplay, just different in terms of armor.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Kurzicks are the Gothic type
Luxons are the Pirates type
they have different looking armoursets
both sides argue alot

Toutatis

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

There's not much of a difference between the two. Neither side is better or worse than the other, and neither side is inherently good or evil either.

Just pick whichever side you like better - if you like walking through forests and swatting bugs, go Kurzick... If you like sandy beaches and fishing trips, go Luxon. Also, go to the wiki and check out the armor arts that each side has on offer to see which one you prefer.

Inniss

Inniss

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Bendigo - Australia

Search For Gwen Foundation

E/Mo

Kurzicks are peaceful hippy goths who also have a habit of killing baby turtles and those poor Dredge who are squatting on their land after escaping the Stone Summit.

Luxons are agressive nomadic pirates who love chopping down trees and putting their criminals in arena deathmatches.

It's all personal preference really. I prefer Kurzicks myself, but will still go to the Jade Sea to kill stuff when the Kurzicks are on the assault. A change of scenery is nice. The only diference is Lore... and the Luxon PvE mission before the whirlpool is easier because of a kinda exploit thing.

enxa

enxa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Novi Sad, Serbia

Rt/

Well the armors are the only obvoius difference, but belonging to a side can tell just a tiny bit more about your charracters and yourself as well.

Kurzicks are superstitious gothics that sing to trees :P Luxons are free spirited adventurers, etc...

tmakinen

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

E/

From the gameplay perspective, the two Luxon missions are somewhat easier than their Kurzick counterparts. Although most elites can be capped on both sides, there is one assassin elite that can only be found deep on the Kurzick side. Kurzick faction is easier to come by than the Luxon one if you want to do some faction farming. The Kurzick area is somewhat gloomy and confined with patches of a quite annoying environmental effect (stone spores), the Luxon side is more colorful and wide open and the environmental effect (coral) is easier to spot and avoid. The available henches on each side differ more than by just a name and skin so you'll have to work out decent combinations separately (like, Luxons have a BHA ranger, Kurzicks provide a dom mesmer).

Nothing prevents you from playing both sides and that is also required for many titles (cartography, protector, guardian) or things like the black moa minipet (requires GW:EN).