back to gw after years

I purchased GW when it first came out and quickly got up to 20 and to... some volcanic islands somewhere is where I think I left off.

Anyways, I'm downloading GW now because I miss gaming and want to finish off the story. Should I purchase factions after this and then nightfall or just go straight to eye of the north? Or does the order matter at all? As far as the story goes?

thanks

do what uu like

Why did you even bother posting?



I recommend getting all the games and playing through them once, theres enough content for at least a few hundred hours entertainment.

First purchase i would make is Nightfall, brilliant campaign.

Asking a large community like gwguru is not likely to be productive, as you will get every possible combination of recommendations. Finish Prophecies, make some new friends in-game, then ask them what they did. There are no wrong answers, unless you want to PvP.

You can buy whatever you want, whenever you want.
Story-wise it's prophecies ==> factions ==> nightfall ==> EotN, but that's only if you want to follow the story.
NF and EotN give you heroes, and factions only give you alliance battle,

AS far as story goes, you should play NF after both prohecies and factions. Other than that, its up to you.

I would finish prohecies first (then do some Sorrows Furnance or so) and decide what to purchase after that.

You should go pvp, but before you do ask yourself this question.

"Am I a carebear?"

Totally not a carebear any more. I'll go to factions next then-- I'd like to follow the story, but knowing me I'll get addicted and become carebear.

thanks guys

Best answer: find people you enjoy playing with and buy what you need to do what they do. Who you play with, and whether you enjoy their company and what you are doing in-game, is a lot more important to your enjoyment of the game than anything else.

First of all its Factions.. not Fractions...

I recommend getting Nightfall next, it is truly and amazing campaign.

I agree. Nightfall and heroes in this day and age would be great for you I think.

Depends how serious you are man. If you really wanna get back into GW, I would recommend getting NF>FACTIONS>EOTN. How can u play this game without all the skills each campaign offers or the character specific games that introduce, dervs,paras,sins, and rits. Like I said it all depends on how serious you are. If I had to chose one game after Proph it would be NF Cuz of heroes, dervs, paras, and skills.

Fixed.

Is it wise to skip along though? I'm starting off with no friends, so without continuous co-op play I'll probably get bored if I don't become interested in the story. Then again, I'm sure I'll make friends along the way.

I must say, coming from Diablo and CS, the community here is much more friendly than expected

Get NightFall or Eotn 1st for some heroes and there aren't much people in factions, midway into the game theres about 10 people max in the mission outposts

I just finished downloading, turns out I'm at the ring of fire first mission.

AND I've got my 2nd birthday present, that's great. It's a miniature juggernaut-- is that any good? Still have 1 or 2 more presents I get to open too probably.



Oh, and I'll go to NF next, nothing I hate more than not having people to play with.

Nah man, mini-juggernauts are worthless. I'll give you 1k for it so you can buy something nice.

j/k lol

I also got a miniature wind rider.

I will need money, are they worth much?

If you're only going to get 1 expansion get nightfall. Heros are pretty much changed the game forever and made it possible to easily roll through games as a single player instead of being forced to look for PUGs.

Of course if you're willing to spend more then get everything. It'll be a lot of fun and you'll have full access to all the skills. Its still probably in your interest to get through nightfall first and then go back to factions with a full compliment of heros.

check the pricing thread lol. Jugganauts are quite popular and will rake u in quite abit of money

Good good, all 4 of my chars had presents. Also have, fungal wallow and necrid horseman

Where do you trade them at anyways?

EDIT: never mind, found out.

For storyline, it's obvious to go Factions -> Nightfall -> EotN.

But, Factions is rather blowing today, so it would do you best to skip it and go straight to Nightfall.

After that, choosing between Factions and EotN depends. After you acquire a good number of heroes, you may find a lot of builds out of your reach because of not having Factions, since Factions offers over 300 skills you'll be missing out on, compared to just 150 from EotN. On the other hand, you may want to continue playing what everyone else is for the player involvement. EotN would then be the right choice for you.

It's taken me awhile to finally appreciate how truly awesome Nightfall is. I'd say it's a tie between that and Factions, but Heroes might tip NF in favor.

What are these heroes I keep hearing about?

Oh the beauty of heroes : ) They're essentially customizable henchmen that you can give weapons to and change their skill bars with anything you have unlocked on your account. You can have a max of three in your party, but that's just enough to steamroll ze game.

1st, welcome back!
i suggest you going for NF before Faction and EoTN, with NF you will find out that heros are quite helpful.

Thanks That's the plan... I just noticed that the map grew A LOT to the north-- I guess that's probably the other campaigns? Once I buy them, what exactly happens? Does that map just grow and I can go there, or do I have to finish this ring of fire stuff first then move on to it?

I found Nightfall to be less of a grind than Factions, you might enjoy that more. At the very least, the heroes will be a big help in case you are having trouble looking for groups (which it incredibly difficult since people began to use them).

Read up on them on the wiki and in the "Heroes and AI" section, you'll see what I mean.

I'm finding it impossible to find a party at the ember light camp for this quest.

Quit while you're ahead!

But seriously...

Get a combo pack with all of them if you can, those are cheap. Stick with your Prophecy character and go through GW:EN -> Nightfall -> Factions with him. The most important thing about GW is having 1 dedicated main character. Why? BEcause when GW2 comes out, thats who you'll need to get all the bonuses through hall of monuments. So step by step.

Steps

1) Get all the expansions, doesn't matter the order.

2) Figure out what your main character will be, its really up to you, but for PvE I wouldn't suggest Mesmer. You'll have an easy time with Warrior, Monk, Elementalist, Necromancer; Rangers are good also if you don't mind not finding a group all the time. If... you already have a character developed pretty far into the game (sounds like you do), just stick with him. Hope you like how he looks and what his name is, because you can't change it.

3) Take that main character through all of the campaigns. But for maximum productivity the order of the chapters is key, take him to GW:EN to get heroes quickly and easily. You'll also get pretty big rewards including decent items, imba PvE skills, and gold early on with quests, making the other campaigns much easier. Then go through Nightfall, get a complete set of heroes, learn how to Sabway or Paraway (you can find a link on this forum). Finally go through Factions. It would be wise to earn Masters and do the bonuses on these as well, so you don't find yourself redoing missions later when you aim for titles.

4) Learn how to farm with that character (almost every profession can), Get rich, Buy rich people stuff.

5) Title grind, because you'll be able to put all your titles in the HoM (Hall of Monuments). Why do this? When GW2 comes out, some how the two will be correlated resulting in veteran GW1 players who have made "achievements" be able to get some sort of balanced benefit in GW2.

Lessons you'll have to Learn

1) Pick up Groups, commonly known as PuG groups are atrocious. You'll find yourself offended and feel like your team has more enemies among them then the environment you're fighting in. So this is why heroes are necessary, you get them early on, and you keep them close to you. They'll be your best friends, although I wouldn't recommend talking to them, they're kinda dull.

2) High end PvP is a large leap, you'll probably have the best experience by wetting your feet in both Random Arena, and Team Arena, while doing the PvP missions in Factions. This will give you a taste for how the game mechanics can change drastically.

3) PvE skills are an even better friend then Heroes, abuse them till your heart's delight.

4) Don't bother trading or buying, its a waste of time and money. (This changes as you get rich and simply don't care about paying for over priced rarities) But to put it simply, use what you find, and craft cheap max damage weapons.

5) Eliteness isn't needed, you don't have to have gold weapons and 15k armor, they simply cost more and result in some players criticizing you.

Thats basically the "smartest" way to play GW. If you make multiple characters steps 3-5 will be repeated until the point of annoyance, thats how many people quit the game. They make 4-5 characters, get them all decently far, then get pissed because none of them really excel in specific and find themselves swamped by goals they'll never be able to achieve. So as stated earlier having a main character that you'll NEVER get tired of is essential!

nah u ride a ship to go to other maps =D lol
and i'll be glad to help u with any missions and other stuff

I'm in ember light camp district 1 under character name *Ear Ache if you want to help

It's a lot more dull than it used to be, back in the day finding a party was easy.

My suggestion to you would be finish off Prophecies, after that play it for a little while get to learn it again. If you get bored and are all caught up then you might want to consider buying Factions, NF, or EoTn

sry cant help atm studying for midterm exams x.x lol maybe tomorrow =)

There are some outposts/towns that have very little traffic now. Most of the Fire Island ones for sure. Also the Maguuma area is quiet in Prophesies. There are some towns in Factions that are pretty bad also. So for that reason alone, I'd suggest buying Nightfall next as it is the most recent non-expansion game.

I'd say get NF or GWEN, you need heroes!