Do you play for fun? (regarding titles, ursan, pvp, farming) - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

hurric

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

BC

10 Apr 2008 at 18:14 - 1

This thread is more directed for people who've played the game for at least 8 months or more.

Titles
The benefit you get in PvE Skills is just as good in lvl 9 compared to level 10 but the grind it requires is a lot more. If you enjoy maxing titles, it's all good but after 1.5 years of gameplay I have 0 maxed titles.
my alternative: play every (elite) area in game at least once or try crazy builds rather than fill in HM books (same quests over and over). Where's the fun in that? (but if having a maxed title is fun for you, then it's all good)

Ursan
The whole creativity of making a 8-man team disappears. Play want to play to clear an area as fast as possible to get the maximum reward.

I can understand if the game was new or for newer players who want cash fast but shouldn't people be inclined to do more creative stuff rather than stick to ursan after almost 3 years the game has been out? I personally take my paragon to UW and people call me n00b or paras suck or leave group when i say this is a non-ursan group.

PvP
There's an abundance of R/D Sway. Again this is all good for newer players but higher ranked players are running this.

Farming
this is where the most creativity comes into play and kudos to all people who come up with builds.

The common theme is all this is people want the most reward in shortest period of time even if it involves them grinding (ursan, hm handbooks, etc.)

On the other hand, I really enjoy it when people play something creative like all mesmer team fow or even time challenges in UW/FoW (even with ursan) because that promotes some thinking.

So if you really play for fun, shouldn't we see "MOAR" creative clear of elite areas rather than less. (esp. after enough game play where you'd have more than enough money/armor/etc.)

so do you play for fun?

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

10 Apr 2008 at 18:19 - 2

i play for fun as for all games i do
idc about winning cuz i go PvE and sometimes PvP with some funbuild i made up
gogo A/D critical scythe

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

10 Apr 2008 at 18:21 - 3

when its not fun i dont play, the point of playing is to have fun.

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

10 Apr 2008 at 18:22 - 4

I try to play for fun. Farming used to be fun before loot scaling. Arenas used to be fun before dishonour. Elite areas used to be fun before Ursan. PVE used to be fun before HM and titles.

I wish I could have the old GW back instead of the current ruined one.

Ferret Deathsquad

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

Boston, Mass

W/Rt

10 Apr 2008 at 18:33 - 5

I play to get my mind off of work.

Right now I'm trying to finish prophecies right now with my Nerco so titles don't mean anything to me right now. I think I can only get one or two when I finish the game in normal mode. IF I can get the bonus on Dunes of Depair. (Man I hate that Mission and Bonus) Hell If I get bored I'll help people with missions or go roaming around and see what kind of trouble I can get in.

Its only a game and I use it to relax. Like someone else said "If its not fun, I don't play"

Murmel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

[swea]

W/

10 Apr 2008 at 18:34 - 6

I also "try" to play for fun. But sometimes it just sucks...
Anyway. Right now I'm doing some HM missions and NM dungeons with my warrior. (Yes, NM dungeons...) And with my ranger I'm going for Legendary Survivor. I only use my own build creations, except for the sabway build.

Idon't play very much now due to the fact that I have several characters in NF (worst of the 4 games) My assassin is in Torment, and assassins in torment.. Meh..

Tried DoA Ursan-way, but got kicked cause they though I were a n00b that didn't know how to play in DoA properly (that was my first time ever in DoA)

Carboplatin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

[PIG]

W/A

10 Apr 2008 at 18:43 - 7

i've pretty much stopped repetitive farming and just play for fun nowadays. using 6 heros + 1 player had been my new hobby lately.

takes about 2 hours for a clear fow in NM. granted i am only using a party of 7.Much slower then ursans but not mindless 1-2-1-2 spamming.

eventually i'll get the build down and do HM. gives me somthing to look forward to.

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

10 Apr 2008 at 18:45 - 8

Why else would I play?

My only maxed title is guardian, Ursan is fun for a single run with friends, in PvP I use what works, and I never farm.

Different stuff is fun for different people, though. Some people are into the digital slot machine thing with farming, I suppose that's their own problem.

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

10 Apr 2008 at 18:46 - 9

I do play to have fun.
That's why I like to play with h/h because that way I know I have guys in my party who are able to carry my weight.

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

10 Apr 2008 at 18:48 - 10

I try to play for fun whenever I log in. Sadly, I get bored after 10 minutes and go afk.

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

10 Apr 2008 at 18:49 - 11

I do just play for fun, wiping areas that take the least amount of thinking or slowly working on titles if I get bored of that.

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

10 Apr 2008 at 18:50 - 12

In most MMO's its all about the e-peen, and yes I can satisfy that in PvE for some extent. But in all honestly, In PvE for me things are only fun the first time around, then once repetition occurs; it just kills the gamer's mindset of progress. Now what I believe to be the MOST fun thing to do in GW, is creating effective, tactical, and unique builds. This is why I love GW, it is what made PvP so great, it allows you to pour your creativity into subject matter that other people have no clue what to do with. The feeling is similar to RTS's in that sense, two people can be playing the same "race/team" against each other but one will win.

If I want to have roleplaying fun then I'll play a single player RPG like Oblivion, where the actual elements of roleplay exist. Its a damn shame though, Anet did make that push farther than any other MMO as far as the "single player" experience is considered, but I'd much prefer they tried even harder with GW2.

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

10 Apr 2008 at 18:54 - 13

I play for fun,and from time to time I have to bore myself to achive something.
But nothing of the levels of god walking amongst mere mortals.

Esan

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2007

Wars

10 Apr 2008 at 18:54 - 14

I play to win. In GW PvE, this means to get to GWAMM. When I get there (only two titles left!), I will uninstall GW1 until GW2 arrives.

I used to play for fun, but I retired from PvP.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

10 Apr 2008 at 18:54 - 15

I play because of the different playstyles.

Bashing things in with a Sword, Hammer or Axe...
Spreading conditions and turning the enemy into green dust clouds of poison...
Hexing the crap out of things and screwing them up, aswell as interrupts, but Rangers do it better.

The list goes on...

Title-hunting on my Ranger at the moment.

Game N Die

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

CO

Scions of Carver[SCAR]

W/

10 Apr 2008 at 18:55 - 16

I play for entertainment, yes, to me that's what games are for. I enjoy grinding away for titles, not necessarily the act, but the result, which is that my time has produced an accomplishment.

I like running ursan, yes it is fun, and regardless of what others feel, running ursan with skill can produce much better results than doing it without skill.

I don't PvP.

Farming is another aspect of the game which is similar to titles, in that it is a kind of a delayed gratification act. The fact that you can create/tweak builds to make them more effective makes farming less boring than title-grinding.

Unfortunately, I think that team builds will always lean towards efficiency, and at this point ursan is very efficient. So, right now the fun of a team build is the time aspect of it, not as much the individual builds that make up the team.

I personally think this game is great fun, though, and one of the reasons is because no matter what you consider fun, you're likely to find it in GW.

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

10 Apr 2008 at 19:06 - 17

I play purely for the fun. When it stops being fun it gets uninstalled. Sometimes I enjoy the challenge/grind of titles and sometimes I don't.

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

10 Apr 2008 at 19:11 - 18

Of course I play for fun. If I didn't have fun, there'd be no point for me to play (I always kinda scratch my head, when I visit an outpost, and someone is saying "Mann I'm soooo booooored. Ugh, booored. I'm bored

" over and over. If you're bored, stop forcing yourself to play and go do something else, lol).

I work on titles occasionally, but it does get old quickly. So I try to keep the title grinding to small doses. xD

Ursan is lame.

I don't PvP. Don't really know anyone that does, so I was never able to get into it.

I do farm a bit. We all need our gold, right? Like title grinding, I try to keep it to small doses.

Some of the funnest things, imo, are getting with a bunch of friends and going to a dungeon/UW/FoW just for the heck of it.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

10 Apr 2008 at 19:12 - 19

fun.
the only level 10 (maxed ) title I have on ANY character is sunspear...none of the eye ones (only level 5 for the armor!)....dont think I have even done many of the missions in hard mode (except the noob island ones)....
I used ursan for the quest it was required for and that was that. (dont even think most of my character did the quest to get it either).

pvp--nope, just nope.

titles yeah got a couple only because I want to finish some things---prot and cartography come to mind---and those make me feel like I have completed those chapters (yes I have seen the whole place and killed what I was supposed to kill!) otherwise titles dont really interest me much (yeah I have a monk that wants to get the pretty birdie so he is doing skill hunter)....and I was doing the prot and cartography before they made the titles so

....because it was fun --not because I was going to get something out of it.

so fun it is.

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

10 Apr 2008 at 19:20 - 20

Whatever I do in GW it's always for fun. That includes title grinding and vanquishing. When it's not fun anymore, I'll move on to something else.

Ursan and serious farming are not part of my game.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

10 Apr 2008 at 19:24 - 21

Play? fun? GW?

No.

I use to play for fun. Now I log in and I'm insta bored.

Now I live under my bridge on teh guru.

Raku Clayman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Marquette MI

Elite Lan Gamer

E/Me

10 Apr 2008 at 19:24 - 22

I play because it's fun. I use my own builds and prefer to play with a few people I know. Or, I like to solo farm. I'm happiest when I don't have to join a PUG, but, even then, occasionally, the group is really excellent and it is satisfying to finish a Dungeon or Mission with a group of strangers.

I often change my focus. Currently, I'm maxing out titles. I have 7 currently.

When GW changes I adapt to the change and go on. I have no problem with nerfing certain builds, etc. Each area of GW is different and has it's own set of issues that need to be worked out.

The only thing I can't stand is how the Elite areas have been taken over by idiot Ursans. I tried it a few times and hated the group I was with. I wish GW would nerf the whole concept and call it a failed experiment. They've had no problem getting rid of certain solo farming builds that I liked. Ironically, even the Ursan build requires a small amount of skill. Most Ursans I've grouped with have no clue as to how to use the skills correctly. I've had friends that I've done missions with say I should do Ursan more because it takes half the time to finish a mission. This is funny to me. Why do I want to race through a mission as fast as I can? If I'm having fun I want it to last. It reminds me of a job that no one likes. They try to finish work as fast as they can and then bolt because they hate the work and the place where they have to work.

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

10 Apr 2008 at 19:27 - 23

I play for fun but i mostly get bored if i do thinks more then twice or once

Titles dont really interest me like i need to achieve some title to move on in the game but its funny to have those protector titles mainly cause you then get the feeling that you completed a certain campain :P

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

10 Apr 2008 at 20:14 - 24

I play for my kinda fun; titles mostly. I'm farming cash for titles, HFFFing or vanquishing... and I enjoy it.

Farming for cash, usually short solo farms I can pick up and drop easily; I have to AFK a lot so I don't generally want to feel like a leecher in areas like DOA. Else, I'll use Ursan simply because it's the fastest for PUGs (because I AM NOT spending 4 hours+ at once with PUGs after I set their bars only to have a retard messing up a run at last quest...), in FoW and DoA mostly.

Knightly Bird

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

Iowa

Teh Dark Empire

N/

10 Apr 2008 at 20:23 - 25

It's a game, of course I play for fun.

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

10 Apr 2008 at 20:30 - 26

Going for titles is pretty fun for me when I have sufficient time to do them. I try not to pressure myself into thinking anymore that I can vanquish lots of areas under an hour each.

The most fun I have in GW is during the Gamer weekends. That's probably my favorite title to "grind", as the festival games are usually lots of fun and easy for me to win.

The only PvP I do for fun is solo PvP, like FA, or JQ, or RA - basically anywhere where individual effort can be useful in team settings.

I have sometimes done Ursan groups for Norn point farming, but it's somewhat boring, and I wouldn't consider doing it in any serious case. Farming is still fun for me if I can pull it off most times without dying, and I'm making a pretty good profit.

Another Felldspar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Alchemy Incorporated

Mo/E

10 Apr 2008 at 20:38 - 27

The OP makes it sound as if only the things that he considers fun are fun. I like title chasing. It's fun to me. Whether it is to anyone else or not.

I title chase, I dabble in PvP, I vanquish, I dance in the guild hall, I do elite areas with allies, I go along with guildies on missions or quests, I tell dumb jokes on alliance chat, I read the forums, I complete HM missions... It's all fun. Ursan is fun too -- I usually monk so the times when I get to Ursan seeing yellow numbers is all kinds of fun.

Articus Red

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

California

E/Me

10 Apr 2008 at 20:38 - 28

for fun ftw

but yeah i do. I don't do titles, I mean I wouldn't mind doing them, but its not my thing. I just play to play. My goal is to try and get each set of elite armor for my primary, well of course the armor that I like

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

10 Apr 2008 at 20:40 - 29

I consider the following "fun" when playing GW:

-doing missions
-doing quests
-capping elite skills
-collecting minis
-random killing of enemies for no purpose except collecting drops, selling them to the merchant and earning gold and possible faction points if I'm playing in Factions
-collecting green drops (right now, it's hammers)

Concise Version: I like to actually do something that isn't farming.

lemming

The Hotshot

Join Date: May 2006

Honolulu

International District [id???]

10 Apr 2008 at 20:41 - 30

Tombs is not PvP.

[DE]

Hugs and Kisses

Join Date: Oct 2005

Scars Meadows

10 Apr 2008 at 20:43 - 31

I don't play for fun. I play so that I can stay in the Jaina Malthus fan club

Lagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

10 Apr 2008 at 21:01 - 32

Played for fun.

I refuse to play until they fix PvE. Not that they ever will.

And I get to spend more time with my family.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

10 Apr 2008 at 21:20 - 33

@OP - but that's just your idea of fun. We have 4 mil accounts out there with owners and their idea of fun.

We are all different. That's why we don't all listen to the same music, wear the same clothes and eat the same food.

On Topic -

I did EoTN Asura title for my mesmer and warrior armors. The rest are climbing as I play in that area, but I am not farming points.

I take Ursan but usually never remember to use it.

PvP - don't do it.

Farming for gold - don't do it. I make enough just playing the game with 7 active PvE characters (other 3 are mules).

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

10 Apr 2008 at 21:39 - 34

Eh, these days I've found I actually enjoy the game again, to a degree, mainly be rolling new characters and trying random stuff. Currently working on a warrior, and having more fun than I've had in ages on Gw.

Buster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Elona

Clan Eternal Legion

D/W

10 Apr 2008 at 21:53 - 35

I always play for fun with hoping there are challenging moments along the way. If something is too easy I find it extremely boring.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

10 Apr 2008 at 22:08 - 36

Of course i play for fun, i mainly PvP now. I don't care for titles or farming as much as i do to play for fun. Of course i still farm on occassion but i don't play the game just to farm.

sagilltwins

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

Your Mom's House

香港,poke, mad, BECK, nH

A/W

10 Apr 2008 at 22:58 - 37

i like how Ursan got its own category

Courage!

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2008

Australia

Mo/

11 Apr 2008 at 10:33 - 38

if i knew i wasnt gonna have fun in the game i wouldnt have bought it would i?

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

11 Apr 2008 at 10:52 - 39

7 heroes would make the game fun again for me, regardless of all the other crap that has ruined GW.

I used to have immense fun in GW before all the changes I mentioned in my earlier post. I loved doing everything in the game, from missions, to farming, to elite areas and the occasional PVP.

Now every major change that Anet made has ruined everything that I once enjoyed when I bought the game.

Clarissa F

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Fighters of the Shiverpeaks

Me/Mo

11 Apr 2008 at 10:58 - 40

Mmmm.....Conan....

I play for fun. This means that I'm being drawn to PvP, as the asshat quotient is just too much for me in PvE.

That said, I'll be uninstalling in May. Skipping a few lattes a month is worth it to play Conan. You can see where the money goes with that game.