I was thinking of giving up on gw BUT....

I have beaten Prof and Gwen and started Factions a couple of weeks ago. I do not like the game play as well as the others nor how the missions are set up. As far as playing a SIN, I started one and found that it does not perform very well in PvE. When I got to a point that I could jump over to PvP however I really got into the SIN. Whole different experience playing in the arena vs my other char. War/Monk and Necro/Monk. I play the SIN in PvP and do very little PvE with him.

Personally, I enjoy factions. Sins have alot of potiential but it seems like only a handful of people learn to play them well. I love Rits, the Forest and Alliance Battles. However, the Factions story line is pretty weak and you can finish it very quickly. The towns are empty and without a strong guild to back you up you will have to rely on h/h to finish it. To answer you question: I don't think Factions will help you enjoy the game again. With your friends list shrinking and your growing boredom it may be time to take a break.

The best thing about GW is the fact that you can drop it and not play it for a few months.

Then just reinstall it and carry on with what you were doing.

I agree. Leave the game. I did. Things got boring so I switched to WoW for awhile, and maybe will switch back later. There is no monthly fee so your not really losing out on anything if you leave GW for awhile.

My boyfriend uses Assassin for EVERYTHING. PvE, PvP, farming, title grabbing, anything you can possibly do, he uses him.

But all of those things can be done without an Assassin, separately or altogether. If you're bored with the game, making a new character won't really change gameplay all that much.

I was thinking of giving up on gw BUT.... GW grafik is better than WoW, so ill stay on GW xD
tryin to follow the topic

Factions is fun for a bit. I enjoyed it. Like the other chapters though, you'll eventually tire of it because:

Get Factions and grind for max Lux/Kurz rep. It should take you a while.

Then get EoTN and grind for max rep.

There is grind to be found, but it's for PvE only skills, not weapons.

Jesus malice you of all people but anyway.

Yeah just quit factions is boring.

Factions was by far the best campaign, everyone else is wrong.

If the base gameplay isn't fun for you though, I wouldn't throw more cash at the problem.

I think Factions is awesome, way better than sandy Nightfall........ if you want something new to spice up your playing, get Factions. Just don't try to beat it in like 2 days, that defeats the purpose.

Watch out cause assassins in guild wars can not use stealth/cloaking. But they can teleport onto enemies and they are anorexic. If you do make one try not to name him X Naruto X. Also factions only has 13 missions.

truth. no point in fluffing.

and nice job turning half this thread to /angryface at malice lol

The only difference between giving up and taking a break, is never looking back, and unlike a cheap girlfriend or WoW, guildwars won't bug you about money if you do.

ive left and come back several times. im willing to bet if you quit for a few months, you'll be back soon. in fact when i quit, i was unable to completely stop checking the forums for skill updates and new build ideas.

I miss those days.

What turned y'all into doormats, boys? All these violent video games ought to teach you something, right?

LIAR! ..... .....

Sigh @ typical Malice, and i totally agree with you yet again Dr. Factions was by far my fav campaign, to the point that i remade almost all of my core professions into Canthans after Factions came out, because i loved the hair/faces too.

its imo, the best of all 4 games, and still my fav to replay.

It all falls back to you. What do you define as being fun for you? I like helping people, so having all ten professions, all chapters, all professions with all of their skills unlocked, and all outposts accessible was fun to me. Now that I'm getting bored however, grinding race ranks to improve pve skills is the new fad for me. Though the above poster is correct, the limits of gw does make it become stale but at the same time, you can always come back to enjoy it at anytime, and without a feeling of loss as with games that increase their limits.

The misconception is that you actually gain nothing by getting a 10% more damaging weapon if your foes have 10% more HP, too.
This should also not really be the great fun factor in a game.

It is a hamster wheel that keeps you going, and it is prominent in WoW and other achievement-style MMOs, where ultra-uber gear then drops from the first trashmob in the next expansion that you did not get in super hard 25 man raids before.

GW was great without the grind for ever better equipment.



Maybe it is just not your style, nothing wrong with that. I am playing another game based on the hamster wheel principle at the moment, too. This should not make us forget that it game concept is actually still that of a hamster wheel to keep you going and subscribed.