what would you rather be

chris1234565

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

London, UK

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if you had a untimate choice in gw what to be which one of these would you choose

title king with 30+ titles but bad and making money
or
rich kid with obby crysalines , eternals ect but be awfull at titles

Risus

Risus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

56min UW HM post-2/25 I win

FDR

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rich. i could buy the titles.

jamal555

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

the 2 must go together...

but for a wise choice... 30+ title coz u can use them someway in gw2... all items and money will die with your gw1 account so useless...

Lawrence Chang

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

United States

[SOHE]

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Titles

12chrss

Damian979

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

If you waste...I mean spend the time to get 30+ titles you damn well better have a crap load of money from the 1000+ hours of grinding you just did.

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

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Rich guy. When I get bored, I CAN SELL THEM ON TEH INTERNETZ!!!11

ajc2123

ajc2123

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

North of the wall

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Def titles because of GW2.

Im glad money won't transfer, fresh starts are always nice. Also we don't need the REALLY rich people buying all high end things in the beginning and messing with the economy in GW2. Hopefully that is something that will be very important in GW2...

Bruce Leeroy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

You have to be somewhat rich to get 30 titles. The 2 will almost go together for the majority.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

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Rich because i like to do e-peen boost
and then like the others said i could buy titles =p

Sarevok Thordin

Sarevok Thordin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

W/N

Titles for GW2

komma

komma

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

None

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if i had a choice....well we all have that choice i believe, and i am both.

GoalieLax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Army of None [AON]

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given that i can make 21k in 2 hours whenever i want, i'd take the titles...i'm over halfway there as it is (17 maxed)

i just don't get how people are poor in GW...money is so easy to get

shoyon456

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Uh, who says you cant have both? Most people with money have at least a decent number of maxed titles, and people with GWAMM have nothing left other than to make money.

However, I find farming to be much easier, and I made the mistake of going for money before titles. And like everyone else has said, titles will carry over the benefit in GW2.

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

I'd take the cash, then ebay it.

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

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I am currently in the middle of boosting my 'e-peen' and i suck at making titles, absolutley no patience for them whatsoever. Guess you already know my choice. + one day if im really bored i can ebay my epeen and become rich irl.

lord of all tyria

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Thread does not deliver.

I would rather be batman.

Accursed

Accursed

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Rich so I can buy the titles.

Kinn

Kinn

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

Englandshire, England.

The International Association of Mending Wammos

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Title king.

A lot of the time, being rich but nothing else just means you're an ebay customer.

chris1234565

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

London, UK

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some ppl say that they will buy titles but there is come that cannot be bought for example all pvp titles. and 5m getting certain titles will not last long for example drunk , sweet and party titles costing 1.5m each and paying for vanquishing titles can be upto 6m. plus 5m wont get titles like wisdom and trusure but i suppose it will get you on your way so your reliaing on getting other titles like catographer to get 30+ what also cannot be bought

Pesi

Pesi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Droknars Forge

No Goats No Glory

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rich. i know ppl that bought 30+ titles for 1000e (paid someone to do it ofc)

tho i prefer skill.

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

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I guess titles would have to be my answer.

Although, with my guild and friends I have got 29 maxed atm, just grinding Kurzick faction now...

Aztec Mijo

Aztec Mijo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

[LaZy]

W/E

titles, they are pretty useful in pve and ull prolly use them for gw2.

captain_carter

captain_carter

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

England

The X Viles [TXV]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by shoyon456
Uh, who says you cant have both?
Who says you can have one without the other?

I am not convinced it is possible for anyone to have achieved 30+ titles without having been rich at some point.

I expect the idea of the thread is to say which you would rather have if this were not the case, but I'm not sure I can actuallyseparate the 2 in my mind.

I suppose the logical choice would be titles, for the reason everyone else gave.

Quote:
Originally Posted by lord of all tyria
Thread does not deliver.

I would rather be batman.
really? batman sucks

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

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Titles I suppose. Money has no real point in GW, and I have had tons and tons of it in days past. I pursued titles to a point, then burned out on them. They really dont have a point either though, ie, there's no point in just waving a magic wand to max them. The point of titles is just to pursue them. Imho, far better than simply being rich though.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Titles. You can't take the cash with you, and there really isn't anything left in the game that's worth buying with all that wealth other than titles.

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

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You can't get 30+ titles without being rich, and if you're rich you can probably buy your way to the titles. They're not mutually exclusive.

Murmel

Murmel

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

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Rich.

Maily since I don't give a (Insert curse of choice) about titles.
And need money for elite armor for the rest of my characters.
Rather have the armor in GW2 than the titles..

lemming

lemming

The Hotshot

Join Date: May 2006

Honolulu

International District [id???]

I'd rather not be awful at the game.

To clarify: not awful = being like chiizu, not being like a random guy with GWAMM.

Murmel

Murmel

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

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Quote:
Originally Posted by tehlemming
I'd rather not be awful at the game.
/winthread

Even if it doesn't have anything to do with the the options, this guy's a genius

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murmel
/winthread

Even if it doesn't have anything to do with the the options, this guy's a genius
Not really. Hasnt anything to do with the OP's topic options and someone else raised it earlier in the thread:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pesi
tho i prefer skill.

Murmel

Murmel

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aera Lure
Not really. Hasnt anything to do with the OP's topic options and someone else raised it earlier in the thread:
I know that is doesn't have anything to do with the question.
And sorry, didn't read through all posts

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

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I'd prefer to be rich, so I could buy the titles then ebay all the gold.

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

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Titles. I can quit the game at that point.

zelgadissan

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
I'd prefer to be rich, so I could buy the titles then ebay all the gold.
Beat me to it. Sell the weapons, buy your titles, sell for actual money. I can deal with a permanent ban for a little cash. And don't tell me PvP titles can't be bought, "fame service 3k per fame"

BTW, before anybody says it I know fame would never get maxed that way, if ever, but you can still buy massive amounts of points towards the title.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murmel
I know that is doesn't have anything to do with the question.
And sorry, didn't read through all posts
Nah. No biggie. Was a friendly pointing out rather than a challenge of any sort. I was just bored really. lol.

teng

teng

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

USA, WI

Vanguard Elite Troopers

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titles, so i can show it off with my bambi MUHAHA

Wolf2581

Wolf2581

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Joliet, IL, USA

Hardcore Militants United [HMU]

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I suppose I am already part of the second type, and I prefer that. The only load I ever blew was for obsidian armor on my mesmer, and the only title I ever cared about is Asuran allegiance for obtaining spectacles to complement the obsidian armor. If I had only one character, I might be much more interested in titles. Even with the recent announcement about account-based carryovers, obtaining them does not really appeal to me.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by jamal555
the 2 must go together...

but for a wise choice... 30+ title coz u can use them someway in gw2... all items and money will die with your gw1 account so useless...
False. There's nothing about title grinding that will net you enough money to buy everything you want. There's nothing that drops in a common explorable that is worth more than 100k, unless it's an R7 perfect uninscribable rare skin. Good luck, especially in hard mode. UW/FoW don't count towards any titles.

The easiest way to get 30+ titles are doing mass PvE vanquishing, skill hunting(costs tons of cash), HM missions, mapping. None of those provide a lick of cash as opposed to constant farming of UW/FoW for the big name weapons. Eternal blade, obsi edge, PvP for ZKeys for the same things, voltaics, etc.

Power trading is the easiest way to get rich like that...and even that takes time and almost a sixth sense about where to be and what to buy/sell.

To answer the OP...I think I'd rather have the titles. If achieved the way I have described, that means I'd end up knowing every square inch of non-elite PvE...I already know the Elite areas almost by heart. Urgoz is still sketchy, but the rest I've spent so much time in it's not funny.

glacialphoenix

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

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I'd take skill, thank you. You can buy your titles if you're rich enough, and having lots of pretty armor/weapons generally won't carry over into GW2 (HoM aside).

Nessar

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

Titles...Just to show off c: