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Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

06 Nov 2008 at 16:12 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by CronkTheImpaler

If i lost all my gear loot etc would i start over at this point in the game. (meaning at this point in time of the GW shelf life).my question is would you?

Actually, it would be kind of fun to start over fresh - IF you could really start over fresh. The problem is, there would be people (Guildies, etc.) who would give me everything I would need. It would basically be the same as starting a new character now. One thing I like about GW2 is that it will be a fresh start.

So, really, I don't know. I've thought of starting a new character, but ... nah..

Orange Milk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Ganking, USA

Retired

R/

06 Nov 2008 at 17:05 - 42

I would pretty much become a PvPer only if that were to happen, instead of the 50/50 I am now.

But chances are that would open the door for me to head out to a new game.

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

Me/Rt

06 Nov 2008 at 17:24 - 43

You made me think.

Honestly I doubt it. A lot of my guildies don't even get on anymore, so if I had to start from scratch without people to keep me entertained, I think I'd be done. Especially assuming that I wouldn't even have things to carry over to GW2. I'd probably just sit and wait for it to come out, hear reviews and friends talk, then decide to start that game.

Edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by AKB48

Starcraft2 is coming out in December

Is that true? starcraft2.com still doesn't have a release date posted. If so, then hell, I'll be done then anyway.

beserk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

UK

W/

06 Nov 2008 at 17:39 - 44

/Quit and play WOW.

joshuarodger

Unbanned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] -- IGN: Swirly

Mo/

06 Nov 2008 at 17:42 - 45

this actually happened to me and i continued to play. i seriously thought about quitting, but after a few days of having nothing to do, i picked it back up again and am still having fun. luckily, none of my characters got deleted or anything but all 8 of my characters had all their sup vigors salvaged off of thier armors and a couple of them had all their vabbian armor salvaged altogether. i also lost a lot of uncustomized weapons and shields. once you know what to do, getting that money back isn't that difficult, the weapons are a different matter, though, depending on what they were.

Star Gazer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]

W/

06 Nov 2008 at 17:44 - 46

i was actually faced with this question a few weeks back.

guild wars has been an amazing game. playing from the start, seeing the changes (both good and bad), memories with friends, and playing my first "mmorpg" was just an amazing experience. guild wars is a great game, but no, I would not come back. As someone previously said, it would open the gate to find a new game.

i think that the fact that the game is not new is the one driving reason behind this. seeing the northern shiverpeaks for the first time was a great experience for me. dealing with those big lvl9 char and my lvl6 w/e with meteor shower just awesome. but again, nothing is new, everything has been seen, and no, i would not start back.

excellent post by the way. it has been a real long time since i have seen one of these come through.

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

R/

06 Nov 2008 at 17:58 - 47

Yes, I would start again. I am not into vanity items or titles or anything like that. I just enjoy playing the game every now and them. So, even if I lost everything, I wouldn't really lose anything at all

Another Felldspar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Alchemy Incorporated

Mo/E

06 Nov 2008 at 18:05 - 48

I play GW because it's fun and I enjoy it. If everything were gone, including characters the game would still be a great passtime, especially for people in my type of situation. I start the game, play for a bit, back up into a safe spot without having to worry about respawns or walking back to town, go help with homework, play for a bit, go fix dinner... GW isn't just for hardcore players, it's also for people who just want a few minutes of relaxation, gameplay and socializing.

Yes, I'd start over. It's fun.

Shursh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

KaVa

N/

06 Nov 2008 at 18:35 - 49

heeeeeeelllll no. already spent too much time on this game as it is...

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

06 Nov 2008 at 18:38 - 50

I couldn't come back if I lost everything. Too much work put into my chars to do it all over again. Sure I could farm the shit out of some areas, grind hard for titles and armor. But I did it once, sure as hell ain't doing it again.

On the case of losing gold, flashy weapons, and armor...Still no. I'm not going to farm 900k+ to make up for like over 15 sets of elite armor -.-

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

E/

06 Nov 2008 at 18:57 - 51

if i lost all my gold i wouldn't care<_<
since i never have any anyway.
but if lost my mains i wouldn't restart just too much time and waayyyyyy too many good memories on em. Wouldn't wanna start over.

nkuvu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

06 Nov 2008 at 22:31 - 52

I was originally more interested in the storyline than in making money. So I played through very casually in terms of speed, doing all quests that I could find.

If I had to restart, I wouldn't have anything to work for. I know the story quite well for all chapters, and I don't think I could bring myself to farm to regain the shiny things I have already. Not to mention the loss of titles and characters (several characters have had third year birthdays, wouldn't want to restart that).

So if it was just my gold and items that were removed, I'd probably restore my main characters. But if those characters were deleted, I don't think I'd restart.

AKB48

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2008

みやき町

Mo/A

07 Nov 2008 at 00:41 - 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

Is that true? starcraft2.com still doesn't have a release date posted. If so, then hell, I'll be done then anyway.

Or so they say in PCgamer and Blizzard already had a beta in S.Korea last year, for the Pro-Gamers, of course. But nonetheless, SC2 is "dated"(there is no guarantees) to be out this December, and around Christmas, I think.

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

07 Nov 2008 at 02:29 - 54

I would just to make my names back up and reserve if I play GW2 and maybe to play around.I don't know if I would go as far all through three camps plus addon.Then there is the though of if my guild being disbanded if this did happen I would probably join another one and get them to help me out.

/beg

Valcion

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

A/

07 Nov 2008 at 03:09 - 55

If i can find a group of people that will storm the 3 continent and eotn starting from pre-searing, all human no h/h, then i'll come back for that. Otherwise, no.

stevedallas

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

NY

The Ebon Vanguard

W/

07 Nov 2008 at 03:38 - 56

So long as I still had all my stuff on all my current characters, I would certainly start a new toon without relying on anything I've already earned.

My primary character is less than a month away from KOABD r4. As a warrior, she has a fully equipped set of every Warrior and common armor (EOTN hats and gloves) in the game and I have 9 or 10 PVP characters completely dedicated to the organization of her stuff. I've used this character to acheive whatever goal struck my fancy and I have been very successful with her.

This time I would do things differently. I wouldn't worry about getting the best of everything. I would start the game and rely only on drops and collector items and my own wit to progress instead of buying my way through some things such as drok runs for max armor and buying perfect mods from other players to build a great weapon. And I'd do the entire game with only hench and heroes.

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

07 Nov 2008 at 03:44 - 57

if i got looted i'd probably just keep not logging on like i do now

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

07 Nov 2008 at 03:46 - 58

I dont think I would be able to stand starting over. Would shift to 100% PvP (which I mostly do anyways) and simply play other games more. I am guilty of wanting things done too fast, and I don't take the time to enjoy PvE much anymore, so I think restarting would feel too much like a chore.

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

07 Nov 2008 at 03:47 - 59

I'd probably stop playing for a while, decide if I want to keep my older chars for presents or remake them so I can get survivor on them, and then start playing again.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

07 Nov 2008 at 12:19 - 60

It wouldn't be the first time I've started over in a game. I still re-install Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights every few years. I've restarted Morrowind twice.

Maybe because I don't buy the expensive items for any of my characters (except for elite armor), I don't have much to lose. Starting over from scratch would be reliving the experience without the lack of knowledge. So I think I would enjoy it more.

imnotyourmother

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

in a house

The Knitters Guild

W/R

07 Nov 2008 at 15:14 - 61

yeah, LDoA is the best title in the game. So Kewl to be running around with 250,000 deaths and a title to prove it! I only have 10,000 hours death leveling to go. WOOT

Electric Friend

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

Noitacol

Just Confuxed

Me/

08 Nov 2008 at 02:02 - 62

OP, don't worry about wondering whether to delete characters and starting over. I did it about half a year ago because I was getting bored and i really liked GW when I started out. So..... I deleted the crap out of every character, I distrubuted my money and cleared my storage. From then on I started from scratch again, and I wouldn't change a thing. I might even do it again soon.

CronkTheImpaler

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

midwest

AE

W/Me

08 Nov 2008 at 02:51 - 63

Electric this was never about deleting anything lol. I started this post to see whether people were at a place in the game where it simply wasnt worth the effort to re-run chars to the place they lost them at. IE wealth titles gear etc. and after reading all the posts, id say about 80% just wouldnt have the excitement and drive to do it all over again.

I have read soooo many posts about the jump the shark moment in GW and whether the game is broken etc. One common theme in all those posts is they never address whether people really are stickin with it because they still love the game OR they feel obligated to themselves because of the MASSIVE and i mean MASSIVE amount of time invested in GW.

Its easy to speculate how the game should be different and the difference it would make to each of us but this post kinda proves GW is now about maintaining what weve accomplished. those new players have all the vigor and spark that drove each of us to our first goals and benchmarks. Those of us who have been here since the start are simply piling on for the sake of piling on (wealth loot etc). can anyone really say they get all amped up for anything besides maybe weekend events (x mas)?

Im not making blanket statements on any group im simply saying that looking at all the posts on this thread leads me to the conclusion that this game has reached its shelf life.

Cronk

Electric Friend

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

Noitacol

Just Confuxed

Me/

08 Nov 2008 at 07:14 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by CronkTheImpaler

Electric this was never about deleting anything lol. I started this post to see whether people were at a place in the game where it simply wasnt worth the effort to re-run chars to the place they lost them at. IE wealth titles gear etc. and after reading all the posts, id say about 80% just wouldnt have the excitement and drive to do it all over again.

I have read soooo many posts about the jump the shark moment in GW and whether the game is broken etc. One common theme in all those posts is they never address whether people really are stickin with it because they still love the game OR they feel obligated to themselves because of the MASSIVE and i mean MASSIVE amount of time invested in GW.

Its easy to speculate how the game should be different and the difference it would make to each of us but this post kinda proves GW is now about maintaining what weve accomplished. those new players have all the vigor and spark that drove each of us to our first goals and benchmarks. Those of us who have been here since the start are simply piling on for the sake of piling on (wealth loot etc). can anyone really say they get all amped up for anything besides maybe weekend events (x mas)?

Im not making blanket statements on any group im simply saying that looking at all the posts on this thread leads me to the conclusion that this game has reached its shelf life.

Cronk

I think you're right about GW reaching its shelf life. However, it isn't the case for me. I've played guildwars for about 32 months now, but I haven't really done a whole lot in terms of story lines in the game. I haven't even beaten factions

. I'm one of those people that avoids beating a game for fear of it becoming boring afterwards. But back to the point. For other people, I think this game is at its end for the most part.