Challenge: Start and play a new character/class you normally wouldn't.

Laraja

Laraja

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Somewhere over the rainbow

Descendents of Honor

Rt/

After reading and posting in the threads about classes you like/don't like, here's the challenge/experiement. Start a character in a class and gender that normally you wouldn't touch and play it to at least... what?... level 15? Suggestions? I don't want to make the level too low or too high. You have to get used to a character before you can really make a decent judgement.

Post the class and character name here and keep us updated.

Being female, all my characters are female, so to completely mix it up I'm going to make a male Paragon, a gender and class I normally would not do. Just not my thing, so here goes. My new paragon.

Name: Seraj Seraph.

P.S. Someone said all the Paragon male faces were pretty? Not! I made a pretty one but there are some tough/ugly looking faces there.

fahadrh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2009

shinigame thirteen

E/

hello,
good aide time for me to start a ranger
i tried making a ranger before but didnt like the plasy style,
but time to give it another shot, i mostly play as a caster

English Warrior

English Warrior

LEET HAXXOR!

Join Date: Feb 2007

Random Arena

N/A

I would but my 13 char slots are full :S

Ghost Omel

Ghost Omel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

----//---//---//-----//----

W/

hmm in tried para couple of times now but never gone through the NF starte place =(...well maybe Para i dont knowil see =) other i already tried =)

HuntMaster Avatar

HuntMaster Avatar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Around

Pillar's of Earth [ROCK]

W/

I already have a jump start on this. I started a sin and he's level 13 now after about 2-3 hours of play. Not sure when I will play it again though as I'm in the middle of stuff with my main character.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

I'd say make it to level 10, then go to Eye of the North to really test him or her out.

The only Profession I don't have at level 20 is Monk.

Laraja

Laraja

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Somewhere over the rainbow

Descendents of Honor

Rt/

Well, my para is lvl 3, lol. I think I'm going to play him at least through all of noob island, then after the mission that goes to the mainland, I'll figure out if I'm going to keep him or not.

vamp08

vamp08

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

PA, USA

[COPY]

D/

I made one:

Female Assassin name "Vizu Aint Got Shiz".

Started last night, today lvl 20 and @ unwaking waters ATM. Factions is still one of my most loathed campaigns ever.

EDIT: Omg OP, we are in the same alliance!

Eve Flamestone

Eve Flamestone

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2008

Shoot n' Run, Texas

Crusaders of Ancaria [CoA]

Mo/E

I did this with 2 classes i dislike :X

Dervish and Mesmer.

Dervish is lvl 20 in vabbian and Elite sunspear but still havent done ventra cemetary. Can't seem to find a build i like playing on her.

Mesmer is level 15 in Vlox Falls. Full Canthan 1.5k, cant find a build i like playing on her.

Seraphim Angel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2008

Sacred Knights of Orr [SKoO]

P/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost Omel View Post
hmm in tried para couple of times now but never gone through the NF starte place =(...well maybe Para i dont knowil see =) other i already tried =)
95% of players who have played a Paragon don't get off noob island No wonder people don't like them. They get way better the longer you play them in game

I actually am going to start a new toon soon just can't make up my mind on what to go with. Rit is a good possibility

Selket

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Grand Court of Selket/Sebelkeh

What If You Had An Outpost Named After You [slkt]

W/

But I already have one character of every class and they're all level 20.

So I guess I will just gain levels at not playing. Meanie.

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

My Para has been created for over a year now but I never played her. She is still level 3 sitting in spamadan. I will eventually but yeah, that would be the new char I get to play. But not now I still have to finish quests and dungeons with 2 more chars and then I can play the Para.

EPO Bot

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

That would mean i have to play an assasin. And not to perma, you farm monkeys! I would try to, you know, assassinate bosses or monks.

miskav

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

Wont work, got all chars <3

Dark-NighT

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by miskav View Post
Wont work, got all chars <3
Yeah xD

Got all of em, least played has to be my mesmer though, but all of em are lvl 20 and have elite armors, and im not about to delete one

AngeliqueSynner

AngeliqueSynner

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2008

Florida, USA

Sacred Storm [Strm]

N/

Mitsukai Ayatane
Paragon.
Started mid June.
Just finished grinding out Sunspear for the quest "And a Hero Shall Lead Them"
I need to find a better build for her though.
The Imbagon is just too boring for my tastes.
>_<
Powerful when used right, but not my cup of tea.

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

For the peeps who already got a lvl 20 of all 10 professions...roll a PvP char and attain the next rank of Hero, or Gladiator

miskav

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

^ Did that already, 2 accounts. :3

Mikedddd

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2009

The Crimson Kurzicks [GRIM]

N/Mo

i currently have a sin tht i have gotten survivor on in only 3 and a half hours its really a profesion tht i wouldnt normaly touch but all the hype about permas really got me excited but sience the recent nerfs i dont think ill play him as much

Dark-NighT

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arduinna View Post
For the peeps who already got a lvl 20 of all 10 professions...roll a PvP char and attain the next rank of Hero, or Gladiator
Eep PvP titles are not for me im afraid, i got maybe 30 fame and about 6 glad points in all the time i spend on the game. Nice idea though.

[DE]

[DE]

Hugs and Kisses

Join Date: Oct 2005

Scars Meadows

The best challenge in GW for a PvE'r is to roll a monk and go through that character's campaign while 1-monking with the entire UI turned off.

SerenitySilverstar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

I was like this with monk and assassin. At my 3 year mark playing the game, my new big challenge was learning to play monk, after not doing it coz "Everyone monks!". I ended up loving it, and my monk is now one of my staple toons.

At my 3 1/2 year mark in the game, my next challenge was to try an assassin. Again, hadn't played it coz the survivability/skill chaining didn't appeal to me. BOY do I wish I'd tried an assassin when Factions first came out instead of struggling with a Rit. I would have made them my KoABD toon, instead of the warrior I made 6 months later. I LOVE the damage of an assassin.

Para I tried, finished NF, deleted, and will be trying again (since the buff). Derv I mucked around with, but didn't get off noob island...went too slow for me.

Helix Dreadlock

Helix Dreadlock

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

Imperial Sanctum

Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI]

E/Me

I love my sin for amazing DPS....prettymuch my only melee that gets used.

I absolutely LOVE casters, because it's just who I am, a supporter. Eles can use a lot of different things for both HM and NM, and can farm well too.

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

I have 13 slots, about half of which are male and female.
I haven't had any likings to play Assassin, Dervish, or Warrior.. so I guess I will make *rolls dice* a warrior Maybe W/D to cover two professions I usually don't play in one.

Level 15 is too easy though, you can get that in an hour doing nothing just sending henchmen.. so I will try this to at least Nahpui Quarters or Sunspear Sanctuary

mazza558

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/

I keep trying to do this with a Monk character, but get so bored that I can't get past level 15 or so.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

I have all but the sin to level 20 (cant seem to get the hang of sin--and she is currently a mule)...I am all full and cant pvp worth anything....and the idea of making say a male mesmer....ewwwwww!
(for the record I have both male and female of: monk, necro, rit and 2 mule dervishes).....I did FINALLY make a warrior that I didnt delete (or debase to mule)...but I find it very hard to play her, though she has finished cantha and has gotten up to torment in elona and stuck at thk in prophecies.
I think I will have to pass on this one...no empty spaces and no desire to delete any of my kids...but a great idea OP!

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

not enough character slots left, buy me some first?

Verene

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

I deleted my Monk about a week ago (she was going nowhere, I really don't like playing the profession) and ended up making a Necromancer. I'm not a fan of Necros, never have been. But I was determined to make a good-looking one =P So my Necro is female, like all of my other characters and...well, about two hours of play and she's level 13 and about to leave the starter island in Factions.

I'm starting to think that the reason I've never liked Necros is because early on MM is the only really viable build you can do, and I don't care for it at all. Hexing things is more fun, I think. Must get Spiteful Spirit =P

Ebony Shadowheart

Ebony Shadowheart

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

USA

SSW

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Falynn Firestorm View Post
P.S. Someone said all the Paragon male faces were pretty? Not! I made a pretty one but there are some tough/ugly looking faces there.

I believe that would have been me, and I didn't state 'all' of the faces. I only sited that male paragons had 'pretty faces' as an example. I'd verify, but that post and the ones it was replying to have all been removed *eyes moderators knowingly* so I guess it's sort of a moot point now.

As for the challange, I think I'm going to pass on creating yet another character. I have played all the classes, male and female, and have max leveled them all. I think I'm finished with making new PvE characters. At least for now.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arduinna View Post
For the peeps who already got a lvl 20 of all 10 professions...roll a PvP char and attain the next rank of Hero, or Gladiator
I doubt I'll ever play Hero Battles to the Hero title. I simply don't micro manage that well and I really have no desire to.

I'm like 10-15 points away from r1 Glad though. I regularly roll PvP characters to do RA for a change of pace. =)

EinherjarMx

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

Well, I made a male rit on my new account, no skills unlocked, so my heroes suck.

How's that for a challenge?

S_Serpent

S_Serpent

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

When not at Aziure's Wizard Tower you can find my in Belgium

Knigths of the Keyboard Order - KkO

we started couple of weeks back with a fightthrough event:

All participants started a new char and the campaign to go through has been chosen as: Factions at first.

We currently hit Unwaking Waters and for this event I bought me a new charslot and made myself a warrior I didn't have before and always has been a playstyle I like less: melee! Always before I been a caster: support, backline, midline, offence ... but always as caster.

And I have to admit its been fun the whole ride so far. Started as Axe warrior, I'm currently a Sword warrior with lots of AeO dmg

Murgatroyd

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by EinherjarMx View Post
Well, I made a male rit on my new account, no skills unlocked, so my heroes suck.

How's that for a challenge?
Heh. I got Factions on my second account about a week ago so I could start a new Rit. That account is almost four years old, bought back when we couldn't buy character slots, but there was only one level 20 on it - a ranger/necro who had only made it as far as Droknar's Forge. So, yeah, very few unlocked skills, no gold to speak of, no Eye of the North heroes/PVE skills. I added Nightfall about three months ago, mostly just to see what minipets my Nightfall PVP Preview character might have (Siege Turtle and Lich).

Anyway, my new Rit has proven to be a lot of fun to play and has gone through Factions and Nightfall, and is on his way to the end of Prophecies. I still haven't got Eye of the North on that account. Maybe later.

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

I recently made a new Ritualist, that I've played about 2 hours total in 2 1/2 weeks. I've made them and gotten them to level 20 in the past, same with a Paragon and another Paragon I got up to lv 10 or so. Those are the two more boring classes to me, but with the Rit buffs I went for it again. It's a bit more fun, but I've been doing things with my main and haven't really had time to play the Rit.

So after having about 2 or 3 Rits hit level 20 and 1 Paragon that did and another that got half way there, I still stand by my judgment that they are somewhat boring to play. Although that might change with the Rit, with the new spirits, however I doubt I will have fun for long. I'm the kind of person who likes dealing direct damage, rather than being a support class. Both of these classes are pretty mediocre at that, compared to other classes.

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

E/

Well, it would be impossible for me to do this, as I have 10 pve chars, one of each class. All have finished all 4 games. I would honestly say that as far as h/h through the games, easiest classes are monk, ele, warr, para, rit, ranger. Necro and derv are difficult for some of the quests, and mes and sin are downright tricky for a lot of things. Not at all impossible though, as much of normal mode can be c-spaced with the correct heroes, and I would often surf the web during long fights and check back every so often to see how my h/h were doing.

smexytime

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2009

I already have a character of every single profession, lvl 20 and completed their original campaign + EoTN (my preferred characters of course, have finished all campaigns)...so I'm going to have to sit this one out.

wilebill

wilebill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mt Vernon, Ohio

Band of the Hawk

W/Mo

Got one of each, rest of my slots is mules.

About Paragon, people find it hard to level. It is not your imagination, it is hard to level; it just doesn't seem inspiring when you are starting out.

My para and my ranger are my primaries. But I remember way back there gritting my teeth and repeating over and over, "Gotta' stick with it, I just know it gets better, has to get better ..." And it did. Now I've got all the para skills and elites in the game, but getting there was tough at times.

Monk of Myst

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2009

Knights of Mysterania

Mo/

I've actually done that with my Necro and Derv. My Necro is still stuck at level 10, mainly because I'm not enjoying it and my Derv is half way through NF and I still hate it.

Laraja

Laraja

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Somewhere over the rainbow

Descendents of Honor

Rt/

Sometimes I forget how old this game is. I only started playing 1-1/2 years ago. Although I've finished all the campaigns. 3 on my original ele (that's Falynn my login name) and EotN on my ranger, I haven't tried all the clases. Never played a warrior, dervish or paragon, I have a sin, level 15, that I can't seem to get comfortable with. I've tried three rits that I've deleted. I have a necro but she's not very far into NF, I like her a lot but my ranger is my girl.

The paragon is similar to my ranger BUT I really dislike adrenaline skills, I just don't seem to be able to get with the program on that. I need to get new armor for him. His starter armor showing his stomach is too... um... Bruno looking for me if you know what I mean.

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

oh no new char slots plus i am silly enough to make one of every proffesion already....eccept no one likes my warrior, hes stayin in pre.

False Maria

False Maria

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2009

Legendes Infernales

Rt/Mo

I'm going to do this with an old character I never play. I'll finish prof (which I hate with a fiery passion) on my Warrior who is still in Old Ascalon. Warriors and other melee classes are my least favorite so technically I'm still following the rules.