I've played GW since its release and loved it to bits. I've spent countless hours burning into the early hours of the night in places like FoW, UW, DoA. However there is only so many times you can play these areas before they become repetitive. For the past year I fled GW to play WoW and really love how much they seem to add new content. I guess with the amount of money they make each month they need to keep doing so. I got bored with WoW at the weekend and logged back into GW. Since my guild were all offline (most of them too quit playing GW now) I went to watch a PvP game. I was watching each class remembering each spell/skill and how well thought out every skill is in this game. GW is vastly superior to WoW but WoW is vastly superior for its content.
This makes me wonder what all the old players still do with their time in GW? I grinded my titles for a while but gave up when it came to the really grind ones like sweets, drinks etc. Does anyone else miss new content?
I am really looking forward to GW2. As a friend said though I hope they don't make a WoW 1.5.
PvE: What do you guys do?
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Dark Saviour
Grind titles and periodically try and find a non-tedious way to make cash...
Doing the elite areas regularly might be fun, but its hell finding a group in general, let alone as a ranger...
Doing the elite areas regularly might be fun, but its hell finding a group in general, let alone as a ranger...
Ajax91
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Grind titles and periodically try and find a non-tedious way to make cash
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damkel
Read your post and agreed with everything. Also been playing since release but have been going between WoW and GW for a while and came back to GW just recently. Titles do become a bit of a grind. I've started vanquishing on my warrior (since the tactics and hammer updates) and it's been pretty fun so far. The best thing to do is vanquish with at least one other player. Otherwise it's lonely and boring 
Also been re-visiting a few of the classic solo farms like FoW beach and spiders. Builds like Racthoh's still work really well. Other than that just waiting and hoping for GW2 to announce new info.
Did Sorrow's furnace yesterday. Was really fun and nostalgic. It adds an achievement in your hall of monuments which is nice.
Hope that helps. Welcome back to GW.
Also been re-visiting a few of the classic solo farms like FoW beach and spiders. Builds like Racthoh's still work really well. Other than that just waiting and hoping for GW2 to announce new info.
Did Sorrow's furnace yesterday. Was really fun and nostalgic. It adds an achievement in your hall of monuments which is nice.
Hope that helps. Welcome back to GW.
tasha
Currently I'm seeing how far I can get a Monk survivor through GWAMM without dying. So far I'm r1 KOABD, and half way to Guardian with 2 and a half million xp. Yes, I got survivor the long way.
Space
Me and a friend recently made a pair of pew pew assassins which has kept us interested for the last month or so. Having another person to play through pve content with makes it a lot more interesting and fun, especially if you're not too hung up on getting 'phat loot'.
Saph
These days all I do pve wise is dungeons or grind titles. Currently working on finishing GWAMM for my ranger (r4) and working on GWAMM for my monk and rit (r1).
garethporlest18
I do titles from time to time, but most of the time I log in and sit in shing jea and do nothing.
Shadow Feathers
Been playing since the release as well and always wonder WTF when I see the words " Bored " come across the screen from people ?? You have either logged a zillion hours on this game or quite frankly you haven't done everything yet and there is no way this game compares anything to WoW, the later simply sucks.
]SK[
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Been playing since the release as well and always wonder WTF when I see the words " Bored " come across the screen from people ?? You have either logged a zillion hours on this game or quite frankly you haven't done everything yet and there is no way this game compares anything to WoW, the later simply sucks.
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I am not comparing WoW to GW. GW is very much a PvP game, WoW is the opposite.
I think your missing my point. I was trying to say I love GW but for now I have no reason to come back and play it.
Also this game is almost 5 years old now. Since your member date is 2010 I guess your relatively new to the game? If you can come back in 5 years time and still say the same thing then good on you.
Shadowhaze
I've been working on titles more of late.
I still do play things over and over with different characters, but it's with friends so it's a blast still. We like having fun while doing stuff so things don't get old as fast.
And on another note, other friends always getting me to try other mmo games and I just can't get into them like I did GW. Not sure what it is. lol
I still do play things over and over with different characters, but it's with friends so it's a blast still. We like having fun while doing stuff so things don't get old as fast.
And on another note, other friends always getting me to try other mmo games and I just can't get into them like I did GW. Not sure what it is. lol
Stop The Storm
DoA, rinse, repeat.
Test Me
I wish either of the following would be true:
1) ANet releasing more/real new paid content.
2) WoW or another monthly paid game being at least as good as GW.
But they aren't.
1) ANet releasing more/real new paid content.
2) WoW or another monthly paid game being at least as good as GW.
But they aren't.
]SK[
Personally I vote for option 1.
T-Strudel
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Did Sorrow's furnace yesterday. Was really fun and nostalgic.
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I also have a bad habit of deleting and re-rolling characters, currently working on a leg survivor ranger, cleaning up gold drops from chest running and giving them to people in ascalon, and I've been playing the bonus mission pack a lot lately.
Another bonus mission pack would be great.
Shadow Feathers
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GW is very much a PvP game, WoW is the opposite.
I think your missing my point. I was trying to say I love GW but for now I have no reason to come back and play it. Also this game is almost 5 years old now. Since your member date is 2010 I guess your relatively new to the game? If you can come back in 5 years time and still say the same thing then good on you. |
Game 5 years old I had no idea it was that old, hello... told you I had been playing since release, well shortly after beta actually. You look at my join date here to determine if I am a new player or not, LOL. Quite frankly I still love the game and I think if you will find if you have a group of players you game with on a regular basis that goes a long way toward the life of the game as well.
What do we get here on GURU at least one thread a week on " I'm bored " or " something is dying " ?
aspi
Trying different chars, so far I have games finished with my Necro, warrior, ranger and assassin. But none of them have finished them all. I think I will go on with my sin from here, really loving the scythe sin only in nightfall there are many enchant removals
damkel
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I've been playing the bonus mission pack a lot lately.
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Would absolutely love a Bonus Mission pack around the story of the new GW2book. Sorry off topic.
Another thing I've been doing in PvE is farming weapon upgrades and making sure all my sword/axes etc have perfect mods. Kinda lame but fun too.
]SK[
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What do we get here on GURU at least one thread a week on " I'm bored " or " something is dying " ?
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We had a good group of friends playing it, its was an event that was taken most Saturday evenings. However we all grew bored over time.
Shayne Hawke
I started working on a new character just the other day.
prey monkie
lolling @ anet because they made shadow form awesome. and get 8 people togheter and c how fast u can run through a dungeon
ajicorath
I do the daily quests, farm Bergen Hot Springs, help my bro with vanquishing, hang around Kama and LA looking for cheap party and sweet points.
Generally just keep earning money so I can grind out the titles.
Generally just keep earning money so I can grind out the titles.
Siniminister
If I'd settled for "just playing the game", I would have quit long ago. Fortunately, having a guild of good people becoming good friends has made it a great deal more entertaining. We all pretty much consider it a "virtual night out" when we pile on Vent to decide what's on the agenda for the evening. In real life you may go bowling and have a few beers with your buds. Sure, you may go bowling every week, but with good company it's still fun. Well, in our little virtual world perhaps we'll head into Urgoz every other Saturday with a few cold adult bevarages in hand. 
June Bug
Help new guildies with the occasional mission, farm whatever for a little cash. I don't plan much, just go with what I feel like.
Trbayth
I'm lucky that I'm in a really good alliance. We have regularly scheduled events each week: Tuesday night is Mission Night, Wednesday is HM Night, Thursday is PvP Night, Friday is Alliance Adventure Night, and Sunday night is RP and Dungeon Night.
This past Friday night we did a crazy HM Urgoz run with all pets (trying out the new HaO buff) and minions. It was a blast with this giant horde on screen. Although healers having pets turned out to not be such a great idea!
This past Friday night we did a crazy HM Urgoz run with all pets (trying out the new HaO buff) and minions. It was a blast with this giant horde on screen. Although healers having pets turned out to not be such a great idea!
vader
I don't do much anymore. I finished my 4th EOTN reputation title on my Mesmer and I decided I was going to do for legendary vanquisher and cartographer with my rit. Unfortunately, I decided to go for cartographer after I vanquished all of Cantha so I'm at 95% and I really don't feel like running all over hugging walls to finish it. I'm in the process of mapping and vanquishing Elona but I can't even bring myself to finish one area a day.
madriel222
I afk in the Guild Hall ^_^
Jetdoc
I'm still attempting to solo every quest, mission and bonus in Normal Mode without heroes or henchmen. I'm at about 75% on all of my characters, and some of them are just plain nasty to try to accomplish.
Tullzinski
Currently helping my son(twelve) go through all the campaigns. He got the trilogy and EOTN as a present from Mom and I. It is really cool watching him react to the game, provides a unique perspective for me.
I also get treated to things like this:
We were going through Venta's Cemetary Mission and he insisted that we go in a particular direction, instead of hugging the NW wall. I can see the Main Garrison ahead and say; Are you sure we should go this way? He says absolutely, next thing the warning about being too close to the garrison flashes up, again I say; Are you are sure? He says; Yep! and 1 second after that we get completely nuked. He says; Well I could be wrong!
I also get treated to things like this:
We were going through Venta's Cemetary Mission and he insisted that we go in a particular direction, instead of hugging the NW wall. I can see the Main Garrison ahead and say; Are you sure we should go this way? He says absolutely, next thing the warning about being too close to the garrison flashes up, again I say; Are you are sure? He says; Yep! and 1 second after that we get completely nuked. He says; Well I could be wrong!
cosyfiep
I have lots of characters, most have quests still to do (I like to have a mostly empty quest log).....apart from that I do have a character working on gwamm, however, I need to get some of the account wide titles for that, so my other characters are helping with that as well as the accumulation of wealth---trying to fill up my material storage! currently finished with reg materials now moving on to damask, elonian squares, ink.....(things you can craft for a reasonable price with other materials).....
other wise I spend time with some of my mules--over the weekend I got one thru most of the kurzick area and got her all the kurzick skills. Others are working on cartography, guardian, while also bringing along keys for the wisdom/treasure/unlucky/lucky titles, and clearing the dang quest log. (and I still have some reg characters that have yet to finish nf or eye, or all the dungeons-which I hate).
other wise I spend time with some of my mules--over the weekend I got one thru most of the kurzick area and got her all the kurzick skills. Others are working on cartography, guardian, while also bringing along keys for the wisdom/treasure/unlucky/lucky titles, and clearing the dang quest log. (and I still have some reg characters that have yet to finish nf or eye, or all the dungeons-which I hate).
Macktar Wang
I've been working on the Sorrow's Furnace quests (getting the black moa mini) for all characters. I've knocked out the area 5 times now, but am lacking motivation to finish it for the last 2. I don't know if I can tolerate the hard mode crap (slow and boring), and my guild is completely inactive, so I don't get to do any FoW/UW/Urgoz/Deep/DoA/Slavers runs. At this point, I just log on to do the Nicholas thing, check what the new Zaishen quests are, and log out. The thought of starting a new character makes my brain hurt. The areas were fun, but after 7 trips through everything, it is a bit played out.
I too would welcome new content, but I understand the desire to work on GW2 over GW1.
I too would welcome new content, but I understand the desire to work on GW2 over GW1.
Frodo_lives
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Currently helping my son(twelve) go through all the campaigns. He got the trilogy and EOTN as a present from Mom and I. It is really cool watching him react to the game, provides a unique perspective for me.
I also get treated to things like this: We were going through Venta's Cemetary Mission and he insisted that we go in a particular direction, instead of hugging the NW wall. I can see the Main Garrison ahead and say; Are you sure we should go this way? He says absolutely, next thing the warning about being too close to the garrison flashes up, again I say; Are you are sure? He says; Yep! and 1 second after that we get completely nuked. He says; Well I could be wrong! |
tealspikes
I did the main campaign and a large number of sidequests with a few characters. Was pretty fun making friends joining a guild and doing stuff or even just pugging it, although I don't doubt I could have had the same if not more enjoyment if I had subscribed to WoW. When I realized the depth of gw PvE was basically title grinding and accumulation of wealth/items rather than deep character customization or exploration (and lets be honest, the narratives are also kinda cheesy), I simply stopped playing. A year later I reinstalled the game and tried some higher end PvP. I've discovered that this is what the unique game mechanics were originally designed around, and where the game truly differs from other online Rpgs. That is what brings me back to Guild Wars now.
The Scorpion Knight
Mostly just working on titles, and finding way to make good cash for the other ones. Anyone got any ideas?
chessyang
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This makes me wonder what all the old players still do with their time in GW?
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Zahr Dalsk
Log on, do the ZQ and marvel at how incredibly bloody stupid the people in PUGs are, then try to bring myself to Vanquish an area, lose interest, try to think of something else to do, leave GW running and play Thief 2 or HW2 or AvP or something like that.
Or go on /v/ and talk about vidya that I never play.
Or go on /v/ and talk about vidya that I never play.
Orry
Play, and if I get the slightest bit bored I log out after I finish up what I am doing. Then i play something else.
Repeat most days.
Repeat most days.
some guy
Flash my wolf like a dick and troll
Voodoo Rage
Lately I've really been going out of my way to play professions or styles that I am not accustomed to and taking non-necro hero combinations. I'm not interested in title grinding at all and usually play so many different characters that it's pointless to devote too much effort to any particular one.
Bob Slydell
As a PvE player for many years, nowadays I've been doing light PvP... but for PvE I haven't done much lately. Farm a little here and there. Try some wacky profession combos and the most insane all out builds for fun and to experience the full dynamics of the game.