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MaTTTiMeX
Hello everyone, my first post. I am thinking abuot getting back into Guild Wars, but I haven't played since the release originally, I was curious if people are still playing prophecies, I am really interested in going through the missions all over again, and then buying the expansions as I go as I have come into a bit of dispoable cash. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Meridon
Hello there and welcome.
To answer your question straightaway, compared to the first year the game is completely dead. In your case, starting out in Prophecies would probably mean doing the entire campaign with henchmen, as PUGs are pretty much dead. I can advise you to try and join a guild that is friendly and helpful to new players, with people that'll help you with the missions.
Another point, you are probably best off buying all the other parts and the expansion straightaway, since they come very cheap nowadays, and having only prophecies prevents you from accessing most of the useful content nowadays (like heroes and PvE skills). Playing through the game again by yourself, with only Prophecies added to your account, will be a big pain.
Good luck and have fun.
To answer your question straightaway, compared to the first year the game is completely dead. In your case, starting out in Prophecies would probably mean doing the entire campaign with henchmen, as PUGs are pretty much dead. I can advise you to try and join a guild that is friendly and helpful to new players, with people that'll help you with the missions.
Another point, you are probably best off buying all the other parts and the expansion straightaway, since they come very cheap nowadays, and having only prophecies prevents you from accessing most of the useful content nowadays (like heroes and PvE skills). Playing through the game again by yourself, with only Prophecies added to your account, will be a big pain.
Good luck and have fun.
MaTTTiMeX
So when you say it's dead, are we talking about a tiny player base now-a-days or?
Meridon
By dead I mostly mean in comparison to the early days. Right now, the activity is mostly concentrated around the largest towns in the game. You'll still find plenty of people there, especially in the American districts. However, the various Mission outposts are usually practially deserted in Prophecies. Don't expect to get a PUG there easily. For that reason, it's probably best to buy the other campaigns as well. Nightfall and EotN offer Heroes, which are pretty much the standard nowadays when it comes to making a party to do a random mission. Only the most elite areas still offer a dense enough population to find a PUG.
Also, with the other campaigns, you'll be able to access more skills, and as such it will be easier for you to do various things with guildmates. Joining an active guild is probably the best (only?) way to find other players to play with nowadays
Meridon
Also, with the other campaigns, you'll be able to access more skills, and as such it will be easier for you to do various things with guildmates. Joining an active guild is probably the best (only?) way to find other players to play with nowadays
Meridon
Arm
How is the game dead?
there's still tons going on. Everyone is mad because their bf/gf/bff stopped playing.
It's a great game tho, and most outposts/missions have at least one person looking to join up. There's not as many people playing as before but it's still a very popular game that many people still play the heck out of.
and the player base is pretty big, a lot of people are concentrating on the end content and once you get to that part(which kind of means completing all the campaigns and expansion) you'll have tons of people to team up with.
Look into buying the whole set at a discount price online I think you can get the whole thing for like $40 or something in that range.
Have fun and you can always ask for help advice here, just ignore the people that are depressed/mad for whatever rl reason they have.
there's still tons going on. Everyone is mad because their bf/gf/bff stopped playing.
It's a great game tho, and most outposts/missions have at least one person looking to join up. There's not as many people playing as before but it's still a very popular game that many people still play the heck out of.
and the player base is pretty big, a lot of people are concentrating on the end content and once you get to that part(which kind of means completing all the campaigns and expansion) you'll have tons of people to team up with.
Look into buying the whole set at a discount price online I think you can get the whole thing for like $40 or something in that range.
Have fun and you can always ask for help advice here, just ignore the people that are depressed/mad for whatever rl reason they have.
MaTTTiMeX
Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate the help!
Martin Alvito
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Meridon
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How is the game dead?
there's still tons going on. Everyone is mad because their bf/gf/bff stopped playing. ...a lot of people are concentrating on the end content and once you get to that part(which kind of means completing all the campaigns and expansion) you'll have tons of people to team up with. ... just ignore the people that are depressed/mad for whatever rl reason they have. |
Also, I'm definitely not being depressed, my gf still plays
MaTTTiMeX
Another question then, Factions and Nightfall are added campaigns but Eye Of The North was an actual expansion, whats the difference and what does the "expansion" offer/change that the other two don't?
Eragon Zarroc
You prolly won't be able to pug like you could when the game originally came out. It woul prolly be better for you to start in NF so you can get some heroes. Or go to EoTN from prophecies as soon as you can to get some heroes.
MaTTTiMeX
I appreciate the input, but half of what you said made me have to get my dunce cap out of the closet. Lol.
Bob Slydell
I played with henchmen instead of players even when the game was more active so all I can advise is that the game is obviously still worth playing (to me) if you play with AI.
ChromisElda
Factions + Nightfall are both in different continents. Eye of the North is an expansion in the sense that it's all in the same continent as prophecies. Also, it's expected that players are lvl 20 AND pretty good at the game already because the missions start out with lvl20+ mobs. There's a hero tutorial but that's pretty much all it'll teach you.
That said there's quite a lot of new content, new skills, new titles, new items and new heroes to unlock in EoTN plus the added "fight music" that starts playing whenever you're in a battle really does add to the fun.
That said there's quite a lot of new content, new skills, new titles, new items and new heroes to unlock in EoTN plus the added "fight music" that starts playing whenever you're in a battle really does add to the fun.
MaTTTiMeX
So essentially, EoTN adds new content that you can progress right through to max level and so on, directly from Prophecies, and then Nightfall and Factions are optional?
tijo
EoTN also serves as the continuation of the prophecies storyline and tie in to GW2. You should also take into consideration that it's also more grind oriented with all the titles dungeons etc.
caballo_oscuro
The traditional timeline is Prophecies->Factions->Nightfall->EoTN and this is generally how alot of experienced players would recommend you play the game if you are following the storyline.
Essentially, Factions and Nightfall have their own separate storylines and civilisations. EoTN has a new core storyline tied very closely with GW2 and also several smaller storylines including a continuation of the Ascalon story from Prophecies. It's basically built like a huge end-game.
There's several really useful PvE only skills in EoTN but you don't really need em to get through the other games.
I would recommend for your first play through going the traditional storyline but feel free to dabble if you must with heroes from NF and EoTN. and skills from all sections.
Essentially, Factions and Nightfall have their own separate storylines and civilisations. EoTN has a new core storyline tied very closely with GW2 and also several smaller storylines including a continuation of the Ascalon story from Prophecies. It's basically built like a huge end-game.
There's several really useful PvE only skills in EoTN but you don't really need em to get through the other games.
I would recommend for your first play through going the traditional storyline but feel free to dabble if you must with heroes from NF and EoTN. and skills from all sections.
MaTTTiMeX
This all sounds fantastic, I appreciate the help that everyone has provided. I hope that I can get my Security Question issue solved ASAP. Sadly I don't recall a characters name so gotta wait for support to give me a hand. Definately gonna get addicted again!
tijo
Worse comes to pass, you can always buy the trilogy for less than what the original cost you back then. Just don't forget to "link" accounts when you get the other games.
MaTTTiMeX
What do you mean by "link" accounts?
gremlin
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What do you mean by "link" accounts?
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If you add the code to another install you can move your character between the games as they are all on the same account.
If you install seperately they are on different accounts and you have different characters for each game with no sharing of cash weapons etc.
The only real reason to do this is for 2 players who use the same computer who then have their own games or to let you run 2 games at the same time.
Players do this to let them use 3 extra heroes from the second game allowing them to form a 7 person party, without involving another player.