guildwars.wikia.com VS wiki.guildwars.com

2 pages Page 1
d
doomfodder
Lion's Arch Merchant
#1
Which site do you PREFER & why?

Like most of the guru users, I use both of these 2 information sites. In general, they both have "essentially" the same information, where one is the "Official Site". While we do find occaisional inaccuracies on either/both, they are usually corrected accordingly. AND when the "Official Site" is really borked, even ANET refers us to the "Unofficial Site" http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ldwars.wiki a as opposed to just telling us to wait until the "Official Site" is fixed.

Personnaly, I have found that the quildwars.wikia.com site provides "better" information in many ways. Just to name a few: schedule of Zaishen Challenges, schedule of WiK quests, detailed analysis/predictions of Nick items, various "glitch projects (eg: portal jumping), well thought out contributions on discussion pages (as opposed to typcial post bashing in wiki.guildwars.com disucssion pages)...
Morphy
Morphy
Wilds Pathfinder
#3
GWW because that's where I troll.
CagedinSanity
CagedinSanity
Wilds Pathfinder
#4
wiki.guildwars.com

I'm more established there.
Porkchop Sandwhiches
Porkchop Sandwhiches
Lion's Arch Merchant
#6
I use both, I find the talk pages usually have slightly different information.
Pony Slaystation
Pony Slaystation
Krytan Explorer
#7
I prefer the official wiki. Ever since the unofficial wiki switched over to wikia, it began to run extremely slow on my computer. I'm just not a fan of wikia as a whole I guess.
Dzjudz
Dzjudz
Furnace Stoker
#8
Both are bookmarked in Firefox. I prefer the unofficial one though.
Absolute Destiny
Absolute Destiny
Wilds Pathfinder
#9
Guildwiki (unofficial) for me.
Simpler site, more details where I need it, and I like the armor gallery setup better on there than on the official wiki.
Gennadios
Gennadios
Wilds Pathfinder
#10
The official wiki is better organized and the writing seems to be of much better quality. When I need basic info such as a list of monsters in an encounter and their skillbars, that's where I go.

wikia on the other hand has alot more good info to the powergamer, listing exploits, bugs, and tactics.

Overall I use the official wiki more nowadays because all the dungeons and missions are over with and all the effective tactics I have stored in memory, all I really need to know is the occasional monster bar.

I still do the wikia for the zmission/nick request schedule though.
jazilla
jazilla
Desert Nomad
#11
i like them both because they both offer different things. if i want to see armors i go unofficial. nice pop-up expanding pic windows as opposed to a new page. the info is more detailed as well for more obscure stuff. if i want lore or anything post eon then i go official. war in kryta is a must there. 7 day forecast for upcoming dailies is a MUST on wikia.
Reverend Dr
Reverend Dr
Forge Runner
#12
They are both wiki's. They are both maintained by "wikians." They are both pretty bad.
Lanier
Lanier
Desert Nomad
#13
I like the skills and elite skills layouts a lot more on the unofficial site. Othewise, i typically go to the official one because its at the top of the google search list.
jimbo32
jimbo32
Site Contributor
#14
The unofficial wiki is almost always better imo.
Cuilan
Cuilan
Forge Runner
#15
I prefer the layout of skill information and listing of the official wiki. I haven't found any reason to view the unofficial one yet.
Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#16
Quote:
Originally Posted by doomfodder View Post
AND when the "Official Site" is really borked, even ANET refers us to the "Unofficial Site" http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ldwars.wiki a as opposed to just telling us to wait until the "Official Site" is fixed.
I see nothing in that link that puts an employee of ANet in the position of recommending the use of the unofficial wikia.

Haven't been using the unofficial wikia lately, because it tends to be a little slow on picking up on new content.
cellardweller
cellardweller
Likes naked dance offs
#17
I stopped using the unofficial one on principle when the edrama went down
jonnieboi05
jonnieboi05
Forge Runner
#18
OFFICIAL wiki > that crappy PoS unofficial one.


Just my $.02.
RedDog91
RedDog91
Desert Nomad
#19
I use whichever one comes up first in the google search when I'm searching for something.
Then I go to the other one IF the one i initially use doesn't have the information I need.

They both have ups and downs. Unofficial is easier for me to find simple things, like skill capture locations and collectors. Official is easier to get good info missions and quests.
Elnino
Elnino
Wilds Pathfinder
#20
I personally prefer the wikia as the layout is much more simple and easier to navigate (less buttons to press). The armor gallery and skills lists are much better and more convenient compared to the official wiki. Also, it's great that it has all the zaishen challenges/wanted quests for the next day listed on the homepage.