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WowThatsMe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Australia

D/A

13 Jan 2012 at 10:54 - 1

To start this off, I'm not sure whether this is posted in the right place, but I will continue anyway.

I've been getting a bit bored with Guild Wars lately after maxing HoM and what not, but I don't really want to quit because I enjoy this game so much. So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what I could do to keep me playing. Perhaps something challenging that will keep me interested. So if you guys have any fun or cool ideas that I could have a go at, leave a response.

Thanks

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

13 Jan 2012 at 10:58 - 2

A new character?

Jeydra

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

13 Jan 2012 at 11:34 - 3

If you haven't already done it before, DoA HM 7H no cons, or UW HM 7H no cons.

Venganza

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2011

Fire

13 Jan 2012 at 13:05 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeydra

If you haven't already done it before, DoA HM 7H no cons, or UW HM 7H no cons.

^ Yeah always fun, I do Gloom and such HM without cons and normal heroes, a real test of setups, and I never ever do Mallyx with people now, far easier with heroes and no cons, they never stuff up door

You might also just do what I do, after gwamm and such, I only play to help others now (mostly guildies). Karma bro, nice to give back what you got along the way

Yuris Sayuri

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

MoO, Glad, Boo

Mo/W

13 Jan 2012 at 13:17 - 5

PvP is fun :]

Gill Halendt

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

13 Jan 2012 at 13:27 - 6

Helping is something I always enjoyed doing very much.

Also, I support the suggestion of a new character: often worked for me, even tought it later turned me into an altoholic...

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

13 Jan 2012 at 13:51 - 7

new character: NO using your storage, NO using heroes (only henchies), must go thru the story line as it was supposed to be done (NO jumping over to a different chapter before the final mission in the chapter the character was created in)...
for a challenge: DO NOT upgrade your armor either!! (keep starter set and use it the WHOLE time!)

Cuilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Me/

13 Jan 2012 at 14:49 - 8

You could start PUG'ing thinks like Zaishen stuff. It can be challenging.

Silmar Alech

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2009

Europe

Tom Son [TS]

E/

13 Jan 2012 at 15:14 - 9

- have a character of every class and do every mission of every campaign with all of them. This way, start to learn how to play each class.
- discover every outpost with each character
- unlock each available pve skill for each character
- max all skill-relevant pve titles for each character. This includes doing every eotn-dungeon in normal and hard mode at least once, which counts towards "learn how to play each class"
- make the Guardian title with every character when it is Zaishen-quest (this also yields ridiculous amounts of zaishen-coins)

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

13 Jan 2012 at 15:18 - 10

Take a break?

Kunder

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2010

13 Jan 2012 at 15:24 - 11

I set up challenges for myself.

Beat HM with no PvE or Elite skills used.

Beat HM with only physical professions used.

Beat HM missions with henchmen.

etc.

My most recent character was an LDoA whom I committed to playing HM 100% and with no help from other players. 30 AL + henchmen required a lot of skill to get through the Ascalon and North Shiverpeak missions vs HM Charr.

Xsiriss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

13 Jan 2012 at 15:45 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Take a break?

This. Do what most people do, play something else and wait for decent content updates (cough not like the half assed ele one).

Kendil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2009

Sweden

13 Jan 2012 at 15:55 - 13

I got the idea yesterday that I would take on the challenge of getting LDoA. I havn't really been interested in grinding out titles before, but I have always had presearing in my hearth since I started playing so I thought why the hell not? It's also good because I don't have to play for any lengty peroids of time and still progress (thinking daily quests). It will however take quite some time.

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

13 Jan 2012 at 16:04 - 14

Take a break from GW and play other games or do other things. GW isn't the only good game out there.

Yes, I agree - it's very boring these days.

Sacred Gee

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2012

North Carolina

From Heros To Legends

Rt/

13 Jan 2012 at 16:28 - 15

If ya haven't done so already, ya could do the Winds of Change storyline (good for a challenge in HM), the War in Kryta/Hearts of the North storylines, or PvP...

If ya need a break (which I completely understand), there's other MMOs out there to hold ya until GW2 releases.

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

13 Jan 2012 at 16:32 - 16

Join a pug, any old pug will do, and for every step you take, drop 1g coin behind you.

Do this, all day, every day.

Goldi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2012

Myth and Legends

Me/

13 Jan 2012 at 16:51 - 17

I heard someone from Gwen Radio saying something like this: make a new toon, but cannot acquire/buy new skills from trainers or tomes, use only the skills you have from whatever quests and finish the storyline. signet of capture are okay to use since they are from quest and appear in your skills window. Cannot buy anything, have to get them from drops or from quest rewards, so no bought salvage kits, use only reward trophies to obtain such said items.

Missing HB

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2010

Anna

A/

13 Jan 2012 at 17:56 - 18

You can go and farm all greens from sorrow furnace, or just test out fun builds in some areas... but well, it's quite right that there's nothing to do and their useless updates and flux aren't doing anything at all( note :I'm kinda surprised that noone tried to troll and advice about going to PvP)

Now i'm playing less than i used to, i'm finding any other game more fun than GW(note : i used to find it fun , but not really anymore..), such as assassins creed revelations( solo + multiplayer ), skyrim, dungeon siege3, portal2, etc....

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

13 Jan 2012 at 17:56 - 19

PUG ZQuests for lulz.

Go to any major city and ask if there are any new players that need help (specify that you're talking about advice, playing with them, etc, NOT money). There are plenty of new players coming in and not having anyone to play with, and the few times I've done it I've been (mostly) met with appreciation.

Scott Ware

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2009

Texas

N/

13 Jan 2012 at 18:50 - 20

I had this stupid idea to try to get GWAMM while maintaining survivor (I started before the survivor update). Honestly, I think it really helped me play better, too. I was more thoughtful with each instance, I paid a lot more attention to the agro of mobs, etc. I only got to 12 titles before doing something stupid, but it was definitely a fun challenge for me.

Niila

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

13 Jan 2012 at 19:03 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Missing HB

You can go and farm all greens from sorrow furnace, or just test out fun builds in some areas... but well, it's quite right that there's nothing to do and their useless updates and flux aren't doing anything at all( note :I'm kinda surprised that noone tried to troll and advice about going to PvP)

Now i'm playing less than i used to, i'm finding any other game more fun than GW(note : i used to find it fun , but not really anymore..), such as assassins creed revelations( solo + multiplayer ), skyrim, dungeon siege3, portal2, etc....

And how is that trolling? If you have played hundreds of hours guild wars and never ever touched pvp, I suggest you that pvp is the way to go since it provides you a challenge and really is the better side of the game.

ashes

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2007

Beertown ;P

RoP

E/Mo

13 Jan 2012 at 19:22 - 22

Play thru main quests in HM

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

W/

14 Jan 2012 at 00:05 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niila

And how is that trolling? If you have played hundreds of hours guild wars and never ever touched pvp, I suggest you that pvp is the way to go since it provides you a challenge and really is the better side of the game.

Half of pvp is dead. The half that is alive gets boring real fast

WowThatsMe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Australia

D/A

14 Jan 2012 at 00:29 - 24

Alot of these things sound interesting. I am currently PvPing still as I am in an active GvG guild, but RA is boring as there are too many players that don't quite understand the game and HA I haven't bothered with because I'm only r3 and I'll never find a decent group anyway. I have also tried going for GWAMM with no deaths, but after I died I became disheartened. Maybe I could try doing DoA or UW just for shits and gigs

lorazcyk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2007

guildwiki.org/User:Lorazcyk

Mo/

14 Jan 2012 at 01:29 - 25

Join an Euro GvG guild.
Much more fun than PvE any day.

(edit, read the last post.)

Join a GvG guild that actually does GvG.
And yes, you can play in very decent HA groups even as a rank 3.

Thalen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2012

14 Jan 2012 at 03:02 - 26

Help out clueless newbs like me for a while. When I started getting bored/disenchanted with the last game I was playing, I spent a few months helping new people, and since the starter areas of the game are great, it was a lot of fun - and they appreciated it, too - every game has just enough of a different way of doing things that it'll mess you up at the beginning, and we have all been there.

When the game management got so bad I felt a bit ill just looking at the icon on my desktop, I started playing this game instead.

It's one of those circle of life things, I think.

roachsrealm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2009

The Gothic Embrace

N/Mo

14 Jan 2012 at 17:30 - 27

Im a fan of the make a new character and dont use storage at all idea. use collectors and cap all your skills from enemies.

for the truly masochistic....try a couple other rules

-dont use heroes, henchies only.

-quests must be done in order of acquisition.

-no map traveling. if you have somewhere to go, you walk!

Fluffy Kittens

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2009

14 Jan 2012 at 19:24 - 28

get HoM full, get gwamm on all chars

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

14 Jan 2012 at 19:57 - 29

Anyone who is bored IS NOT challenging themselves to anything.

Go beat the mission Dzagonur Bastion, in Hard Mode, placing the three sets of defenders only on the middle station. You can play as any character class, but must take 1 Assassin, 2 Warrior and 2 Dervish heroes (henchmen are allowed if you don't have the available heroes), no more. You and your heroes cannot have Ranger, Monk or Ritualist secondaries, and only one hero is allowed to have any form of resurrection, you cannot. You must kill the Paragon boss last, but you cannot kill the Elementalist boss first.

Have fun with that.

JONO51

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

P/

14 Jan 2012 at 20:47 - 30

Do everything on a character of every class.

Everything.

WowThatsMe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Australia

D/A

15 Jan 2012 at 00:41 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

Anyone who is bored IS NOT challenging themselves to anything.

Go beat the mission Dzagonur Bastion, in Hard Mode, placing the three sets of defenders only on the middle station. You can play as any character class, but must take 1 Assassin, 2 Warrior and 2 Dervish heroes (henchmen are allowed if you don't have the available heroes), no more. You and your heroes cannot have Ranger, Monk or Ritualist secondaries, and only one hero is allowed to have any form of resurrection, you cannot. You must kill the Paragon boss last, but you cannot kill the Elementalist boss first.

Have fun with that.

That sounds quite interesting and fun. Have you done this before?

Will be sure to give it a go

Edit: Just realised something tho....I can only really have 1 healer

Relyk

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

W/

16 Jan 2012 at 03:24 - 32

If you haven't already, go clear Deep and Urgoz with 7H in HM. A couple other things fun to try would be dungeon solos if you have cons to burn, doing cartographer if you haven't because using SaO chain to map beyond portals is fun, and doing a full run of DoA NM with heroes. Avoid anything that borders on bdsm or is tedious unless you enjoy the challenge.

Joe Odious

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2012

17 Jan 2012 at 09:11 - 33

I reckon PvP. PvP was the original endgame. Joe

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

17 Jan 2012 at 15:43 - 34

Create and build a guild/alliance then manage it. It'll occupy your time for sure.

leongrado

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2011

18 Jan 2012 at 08:43 - 35

Play a new game until GW2 comes out. You don't want to hate GW before the new game comes out. Same thing happened to me. Once I got to 35 HoM points, I really didn't want to do anything anymore. Take a break. There are so many F2P MMO's out there (few that are as good as GW but they're good for passing time).

violence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2011

19 Jan 2012 at 19:14 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by JONO51

Do everything on a character of every class.

Everything.

Oh my god.....

I really don't see how people can waste their time like this. You don't have anything to do in this game? You're bored?

DO SOMETHING ELSE!

Why would you keep wasting your time in this game? Pve is BORING, there's nothing you can actually DO FOR FUN, it's just grinding for achievements which you don't even need in the first place. And pvp is DEAD.

How about thinking of a better way to use your time? Go outside and enjoy nature maybe? Take up photography, or a musical instrument? Maybe there's some sport you enjoy? There's so much you can do, I don't see why you would waste your time in gw. That is, unless you really enjoy it, but you don't seem to. I don't either, and that's why I quit.

Mintha Syl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2010

19 Jan 2012 at 19:39 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by violence

Oh my god.....

I really don't see how people can waste their time like this. You don't have anything to do in this game? You're bored?

DO SOMETHING ELSE!

Why would you keep wasting your time in this game? Pve is BORING, there's nothing you can actually DO FOR FUN, it's just grinding for achievements which you don't even need in the first place. And pvp is DEAD.

How about thinking of a better way to use your time? Go outside and enjoy nature maybe? Take up photography, or a musical instrument? Maybe there's some sport you enjoy? There's so much you can do, I don't see why you would waste your time in gw. That is, unless you really enjoy it, but you don't seem to. I don't either, and that's why I quit.

If you hate gw so much why are you even here?
Well there's people out there who, guess what, still like the game. If the OP asked for suggestions it means he still likes the game someway, so your negativism is just out of place.

And actually, for the op, I agree with the suggestion of tryin out things with all classes, it's just fun experimenting different mechanics.

cormac ap dunn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2007

Mystic Empires III [xMEx]

Me/

19 Jan 2012 at 19:43 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by violence

Oh my god.....

I really don't see how people can waste their time like this. You don't have anything to do in this game? You're bored?

DO SOMETHING ELSE!

Why would you keep wasting your time in this game? Pve is BORING, there's nothing you can actually DO FOR FUN, it's just grinding for achievements which you don't even need in the first place. And pvp is DEAD.

How about thinking of a better way to use your time? Go outside and enjoy nature maybe? Take up photography, or a musical instrument? Maybe there's some sport you enjoy? There's so much you can do, I don't see why you would waste your time in gw. That is, unless you really enjoy it, but you don't seem to. I don't either, and that's why I quit.

And yet you haunt the forums for a game you don't play and complain? Great yet another person I can skip past on the forums, thanks for the time saver outing yourself trolling!

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

19 Jan 2012 at 20:17 - 39

Go smack the crap outta Rotscale, that is always fun.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Rotscale

Omar Charrbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2011

Imperium Von Aurion

W/E

20 Jan 2012 at 00:53 - 40

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosyfiep

new character: NO using your storage, NO using heroes (only henchies), must go thru the story line as it was supposed to be done (NO jumping over to a different chapter before the final mission in the chapter the character was created in)...
for a challenge: DO NOT upgrade your armor either!! (keep starter set and use it the WHOLE time!)

I have been doing this, but I am doing it with Post-Searing starter armor.
I already have it infused, and I can be seen speedclearing Fissure of Woe, and farming Slaver's, also managed to get tier 2 survivor while wearing that shit.