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Martian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Arse-end of no-where

Grey Mortals

Me/E

20 Mar 2006 at 18:33 - 1

The only thing i can see that may ruin the intoxicating brilliance that is factions, is the Luxon/Kurzick war.
Dont get me wrong it should be great fun, but honestly who here is'nt planning to become a Luxon? Its gonna be WoW all over again with no Horde/Kurzicks and a million bored Luxons/Alliance.
I mean who wants to be a stick-in-the-ass gothic zealot when they could be throwing back cold ones with their pirate buddies in a Luxon camp?
Please reaasure us that there will be something more appealing to the kurzicks than chastity belts and black robes

Splatter Mcnasty

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Utah

W/Mo

20 Mar 2006 at 18:46 - 2

Chastity Belts?!?!?! Sign me up!!!

I actually am leaning towards Kurzick for the sole fact that they live in a petrified forest. To me, that sounds like it could contain some really beautiful scenary

Ken Dei

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

20 Mar 2006 at 18:48 - 3

There will be plenty of Kurzicks, even though I won't be one of them. I mean seriously, SOMEONE voted for Bush, so yeah, we'll have Kurzicks. ^_^

Martian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Arse-end of no-where

Grey Mortals

Me/E

20 Mar 2006 at 18:59 - 4

LoL, hope ur right. Its like u never meet anyone who voted for Margaret Thatcher

Charrbane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

W/E

20 Mar 2006 at 19:21 - 5

If we're all Luxons then we can all have access to all the outposts and such?

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

20 Mar 2006 at 19:38 - 6

I think Anet tried very hard to not create a "good" vs "evil" scenario. Rather its a difference in opinion and points of view.

wsmcasey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right behind you.

HeRo

W/Rt

20 Mar 2006 at 20:01 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Dei

There will be plenty of Kurzicks, even though I won't be one of them. I mean seriously, SOMEONE voted for Bush, so yeah, we'll have Kurzicks. ^_^

Our fearless Kurzick leader "George Bush" as he surveys the damage from Air Force One after the Luxon invasion:

"It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground!"

A few days later Bush meets with the Luxon president to negotiate a peace treaty between the warring nations.

Bushes comment:
"Do you have blacks, too?"

True quote 1:George W. Bush, turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One , Aug. 31, 2005
True quote 2:to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

The Mighty Toe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Dolus Of Amicitia

E/R

20 Mar 2006 at 20:12 - 8

Aren't Luxons the 'barbarians' of Factions, while the Kurzicks are the more 'cultured' people who live in the big petrified forest? If so, I'm getting on my high horse and becoming a Kultured Kurzick. For the forest.

Starsky-sama

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Land of the Z Chest \o/

[NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil.

W/

20 Mar 2006 at 20:43 - 9

You wont be stuck on one side if you dont want to be anyways.

but for myself, I am going Kurzick to start off and see what's what.

Neriandal Freit

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Spiral of The Red Rose, Kryta (Columbus, IN)

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

E/

20 Mar 2006 at 21:02 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starsky-sama

You wont be stuck on one side if you dont want to be anyways.

but for myself, I am going Kurzick to start off and see what's what.

Totaly off topic, but Starsky, your Avatar made me think of Grenth attacking something lol.

On topic, I dont know if we'll be able to pick sides and stuff. For all we know, we're out to set things straight in Factions, why are they fueding? Is it a rift in a religion?? Is it a political thing?

I bet we're the ones who are seeking the answers (IE: One time we're hlping one side, then the other, then maybe someone else entirely diff)

Jenosavel

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Jul 2005

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 21:06 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neriandal Freit

Totaly off topic, but Starsky, your Avatar made me think of Grenth attacking something lol.

On topic, I dont know if we'll be able to pick sides and stuff. For all we know, we're out to set things straight in Factions, why are they fueding? Is it a rift in a religion?? Is it a political thing?

I bet we're the ones who are seeking the answers (IE: One time we're hlping one side, then the other, then maybe someone else entirely diff)

Except that ANet's already said you'll have to choose a side. On the preorder box it says, "To all who would proceed, take heed... All must choose a side." They've even gone so far as to say that it's doing quests that will determine which side you're on, as the quests will be for one side or the other. You'd then be able to switch sides by doing quests for the other side, though it would be slow going at first because they hate you.

Mister Muhkuh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Germany

Ugly Ducklings [ugly]

P/

20 Mar 2006 at 21:12 - 12

atm i tend to choose kurzicks, coz i dont like the turtles of the luxons :P

ill decide for the side with better looking houses, people and stuff like that...

WasAGuest

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

20 Mar 2006 at 21:24 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Dei

There will be plenty of Kurzicks, even though I won't be one of them. I mean seriously, SOMEONE voted for Bush, so yeah, we'll have Kurzicks. ^_^

LMAO!

Now I'm gonna have to be a Kurzick to razz that "SOMEONE".

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

20 Mar 2006 at 22:17 - 14

I won't speak from any sort of RP perspective because I'm not up on the lore. But if all the RPers and casual players will prefer Luxons for RP reasons then I will prefer Kurzicks for the ability to stomp on them.

Peace,
-CxE

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 22:17 - 15

It will be a system where the more quests and tasks you do for one side to gain their approval, the more the other side will hate you. So if you want to be a Casual-Kurzick or a Loose-Luxon you will be able to repeatedly switch back and forth by doing certain tasks and quests for either side. This will have it's benifits as far as acessing certain areas goes, but the other option is to choose a side from the start and do everything for only one side, or a majority one side. This way when one side has control of an area, you'll have access to the better parts of that area.

A question I have is, does each individual character have to choose a side, or does each account have combined favor on either side? I'm thinking it'd be better if the latter was true because if not you could basically always have access to everything by having half of your characters on the Kurzick side and the other half on the Luxon side. This would be rather silly, neh?

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 22:23 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ensign

I won't speak from any sort of RP perspective because I'm not up on the lore. But if all the RPers and casual players will prefer Luxons for RP reasons then I will prefer Kurzicks for the ability to stomp on them.

Peace,
-CxE

Heh, this brings up an interesting point. Although something about the nomads seems more appealing to me then the fancier pants of the Kurzicks, I may end up having to choose a side depending on which side has fewer idiots roaming their streets each day.

Maybe we can spread some form of propaganda in the Factions "presear" that somehow makes the Kurzick's side seem more appealing to the young kids in the GW community so we won't have any of them stomping around and wetting themselves on the Luxon turf.

Jas D

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oklahoma, USA

None

20 Mar 2006 at 22:39 - 17

Is there a website to find out more information on both of these guys? Pictures, information in general.

lifesux006

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

America, Illinois

Brotherhood Of Immortal Kings [BK]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 22:42 - 18

This...game is turning into WoW...example: Luxons (Alliance), and kurzicks.(aka horde) this is whacked out, im thinking GW cant think of anything so their leeching off of WoW..pssh

NinjaKai

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Duality Of The Dragon

20 Mar 2006 at 22:50 - 19

This should clear some things up.

Kurzicks: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Kurzick

Luxons: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Luxon

In all truth the Kurziks are far more civilised.

Jenosavel

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Jul 2005

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 22:54 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by lifesux006

This...game is turning into WoW...example: Luxons (Alliance), and kurzicks.(aka horde) this is whacked out, im thinking GW cant think of anything so their leeching off of WoW..pssh

...so any game that has two warring sides which the player can join is leeching off of WoW? If you can't come up with any good reason why the Luxons = Alliance and Kurzicks = Horde other than the popularity comment somewhere above, I think you've got a bit of a problem with pessimism.

For the record, I wanted to play Kurzicks until I saw the pretty serpent on the Jade Sea map. I'm now in love with the Jade Sea and, thus, the Luxons.

zaza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Tiger Tail

N/R

20 Mar 2006 at 22:59 - 21

I think the idea of a petrified forest looks so cool....Kurziks for me

AeroLion

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

20 Mar 2006 at 23:02 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by lifesux006

This...game is turning into WoW...example: Luxons (Alliance), and kurzicks.(aka horde) this is whacked out, im thinking GW cant think of anything so their leeching off of WoW..pssh

Yeah because no one has ever had two sides fighting each other in order to take territory.

Oh and the Horde and the Alliance? Complete ripoff of the Allies and the Axis. Blizzard needs to stop leeching off of WW2.

/Godwin'd

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

20 Mar 2006 at 23:06 - 23

Kurzicks = Assassins
Luxons = Ritualists

It fits perfectly, I'm gunna be an Assassin Kurzick by the way.

And since Kurzicks and Luxons are like the whole evil vs. good thing. Looks like Sentinel Armor will be going with the Kurzicks along with the army of Wamamamamamo's!!! who will be following it.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 23:15 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevin

Kurzicks = Assassins
Luxons = Ritualists

It fits perfectly, I'm gunna be an Assassin Kurzick by the way.

And since Kurzicks and Luxons are like the whole evil vs. good thing. Looks like Sentinel Armor will be going with the Kurzicks along with the army of Wamamamamamo's!!! who will be following it.

Heh, maybe there is some truth to this. I'm going Ritualist and my gut instinct was Luxon.

And to the comment about this turning into WoW. From what I've heard so far, the way the alliances work is probably more comparable to the different alliances in Eve Online than in WoW. Though I've never played WoW so I can't totally be sure it's the same as Eve Online :P. Anyway if you haven't noticed the way Guild Wars works, basically the GW staff looks around at all of it's competition, (WoW, Eve Online, w/e else ppl play :P) observes the strength's and weaknesses of those games, and works hard to incorporate the strength's of those games, without having to include the weaknesses.

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

20 Mar 2006 at 23:15 - 25

Hoping you can choose to be neutral here...

Ken Dei

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

20 Mar 2006 at 23:22 - 26

That's funny, I plan to be a Luxon Assassin...

"Oh I'm sorry, was that YOUR gate I opened? Well you have larger problems now anyway. *Points at Luxon Army, charging in the open gate* One more thing...*Kills Sentry*"

Vermilion Okeanos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

20 Mar 2006 at 23:22 - 27

What is with the Luxon = alliance, kurzick = horde? Those saying have no bases at all.

Both alliance and horde were religious on their own.
Alliance are more civilized. Hence, that should be Kurzick.
Horde are more barabaric. Hence, that should be Luxon.

Since Kurzick is religious people who find meaning in everything, ritualist is obviously their thing. While Luxon who is more barbaric would resort to assassination no problem.

Anyway...

I will have to travel inside their home before I can decide.

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

20 Mar 2006 at 23:27 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaKai

This should clear some things up.

Kurzicks: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Kurzick

Luxons: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Luxon

In all truth the Kurziks are far more civilised.

I call being in The Serpent!

Jas D

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oklahoma, USA

None

20 Mar 2006 at 23:28 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinjaKai

This should clear some things up.

Kurzicks: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Kurzick

Luxons: http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Luxon

In all truth the Kurziks are far more civilised.

Thanks, you rock.

Rayne Nightfyre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Acolytes of Lyssa [AL]

Me/A

20 Mar 2006 at 23:31 - 30

Our guild as well as a few we've decided to ally with will be siding with the Kurzicks. We'd take orderly civilization any day as opposed to a nomadic lifestyle.

NinjaKai

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Duality Of The Dragon

20 Mar 2006 at 23:41 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jas D

Thanks, you rock.

Always glad to help.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

20 Mar 2006 at 23:42 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

I call being in The Serpent!

Pssh. Turtle Clan owns you! Kowabunga!! :P

Guillaume De Sonoma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

aFk

Me/Rt

20 Mar 2006 at 23:44 - 33

Kurzicks for me, but it is all in Kaitrin and Tzu's hands. Sadly it will be hard for the Kurzicks to compete with the Luxons Pirateness.

Jas D

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oklahoma, USA

None

20 Mar 2006 at 23:47 - 34

Having that read, I think I'll choose the Kurzicks. At least I will at first, but I'll try Luxon's too of course.

zaza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Tiger Tail

N/R

21 Mar 2006 at 00:03 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guillaume De Sonoma

Kurzicks for me, but it is all in Kaitrin and Tzu's hands. Sadly it will be hard for the Kurzicks to compete with the Luxons Pirateness.

Since when does choosing a faction have any effect on what profession you are...it doesnt matter.. :P

General Typhus

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

Behind the bush once again

Guillotine Tactics [GanK] ~ Leader

W/E

21 Mar 2006 at 00:10 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by lifesux006

This...game is turning into WoW...example: Luxons (Alliance), and kurzicks.(aka horde) this is whacked out, im thinking GW cant think of anything so their leeching off of WoW..pssh

Oh for RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO's sake. Go to hell you emo piece of shit.

There will not be such a severe imbalance as WoW exemplifies. I have full confidence in ANET with such a matter. I for one will be joining the lesser side if one is clearly deifned just for the fact that morons flock to the biggest, shiniest thing they can find.

Also, judging by your train of though, WoW is leeching off persay...any great war in history? WW2 ftw.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

21 Mar 2006 at 00:33 - 37

Plz calm down. We've already addressed this issue in a non-aggressive manner.

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

21 Mar 2006 at 00:36 - 38

The scary part of all of this? People are choosing based on appearances and looks. These are like the people in 15k armor who look real good, but get their 15k butts handed to them by THK and Thirsty. I'm just hoping the good and the bad get split evenly between the two sides. It's hard to come to a decision, but I'm hoping my guild goes Kurzick.

Goats17

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

House Zu Heltzer, laughing at them.

The [GEAR] Trick

N/Me

21 Mar 2006 at 00:38 - 39

I have a few things influencing my decision, one being: Is the faction aliance sealed, or does it change between chars? and two: What faction is my guild choosing? What would happen in the compettitive missions and the GvG? if you have a Luxon vs. Kurzick GvG, and half the guild on the other side is on ur fction then wtf?

I dunno, I will have to see what is happening in both of them before i choose. I mean, im all for a cult in a pertified forest (no joke, that would be cool!), but the jade sea man........dam it looks cool.

penguo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Abaddons Bane

N/

21 Mar 2006 at 00:38 - 40

I do have to say Kurzick is attractive to me, a sea of jade? What the heck lol? The petrified forest is cool to me, everything is built into the forest, not some mass industrialized city. Well that's my judgement.