Yak's Bend...wow!!

I just arrived at Yak's bend with my Mo/Me, and wow it's great. At level 11, and my first time through the mobs are more of a challenge, and I'll need to change up my build and strategy to compensate. The charr were really not too much more than an annoyance in comparison. Of course, I'm sure once I get a tiny bit of strategy worked out these will also seem to be quite easy.

Anyway, I really just wanted to say how much I enjoy this game, the quests, missions, and graphics. It's a lot of fun. Yes I did play the beta (just 3 weekends, and the pre-order), I did pre-order, and I have had the game since the beginning. I don't have enough free-time to have played 100+ hours by now.

I also grouped with random people for the first time in the final mission to get there, and the group was great.

Sometimes it seems as if I am really on the lucky end in terms of gameplay experience, however my item drops would say otherwise.

Matt

Don't ask me why people complain so much, I love the game too and I've been through it three times already.

Just you wait until you get to some of the later areas! They look really nice.

you don't start to notice the incompetence of your group until later missions when things actually get difficult and people aren't just severly over leveled for the area they are in.

The shiverpeaks are by far my favorite areas, the only one that competes is Maguuma Jungles. When I first saw the S. Shiverpeaks I thought they were breathtaking but when I arrived, it looked the same as it's northern cousin. \

--Ginko

of all the areas in this game, i think the snow levels look the best. i like the scenery. the jungles with the coastlines are second, desert third, and lava land last.

i once adventured from Temple of Ages all the way to Fishermen's Haven. all i can say is that the scenery is breathtaking. Especially the areas between Talmark Wilderness and Tears of the Fallen.

I did that two nights ago to get to Yaks Bend.

I didn’t know them...and they didn’t know me....but I had one of the best times I have ever had in the game so far. I got to say Guild Wars really comes to life when you group with a bunch of awesome strangers.

Look me up sometimes if you want to party in the Bend.

This may seem strange but my favorite area is actually presearing Ascalon. The small fishing villages in south part are really neat. I never noticed there were there for a long time.

one of my favourite areas in the shiverpeaks is up north of beacons perch ... (just passed yak's to those who havent been there) ...

there is a mines area you go through I forgot the name ... but the scenery is breath taking ... that could ... imho ... be a great entrance spot into a caverned underworld ... the minery and bridge, etc ... look fantastic.

I also like my guildhall!

agreed...pre-sear ascalon is breathtaking

na i disagree i dont like the shiverpeak but not because of the scenery ^^
i'd prefure kryta and all that stuff such as going from divinity coast to bettletun to bergen hot springs to lions arch to d'alsseio seaboard and the end part of that mission (d'alsseio seaboard) on your way to get danis or something go to your west and there is a beach that i just love to sit at ^^

When I first got to Yak's Bend, all I thought was "Wow, omg, Yaks!!!1!1!!!111!!ONE".

This game does have some pretty cool areas. I especially like the Maguuma and the Shiverpeaks.

Yaks Bend is great. Still prefer Pre-Searing for the looks though. Totally designed to make you angry when you see what the charr do to it.

I also like the snow areas, I think the lava areas look like crap though. I did Abbadon's Mouth today and the ground reminds me of the land in The Sims, with the little squares.

Make sure to worship the Great Roasting Pig of Doom.

Yeah Yak's bend is fun..finallyout of teh seared landscape..wait until you get to Kryta or teh Desert..you'll enjoy teh game even more
My favorite area is teh Post-ascension southern shiverpeaks, because I know that I cvannot get any higher ;evel, so I have to either find a better build to take on teh mobs, or stay sttuck inside an outpost

I'm surprised there not more love for the Crystal Desert. Its my favorite area. Big ass dead things littering the desert is just cool.

One thing I wish could be implimented is time, so you can do stuff at night, not just eternal noon and seasons. The wet season in Kryta, a semi thaw in the shiverpeaks, the uhhh dry season in the desert. Would be interesting I would think.

Have fun your first time through. I've already seen the first half of the game more times than I can count (beta) and the second half about 3 times + failures. It gets old. But the game's graphics are incredible, so at least it looks nice while you're fighting the same monsters 300,000 times. Most of the whining isn't about the PvE side of the game. It's either about the lack of replay on PvE, or about the grinding to become competitive in PvP. So, so far, you've got nothing to complain about. Enjoy it.

If you don't like it stop playing it and stop annoying us with your b!tching.

They already have left, they insist on crowding in the forums to see if there's a chance that the game will be good again. Let's not turn this into a flame fest, if you don't like Weezer's comments please don't reply to him. Thank you.

--Ginko

I would if I could avoid him. But I can only see is pointless b!tching so many times before I am moved to comment. And knowing him its bound to happen sooner then later.

There's only so many times you can play a game before it gets boring. I have a nice couple of hundred hours clocked on this game and no signs of boredom yet.

I have about 400+ hours invested among 4+ characters. One in Hell's Precipice, two in the Southern Shiverpeaks, and one in Sanctum Cay about to cross to the desert. All played mostly concurrently, so it's possible I might have done the same mission twice or more on the same day. I still find challenge in doing the same area over again under different conditions (different classes, after all) and I still find the Time to stop and look at something I've passed by before and think "Yup. That's pretty darn cool, Jethro. Pull up the pickup truck, we're taking it home."

I really don't think, for me, anything can top getting out of the west side of the mountains. Hours and hours and hours of Ascalon desolation, the cold white death of the shiverpeak mountains and then, suddenly, life, trees, sun... it's so beautiful, so welcoming... then the imps come

How can you get bored with a game that gives you so many possibple variables? I bought the game a week after release and have been glued to the PC ever since .... much to my partners disgust. You can run four characters at anyone time, (which I am doing, all at different stages of plot and development). They are each a different character type +2nd character, making for interesting and varied quests, skills and viewpoint within a group. There are many permutations of characters yet to go so I doubt whether I will be getting bored with this game for some time yet.

I love the chance to get together with other 'live' characters to run missions. This makes such a difference depending on the personalities of the real people, some work really well together, others bicker and work independently to the detriment of the whole group. At tother times the chat and banter is a joy to behold and is double payback for the money originally spent.

For me, the best ten minutes ever, was the time we did the pig quest for the first time. Imagine six 'people' running around in all directions chasing a pig that wouldn't go where it was supposed, running through legs etc. plus the quips and messages that were coming across on the chat. It had me reduced to tears, holding my sides for a good five minutes before I could get the mouse under control again. An experience never to be repeated in quite the same way again, - but thats the best bit, its always different.

Thanks GW.

pretty much. wait til any of the crystal desert or ring of fire missions.