End of the game...now what?

free4all

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

I just completed Guild Wars, and now I have no clue what to do. Leveling my other character and taking him all the way from Ascalon to Ring of Fire seems very time consuming and grind-ish. Boring. PvP? Not for me...so I guess it's just UW runs...pointless UW runs. I never realised how much of the game the storyline makes up for PvErs. I thought the real fun came from after beating Hell's Precipice and then going on to do other stuff (farming, exploring, etc.)
If anyone could suggest something that is fun (besides PvP ), I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks

arnansnow

arnansnow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

DOOM

E/N

Here is some of what you can do after beating the game:

Collecting rare stuff/upgrades and stuff
FoW and Uw quests/runs
Getting all 15k armor and black/gold dye
helping guildies.
maxing out your weapons, getting superior runes
PvP
skill capping

ScuZZ ShaZZam

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Try helping others complete their quests/missions..
Pay it forward.. I'm sure you had someone help you with various
quests/missions.
Give others coming up a hand.

demonblade

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Home

W/A

1. Get the fissure armor.
2. Unlock all skills for your classes.
3. Create another character and repeat what you have done.
4. Repeat step 1 and 2.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4.
6. Repeat step 1 to 5.
7. Stop play Guild Wars after you complete step 1 to 6.

none

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

complete all quests
complete all bonus missions
unlock all skills
unlock all runes

on a sidenote, if you don't play a character similar to the one you just had, playing through the game a second game might be much more fun than you think. i know it, i've done it four times already

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by free4all
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If anyone could suggest something that is fun (besides PvP ), I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks
look at what is left and if there is not anything at the moment put it aside and do something else you enjoy.

keep checking off and on for new content that has been added at the updates on the GW site.

it is not costing you a monthly fee so you arent losing any money by not playing for a period of time.

if you are not having fun stop for a bit before you start to hate the game

salja Wachi

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Chicago

the Bleeding Edge

N/Mo

try making 3 characters and unlocking all skills and runes for everyone profession. not only will you have aceess to everything, yo might find a class that you love (necro for example) and play it all the time

KvanCetre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

The Madison Scouts

E/Mo

I don't get why people don't enjoy PvP... I think they just need a guild that has strategy - it makes it a lot more fun than a PUG

Really, the game was marketed for its PvP... so buying it and not wanting to PvP is kinda silly.

Comparing it to an MMO, I feel I got my monies worth. When I play MMOs, I don't feel what I do every month is worth 12 dollars, in addition to the money spent on the game itself...

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Here is something you could do:

play something else...or go outside and make a friend...then come back when the next chapter is realise(or even as early as the two new areas) and resume play.

the end of Guild Wars is not the end of your life....why are people having so much difficulty adjusting to life after GW?

Ollj

Ollj

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

unlock everything and play trough the game with al 6 different primary chars.
if you didnt do that youre FAR from completing the game!

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Algren Cole
Here is something you could do:

play something else...or go outside and make a friend...then come back when the next chapter is realise(or even as early as the two new areas) and resume play.

the end of Guild Wars is not the end of your life....why are people having so much difficulty adjusting to life after GW?
True, true.. Help old ladies cross the street.

LadyCallipyge

LadyCallipyge

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Change your secondary profession and then switch to using just that. Then master each profession in that way.

PieXags

PieXags

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Infinite Representation Of Pie And Its Many Brilliances

There isn't much USEFUL stuff to do after you beat the game, you can unlock the skills, get your weapons, and your runes. Other than that...pfft, that's it. The fissure armor looks ugly and I've got better things to do with my 500k than buy armor that looks worse than the 15k armor.

I've got all the skills except for the monk skills which I could care less about, and I sure as hell will not go through every mission and quest for the 5th time just for those seeing as how I refuse to play a monk.

Got my runes, got my weapons, got my characters, got my skills. Got the 15k armors that I want, don't care about wasting so much money for the ugly fissure amor...what's more? Some PvP. I've never been immersed in a game of PvP yet though so that's a dead end street.

Basically once you have everything that's it.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

The expansion is going to add the same amount of content (area's, missions, etc) as the game launched according the dev's but that's not untill next year. I started over with Ranger/? after beating the game E/Me.

salja Wachi

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Chicago

the Bleeding Edge

N/Mo

what better things do you have to do with your 500k?

please enlighten us all here on what you can spend that gold on if you do not want the fissure armor??? and you do not need runes and weapons?

Gardavil

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by KvanCetre
I don't get why people don't enjoy PvP... I think they just need a guild that has strategy - it makes it a lot more fun than a PUG

Really, the game was marketed for its PvP... so buying it and not wanting to PvP is kinda silly.
Just like I don't get why people would WANT to PvP......That's what the PvE mobs are for.....to bash. I prefer to work with every single player in the game, not help some and fight others....and I am in a great guild

Everyone plays this game for just a little bit different reasons than everyone else. Sure the game was marketed for PvP, but it's got a terrific PvE component to it. GW is worth the price just for the storyline, if not also for the PvP imho. Tho I must admit, Guild vs Guild is alot of fun.....

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by KvanCetre
I don't get why people don't enjoy PvP... I think they just need a guild that has strategy - it makes it a lot more fun than a PUG

Really, the game was marketed for its PvP... so buying it and not wanting to PvP is kinda silly.

Comparing it to an MMO, I feel I got my monies worth. When I play MMOs, I don't feel what I do every month is worth 12 dollars, in addition to the money spent on the game itself...

Counterstrike - PvP
Guild Wars - PvE

GW meets my needs for a PvE game...but not for a PvP game. I can't stand playing GW PvP

smitty-gw

smitty-gw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

New York

Quote:
Originally Posted by free4all
I just completed Guild Wars, and now I have no clue what to do. Leveling my other character and taking him all the way from Ascalon to Ring of Fire seems very time consuming and grind-ish. Boring. PvP? Not for me...so I guess it's just UW runs...pointless UW runs. I never realised how much of the game the storyline makes up for PvErs. I thought the real fun came from after beating Hell's Precipice and then going on to do other stuff (farming, exploring, etc.)
If anyone could suggest something that is fun (besides PvP ), I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks
Go make a sandwich and come back. You'll feel better after lunch.

If not, i dunno.....uninstall?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty-gw
Go make a sandwich and come back. You'll feel better after lunch.

If not, i dunno.....uninstall?

roflmao @ lunch

can't he just leave it installed and not execute it...what's with you windows users and uninstalling stuff when you're done with it

Aracos79

Aracos79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Great Southwest

Shadowstorm Mercenaries

E/

Here's something I've been doing... take your high level character back to the beginning areas, and offer to run new characters to areas for free. Nothing burns me more than seeing people charge for runs... and don't get me started on Forge running.

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by salja Wachi
what better things do you have to do with your 500k?

please enlighten us all here on what you can spend that gold on if you do not want the fissure armor??? and you do not need runes and weapons?
Buy all of the black dye until you have the monopoly on it.

salja Wachi

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Chicago

the Bleeding Edge

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuku Monk
Buy all of the black dye until you have the monopoly on it.
ummm and then what are you going to do? make more useless money???

seems pretty dumb to me

PieXags

PieXags

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Infinite Representation Of Pie And Its Many Brilliances

Quote:
Originally Posted by salja Wachi
what better things do you have to do with your 500k?

please enlighten us all here on what you can spend that gold on if you do not want the fissure armor??? and you do not need runes and weapons?
Lots and lots of dyes, I've been changing my armor color every few hours.

And about weapons and runes, I have all the ones I want for my characters. I'm in need of nothing else really. If I see one with a little bit better fortitude or something I'll buy it, I've also been buying/selling any and all upgrades I could get.

I gave 100k away to some new guy in Ascalon city who was about to buy a 7-10 bow for 1k, other than that...I just keep it. Saving is a good thing.

Lasher Dragon

Lasher Dragon

Draconic Rage Incarnate

Join Date: Apr 2005

Iowa

Alphahive

R/A

Well, you could watch my Extreme Farming Video and start bringing home the bacon.

Jaythen Tyradel

Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Explore the entire map?
Kill every possible enemy within instance zones just for the heck of it?
Take on large mobs while naked?
Start Random Dance Parties in towns?
Play Hide and seek with guild mates in game?
Give us poor players some gold?
Find and Quest with all the Dev players?

Nizzim

Nizzim

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Woot Loops

E/N

This is what happened to me, but people cant seem to get it.

Once you beat the game, Its boring...massively

free4all

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

I pity the people who play more than 3 hours at a time. The game must get boring REAL fast for them.

Divinitys Creature

Divinitys Creature

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Somewhere between the Real World and Tyria ;P

The Gothic Embrace [Goth]

Get all the skills, weapon upgrades and runes, get you guild to #1 on the ladder and get to as high a rank as you can. Get 100 and then 250 consecutive victories in arenas. Make a grat boss name and win the boss name contest.

Bwsk8

Bwsk8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/E

I got an idea, go outside and try to get laid for the first time in your life. LOL JK

BigTru

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Sorry to say, but if PvP isn't for you, end-game most likely isn't for you.

Trust me... If I have to go on another UW/FoW run, I will uninstall my game and give my account away. I like doing spider Runs (with my ranger), but if your going on a spider run, your most likely getting the spider for another ranger in the group, and most groups don't want more than 1 ranger in their group. That is, unless it's an all ranger group. In that case, it is too long and boring to get the spider. Smites are nice as an all Ranger group, though.

Indigo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Ivory and Steel

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nizzim
This is what happened to me, but people cant seem to get it.

Once you beat the game, Its boring...massively
I beat the game. I don't find the game trivially boring, much less massively.

Perhaps it's just me though.