Propechies or Factions - which do you prefer?

I prefer Prophecies for all the visual niceties the game comes with. Factions, to me, seems they started off the right way (the beginnng island) but by the time you get to the mainland, it seems the programmers got tired of putting in different buidings/scenery and sort of just fudged the whole thing hoping no one would notice the background was horribly dull and boring, if they put a lot of little groups of baddies out there and make it rediculously easy to find max items. While I have played since beta (Prophecies), I do enjoy the easier to find items in Cantha (Factions), though I imagine as a stand alone game, this game would not be much fun (no exploration, no wondering what is around the corner way up ahead, no wide open areas to run around to explore). So as an add-on I recommend this game but as a first intro to the game, do yourself a favor and get the original instead.

The only reason I like Prophecies better than Factions is because of the actual Missions in Factions. I mean, come on...two swords for completing under 30 mins and a spear if under 25 minutes? I think that's REALLY stupid. I REALLY wish they had just thrown bonuses into the missions for Factions as well, I mean, I seriously wouldn't mind having to do two bonuses per mission. I hate timed missions so much, hence my bias against the champion/master rewards. Seriously a dumb idea in my opinion.

Edit: Other than that I really like Factions a lot. I like the "slums" and the areas that your character travels to. Great creativity behind the game. But yeah...mission rewards are pretty dumb....lol It just BUGS me...anyways I'll stop ranting now. ^_^;;;

prophecies.... by far, knowing ch2 has caused me to stop playing GW for a few months, WOOT for no economy

What He Said.

Prophecies PvE was so much better. I suppose it was nice as you leveled up as you progressed though the game. Factions you don't seem to benefit from doing anything. You just have a character and use them to do quests. It feels like your doing one quest over 100 times in Factions.

Sadly im very unhappy with Factions. It's nice to see new items and skills though.

Comparing Prophecies to Factions is like comparing fine wine with piss.

Prophecies no contest.

I'd have to vote for factions. I like doing more things in less time

Factions FTW.

Factions, more skills, thats about it, gameplay for RP Prophecies, but mroe variety in factions