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Ninna

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Northeast USA

Guilded Rose

Me/

09 Jun 2006 at 11:10 - 41

factions has MANY good reviews
- despite all the whining on the forums

can see reviews here
http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...ldwarsfactions

Factions been selling *very well* in the stores - both US/UK

markus_thom

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia(the land of lesser games)

neptunes grace

R/W

09 Jun 2006 at 11:17 - 42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thallandor

I tend to agree since i am a big complainer of factions that there are some valid points that needs addressing but often a negative approach attracts more attention and comments and hopefully with enough pages in a thread Anet may do something about it.

Its just how the forums work, dont worry about it. Be warned though, the Review mags/online site have in their best interest to promote the best side of any game, thats how they generate revenue. Take those with a pinch of salt as well.

Exactly right dude and misleading information is another way to get a game sold without lying. The forums may have alot of negative comments but think about it, if guildwars was that terrible would the people making the negative comments bother to waste their time giving back as you guys put it "negative feedback" No they wouldnt they proberly would'nt have botherd. Its a good game just has alot of room for improvement, and like most critics and reviews U can never really trust them.

Ninna

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Northeast USA

Guilded Rose

Me/

09 Jun 2006 at 11:28 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by bele

All this is PvE

I've posted a few quite negative posts about factions. The good side:

1.- More challenging. The game is slightly harder than Prophecies. Especially when they begin to spike your squishes while 2 W/Hammers are pounding them (love it). You begin to rethink again your skillset (esp my monk trying to keep at live Tank-Assasins lol).

2.- Fast leveling . 50/50. Prophecies is a slowpaced leveling till lvl 20. In a few hours/days you can have a full lvl20 char, with top equipment (armor, runes,....)

3.- More lvl20 areas. All of the game is lvl20 but the island. In proph. you had 3 areas (desert, shouth shiverpeaks,Fire island).

4.- New hench conbinations. The hench are better (this can be good and bad )

5.-New skills/items/armors. My mesmer is really happy about the new skills and his posibilities, and really , really, love her new Canthan 15K "armor"

6.- 2 new Elite missions . Always good instead of the usual FoW/UW/SF

7.- Different missions. In Prophecies almost all misions are the same. Go there slack some mobs and go or resist in one point. The first misison in mainland (Vizunah) is a blast, love all the chaos, ppl falling , mobs comming from everywhere ..... Anet seeks fresh forms of doing missions and there is variation in the missions you'll find out there.

8.- 2 new Classes. Each one is it's own kind and very different from the rest you've seen.

Anet has issued some of the complaints of Prophecies. Not going to be negative here. I'd buy definitely Factions if you liked Proph. Maybe you love it or hate it, but you'll not get a real view until you play it.

thats a good PVE summary of the positives

Pandora's box

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Netherlands

Mo/W

09 Jun 2006 at 11:31 - 44

I am one of those players who played Prophecies (PvE) from the beginning and who still has not purchased Factions. I made the decission to wait until summer hollidays because I wanted to know in what direction Faction would go. I admit, I'm choosy in this. For now it looks like I will skip this chapter. Why?

1. From what I read/hear it takes 2-3 weeks of daily playing for several hours before you have beaten all the starter missions and can move on to the rest of the country. And it may take even longer since my guild does not form parties to help, so I have to rely on pugs. I'm not that patient.

2. Actually I dont see new skills I really would like to use. Not as add on for the existing professions, and not for the new ones either. But that's a matter of taste, one may disagree on that.

3. New items: its nothing really new, exept differend skins.

4. Elite missions: I dont expect my guild to ever join a faction able to keep a city and workarounds to 'ferry' would still leave me with a party of pugs, standing no chance.

What remains is a probably short game of sighseeing the landscape.

No, I don't talk about all the PvP matches you can fight, I'm not interested in that and leave them to those who like it. So opp: it all depends on the way you like to play. Maybe you like missions more than I do, and than it would be an idea to give it a try anyway

minor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

In da islands mon

09 Jun 2006 at 11:34 - 45

Are there a lot of things that could be done better with factions? yes
Do ppl come this board to whine about it? yes
Does that make it a bad game? no
As seen on this thread if you say that you like the game you are called a fanboi
and mocked so you won't see much praise here.

Desert Penguin

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/Mo

09 Jun 2006 at 12:10 - 46

Just remember: Nobody is paying a monthly fee for Guild Wars. People play World of Warcraft, which has a rather expensive monthly fee, and yet people complain in that game, seeing that Blizzard makes lots of money and rarely ever listen to complaints from gamers. Blizzard has more money to actually do something about all the complaints. ArenaNet on the other hand is short on money in comparison to Blizzard, so we should at least thank them for not charging us monthly fees, even if they cannot solve every single problem people are complaining about.

Over-all, Factions is an excellent game, much better than Prophecies and much better than World of warcraft

Ninna

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Northeast USA

Guilded Rose

Me/

09 Jun 2006 at 13:10 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pandora's box

For now it looks like I will skip this chapter. Why?
1. From what I read/hear it takes 2-3 weeks of daily playing for several hours before you have beaten all the starter missions and can move on to the rest of the country.

you heard wrong - game moves quickly, dramatically faster than prophecies

One of the praises/criticisms for Factions is how FAST you level to 20

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2. I dont see new skills I really would like to use. Not as add on for the existing professions, and not for the new ones either. But that's a matter of taste, one may disagree on that.

I'd rather try skills before I pass judgement

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3. New items: its nothing really new, except different skins.

rare items are much *easier* to get but otherwise I agree

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4. Elite missions: I dont expect my guild to ever join a faction able to keep a city and workarounds to 'ferry' would still leave me with a party of pugs, standing no chance.

I've never done an elite mission and dont care if I ever do one

Xenophon Ualtar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

09 Jun 2006 at 13:22 - 48

Is Factions worth it?

I would have to say a resounding YES!!

People say there is nothing new and it is boring and the awe factor is gone. Well, I say they just aren't looking in the right places. Just last night I captured a Phoenix for my Warrior. So now I have a huge male warrior in shiny purple armor with a big colorful bird folowing him around.

Also I found a helmet for him that I actually like. I hated all of the ones that I saw in Prophecies to the point that I never had his helmet show at all.

The new classes are a lot of fun. I love my Ritualist and her spirits that she spams. Plus she has some of the best armor in the game. So many shinies, how could anybody not love it. The Assassin is not as bad as everybody makes them out to be. My wife plays an Assassin and after a few missions to adjust to him she became quite good. That and the Assassin is so helpful in beating Shiro.

The level of play has gotten harder which I love. I got bored in Prophecies beating up on level 11 fire imps. Now the monsters are level 20+. Yes the bosses are harder, but I seem to remember a lot of complaining some time ago that said "make the bosses seem like bosses". So Anet did what people wanted now people are complaining again.

Anyways, don't think about buying the game anymore. Go no and buy it, it is so worth the money.

GOGOGOGOGO

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

09 Jun 2006 at 15:00 - 49

OP, you are not going to get a balance opinion on just 1 forum thread there are several that have good things to say about Factions. If you are going to base you descion solely on forum contnet, the read the bad and the good threads. Disregard about 90% of both, ingnore the uninteligent rants, combine the remaining into a true vision of the game. From that decide; will you enjoy the positive aspects of the game and tolerate the bad or is the bad aspect so bad that it will ruin the game no matter how fun the good parts are.

My main critisim is this, and by no means will it stop me from playing the game, we are limited the monsters are not. We stop at level 20, they dont. We can't sneak up on anything, they can drop out of the blue on us, with just a 2 second warning on the radar map. We are limited to 8 people, they are limited to...pretty much the entire zone, and there are a few areas with such wide patrols, it is hard if not impossible to practice aggro control.

All in all it is worth it.

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

09 Jun 2006 at 15:11 - 50

I couldn't bring myself to take more than three characters through the entirety of Prophecies (read: oh god oh god i HATE the maguuma jungle).

I'm on my fifth character through Factions, and I have no plans of stopping there. The missions are far too enjoyable not to do them with every class.

Except Nahpui Quarter. I hate Nahpui.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

09 Jun 2006 at 15:54 - 51

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcady

A lot of what people will post anywhere is overdone, but you can find patterns in it that are relevant - and I just haven't seen the 'positive patterns' for Factions all that much. I started this thread to see if a counter opinion to all of the negative posts was out there within this community or not.

hi

while you are checking for patterns you might note that there are multi site posters who feed each others negative threads.

the same names show up consistanly at various sites and that whenever a negative thread shows up the same group seems to race each other to add to it.

you might find a small extremely vocal minority is getting a much bigger slice of attention than it deserves.

wait a bit and decide for yourself.

felinette

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Girl Power [GP]

Me/

09 Jun 2006 at 15:58 - 52

OP: Opinions about Factions are mixed, as you've seen from reading threads. People who like Factions will tell you to buy it; people who don't like Factions will tell you not to buy it. Big surprise. The ideal thing would be a trial key, but there are none for Factions, AFAIK. Do you have friends or know people in-game who like Prophecies for the same reasons you do and also own Factions. They'd probably be the best ones to get opinions from. Otherwise, you'll just have to decide whether you want to spend the $40-50 and take your chances.

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

09 Jun 2006 at 16:08 - 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kakumei

I couldn't bring myself to take more than three characters through the entirety of Prophecies (read: oh god oh god i HATE the maguuma jungle).

Its those damn damn spiders!!

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

09 Jun 2006 at 16:13 - 54

Like I did with Prophecies, I waited a little over a month after its issuance to purchase Factions. This helps with a ton of the potential complaints because:

1. It gave ANet over a month to work out the bugs.
2. A lot of the people that truly don't take the time to enjoy the game have already rushed through it, possibly with 2+ characters. That generally leaves more mature players left to PuG with.
3. I bought it for $29.99, which makes me feel better about not spending the "full" $49.99 (ahhh...that discount feeling can make many of the ill thoughts go away).

The only thing that it really sets you behind on is faction, but I have a feeling that I won't have a hard time joining a guild that has plenty of that action going around....

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

R/

09 Jun 2006 at 16:22 - 55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninna

factions has MANY good reviews
- despite all the whining on the forums

can see reviews here
http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...ldwarsfactions

Factions been selling *very well* in the stores - both US/UK

Thats like reading the movie reviews, BS.

You are the only one who can say if you like it or not. Factions have it's plus and minuses, it's a faster game pace and more intence fighting, most new skills for the prophecis toons are copy's with new names, the mobs are bigger and more mixed in setup, the quest are very repetitiv but missions more challanging, it's a different game but still the same.

Quantum Duck

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Err7

Me/

09 Jun 2006 at 16:25 - 56

Something very important to consider when reading about Factions on forums:
Many people, particularly those interested enough in the game to be involved in the forums, wanted an expansion to Prophecies. ArenaNet decided to be different, and instead of making more of the same they made a standalone game.
Despite using the same engine and basic mechanics, Factions has a VERY different style, feel, and mission structure than Prophecies. A lot of us like the new structure, though obviously some will consider the original structure better since it fits their style more. I personally prefer the Factions structure, since it fits my style a bit more. And I liked Prophecies a lot.

So a lot of people who wanted more of Prophecies are unhappy with getting something different, particularly if different doesn't suit them as well. And people who refuse to count all the new KINDS of missions as content, the game has less content. It turns out that ignoring content makes the game smaller for you. How about that.

In short, read up on what's different, preferably from both those who like the new style and those who prefer the old. If the new style sounds appealing to you, go buy it. If not, keep playing Prophecies and read up on Chapter 3 to see if whatever new style they come up with for it works better for you. There's no penalty for skipping any particular chapter that doesn't sound interesting to you.

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

09 Jun 2006 at 16:35 - 57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kakumei

I couldn't bring myself to take more than three characters through the entirety of Prophecies (read: oh god oh god i HATE the maguuma jungle).

Spiders I can deal with, I hate Prophecies mandibles of all species.

Spoilers ahead.....

Yes I fell sory for the Sorrow Furnce dredges, and I find it admiralble that some craved freedom so much that the dug halfway accross the planet. Now the Kurzik Dregdes need to lighten up, especially if they want to be left alone.

[NRN] Kepa Nimo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

[NRN]New Republic Navy

W/E

09 Jun 2006 at 16:50 - 58

Thanks guys this has answered my query too *runs off to buy factions*

Wyrmdog

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Me

09 Jun 2006 at 16:54 - 59

Why should you buy Factions? One word: Ritualists.

=P

Tauruse

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Wars of Lima

Rt/N

09 Jun 2006 at 17:01 - 60

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcady

Reading reviews, Factions reads like the best thing since sliced bread. But every thread on it on this board is highly negative.

But obviously a lot of people are still playing their copies of it. So, why should I get it? What about it do you like?

I'm only a few weeks into owning Guild Wars, and I am a PvE only player. I keep feeling the pull to go buy Factions as well - and everyday I come in here and the place talks me out of it. Can anyone counter that? Is there anyone who likes it?

I can guarantee you that if you spend thousands of hours playing a MMO game you’ll find a forum about that MMO and complain about the game you’ve spent thousands of hours playing.

Why? Because every imperfection in a game gets amplified with time spent in game. The longer you play the more things you let go of in your day to day life in order to play the game and the more you’ll resent every imperfection in the game. Eventually you’ll spend hours playing a game you hate and either continue on playing because you have too much invested to quit playing and you’ll remain miserable and posting misery on forums for the rest of your life or you’ll just quit playing a game you hate.

HTH

Sanji

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

09 Jun 2006 at 17:05 - 61

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff Mon

The fact that people are complaining and praising loud and hard about this tells you that there is a lot of passion about this game.

That should tell you a lot. People are not passionately discussing things unless they care about it a lot. So, even if they are unhappy, they do care about this game.

Quoted for truth.

No matter what negative things I might say about Guild Wars, it's because I like the game. If I disliked it, I wouldn't bother.

It'd be a very boring forum if all that existed were people who gushed praises about the game. Lucky for us we are blessed with such interesting conversations and opinions

Some people might go a little far with their passion, but if the players have no desire for a better product, why should Anet? Do we really want Guild Wars to become the Madden NFL of RPGs

Fist_of_God

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

09 Jun 2006 at 17:56 - 62

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanji

Quoted for truth.

No matter what negative things I might say about Guild Wars, it's because I like the game. If I disliked it, I wouldn't bother.

QFT..Amen and Amen

Only way to really know if you will like it is to, buy the product or take it for a test drive, from someone you know who has the product.

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

09 Jun 2006 at 18:38 - 63

People suck, ignore them. If you liked original GW buy this.

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

09 Jun 2006 at 19:27 - 64

i would agree

the reason I post my ideas is because i want to see guild wars get better. I just know what will work in a game. I have helped bioware in the past by writing them. They have used my ideas, even one of my firends that i went to school with works there.

For anet yes I am hard on you but it is for your own good. I am chanllege anet to push their standards.

RPG -for the rpg side anet's goal should be the best rpg ever. Meaning I want to see if they can produce something better than NEVER WINTER NIGHTS

PVP- I want to see anet make a pvp better than unreal tourment or the best pvp game out there.

Mmorpg- I want them to be better than WOW.

I am chanelling all of anet devs, artist,programers, to produce the aultament game they can.

I remeber in beta I had asked the dev tema cool stuff like run and jump. Now some of them regrite not adding those stuff.

I also go as the blackman in some fourms :P.

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

09 Jun 2006 at 19:45 - 65

Unfortunately they have pretty much failed in all your points there Dreamhunk. Even in the 'better than NWN', which - lets face it is aiming pretty low.

Theos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

River Dancing

Eternal Treachery [TimE]

Me/E

09 Jun 2006 at 22:02 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamhunk

i would agree

the reason I post my ideas is because i want to see guild wars get better. I just know what will work in a game. I have helped bioware in the past by writing them. They have used my ideas, even one of my firends that i went to school with works there.

For anet yes I am hard on you but it is for your own good. I am chanllege anet to push their standards.

RPG -for the rpg side anet's goal should be the best rpg ever. Meaning I want to see if they can produce something better than NEVER WINTER NIGHTS

PVP- I want to see anet make a pvp better than unreal tourment or the best pvp game out there.

Mmorpg- I want them to be better than WOW.

I am chanelling all of anet devs, artist,programers, to produce the aultament game they can.

I remeber in beta I had asked the dev tema cool stuff like run and jump. Now some of them regrite not adding those stuff.

I also go as the blackman in some fourms :P.

Well... GW isn't an MMO, why you keep trying to make it one I don't understand; WoW and GW are in two very different genres with little in common.

As for Unreal, thats an FPS a different genre yet again, you must like turning oranges into potatos. And all of your ideas have been done in other games... so whats the point of making a game that is simply a clone of some other game?

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

09 Jun 2006 at 23:17 - 67

the fact remains gw is competing with those products. I am sorry to say that people are going to compare guild wars to other mmorpg. If your look at a pvp game. Yes gw is the best mmorpg pvp. However compare it to otther pvp game. It doesnot meet up to them.

Kizukaseru

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

09 Jun 2006 at 23:21 - 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamhunk

For anet yes I am hard on you but it is for your own good. I am chanllege anet to push their standards.

Hahahaha

Oh wow this is the best thing I have read ever

Whiplashr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

09 Jun 2006 at 23:36 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by led-zep

i very much doubt that, factions isnt as good as prophecies, live with it.

If anyone needs to "live with it", it's people who hate it, as you seem to.

People like me, who like it, are "living" with it just fine. Playing it and enjoying it.

On the otherhand, people who hate it are all riled up and b!tching about it all the time.

So really, who's having trouble "living with it"? Isn't it obvious??

Obviously those that hate it can't abide the fact that some people like it, otherwise there would be no reason for a comment such as "live with it". You desperately want to convince us it's crap, because YOU think it's crap.

I'm going to go back to the game now, and continute to "live with it".

Sanji

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

09 Jun 2006 at 23:42 - 70

Because flying off the handle at someone who says something negative about a video game you like is a great way to show that you don't care about what they say.

Overnite

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

09 Jun 2006 at 23:50 - 71

Why, you support the poor underpaid developers by buying Factions.

Daddy will there be a dinner today ? I'm sorry sweetheart, you'll have to wait till daddy finishes working on that standalone expansion. Now go to your room and ask baby Jesus to give Daddy a lot of overrated reviews and teenage fanboys.

Whiplashr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

09 Jun 2006 at 23:57 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanji

Because flying off the handle at someone who says something negative about a video game you like is a great way to show that you don't care about what they say.

If you are talking to me (quoting is a great tool to help avoid such confusion), I want to point out that I did not "fly off the handle", nor did I ever state that I care or don't care what people who hate the game think.

And he didn't say something specifically negative about the game. He made his opinion of it's not being as good as Prophecies out to be fact. I was merely pointing out that the truth of the matter, that people who hate it are far more in need of "getting over it" then those that like it.

One could also point out your defensively jumping in to defend him shows that the truth may have hit a little to close to home for you.

arcady

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

San Francisco native

Mo/P

10 Jun 2006 at 00:15 - 73

Well I was in 'Target' today to get some dishsoap and I noticed GW Factions going for $10 off, so I got it.

Maybe in a month or so I'll have my own comment to add to this thread for 'reasons why I should get it.'

Sanji

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

10 Jun 2006 at 03:32 - 74

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiplashr

I want to point out that I did not "fly off the handle"

Sure you did, all thanks to the power of exaggeration. You know, just like people who have anything critical to say about Guild Wars automatically hate it and are "all riled up and b!tching."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiplashr

nor did I ever state that I care or don't care what people who hate the game think.

While you didn't state it, but your attitude oozes "Well, whatever, your pathetic opinions don't matter to me."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiplashr

And he didn't say something specifically negative about the game. He made his opinion of it's not being as good as Prophecies out to be fact. I was merely pointing out that the truth of the matter, that people who hate it are far more in need of "getting over it" then those that like it.

So he can't state his opinion as fact but your opinion of how people conduct themselves and how they actually feel about the game is the truth of the matter.

Gotcha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiplashr

One could also point out your defensively jumping in to defend him shows that the truth may have hit a little to close to home for you.

I was "defensively jumping in to defend him" because you were offensively jumping in to offend him.

Wessels

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Boyz from the Dwarf

Mo/N

10 Jun 2006 at 10:34 - 75

Quote:

The fact that people are complaining and praising loud and hard about this tells you that there is a lot of passion about this game.

That should tell you a lot. People are not passionately discussing things unless they care about it a lot. So, even if they are unhappy, they do care about this game.

All the folks on these forums are avid fans of the guild wars series . They are among the most loyal customers for Anet . The reason they are posting negative comments et. is to make sure guild wars improves all the time.

We wouldn't bother to post at all ,if we thought the game was bad , we'd move on to another game .It's all in the hopes our suggestions for improvement get picked up by Anet that we post them .

Sometimes the language in those posts gets a bit "over-emotional" but this is because the fans feel so strongly about these matters and express that in the only known way : fan-forums .

It must sometimes seem like we hate the game ( for folks like Gaile Gray and Alex weekes ) ,but I can assure you and them this isn't the case . Like I said : why would we even bother posting about the game if we hated it ??

If you're completely new to guild wars I'd advise for you to buy prophecies first and learn the game-mechanics' ins and outs . In factions the "tutorial " is rather short so it can all become quite daunting for newcomers.

When you play a character to the point when you arrive in Droknar's forge you will already have decided if it's for you or not ( maybe well before that ) and when it is i can almost guarantee you'll buy factions , if only for the two new classes and extra content .

UltimaXtreme

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

10 Jun 2006 at 10:55 - 76

if your a pve player guild wars is definatley not for you.

Tyr Sangreal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kansas, USA

The Ethereal Guard

W/Mo

10 Jun 2006 at 12:05 - 77

I have really enjoyed playing Factions. I can't really say which chapter I like better because they both have their finer points. I would "dare" you to get Factions and make your own decision on whether it's for you or not.

With the two new professions and a whole new land to explore...where can you go wrong?

Storn

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

10 Jun 2006 at 12:21 - 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcady

Well I was in 'Target' today to get some dishsoap and I noticed GW Factions going for $10 off, so I got it.

Maybe in a month or so I'll have my own comment to add to this thread for 'reasons why I should get it.'

Arcady, I have a sense of who you are, because we've bumped into each other on various forums (mutants and masterminds). I think you'll like Factions.

I started with Prophecies 12 months ago, because I loved the idea of no monthly fee. I played the heck outta Prophecies.

I really like Factions. I'm not quite playing the heck out of it like Proph. But I'm having fun. Some of the areas are just drop dead gorgeous. Some of the new skills make for fun tinkering with Prophecy characters.

I enjoy the alliance battles, don't take them too seriously, but it was a nice way to grab some faction pts and for a quick change-up on my monk.

I played last night with a PUG (pick up group) that was hilarious and complicated and we got lost (I got lost, as it was my first time attempting that mission)... but we persevered and got it done. That was satisfying.

I'm towards the back end of the game with my primary character, and I'm noticing that there are not a lot of folks there yet. Or maybe they are all on hte Luxon side (I went Kurzick because of my guild).

i've also started a necro, which I've never done before, a ritualist and an assassin. Being primarily a monk, knowing what the jinks of the assassin and ritualist are is important to me. The best way to know, is to play them.

Fun stuff.

led-zep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

10 Jun 2006 at 12:31 - 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiplashr

If anyone needs to "live with it", it's people who hate it, as you seem to.

People like me, who like it, are "living" with it just fine. Playing it and enjoying it.

On the otherhand, people who hate it are all riled up and b!tching about it all the time.

So really, who's having trouble "living with it"? Isn't it obvious??

Obviously those that hate it can't abide the fact that some people like it, otherwise there would be no reason for a comment such as "live with it". You desperately want to convince us it's crap, because YOU think it's crap.

I'm going to go back to the game now, and continute to "live with it".

if only some people would learn how to read, where did i say i hate it?
i said its not as good as prophecies, sorry if i offended your sensitive, over defensive mind.

thanks for replying though, going off on one like that over an innocent comment which didnt even contain the phrase you seem to be so offended by.

enjoy life in gw

Zhou Feng

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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10 Jun 2006 at 12:37 - 80

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Originally Posted by Don Zardeone

Yeah, people complain about everything.
For example, the elite missions.
First they complain that they can't enter them. Then when they CAN, they complain they can't enter them whenever they like.
Once they're inside, they complain about not finding people to do the mission with. Then they complain about how hard the mission is. Once they find that the Deep is much easier, they go there complain some more and then they complain that the Deep is too easy.
Then once they're done complaining about that, they're complaining about people like me complaining about them.
Once they have rushed themselves, skipping all content, going straight for the elite mission while not trying to find builds for it but instead copying other people builds which takes them 5 minutes to do, they complain about factions having zero content.
ANet tries to fix that by forcing these people to NOT skip content but then the people start complaining that they can't skip the content that apparently doesn't exist.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Yes thats why I say Anet f*** these bunch of dim witted complaining a**holes and send them all to f*** themselves so they wont have to complain that f***in much.